I remember the feeling of watching Yu Hua's "Alive" back then, that fate is impermanent, the playboys do not learn well to succeed in the family, but they lose their fortunes but get a blessing in disguise. beaten, or even killed. We are constantly approaching that period of history in various ways. The huge absurdity of fate is often too shocking to return to the mind, and that period of history is preserved on various papers, films, and the minds of those who have experienced this history. Inside, the faces are different. In Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine", it is full of the darkness of human nature, and it is better to die than the victim's life, but in this Zhang Yimou's "Alive", everything is calm, nothing earth-shattering, vigorous, No matter how many trials of life and death they have gone through, at the end, the couple who lost a pair of children were not eating dumplings peacefully with their son-in-law and grandson, as if they had forgotten that they had just returned from the cemetery. They were eating and laughing. He has deprived us of a great opportunity to indict and condemn. Whether accusations and condemnations are more enjoyable, it is also easy to produce scenes of cheering, crowds of responders, and passion. You are on the side of justice. People tend to like that. But the director didn't handle it all that way. He let go of a rallying cry, causing everyone to wave their hands and shout slogans, thus realizing the satisfaction of being surrounded and followed. He didn't, he just calmly looked back at history, and through the fate of the family, let us, the audience, In a calm and sober state, make your own judgments and thoughts, so this movie is simple, sincere, and humorous. It is a roulette of fate, playing out the unreasonable but helpless drama, everyone can't get rid of it, can't advocate, the east goes to the west, the forward retreats, in this impermanent injustice , All one can do is to accept fate and live well, that's all. Fate is unspeakable, so complex, and the stories it offers us are full of absurdities. What they did out of good intentions turned out to be in the opposite direction. A pair of rich and noble children, You Qing and Feng Xia died, all of them did bad things with good intentions. Youqing was asleep, and wealthy and noble went to school with Youqing, who was still asleep, on his back in order to show progress. As a result, the county magistrate’s car hit the school’s courtyard wall, and Youqing, who was sleeping under the wall, was crushed to death. Daughter Fengxia gave birth, and son-in-law found a "reactionary academic authority". The authority did not eat for a few days. The wealthy kindly bought steamed buns. The authority was very hungry. The result backfired, the water accelerated the growth of the steamed buns, "1 becomes 7, 7 is 49", the authority almost died, Fengxia postpartum hemorrhage, and the authority was too busy to take care of herself, which made the chance of survival that she could seize lost. Xia is dead. And which time was it because of the bad guys. No, they are all good people, out of good intentions, they work hard and work hard, but the result is counterproductive. In Chen Kaige's Cultural Revolution scene, bad people do evil and human nature is shameless, but the scenes staged here are not as tragic and ugly, but the results are not necessarily good. Some are due to irresistible fate, such as Youqing's death, which is unpredictable. Some are due to lack of common sense, such as giving old professors a drink of water. Good intentions may not do good things, just like, if you go in the wrong direction, the faster and harder you go, the further away you are from your goal. Good people hate too, but gradually they learn to accept. Jiazhen once resented Chunsheng for killing Youqing, but when Chunsheng was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution, she realized that he was also a good person, and took the initiative to help him--to the end, she couldn't even find the object of her accusation. Blame it on fate. There is no lasting hatred, because Jiazhen is kind after all. And this kind of background is almost full of characters in the play. Because of the impermanence of fate, people like to have fun, such as shadow puppets. The rich and noble once relied on him to support their families. During the Cultural Revolution, the box was used to raise chickens. Seeing the fluffy chickens in the box will make people feel more alive. Colorful and lively, whether it is shadow puppets or other things, people always have to live, one is gone, there will be another to take over. There are also those plain humors, which are everywhere in life. The lame and honest son-in-law said to the chairman's portrait: Chairman Mao, today I picked up Fengxia and amused everyone. This should be a well-meaning joke. Even if the person who speaks is serious, the person who laughs may not be correct. Because laughter is the best weapon for people to survive the harshness, so many sorrows are dispelled in laughter, and a smile vanishes enmity. Life is full of all kinds of unexpected things. It is the impermanence of fate. People gradually learn to know the sky and live happily. This film conveys such a simple philosophy of life. Because living is hope. Youqing and Fengxia have gone, as well as steamed buns, and the days of steamed buns will only be better than now, the rich family of three said, their hearts are full of hope. To live, to have hope, to believe in the future - that is the famous poem of the index finger. This work is what gives people hope. Although there are many ugliness in life, people cannot lose confidence and give up on themselves because of this. In the same world, different eyes see the past, and the reflections in the heart are different. The Cultural Revolution was not always so tragic, and many people also gained warm memories at that time. Remember to be warm, be grateful, and live well
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