Hoh Xil

Bridgette 2022-03-16 09:01:08

"Kekexili" was born on October 1, 2004, a special day. In other words, the beautiful and lonely Kekexili slept peacefully. Suddenly, the sound of gunfire broke the silence, and the mountain patrol team members on the protection station were killed by poachers. Be sure to catch the poachers! The leader of the mountain patrol, Ritai (Dobujie), gave a death order, and the mountain patrol team rushed out overnight and broke into the bleeding Hoh Xil. But the poachers suddenly disappeared into the thin air like ghosts, leaving behind only the bones of hundreds of Tibetan antelopes with their fur removed. The mountain rangers tried their best to track the dangerous Gobi Desert. Finally, the poachers appeared on the other side of the glacier, and the team members rushed into the swift glacier desperately. After a life-and-death struggle, only a few poachers were caught, and the cunning poacher slipped through the net again. In the snowstorm, the mountain rangers who continued to chase the poachers were on the brink of desperation: vehicles broke down, gasoline ran out, food was in short supply, snow blocked the mountain, and the mountain rangers kept falling under cold guns... Even the most tenacious Tibetan man cried out : We can't get out! Fighting poaching is the unshirkable responsibility of the mountain patrol team; protecting the homeland is the unshakable belief of the mountain patrol team. The mountain rangers stubbornly hunted down the poachers in the snowy Gobi, and the gunshots echoed in the mountains of Hoh Xil for a long time - this is not just a mountain tour, this is a thrilling life adventure. The film is based on a true story and is the second work directed by Lu Chuan. The whole film, in the form of news reports, tells the story of a desolate no-man’s land from the perspective of a reporter who accompanied the team. The Hoh Xil mountain patrol team fought a desperate struggle against the crazy and ferocious Tibetan antelope poachers, and in the end all sacrificed tragically. story. In order to complete the film, director Lu Chuan led more than 100 people into the no-man’s land of Hoh Xil, and fought hard for 120 days. He recorded the scenes of slaughtering and protecting Tibetan antelopes in the form of a documentary without modification. By hunting Tibetan antelopes and preventing hunting The carrier of killing Tibetan antelope tells the story of people's struggle to survive in a desperate situation and the mutual struggle between man and nature. Hoh Xil has witnessed the transformation of the wasteland, but the price is the demise of life. Whether it is human or Tibetan antelope, it gradually fades away under the shadow of the Gobi, leaving only the hymn of memory and the extinction of cherished and protected animals. As a film, it is in the form of a documentary, but it is not a documentary in the true sense. It is an unconventional dramatic narrative method, which has unprecedentedly strengthened the use of uncertain factors, and even strengthened the uncertainty to the point that the narrative has become the dominant film. narrative strategy. But it seems so real, the real seems to be happening right in front of you.

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Mountain Patrol quotes

  • Ga Yu: I'm a reporter from Beijing.

    Ri Tai: I don't have the time.

    Ga Yu: Wait a second. You want this place to be declared as a nature reserve. Maybe I can help.