Assault on the old society

Hassie 2022-03-16 09:01:08

The film is full of women and the pathos of the old society. The red lanterns are lit every night, and the gloomy sky has never been clear. The tasteless side dishes and the repeated days reveal a woman's hypocrisy and jealousy.

The yard is closed, quiet, life is dull and depressing, the four wives of a family repeat every day, singing operas, scheming and calculating, seemingly calm and unremarkable, but they spend their respective joys and sorrows through the four seasons, and the joy of life and death all by myself

The high-hanging red lanterns are seen as cold and heavy in feudal ethics, and their excellent control of colors not only makes the film extremely beautiful, but also brings a strong visual impact to the film. Just like a cage, it has best ridiculed the darkness of feudalism.

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Extended Reading
  • Chet 2022-01-26 08:46:31

    The sexual connotation of foot-pounding is too strong. The producer is Hou Hsiao-hsien.

  • Betty 2022-03-22 09:02:50

    Zhang Yimou and Gong Li are the best! The adaptation is good, in addition to the patriarchal feudalism reflected in the novel, the film has a deeper interpretation. In the distorted system and rules, I thought you were all bad guys. In the end, it turned out that you had to join in and add a new update. Only pretending to be crazy and selling fools is worse than living as a ghost. Circulation in the compound. The transition of sound and picture separation and fusion, and the sense of form of fixed camera color. Archives.

Raise the Red Lantern quotes

  • The Third Concubine: Good or bad, it's all playacting. If you act well, you can fool other people; if you do it badly, you can only fool yourself, and when you can't even fool yourself, you just can fool the ghosts.

  • Yan'er: Who are you?

    Housekeeper: Fourth mistress, please come inside.

    Yan'er: [losing her cool] So you're the fourth mistress!

    [Yan'er rudely pulls the water bowl away from Songlian and puts clothes in it]

    Songlian: Yes! I am the fourth mistress. Bring my suitcase inside please.