There are three stories in "The Best Time": In 1966, "Dream of Love" Zhongqing Dou Chukai's soldier brother was looking for a billiard girl who was in love with each other; in 1911, "Dream of Freedom" Zhongqinglou Mingdan met an ambitious scholar The former yearns for the freedom to bury the street and eat well water, while the latter holds his mistress in one hand but thinks about national affairs; in 2005, the leaky and epileptic female singer was immersed in intersexuality and couldn’t extricate herself, and finally his girlfriend stayed. Book suicide.
Where is the best time? Was it in the turbulent revolutionary era of 1911? No matter how much I know, when it comes to redemption and marriage, the man still retreats and uses his lofty ambition to prevaricate the life of a prostitute, because in the end he only loves her body. It turns out that individual freedom is nothing but a drop in the bucket under the prerequisite of national freedom.
Is the best time in the century of passion and magnanimity in 2005? It seems that after the two nights of physical passion, what was exchanged was the void that blushed at the suicide note and smoked a cigarette.
When you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that the best time for director Hou was in the young and frivolous sixties. No matter how much I miss, what the letter says is only polite "Thank you" and "How much hope to see you again", and no matter how hard it is to climb mountains and rivers to find Iraqi people, in the end it just drags a hand and waits for the car, and risking being caught The boss blamed the danger of being late. It's simple and simple, and old-fashioned, but compared with the selfless age of children's selfishness, or the 21st century, which is full of human flesh, this simple and old-fashioned love for children and daughters is still the most fascinating. Warmhearted.
I heard that the three stories are also from real people, and "Dream of Love" is exactly the experience of Director Hou and his friends of the same year. It is no wonder that this section was filmed as "The Most Hou Xiaoxian", and there are not many dialogues throughout the story, but he is used to it. Long shots tell stories. On the contrary, "Freedom Dream" and "Youth Dream" have different tastes. The former not only has more dialogues, but also uses silent subtitles. The latter also has significantly more shots.
Director Hou's long shots are the most impatient, but they are also the most intriguing. I remember how frowning and roaring and boring when I watched "Flowers on the Sea" for the first time, and I watched it again when I was calm and relaxed, but I saw eyebrows and eyebrows, and I also tasted the taste.
Just like the beginning of "Dream of Love".
From the girl in the cropped shirt to the white ball on the table, someone aimed at the ball and hit it lightly. The ball hit the edge of the table and rolled over. Then we saw the flat-headed man playing pool. After about ten minutes of the play, there is still no complete dialogue, but from the twisting action of the girl's eyes with a smile, and the song "smoke gets in your eyes", the story inadvertently shows its outline.
There is no need for much dialogue. With the flow of images in the long shot and the atmosphere of background music, the relationship between the story and the characters is naturally organized. This is the language of the film, and it is also Hou Xiaoxian's greatness.
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