I saw the 2007 film when it was released, and I wanted to find some Li Cangdong's novels to look through. After all, I didn't find it. On the contrary, this film was used as a prelude to a religious war of words with a certain believer, and after getting dizzy, he forgot to write a note. Owing to owing, the title popped out on pps to urge others to pay it back.
I didn't see Director Li in Cannes. The legendary middle-aged literary man who wore a black suit and a black tie was a pity. I think it should be Agassi. He was just over 40 to direct the tube, and Zhang Ailing's phrase "getting fame as early as possible" is useless.
Late has the benefit of being late. It seems that after the new director who won the award at the film festival every year, there will always be a few years crazy to find North, and even a short-lived one, known as the "golden xx curse", to put it bluntly Lack of life and experience. As a young man, when he gets involved in this circle of making up stories and discussing life, he will inevitably get farther and farther away from the real and ordinary people.
Young people have a deadline like canned pineapples. Those who are radical to the point of death will always be slowed down. Godard will also receive a lifetime achievement award. On the contrary, those who have accumulated a lot of stories after middle-aged years have been digested and absorbed the nutrients in the years. After starting to interact with the film, they are often calm and firm at the beginning, quietly like a river, slowly flowing to the sea. , Such as Rohmer.
Compared with Lee Cangdong, those Korean directors who are older than him are still in the "young" stage, both true and fantasy, and frivolous. He alone focused the camera on the most real life and the most vivid people, because these are a play in themselves, there is no gangster, no vendetta, no eccentric love of handsome men and beauties. And a person who has been a writer, in addition to having careful observation, must also have good expressiveness, in order to rely on code words to support himself to the age of forty, anyway, people do not have such an ability.
At the beginning, the most attractive thing about "The Secret Sun" was the film's portrayal of the heroine Li Shin-ae. In about 45 minutes—that is, one third of the 140-minute movie, the audience has a clear understanding of Shin Ae’s past—Seoul, who majored in piano, got married very young. Abandon the career and become a full-time wife at home. After the husband's business failed, he owed debts and cheated with other women. After her husband was killed in a car accident, Miyang, who took her only son to her husband’s hometown, decided to start again, and therefore fell out with her natal family. These were pieced together from her conversation with a third party; at the same time, she was also concerned about her personality. There is an ambiguous concept-because I have no experience of living independently, I am a little childish and uncomfortable, but I have a strong self-esteem and refuse to fall behind. And these are permeated from the bits and pieces of daily details. For example, before taking my son to Miyang, I haven’t rented a shop or place. I didn’t walk in to say hello when I saw the landlord in Boss Kim’s shop. I went to someone else’s shop to suggest decoration to the person I met for the first time. These are all The appearance of living in a deep boudoir for a long time, obviously her husband cheated, but insisted that "he only loves me and Jun'er", insisted that he was "very happy" and he did not hesitate to lie about buying land to prove it to others. These are the reasons for less frustration, she and Jun The interaction between the children is more like the play of two children than a mother and a child. They opposed Boss Kim’s fake award certificate, but finally they didn’t take it down. This kind of seemingly idle strokes left Shen Ai leaving the youngest son alone. The carelessness of staying at home, the panic after being threatened by gangsters, and the confusion after the loss of a child are all smooth and reasonable.
When people read novels, they also appreciate this kind of brushwork. It is meticulous, does not block the story, does not hinder the rhythm, and others make blunt sentences. They only add one stroke at a time. People who love this taste can interpret the meaning by themselves. Don’t drink this cup. Tea people can still concentrate on the plot without feeling redundant. When it comes to author-directed directors and the fun of the film, as long as this trick is in hand, it is not an incompatible relationship. Always use crazy audiences to show their "artistic above the masses". People have always appreciated incompetence.
This year, Director Li has not been so restrained in "Poems", "Miyang" has a very literal interpretation-the secret sunshine. Betrayed by her husband and turned into a widow again, Shen Ai, who was unable to face a major change, made another ordinary person's choice-escape. For her, the town where no one knows her details, the hometown of her late husband, It is her secret sunshine, her hope of starting anew. No one here reminds her that her husband had betrayed. She can continue to say "He only loves me" to herself. No one knows that she actually neglected piano skills a long time ago. She is still a piano teacher from Seoul.
Self-deception is a means of self-protection. If it weren't for Jun'er's accident, Shin Ae could keep deceiving herself like this until she was hypnotized by herself, slowly learning survival skills, and eventually becoming an ordinary citizen like Boss Kim. But when she learned to socialize, established a friendly relationship with other women in the town where she could go to KTV together, and merged into life, her sunshine disappeared on the night Jun'er was kidnapped.
If something like Shin-Ae happened to someone else, they would definitely not want to "forgive" the enemy, but would kill Yi at all costs (Uncle Park Chan-wook was so deeply attached to the dark side of others) Beloved by others). However, Shen Ai is not like others, she does not hate, just like the fact that she chose to deceive herself to avoid her husband's betrayal (if she changes to an adult family, the man should have been cut long ago), when facing the criminal, she subconsciously Evaded. But how can you deal with yourself if you can't hate? How to face the fact that his only son was murdered? The heroine of "Rabbit Hole" wants to know "why", and the independent and strong she can't find the answer from God decisively. Li Shenai wanted to know "what to do". She was far away from her family and lacked friends, and she got an excuse from God to deceive herself again-if she can't encourage herself to hate, then forgive her! As long as she forgave the criminals, the matter would be over. She can rest assured of the block in her heart, just like escaping to Miryang, she hid under the halo created by God and hoped to start again.
But as long as you sing hymns and pray, will your heart really forgive it? Shin Ae, who witnessed the criminal's daughter being bullied but didn't stop it, sensed her faltering and determined to end it. She doesn’t want much. People guess that she just wants to see the criminals die of conscientious condemnation. After slightly satisfying the subconscious pleasure of revenge, and then say "I forgive you", then the criminals will cry bitterly. Confess to her and apologize to her to express gratitude to her for her forgiveness. If that is the case, people cannot be brought back to life. At least her torment during this period of time has saved the soul of another person, and it is not in vain.
Who would have thought that the criminal would have adopted the same evasion mechanism as her, forgiving herself first, and her conscience was very stable. The one who eats Ruo is clearly himself, and the one who loses his son is clearly himself. Why should God accept the criminal’s apology and forgive him? Shin Ae, who didn't really believe in faith, just begged for refuge and comfort, naturally felt that she was betrayed again-this time her lover is God.
This was beyond the limit that Shen Ai's spirit could bear. After the self-deceptive Macedonian line of defense was breached, even the previously hidden anger and unwillingness broke out, and she began to retaliate against something invisible and untouchable. Even by hurting herself to prove that there is no God in this world, she is alone-all people are alone-facing the cruelty of life, living in the darkness without sunlight, not being loved or protected. There is no hope for protection.
However, there is one person who always follows Shen Ai. She left him in the cold, angry at him, and he always persisted. Boss Kim, as he said, and Shen Ai are "complementary". Shen Ai is glamorous on the surface, but there is a bit of resentment inside, but he does not seem to have a warm heart in his heart. It is not the town of her deceased husband, nor is it the teaching of God. It is the ordinary middle-aged man who drove her into Miryang and always said that “Miyang is the same as other places” is her secret sunshine.
In the beginning, it was from his city and his exquisiteness that he was called "vulgar" by Shin Ae to set off the shadow of Shin Ae's incomprehensibility. After Shen Ai collapsed and went to the other extreme, it was still his consideration and tolerance and his perseverance that left Shen Ai the last ray of life. He found a place for Shen Ai, gave Shen Ai Zhang Luoyuan, and brought Shen Ai into the social circle of Miryang. It was he who took Shen Ai out of the hospital and sent Shen Ai to the beauty salon. In the end, it was him who helped Shen Ai. Ai holds up that mirror to face her real self, real life, cut the past, and truly live again.
He slowly penetrated into her life. I'm afraid that even Li Shenai didn't realize it. She thanked him very strangely at first, and she pushed him off the taxi, but then let him stick her to the church. When I decided to meet the criminal, I was accustomed to his existence. When a woman like Li Shenai directly said to a diligent man, "You don’t need to worry about our business," she would make a petty temper at Boss Kim and say, "Are you going to give it away?" "Well", she is destined not to let herself bleed to death. It is not a world-shaking love. Boss Kim is absolutely cannon fodder in a romantic movie. In real life, it is estimated that no one wants to marry. The middle-aged trough man is probably the only reason she rushed out to call for help. By the time she was discharged from the hospital, the younger brother who had insisted that "my sister would never like you" had completely regarded Boss Jin as the guardian of his sister.
Boss Jin reminds me of Xu Sanguan. He is not perfect, or even beautiful, but he is like an ordinary day. His flaws set off his strengths more lovely in adversity, and cruel accidents will also harm humanity. The beautiful side of reality is contrasted brighter.
People really like the scene where Mr. Kim invites Shin-ae to eat on his birthday. He was angry because of her breaking the appointment, and he couldn't lose his temper at her. He only divided three points into talking to her, but he had seven points to focus on the basketball game broadcast on TV, just like an ordinary person. It’s special on this node. There is true love. And when he came out of the funeral home, it was Boss Jin who was squatting, and when he found that Shen Ai had also squatted, he stood up and walked to her side, suddenly becoming a cover on her head.
Like many filmmakers with a literary background, Director Li likes a structure that echoes from the beginning to the end, so the "gloomy decor" shop was renovated and renovated at the end to show that it was not until this time that Shen Ai's heart really got rid of I also like to use inconspicuous details instead of dramatic bridges to undertake the plot. For example, after Shen Ai went to deliver the ransom, she ran into the criminal’s daughter and saw that she answered a phone call, indicating that it was the person who went to collect the ransom. This young girl strung up her back and met with Shin Ai several times, the subtle changes in the relationship between the two. Unlike many directors who have a literary background, in addition to a very good aesthetic, Director Li also cares about the usefulness of the pictures to the story. For example, after Shen Ai’s brother said goodbye to Boss Kim for the first time, behind Boss Kim is the church crowd singing on the street, which not only hints at the plot behind, but Boss Kim, who smiles in the hymn, is really a "Savior". In addition, most of the plot in the film took place during the day with bright sunlight, and only two stages turned to the dark scene, one was the night when Jun Er was kidnapped, and the other was the time between Shin Ae’s coming out of the detention center and her admission. To respond to the theme of "Miyang". Coupled with Director Li's excellent aesthetics, this film has the fun of being played again.
People used to think that Director Li was too serious about human nature and life to the extent that it was a little gloomy. Looking back now, maybe because of the more experience in these years, I found that Director Li is still very kind, but there are some beautiful things. Ignored because it is too common, it takes darkness and cruelty to make the shadows to show the highlights. His lens likes to keep a certain distance from the characters, and deliberately avoids sensational situations, so that when onlookers look at these shadows and highlights, they form a three-dimensional impression. People are getting old too, do they start to like this route?
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