In fact, I have seen a lot of To Qifeng's movies before, but I didn't understand movies, stories, and affection at that time. After watching a little more, one day I occasionally clicked Baidu and exclaimed: It turns out that these films are all works of To Qifeng! Counting it down, I have seen it: Big Man and Great Wisdom, Dragon and Phoenix Fight, Dark Flower, Judge of the Dead, Three Heroes of the East, Thin Men and Women, Left to Right, Hundred Years of Harmony (don't ask me why so many are all In the film starring Andy Lau, will I tell the elders in the family that they are Andy's "brain fans", and even many of his golden song albums have been bought at home before), and the closer ones are the death gold, single men and women, drug wars. Several. In recent years, Du Qifeng's works have also been reduced. Thinking that he used to have an average of about 2 works per year, but now it has slowed down a lot. Of course, now the Hong Kong film industry is slowly getting old, and the works of many great directors are not as good as one year. One year, the general trend is like this, and some are inevitable.
Because I recently saw the preview of his new work "Three Lines", I thought it was pretty good and I was looking forward to it, so I revisited his movie "Exile" this weekend.
Many people think that "Exile" is a sequel to "Gunfire". Of course, I also think so. Haha, the two films have a lot of continuity and similarity in the setting of characters and the promotion of the plot. I personally prefer exile to gunfire. The scene of the exile is simply too beautiful, let me throw a few screenshots to prove it.
To Qifeng's stance has always been a classic textbook-like stance. There are also many places in "Exile". I think "Exile" not only combines the elements that To Qifeng is good at, such as position and plot, but also the beauty of the camera and the picture. Among his many works are particularly outstanding. It's a pity that I lack words and can't express my thoughts in more professional words, alas.
After reading "Exile", a sentence that always appeared in my heart was: Since ancient times, beauties have sighed for a long time, and heroes are not allowed to see their white heads.
In "Gun Fire", the five-member group is high-spirited, and they are all-powerful and unrestrained in the rivers and lakes. And in "Exile", when the five-member group went to pick up the mission, it was Ah He's dilapidated and often faulty pickup truck, and they had to get off and push the cart when it couldn't start; when Ah He was seriously injured, the other four The money collected was less than half of the doctor’s asking price, and Ah He eventually died. The four of them were penniless and had nowhere to go. They drove a stolen car and used a coin to determine the direction at every fork in the road. Maybe that coin guides the direction of fate. And their destiny has always been only one kind - to rise in the rivers and lakes, and die in the rivers and lakes.
It is true that they are not heroes, at best they are heroes, because they are just gangsters, young and dangerous, but they are more powerful. Many of Johnnie To's films feature characters such as the underworld, the young and the bewildered, but the ideas expressed in his films are actually anti-underworld. People who work in the rivers and lakes will always be cannon fodder for the boss at any time. Loyalty, obedience, and interests seem to be higher than their so-called loyalty. But in such a bizarre environment full of bloody and violent deaths, there is a kind of "righteousness" - the righteousness of brothers and the friendship of confidants. This kind of "righteousness" has nothing to do with gangs, police and criminals, or men and women.
"Gun Fire" is a high-spirited Du's river and lake, and "Exile" is a romantic and sad Du's arena.
"Exile" is full of all kinds of absurd contrasts, and the repeated appearance of many plots gives people a funny, powerless but profound feeling. For example, they decided to take the mission for Ah He's family, but after the mission failed, Ah He's wife came to them to seek revenge; the cowardly retiring inspector who appeared in the film about three times or twice was clearly afraid every time. A little cowardly, but at the end of the story, it became the winner; I thought it was the character of Soy Sauce, but only one point was promoted in the major plot, that is, the JI girl who leaked the trace of the five-member group finally took the gold nugget and became the biggest winner (she There are also some side points that are very cleverly set, that is, A Fei looks at her, and the brothers teased that the last four people also looked at her, which is also a side view of the four-person brotherhood); the first time a few people took a group photo During the final battle, the four of them took a group photo; Ren Xianqi's policeman wanted to continue reading and opening a bookstore after having so many gold nuggets... Wait, these funny or romantic plots will appear after the movie ends The contrast is even stronger, making people unable to cry or laugh, but with a sigh to vent the sadness, melancholy, sadness or admiration in the heart.
Finally, put a poster of "Three Lines", which is the promotional slogan of To Qifeng's return on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Galaxy Image. After watching the pilot trailer, I personally think it is quite emotional, and I look forward to it.
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