From the truth

Makenna 2022-01-22 08:03:09

——Just this composition, dedicated to a netizen I recently met.

He is the only one among all the people I know whose ideas are despised by me, and who are completely different from mine, yet I have never been able to irritate him. . . . . . . I am very fortunate that Confucianism has given him four dimensions and eight virtues, three outlines and five permanences, and at the same time, it also gave him a good temper, just as Zhengshi Qingyin had infected me with surly and mean sarcasm, and it also taught me to be unruly and unruly. Indifferent meditation. . . . . . There are always two sides to things, fortunately, fortunately. . . . . . The above is a joke, and the text is under the dividing line. . . . . .

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Recently, I have always been watching some plain movies with no major twists and turns, such as this 2005 the moguls, From beginning to end, sitting on the sofa without moving, talking, or eating popcorn, the heart is calm like a pot of freshly boiled rosin, calm, and when the song is over, you can get a mysterious smile on the face. . . . . . pretty good. . . . . .

This movie, some people say it is an inspirational film, it is about people as long as they work hard, they can eventually succeed. Those who say this, I think they must be courageous and diligent in life, working hard, and always try to choke fate whenever they have a chance. . . . . . As I don't think so. In my opinion, this is a warm-hearted film about life, just like the Jeff Who Lives at Home mentioned last time. I vaguely remember that Jane Jacobs mentioned in "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" that it is human nature to like to observe other people's lives. . . . . . Well, yes, Sharon Stone also performed this in Sliver. I think this is the main reason why movies that talk about ordinary people's fucking life can still have audiences. After all, real life is the most moving.

What touched me the most in the movie, I believe it is equally effective for most people. In fact, it is not that they won the last prize. , But he was still at a loss and helpless. When he was struggling, a group of kind and bastard losers were drinking in the bar, fishing on the bridge, drinking afternoon tea at home, and watching and discussing the shooting skills and script content of the A film. . . . . . What if the brain is not clear? What about the lower class? What if you don't have the right thing to do? What about paranoia? What if the job is not decent? What about gay? . . . . . . The important thing is-they are friends, they are together, don't ask about the result, do something enthusiastically.

As Lori, a part-time worker in an ice cream shop, said-a small town so boring, dilapidated, outdated, blocked, and boring. So Lori chose to use sex to fill the emptiness; and this group of people chose to fill the emptiness with a sincere but persistent attitude. The investment of two thousand dollars in shooting for each person is not a small amount for them, but they still tried their best to get it together. You can say that the idea of ​​wanting to make a fortune obscured the hearts of these losers, but you can't deny that there is trust in friends and persistence in doing things in it. On the other hand, this kind of over-persistent and pure idea may really only be true and credible among such people who are not very clear. People who are too smart and normal can hardly have the courage to use their pensions. This kind of unscrupulous activity of doing pornography.

I remember earlier, when I first watched Huxley's "Brave New World", I once thought, what is the factor that constitutes the touching? Later, my conclusion is that, in addition to the force majeure of nature and the changes of the times, the moving of man comes from the man himself, and it basically comes from the instinct and desire to overcome one's own ideals, beliefs or emotional factors. Or the process of paying the price. For example, Gongsun Chujiu, Han Jue, and Cheng Ying in the Peking Opera "Orphan of Zhao", and Qi Taishi, Dong Hu, Zhang Liang, Su Wu, General Yan, Ji Shizhong, Zhang Suiyang, Yan Changshan, and Guan Ning in Wen Tianxiang's "Song of Righteousness" , Zhuge Liang, Zu Ti, Duan Xiushi. . . . . . Well, the above characters all have one thing in common, that is, they don't live so well. That's why Huxley used the mouth of the president in Brave New World to say that without social unrest, there would be no "Othello". In a stable world, people don't know what passion is. . . . . .

The paragraph above seems to be a bit out of touch. . . . . . But in fact it is not, because I want to take the opportunity of this movie to talk about the moving problem in the movie. Man is really a very strange animal. Desire is born with it, but at the same time it has an instinctive desire to restrain it and defeat it, and in the social consensus, the ultimate victory over desire is a lofty personality. This is in the East and the West. Ancient and modern China and foreign countries are not as good as it is. The only difference is that Europe and the United States now seem to be inclined to recognize the existence of desire as nature, and no one can avoid it; while Chinese Confucian philosophy fundamentally denies the necessity of the existence of desire, requiring people to preserve the principles of nature and destroy human desires, which also causes The biggest difference in the expression of film and television works between China and Europe and the United States-

European and American film and television, the protagonist is often a faulty guy, all kinds of unfocused, as the plot develops, gradually find the hidden goodwill and humanity in his heart, and overcome himself , When it is over, it is a comedy, and when it is dead, it is a tragedy. But no matter the sorrows and joys, there is always a human resonance, just like this movie shows;

while in domestic films, the protagonist is generally a natural saint, pure and innocent, and has never done a little ethical work in his life, and is always considerate of others. , But the sky is jealous of the beauty, the lone star takes his life, inevitably encounters the ups and downs of the road and all kinds of fuckers, etc., and is finally digested by the protagonist with boundless compassion, completely unprincipled and unreasonable brutality, and finally well, it is baffling to see. He died at last, making people feel aggrieved. But no matter which one makes people hate it, the roots of the teeth are itchy, because all kinds of contradictions are caused by the swelling whenever the director wants. It is completely inconsistent with the laws of physics, economics, and sociology, let alone human nature. . . . . .

Of course, I am not saying that European and American movies are necessarily better than domestic ones. There are also many bad movies in Europe and the United States, but based on my experience in watching movies, the general rule is that domestic bad movies have a higher proportion. . . . . Because our traditional hypocrisy of fake Dakong is much stronger than them, and has a longer history.

Yesterday, this netizen of mine said that Chinese people like to watch the happy ending, and whether they find resonance is the second most important thing. I don't think so. Only true feelings can move people's hearts. Just like the moguls, in this movie, there is actually a very good analogy hidden-is it to make an A film that integrates all the vulgar bridges and is made with professional equipment? Or is it more pleasing to make an ordinary film that comes from your own life and is edited with DV? In fact, everyone has counted it after watching the movie.

As for the final stage of winning the award, some people said that it was the director's obscenity. I think it was just for the film to have an explanation and to reassure the audience. The previous friendship and family affection are warm enough, and there is no need to superfluous. . . . . . It’s just that, as I said in the past, there are tragic factors hidden in all comedies. If you can’t win the prize, a deficit of 2,000 yuan per person is still enough to subvert the previous warmth.

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The Amateurs quotes

  • Otis: Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

  • Andy Sargentee: [commenting on the screenplay for the porn] And then here, this is my favourite, 99: "Interior office day; Boris gives it to Bianka in the butt, as she defuses the bomb."