First of all, the film is controversial because the Chinatown gangster scene in the film harmed the interests of Chinatown in the United States, resulting in a sharp drop in tourism revenue and direct impact on interests, causing some Chinese groups to protest, rather than emulsifying it. manual"
"One of the most authoritative film magazines in the world" "Great influence in film history" Based on the principle of "Facing the bleak life and the dripping blood", it creates film works that can objectively reflect the real world, and highly emphasizes the director's commitment to the film. Spirituality. Included "Year of the Dragon" in the 1985 list of the top ten best movies of the year, ranking third (PS: There are a total of three films in Zunlong's list of "Film Manual"'s top ten best film awards of the year, the last emperor in 1987, the fifth. Butterfly-kun, 1994) The 1980s was an era when many masters were born. After the end of the Cold War, everyone was thinking hard. In such an era, "The Year of the Dragon" was still selected as one of the top ten film catalogues of the year, and ranked high. Third, you must know that Wong Kar Wai's classic movie "In the Mood for Love" could only be ranked fifth in 2000. And the principle that this magazine is based on is the reason why this work can be ranked so high. It is based on the principle of "face the bleak life and face the dripping blood", which can objectively reflect the real world, so it can't just look at the surface. As far as the plot is concerned, it is certain that the director has not grasped the scale, but films of this type often cause controversy when they are released. The film history classic "The Godfather" also set off a large-scale protest when it was released in Italy. However, "The Godfather" caused The origin of the protests is not because of the impact on minority tourism revenue. . . Perhaps it is precisely because we can't pull ourselves out in this film, but look at it as a participant, that we are affected by many of these factors, and we can't look at the subject of the film's discussion objectively. In fact, many of Mr. Zunlong's works are aimed at his appearance for those who are a little younger and can't understand what he expresses, but these works actually have something that they really want to discuss in it. , including the moderns, Shadow of China, Shanghai 1920, and the Year of the Dragon, although the themes that they want to convey and express are not as profound, complex, and numerous as the last emperor and the butterfly, but there are indeed many things to discuss. A good movie has bright and dark lines. Like some current youth campus romance dramas, it may just tell a story, there is no so-called dark line, but a good work will sublimate the content on the basis of storytelling, and then show its real theme, or What it really wants to show is not the story, but through such a story to show what it is about to discuss. But some of the profound content that it really wants to discuss depends on the performance of the director and the actors and then presents different depths, or different degrees. Just like some works of Mr., the last emperor and the butterfly are the directors and actors. In other words, they play very well, and they can show what they really want to discuss, but relatively speaking, Butterfly-kun is weaker than the last emperor, because what he really wants to discuss is too profound and complicated. East and West, colonial and post-colonial, identity and identity, etc., a movie is not enough to fully show, but some domestic movies, such as Shanghai 1920, although there are obvious dark lines, However, the director or the production team did not handle this aspect properly, or was not professional enough, so that the protagonist had obvious deficiencies in his inner emotional process, and the thickness of the characters lost a lot of color, causing some shortcomings. In my heart, the Year of the Dragon is such a medium existence. It doesn't have much to show its delicate acting skills, but its theme is also a relatively big proposition, which was also the point of controversy when the film was released at that time. , which is probably some prejudice or stereotype of the Chinese community in Western society at that time. Because the image of the white protagonist is too thin, we focused on making the negative image of Joey Tai play more. Generally speaking, the image of the protagonist should be positive, but in this film, the white protagonist does not seem to have Such a positive image is full of prejudice even against the Chinese. However, in the so-called negative side, that is, Joey Tai, you can see the shadow of the positive image. The ideas of the white protagonist and this Chinese female reporter are the stereotypes and prejudices against the Chinese. Or it is not professional enough, so that the protagonist has obvious defects in his inner emotional process, and the thickness of the characters has lost a lot of color, causing some shortcomings. In my heart, the Year of the Dragon is such a medium existence. It doesn't have much to show its delicate acting skills, but its theme is also a relatively big proposition, which was also the point of controversy when the film was released at that time. , which is probably some prejudice or stereotype of the Chinese community in Western society at that time. Because the image of the white protagonist is too thin, we focused on making the negative image of Joey Tai play more. Generally speaking, the image of the protagonist should be positive, but in this film, the white protagonist does not seem to have Such a positive image is full of prejudice even against the Chinese. However, in the so-called negative side, that is, Joey Tai, you can see the shadow of the positive image. The ideas of the white protagonist and this Chinese female reporter are the stereotypes and prejudices against the Chinese. Or it is not professional enough, so that the protagonist has obvious defects in his inner emotional process, and the thickness of the characters has lost a lot of color, causing some shortcomings. In my heart, the Year of the Dragon is such a medium existence. It doesn't have much to show its delicate acting skills, but its theme is also a relatively big proposition, which was also the point of controversy when the film was released at that time. , which is probably some prejudice or stereotype of the Chinese community in Western society at that time. Because the image of the white protagonist is too thin, we focused on making the negative image of Joey Tai play more. Generally speaking, the image of the protagonist should be positive, but in this film, the white protagonist does not seem to have Such a positive image is full of prejudice even against the Chinese. However, in the so-called negative side, that is, Joey Tai, you can see the shadow of the positive image. The ideas of the white protagonist and this Chinese female reporter are the stereotypes and prejudices against the Chinese.
On the other hand, the white protagonist can use all means for his own superiority, in order to bring down the opponent, and in order to achieve his own goals. This in itself goes against his positive image, so this is also the side of "the so-called square", behind the justice, in my understanding, it is not called the "shadow behind the justice"? It is better to understand it as "darkness disguised by justice".
The image of Joey Tai is the negative image on the bright side, mixed with some sense of justice, the "so-called" negative side.
So in my understanding, the bright line of this film is Joey Tai's battle with this white policeman in the process of trying to achieve his own road to superiority. The widespread discrimination and stereotype of the Chinese community in Western society. The main theme of the film is also the biggest irony of this, as a warning to Western society, in fact, it does not involve political sensitivity, many people only see some things on its bright line, so this film was almost considered when it was released. Insulting China, in fact, this film is not only not insulting China, but it is defending the Chinese community, striving for the interests of the Chinese community, and speaking out for the Chinese community. In the past, my appreciation for this film was medium, because its main idea was not so deep and its presentation was not so well presented, but now I realize that most people watch this film for the face, so I came up with the idea of writing the next article. When discussing this issue, some people think that the meaning of the films of that era is unclear, not as intuitive as the current films, but I don't think it has anything to do with the age. You will find that films made in different countries generally have Different styles, although I can't say this completely, but there is a reason for this, so I used the three words "generally". In fact, aside from the United States, after all, they have started to develop the film industry a long time ago. Therefore, there is no doubt that the film is developed, professional, and easy to control. South Korea, Japan and even Hong Kong are more professional than the mainland crew. This is also the consensus of people in the industry. In China, there may be a staff member in this crew. It's an assistant, another crew is the set manager, and another crew may be the assistant director... Now China is developing very fast, and it's not wrong to be the top in many aspects, but it depends on which aspect, although there are some excellent domestic Works that take your heart. Look at some foreign works, you will find that it is not that the moon in foreign countries is relatively round, but that foreign countries really respect art when shooting works, while in many cases in China, they are very rushed and eager for success TV dramas are disdainful to watch now, because most of them are water-filled: prolong episodes, procrastinate plots to achieve the purpose of making more money, occasional props and makeup, very conscientious but still unavoidable to be poisoned by advertisements or something, but It is also understandable, because the domestic film and television always follow the entertainment first, and some domestic films may add some nonsensical fragments to a work in order to show the charm of a person, an actor or just for the audience to like it. These clips have no meaning for the whole work, as Mr. in the interview , There are very few people who really pursue art, and even Farewell My Concubine, who was regarded as a classic and once called a god, is in the final analysis a commercial art film that actors, directors, and producers all need, and it is very successful. But looking at Mr.'s films, no matter how perfect and shocking the clips are, they will still be ruthlessly cut for the sake of showing the whole film, even if the cut pieces are what the audience expects the most. I think this also shows the professionalism of these directors and the production team, and proves that these works of Mr. are really art that needs to be explored and studied. If a person really wants to appreciate these arts, they will not care whether they have what they want to see the most, but will pay more attention to whether the work has the story lines that they want to see. It can be more perfect, obviously not, so I won't look forward to it anymore, and I won't regret the shocking clips that were cut out. Some people say that the current movies are more intuitive, and what kind of movies should be divided. There was a young man played by Zhou Dongyu and Yi Yang Qianxi before. He had obvious bright lines and dark lines, but they were all very easy to understand. He was talking about school violence. But the dark lines of these works like Mr. are very delicate and complicated. The moderns, Shadow of China, the standards are also very high, and the significance is also very profound, but the meaning of irony and discussion is not in the mainstream, and the other is the mainstream at that time, and it is very profound, but it seriously hits some political factors. Perhaps some of the films Mr. made abroad are because of respect and pursuit of art, and the content of the discussion is relatively deep, complex, and delicate, and it takes more time to think and understand to be able to penetrate, so they are not easy to be popular by the public. Accept, it's not like the young you mentioned above, or the Chinese captain, and the wolf warrior. Their main theme is very simple, that is, school violence, family and country feelings, and patriotism. They are very easy to be accepted by the public, and do not need to possess Too high level of understanding, or professional literacy can be understood, so he can be very popular, which is what most domestic filmmakers have been working on. It is also foreseeable now that even if Butterfly King is now re-released in China, its box office will not be very good, at least it will not catch up with Wolf Warrior. Some people say that it is a pity that many of Mr.'s works are political, so it is difficult to release them on our big screen, but I want to say that if you want to be closer to reality and reflect reality, you must show that history, but obviously it is not a film. The purpose of those bridges is to show the emotional changes reflected by the characters in that period of history, to reflect the inner state of the characters and other things. There is no way that there is such a shackle in domestic works. , we can only hold on to hope that one day it can break free from this shackles, so as to move towards a better development.
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