"Seven Swords" is Tsui Hark's seven swords. In the film, Huiming, the master who lives in seclusion in the Tianshan Mountains, vaguely has the shadow of Tsui Hark. He borrowed the fire of flying stones from the sky and spent his whole life working hard to create seven swords with different shapes and powers. The "Seven Swords" once again lead us to enter A river and lake different from the past. The story is very simple. Starting with the court issuing the "Forbidden Military Order", Prince Duoduo of the Manchu Qing Dynasty sent the former master "Feng Huo Liancheng" to kill people who violated the martial arts orders from all over the world. The important target was the anti-Qing organization located in the northwest border. Heaven and Earth will be divided into rudder Wuzhuang... and then involve the antagonistic struggle between the evil forces headed by "Wind and Fire" and the "Seven Swords of Tianshan", interspersed with personal narratives, coupled with the emotional entanglement between multiple protagonists, It constitutes a plot with both civil and military skills and a very martial arts style. From Liang Yusheng's masterpiece "Seven Swords Down the Tianshan Mountains" (in fact, there is also "The Legend of the Outsiders"), in fact, only the names of a few knights are really similar, and the space background of the yellow sand outside the Great Wall and the white snow in the Tianshan Mountains, the story is only the beginning Just stopped, to a certain extent, "Seven Swords" is more like a prequel to "Seven Swords Down the Tianshan Mountains". Tsui Hark likes adaptations, and is a master at the middle. What makes him great is not his faithfulness to the original work, but precisely the reflection of a completely subjective world, whether it is "The Swordsman", "The Unbeaten East", or "Green Snake" , Huang Feihong series, all of which are marked with a distinct Xu family mark, Xu Hark thinks that this can better reflect the respect for the original work than shooting without moving at all.
It's still Tsui Hark's rivers and lakes, but it's a little disappointing that this time, the rivers and lakes are not a freehand river and lake that we imagined to be happy and grudge, but closer to a grassy world that eliminates violence and peace. Perhaps this has something to do with the ideal of knighthood in the original work. Liang Yusheng's works are always rare in the world, and most of the heroes are contaminated with the fireworks of the world. , is more about pursuing ideals and fighting to the end. His heavy sense of social responsibility dilutes an extraordinary romantic spirit. Of course, the so-called romance is actually just the wishful thinking of our ordinary people. Xia is not something that is out of reach, it is just a quality that everyone can have more or less. To make the rivers and lakes more real and closer to the world we live in, Tsui Hark did not give up romance in "Seven Swords", but just tried to eliminate the boundary between the fantasy world of martial arts and the real world. From this point of view, "Seven Swords" The idea of Seven Swords is more romantic than any previous work. Realism is just a way of telling a story, an attitude.
The realistic style of "Seven Swords" is quite a continuation of his earlier work "Knife". If "Eastern Invincible" can be called Tsui Hark's most detached martial arts film, then "Seven Swords" is its opposite. The rough and dilapidated scenes, rough and simple clothing, and dim and gray tones have broken the dream of magnificent rivers and lakes in the minds of many people, but this is the reality. People in the rivers and lakes also need to eat and dress, and run around for life. It is impossible to always be beautiful and delicious. , In order to survive, they have to get together and live a life of licking blood. The heroes in "Seven Swords" are no longer the superman who cares about the country and the people, and takes all the responsibilities of the world. They are all A group of ordinary people, in a specific environment, are forced to be chivalrous. For example, Han Zhibang, if there was no slaughter, he would have been in the Wuzhuang for the rest of his life. Some people are right, "Seven Swords" is like "Water Margin", the rivers and lakes are actually the end of the hero.
The scene of the martial arts scene, which is the biggest attraction of the whole film, abandons the elegant and smooth, gorgeous and unrestrained style, and returns to simplicity, trying to be as close to the reality as possible, combining the necessary tumbling in the air, melting hard bridges, hard horses and imaginative actions One piece, coupled with the sharp and weird editing in the later stage, is still very impactful and shocking, especially the last paragraph of the fight between Chu Zhaonan and Fenghuo Liancheng in the narrow alley gives a feeling of suffocation. Compared with Wong Kar-wai's "Evil in the East and West Poison", which is full of philosophical lines, the dialogue in "Seven Swords" is an out-and-out daily dialogue, with no stage style and less drama.
Seven knights, two women, plus a big villain, the background of each character must be clearly explained in the two-and-a-half-hour space. The plot is bound to be a bit tight and tight. This is what "Seven Swords" does. It has been considered a success, we can see: Master Fu Qing achieved self-liberation through atonement, Chu Zhaonan's slave background created his arrogant and indifferent personality, Yang Yuncong's father's grievances carved scars in his heart, Han Zhibang's compassionate heart, Liu Yufang was afraid of The transformation from blood light to picking up a butcher's knife, as well as the unblinking killing of people, has an inexplicable "green bead complex"... However, there are not many that leave a deep impression on people. On the contrary, the "seven The sword" is dazzling, and can be called the real protagonist. The most handsome sword is Chu Zhaonan's Yulong, who will scream in every battle, Wu Yuanying's unpredictable Sky Waterfall, and Mu Lang's split-and-close Sun. Moon Sword...
The meaning of "Seven Swords" is deliberately emphasized to make the film seem more meaningful than content. From the dragon is offensive and invincible, the youth is the defense, the Mo Wen is the degree of advance and retreat, the sky waterfall is not persistent, the sun The moon sword is unity, the sacrifice of gods is rebirth, and the star sword is destructive power. As a carrier, "Seven Swords" embraces the seven spirits shared by human beings. At the same time, the film uses the relationship between human swords to explore human weaknesses, potential, growth, and self-improvement. In the past, I was used to seeing too many freehand rivers and lakes, but the poetic and gorgeous forms concealed the true connotation of chivalry and righteousness, and the chivalrous warriors in "Seven Swords" were too imperfect: Fu Qingzhu, the spiritual leader, used to be a murderer. Sexual former officials of the Ministry of Punishment; Han Zhibang can clamor to kill a rival in love; Wu Yuanying almost lost his confidence in using a sword, and can kneel and cry for help; even Chu Zhaonan, before finishing his retreat, went out to save people and rescued his fellow clan. Lu Zhu, who has always been suspected of being a traitor, still believes in her, but if he was killed because he believed her words, would his belief have hesitated?
The world of "Seven Swords" is a troubled time (this is also what Tsui Hark loves), people are lost, some people do anything for fame and fortune, some people want to save people, but they are not able to do it... troubled times are not terrible, degenerate It’s not scary either. Master Fu Qing and Feng Huo Liancheng are both old and old from the previous dynasty. They have gone through vicissitudes of life. The former chose to save people and atone for their sins after killing countless people. So what will happen to the group of children in the village today? It sounds a bit like the Buddhist concept of cause and effect. Yes, everyone has experienced vulnerability and injury, and in the end, whether it is good or bad can only be one's own choice. Therefore, the perseverance of the film also lies in the persistence of chivalrous ideals. In the face of the iron wall of unavoidable ethnic contradictions, it is still necessary to try after knowing that it may not be solved successfully after struggling. Therefore, the "Seven Swords" shoulder a common mission, use the power that does not seem to be huge enough to try to change the world of intrigue, and use the natural and simple human nature to fight against the social rules of quick success... Even if the ending is a failure, they will not give up The pursuit of justice, even if the chances are slim, still pursue it, this may be the real charm of "Seven Swords". Under the framework of realism, there is still the core of freehand brushwork. "Humanity" and "hope" should be what "Seven Swords" wants to tell us.
"Having a sword in the heart" is the highest state of a swordsman. In addition to the "seven swords", there should also be a transparent and invisible sword, the sword of chivalry. The people's heart is there, and the rivers and lakes are there. This is true.
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