―――Han Xi
For a film and television work that is a pseudo-"Gone with the Wind", the author first thought after sitting for 165 minutes, what is the story of such a passionless film?
When the out-of-picture sound of a mixed-breed (hybrid) child came on, the picture of the film was full of magical colors, which made the author still interested, but then it was outdated western style comics. Under tolerance, the film The contradiction finally appeared. The shooting of a bull run was obviously more real and more textured than "Promise". After the farm continued to operate, everything went well in the tobacco sales of World War II. Therefore, the author, like a director, completed the recognition of the story. Know.
In fact, the author is quite interested in the role of the narrator in the film. Why is a mixed-race child used and what does his perspective mean?
The story takes place in the age when Australia was ruled by whites (that is, British colonial rule). Aboriginals became history, blacks were discriminated against, and mixed races were races that needed to be assimilated. In this case, a mixed-race child becomes the narrator of the film. In his eyes, the indigenous people are full of mystery, while the white people are in a confrontation between good and evil. As a result, the whole of Australia is actually full of variables.
The beginning of the contradiction in the film was due to the arrival of Mrs. Sara. This strong and aristocratic woman appeared in Australia wearing a tights. This is a desert, at least for the time, only deep. Darwin Harbor, which is influenced by British culture, is only slightly popular, but it is also full of racial contradictions, and blacks are seriously hostile.
What followed was a competition for business and the cultivation of a period of love. This was also the most intoxicating first half of the film, although the magnificent and even some gorgeous Australian landscape and the majestic bull-running scene reflected the audience. The vision is amazing, but the depth of field beyond all these characters does not achieve true unity with the characters in the play. Therefore, watching the magnificent scenery, watching the despicable means, and watching the emotional sublimation are all separate. One of the most dramatic scenes is undoubtedly the scene of a mixed-race child stopping a bull run on the edge of a cliff. This can be said to be the biggest manifestation of internal contradictions in the entire film, about good and evil, about life and death, and about the mysterious power of Australia.
In this scene, the power of the mixed-race child has been fully demonstrated, not only has overcome the despicable conspiracy, but also has overcome the quasi-natural disaster of running the bull, becoming a man. But it is a pity that there are indeed too few such confrontations in the film, and what is left is procrastination and triviality, and the so-called love that is painless and not itchy begins.
When love prevented the wife’s return, the film began to enter the stage of love responsibility. At this time, we will find that the role of the mixed-race teenager is significantly weakened. He has become a man and he begins to aspire to be a mature man, so he is caught, then , The important task of becoming a mature man fell on the bull.
The narrator of the film is a mixed-race boy, and the protagonist is undoubtedly the bull himself. He has been evading, helplessly and conditionally accepts the lady's bull driving mission, facing the second love on a whim, but his blood is still escaping , To avoid love for his wife, to avoid his feelings for black people, and to avoid responsibility for mixed-race children.
Generally speaking, the balance of love will not be balanced, so the bully left his wife, and the wife continued her love, love for people, and love for this land. At this time, external forces began to work, and the Japanese planes arrived at the right time. In the war, the bully completed his mature behavior as an adult man. He saved the mixed-race child and his love with his wife. At the same time, in a small episode, he began to put his sympathy for black people into reality in the tavern. No longer escape, this is the growth process of the bull.
When the whole film is here, the audience can't help but find a question, that is, who is growing?
In the first half of the film, the growth of a mixed-race teenager is very magical. From a fishing kid to a bull-driving teenager, even facing a bull-running scene alone, the growth of this teenager is obvious. . But in the following story, the protagonist of growth becomes a bully, with love as the shell, as a man's growth process, that is the growth of responsibility.
In fact, as a movie, there is nothing wrong with such a growth structure, but the symbolic meaning of the mixed-race teenager and the bulldog makes the film a huge difference between the front and the back. The bull is a man living in Australia who has an enlightened mind but has no courage to face it. So what he represents is only a white group, and the process of his growth is more individualized. From a certain point of view, he belongs to that kind of quite The story of literature and art, and the shell of love or responsibility also proves this point.
But the mixed-race boy is completely different. As mentioned earlier, the film is based on a mixed-race teenager. The reason for adopting such a perspective lies in the understanding of Australia itself, the magical land, the racial contradictions, and the historical magical and modern conflicts. At this time, the child itself is also very symbolic. There is an ambiguous, even puzzling kinship in the film, which is the relationship between the indigenous grandfather, the white father and the mixed-race teenager. According to the three-generation relationship given in the plot, we can only accept him vaguely, but in fact, this is a metaphor, a racial interpretation of the Australian mainland.
Everyone knows that only aboriginal people lived in Australia at first. Later, with the invasion of European blue culture, white people began to rule Australia. Under the mixing of various races, Australians became mixed races. This is in line with the history of the Americas. It is more similar, that is, the three-generation relationship of the Australian family is unrealistic and direct. And the so-called white father of the mixed-race teenager in the film is a bad character. He tried to occupy the pasture and prevent other whites from sympathizing and pitying people of color. This is undoubtedly the face-like description of the robber who made his way to Australia for the first time. Therefore, in this case, the symbolic significance of the mixed-race teenager is extremely obvious. He is not only the future master of Australia, but also a historical witness.
In comparison, the symbolic significance of the mixed-race teenager is much broader and far-reaching than the bull, but the film has changed from the growth of the mixed teenager to the growth of the bull. In this way, a profound and epic artistic conception was completely destroyed and was completely destroyed. Replaced by a personal experience, this is undoubtedly the so-called driving high and low going.
An epic blockbuster that was supposed to tell about the theory of Australian descent was finally reduced to a skit film due to the out-of-control production of the screenwriter and director, and the production of the details in the film appeared to be so procrastinated and mediocre, which could not but let people pass away. The one hundred and sixty-five minutes is especially precious!
Han Xi
2009-2-4 in Tongzhou
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