In "The Silent Majority", Wang Xiaobo said that he was catching up with the Great Leap Forward when he was a child. The loudspeaker shouted every day that the yield per mu was one thousand eighteen, but the children were so hungry that they even gnawed at the pencil and the wood of the desk. So he came to the conclusion that hunger is a greater truth than any word.
So when it comes to "1942", like "Youth Pi", in the final analysis, it's just a story about a struggle for survival, people and stomachs. The difference is that Pi is a one-man show, in a vacuum environment, about a boy and a tiger starving at sea to survive; "1942" is a group show, with a family and a mouth to escape the famine, and the family social ethics of constant discussion. relation.
"1942" is not beautiful, the picture still can't catch up with "White Deer Plain", let alone "Youth Pi", but it cannot be denied that Feng Xiaogang is a master storyteller.
A few interesting shots. For example, my sister-in-law has just given birth to a child and has not eaten for 5 days. Dad said that I was sorry for the cat that cooked Xingxing, but she didn't expect that she would just say lightly: "I want to drink cat soup too." Open as firewood. From this moment on, Xingxing completely got rid of the identity of the young lady who had read books, and only a "human" nature remained. The property was robbed, and I lost the confidence to feed the cat even if I didn't eat before. Including the fact that Shuanzhu stole the biscuits from the Americans and secretly gave them to Xingxing to eat, and wanted to take the opportunity to "get her", Xingxing was still half-hearted, not saying that he would not give it, nor would he give it, but that he would give it when the famine was over. He does. I have a deep relationship with the long-term workers at home, and there is no identity shelf left.
To be honest, although Shuan Zhu risked her life to save Xing Xing from the hands of a soldier and was injured, Xing Xing also bandaged his wound with affection, but in the final analysis, she is still a woman without integrity. For the sake of his stomach, he threw away his father, his newly born nephew, and his "lover", and sold himself without hesitation. At first, the head of the family also looked down on Shuanzhu. When he first came out of the city, he saw Shuanzhu saying to Xingxing: "No one can bully you with me", full of disgust. But at this juncture, tears were wiped away, "Which grandson wouldn't want to give her to you". Shuan Zhu is really wrong, seeing such a ruthless girl.
So let's talk about flowers. Huazhi was a smart and rational woman from the very beginning, and the bolts were not turned into stars. Huazhi was the first to run over and say, "I'll make it with you, and give me the biscuits." As soon as Xingxing left, she immediately said that she would marry Shuanzhu, and let him have a daughter-in-law before starving to death. But Huazhi is the most emotional and bloody woman. The blind deer wanted to sell the child, and Huazhi scolded like crazy, saying that she couldn't sell the child even if she fell to her death. Later, the blind deer stole the donkey at night, and the soldier was shot to death. No one was alive, no dead body. Huazhi waited for three days, until the boss said that if he waited like this, they would all starve to death, and then they went on the road again. . When the kiln in Luoyang came to pick people, Huazhi was the first to be selected, but she brought her two children and said to them, "Pick one big one and send two small ones, you are worth it."
Huazhi and Shuanzhu got married, It is also for survival, she said that if Shuanzhu has a daughter-in-law, she can sell her daughter-in-law. She made her own decisions and sold herself four liters of millet. Before leaving, she said to Shuan Zhu, "My cotton pants are full (complete), let's change them." So the two walked into the high reed field and slowly took off their pants. This shot is a bit like the scene of Yehe in "Red Sorghum", but Huazhi is not a romantic woman. She is very pragmatic, making love is making love, in order to fill the stomach, cotton pants are cotton pants, one size is one size.
They were all women, and when I remembered Tian Xiaoe in "White Deer Plain", she was dying of starvation and lay motionless on the kang. Her husband's uncle came to play with her and gave her a piece of bun, and she also made it for others. No one came to do it, still lying on the kang, and finally starved to death. There is no fighting spirit to survive at all, no subjective initiative, and it is not comparable to Huazhi.
There is nothing else to say, still a lonely old man, disappearing at the end of the world. Whether it is "Alive" or "White Deer Plain" or "1942", the old man will always see the changes in the world, and his vitality is comparable to that of the Hulk.
"1942" is still a little heavier, even though the subtitles show that the flower branches and the stars have survived, it still feels like a stick in the throat after reading it, and it feels too depressing. Although "Youth Pi" has a big tail, it has a beginning and an end. It's also an open ending, regardless of the movie review about eating maggots, it's still sunny and life is beautiful. In short, as long as there is no food in this world, tigers have to go hungry, landlords have to go hungry, Jesus Christ, warlords and high-ranking officials have to go hungry, and no one is exempt.
Therefore, Wang Xiaobo said that hunger is the greatest truth, and I said: the stomach is the greatest truth.
PS The act of giving the film one star without seeing it, no matter what the reason, is a bit of the Cultural Revolution, first determine the quality, and then look for trouble. Typical positions are greater than truth, and ideology is greater than right and wrong. Of course, we're used to this, and you could say it's the only way for people to express their anger under the shackles of a harsh culture.
PPS According to the latest statistics from "South Park", people who are prone to anger have the characteristics of short penis without exception.
Is this science?
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