On April 16, 2009, at 7:00 p.m., I walked into the Beijing Legend Times Cinema, sat in the 7th row and 13 seats, questioned Nanjing, looked for answers, and looked for Lu Chuan.
Will commercialization reduce the quality of the film and destroy Lu Chuan at the same time?
Regarding this big commercial film, Lu Chuan said that he jumped too much, "the third grade of elementary school did what college students should do". When Han Sanping mentioned "big production" again in the interview, I was about to collapse. "Red Cliff" is a big production. After I went to the cinema to watch the part, I couldn't understand John Woo's wisdom and humor, and I didn't even buy the pirated copy of the part. Will Lu Chuan's big production and content this time ruin him! "Nanjing! Nanjing! "It's not the best I like, Lu Chuan may only be able to express it to this extent at present, but it's generally okay. Maybe most people will think it's great. If you look at Lu Chuan's expectations, you will give this movie a pass. It is stronger than some other big productions and blockbusters.
What I don't quite understand:
a, the film has too much content and the structure is a little scattered. In the end, I felt that Liu Ye's part of the resistance scene was a little out of tune with the main line, and it seemed that it could be weakened or deleted;
b. One of the reasons why Lu Chuan didn't make it into "The Diary of Rabe" was also what he repeatedly emphasized was that he wanted to To make a history of Chinese resistance from the perspective of the Chinese, how to look at it, in the end the most impressive thing is that Rabe was saving Nanjing. The resistance of street fighting is too short-lived in the whole context. If the betrayal of women is also the resistance that Lu Chuan said, then this kind of resistance is too bleak; if Mr. Tang’s transformation is also the resistance that Lu Chuan said, then the expression of this resistance is too far-fetched; if Teacher Jiang’s rescue is also the resistance that Lu Chuan said, That kind of resistance thread is too weak. The soldiers retreated in large numbers, and the injured civilians waited numbly to die, and the survivors begged Rabe to stay. In the film, I can't see enough evidence to support "resistance" as the propaganda subject, and I see more numbness, helplessness and doubt;
c, Gao Yuanyuan's role as Teacher Jiang has too many questions. How can such a beautiful woman be able to keep and not be sullied in such a big background. In the end, the film explained that Rabe was gone and no one was protecting him. In fact, seeing this, I was relieved, but I still felt that the director was too deliberately perfecting her beauty, just like Xiao Jiang said when he refused to cut his hair, "Why don't you cut it";
D, the ending is too protracted. When I saw Kadokawa committing suicide with a pistol and lying in the midst of romance (I wonder if it was a tribute to Zhang Chunru, because she also committed suicide with a pistol, and this method of suicide is rare for women), I thought it should end, But the director asked Xiaodouzi to blow the dandelion. Is this the so-called feeling and ideal idea?
"Nanjing! Nanjing! "Lu Chuan said that the integration of personal emotions into the presentation of the entire historical film may be because the suffering he experienced was not deep enough, and the subtleties of emotional expression were too weak.
Is there Lu Chuan's self-analysis in the movie?
Lu... Jianxiong and Jiao... Chuan, the metaphorical duality of Lu Chuan. Lu Jianxiong, sunshine, resistance, powerless, and finally achieves the side of justice that can be generally accepted by the public; Jiaochuan, tenderness, guilt, contradiction, and finally achieves the salvation and forgiveness of the "self". And Teacher Jiang, it is the freedom and love he pursues, and he will remain pure and pure, and finally give up and die. The soldier who released the life is the real Lu Chuan who survived, a "mediocre man", the living reality that he longed to compromise. Xiaodouzi, "superego", is his idealism, beautiful and pure.
"Nanjing! Nanjing! "Lu Chuan's self is more obscure. After 4 years of growth, his will and works have become more commercialized. Others seem to be in a hurry. In fact, Lu Chuan's heart is clear and self-conscious, and he talks a lot about himself, just hope that our favorite good director will not be drowned in the swarms of bad praise and can't hear different voices.
ps:
I like Mr. Tang, who is played by Fan Wei. There is no audience laughing at Ge You in "The Banquet", but a kind of closeness and vividness. The actor who likes Xiaodouzi is very brilliant, and his eyes and subtle expressions feel the historical and emotional bearing. Thanks to the Japanese actor, Kadokawa's actor Nakaizumi Hideo should be the actual male lead in this film. From the perspective that the director wants to portray, the individual's touch, thinking and change in the war. Another Japanese actor, Kiba Ryu, is also good. About actresses. Xiao Jiang, Jiang Yiyan's acting is what I like, although there are not many scenes, it is more accurate. Although Gao Yuanyuan worked hard, she was always unconvincing and a little shriveled.
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