As I watched it, I remembered the scene of sending off an important family member, but my tears couldn't be restrained after all.
Chinese funerals have always had a strong mystery in the eyes of Westerners because of their complicated and delicate steps. Therefore, it is only natural that "The Encouragement" can win the Oscar for the best foreign language film.
In Eastern culture, because death is opposite to life, topics such as funerals are actually taboo, and death is more dark and negative. In the United States, more and more people buy cemeteries for themselves before they are alive, and all this is rare in Eastern culture. After Xiao Lin processed the corpse for the first time, he groped his wife's body to express his fear of the cold feeling brought about by death. He urgently needs to feel the heat of life to help him escape those dark emotions.
The enchanter is mainly responsible for the part of the funeral process called the "small burial". In simple terms, it is the final finishing of the deceased's grooming and attire, as well as the responsibility of the "big burial". Generally speaking, we living in big cities basically don't have the opportunity to see how the deceased can help the deceased to tidy up their appearance. What we can do is to select the clothes that the deceased loved during his lifetime, and then hand it over to the staff of the funeral home.
In the film, the director has repeatedly focused on the enchanter crossing the feet of the body and tying his hands with prayer beads. According to Chinese custom, if the hands and feet are not tied with a thread, the deceased will be caught on the way back to his hometown. Other wild ghosts are drawn away. There is another saying that if the deceased is not placed in this way, then the soul of the deceased will come out to disturb the living family. If it is tied up and buried, the deceased will bless the family. Of course, whether this action has the same meaning in Japanese culture remains to be studied.
Just as the female staff member played by Yu Guimiko in the film said, no matter how gorgeous the coffin is, the feeling of sleeping in it is actually the same, not to mention the deceased knows nothing. On the surface, the funeral is a ritual to bid farewell to the deceased, symbolizing its next journey. But in fact, all of this is done more for the living. It gives the living a chance to show their filial piety, express love or atonement for sins. The forms and utensils that the living choose when holding a funeral are actually following themselves. Willingness. Just like the first deceased in the beginning of the film, the final choice of gender makeup is also determined by his parents.
Or, many people would say that such a film is very superficial, but it is a kind of occupation to repeat the topic of the meaning of death, everything is platitude. But what I admire the director is that he can make such a heavy subject matter more humanistically. Whether the shooting technique is clever and whether the bridge is innovative is sometimes not the only criterion for measuring the success of the director. How to use plain plots to repeatedly highlight relatively deep themes, and to inject delicate emotions into it, sometimes it is more test of skill.
I personally think that the greatness of "The Enemy" is that it breaks the Eastern culture of "I don't know how to live, I don't know how to die", and never mention the impact of death on people. There are many themes and expression methods about life and death, but the approach to the theme of "The Enchanter" is mainly the emotional reflection of the living when facing the parting of their loved ones, and through this, people's view of life and death can be derived. From its center point of view, it emphasizes a process of accepting "death". Therefore, if some fans want to put too much emphasis on the profound meaning of life and death, it will feel a bit deviated from the original theme. At the very least, in terms of the subject matter, this is a breakthrough. Everyone would think of it but did not implement the theme of shooting. Takita Yojiro chose to put it on the screen in this way, so what qualifications do we have to sniff at it? ?
"The Enemy" once again confirms that Hisaishi is worthy of being a master of music. He used the cello to replace the melody of the Requiem, which was handled properly and impressively. The protagonist playing the cello in the open field highlights his inner relief of the pressure faced by the enchanter, the overcoming of the fear of death, and the calm expression of his inner emotions. This is a requiem from the depths of his soul, and it also allows viewers to find a balance of release after experiencing the depression of the first half of the movie.
For me, a member of the general public, the appeal and interpretation of the theme of "Encouragement" is brilliant.
Facing death and respecting death, this is how I feel.
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3.25
Here, some Douyou points out that I am wrong about "unknown life, knowing death" and never mentioning the view of death in Chinese culture. I admit this, and I thank them for their corrections. But in the original text, I will not change the wording. After all, this is my mistake and there is no need to conceal it.
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opinion on the understanding that there is indeed a deviation
landlord in the interpretation of "known, let alone death." they also did not know life, how can we know the dead
how to back says to only care about students, no time to care about dead yet
these are two totally different concepts
Chinese traditional mainstream thinking is Confucianism, Confucian biggest claim is reverence for his ancestors
final is death, the deceased person is far
Confucian attitude toward death is not easy to escape but careful not to mourn
this is the essence of Christianity and different
nascent Christianity Li Qiaqia this concept is not, because Christianity speak of reincarnation, there is no afterlife
and salvation say waiting for Armageddon
in the Christian view of God died is owned by investment arms, not the newborn
repentance is to eliminate their sins to receive God's forgiveness
dust to dust return to the earth, which means that God is owned by God, what belongs to Caesar, raw Has nothing to do with death
So the Christian funeral and you can even hear the relatives of the deceased to easily recall the past, or are humorous be understandable
but at the funeral of Confucianism, which is disrespectful, because the concept of Confucianism's death nor life destination is a continuation of life
so dedicated to his respect for the dead is to try to symbolize the way he was still alive
Chinese saying goes, died as a large, dead for Chinese people is the most important thing
mourning ritual occupy a large amount of content Confucian etiquette, the Confucian etiquette is basically the external
might cut off for too long and classical culture, so to see the content of modern Chinese Confucian retains the Japanese, they started to feel very strange respectable
Japanese than Chinese people is probably more like the Chinese, right , This is called ritual failure and begging all the wild
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