Making gorgeous super bad films is exactly the answer to "die for pomp."

Nakia 2022-03-23 09:01:58

What's going on in Zhang Da Dao's heart? It seems that only he knows best. I don't want to write the plot of his new work "House of Flying Daggers" (there is no plot at all), I want to write about the strange phenomenon that comes to mind.

In the film "Ten", Zhang Ziyi turned her back on Andy Lau, an undercover headhunter, and had a kick with Takeshi Kaneshiro, a romantic headhunter who had only been with him for three days. As a result, Liu's life-threatening double-throwing knife in his heart spewed blood and died. In Zhang's other old work "Shake to Grandma's Bridge", the heroine Gong Li betrayed Li Baotian, the underworld master who had cultivated her, and tried to kill the master with his brother, but was buried alive in the rainy night.

The two female characters are also men who have betrayed themselves. In reality, both of them turned their backs on Zhang Yimou and threw themselves into the arms of others. It seems that the heroine who betrayed Director Zhang must die in the movie. Is this a coincidence? It seems not. Zhang subconsciously hated the two of them, so in the film where he ordered the world and dared not follow him, he killed these two women who were popular with him.

In the world of love, no one is the one who loses, and everyone has the joy and the sacrifice. But the above coincidence is quite an interesting mental murder, but it seems that Zhang's creativity has dried up with the two daughters' betrayal. When he sees Zhang Youhao's movies, he should find another "Little Jinbao" to train him. In fact, he has a short piece of the recent work "Happy Time" that is good for the reverse shooting. The little heroine (who doesn't seem to be developing) may be the target of Zhang Xiang's training, but in reality, she is stubborn and did not sell the account of the big guide.

Zhang was originally a photographer. In terms of camera lenses, he is very good at shooting. He is very particular and has a lot of kung fu. His action shooting is better than that of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Therefore, "House of Flying Daggers" was a complete failure, which really echoed the words of another famous female director, Zhang Aijia, that art is born in loneliness and dies in pomp.

Zhang Yimou was born in Weibo (a filming worker at the Xi'an Film Factory). His early films had a strong image art, but he became popular as an international director. Now there is ample investment, hundreds of millions of productions, only a lot of money for the beautiful Peony Tower drumming, but it is empty. "Ten" was made into a super bad movie with gorgeous video production, which is exactly the answer to "die of glitz".

The most impressive thing about "House of Flying Daggers" is only this shot, which crosses a muddy ancient road in the entire green forest, with horses and other horses galloping through the road. In today's Chinese film photography, Zhang is a first-class master, unmatched by anyone else. But Da Dao Zhang must reflect on himself and return to his old [heart], so that people can fight the arena again.

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House of Flying Daggers quotes

  • Leo: [reaches for dagger in back]

    Yee: Do not pull this dagger out. I'm sending you back to keep spying for us. You will be more convincing with a dagger in your back.

  • Mei: To be free like the wind.