A good work of art thinks that it wants to impress the audience and inspire the audience. Do mints do it?
When I first saw Mint, I recorded the time and events in reverse order with a small notebook. I'm going to write a movie review. But after watching it, I have nothing to say except melancholy. I don't understand why such a movie is so good for so many middle-aged men who read it, and I'm just a woman who doesn't care about the world. Naturally I was not brought into it.
I even resented the male protagonist's depravity, secretly accusing him, thinking about what I would do if I were him. After all, Li Changdong's reversed narrative style prevented me from bringing myself into the character for the first time. Naturally, he couldn't understand the middle-aged man's helpless, desperate situation and voice.
Days later, when I flip through my notes again, this time I follow the timeline into the story. This time, I was deeply immersed in it. From outings to outings, how did the characters gradually lose the strength to confront them under the torrent of the times, and how did they go from the once beautiful teenager to the worldly middle-aged greasy uncle that I hated. These transitions are smoothed out under the sequential narrative, well-founded, and moving. And I naturally followed the male lead to breathe and grieve together.
Why is the movie reversed? Why not choose a sequential method to let people naturally follow the ups and downs of the characters' fate, and then dedicate more tears to resonate with this little person. I think this reverse order arrangement is not very meaningful. Li Cangdong is really brilliant. He threw the answer to the audience, and it took me days, even by chance, to figure this out. He really taught me a lesson. The first time I watched it, I really doubted my kindness because of my lack of empathy at the time. I thought it was really difficult for me to move. Even at the end of the film, as time went back to the original beauty, I explained why he was tragic For the rest of my life, I was still indignant and unforgivable. I often think of myself as idealistic, but in fact I am false idealism, because I have not experienced the most terrible hell on earth, the ideal at this time is a tree without roots, and the ideal should grow out of hell. My ideal is based on On a field of flowers and birdsong.
Li Cangdong made a joke with the audience. As if to say, curse, say that the male protagonist is incompetent, hate him, blame him, there is no need to understand him, there is no reason for his madness, he is a complete failure from life to spiritual world. By the end of the film, the climax will come. The long shot shows him on his first outing. He and the heroine look for each other and avoid each other, with tears of truth, kindness and beauty, the face of a young man who is moved by a wild flower and a blue sky. , It turns out that this is a tragedy, the tragedy of a small person, and the countless tragedies that may be possible in an era. At this time, the audience should shout, ah, I'm sorry, I didn't understand you, I wrongly blamed you, you are such a kind person, but I have polluted your heart. At this time, Li Cangdong may have achieved his goal, making the audience think deeply about how hostile he was to that crazy and hysterical middle-aged man at the beginning! Should we take other people's lives out of context? Can we empathize with the suffering of others?
Extend to life, those hysterical people, have we ever laughed at their irrationality. Those who are weak and incompetent, have we ever understood why he is so incompetent. Those begging people, how do we speculate on the interest groups behind them. The objectification between people is so serious. Is it a doctor, how can you get sick - a doctor is a tool for seeing a doctor; is a scientific researcher, why so sentimental - a scientific researcher is a tool for scientific research; . Abound. Materialized tagging.
The director really wants to break this kind of direct estrangement and incomprehension between people. He tries to make us reflect. Should we watch movies with a movie character or with a heart? In life, how should we get along with all kinds of people in the world?
Human behavior may be strange under the social division of labor, but the spirit, desire, and emotion are roughly the same. The truth is, empathy is very difficult, only by throwing aside layers of mundane coats, looking directly at the most beautiful soul, and sympathizing with the ugliest body. The road is so difficult that we often lose ourselves as we walk, automatically adding to the ranks of human beings. Always be vigilant to yourself and warn yourself not to be an indifferent moral executioner to kill possible beauty.
Yes, maybe his or her actions seem bizarre and unreasonable, their words hurt people, their actions are vulgar, they make different choices about the same thing. But when you peel off the layers of mist and return to the original beauty, then you will see the most innocent smiling face. Life may be complete.
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