After watching the film, I was most impressed by three places, corresponding to three eras.
The first time was in the 1990s. A young couple came to Tao'er's CD shop with a disc for an audition. This was the first time Ye Qianwen's "respect" sounded in the film. Outside the window was the hustle and bustle of the market, and inside the house was Tao'er. , The awkward atmosphere between Liang Zi and Jin Sheng.
Tao'er asked what song it was, it was nice. Then he and Liang Zi ate a bowl of dumplings with laughter. Jin Sheng, who was full of vinegar, rushed out of the door following the footsteps of the young couple, and then walked in with a disc, without saying a word, just playing with the CD Machine, forbearance and strong love is self-evident in the singing that rings again.
"Suddenly silenced the air, stopping on the way to make people look back at you again."
The second time was the second clip of the movie. In 2014, Tao'er sent his son, who was rarely seen all year round, back to Shanghai, instead of flying and high-speed rail. , tossing and changing trains, just to spend a little more time with his son, the pain of lovesickness can still be endured, but the intimacy between mother and son that has drifted away due to cultural ruptures can no longer be repaired.
Tao'er and her son listened to the same song with a pair of headphones. The son said it in a daze, and the mother's eyes were full of tears.
"I can't bear to lose you. I hope that things will turn around."
The third time is 2025. The son who moved to Australia with his father has grown up. He forgot his mother tongue and lost a lot. He was tired of everything around him and tired of his father. In the Chinese class, the temperamental Chinese teacher played this Ye Qianwen's "Precious" again on a vinyl disc.
He greeted him with a smile and asked what song it was in English. He seemed to be familiar with it. The teacher said it was a classic Cantonese song in the 1990s, because most of the Cantonese songs at that time were similar. He sensed the moments of getting along with his mother in many subtle clues, but he couldn't remember anything except his mother's name, Tao.
"Hand in hand, shake hands, break up, wave goodbye, and wait for you even in the two places."
"The Old Man of the Mountains and Rivers" is a movie that makes people feel infinitely sad after watching it. There are three eras, three picture frames, and three independent stories. The relationship and fate of the characters are closely linked in it.
It is unbearable to single out each character, and it is infinitely sad to think about it.
The simple and upright miner Liang Zi lost his love. Tao and Jin Sheng got married. He chose to go away alone. At that time, he said desperately, "I will never come back in this life." Fifteen years later, times have changed, and he was seriously ill and returned to his homeland with his wife and family, waiting for the final stop of his life.
When he was young, Zhang Jinsheng seemed to have an inevitable look when he dealt with everything. When he was old, he was just an old man's undershirt, showing a pedantic and outdated body. He could only buy a large number of guns to give himself a sense of stability.
His son Zhang Dale grew up in an international educational environment. His heart was blank about the culture of his homeland. His mother was absent and lost. He eventually fell in love with a Chinese teacher who was the same age as his mother.
Lonely Tao'er dances the dance steps of 1999 in 2025 in the homeland where there is no old friend.
The elderly father took the train to celebrate his birthday with his old comrade-in-arms, but he died quietly in the cold seat in the waiting room without seeing the last one.
I have rarely watched Jia Zhangke's films before, because the poor quality of the film and the dusty background are always a bit prohibitive. Including this "Old Man of Mountains and Rivers", and Jia Zhangke I've watched, only the blockbuster debut film "Xiao Wu" in 1999 and "Tian Destiny" in 2013 expressing silent anger.
To a certain extent, Jia Zhangke has become the spokesperson of the Chinese countryside. In the eyes of many people, his films should stay as they were in 1999 in "The Old Man of the Mountains and Rivers", when the film finally played in 2025: clean and orderly The exotic city, high-end and transparent technology products, at first glance, it seems that an alien has broken into our familiar territory, and the gesture of Chief Jia’s imagining the future seems to be a bit awkward.
However, as a continuation of the story on the timeline, the handling of "the old people of mountains and rivers" seems to be more appropriate. He is like the changes and divisions that naturally grow after the rise of a great country. From 1999 to 2014, the crowded and gaudy temple fairs are no longer, and the new and mighty bridges on the river indicate the speed of the future.
From 2014 to 2025, it is not only the rupture of language communication between father and son, but also the rupture of family relationship between mother and son across the ocean and the homeland, but also the rupture of our own culture under the rapid development of the times.
It is not so much that Jia Zhangke's expression is different from any previous expression. It is better to say that Jia Zhangke stands in a higher world of God, born out of a certain dusty environment, and expresses the desolation of a group of people in the context of the rise of a great power. a higher level of mercy.
Time turns, what is the treasure?
No matter how much he refuses, he can't bear to give up, the wheels of the times are roaring forward, taking away the dust flying all over the place, the mountains and rivers are no longer the mountains and rivers of the old days, and the old people are no longer old.
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