The background of "Blood on the Street" is Hong Kong in the 1960s. This is a chaotic era. Perhaps it is John Woo's unforgettable memory of his youth. The beginning of the film is a nostalgic tone, and those memories of youth are accompanied by a sense of reality. helpless. Three young people from the bottom of Hong Kong: Ah Hui (played by Jacky Cheung), Ah Rong (played by Li Zixiong), and Ah B (played by Tony Leung) were forced to leave Hong Kong for an adventure in Vietnam because of a murder in a group fight. In the melee in Vietnam, at a local gang boss Liang Yuansheng, they met Zhen Xiuqing (played by Zhen Chuqian), a popular singer from Hong Kong. Both Ah Hui and Ah B fell in love with her and decided to take her back to Hong Kong. At the same time, they met the gang boss. A Le (played by Ren Dahua), the killer under his command, has always been silently in love with Zhen Xiuqing, and has been waiting for an opportunity to take her to escape, so a few people hit it off and launched a rescue operation. It had already taken root deeply in Ah Rong's heart, and it was madly breeding. Finally, for a box of gold, he finally turned against each other. During the melee, in order to avoid being discovered by the Viet Cong army, Ah Rong aimed at Ah Hui's head. After the disaster, Ah Le's face was left with permanent scars. His insight into the world made him disheartened. Ah B learned from his mouth that Ah Hui was still alive, so he went to visit. It turns out that Ah Hui at this time has become an irrational killer because of the bullet embedded in his head that cannot be taken out. He gets meager money by killing people in exchange for drugs, in order to numb his pain, he can't bear to watch it. Ah B, who was living like a dog, pointed at his head and pulled the trigger again... After a turbulent journey, Ah Hui finally returned to the long-lost Hong Kong. At this time, the turmoil in Hong Kong was no longer, and life returned to normal. Calmly, Ah B saw his wife and son. At this time, Ah Rong, relying on the gold he brought back and his own methods, has become the successor of a gang organization. At the handover ceremony of the gang, Ah B Suddenly appeared, the bag in his hand was A Rong's skull. There are two endings. One is that Ah B and Ah Rong had a 20-minute chase and shootout, and finally killed Ah Rong. The second ending was that the ending between Ah B and Ah Rong was almost 20 minutes. Instead of chasing and dueling, Ah B held Ah Rong in Ah Rong's conference room. Just like Ah Rong shot Ah Hui at the beginning, he lifted the hem of his suit to cover his head, and then shot him with a "bang". , the screen is completely black.
Although this film has a high status in the mouths of some fans and critics, it became Woo Yusen's Waterloo at that time. It invested 20 million, but only recovered more than 8 million. In addition to the box office failure, it was awarded in awards. In the 1990 Hong Kong Film Awards, although "Blood on the Street" won several nominations such as Best Director and Best Supporting Actor (Ahui), it won nothing in the end.
However, for John Woo himself, "Blood on the Street" is meaningful. Regarding "Blood on the Street", John Woo once said: "I often feel that everyone should have a little romance, a little humor, a little memory and a little more care. , it will make life feel better, so I often pursue other people's and my own romance in movies. However, in reality, many misunderstandings between people often lead people to think that romance is not good. "Blood on the Street" can It is a sigh." Even so, the interpretation of this film has always been limited to the description of the so-called brotherhood and the betrayal and loyalty between people, and has never penetrated into the film's surface story.
General comments think that this movie is a purely male movie, and Yuan Jieying and Zhen Xiuqing actually only appear as supporting roles in the movie. In fact, this one-sex view is destined to be superficial. If women only appear as supporting roles in the surface narrative structure of the film, it is because their importance is presupposed in the deep narrative structure. Didn't Ah B and Ah Hui turn against each other for Zhen Xiuqing's sake? Isn't this kind of friendship between men and women moving? Moreover, Ale also worked hard for Zhen Xiuqing. In fact, however, we find that both women in the film seem to be connected by camaraderie with all men, and they seem to have sex with all men. This relationship is no longer a separate relationship between men and women.
In the movie, Ah B wants to marry Yuan Jieying, but he didn't even get the money for the wedding. Facing this embarrassment, Ah Hui stepped forward and went to borrow money from the lender. He seemed to take Ah B's marriage as a sign He was ambushed on the road and his head was broken. In the torrential rain, he arrived in time desperately, and finally handed the money to Ah B in time. There is an interesting scene here. Ahui clamored to kiss Yuan Jieying's hand, Yuan Jieying showed a disgusting look, but reluctantly agreed, but Ahui took the opportunity to kiss her face. Of course, in fact, in the play, we usually understand that A Hui is trying to divert A B's attention, and to show that the injury on his head doesn't have much impact, but from the other side, isn't A Hui also interested in Yuan Jieying? Is there a hint of hidden love? The opposite of one extreme desire is the other extreme desire. And this meaning is confirmed in the film's ending to a certain extent. When Ah B returned to Hong Kong and saw his son, Yuan Jieying told him that his son was named Ah Hui. We have no way of guessing who decided this name. But this confirms the special emotional connection between Ah Hui and Yuan Jieying from the side.
At the beginning of the movie, Ah B, Ah Hui and Ah Rong are three brothers. What is the purpose of their going to Vietnam? In fact, it is not only for avoiding the punishment of murder, but also for a vague impulse, if it is precise, it can also be said to be to stand out. Here, their murder is not so much a momentary miss, but rather a long-planned, but later misunderstanding about why, ordinary viewers may subconsciously stand in the perspective of Ah B and Ah Hui, thinking that it was for a box. Gold, but in fact, if we stand from A Rong's point of view, we will find a completely different interpretation, that is for women, there is such a dialogue in the movie:
Rong: I know that Xiuqing died and you are not happy, I am not happy Well, wouldn't it be better for her to be dead? Less people drag it! If the ship sank, the chest of gold would be gone!
B, furious, opened the box and sprinkled pieces of gold bars into the water.
Rong: Stop throwing my gold. . . Otherwise, no friends will do it! (pointing gun at B)
Hui: You're crazy! Did you shoot? If you shoot, I'll blow your head off!
B: Ah Hui put down the gun. (turns to Hui) Put the gun down!
B: I don't even have friends for a box of gold! Are you still worthy of talking about the word friend? Do you know what you are doing? You are pointing a gun at your friend of ten years! ... Decades of love! The relationship of more than ten years is gone today, and we are no longer friends... shoot it!
Hui: I have known you for more than ten years. If you have the ability, you will kill me together!
Rong: I beg you guys don't force me, I don't have many dreams in my life, can't I just for a box of gold
? dream? And before Ah B said that Ah Rong didn't even have to be friends for a box of gold, didn't they die for a woman? So instead of saying that A Rong betrayed them, it is better to say that A B and A Hui betrayed their original dreams.
Regarding the ending, many people were very dissatisfied with the first version, believing that it added too many unnecessary violent scenes and was too verbose. Many people also criticized the second ending, believing that it was a bit too simplistic and not too long. too real. But from the perspective of the deep psychology of the characters, we think that the analysis of the first ending may be more in-depth. At the end, Ah Rong is the pursued object, Ah B is the pursuer, and what the pursuer pursues is actually the bottom line of the pursued's desire, but the distinction between chasing and being chased has always been vague and unclear. They are interchangeable, so we can see it as a role-reversing game. When they came to the pier at night, this is where they played many years ago. In fact, it is not clear how long the time has passed. There are fierce car battles and gun battles here. The two desires devour each other and fight each other. In the end, when A Rong has the absolute upper hand, at this time, he can completely solve A B with one shot. However, the paradox is that this At that time, he was not in a hurry, but handed the gun into Ah B's hands and asked him to shoot at Ah Hui's skull again. At this time, Ah Rong was in a state of madness, and he shouted at Ah Hui's skull. , told it to stop arguing, this is the display of his unconscious crux, the remorse of his hidden secret, so there is a turning point here, and finally Ah B found an opportunity to pull out another shot and kill Ah Rong. However, if A Rong didn't intentionally give such a chance here, then A Rong actually died of his own desires.
In the other ending of the film, it is even more incredible. Ah B directly killed Ah Rong at the scene of the gang meeting. This is actually not so much a possible fact as it is Ah Rong's expectation.
The film fled from Hong Kong to Vietnam because of a murder, and fled back to Hong Kong from Vietnam again because of a murder. It seems to be caught in a cyclic violence puzzle, but in this puzzle, the growth process of people is revealed, and the complete break of Ah Hui, Ah B and Ah Rong also shows the impossibility of the split and integration of the main body. .
2006/12/23
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