With the help of the film’s protagonist Jin Yonghao (Xue Jingqiu), Li Cangdong asked him, "Is life really beautiful?" Years later, in his work "Miyang" (2007), we can get one It seems to be a bright answer, but in "Mints" in 2000 and "Oasis" in 2002, we got the opposite answer, "I never believed in happiness." Using film sociologists I think it is very appropriate to describe Li Cangdong, and even the prefix of pessimism can be added. In his works, cruelty is the normality and truth of life, while happiness and joy are merely the embellishment of reality and the perversion of life. The film uses flashbacks to tell the story of Jin Yonghao's 20 years of growth, and encourages the audience to piece together the roots of his tragedy from a series of fragments in his life. Although the character of Jin Yonghao is not universally representative in real life, his bumpy fate as a tragic individual is still embarrassing. Facing the many forks in his life, Jin Yonghao made his own choices time and time again, actively or passively, and it was these choices that pushed him step by step to the end of destruction. Jin Yonghao's life could have been beautiful, but the film tears these beautiful things into pieces for us to see. According to the content of the film, Kim Yong-ho’s life is like this: In 1979, Kim Yong-ho bid farewell to his first love and enlisted in the army; in 1980, he accidentally killed a civilian in the Gwangju incident; in 1984, he cruelly rejected his beloved woman and did not agree with him. The woman he liked got married; in 1987, at this time, he was already a policeman known for his brutal treatment of prisoners; in 1994, after leaving the police force, he went to sea to do business and became a president, his wife cheated, he himself Then he had an affair with the secretary; in 1999, the failure of business and the breakdown of his family became the last straw that overwhelmed Jin Yonghao, and he chose to commit suicide. Let's take a look at the last year of Jin Yonghao's life. The desperate Jin Yonghao bought a gun. Before he committed suicide, he decided to kill a few enemies as a backstop. However, there were too many people who had killed him, and he didn't know who to kill himself. Behind this seemingly helpless absurdity, there is a sense of sadness. If his suicide in 1999 represents the destruction of the body, then the destruction of his mind can be traced back to the gunshot on the night of the Gwangju Incident in 1980. The moment a civilian was killed by accident, his soul was already dead. After that, he was just a walking dead.
His inner pain and hatred for himself made him unable to face his beloved woman. Compared with her innocence and beauty, he seemed cruel and filthy. Therefore, he chose to let go in a way that hurts the other person's heart-he touched the other woman's ass with those hands that she felt "very gentle" in front of her. Afterwards, he married the woman he didn't love and became a policeman. The policies of the ruling authorities, the influence of the working environment, and the pain in his heart combined forces to turn him into a violent machine. However, violence did not make him feel better. On the contrary, violence made him sink deeper and deeper into the abyss of pain. Jin Yonghao hated the dog raised by his wife. When a friend asked him why, he coldly replied, "Because it is a dog." In fact, what he hates on the surface is the dog, but in fact he hates himself like a dog. His wife gave birth to a daughter for him, but this did not help their already unfortunate marriage. His wife cheated on others, and he himself messed with the secretary. All the things in life can no longer make the water of his soul that has been numb for a long time, even the slightest ripple. Subsequently, his business failed and his family broke up, especially after he learned that his beloved first love had also passed away. From now on, is there anyone in this world worthy of his care, and there is no one worthy of his true concern. There is only pain in Jin Yonghao's heart. Under such circumstances, death is a kind of relief for him. So, one afternoon in 1999, after crying out the last words of his life, Jin Yonghao collided with the oncoming train. The last sentence he left was, "I want to go back." In fact, he could never go back again. An unfortunate life is made up of a series of misfortunes, and misfortune is caused by wrong choices. So, for Jin Yonghao, where is the source of this series of wrong choices? Perhaps, this has to be traced back to the outing in 1979-on that day, the sun was shining, the mountains and flowers were everywhere, the streams were gurgling, the Iraqi people were so beautiful, everything was so beautiful, so beautiful, so unreal, that Jin Yonghao couldn't help but burst into tears.
If there is anything beautiful in Kim Yong-ho's life full of tragedy, it is probably the milky white mints that taste refreshing and sweet. For him and her, mint means pure and beautiful love.
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