I clearly remember the shock when I watched "Ren Xiaoyao" for the first time. It turns out that there is still such a director in China making movies with such a low-level perspective. Afterwards, "Xiao Wu", "Platform", and "The World" went all the way until today's "The Good Man in Three Gorges", after ten years of sharpening his sword and winning the return of the Golden Lion, Jia Zhangke has never been far away from those ordinary people who talk about life. Compared with the previous, this major breakthrough is more about the level of "choice"-the previous works are mostly small people's backs vacillating in the torrent of life, faint hope, frustrated helplessness... this time Whether the protagonists or ordinary characters, they all show their precious dignity through their choices, and use their choices to determine the course of their destiny, even if there are submerged reefs and shoals ahead. Ordinary people silently bear the inexplicable tension and cost in this earth-shaking change in China, and it is possible that no one will care about it, or even allow them to make a sound. Fortunately, there is such a director who stands on a tightrope using himself. His conscience came to shout, and he continued for ten years.
Seriously, it takes more than courage and conscience. During the dialogue between Sanming and his wife at the riverside, when the wife asked why you came to us for 16 years, the original script was to say that there was an accident in the spring mine and I was under pressure, so I wanted to be able to If you go out alive, you must come to you. Later, Sanming told Jia Zhangke that he didn't want to tell the matter straight. Everyone knew those things. It would be boring to say so clearly, so the actual act was speechless, cigarette lighter, and silence. It’s really exciting, but I’m also thinking at the same time, would we still see the film’s release if it were to be performed according to the original script?
I just left the Three Gorges after the Spring Festival this year, and the Sichuan-Chongqing dialect atmosphere in the film is familiar to me; some of the dialects are exquisite, and people who read subtitles are not surprised. I also saw the postmodern immigrant memorial tower in Fengjie. At that time, I wondered why there was such an uncoordinated monster standing here. No wonder Jia Zhangke wanted to send it to the sky with a firecracker—this buddy is really enough. Lovely. After the exchange meeting, there was a very warm session. Every audience could receive a white rabbit toffee he brought when they went out. Tobacco, alcohol, tea and sugar, happiness is actually that simple. Put this candy into your stomach, turn it into blood to warm your body, and put the candy wrapper in your heart. On such a night, the full moon hangs high, the sky is full of brilliance, and the footsteps can be calm and brisk.
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