Perhaps the "action crime film" opinions given on the movie website are more appropriate, but after all, it is too broad, and in the end, it cannot ignore the considerable degree of samurai, sword halberd, blood, gangster, and gangster in the film. Mix and match of various elements such as comedy, song and dance.
Or it can only be said that this is a relatively typical Cult film.
The character, or the image, of Zatou City itself has too much Cult meaning: just like Li Xiangyang with two guns and the old woman with two guns, they are both legendary characters based on real stories, and they are constantly described by works of art. Portrayed to show his heroic characteristics, and to make the whole character more and more complete, and even to make enough people fascinated and admired, leaving endless reveries in life-but no one would have thought that Uncle Kitano would dare to “dream” ", and even directly dyed the historical figure a yellow hair: but this seemingly weird and inconsistent method is not abrupt, and even gives this whole character a "outstanding" texture, which makes it even more present. The imaginary character has more ordinary people's mood swings.
The character creation in this film always feels more or less dependent on the meaning of "hairstyle". The era described in this film is about the era before the Meiji Restoration. Modernization has not spread in Japan, but modern weapons have already appeared, and the samurai class still exists, but many "bankrupt" samurai can only be used as ronin. Alive. For the samurai, the "moon head", that is, to shave a large section of the hairstyle in the middle, is probably regarded as a "standard", this is to facilitate the hair to fall and affect the line of sight during the battle; but as a ronin, the hairstyle is not There is no clear requirement, after all, there is no organization or individual to force them to fight continuously.
But the interesting feature in this film is that, including Zatoichi and Hattori, the laid-off ronins with all kinds of hair styles are far more powerful than the samurai who often fight-this is of course also considered to be. The common feature of samurai movies may be due to the universality of "Tsuki Daito" to the samurai, and even the characteristics of "passers-by," "small soldiers," and "mass." In addition to strong strength, the protagonist of course also needs to have Characteristic appearance to emphasize its presence. However, I have to explain that in this work, except for Hattori, played by Asano Tadanobu, there is a narrative clip of the moon generation head when the same ronin is fighting. The other moon generation head displays are not samurai after all, but also ronin. : Because of social development, they are not actually supposed to be the leaders of the princes of one party, so they can only wander, they may live alone, but most of them take up swords, gangs, the parties are the same, collect protection fees, open taverns, Casinos, brothels-this is actually the origin of the Japanese gakudo, or in other words, the whole work seems to have been depicting samurai, but the inner core is still a crime of the underworld.
I have to admit that Uncle Kitano is just using the technique of a gangster film to represent a samurai movie-but thinking that when Mr. Wu Yusen later filmed "Sword Rain", he somewhat used the violent aesthetics of gunfire to show the shadow of the sword. The meaning of martial arts. For Kitano Takeshi, he likes the subject of gang violence, but it doesn’t mean that he likes the extreme: the gangsters in his movies are mostly for the abuse of violence, immorality, killing others, and being tricked by others. To highlight the heroism characteristics of the protagonist. It is a description of the gang, but it is often regarded as the existence of heroes to fight the gang. This model is the most pathetic and artistic in "Huahuo", but it is represented by Cult in "Zatou City".
From a certain narrow perspective, some of the current cognitive standards for Cult films are violent and bloody performances-right or wrong, but at least the Cult characteristics of "Zatou City" are indeed inseparable from these. . To be honest, when shooting action movies, most of the blow feelings are exaggerated feedback to express the blow effect: so "Zato City" chose the plasma spray when the sword was added to the body to achieve sufficient intensity-if Regardless of the game and animation, the blood and blood of this level in the action movie can only remember Quentin's "Kill Bill" and "The Unrestrained Thiago".
The plasma effect originated from the shooting of the action scene. Compared with other works by Kitano Takeshi, the action scene filming method that ignores the process and emphasizes the beginning and the end disappears in this film after all. Instead, it emphasizes the action and greatly strengthens the texture of the action— -After all, because this is a sword halberd piece. I have to admit that Kitano also has enough talent for shooting this kind of real action scene: it is not to show the scene with a panoramic lens, nor is it close-up of details and neurotic editing to achieve stimulating intensity. After all, a faster editing, and the use of the middle shot's physical performance, and the outstanding performance of several leading actors, after all, in the film, Zatoichi's Iaido is fierce and fierce, and his cane is fast and accurate, and he is powerful. , And even have the feeling of "Ninja Dragon Sword" "The sword passed and died", and some of the effects of broken limbs and blood spray due to the action feedback are not different from the "Ninja Dragon": but release In reality, it is unrealistic to spit blood one meter high with just one knife on the back.
Plasma jets of this level achieved in live-action movies are actually rare. After all, not all human beings have carotid arteries, and the issues of review and audience must also be considered. However, in contrast to Quentin’s presumptuous abuse of plasma, Kitano still chose to use computer special effects, and even stabbed the person with a knife, but it was still floating, and no matter how the stabbed person spurted blood, his body was still Immaculately clean-said that this really reminds me of "Cube". After all, as the ancestor of the plasma secret room horror film, the technology and budget are limited. How do you look at the model of the body used? . So it seems that the sense of horror that "Cube" should have is presented with a sense of comedy because of the props and some neurotic acting skills of the actor.
However, the Cult performance of this film, apart from the bloody action scenes, after all, there are also certain contents such as confusion of gender perception, child sex, and sex. These can be regarded as subcultures in any era. The content of the elements has therefore become a part of the evil taste of the whole film.
However, the establishment of Cult does not always rely on "evil". The soundtrack completed by Keiichi Suzuki is also quite interesting. The hoes swung by the farmers, the hammers beaten by the workers, the wood planers polished by the carpenters, these are quite common things in daily life, but because of the rhythmic use, they are even compatible with the soundtrack and become a part of percussion. The part exists: But regarding the actor's accuracy in mastering the rhythm when performing a hammer and a shovel, I really can't understand how this is shot. In fact, it is not difficult to find that this kind of soundtrack mode should also be a display of the world in Zatoichi’s mind. It is the feature of blind people observing the world through hearing. After all, it emphasizes the sense of substitution and shows enough sense of humor. It is fascinating after all.
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