Leave like Yuan Zhesheng

Stanford 2022-01-24 08:04:48

There has never been a lively atmosphere on the street, and a few sunny days-and two real snow scenes-are always a good thing. Sunlight swept into the house from time to time, unlike Hardy's "the wall is getting stronger and stronger in the morning", but it was almost pleasantly surprised, and he turned away inadvertently.

Recently, it is easy to think of "Sunshine" from the weather. The titles of the single films are refreshing, the images are easy to capture, and the sun is so bright that there is nowhere to hide, and the colorful signs and spine of the book are all whitened. But the movie started on a rainy night, and the incidents caused by revenge filled the next two hours. Heilun's severed hand flew into the soup pot, sinking under the heat, and it should be cooked.

This scene set the tone of "Sunshine". Contradictions and absurdities continue to emerge, which are impurities that are far from ideal life. The film explores the fuzzy parts of life, the sun and the shadow erodes each other, and the boundary between light and dark is constantly changing. Just like when Chen Jianhe was escorted to Changhua's juvenile nursing home, the light was dotted into the dim security car.

Ah He asked his mother to buy "146" and "904" for him, and finally added "428". "428" is the code name for the black braised egg, the mother smiled rarely, as if she had forgotten that her son had lost his freedom. Other details are also strange and interesting. For example, when his father Awen was upset while talking on the phone, the colorful umbrellas that shade him were particularly delicate; the civil affairs officials went to the auxiliary education center to register their marriage and made a weird joke. And before Ah He left the auxiliary education institute, the "classmates" suddenly sang "Hua Xin" together. It is conceivable that they have seen too many people coming and going, losing their freedom and regaining their freedom, and Ah He will face the test of returning to society, which is to reorganize his life. There are two scenes in the film that are the most moving, and the chorus is one of them.

The family is tidy. The parents and two sons are generally active during the day and night respectively, and they are not contradictory and lack understanding. The older brother Chen Jianhao was excellent and considerate, "as if to give all the good things to others", and his younger brother escaped into the dark unsurprisingly because of this. In the eyes of his father, Awen, his elder brother is the one who is truly hopeful. He is a driving school instructor, repeating the school motto "Grasp the time and master the direction" all day long. He is irritable and a bit funny. No one takes his nagging seriously.

Ahao has been in the world for a short time, and has faced a strange sense of unreality since his appearance. His fate was "sunshine" and he was overwhelmed. The modified version of the story of Sima Guang’s smashing the cylinder he told his classmate Xiaozhen from the novel "The Game of Lonely" by the Taiwanese writer Yuan Zhesheng. Yuan Zhesheng’s friend Zhang Dachun commented: “Those seemingly endless stories about growing up among the innocent rural landscapes of adolescence are always spying on death.” A Hao’s character prototype is this lonely writer. , They all ended their lives early.

"Lonely Game" is a clue to understanding "Sunshine". In the novel, the thirteen or four-year-old "I" is always confused: Who am I? He likes to play hide-and-seek and firmly believes that "it is difficult to stop once a person starts hiding." He saw "a face with no expression at all, and such a pair of hollow eyeballs" on the face of his little friend who was looking for him. This is the most shocking description in the novel. The writer sensitively captures the nightmare in life, real and sad.

Teenagers' fear of self and the unknown is easy to understand, and this feeling is often washed away or buried by time. But a slender soul will face the trouble of being unable to locate itself for a long time. That may be the shadow that Ahao expects, a variable of life.

"I" saw myself curled up in a tree, "hiding in a dark and lonely corner in a very strange position." Sima Guang did the same, seeing the boy in the broken tank who looked exactly like him, naked, dirty, expressionless, and his eyes hollow. Just because of reading "Lonely Game", screenwriter Zhang Yaosheng wrote the first short story "Icarus".

After Ahao's death, Ahe became the hope of the family, half-pushing and half-situ acting as his brother's replacement. Everyone has to adapt to the drastic changes and behave in disapproval, which strengthens the existing state of absentia. But Ah He must appear more in the sun, and the light and dark are reversing and converging. People's emotions and their relationships are constantly changing under the static state, and the sun shines from time to time, like the gaze of the deceased. Everyone is alive step by step, and the linear family story becomes very fulfilling when the undercurrent is surging.

Chen Yiwen's performance was very exciting. After dreaming of his deceased eldest son, Awen woke up and stood in the deserted driving school looking at the school motto and plastic piles, where a large part of his life was hidden. He walked hurriedly and confusedly to the alleys in his dreams, giving people a strong sense of retrospect and business. This is the other most moving part of "All Eyes", this silent man is also facing a self-crisis.

Of course, "The Sunshine" can do better. Everyone is abandoned, sometimes like living in a petri dish and being observed. Day and night is a constant experience, but astronomy can more stimulate the mind, and overretroversion weakens the power of the movie. Except for the courts and auxiliary education homes, society still has unclear buzzing echoes. The like-minded "Big Buddha Plus" and "Hummingbird" go further. Those on the fringe who are struggling to survive catch a glimpse of the rich and powerful. Death and social injustice remain in the girl's memory. These moments are particularly powerful.

The endgame is interesting, like a specious reconciliation. Under the sun, the mother and son seemed to return to the time when they loved each other. Mom expressed surprise at Ah He's lockpicking. This is surprising. She clearly participated in the court trial and should have known that her son had stolen the motorcycle. The life of the branches and vines has to be pruned into a bonsai, there is no way, they have to stop and take a breath.


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  • Stephania 2022-03-19 09:01:09

    In this world, the fairest thing is the sun. Regardless of the latitude, the day and the dark are equally divided for each place throughout the year. We went to the zoo the other day. The sun was so big that all the animals couldn’t stand it. They all managed to find a shadow to hide. I had a vague feeling that I couldn’t tell. I wish I could be like these animals. Some shadows can be hidden, but I look around, not only these animals have shadows to hide, including you, my brother, and even Sima Guang, can find a shadowed corner, but I don’t have any, no water tank, no darkness. Everywhere, there is only sunlight, 24 hours a day, always bright, warm and sunny. #金马56# Before and after the award, the second brushes of Taipei Cinemas burst into tears. The characters and relationships inside are representative of Taiwan’s ASun. They all have grievances after being abandoned, corrected after making mistakes, tolerant and forgive, and even guilty again, take responsibility for others, and whoever leaves must be tenacious. It just happens to be perfect for this award. Fit. He gave all the good things to others and forgot to keep some for himself. We have all been hurt before we can be each other's sun.

  • Amos 2022-03-16 09:01:08

    When a movie eliminates scheming and calculation, sincere expression is extremely moving even if it is clumsy. One of my favorites is that "The Sunshine" is not a positive energy film that teaches people to get out of the shadows and must be reconciled. It is precisely facing the dark, rugged and broken life. From the first shot, there is an inevitable sadness overflowing in it. Until the end of the bike ride with his mother, the legend always survived many hardships and difficulties and changed something. But "The Sunshine" is not. There is life in life. Some people die, there are regrets that cannot be restored, and there are destinies that cannot be changed. Then we carry something and continue to live. When anxiety, anger and fear are weighing heavily on our hearts, while waiting, you can watch "Sunshine". Salvation is not a 100% thing even in the movies, but it is easier for us to know how to face a life that is astray.