Jin Min, known as the master of montage, cluttered the lives, histories, and futures of movie characters and real actors for a dramatic climax in "Millennium Actress" (2001). And in "Red Hot Chili Pepper" (2006), which confuses dream and reality, it is more daring and incredible than "Millennium Actress".
Today, "The Godfather of Tokyo" (2003) seems to be less "high-end" and "cool" than the two aforementioned films. Revisiting this Christmas, in fact, I can still see a lot of montage details, not only from the visual to reflect the "fusion", in this work, the script is more important and exciting, because it is full of karma, very suitable for two Brush/multiple brushes.
The following contains spoilers.
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1. dead old man
The uncle met the fallen old man on the street, and the next scene was very interesting and exciting.
First, the uncle took the old man back to his homeless home: a hut full of cans and windmills. The windmill made a loud noise in the wind. It should be noted that there are vehicles passing by on the road in the background of the picture, making a lot of noise. So this leads to the fact that we can only hear "windmills" and "road cars".
The old man chatted with the uncle and said that his wish was to "drunk to death on the tatami", and then drank a few sips of wine, "Half satisfied." Then say the last wish: Please help me deal with a "thing".
Then he suddenly turned his head to the right, half-closed his eyes as if he had died.
At the same time, the windmill outside the house also stopped.
The uncle went to help him close his eyes:
It turned out that he wasn't dead. startled. The windmill is turning again!
After a few more sips of wine, we said goodbye.
Next is the distant view outside the house, the windmill stopped. But there was still a sound like a windmill in the background. At first I thought it was a problem with the sound effect production, but when I listened to it again, I found out that it was the sound of firewood burning, and it was very loud. The sound of cars on the road has become quieter, but it has not disappeared.
I think this lens should have several intentions:
1. The windmill stops turning, which represents the interruption of the life of the old man.
2. The sound of cars on the road is still the same, some of which set off the desolation of the old man's life.
3. The sound of burning gasoline barrels is somewhat calming and warm. The old man did not die alone on the street. The uncle and the old man, two strange homeless people, accompany each other, like a burning fire in such a miserable winter, again , warm and calming.
2. karma of lottery
I think this detail should be the first time many people don't notice it: in the ending, the protagonist and his party actually won the super jackpot! Very rare: 11111111 number.
On the way to find Hana, the scumbag that the uncle met was actually the second (third?) prize.
And the lottery ticket that fell out of the uncle's clothes pocket in the ending looks like this:
Why is there a jackpot? In fact, this is the relic of the deceased grandfather mentioned earlier, and it was given to the uncle! Wow, this detail has been buried for so long, and even the film only has this scene without the surprise plot after they found out that they won the prize. Audiences who watch it carefully will probably have a kind of joy of participating in this good reward.
3. Exaggerated "God's Will"
The film creates an absurd and funny atmosphere in the dark background of the story, mainly revolving around "Qingzi"'s help from God.
One second I was crying, and the next second I found paper diapers and milk powder in the cemetery.
These shots have a "blingbling" sound effect.
The uncle was beaten to death, but the "angel" came to help:
4. Misplacement and echoes of lines
Of course there are a lot of very interesting "misplaced" lines:
Talk about babies in "The Shemale Tavern".
At this time, a woman who had been sitting next to the scene from the beginning of the scene suddenly shouted "Yeah, I was abandoned" for the baby. Hahaha, so funny.
The fake background story that the uncle made up at the beginning was met by his daughter:
Uncle version:
The doctor's version that the daughter is going to marry:
The audience was first fooled by the background story at the beginning of Uncle Akin, and now that "Qingzi"'s fiancé could actually happen to these things, the story seems unconvincing.
5. Details that follow the ups and downs of the plot
For Hana's hospital bill, Uncle Akin paid the 30,000 yen that he had saved for a long time and got back after being beaten to death. The Fukuzawa Yukichi cry:
As a result, the next moment I met my daughter~
Ode to joy sounded in the background, and it wasn't enough, Fukuzawa Yukichi also laughed.
By the way, the final hospital footage also seems to be laughing:
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Revisiting "The Godfather of Tokyo" for Christmas is definitely a wise choice! I hope that a kind heart can be rewarded by the law of causality.
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