The reason why "Huahuo" is dangerous is that it creates a quiet state of life and is willing to enjoy it until it is destroyed by hand. This state of silence can be called dead silence. The silence in "Fireworks" is different from the tranquility in "The Quiet Sea That Summer". There is no sign of life here, and everything is heading towards death.
There are three reasons for the danger of "Huahuo", a deep sense of self-redemption. Kitano carried all the unsatisfactory surroundings on him, and under self-blame, he asked for death instead of survival, using death as a relief.
"Flower Fire" coincides with the "cherry blossom complex" in the traditional life consciousness of the Japanese nation. The short and gorgeous beauty is also a dangerous beauty.
2. I like the silence in Kitano Takeshi’s movies. Takeshi Kitano treats the chattering lines as irresponsible perfunctory. This fits my mind. So when I choose to watch "Pulp Fiction" or "Flower Fire", I always Prefers "Flower Fire". I don’t want cumbersome language to flood my eardrums and delay my integration into the image. Only through lyrical shots can I experience a certain state of the character. For example, a large number of paintings are inserted in "Fireworks" to render the paralyzed person. Colleagues endured the torment of despairing but longing for care, but he never heard his long-standing complaints. They devoted themselves to the paintings for the beautiful nostalgia. In the paintings, a family of three often watched the splendid fireworks. This is him. I can’t enjoy it anymore. For an unfortunate child who was paralyzed by his duties but was abandoned by his family, the deep suffering did not allow him to moan and cry with self-deception and pity. Even if he shot himself in the end, he was a brave man. Silence became the last accusation of the desperate.
The charm of silence effectively resolves the situation that a little carelessness is reduced to hypocrisy. "Flower Fire" is a tragic story about dedication and deep love. The protagonist Yamada does everything, including borrowing usury from the underworld, robbing banks, and killing people. The main purpose is to give a terminally ill wife a good death, and this is an excellent theme for exaggerating the true feelings of the world, which can make it sad, direct people to tears, that is, processed into an extremely sensational sensory image, if In this case, it becomes another film. In fact, Kitano used silence to create a heart-piercing pain but extremely cold, as if a kind of detached feelings. From the beginning to the end, his wife who knew that his life was about to end all smiles. This kind of endurance Perhaps only the power of silence is enough to support her. What's more, she had suffered from the loss of her beloved daughter before. When her life was no longer tormented, all the noise and sorrow had calmed down, and her only line in the film appeared to be Very simple and unpretentious, "Thank you very much, thank you very much." After finishing speaking, I was nestled in the arms of my husband, and this simple thank you appeared at the end of life, revealing a poignant beauty of influence. This is also true. It is the perfect embodiment of Kitano's personal charm in the film. Later, when I watched his "The Most Serene Sea That Summer", I was even more impressed by the silent tragedy and male restraint. Takeshi Kitano should be a straightforward person, I think it may be that the experience of cross talk made him tired of a procrastinating way of expression.
Another form of silence used by Kitano is the stillness of the camera and sudden jumps, sometimes as calm as stagnant water, reflecting the helplessness and boredom of the characters, such as the signature figure of Kitano in a black suit leaning against a white car. By the side, the camera always stays for more than ten seconds. Such shots have also appeared in his works such as "Sonata" and "Big Brother". Tranquility, so soon it will be a jump-cutting scene about violence. Needless to say, a few sets of fast and messy shots are solved. There is no extra detail process, no fancy scenes of violence, no hesitation, no hesitation, concise and thorough. The sharp solution is like the use of language in a film. It pursues the effect of point-to-point. The rest forms a space for personal imagination, which undoubtedly strengthens the tension of the image, and the effect of this rhythm always makes people feel lingering. Because if you are not paying attention, the beauty of tranquility in front of you disappears. What replaces it is sudden violence and even death. Yamada talks to the doctor about his wife’s illness in the hospital. At this time, the expressions and pictures of the characters are peaceful, and they are silent. When there were two sudden gunshots, and his partner was being attacked outside the hospital, this was more thrilling than the fire scene of bullets flying all over, because we are always unbearable by unexpected accidents and impermanence, Kitano Takemasa It only captures this kind of psychological feelings of people.
Death is the most common phenomenon in Kitano Takeshi's works, and it is always sudden, as if it is just a part of life or an exercise, not an end, not a loss, deliberately downplaying the fear of death is just a gloomy escape from death and the inability to face it, so Only by pretending to be detached, what is convincing is that the fear of death always comes from the desire of life. Only a helpless and hopeless life can make people feel that death is not terrible. The violent behavior and extreme of Yamada in the film Self-destruction stems from this. This is no longer a pessimistic mood. It is just a sense of beauty popping out of the bones. The attitude towards this is only awe.
Towards the end of "Fireworks", a little girl flying a kite by the sea suddenly appeared in the camera, trotting around on the beach in circles. Although the sea breeze was strong, the kite couldn't fly, but the little girl didn't care much. It’s always fun, as if the joy of flying a kite is not in the kite’s flying with the wind, but in holding a small space back and forth lightly, enjoying yourself, and never giving up, just like a dream that is hard to come true due to the status quo, but always haunts my mind. Can't let go. From the beginning to the end, people can’t see any hope or dream. The protagonist’s destiny is not as light as a kite. It is so heavy that there is no chance to be stable at hand for a moment, so he keeps banishing and throws away to the end of destruction. , And never thought of taking it back. The image of the kite here is a reincarnation destiny, but it was torn up by Yamada mischievously. So the two gunshots in the ending sounded like the couple’s hand in hand to sing together, even though it seems to us tragic, But there is a kind of unrequited contempt for doom and fascination with life and death. Here, the meaning of death is better than all the sinful survivals. Kitano's fascination with death is almost a kind of pious worship. It is pleasure and warmth, but there is no sadness that makes people sad. Although the formal death still gives people a fleeting shock, I am always happy to accept this ending.
Sadness and despair fills the entire viewing process, but I don’t feel bored or depressed. The life and death between husband and wife is enough to replace all sorrow. This kind of tenderness always appears naughty on the screen, making people laugh, such as when my wife thinks about playing with tangram at home. Smoking a cigarette was stopped by Yamada, and his wife pretended to be angry. No matter how she looked, she felt that the beauty was right in front of her, but it happened to be over. During the trip in the second half of the film, there were many lighthearted things that made people laugh and cry. Guess playing cards through the rear mirror in the car, were teased by fireworks when they set off fireworks in the field, and were teased by a small truck when they took photos. , The grandparents who ringed the bell in the city to make fun of sightseeing, the wife ran forward in the snow but accidentally fell into the snow ditch. These fragments full of life interest formed a strong contrast with the tone of the whole film and added to the tragedy. It's a pity that death is imperative for the beauty of warming people's hearts.
"Flower fire" is a symbol of life in the film. It is as brilliant as a flower and scorching like a fire. This word can be translated as "firework". But it is unable to resist the traction of natural laws, which is reflected in people as destiny. But I am willing to break the word apart. It is just a delicate flower, suffering in the fire, and even a kind of powerless destiny. The fragile life itself is a falling flower, and miserable people are everywhere in deep water. , Even if you encounter brilliant fireworks, I think it’s better to let the fireworks ignite for too long, at least there will be a wait, just like Yamada leaning up to find out, but accidentally being set off by the fireworks Cheerful.
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