Ge You asked: What is the most important thing in the 21st century? The old answer was talent; but now it's upgraded to harmony. However, there is another very important stuff - to a certain extent, he is the basis of talent and harmony - the media. Obviously, without the media, Uncle Ge's original jade would probably not have been known to you and me, but just turned into two wittic words in a private chat between him and Aunt Ge.
At this point, we can see how the media nurture talent - you can have hype-like definitions of talent, but there is one thing that is not recognized by the public (including a very small minority in fact), your talent Just equivalent to custom. To be known, you need the media.
As for the significance of the media to harmony, I don't need to go into details here, just look at the current reports on the disaster areas in Sichuan.
In fact, this is not new, even in the field of film, I believe it is not too much to say that there are only a handful of people who have not seen "Tomorrow's Empire". However, as far as I am concerned, I have not seen a film that specifically and professionally introduces the role of the media into the plot. Alternatively, it can be viewed as an introductory instructional film about media.
A "big event" is not so much a battle of force between the police and the bad guys, but rather a show made by both sides. Whoever does the best job and satisfies the audience the most—not you or me, but the Hong Kong citizens in the play—is the winner. When we were young, our elders always taught us to be down-to-earth and not flashy. In this age of information, these teachings are just as useful, but in a different way: we keep our feet on the ground in order to learn how to be flashy. For example, Chen Huilin in the play, and her partner, the female superintendent - forget her name - they have undeniable strength, so their shows will be the most successful. At this point, all the men in the play are incomparable. So this play seems to be a film that promotes feminism.
In fact, for me, what I prefer to watch is the true and false feelings hidden under the show in the play. It's hard to say whether what Ren Xianqi did in that house was a show, but seeing him say to the little boy: Very good, when I grow up, I will be a policeman and catch all the bad guys -- I don't think it's a show It's not important anymore.
At the end of the film, after Ren Xianqi and You Yong escaped, they went to complete each other's tasks, and both were killed. It fits the routine of a police and bandit movie, and in the end, the police must win. Speaking of which, I have to mention the media again. However, although the police won, it seems that not everyone is happy. The expressions of Chen Huilin and Zhang Jiahui as heroes on TV at the end are quite like wanted criminals.
As Ren Xianqi said in the play: Although I am ugly, I do not lie. No matter how great the role of the media, there is still one thing it cannot change: people's own conscience. But really?
Maybe...
For this film, there is still something that I have to admire about Johnnie To, because he can make it so homely. He even put a "la la la" light music on it and laughed when he saw me - don't get me wrong, it's the sincere kind. The obviously overweight dad in the play wanted to beat him up while watching it, but after watching it, it felt very real. In the face of blatant threats to family and life, few people know what to do, not even the media. So it can be said that he is an outsider in the play.
Because it is an outsider, it is more profound.
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