The story is very simple, the gang bullies one side, and the mysterious hero appears. He is superb in martial arts, he fights a hundred enemies with one, he eradicates traitors and tyrants, and finally the world is at peace, the country is prosperous and the people are safe.
However, we can't limit ourselves to reading stories. Although we are often accused of hating iron and steel by famous domestic directors, why can't we even understand the story! Unjustly dead.
Takeshi Kitano is someone who enjoys movies, and he often plays the role in his own movies, this time as the main character. He played the blind Zatoushi, and his acting skills were naturally as good as those of the actors he had trained. At the beginning of the film, he was boarding at the house of Mrs. Mei, a village woman. His embarrassed laughter, simple and honest laughter, and concealed laughter were very simple and smooth. I was surprised by this naturalness. This old man was quite good at it.
The second surprise is also at the beginning of the film, he actually engaged in a performance art. With the strong rhythm of the soundtrack, there are a group of peasants hoeing their fields in the depth-of-field shot. They were originally just a corner of the scene, but they only existed in the shot for a long time. Performing performances, hoeing the ground, shaking the body, is like a montage inside the camera (the book has been left behind for a long time, and the noun has been forgotten). This technique was repeated twice later, once in heavy rain, or when the people in the farmland stepped on the soil with the music, the last note fell, and one person slipped on it deliberately, adding a comic effect. Another time, the gang was destroyed, and Mrs. May's burned house began to be rebuilt. The construction workers staged a percussion music to set off everyone's cheerful mood. The atmosphere is brought out, which is a great idea.
The third surprise, which should not be surprising, is the question. How can a fool who fantasizes about being a samurai, who runs around the house all day, is so familiar? "Days in the Sunshine" also has a fool. He is also a fat man with most of his body exposed, and he can only say "Rumba, Gurumu". This kind of role arrangement implies people's subconscious. Who copied whom? It should be the old man who copied Jiang Wen. Sunshine was filmed in 1997. This is a work from 2003. Jiang Wen is one of my favorite directors, and his work is rarely classic.
There is another one about the re-emergence of old bridges and new rivers and lakes. At the end of the film, a large group of people tap dance wildly, and a grand carnival ending. I accidentally reminded me of a similar episode. This time, Uncle Zhou must have copied the old man. The axe gang dance at the beginning of "Kung Fu" is a replica of this.
As for the man pretending to be a woman, it's related to "Farewell My Concubine", Khan, why am I so persistent? Aren't all movies quoted? In the end, Xiao Zi enjoyed her status as a woman and was proud of it, unlike Dieyi. OK, I'd like to suspend the associations on this.
There are many surprises, and these are the deeper parts. Asano played the role of a samurai who had to be a bodyguard for the gangster in order to treat his wife's illness. He was robbed by the old man, and he didn't stand out at all, but he was handsome, haha.
Besides, the Japanese use swords, it is simply too brutal, and it is not beautiful at all to cut directly.
I like this movie very much, and I believe the old man also likes it very much. His various weird ideas and creative use are incisively and vividly. This is not a movie that pursues depth, but a wonderful movie.
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