watch it, but Wang Shuo said, "Cut the front in half, it's the name card of the world." So I went to see it the day it premiered. After watching it, I began to seriously question the appreciation of Hu Jiujiu and Wang Shuo. If such a film can be called a "world card", then Jiang Wen's "Devils Are Coming" is a universe card.
Why do we see such a "Nanjing! Nanjing! "? Hu Jiujiu's praise for this film may help you and I find the answer: "Lu Chuan's film has cracked a certain way of thinking: a film recognized by the system must be a theme film, a film recognized by the market must be a commercial film, and a film recognized by the academy must be a commercial film. Those that are recognized must be intellectual films, and those that are recognized by professionals must be independent films”, while Lu Chuan filmed “Nanjing! Nanjing! ", "learned to walk such a 'quadrilateral'".
A film that is both a main theme film, a commercial film, an intellectual film, and an independent film - is there really such a "quadrilateral" film in this world? There really is, for example, "The Promise" by Chen Kaige is such a "magical work", and "Nanjing! Nanjing! " is the second such "magical work" I have seen.
But, is there really such a good thing in the world? Can a movie please everyone? It's as if we can always see such a person in our life. They want to please everyone, but they often run into obstacles everywhere, and it is absolutely impossible for such people to make true friends, because they are the kind of people who love everyone. Not really a bad guy.
In fact, the same is true of movies. If everyone wants to please everyone in a movie, they don’t know what to choose. The result is that the film is made into a “four dislikes”—a few years ago, Chen Kaige made “Wuji” into such a “four dislikes”, which It's nothing, after all, that's just what happened in the "Circle Ring Casino". But I really can't stand Lu Chuan putting "Nanjing! Nanjing! ” was made into a “four dissimilarities”, because the city of Nanjing in 1937 was an unforgettable pain for our nation - as a director, if you want to use such a subject to speculate, to please all sides, and therefore unable to use the most sincere attitude To create, then this director will be only a matter of time.
Of course, you may say that Lu Chuan did not want to speculate on this subject, and he also wanted to create with the most sincere attitude, but his level of screenwriting and directing was limited, so he chose "Nanjing!" Nanjing! made into an independent intellectual themed commercial film. Is that so? Hope so. When it comes to the screenwriting level of this film, I remember there was a rumor that Lu Chuan wanted to find Zhu Wen as the screenwriter of this film. I don’t know why this matter has since been settled. If Zhu Wenlai was really the screenwriter, this film would definitely not be The plot will be as rigid and scattered as it is now, because Zhu Wen is still very good. As for the director level of this film, I think the biggest problem is that the film's field of vision is too small, since the name is "Nanjing! Nanjing! "It's so big, so at least it has to feel like a city. It is a pity that Lu Chuan did not do this at all. This film should have a large view overlooking the entire Nanjing city, but the result is that its vision is basically completely limited to a refugee camp. Moreover, the story of such a refugee camp was also photographed by Lu Chuan, which was fragmented, messy and soulless.
"Nanjing! Nanjing! "Why do the characters in" give people a thin and facialized feeling? This may be because Lu Chuan is still unable to face human nature directly, so he chose to uplift human nature, so we see a lot of "noble" people in the film. In Jiang Wen's "The Devils Are Coming" with a similar theme, we can't see such "sublime" people at all. There is not a single one. This is the most successful part of "The Devils Are Coming", and it is also "The Devils Are Coming". The most important reason why it can become a classic masterpiece, because the most authentic can move people's hearts the most.
The Chinese have been kidnapped by the "sublime" for too long, and it is time to break free. Because neither a person nor a nation will become more powerful because of deliberate "sublime" - to become more powerful, you must face human nature.
There is also a small discovery, that is, the kind of Japanese junior officers who committed suicide because of "discovery of conscience" recently appeared in Chinese "blockbusters" (there is one in "Mei Lanfang", and there is also one in this film) , is this another kind of obscenity? Is this facialized image very different from the facialized image of Japanese military officers in previous Chinese film and television works?
In the end, what I want to say is that it's really a shame that Chinese movies don't have movie ratings, because in the scene I went to see, I saw several parents leading children under ten years old. Come in and watch this movie. If you've seen this movie, you'll know that there are naked corpses, hanging heads, and rape scenes in this movie. Such a movie is not suitable for children to watch at all (a parent around me has a special appearance Blindfolded his child's eyes during the violent scene, and the child said aloud, why don't you let me see it). It is hoped that the general manager of GuangDian in China will also be aware of the seriousness of this problem, and will use the "Nanjing! Nanjing! "As an opportunity to do some human work, start a film rating system in China - if such a thing really happens, then "Nanjing! Nanjing! "It should also be regarded as "boundless merit".
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