After watching "The Gathering at Southern Station" before, I never understood why such an excellent work has not gained a one-sided reputation, especially among the professional and critical young people who are used to watching various Western-style movies. , and there are a lot of sarcastic voices. I finally got to the crux of the problem just now. Basically, it is because of the problems caused by the localization of certain Western film styles. For example, in the scene of Hu Ge escaping in the zoo, the analysis relies entirely on memory, which may not be accurate. This scene probably appears a little earlier in the middle of the film. The style of the neo-noir film that the director pursues is also mixed with a part of the Czech New Wave's "The Cremation" of the zoo's spectacle. The storyline is a relatively simple escape and evasion of pursuit. This involves a proportional relationship between style and content. Because this episode is essentially not necessarily related to the circumstances in which it takes place. In other words, it happened in the zoo or in the bus station, which is actually established. If not necessary, there is a lack of connection between the environment and the character's sense of destiny. The fifth-generation directors are best at this kind of connection. This is true for "Yellow Earth" and "Red Sorghum". Even the films of the sixth-generation Jia Zhangke have continued this tradition, while the sixth-generation directors are more related to people. The expression of the heart, the environment is only the effect of attachment, and it is the same everywhere. So Zhang Yimou is obsessed with the environment in the northwest, and the story of Diao Yinan's movie takes place in the northeast. Of course, this is not a problem in itself. If for Chinese audiences watching Western movies, the role of the environment in the attribution of characters is a false proposition, then the ratio of strong style and weak plot is not a problem, and it is just right. But for a domestic film, the audio-visual style of "The Gathering at the Southern Station" is too outrageous. Instead, the vision has become the protagonist of this paragraph, and Hu Ge's situation is more like the environment inside. This kind of character The sense of the rupture of fate becomes more obvious in this scene. But the square dance scene has more tension due to the multiple fates, and the narrative is not taken away by the style. Seeing this, someone will definitely say: You are just pretending to be a keyboard warrior, you have analyzed so much, and you have the ability to solve the problem. Of course, this problem is actually easy to solve. It is a structural problem. Put the zoo environment back, for example, the scene where Hu Ge was killed is set as a zoo, or one scene ahead. The fate of the characters is linked to the audio-visual style of the scene, which is what it means to be trapped and still fighting.
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