"Road to Destruction" The underworld has rules, and family love is unlimited
Sensen Dajun Film Critic Lecturer Screenwriter
road to destruction
Answer the following questions from fans
1 Screenwriter's homework: Why did the father set fire to the house before leaving, and why did he have to arrange a gunfight scene with revenge in the rain?
2 Why arrange a scene where the foster father and son play the piano
3 Ending Interpretation
4 What is the film trying to say?
Academy Awards ( 2003; 75th ) Awards: 1
The award-winning * Academy Award - Best Cinematography
Female: This is a typical gangster-themed movie. The story is pretty easy to understand, but I just can't figure out what the director wants to express. Especially at the end of the film, the perverted killer moves out of the camera. What does he want to capture from the face of a dying person? What?
Generally speaking, these techniques are the creative ideas of the director. The focus is not on what the perverted killer captures, but he is suggesting to the audience that after watching the movie, they should think about it: what should be learned from the story and the characters in the play...?
Woman: Oh, that's what it is! Then tell me now...
To figure out this question, we must first find the theme of the movie, and what the director wants to express through this gangster vendetta story. According to the four-dimensional pull-in-picture analysis method , let’s sort out the characters and plot first.
Female: There are many shooting scenes in this film, full of bloody violence, but there is no lack of warmth, the male protagonist's children often disrupt the situation...
There are three father-son relationships discovered in the story , in addition to the father-son relationship between the male protagonist and the bastard son, it also includes the adoptive father-son relationship between the male protagonist and the boss .
I won't say much about the plot. Anyway, it was my son who caused the trouble, and I didn't make a hole. In the end, all the jade and stones were burned. What gangster rules, the relationship between foster father and son... all the family underworld things turned upside down...
You pay attention to observe the plot, and soon discover some family plots and details .
1 Mother blocks gun for little son
2 The father of the gang leader forgives his son for everything he does .
3 The father of the male protagonist often enlightens his son, all this is not his fault! Never let my son live in self-blame ...
4 The son finally asked his father, do you not love me?
We found through a large number of plot pictures; love and family are the only things in life that cannot be separated!
Female: There is such a sentence in the dialogue, when the male protagonist is asked, what is the most terrifying? He said he was worried that his son would go his own way ...
Because my father is very clear, this is a road of no return, there is no return! So the male protagonist must make his son innocent before he dies...
Woman: Well, what a great fatherly love!
So the theme of this film: Underworld has rules, family love is unlimited !
The vendetta caused by blood relatives , the gunfight in the rain, is very artistic! But the director actually wants to explain that the anger of revenge cannot be extinguished at all. See for yourselves, what a rain!
There is a word called "Jie Liangzi" , and the current way of saying it is "getting up ". What else can't be discussed between the two? But look at the current situation, the eldest son killed the adopted son's son, how can this be reconciled?
I can only bite the bullet, I can't kill my son, I'm blood relatives here too!
Everyone, look at the male protagonist, take the house a little bit, and take revenge! In fact, there are metaphors here, subtexts: all the rules, burn it down, what kind of adoptive father-son relationship, nonsense! love whoever!
The audience must feel the flames of revenge at this time, which has the power to destroy everything !
So the title, "Road to Destruction," what destroyed them, put these people on the road to destruction?
Female: I understand, it is the love of blood relatives, the heart of revenge that ignites the explosive pack!
So you can see that the idea of the story in this film is very creative. Even gangsters have rules, but fatherly love has no rules. Blood relatives, this is the gasoline barrel. If you light this thing, everyone will become crazy!
Woman: Yes, I remember when father and son were playing the piano, there was a dialogue in the film: This is all crazy !
Playing the piano is a lot of fun! In fact, the director wants to say, what is a show, what is a true feeling! The grandfather and the two played together and played it for people to see, but what was real? Something happened to see the real chapter!
female; oh. I understand that these two adopting fathers and sons can only be sincere to their own sons!
That's right! Do you understand now? The fact that the two can play together is just a show, and they are not distracted!
Sometimes the dialogue has hints on the subject idea, but it will be hidden somewhere, put forward on a certain occasion, and the people who say this sentence can also be all kinds of people, not necessarily all the protagonists. In short, the director hinted to the audience on the theme ok, through the screen, and so on ...... way dialogue titles, Ken set can not sensational high-profile, irrigation chicken soup , do not call that stuff but can not be called Art ......
Woman: Oh, it's like peekaboo , right? Unexpectedly, there are so many ways to watch movies!
You will understand after watching a lot of movies. It is really like a guessing game. Master-level movies are often a game and a mystery, so I always say that it is useless to understand the story, those are just riddles!
All the conclusions you make can't be confirmed until you find the answer!
The director hides all the essence of art and thought in the mystery, that is, the story, which will never be easily discovered by the audience!
At the end of life, everyone leads to the gate of heaven, and the only thing they can take away is the endless love and longing for their loved ones.
Female: The male protagonist's son asked "Is my father a good person or a bad person " twice , and then the son's answer was " He is my father ". What does this dialogue mean?
The implication is that good people and bad people don't matter! After all, he is my dad. Whether he is good or bad, I love him, just because he is my dad, I am proud of him!
This is the embodiment of the boundless blood love .
Woman: Oh, I see! In fact, it means that the child gradually discovers that it is no longer important to think about who is good or bad, because my father's love for me can no longer be described in words!
So let's look at the story of this film. You say revenge is revenge. Why do you need to light a fire before leaving? Shootout just shootout , why in the rain?
Woman: Well, it's true. If you don't find the theme of this film, if you suddenly ask such a question, everyone will be dizzy... Now I understand a lot! But there is still the initial question, what exactly does this perverted killer catch?
In fact, at the moment after death, even if people show fear, but in the last moment, it is also for their relatives. The first thing they think of is relatives. They bid farewell to the world with loving eyes. You said that the perverted killer, He is a cold-blooded animal, what kind of affection can he understand?
At this point, pay attention to some overtones: If your audience doesn't understand these things, isn't it meaningless?
Woman: Oh, yes, it's ironic when you say that! Not only is the director prompting the audience to think about the theme, but there is also a kind of warning and inspiration in it. We should not be that kind of perverted killer, we must know how to cherish family and love!
That's right, even the boss of the gang understands the truth, and our audience should understand it even more! So these are all subtexts. When you interpret them, this is knowledge and art!
Woman: Hey, some people also say that you are over-interpreting, I think the level of those people is really...
Haha, I don't even bother to pay attention to them, and I can't blame them all. China's artistic quality education is low to the end, and I have no idea what the level of Chinese filmmakers is at present... All I can say is, let's chase it slowly! It may take time for many of my views to be understood. Fortunately, there are still many experts on the Internet, and the support of savvy and knowledgeable movie fans and friends has brought me more interest and happiness in writing and made me keep writing.
And I also believe that as long as you are not stubborn, you must dare to put aside a lot of rubbish concepts and wrong ideas that you have learned in school or in books before, aren’t we talking about art, you will stare at Oscar Cannes, and you will learn You drill, you will definitely be able to grow really skillful!
In fact, there are still many interesting pictures and lens language in this film that need to be interpreted. Only when you find the theme can your interpretation have a feel and let the audience see the dry goods!
Woman: I remember that "The Tree of Life" is also a movie about blood kinship. If you didn't mention it before, I really couldn't understand movies like these!
So why do I want to do a four-dimensional one pull-tab analysis , that is, for this purpose, so-called movie to understand what you want to achieve a situation, first of all find the topic, after Insider ......
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