Author: Fang Hanjun
Kusturica's "The Fantastic Life of a Milk Delivery Man" (2017), high-decibel singing and dancing, like a Bollywood Indian film, chickens flying, dogs dancing and bear hugs, like fetishism, the serpent feeding back the savior, like The original totem, three mysterious killers tracking all the way, like a French comedy, the ultimate absurd fantasy, like a mixture of Italian comics and South American magical images...
All of these are not enough to describe the whimsy and myriad mysteries of this film, which inherits Kusturica's always mixed funny style, from "Song of the Wanderer" and "Underground" to "Black". Cats and White Cats are all stamped with this kind of pluralism and compounding. Not only that, but the idea of peace hidden deep in "The Fantastic Life of the Milk Delivery Man" is deeply imprinted. In one sentence: war has become the main culprit in destroying the happiness of the Son of Man. , we need a sweet and joyful life.
As far as absurdity is concerned, Lao Ku, who is similar to that funny old man, Alessandro Jodorowsky, is also a bit like Dumont. The title of the film claims to be adapted from three "real events", which are divided into the past (delivery of milk), present (wedding) and future (walker) of the dairy worker in a magical and realistic way. I think, "real people" refers more to the civil war that took place in the former Yugoslavia (is it the Serbs and Croats, or the Serbs and the Muslims, it's a bit specious, it's the damn war anyway), and then " NATO's attack on the Yugoslavia and later the United Nations' "peacekeeping" made the Balkans, a traditional "powder keg", a veritable "land of blood and honey".
Angelina Jolie wrote and directed a feature film "The Land of Blood and Honey" (2011), which was filmed on location in Bosnia and performed by local actors. Obviously, Lao Ku will not behave in such a disciplined manner in war, nor will he have such a political inclination. He will surely use his usual "Gypsy" hip-hop absurd style to subtly explain the marginal humanity in the process of conflict, and capture the most interesting scenes from it. Although Lao Ku was born in a Muslim family, he later became a Serbian and Orthodox Christian, and Sajelawo was afraid that it would be difficult to return home.
Costa, played by Lao Sa himself, is like a ghost soldier who steals mines in "Mine Wars", dressed as a clown, and acts like a god. With a flying eagle on his head, he rides a stubborn donkey to deliver milk every day despite the hail of bullets, which is not easy. The bell of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is still turning "squeaky", and this broken bell is just an accidental death. A witty and witty old woman who always thinks she is superior. But even more awesome is the hot girl Milian Jia, who won the women's gymnastics championship on behalf of Yugoslavia from 1984 to 1987, but she fell in love with Costa, who is known as Dumb and Birdman.
And Milianjia's brother Saga, a war hero who commands the world, will marry Bellucci (Monica Bellucci), a beautiful woman from Italy, and the wedding of the two couples will be held together. . Saga pulled A'Dai like a leader and said, "Do you know Kant? The philosopher once said, "There are two things in the world that can shock people's hearts, one is the lofty moral code in our hearts, and the other is the splendid starry sky above us. "Let Ah'Dai love his sister honestly and don't think wildly.
The problem is that everyone has a problem with cranky thinking. This time it was true, Birdman also fell in love with Bellucci. This big beauty milked and filled the milk for him, and sewed up his left ear. And the big beauty loves him too. On the way to deliver the milk, Ah'Dai discovered that snakes could drink milk, so he poured milk and let it drink every day. The eagle was his brother. He played the piano and the eagle would dance with him.
Besides hip-hop, I keep thinking of the poem "The eagle in the hometown of God speaks". The peregrine falcon and the goshawk are both Ah'Dai's good brothers. All the animals in the world have clambered with Ah Dai. All things have animism, and there is no imaginary here in Laoku, and the true inheritance is really obtained.
On the eve of the wedding, the beautiful woman dragged Ah Dai to the hut outside the welcoming crowd, expressing her deep affection, but when the female gymnastics champion found out, it was inevitable that there would be a tossing and jealousy. Ah Dai is a god in their hearts, but fortunately they are Sisters, Saga reconciles them. But here comes the bad guy, and the eagle rams the helicopter bravely. They descended from the sky, dressed in dark green camouflage uniforms, with painted faces, and rushed down from the helicopter with submachine guns. The problem is that after the armistice came into effect, they started killing, which is very inauthentic. They were ordered to grab the beautiful woman, and some warlords have long been interested in Bellucci.
It turned out that there was a traitor who tipped off the information, Ah Dai was not dumb, and ended him with a gun, but Saga, Milena and other villagers were all burned to black coals, this is inhumane. Ah'Dai had to take the beautiful woman to escape from the deep well and then ran desperately, went through the tunnel, and climbed the old tree. Ah'Dai took the beautiful woman and stayed in the empty tree, letting the wasps sting the bad guys, but they still had to escape. From swamps, lakes to mountains and canyons, these three "men in black" couldn't get rid of them, and they clung to them like a nightmare.
The farther they run, the deeper their love. Life-saving became the catalyst for love. The two had to hide in the flock, and from a distance, they looked like cotton blossoms. There were mine formations everywhere, and the big snake entangled Bellucci. It was in return, but she was still blown away by the mine. The man in black caught A'Dai, but his brother Ying stabbed the bad guy in the eye and saved him. Of course, the bad guy at the end was also blown away by a mine.
The smoke cleared and the earth was silent. The shepherd said to Duan, who was about to roll the thunder, if you commit suicide, who will miss that beautiful girl and who will remember your love. Makes sense. Five years later, Ah Dai is still alive. He passed through the dark tunnel where they escaped together. In a dream, he took the bride Bellucci through the green mountains, through the galaxy-like starry sky, and they were soaring. Their love is boundless and forever.
However, if he dies one day, who will remember their love, fortunately, there is this magical light and shadow.
I don't know what's going on, but this movie always reminds me of Haizi's "Autumn"---
Autumn is deep, and the eagles are gathering in the house of God
God's hometown eagle in words
Autumn is deep, Wang is writing poetry
Autumn is deep in this world
What should be received has not been received
The lost has long been lost
2017, 6, 19
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