Because of the awe of the classics, but also because of the fear of heaviness.
The film is really too heavy, the yellowish tones at the beginning, the silent waterwheel in the dyeing workshop, the staggered cloth hanging after dyeing, the stern expression of Jinshan, the stern shout of Judou...I even think I may not have the courage to watch it so depressed. A dull film. But what shocked and chilled my heart was the indifferent affectionate and meaningful laughter of the young Tianbai.
The shot by the pool, when Jinshan sitting in a wooden bucket tried to help his "son" dye the bristlegrass, he accidentally fell into the pool. Looking at the person who was called "daddy" struggling in the water, Tian Bai did not fear or call for help, but watched quietly from the side with a smile spreading on his face;
it was also by the pool, as a teenager. After Tian Bai took his biological father out of the cellar, he threw it into the pool without hesitation, and looked at his biological father who was also struggling in the water. The indifference and coldness on his face remained unchanged, and he raised the wooden stick in his hand blankly. , Ignored the hysterical cry of the mother behind him.
Such a smile and face made me shudder while shocked.
I cannot condemn the autocratic and cruel Jinshan, the aunts and nephews who violate secular morals, and even we condemn the rumors of the people around us and the children's ridicule of the young Tianbai, because all of this happened in ancient China, which destroyed the will of people. In a patriarchal environment. But facing a child's surly smile and harsh expression, I started to feel scared. Such a deformed family destroys people's minds and cuts off the final possibility of a child's normal growth.
Everyone is a victim, but while everyone is making up for their own pain, they are hurting others around with an almost crazy attitude of revenge. The dark and vicious human nature revealed in that laughter is not the so-called feudal remnants of the poison, but the kind of inferiority and cruelty hidden in the depths of people's hearts.
It is this cruelty that makes people feel chilling and even fearful.
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