The reason for watching "Redbeard" for the second time was to see a post-view comment written five years ago:
"Two points are not good. 1. The character's character is not full enough. The red beard is good, but it is not good. The biggest disadvantage of human nature is that it is too ruthless and paralyzed. It is not like this, Zeming. 2. Typical Eastern traditional thinking, Rational morality is not divided by duality, and it is backward, Zeming-kun!”
I wanted to see if watching it again today would be a different experience. . .
After reading it this time, recalling Akira Kurosawa's portrayal of the red beard, I think the most important method he adopted was to contrast the greatness of human nature with suffering, and outline the appearance of the dragon with red beard from the side and details. Of course, there are also positive depictions, but the impression is not the main part. The most profound part is the rescue of the brothel, which is the combination of a samurai and a doctor. I don't know if this plot is good or bad, but I had a lot of fun playing it anyway. Of course, Akira Kurosawa, a doctor who can't fight, has also been filmed, but bravery is an indispensable personality for a doctor.
To sort out the process of portraying the red beard throughout the movie:
The first is the hospital for the youth to save the original, showing the situation of the hospital, the situation of the patients, and indirectly describing the difficult conditions through a poor young man, the reform of the red beard, like a strange person. The patients in the middle complained about these new reforms, but there was also a patient who actually "risked his life" to justify the hospital's system, and then he met the red beard. He was just a serious leader, but through his stubborn personality, he wanted to contrast the red beard. tolerant. Another relatively honest young man joined in to describe the red beard indirectly, without the judgment of the red beard, but with more perceptual knowledge, a kind of introduction that narrowed the distance. Although it is not directly stated that Red Beard is a good doctor, but through the words of trust, the image of Red Beard as a good man is set off.
Later, through the stories of five patients and a story of saving the capital, the pain in the world, the transformation of capital preservation, and the healing of Red Beard were all clearly explained. These stories are narrated in a classic literary style, using foreshadowing, succession, contrast, narration, memory, confession, diary and other methods. Although dramatic, the purpose is clearly achieved, which is to be good-looking and attractive. A kind of beauty of flowing clouds and flowing water came out, which is the classic beauty.
First story: Assault on mentally ill woman
As a returnee from the Netherlands, he couldn't stand the place where the bird didn't shit, and he couldn't accept Red Beard's request for his notes (it seemed that the study was left in vain). The beauty was locked inside, and then asked the young man who was chasing after him. The young man told him the whole story, the last sentence, what a pity the beauty, indirectly explained the reason why he said before that the red beard was polite to him and didn't like him. The reverse again sets off red's love and hate. This is also the reason why Baoben replaced him here, and at the same time, the female nurse would tell Baoben that this scum sexually harassed the patient. Therefore, this poor young man has completed the mission of the opposite comparison. At the same time, the female nurse later talked with the stubborn Baoben. This scene first explained that Baoben was a serious person, and then explained the situation of the female mental illness. At the same time, it implied that the female nurse was also a youth. The nurse sacrifices her youth to take care of the patient, and it also implies the ambiguous relationship between the suicide of the female patient and the cheating of the female nurse, how about it, classic). The appearance of the female patient aroused Bao Bao's attention. This instinct was the fundamental reason why Bao Bao was finally changed, and the seeds were planted in the first story. So Bao Bao continued to do nothing. He did not directly conflict with Hong, but confronted the honest youth more than once or twice, which shows that Hong is popular. And it is not groundless accusations, which shows enlightenment. But the young man is full of energy, and he can't stop the car without some drastic material. So one night, the quarrel between the two youths was interrupted by a female nurse, who came to tell the honest youth (note, he came to report to the honest youth, and the red beard happened to be not in the hospital, so the two felt a little bit of ambush behind (of course, you It can’t be said that I came to the honest youth because I have feelings. I prefer this expression. There is no cause and effect here, only connection. When these two people are put together, they can be related later. The development is all rational, clear and unambiguous) The female patient ran away. The two went to look for it, leaving Baoben alone in the room. Note that the door was not closed. Then Lonely Lamp, Teenager, Empty House, the camera is on the open door, a woman passes by, and then comes in. As soon as she came in, she closed the door first, so she had a heart-to-heart talk with Baoben. As Baoben was seduced step by step, the spatial relationship between them, the language of the camera, was very clear. The woman in the middle said that her "medical history" was the history of sexual harassment of women, and she exchanged her tragic experience for sympathy and attention for capital preservation, and finally stabbed him to death. All this is to pave the way for the penultimate story, that is, the treatment of the young prostitute. Intended to reflect social injustice and suffering. Finally, at the moment when the capital is about to be ko, the red beard first Life appears, and the first story ends. But it is not completely over, and the dark line continues to develop. At the node of the love story between the female nurse and the honest young man, the female patient tried to hang herself. It's a complete picture of this terrible and morbid psychology and personality. This is the end of the first story.
The rest of the stories are told in a similar classic literary way. The red beard finally portrayed is not complete (for example, his origin is not explained at all, I think this is also a feature of this type of film, the hero does not ask the source, the Monkey King jumped out of the stone, so he is fictional, hahahaha ), but sufficiently convincing.
Going back to the comment from five years ago, I thought about it, and the basic judgment at that time was correct. Redbeard's image as a person is not complete. Rather, it is more about the existence of an idea, or directly a manifestation of power. Because he does not exist as a person, but a representation of an idea or ethics, it is naturally insufficient to portray him as a person (where is his wife? Where is his children? Does he have a family life? None of them explained, because I am Emperor Kurosawa, go shit, my parents are short, all my samurai are ronin, do you understand the world of ronin?). I can guess that a famous doctor like Red Beard may be thinking and intuition type, just like Jung. Such people have a bad temper, but are very smart. If he has a wife, if he has a beautiful family, then his wife will also be a powerful character. Wait until someone shoots the red-bearded wife.
To sum up, I just want to prove one point. In the past five years, my thoughts and attitudes have not been reversed or subverted, but have been deepened, accumulated, and rotated. Refuse to fight.
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