(This song of a man and his wife never happened, and it may happen everywhere; you may have heard it at any time and anywhere. Wherever the sun rises and sets, in the chaotic City, or open country, life is always similar, sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet)
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This silent film, shot in the 1920s, is indeed a model of literary and artistic love films at that time. Not to mention the many awards and influence of the film since its inception, there are also many remarkable points in terms of plot and plot handling.
The plot of the film is simple, and it is nothing more than about a man who is tempted by a woman from the city and once tried to kill his country wife and the trivial matter of the city woman flying away. In the end, the man realized his mistake, so he pulled back from the precipice and chose his wife.
As the movie begins, the story in the movie may not actually take place, but you always hear something similar somewhere else. In 1927, the United States was in the early stage of the Great Depression. The excessive prosperity of the cities and the extreme backwardness of the countryside made the gap between the rich and the poor gradually widen. , People in the countryside will inevitably be tempted by these kinds of temptations when they see a strange city. Wealth, freedom, and beauty have always been the best business cards in cities. Based on such an era background, it is not surprising that the men in the film are seduced by the women in the city.
But it is such an ordinary plot that the reason why it has captured the hearts of many moviegoers is the plot arrangement of the man's self-redemption in the film. When talking about such a plot, the first thing people think of is the allusion of Pan Jinlian being bewitched by Ximen Qing to murder her husband, but the person who cheated in this film is not the wife but the husband. However, in similar plots, due to the difference in thinking between the East and the West, there are diametrically opposed differences in the handling of the ending. In the face of the so-called "evil", Chinese people attach importance to karma, so Pan Jinlian must kill her husband, and then there will be the plot of Wu Song, who punishes evil and promotes good, kills the adulterer and the adulteress; while Westerners Well, the more emphasis is on self-redemption, so when the man in the film is about to push his wife into the water to try to drown her, he finally pulls back from the precipice. At this time, the church bell suddenly appears in the film, indicating the man's redemption. Success, the frightened wife shivered at this time, like a deer that had just escaped from the hunter's gun, the man's redemption was not over yet. In the next film, the man must use his inner kindness to pull back his wife who had lost hope for him. There are two kinds of plots, one in the middle and one in the west. I think most people will choose the latter ending.
I read Eileen Chang's "Red Rose and White Rose" in the early years. In fact, the city women and country wives in this film are men's red roses and white roses, a beautiful and wild temptation, such as delicate red roses; a Gentle and virtuous, like a pure white rose. This kind of thing seems to only happen to those rich people who are full of love and money, but in fact, each of us will be more or less tempted by similar things. In love, there is no absolute loyalty, and everyone will be tempted at times. The difference is that in the face of temptation, some people choose red roses, while others stick to white roses. Therefore, what is important is not the retribution of evil after being tempted, but the self-redemption when tempted.
Finally, let's talk about some of the details in the film. I have always believed that in addition to excellent plot handling, clever lens editing, and meticulous handling of details, a good film is also one of the necessary factors for making a good film. One of the most impressive details in this film is that when the man invited his wife to go boating (in fact, he wanted to push his wife into the water while rowing), the family's dog howled loudly at the man's wife plot. In conventional movies, some terrifying and disturbing plots that will happen next are often hinted through the tense background music. In this film, the director uses a howling dog to imply that bad things will happen next, which is ingenious.
Another impressive detail is when a man is entangled in whether to choose a city woman or a country wife. At this time, in the film footage, the director uses a montage to combine the images of the two women and the distressed expression of the man in one shot at the same time. The suction appeared, which made the viewers feel the entanglement of the man at this time more immersive.
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