It’s not easy to explain to foreigners what arena is. Jia Zhangke used a movie to explain: Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Affection is particularly important, because betrayal is so common, daring to each other and having two stabs in the ribs, but it is just a matter of the previous second and the next, just like the top of the wave and the valley, the turbulent rivers and lakes are sinister. Jianghu, that's what it is all about.
Jia Zhangke also used a play to summarize the "Jianghu" in a movie: Fenjiu Maotai Xinghua Village, but the fragrance of the fragrant sauce is poured in a big basin, just like rivers and streams running into the sea, and then after drinking it. You and I are all rolling in this sauce jar. In this ceremony, the gentleman played by Liao Fan, Binbin, gave generous remarks, and it was the ingenious act of Zhao Tao who said "done". In front of the volcano, Binbin taught Zhao Tao to shoot, saying that you will be a quack from now on. In fact, Qiaoqiao stepped into the quack earlier than they thought.
The children of the rivers and lakes are more like the daughters of the rivers and lakes. The whole movie is actually the growth history of "Qiaoqiao". Qiaoqiao started with a simple elder brother's woman. Binbin taught her that "the people of the rivers and lakes are dead sooner or later", but did not tell her that "the rivers and the rivers are as deep as the sea once they enter the rivers and lakes, and the mountains and rivers are all passersby from now on." Coincidentally, it is by oneself to learn how to deceive and deceive, and use violence to control violence. Among a large number of people coming and going, he also remembered the word "exquisite" firmly in the bottom of his heart. It’s true that women are sometimes more righteous, because brotherhood is mostly driven by interest, while women’s righteousness comes from affectionate love.
In this emotional story, the author’s style familiar to Jia Zhangke is still strong. For example, the popular or even popular canned music in popular opinions is still an element of the director’s play: Qiao Qiao hummed "How much love can I have in Fengjie Cultural Center". "A Come Again" is probably Dick Cowboy's closest approach to literature and art. With the county disco and the national standard of graves, the middle-aged and elderly small chorus sing "Walk in a Chance". You can say that this is still a "chic" Chinese style. Spectacular, but the unique aesthetics of the times are reprocessed by Jia Zhangke's personal unique aesthetics, which presents a new texture just like the "Lig and Tiger in a Cage" in the film. The director still faithfully records the absurd and brilliant side of our era.
At the level of art props, communication tools and transportation tools are used to present the changes of the times. The packaging similar to money paper hides the scheming, and many details still have secret codes that make people smile. In the setting of Hongda's background, he has not given up on presenting the profound changes of the Chinese era, but overall, Jia Zhangke's best semiotics and social criticism are somewhat restrained, retreating to expressing emotions. Jia Zhangke was a little bit ashamed at the reception, saying, "Is it too sensational?" I would like to say that this is probably the most admirable and favorite point. It can be said that the director risked a "melodrama" to show his tenderness and frustration. , Played down how the world distorted the individual, and strengthened how the individual persisted in Nirvana, as well as that point of helpless sadness: In the past twenty years, Qiaoqiao encountered female thieves and male pimps all along the way. There is no support and no support, and finally the loneliness and depression appear through the monitor lens, which makes people palpitating. This is probably one of the best endings in the series of Director Jia's works.
For the heroine Zhao Tao, this is the fullest time in her career. It is not an exaggeration to say that the director wrote her a love letter. No one is more suitable to play the role of Qiaoqiao than Zhao Tao. Tao's journey from a dance teacher in Taiyuan to an international actress, her stubbornness and honesty, the performance spirit inspired by acquired nature, coincides with the ingenious growth history, and it is also vividly shown in "The Children of the Rivers and Lakes". What's interesting is that time has changed. In this movie, Qiao Qiao relies on Zhao Tao's performance to find the original youthfulness when he was young. Instead, it is the scene of the proprietress at the current stage, including many scenes including smashing the teapot. Zhao Tao is free to show Get out of the air calmly.
It is worth mentioning that Binbin played by Liao Fan is equally shining in such a movie of such a big heroine. Acting in this male role of "Even if you make a lot of mistakes, I still love him without regrets" depends on the actor's strong hormones and personality charm. Jia Zhangke’s work is good at training extras and forming a unique atmosphere. This is actually a huge challenge for professional actors, but Liao Fan happens to be that kind of actor, with a certain kind of pyrotechnic atmosphere endowed by a practical life, so that he can seamlessly. Dating with the works of different major directors. In this film, the scene of rolling over on the bed and falling off the wheelchair hit the audience's heart hard, almost to make people cry.
For "Children of the Rivers and Lakes", fans of director Jia Zhangke can easily discover the temperament of "fanying", which is like a tribute to the previous works. The names and settings of the heroes and heroines Qiaoqiao and Binbin are exactly the same as those in "Ren Xiaoyao", and the plot of Qiaoqiao to Fengjie to find a husband coincides with "The Good Man in Three Gorges", both in costume props and even setting actions. There are many "overlaps", such as the mineral water bottle of Qiaoqiao Fengjie Xunhu, which performs the same mission. In fact, traces of Jia Zhangke's other works can also be found in "Children of Jianghu", which makes the film look like Jia Zhangke, who has entered a mature stage of creation, summarized himself at different stages. It is an affectionate review of the Fenyang kid along the way, and it is also him. After a long period of speaking for the times, personal emotions were loosened. For senior movie fans, watching this movie may be dissatisfied with creative new ideas, but there is also the ease and joy of watching Changan flowers all night.
The most fascinating part of Jia Zhangke's film is that he wraps his exclusive homesick memory with avant-garde audiovisual language. There is only one person in China who has this opportunity and the talent to do this. Starting from "Xiao Wu", Jia Zhangke has grabbed a wealth of resources from his growth experience, but as soon as he entered the rivers and lakes as deep as the sea, Fenyang was already drifting away for Jia Zhangke. If we talk about the preface works, the experience of growing up is a weapon for him to express his attitude, but "Children of the Rivers and Lakes" has more emotional catharsis. Whether this film is Jia Zhangke's best work, it will naturally take time to answer, but it is definitely not to be ignored. He is like a watershed, firmly consolidating his previous creations. Reminiscing about the upcoming "Shuang Xiong Meeting" and "In the Qing Dynasty" that are being prepared, we can probably expect Jia Ke to take long strides forward and pass by in a hurry. They are all mountain and river passers-by.
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