1. General: "The Three Gorges Good Man" presents a rapidly changing China in a very documentary way.
The concept of space: The first protagonist of a film is always space, especially in art films. Spaces are often created by film artists, so we use the term "space score".
The geography of montage tells us that the space that the film is may be the space of magic.
Space assumes the most important function of cinematic representation.
2. Taking on the space of expression
1. The first space: the space of physical properties.
2. The second space:
The theme to look for is the oldest narrative theme. The appearance of the act of seeking brings a mythical, allegorical dimension to the story. In this film, "searching" brings us an opportunity to cross the Three Gorges.
What kind of Three Gorges is this: It presents a modern paradoxical space. Construction is also destruction and destruction is also new life. Death is also life.
It expresses the macro thinking of this space from our personal life experience to the times that can be recalled.
Part of the Three Gorges will be buried under Bipo forever, so countless people go to see the Three Gorges, but the protagonist doesn't feel it. The protagonist does not see Kuimen. - There is no aesthetic connection between beautiful natural wonders and people who flow on the land. - They have more specific and fine-grained connections.
3. The third space: Documentary films have given literary chapters, that is, tobacco, alcohol, tea and sugar.
Traditional tobacco, alcohol, tea and sugar are luxury goods and lubricants in China's humane society. The tobacco, alcohol, tea and sugar in this story did not play the role they should play in every important link.
Use small props to bring people the third space, that is, the space of human society. Tell us that Chinese society is in the process of distortion and reorganization. Chinese society no longer has the original mechanism and structure, we are building new mechanism and structure. At this point, we are faced with an emotional, socially common, kind of deprivation.
At this time, there is only one thing that is a luxury, a lubricant, that is, RMB, which is reflected in the magic show at the beginning of the film.
Tobacco, alcohol, tea and sugar, connected us with the lovely little brother Ma. A piece of white rabbit toffee was brought out, the affectionate love of the poor and humble couple. Therefore, tobacco, alcohol, tea and sugar are still in our lives, in the folk, at the bottom. - Tradition continues.
The protagonist cannot feel the charm of natural space because it is too extravagant for him. The director still places it in this space, and its existence and space present a contrast.
4. The fourth space: a huge construction site with the imprint of our times. What is more interesting is that the beauty of the laborers in the film is not mainly at the construction site, but at the demolition site. Gives us a rendering of the back of the moon. ——The process of spectacular historical writing is also the process of huge historical burial.
The Three Gorges is where Chinese civilization is located, and the movie shows that the archaeological team is rescuing it. Mao's great construction dream: Gaoxia out of Pinghu. Carrying a submerged story.
Jia Zhangke brings a sense of absurdity to this highly realistic film that is his own experience. a way of interpretation. Made a group of absurd scenes, such as Peking Opera Hualian playing games.
A group of time-travelling images suddenly appeared in the present space, but this has nothing to do with time-travel. This is our present tense.
A tightrope walker is not a realistic imaging unit. It is the characters in the story, the presentation and expression of their life-threatening state in this rapidly changing society.
Absurd images are scattered throughout the film, which are understood as signs of cruel reality.
In this film, the actors are not prominent, the actors are just guides in the space.
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