The fault of modern people is that everything is happy or slow (except in bed), a love word, a few sweet talks, if you can't lie in your lover’s ear and whisper, you will inevitably take out your phone and
press it like a spasm. Last point: only send without saving. A few microseconds later (it can be ignored) the phone jingles on the side of the crotch, or jingles on the chest. Take a look: An Hong, I miss you, I miss you and want to sleep. . People will never miss it, it's not a mystery anymore, and they don't want to wait. People who know each other quickly fall in love, those who love each other quickly, and then they leave each other quickly, and they forget each other quickly after the farewell. It is better to forget each other than to forget each other. We respect forgetting and despise waiting. The reason why the
model
"The Corner Shop" is classic is not because some latecomers convened celebrities such as Old Tom and Old Sweetheart to launch a seemingly mysterious remake that has attracted gold on a global scale. You laugh, cry, and get teased, but in the core of the movie, you discuss the nature and flaws of love with a gleaming plot.
A man and a woman have been in communication for a long time, love each other on paper, have never met and don’t know the real name of the other party, just a vague and ignorant “sure” that the other party is the person they want, a confidant, a destination, yes The angel that God created to be in harmony with himself is the only soulmate in the crowd who can understand his own heart tunes. Although I am a small person in real life (a worker who has been waiting for a job for a long time and just got a job, and a worker who has been employed for a long time is just a shop assistant), but on paper, he has received huge recognition and encouragement from the other party, and he is reshaped and discovered again. Love makes people obliterate and discover the self. The meaning of communication in the movie is obviously the latter. So a problem arises, that platonic love ultimately depends on the love of Iijima. No matter how much the two love each other on the letter paper, how many words of "love tiger oil" are written in ink, they will meet each other after all. When you reach the flesh and blood body, you will eventually have to walk into the house like ordinary people, lie down, and live. The cleverness of the movie is that these two "Plato" actually work in a shop, and they look at each other uncomfortably. They often blush or have red ears over some chicken feathers or garlic skins. Clarik is tall and handsome, but unfortunately a bit rigid and true, Novak is small and exquisite, but a little self-pity and self-righteous. In the spiritual world, the two build a harmonious society. In the real world, the two people staged conflicts between Palestine and Israel every day. Of course, this model was used in the future movies and dramas indiscriminately and stinkingly, but at the time, it was really ingenious and extremely awesome. Obviously, it is to construct a small model of love with a very dramatic plot. The audience overlooks, the director performs the knife, and the scene dissects them all together. You can't help but not understand, and you can't help but disagree. ........ When the two finally met, of course there were all kinds of twists and jokes in front of them. Men are still stronger and more sophisticated than women. He already knows all the institutions. Unfortunately, I often have to be kept in the dark.) So there is a classic temptation in the history of film:
Clark: Pabkin is a very kind person, I want to congratulate you.
Novak: Thank you. I think he should be very charming.
Clark: Oh, yes, in terms of his appearance, I would say, it is very charming.
Novak: Can you clearly state his type?
Clark: Oh, of course. Don't want to change him, don't let him go on a diet.
Novak: You mean... Is he fat?
Clark: Not at all, it's just a personal opinion. I think a little belly makes him more homey. You think about this kind of husband, right?
Novak: Oh, yes, that's what I want.
......
Novak: Anyway, he has a good heart. Don't you think he is very witty?
Clark: I think he is a little frustrated, but it is unfair to judge someone when he is unemployed.
Novak: Unemployed? He didn't tell me.
Clark: It means he is very delicate. But you don't need to worry, he thinks you can live well on your salary alone. He was a little worried when I told him how much money you made, but I think he promised that you would get a raise. He was in a much better mood when he left, and besides, mentioning the bonus won't do you any harm.
Novak: This is terrible! I'm really angry. I don't know that he admires material things so much. If you have read the letter written by him, so idealistic and noble point of view...I have a fantasy about him, I think he is perfect.
At this time, a very realistic scene appeared. Novak was afraid. The disappointment of the past and the fear of the future caught her at once. The thing she feared the most was now in front of her eyes: the prince became a frog. I believe that the audience who laughed at the front and back of the scene will definitely be surprised at this time. I thought it was a romantic comedy, but I didn't expect it to be a realist masterpiece. Everyone who has loved or who has seen someone else loves should experience that kind of fear. "Pabkin" is full of history, art and literature. As a result, he has a corrupt belly and a mediocre heart, a spiritual plato. , The material pauper. Love suddenly became fiction, happiness suddenly became fantasy, weak spiritual love was suddenly exposed: a beer belly is deadly enough, what else is more fragile than this stuff? Of course, in the end, Clark stepped up and said that in fact, the buddy didn't have a beer belly, but he might have two looped legs. Novak suddenly realized, relieved, throwing his arms into his arms, and weeping with joy. After a symbolic examination of Clarik’s looped legs, they confirmed that they were not too serious, and the two took a meaningful kiss: a man made a woman’s play and a sense of accomplishment; a potential stock in the woman’s hand suddenly stopped falling and miraculously. It went up a few boards like that, and the roller coaster stopped at the top of the peak, looking at the small mountains and feeling full of happiness. What else is there to say? A circle that gathered quickly appeared on the screen: the end
love
Shi Kang said: At first, they were just two beautiful animals. They tried repeatedly with immature and suspicious snail tentacles until they believed that the other party was of the same kind. That was the initial connection. Next, there will always be one party who will take the initiative to knock down the other party with sexual charm. That is to break into dreams with dreams, fragility breaks fragility... They will dream about eternal life together and fight for it. Shi Kang's words are ruined into one sentence, that is, love and "sexual charm" are so close, it is hard to separate.
Novak unconsciously exaggerated his "sexual charm" in Clarick's correspondence, in his mind, in order to coincide with the talent he showed in the letter. She fancies that he is not only wise and handsome, not only is he knowledgeable but also has a great body. It's better to have a small family and save the two people from the pain of struggle. Love presents a flawed beauty in Liu Bieqian's movies. The flaw lies in the lack of love that comes out of thin air. The Hanging Garden of Babylon is magnificent, but it is too easy to destroy. Everyone has said that there is such a garden that no one has ever seen. Spiritual love may also be able to die alive, reaching a climax between the lines. You tell a historical allusion, and he tells a literary story, one and two things, one heart and one soul, and the climax between the rulers. It's a pity that humans have not yet evolved into fully socialized creatures. The physiological meaning is only the brain, and the work of reproduction is handed over to the test tube. Maybe that day, Plato's love can really rise, proving to the world that humans can finally Get the purest love.
Whether it’s Liu Bieqian’s time or the present you and I are in, the animal nature of humans is becoming more and more demanding in the cracks of sociality. Love cannot escape from the lust of the flesh. When Novak in the movie thinks that he is in love, She actually fell in love with her fantasy: a man who looks the same. She could even feel that the man's "sexual charm" had penetrated the paper back, and came into her eyes. In a relationship, women are more indulged in fantasy and credulity, and they are also easily disappointed and fragile. Novak, as a woman, is not worried about being a sacrifice to love. She fell ill and fell on the bed, longing for the distant letter to continue the dream she had woven for herself. The letter came, and it was filled with it. Complimenting her sentence, "The eyes are shining with light and mystery...lively, fascinating, and reminds me of gypsy music..." She was healed, glowing, and vowed that she would be the hardest employee tomorrow and be able to sell. Produce the most merchandise, and also give a lover who has never met a music candy box from our store ). The women in Liu Bieqian's movies, no matter how beautiful or ugly, no matter how big or small the role is, are always a little bit twitchy and contrived. I even suspect that Liu Bieqian's use of Margelt Saravin as the heroine is to take advantage of the clown nature of her bones that is cute and cute.
As a man in the movie, Clarik is more sensible. He hoped that the woman on the letter paper should not be too beautiful or too ugly. Too beautiful he would not be blessed to accept it, because he admits his humbleness, and he can’t stand it because he is too ugly. It's also a man anyway. Before meeting a woman, his thoughts in his mind are not to be disappointed, just to be unsatisfactory, instead of expecting unrealistic surprises. His actual action is to ask the boss to raise his salary, because he knows that after the passion, the two people are tied together to discuss the reality of life. If love is a freehand and wild impressionist work, marriage is a picture that must be outlined in detail. Meticulous painting. Compared with the pragmatic style of women, Liu Bieqian's mind is very clear.
But Liu Bieqian did not think that men are always strong in love relationships. In Liu Bieqian's movies, men's weaknesses often appear. Whether it's "The Corner Shop" or "You Flee, I Escape", men always strive to retain their dignity in love and are not available. Madochak, the owner of "The Corner Shop", became suspicious and even fired Clark, who was like his own son. After discovering the truth, he wanted to commit suicide with a bullet. Unsuccessful suicide turned into epilepsy and depression. Although he is financially the father of his employees, he is emotionally naive. The actor in "You Flee, I Escape" gave up the section for the nation and contributed his wife to the country, but he felt uncomfortable at all. He always made things difficult for his love rivals in words, even though they were comrades-in-arms on the ropes.
But I believe what Liu Bieqian wants to tell us in the end is that the thing of love is weak and beautiful. Those brows, those exhaled like blue eyes, those little tricks to attract the attention of lovers, and those little hurts because of too much love, all make people laugh and make people move. When we are in love, our flaws are immediately reflected in love. We suffer from gains and losses, we are full of suspicion, we bow to our knees, we are arrogant, and we become twisted and twisted in front of the mirror of love, because we take this too much. Take it seriously, don't take us seriously, tease us, make fun of us. But we have to be kind to love, because this is the best thing that a person can do. Liao Yimei said in "Amber", "Because I love you, I am afraid of dying." We are unscrupulous because of desire, we are cautious because of love. When Novak was waiting in the cafe with "Anna Karenina", when Madochak knew that there was a fraud or asked Pibi to send his wife 1000 quick cash, when Kra When Rick took out the red rose and inserted it into the collar at the end, we found that those people were ourselves, we would worry for them, we would choke their wrists for them, we would be happy for them, and we would be because of the two people at the end. A complete kiss and sleep peacefully. Liu Bieqian wants us to admit that we are all ordinary people, our love is weak but glorious.
Comedians
have different points of laughter. Some people laugh because the actors madly abuse themselves. The blind belonged to Zhao Benshan and the mentally retarded Fan Wei. He once brought cheap laughs to the Chinese people, and made them feel their superiority and condescending. Some people will laugh because of the actors’ exaggerated expressions and funny actions, Jim Carrey’s iconic hysteria, Zhou Xingxing’s signature long smile, which makes people feel deformed laughter and magnified passion; some people will laugh because of one Laughing is something called humor. This kind of thing is timeless and full-bodied and has an endless aftertaste. It can make you laugh again, laugh in your dreams after laughing during the day, and after you laugh, you feel that you have such a new understanding of the world, like a horse. Sanli's chattering, like Chaplin's swaying, is also the same in "The Corner Shop".
Black and white films have an advantage. You can't study the beauty on the screen in detail, because the beauty of those scenes is black and white anyway. You can only pay attention to the actors' body and language. Liu Bieqian's humor obviously belongs to the stubbornness in his body and language. On the surface, he is polite and has a little cleverness in his bones. He suddenly made a small joke and scratched your itching very comfortably. Humor is an attitude to life, and having fun in hardship is an attitude of humor. Good comedies are mostly a bit gray, and the ridicule is mixed with the scent of compassion. None of the characters in "The Corner Shop" are simple and happy. Everyone lives in a depressed environment and rushes for life. This gray tone just makes the humor of this movie deep and evocative. Pinovic of Vinonov, under the weight of life, became shrunk, for fear that he would lose his job. There is still a wife and two children in the family who need his salary. Whenever the boss wants to listen to opinions, he immediately shrinks his head to his collar. Inside, he turned his head and hid; Pieby is a little promise of errands, often lazy, likes to take a small advantage, but is kind-hearted. He saved Madochak's life, and he was a little ecstatic. He became a teller and made him forget it. The scene of calling in front of everyone is really the director's originality: Yes, I want a healthy errand with hands and feet, aged 14. , It’s about 5 years old, please send 4 to 5 children over and let me choose... After the little guy has gained power, the arrogance made people laugh, but not contemptible. The audience can understand and the audience is willing to be considerate.
Liu Bieqian's comedies are both praise and derogation, both praise and satire, and have a good sense of proportion. The praise is not too hot, let you feel the cuteness of people, the warmth between the hands and the feet, the warmth between the eyebrows, not greasy or overrun, the viewers have faith and expectation in the beauty of human nature while caring; the irony is not sharp, Liu Bieqian's hands Take the ruler, raise it slightly, drop it gently, and hit the back of human nature. Everyone may have those shortcomings, and everyone may make those mistakes. He stings us, but he doesn't want us to bleed, his irony No depression, no disappointment, just a little sad. Later generations nicknamed: Liu Bieqian touched. The word touch is very vivid. He knocked on the door of our heart gently, and we moved.
The end
"It's not popular to write letters now. The feelings are either too strong or too weak. Too strong means that they called each other, ate, drank tea, and drank, and the wrinkles carved on their faces can be counted. There is sadness and joy in my heart. I have finished talking, I have to overdraft and advance, and dig out some topics to harm others and entertain myself. Friendship is really a foreign thing; easy to earn, easy to spend, not cherish. Too light, it means that everyone is pushing to go on their own way, only Ask for a good ear, sign a greeting card for Christmas and New Year. I don’t even bother to write the above paragraph and hand it to the female secretary to mail: receiving it is a disappointment, not receiving it is deserved." Dong Qiao’s article has a few old gentleness, and today’s literary world Already rare.
I heard that a calligrapher and painter in Taiwan had carved a free chapter: "It's fine to see each other, so I don't come to Chang Sijun." I couldn't help clapping my hands secretly, consciously using it to summarize the aptitude of "The Corner Shop". Of course the old days cannot be restored, and new lives are bound to roll in. The letter love between Claric and Novak can only be stored in black and white film. Obviously such stories cannot be trusted in the film world of the new era. Miss it? Hurry up and make a call. shall we meet? You can come to a video first. But what happens after the longing is filled, and the desire is satisfied? "There is nothing wrong with seeing each other", the emptiness followed immediately, wide-eyed and small-eyed, there was nothing to say. That kind of distant longing has no connection with modern people, the kind of love immersed in fantasy is far away from us, we can smile, we should be lost, we should be inferior.
"The sound of running water is faintly heard from the gap in the broken part. If the gap is blocked, the running water may overflow."-Mr. Dong Qiao was right again.
Originally published in "Watching Movies" in September
View more about The Shop Around the Corner reviews
