"Lilya4-ever" (Lilya4-ever): The blooming season of Tumi Flower
(Text: Vulcan Ji) in the
dark, but only blooms in the last midsummer time; after Tumi, everything is depressed.
Helpless, the spring is gone, and I feel melancholy; it blooms in secret, but the end of summer is no match for the flowers. ——Vulcan Ji. "The Flower Matters".
Seeing the name of this movie and the movie poster, I have a kind of inexplicable subjective conjecture-this is a bleak movie; even if the name "Lilya4-ever" (Lilya4-ever), and Osha The stupid expression on Oksana Akinshina's handsome face didn't give me any more information. However, intuitive judgment does not seem to require too much rational basis to support it to give an answer very arbitrarily; it only requires me to have the courage to admit that this is just my personal subjective conjecture, and that is enough.
Later, I learned that the name Lukas Moodysson (Lukas Moodysson), also learned the importance of this film in Osanna’s acting career, and also learned that this film was once known as the most popular Swedish contemporary movie. The most heart-pounding film among the representative works of young directors; Collecting this movie is almost an impulse that does not need to be explained at all—just a name, a picture, a woman, and an expression; I think it’s important to look and feel to taste.
At the beginning of the movie, from a set of hand-held cameras from the perspective of the heroine Lilja played by Osana, I pushed forward and ran all the way, staggering and looking around; to be honest, I really don’t like this set of shots, it’s very abrupt. , And make people feel very uncomfortable. I have a feeling of motion sickness and vomiting. I understand that the director wants us to experience Lilia’s aimless, panic-stricken panic from a first-person perspective; but visually speaking, using this set of shots as the opening remarks, how much There is a kind of adventure. For example, I am the kind of audience who doesn't pay the bill; many directors like to use hand-held lenses and first-person perspectives, but I have never liked this kind of vacillating perspective. Therefore, for me, if it is not an unnecessary handheld lens, it will always make me very cold.
At the end of the movie, there is also such a set of hand-held shots. But the same set of shots were placed at the end of the movie, because after an hour and a half of preparation, I had a completely different perception. Instead of the original discomfort, I was able to melt into the character's heart; at least, the so-called "pointlessness" and "panic" I mentioned earlier, I perceive it from the following set of shots , Rather than the aimless focus of the purely hand-held lens set at the beginning of the movie.
The last set of shots in the movie is completely reasonable and just right, neither overly sensational nor flashy and frivolous. I feel that if the movie starts with a second-person or third-person perspective and tells the same plot, the overall level of the movie will be even higher. In particular, this kind of back-and-forth expression is purely repeated and some waste of film, which does not help the plot development or emotional accumulation of the film. On the contrary, there is an illusion that the director is showing off. If you use an objective point of view at the beginning, and then substitute the subjective first-person perspective to perceive at the end, although the expression method is exactly the same, although the story is the same plot, it will be more reasonable, and it will promote emotions. It will be more powerful and more conducive to emotional expression. At least, I won't feel the way I am now-I won't be at a loss in the mist and clouds at the beginning, and I will suddenly realize and be full of wonder at the end of the movie.
Movies should not be so flat and straightforward, and should not be so non-repetitive. Perhaps, chasing good behavior itself is already intolerable; therefore, many times we have no choice but to accept that many directors play with the microphone in hand and direct the camera to move the camera around with the hand-held lens. The method of depicting the same storyline from two different camera angles and echoing each other is not new, but at least it is more thoughtful than this pure repetition, and at least it uses the echoing method of expression to be more extreme and exquisite. ; But such a repetition, if there is no cumulative effect of accumulation, in fact, there is no need and impatient self-indulgence.
To put it simply, misusing the hand-held lens will not only not add technical points to the film, but will deduct points for my impression of the director's professional ethics-making it mysterious and aimless. Therefore, many times I always wonder why many directors always abuse the portable lens so innocently. The portable lens is actually a very risky lens technique, but why they always use it so carelessly. Without thinking about it. If they have really seriously and comprehensively considered the risk factor of using a portable lens in their own films—perhaps, a narrative that is necessary and not a portable lens can be said to be a mere morsel. But the movies we see are not like this. Excessive and unorganized hand-held lenses have no effect on the movie itself, except that it makes us dizzy. As far as this movie is concerned, I think the movie switch This group of portable lenses is suspect, but the group of portable lenses before the end of the movie can be called a classic. It can be said that these two sets of portable lenses basically represent my two extreme views on portable lenses; perhaps, is this the purpose of the director Lucas’s arrangement of these two sets of repeated portable lenses? Perhaps no one knows except Lucas.
In general, I may not like this movie very much, especially the overall tone of the movie. The tone used in this film is a dull pale, from beginning to end; the film tone I like is full and gentle. Based on this tone, the dirty and messy bleak world is everywhere in the lens. This feeling is almost the same as most of the 90s movies in our country. It tells a story in a completely pale tone. A completely sad tragic story that took place in a completely bleak world-the color tone of the lens gradually unfolded is a sad story with the same tone that is almost the same as the color: maybe it is not that we can't bear the sentimentality brought to us by a tragedy rationally And sadness, the same is not that we cannot interpret the sadness in this tragic story under a single tone of vision; but when the two are so glued together, we will be emotional Suddenly become particularly fragile and helpless. We can't find the least bit of a possible breakthrough point, so we will eventually get lost in the layers of siege between the two and despair all the way. But we know that no one likes this feeling of despair; for example, in the works of Ki-dukKim, I often have this heavy sense of despair, especially his "AddressUnknown" (AddressUnknown). ), because this perception is too strong. It has been several years since I watched the movie, and I still can't bear to write a word with a pen.
I always feel that telling a tragic story with a gorgeous tone and full lens seems to be more able to burst out the most powerful tragedy behind the tragic force. The most impressive is the classic "Memories of Matsuko" by Japanese director Tetsuya Nakashima. The lively and unrestrained showy color, the playful and laughable posture, the frivolous but elegant dance beauty and exaggeration. The introverted way of deduction tells the grayest and most desperate story. At that moment, I felt that the whole world was disintegrated by Nakajima Tetsuya's humor. The strong contrast made this story that was not too sad. It is completely magnified into complete darkness and despair; I think this is the true power of color. The strong contrast between color tone and emotional tone will not damage the power of the film, but will be more aroused by such a strong backlash. Our compassionate complex further enhances the artistic achievement of the film itself.
We know that the so-called bleak is actually the life experience and the most true portrayal of most people; but perhaps, it is precisely because we know it, so we hope to see it occasionally in our bleak and busy life. In a certain movie, we can see some colors that are more vivid and dazzling and milder than the bleak and almost pale that is common in our lives. After all, life has already caused us severe aesthetic fatigue, and outside of life, we are actually reluctant to return to a life that is completely predetermined. Perhaps this is also the reason why comedy genres are always so popular.
When we share a good world, we will have more easy time and boring boring, so we need more entertainment to adjust our already rich and dull life; and when we unfortunately share a bad world , We don’t want to be so gloomy, comedy plays a lubricating role in relieving the heavy pressure and sadness brought to us by depressive life. But tragedy is not the case. Only when we are fully able to take care of ourselves and fill up our stomachs, when we have no worries, and when we are completely materially rich, we will think of finding some other people’s stories. To fill our almost deficient spiritual world and emotional life; if we are already indifferent, how can we have the energy to sympathize with others, to be sentimental for some fictional sadness?
But fortunately, although our current world has never been rich and comfortable, at least it is not bleak, so although I don’t like the lens construction of this movie very much, especially its overall tone is full of the world's haze, but I still have spare capacity to appreciate the story told in this movie. I may not like some of its technical aspects, but I like this story and the strong tragic flavor behind it.
The movie tells the tragic life and mental growth of Lilia, a sixteen-year-old girl. I want to deconstruct her life in the details of the movie.
First of all, in terms of family life, she was abandoned by her own biological mother and completely left behind in a Russian slum where the country’s economy was devastated and impoverished. It is conceivable that she is actually not very popular with her mother-in order to be able to get rid of the current life and predicament, can be easily cut off, this may have been out of the category of family affection. I almost cried when I watched Lilia chasing the group of shots behind the car in which my mother was riding. I thought of my newly born little daughter, Phoebe, and how much I will experience under the kind of expectation of gains and losses. A sleepless night can pull her up, and if possible, no matter how much I suffer, I cannot abandon her to find a different life; and in the movie, such abandonment has to be endured with various consciences. Her anxiety and reluctance are actually not far from me, but why her mother resolutely left her and left after crying so sincerely and sadly, I think what this showed was not a deed The unfeeling of a mother is a strong desire to completely get rid of the old life after too many years of oppression by the hardship of life. This desire may be able to surpass everything and make her give up everything; it is not the unfeeling of people, but the unfeeling of life that caused this tragedy, and this kind of tragedy is more lethal.
In the words of Lilia’s aunt later, we can learn that Lilia lives in a single-parent family, and she doesn’t even know who her father is; and we can also imagine that one lives in For a child in a single-parent family, she has stronger emotions towards her only relative who can be trusted and depended on than a child grown up in a normal family; therefore, when she is completely abandoned by her most trusted and dependent mother, What kind of loss and sadness she will be, and what kind of helplessness and helplessness she will be.
The mother’s departure was not actually the saddest part of this tragedy, but when the mother left, she stopped calling or writing letters; she was called to the orphanage or children in a complete ignorance. When the good-hearted staff member read out the letter her mother wrote to Baoliangju when he went to the security agency, it was the most helpless and compassionate scene of this tragedy of abandoning children. Many people can't help but condemn Lilia's mother for being ruthless after seeing this letter, but I don't think so. What I can imagine is-she went to the United States with her lover alone, and everything she encountered What is it, will she be abandoned, will she encounter violence, will she be unable to even eat her stomach... Such questions, after all, she is already a middle-aged and elderly woman, and she has no long-term skills. In a vain American dream, what she can find.
When a lover persuades her to give up her daughter and follow her to go far away, such a man is a low-hearted person, how can she live a good life with him. Therefore, in my opinion, the possibility of Lilia's mother living a miserable life in the United States is quite high; and when she is not only unable to take care of her daughter, but also unable to take care of herself, what else can she do? . If my hypothesis is true, her letter, although her words are sharp and her attitude is absolutely, and even a little bit mean; however, all of this is just to allow Bao Liangju to accept her daughter so that her daughter can continue to live. Lonely and helpless. If it is based on a good starting point, the content of the letter is only a matter of means and technology; therefore, even if it is pointed out, in this matter, I always hold a good imagination of human nature, and cannot bear to criticize Lily. Ya's mother.
Secondly, in terms of family, Lilia is also unlikely to receive any help or care; all her relatives, except her mother, the only one of her aunts to appear in this movie. Although there are only a few shots and a few lines of dialogue, this role is actually quite useful, especially in expressing Lilia's family relationship and the status of her family in her family. This role is actually quite important. Although only a few words, they can outline the image of Lilia's family among the people very clearly. Or maybe, they only have this relative in their family, because after Lilia was abandoned by her mother and when she was near the end of her life, even though she disliked the aunt very much, she had to go to her and pray for her help; if, There are other relatives in their family, as long as she is not so annoying, she will always go to the hospital for help in a hurry.
It can be seen from this that Lilia can either infer from the daily relationship between her family and her relatives that even if she starves to death on the street, they will not lend a helping hand; or they are left to them by their family except for this deceased uncle. Apart from the widow, there are no other relatives at all. Before leaving the country, Lilia’s mother vowed to Lilia that she would send her money to support her life and study when she arrived in the United States, and that after she settled in the United States, she would find a way to take Lilia to live with. Said that they would live a happy life in the future... But, there will always be something wrong, if something goes wrong in the middle, she said that Lilia should go to her aunt and say that she will take care of her . In my opinion, this is not much different from dying tuogu; of course, we should all know that this kind of tuogu is always full of too many and too unstable variables, especially if the entrusted person is not human, the consequence is absolutely Unthinkable. And precisely, Lilia's mother is not only unbelievable, and has little knowledge of others.
It can be said that Lilia's mother is actually a very unreliable person. For example, she said she wanted to bring Lily to the United States to live a happy new life, but she changed her mind. For example, she said that the United States sent Lilia a living allowance, but she went like a cow into the sea without any news; for example, she said she waited until she was settled. After receiving Lilia, what Lilia was waiting for was a statement of severing her mother-daughter relationship and giving up custody; for example, she said that if she is alone, she can expect her aunt to take care of her, but it turns out that her daughter is home. They are all taken by her aunt...I argued for her in the previous article, and think about it as best as possible; and here, if we look at everything from Lilia’s point of view, I want to accept it emotionally. There is no such a cruel fact. It can be said that Lilia's mother promised too many things in this movie, and it turned out that a promise could not be realized. If she is not a very unreliable person, how could she do so many incredible and terrible things.
The sixteen-year-old and helpless Lilia found the dilapidated house where her aunt used to live, and was told by neighbors that her aunt had moved into a big house; so she went back to the house where she used to live. , Finally saw this so-called aunt. Lilia asked for help, but her aunt only said lightly: I am getting older and need a better place to live. Lilia said that she had no money to eat, and her aunt didn't even lift her eyelids: like your mother, but spread her thighs in the city and you can eat everything. Maybe it's because she is clean and self-conscious, or because she knows her beauty is limited, so my aunt leads a poor life and does not go to the city to enjoy the so-called "good food"; but from this sentence, she is right from the bottom of her heart. This poor mother and daughter were extremely dismissive, even if she now occupies other people's house and spends Russia's long winter on heating, she still doesn't have the slightest gratitude but everything is taken for granted. In her opinion, she has a strong moral advantage, and with such an advantage, she overlooks and reprimands each other; and we also know that the so-called moral advantage is actually vulnerable, and others leave her alone. , But she took advantage of the fire to smash her wings, such a person talked in vain about what moral person. Even if Lilia's mother is nothing more than a handicapped old prostitute, but she bought the house as her hard-earned money; and the house that a prostitute bought for the life of a prostitute that was supposed to be used for the elderly has to do with it. Much inferior than prostitutes.
Of course, she is now living in this small apartment that Lilia’s mother "spreads her thighs" back in exchange, and she will not have the slightest guilt; because she has its "moral advantage." However, her so-called "moral advantage" is quite questionable because she is so unreasonable to take advantage of others' trust and take advantage of the robbery. But what we can see from this little person is the ignorance of Lilia’s mother. She and her brother’s wife should have known each other for many years. People don’t know how it is possible to entrust their daughter to such a person. This is actually The terrible tragedy that will happen to Lilia in the future is doomed.
From another perspective, let’s take a look at the relationship between Lilia and her friends. In my impression, every westerner seems to have a so-called BestFriend. Such a relationship is almost public in their circle of friends. Therefore, as long as they can be called BestFriend by their friends, it is actually a great deal. Of glory. Of course, Lilia also has a BestFriend of hers, but it was her BestFriend who not only failed to help her when she was most helpless, but pushed her into the bottomless abyss of complete destruction.
Every teenager will always have a so-called rebellious period that is unreasonable and completely irrational. Lilia and her BestFriend happen to be in the youth rebellious period-put on makeup, change hair style, wear sexy and beautiful clothes, and get on the train. Go to the city, go crazy in the middle of the night in the bar. Lilia is actually cleaner and better than anyone else, especially in such an environment and life state that she is in such an environment and life, it is actually quite rare to be able to clean up and self-care: when her friend is just for alcohol or even just for fun, go to pick up customers and earn money. During some extravaganza, she just sat curiously in the bar and drank quietly, watching all kinds of people writhe frantically on the dance floor, and rejected some men who came forward to buy pleasure...
all Youth rebellion will always encounter a suppression from the upper class of the family, so, after all, BestFriend's father found out the money she had obtained from prostitution by her father, and pushed everything to Lilia for the sake of getting rid of the relationship. She later explained: Anyway, you are going to the United States, and no one knows you there. It is not an exaggeration for you to bear such an infamy for me. Little did she know that Lilia could not go to the United States and lost the asylum that her mother might have. She had to face all of this alone.
Walking in her block, she would be verbally abused, blamed, and expelled. Some more radical punks would throw things at her, and several people even knocked on her door and gang-raped her... the so-called so-called If you make friends carelessly, perhaps there is nothing more careless than this.
Abandoned by her mother, deceived by relatives, framed by friends, cold-eyed in school, expelled from the neighborhood... In my opinion, almost all aspects of Lilia's life are devastated. However, life must continue, and how can Lilia, who is only sixteen years old and helpless, be able to support herself. She finally took the path that everyone wanted her to take-spread her legs and "enjoy" life; but even if her life had fallen to this point, not only did she support herself, she also took care of the children who were sick and pitiful with her. very good. Even if I went back to the small house that was as cold as an ice cellar, even if I could only light candles and warm by the light of the shining fire, Lilia was still content; in my opinion, this is the most pitiful Lilia. Beauty is indispensable, kind and elegant. She so frankly accepted the awkward fate imposed on her, she did not hesitate to take on everything; but she also hopes to change the status quo with her own efforts.
Because Lilia promised her little neighbor, she dedicated a part of her "hard-earned money" to give him a basketball. This is her kindness; but it's not just because of kindness. The two of them once sat together and discussed their dreams. Basketball is the dream of a little boy-what heaven will be like, and you can play basketball all day without worry... Giving him a basketball is not practical for a lot of money. But no one has ever given it to him; what Lilia gave is just a basketball, this is a little boy's little dream. However, no one knows the little boy’s little dream, except for the kind Lilia; the reason I say Lilia is kind, because she knows that she cares about the people around her and also cares about the feelings of these people, so Lilia will Perhaps even when he was unable to eat, he was still thinking about this little neighbor who met by the water and gave him a somewhat late surprise. And the act of sending basketball, to a certain extent, why Lilia would satisfy his little dream; perhaps, this also explains the little desire in her heart that may not even be aware of herself—yes It's not that anyone will care for her and give her a "basketball" that belongs to her, to realize her same little dream, and at least save her from the helpless mud puddle in front of her.
Perhaps, it was precisely because of the strong desire that, when an unsophisticated scam was placed in front of her, she had no energy to think and believed in the man who looked like Prince Charming in front of her. Every word spoken. Because her desire to get rid of the predicament in front of her is strong enough to completely deceive her only remaining reason, because she is afraid that after losing this "opportunity", she will regret it and sink forever in her current state. Powerless to save herself, because she remembered the lessons of her mother's determination when she left, because she had seen happiness and happiness that her mother had never had before, because - now there is a "love" and "job" in front of her She wants to cherish it, she doesn’t want to wait until she has lost it before she regrets it, because she knows she won’t give her another "chance", even if she is willing to say to that "chance"-I love you... So, she Believe that this man who is actually the "Bull Demon King" is the "Supreme Treasure" who walked on the seven-colored clouds to pick her up and go to the happy and joyful other shore... With
a fake passport, he went to an unfamiliar environment where the language was completely impenetrable. Here, was raped and imprisoned by a strange man; what can Lilia, who is only sixteen, do to protect herself-she has nothing but obedience. Therefore, when she ran away in panic, seeing the police, she could only take the road in an even more panic, and she had never even thought of asking for help; perhaps, she knew that the police would not necessarily protect her, or maybe she was just afraid Deported back to the place where she used to live, to live the original life...
When watching this movie, I can’t help but feel a sense of inexplicable sadness. We used to say that character makes destiny, so the tragedy of a character is mostly caused by the character itself; but when we look at Lilia The fading flower of Russia, can we still say the same thing so comfortably? If we analyze Lilia’s personality a little bit, it’s actually hard not to like this character, even though she is somewhat less intelligent, somewhat headstrong and rebellious, somewhat credulous, and somewhat cowardly... But all this seems to be Sin is not deadly. And Lilia has many good points in her character: such as her kind, strong, pure and self-loving side, such as her desire for a better life, we can't help but feel a little stunned by love and admiration. Character may create destiny, so a character’s tragedy is often caused by the character’s own reasons; but if the character’s own reasons are excluded, the tragedy will still happen, then the tragedy is not the character’s reason but the social reason. .
We have actually seen a lot of tragedies that character creates destiny, and that is what I once thought of as the “power of tragedy”. From such tragedies, we can easily think of sympathy and compassion, and then begin to think; and society creates In fact, there are many tragedies of the same, but more often we will unconsciously solve the disharmonious society, and then attribute the tragedy to the characters themselves. Even when I watched this movie, I still have this tendency, but I can't figure it out. It's just that this character image is really pitiful, so I finally silently admitted that this tragedy was caused by its social reasons. And I suddenly discovered that when I was faced with such a tragedy, I would no longer think of the so-called "sympathy" and "compassion". I felt a kind of helplessness that was completely powerless. sad.
If tragedy is a destined destiny after all, and even if it is finally lost in the darkest tragic grievances, this tragic character can still show the pitiful side of his character. Such a tragic figure is in tragedy. The form may have more power to completely defeat us. Lilia has faith. Every time she moves, she always brings a picture of the Virgin in her room with her; and every day she always prays to the painting religiously, even in her most depraved time. But in her last days, she discovered that she was actually a group of people who were not redeemed. She smashed this portrait that she took everywhere and prayed to her; I think, her faith It was also completely broken. This is her sin, or the sin of the society that created her tragedy.
How could a young and beautiful life fall here? And all this has nothing to do with her character, just life, and the environment in which she lives, pushing her step by step into a fate that is beyond sorrow. She finally escaped from that terrible cave, but she was still desperate and could only choose to end her life to break with the world. I think the really terrible tragedy is when you can only watch a holy and beautiful soul slowly fall and finally die away, such a filthy but helplessly fade away, and you can’t do anything about it; this is the saddest thing. tragedy. I suddenly remembered Qingwen’s judgment in "A Dream of Red Mansions": The heart is taller than the sky, and she is a scumbag; romantic and dexterous inviting people to complain, and Shouyao was born out of slander; and Miaoyu: how to be clean and pitiful for gold and jade. , Finally sinking into the mud. In my opinion, Lilia is a modern Russian version of Qingwen and Miaoyu.
In general, this movie may be somewhat flawed in terms of mirroring, but I am still obsessed with the character image of Lilia. Osanna in the Hollywood blockbuster "The Bourne Supremacy 2" (The Bourne Supremacy) did not impress me too much. On the contrary, this glamorous but sad little woman in this small Swedish movie gave me a great deal The shock. Lucas deserves to be one of the most talented directors among contemporary European directors. This film written and directed by him left a deep impression on me. I haven't watched other Lucas movies, so I can't compare whether this movie is his best; but in terms of the movies I've seen recently, this is the best one.
In this movie, the only two characters I can see with beautiful humanity are Lilia and her little neighbor; however, at the end of the movie, these two characters committed suicide by coincidence. Perhaps, the good and the beautiful are gradually hard to find in this world, but the evil and the ugly are so powerful that they gradually swallow the former-as a small person, you will either follow the crowd or be swallowed by it.
Woohoo, and sorrowful. The flower season, which was languishing in the dark, is gone; this year we may not find the fragrance of flowers anymore. In the coming year, at this same time, we are also unavoidable to feel sad.
2010-06-19 draft; 2010-06-22; the eleventh month of the ninth month of the month of the tiger in the year of the gengyin; the festival of fanli;
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Note: Movie information.
■Title: "Lilya4-ever"
■Translation : "Lillia Forever"
■Director: Lukas Moodysson
■Starring: Oksana Akinshina
■Type: Drama
■ Length: 109min
■ Place of Origin: Denmark\Sweden
■Language: English\Swedish
■Color: Color
■Classification: USA:R\HongKong:III\Sweden:15
■Format: 35mm wide screen system
■Mixed: Du Than digital surround sound\digital cinema system
■Filming format: 16mm
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Printing format: 35mm ■Film length: 2992m (Switzerland)
■Production company: MemfisFilmRightsAB
■Distribution company: A-FilmDistribution
■Premiere date: August 23, 2002 (Sweden)
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