Farewell My Concubine, which won the Palme d'Or, the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993, is considered to be the most perfect film made by director Chen Kaige. The scenes of the film are exquisite and gorgeous, the characters are detailed and full, and the story is heart-wrenching, which fully reflects the director's proficiency in controlling the language of the camera. The movie "Farewell My Concubine" tells the story of the actor Cheng Dieyi, who started to learn to sing in the 1920s to the last time he practiced singing on the stage in the 1970s, and finally killed himself in front of his favorite "Yu Concubine" - the king of Chu. dream life. Cheng Dieyi and his senior brother, Duan Xiaolou, who plays the Overlord of Chu, have gone through the ups and downs from the 1920s to the 1970s together. Senior brother Duan Xiaolou has a very good relationship with him. The two became famous for their co-starring in "Farewell My Concubine", and they became very popular in the capital. The two became famous for their co-starring in "Farewell My Concubine", and they became very popular in the capital. Dieyi was instilled with the assertion that "I was originally a female Jiao'e" since childhood. As he grew up, he also slowly accepted this point of view, and he had an ambiguous relationship with his brother. Soon, this situation was broken by a woman named Juxian... The atmosphere of the story can be said to be very successful. Every move of the characters, their gestures and gestures are full of the style of that era, and melancholy and sentimentality flow slowly under the exquisite costumes. Chen Kaige, who knows the best opera among the fifth generation directors, has skillfully outlined the traditional Chinese atmosphere of the film. At the beginning, the voice of "grinding scissors... Chong kitchen knife..." and the hard depiction of Beijing in the cold winter show strong local characteristics, and also create a cold and slightly sad, melancholy and slightly desolate atmosphere. The scene appeared three times in total, which was full of Beijing-flavored hawking. The first time was before the Fengchen woman walked into the troupe with her son under the gray sky of Beijing. The hawking was stretched for a long time, like a cramped alley that appeared on the screen. The picture is dominated by cool colors, creating a slightly sad atmosphere. The second time, outside the chilling troupe, the woman cut off her son's weird sixth finger with her own hands. The dark background and dark padded jacket form a strong visual impact with the bright red blood on the screen. At this time, the panoramic camera moved slowly, like a blunt knife, bringing people into a deliberately created atmosphere with a hint of despair. The picture suddenly turned to the cramped alley again. The Beijing-flavored hawking had to admire the director's ingenuity. The originally unrelated plots were closely linked, as if the hawking of "Sharpening scissors... Chopping knives..." was Xiaodieyi's painful cry. , the gloomy weather is the haze in his heart. The third time, Dieyi waved her bloody hand and ran all the way to the master's hall, pressing the contract to learn opera. The camera is after explaining the apprenticeship After that, it moved to the alley again. The background music comes at the right time, soothing the hopeless atmosphere. The cold winter day became a little warmer with the music, and the ups and downs of the previous plot were well relieved, and the atmosphere became lyrical and mixed with lingering disappointment under the slightly drunk lights in the evening. Cheng Dieyi created a harmonious, peaceful and even beautiful atmosphere for Du Liniang's gorgeous singing voice in the Japanese singing hall and the strangely quiet atmosphere of the hall. Beneath this surface, there is great suffering and depression. The director used a moving camera to slowly show the figure of Cheng Dieyi singing in front of the window, making the moving picture cleverly appear one by one. Japanese soldiers with blank expressions are guarding the door. This picture presents a smooth and delicate picture. beauty of. The screen returned to the hall. The fan of the butterfly clothes was like a fluttering butterfly, and his expression was that of Du Liniang's loneliness: "It turns out that the purple and red blossoms have bloomed all over the place, and it seems like this has given the broken walls and ruins. The beautiful scenery of the good day is so beautiful, it will be sad and happy to who's home!" His eyes have long since changed. For the injury in the dream of a thousand-year-old opera, it is no wonder that Yuan Siye, who is holding the role, gave him a plaque of "superiority". His dream life is all about a woman whose heart has been broken for love. Therefore, he also became a woman, became Yu Ji, hurt by love. The song is over, and the lingering sound lingers. But there were actually a group of Japanese soldiers who wanted to experience "life". They politely applauded with white gloves, "smack, slap," and the dull sound made the atmosphere in the house weird and dull. Japan will only bully other countries, the inevitable result of the collision between soldiers who don't understand Peking Opera at all. The director painstakingly arranged for an official named Aoki, who understands drama. An idiot like Cheng Dieyi regarded him as a guest. So much so that he almost forgot his original intention-he was forced to sing in order to save his brother Duan Xiaolou. In the church meeting, Aoki was the first to applaud, showing his approval of Dieyi. Later, the close-up shot of the applause made the picture appear a little complicated. Dieyi's pain, Dieyi's excitement that Aoki also understands the play, intertwined in the dull applause in the lobby, the huge pain and depression turned into an invisible net in the entire space, pressing down on Cheng Dieyi. The climax of the film, Cheng Dieyi's hoarse accusation, Juxian's desperate eyes, and Duan Xiaolou's inadvertent statement of guilt, pushed the atmosphere of the story to its peak, creating an atmosphere of fierce struggle, grief and despair. During the Cultural Revolution, the ugliness of human nature, the love between brothers and sisters, and the love between actors and prostitutes, all rushed to a grand death in front of that brazier. Cheng Dieyi was crushed in front of the brazier, and her face was covered in makeup. He looked at Duan Xiaolou who was talking about his guilt. The close-up of his face made Dieyi's inner activities show on his face, surprise, disappointment, and despair. From those eyes, he said too much. He stood up suddenly, "I also expose , Expose the colorful, exposing the broken walls and ruins! Duan Xiaolou, you, since I got married to this woman, I've known it all. It's all over. ..." From his incoherent words, from the Red Guards, "Down with all the bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods! From the terrified expression on Juxian's face, the ugliness of all human nature is exposed in this sunlight. Director Chen Kaige examines this cultural catastrophe from a human perspective, and uses a straightforward, almost documentary-like lens to show the inferiority of China. The actors and prostitutes in the "Professional" are not recognized by the Chinese, creating an atmosphere of grief, anger and despair. The lonely drama dream has been hurt for thousands of years. Dieyi on the stage has a decisive expression, and pulls out the "overlord" Duan Xiaolou's waist The sword in the real world. Cheng Dieyi completed the most beautiful reincarnation in the play, and the overlord was as stunned as a thousand years ago.
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