Made in China, very political

Kaylie 2022-01-21 08:02:40

Watching this film for the third time, this time it was purely boring, I wanted to smile, and then I found Zhou Xingchi, and then revisit this so-called banned film.
As a digression, many times it is lonely to watch a movie by yourself, so even the most sensible movie is almost tasted by one person. I watched this film alone, but fortunately, the ecstasy laughter of Master Xing infected his roommates, and they joined it.
The topic is very political, and it is clear at a glance, that is to say, the movie has two major selling points, and they are also two points that I deeply feel. Love and politics are naturally expected as a banned film. Look at the ugly and satire of the official in the film, the one hundred dollars paid for the prison guard, the corrupt official who stole the national treasure, and so on. At the end, there was a close-up of a knife. The inscription on it pierced the eyes of a circle of people, and it turned out to be Lord Deng.
Let's not talk about politics. Anita Yuan and Zhou Xingchi have a tacit agreement in this film. And I was pleasantly surprised to see Anita Yuan’s beautiful appearance when she was young, but now she always feels a little bloated, and time will not forgive a woman. In the film, Anita Yuan holds fried dough sticks in one hand and Zhou Xingchi holds fried noodles in the other. The shots taken by the so-called artist make people feel humorous and warm at the same time. And Zhou Xingchi's practice of picking white roses for Yuan Anyi in the chaos of guns turned around was enough to make Yuan Yuyi burst into tears, enough to make the female audience burst into tears, and the gentlemen would also be moved.
There are many classic lines in the film, and it is worthy of the works of the star master. For example, "Even a pair of underwear and a piece of toilet paper have their uses." "It's time for you to serve the country" "Your melancholy eyes, magical swordsmanship, and beard stubborn appearance are deep. The land will betray you." "Anyway, he is always the charming and unique pork prince in my mind." The funnyness in Xingye's movie is not just as simple as vulgar, it is like the romantic and profound in the Westward Journey, which is in the domestic Lingling paint. The political irony of Zhou's shows that the so-called Zhou's film philosophy is really nothing but talk.
Hong Kong movies and Hong Kong books, because they are "unfortunately" immersed in colonial culture, can actually maintain a rare objective and rationality. Although they sometimes appear skillful and secular, they are really useful compared to the culturally confined mainland. A lot. At least such ears and eyes will not fool you. Well, I love the very political domestic Ling Lingqi. As a very symbolic masterpiece by Xing Ye, everyone should watch it if they have time.

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From Beijing with Love quotes

  • The Commander: What kinda of knife is that?

    Ling Ling Chai: Meat cleaver. Simply for cleaving beasts.

  • Da Mansi: [Chai and Mansi are on their way to the national agency after being summoned] So, Chai, you've been working as a pork merchant in these 10 years?

    Ling Ling Chai: No, I'm just a down and out pork butcher.

    Da Mansi: I'm not doing well either, I'm just a poor little greengrocer. But luckily, I have a part-time job in the National Psychiatric Hospital doing research.

    The Commander: What research?

    Da Mansi: Being researched.

    The Commander: [nods] That's great.