This is a joke. Guling Street is long enough, but it cannot be called "Qingming" at all. As mentioned in the title, people are carrying their luggage, speaking the north-south dialect, and rushing to flee to the treasured island of the motherland, just to be able to settle down. Unexpectedly, after more than ten years, the future is still unclear, the riots still continue, the old atmosphere has not disappeared, and new bad habits have begun to grow. Taiwan in the 1960s was not so much standing at a crossroads as it had come to a dead end. The protagonist of this film, Xiao Si'er, is in such an environment, sandwiched between everyone, until she is crushed and crushed in the end, thus revealing the most ideal, courageous, and rebellious spirit in her life. Also the most wicked knives.
What kind of person should Xiao Si'er become? Everyone seems to be able to give a different answer. His father wanted him to have backbone and understand justice; his friends wanted him to be a buddy and show loyalty; Xiao Ming wanted him to keep his duty and have courage; his teacher wanted him to stay out of trouble and fight for the first place. Maybe this is a sign that the spirit of individualism has flourished? Or is it a precursor to the decay and collapse of social values? None of this matters. What really matters is that all the people and all the hopes of the people converge on the little four, and all the hopes are contradictory to each other, that is to say, once the little four makes a choice, he will inevitably fall into a kind of crisis; When the fourth child begins to have a tendency, he will definitely lose his balance. In such an environment, trying to live means betrayal. Betray a person, and he will lose the emotional bond on which to survive; betray an idea, and he will lose the value point for judgment; if the two occur at the same time, the spirit will inevitably tend to split and destroy - this is the dilemma - The result of hard work is destruction.
In fact, the fourth child just made a choice. He may need to deal with many people and accept many ways of behavior, but in the final analysis, Xiao Sier is only struggling in two ways of life and life, that is, the cruel and cruel reality and the arrogant and beautiful ideal. Mother, teacher, slick, Shandong and Xiaoming, etc. belong to the former; father, Hani, Xiaoma, and his two friends belong to the latter. From home, to school, to small parks and Zhongshan Hall, this kind of opposition exists all the time: some people have always believed that integrity can defeat bureaucracy, justice can defeat evil, courage can change and go with the flow, and single-handedly can defeat the rabble. However, the Tao is one foot high and the devil is one foot high. There is only one kind of uprightness in the world, but there are thousands of insidious ones. It can scold you, beat you, give you a demerit, fire you, and push you into a torture room and under the wheel. It can not only insult your body, but also destroy your spirit. In such a society, how should people behave in the world? If you don't want to live, how can you hide? Xiao Sier has his own answer in his heart, an innate answer that does not need to be induced, because people should have a "look" like a human being, with temper and disposition, not succumbing to power, not afraid of violence, upright and kind, Win your life by your own efforts. If we live in a clear and bright world, integrity and diligence will always lead to something, at least this integrity value will not be openly challenged by the whole society. However, when the people around him began to die out gradually, and those who pursued ideals were torn apart beyond recognition, he had to start walking between the gaps of various plates, still maintaining a clear attitude but neutralizing his behavior.
Finally, tension slowly formed between his thoughts and actions, and a battle between himself and himself began. Will reasoning with the unreasonable educational system and disciplinary office have any effect? Father's elegance would never allow the little four to fight, but if he didn't use his fists, could justice really solve the problem by relying on his aura? Is it true that you are not afraid of shadows if you are conscientious and do your duty all your life? Everything about everyone gives the same answer, just two big words, no. Anyone who vainly tries to keep his body like a jade will suffer from a crack in the name and death in the worst. Reason, human relations, and the rule of law, all of which have no effect. Only by resorting to violence can people gain safety, only by resorting to violence can we fight against evil, and only by resorting to violence can we eradicate the legacy.
However, there is one thing Xiao Sier never thought of, that is, as long as he steps into the realm of violence, justice will deteriorate. Justice and injustice no longer have the distinction of superiority and inferiority, but become a battle of right and left, and even the means themselves have become philistine and dirty. From this point of view, the tragedy of Xiao Sier is not in the destruction of his value itself, but in the fact that he must use an unjust method to maintain his value, and because of this, he personally destroys everything he cherishes. Many people will praise the idealistic spirit and temperament of Hani and Xiao Sier, but it is difficult for the author to make such a conclusion. In any case, I still want to ask, do they have to pick up butcher knives and become overlords in order to maintain the beauty in their hearts? What they have been destroying is the corruption of others or the bottom line of their own morality? It is true that in this living environment, Xiao Sier may have no choice at all, and a weak person can only tremble and stab this humble knife; it is true that Xiao Sier's family is only a trivial part of all middle-class families in Taiwan. elements. These can be the reason, but also unable to be the reason, because murder is murder after all, not salvation. Teenagers are teenagers after all, not heroes.
If the youth of Guling Street holding a samurai sword can't save the world, who can save the world? Does Christianity work? When Xiao Si'er was the weakest, the second sister took advantage of it:
"Don't feel lonely, I've been caring about you, don't doubt me anymore, let God give you strength, okay? ... Are you too attached to others? Do you always think about yourself? Christ sacrificed his life for our sins, and even my brother can accept punishment for you in order to protect you. You should be grateful for everything others have done for you. Has anyone else made any offerings? You should know the truth.
. The life of a man is only to speculate on the most superficial living conditions of others with the most superficial understanding of himself, and he is so lazy that he just wants to move his lips, thinking that he can fill the vacuum of others with his own softness; in fact, it is missionary. So Xiao Sier understands that some things can no longer be invaded by others, and some beliefs can no longer be tainted by others. He must stand up to defend what he has always believed in and practiced. This is the precept and example of his father and Haney. It is the ideal light that has always been swayed by others but has no resistance. It's just that simple - hold on.
This time, his persistence landed him in jail. The cruel ending came as promised. Society, family, friendship, love, ideals, youth, belief, and growth have all been rewritten into two words: cannibalism.
A few big characters are surrounded together, forming a big full stop.
Ten years later, Yang Dechang released his last work "One One". The same teacher at the Disciplinary Office, the same murderer for love, the same religious liberation, the same trivialism, the same unwillingness to seek profit, the same rushing about life and death. Taiwan ah Taiwan. people ah people. After thinking about it, I think, maybe this is the most powerful intertext in the world.
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