Why did this movie get such a big reaction? Some people think it distorts history, some people think this is the real history. Here I want to mention that 10% of "The Devil Is Coming" is based on the novel "Survival" by mainland writer You Fengwei, and the rest is a fusion of Jiang Wen and three other screenwriters listening to local old people describe the story of the year. Jiang Wen also specially adopted the technique of black and white documentary to make the film appear more real and heavier. So why do some people say it's not true? That is because they are afraid, they are afraid to face up to the real history. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television did not dare to admit the simple ignorance of the Chinese, and the Japanese did not dare to admit the brutality and cowardice of the Japanese army after their surrender.
Facing the two people sent by the mysterious "I", Ma Dasan didn't know what to do, one was a Japanese devil, and the other was a traitor translator. He didn't dare to act rashly, because "I" said that I would take it in my 30s, and I would call him if there was a problem. So Ma Dasan carefully locked the two of them, daring not to make mistakes. There were a lot of jokes and a lot of crimes in the middle. Ma Dasan and everyone always thought, just get through these few days. But after thirty, no one came to pick it up, still dared not move, still kept it, and kept it for half a year. Why does he have to keep two people? Because he was afraid, he was afraid that the "I" would come to him, and he was afraid of being discovered by the Japanese. In fact, it came from the fear of the Japanese in his heart. Having lived in the same land as the Japanese for so long during the eight years of the War of Resistance, he has become accustomed to showing respect to the Japanese, even though it is entirely possible to kill them, he does not dare.
Things seem to have taken a turn for the better. The Japanese devils said that they would continue to use two carts of grain in exchange for their lives, and begged the villagers to put him back and put a letter inside. The villagers were very happy, believed the Japanese, and sent them back. Although the Japanese captain was very unhappy about this incident, he set up a letter first and had to obey his credit. Ma Dasan was overjoyed, crouched in the corner and laughed fiercely, laughing out the panic and depression of the past six months, and then told the villagers the good news. Everyone thinks that the Japanese really know how to repay their gratitude, which is to repay the care of the past six months. A bonfire party was held in the evening. The villagers and the Japanese sang and danced, chatted and laughed, and looked very happy and peaceful. Unexpectedly, the Japanese suddenly changed their minds, attacked the unarmed villagers, slaughtered the kind and simple villagers, and set fire to their homes. A wailing was accompanied by the fire, a child murmured the Japanese he had learned from the Japanese, ran to the Japanese officer who gave him candy every day and grabbed his pants, as if calling for help, the officer was in the other Japanese's. Laughing at the child without hesitation, he stabbed the child with a sharp knife, leaving only the child's face full of astonishment... Only Ma Dasan and his close friend were the only ones who escaped this catastrophe.
Japan announced its surrender, all the Japanese became prisoners of war, Ma Dasan disguised as a hawker and sneaked into the military camp, raised his axe and rushed to the group of demons. And those Japanese who lay down their weapons can only run away. In the end, the disgusting Kuomintang officer thought that Ma Dasan violated international conventions and was not conducive to world peace, and sentenced him to death. Before dying, he took out the cloth in his mouth, and he shouted to the sky a few times, as relaxed as the laughter at that time. The officer said that when he was about to die, he actually learned how to bark like a donkey. It was the Japanese who was rescued by him who finally beheaded him.
The shot of the head landing is the finishing touch and a classic in film history. Our perspective is the same as that of a human head. We rolled a few times on the ground, opened our eyes, and the world became colorful, bright and dazzling. Switch to the face of Ma Dasan. He blinked a few times, the corner of his mouth moved strangely, and the world turned blood red again. A surreal ending puts us at a distance from reality. Only in this way, it can use deeper internal force to force cruelty, which is more shocking than a bloody massacre that is truly reproduced. Therefore, Jiang Wen kept black and white until the end and turned black and white into color, just to highlight the gap between the eyes of the third major Ma. The blood red.
Jiang Wen said that he made this film to remind Chinese people to remember history and serve as a warning. So when we are silent after watching the movie, we must not forget the lessons of history.
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