Lan Bei | Looking at the history of cannibalism from "Judou"

Javon 2022-04-19 09:02:45

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"Judou" directed by Zhang Yimou always reminds me of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" by DH Lawrence, its heaviness, terror and powerlessness even far surpass the latter.

When the sexual space mutates in a movie, there must be something profound to explore. Either to reflect the alienated society, or to take the opportunity to explore human nature. "Judou" is both, the essence is to reflect the era of "feudal etiquette" killing people, and also take the opportunity to explore the suppressed and distorted human nature.

The two most primitive men and women relied on primitive affection to break through the etiquette of cannibalism for a short time, but their son was brainwashed by this etiquette as a child, and finally he could not recognize the six relatives. Just as Huxley Jr. said in Brave New World, the future world, although perfect, is extremely monotonous. Everyone is hatched like an egg, with no parents, no mother, and no children.

Although Tianbai is Tianqing's son, Tianbai doesn't recognize Tianqing because of the "propriety" that kills, and he has to drive his own father out of the house, and finally push Laozi into the water and drown. Ju Dou (played by Gong Li) burns everything down in the last fire, but it may not be able to burn down this man-eating "ethics".

In the process of watching it, I felt very shocked. I was shocked that Zhang Yimou made such a shocking movie back then, which was erotic and profound. Where is the profoundness, the profoundness is in this "ritual education", which did not die out with the new era, but was replaced by one name after another, continued to eat people, and continued to alienate people, PUA. That's why Lu Xun said, open the history, only two words "eat people".

If you have read Huang Renyu's "The Fifteen Years of Wanli", you will understand that since Qin Shihuang unified the world and opened the empire, morality has replaced the law, and from the perspective of cost management, it is impossible to respect private rights and human rights (that is to have It can only be done after a digital management mechanism and a sound legal system.)

Therefore, "eating people" has become a necessity. The entire history of human evolution is a history of "alienation". Mr. Huang Renyu analyzed history from the perspective of the grand historical perspective, while director Zhang Yimou presented history through art.

Mr. Huang Renyu enlightened many comers to analyze history from a technical point of view, but director Zhang Yimou and his colleagues could no longer make such films. Today's directors won't make such films. Even if it is filmed, it is impossible to pass the trial.

Judou's fire can't change anything except burning everything in the big dyeing workshop. The world outside the Dyefang is still the same

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  • Thurman 2022-03-16 09:01:07

    This movie is bigger than me. At the beginning, Mark wanted to see it because he saw an adaptation of Liu Heng's original work. I haven’t read a novel yet, so I don’t know how the original is written. As for the movie, I can only say that due to the age, modern thinking has had more new impacts on the story of incest and peace, so the story and the characters in the movie conflict. It's inevitably a bit too thin. It is said that this movie is about sexual depression, I think it is more like talking about sexual freedom.

  • Elbert 2022-03-20 09:02:48

    The red, purple, bright and yellow dyed cloth hanging high on the wall of the discharged courtyard is incompatible with the surrounding green and gray villages. It is in sharp contrast. It is a desire that is more blatant and restless than a red apricot coming out of the wall. If Zhang Yimou was not a perverted pornographic horror master How can you be the captain of this super-born guerrilla team? The protruding Judou blocked the hole, both of them, and all of them. The picture was so beautiful that I didn't dare to look at it. It would be uncomfortable to look at Tian Bai, and it was a life-deathing evil spirit.