Three women in one play

Bailey 2022-03-27 09:01:20

After watching "The Big Red Lanterns Are Hanging High", my mood is more tangled, and I express a bit of helpless and depressed mood. All right and wrong are vividly played out among several women, why women should make it difficult for women. The big red lantern has always been a festive symbol in Chinese customs and traditional culture. And in this movie, the storyline revolves around the big red lanterns. The red lanterns quietly entered the Fourth Courtyard and also integrated into the film. The red lanterns are still the scenes of a feudal family. Three women in one play, this is a women's war, this is a smokeless war, this is a blood-stained war. The red lantern is a prop of the director, and the rendering of color and artistic conception is clear and clear.
The structure of the plot is progressive layer by layer. In the film, Song Lian is in a miserable situation under the shackles of feudal ethics. She is neglected on the wedding night. At the same time, it also expresses her dissatisfaction with feudal ethics. Can be willing to be arranged by fate, the use of such special scenes on the one hand means a festive picture, on the other hand, it means the beginning of the tragic fate of the heroine. In addition, it also promotes the further development of the storyline. At the same time, the performance of many classical instruments was added, which pushed the story to a climax. Every time the lantern of the fourth courtyard was lit up, it revealed the tragic fate of the fourth wife. But what is most worthy of praise in the film is the stubborn personality of the protagonist, and the shaping of personalized characters is an important aspect of the film.
The film is filled with Song Lian being different, saying "no" to the feudal system, and daring to "make irresponsible remarks" on the second day of the wedding. In the face of the second wife's struggle to "be like a man before, and a ghost after her"; in the face of the third wife's struggle to sow discord; in the face of Yan'er's forced confession... The film's description of Song Lian's stubborn character is excellent and shaped very successful. However, at the moment, the director has satiated the audience's appetite, using the method of sound and picture series to promote the development of the plot, rendering the atmosphere of the film, and bringing the audience a bit of surprise. In addition, Songlian's stubbornness is also reflected in her rebellion against the traditional system. She insists on herself and does not aim to please the master, but in addition to her stubbornness, she still reveals a hint of helplessness.
The appearance of lanterns from "lighting on, off, and sealing" is generally manifested through panoramic photography, which is a feeling of hope and joy at the beginning. Later, it deteriorated, and the extinguishing of the light reflects the helplessness of people who are unable to escape from reality under the constraints of traditional feudal ethics, and at the same time reveals the ugly side of human nature. "Blocking the lights" can be thought of as the difference between light and darkness. At the same time, "bright" and "dark" form a sharp contrast.

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Raise the Red Lantern quotes

  • The Third Concubine: Good or bad, it's all playacting. If you act well, you can fool other people; if you do it badly, you can only fool yourself, and when you can't even fool yourself, you just can fool the ghosts.

  • Yan'er: Who are you?

    Housekeeper: Fourth mistress, please come inside.

    Yan'er: [losing her cool] So you're the fourth mistress!

    [Yan'er rudely pulls the water bowl away from Songlian and puts clothes in it]

    Songlian: Yes! I am the fourth mistress. Bring my suitcase inside please.