At first glance, the film "Promise" will make people feel that the performance is dramatic, the plot is absurd, and the shooting techniques are too exaggerated and freehand, giving people a feeling of being out of touch with reality-although magic movies are always out of reality, but The usual magic movies (both at home and abroad) still adopt realistic methods, and no one has ever used freehand brushwork.
It was not until I watched the movie "Promise" many years later that I discovered the mystery of freehand brushwork, which is so indescribable. Watching realistic movies, whether it is a sci-fi movie or a fantasy movie, we can write a movie review, but it is extremely difficult to express the feeling we experience in words in a freehand movie. The plot of the movie looks very simple. Quite frankly, it seems to be a mentally retarded movie that even a three-year-old child can understand, but what we can see at a glance is not what the director is really expressing, what he expresses can only be understood and cannot be expressed in words. - This is the mystery of freehand brushwork.
Chen Kaige has a very high spiritual realm, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people like me. The cultural background is quite impressive, which has surpassed that of ordinary writers. The ending of "Wuji" is actually a kind of philosophical thinking. The ending of Western movies that like to promote religion is often Theological thinking, but Chen Kaige is not. There seems to be a god in the film, and the world of Wuji looks like religious theological thinking, but what he wants to trigger is people's philosophical thinking - what you see is not what you get, what you think is what you think. - Freehand brushwork.
We don't know how to appreciate Chen Kaige, because our level is not enough, our level is not high, and our realm is not dusty. How could such a film by Chen Kaige not be worth watching? So "The Legend of the Demon Cat" is what I want to watch anyway.
Thanks to Chen Kaige, who is still working so hard to create and leave cultural treasures for mankind. Would you feel resentful that "The Promise", which was so brilliant back then, could not be appreciated by the public? We really owe Chen Kaige an apology. I'm sorry, I feel very guilty.
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