It is easy for people to compare Hiroka Hiroka's 2008 film "Walking" with "Deeper than the Sea (海よりもまだdeep)" filmed in 2015. There are indeed two films. There are many similarities in the film, at least in terms of the cast, there are Shirin and Hiro Abe, and both begin with the mother and sister in the kitchen. In the previous work, the mother and daughter are doing housework together. Writing on the desk shows some changes in life, mainly changes in people's hearts. In both films, there is a scene of a family of three sitting on a train. The difference is that one family is newly formed, while the other has fallen apart... After
all, it is Hirokazu Koreeda that most of the films that reflect family life are somewhat similar. For example, the theme of the relationship between father and son is presented very delicately and profoundly in "Walking Nonstop" and "Deeper Than the Sea", and even "Like Father Like Son", which contains social topics, also focuses on father and son. The relationship is more touching. "Miracle" from the perspective of two little brothers, and "Haijie Diary", which mainly focuses on four sisters, also have parts related to parent-child relationship. It is - human feelings, and the conclusion of kinship relationships.
It is Hirokazu Kore-eda's perspective that always stays within the boundaries of life, and he expresses his creative philosophy in his words: "I don't like the plot of the protagonist overcoming his weaknesses, protecting his family and saving the world, but I want to describe the fact that there are no heroes, only ordinary people. The moment when the slightly dirty world we live in suddenly becomes beautiful. To do this, what is needed is probably not the courage to grit one's teeth, but the weakness of unconsciously asking others for help. Defects are not just shortcomings, but also include Possibilities. (From "The Speed of Walking")" And, he thinks - "The director's job is to present the real world in which people live." In this sense, it is Hirokazu Koreeda's execution of his ideas. is not bad.
It is Hirokazu Kore-eda's films that are full of the reproduction of the details of life and the beginning and end of emotions. It seems that the scenes he constructs are very dependent on details. He believes: "The accumulation of details is life, and this is where the drama lies." In daily life, the film itself reveals the most authentic and long-lasting taste. And its repeated use of scenes and some passages in the film will remind people of the name of Ozu Yasujiro's essay "I own a tofu shop, I only make tofu", "Someone told me that I occasionally shoot Let's do something different. I said, I'm a 'tofu shop'. People who make tofu make curry rice or tonkatsu, it can't be delicious." Doing what you are good at and doing it well is also amazing. of.
The same tofu, the same ingredients, Hirokazu Kore-eda, like his respected predecessors, can attribute them to each appropriate node, such as the butterfly in "Never Stop" and flew into "Deeper than the Sea", this repetition The use and extension of it is not objectionable at all, but has further life experience and aftertaste. In the former, Abe Hiroshi, who was frustrated in life, seemed to fail even more in the latter. In the former, many of the Yokoyama he played were in a situation where he wanted the approval of his father but couldn't, and lived in the shadow of his "excellent" brother who died early. He married a widowed woman, had a stepson, and his parents died one after another. , life goes on... In the latter case, Ryota Shinoda played by Hiro Abe and his son do not want to be like their father, but in fact, they are very similar. This time, this is also called a lot of middle-aged people The man is even more dejected and depressed, his father has passed away, his mother still has the humor and wisdom of life, his divorced wife is about to leave his pipa, and his son will become someone else's stepson...
At this moment in life, many seem to understand Nietzsche's words in Thus Spoke Zarathustra: "The greatness of man is that he is a bridge and not an end; the loveliness of man is that he It is a transition and a sinking." In a sense, life is a transition and a sinking. Many people who are in a predicament have the bad habit of gambling. This is just like his father's reprinting problem. It has not alerted many people for a long time. He won the literature prize 15 years ago and has never been able to publish new works. The era of pure literature no longer exists, but he has not let go of the dignity of words and transitioned to the new era of reading pictures. The career of a private detective is praised by him as a writer to experience life, but it is the main source of his living income, probably gambling has become a lot. The way to resolve a disappointing life is also a way to ignite small extravagant hopes. "Try again, fail again, fail better (from Samuel Beckett)" seems to have become the main loop. Fortunately, everything in life is imperceptibly, showing a charming and helpless side, just like Mr. Lao She said: "Life is a kind of rhythm, there must be light and shadow, left and right, sunny and rainy, taste. It is contained in the twists and turns that change but not violent."
Ms. Shu Xilin appeared in the works of Hirokazu Koeda for the fifth time. Like the grandma, mother and relatives she played in the past, Zhi Xilin used skillful acting skills to bring a person through life. The wise old lady who still maintains her lovely side after all kinds of tortures, naturally interpreted it, and her witty words made the audience feel deeply at the same time. The old lady's concept of making friends is: "Making friends is just an increase in the number of people attending the funeral." The concept of happiness is: "The so-called happiness is something that can be obtained by not giving up." Her outlook on life is meaningful: " This thing in life is still very simple."
The title of the film comes from a sentence in Teresa Teng's Japanese song "The Premonition of Parting", the mother's words about life that are deeper than the sea, revealing human nature, the conversation between mother and son in the night of this typhoon , it's probably a brainstorm.
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