When I saw the Hoh Xil recruiting volunteers in the newspaper a few years ago, I began to be fascinated by this place. The magnificent scenery on the vast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Although I often heard negative news such as someone dying in a car accident there, its attraction to me has never diminished.
Because the more dangerous things are, the more tempting they are. Even fatal.
I admit that I still don't know where the Hoh Xil is. But that doesn't stop me from my wild, almost wild fascination with the mysterious western culture. In the depths of the secret heart, the most primitive desire hidden under the expressionless face is the most ancient totem worship, such as prayer flags, such as mani piles. I believe that everyone has this This is a kind of worship complex, otherwise jack.london would not have written
So, the moment the trailer was released on CCTV, I decided to watch this film. When I couldn’t find it online, I bought it back without any hesitation, and even resolutely gave up the <2046> that I was holding in my hand. A booster in the body, instead of continuing to indulge in the sound of missing a cup of coffee. This afternoon, which originated from that beautiful dream a few years ago, belongs to Hoh
Xil . Hours. After watching it eagerly, I found that it was not as shocking as I imagined. This may be a regret left by not going to the theater and the length of the film is a bit short. But it is still a good movie. It is gray and heavy from beginning to end. The tone of the film is almost nothing random and sensational, and the true style of the documentary has been maintained very well. The expression is simple and capable and somewhat bland. The jumping shots and chaotic scene switching do not affect the smoothness of the narrative. Read Report on Death from Hoh Xil About Death Japanese Thai
The captain of the escort was shot and fell in front of the poaching leader he had been chasing for decades. A long-range shot, no guns were drawn, no direct fire, the moment the gun rang, everything was so sudden and so natural. With Jamba The abrupt end of life after being shot is different. After he fell to the ground, he still experienced the violent shaking before dying. Another long-range shot, no one could see the expression on his face. Is it pain? Is it anger? Is it despair Does it make you want to cry, but you can't cry. The sad and helpless scenes are heartbreaking. When death really came, and after everything was calm, the camera slowly panned back, the wind was blowing his hair, and his desperate eyes looked up at the sky. That moment reminded me of the innocent eyes of the tragically killed Tibetan antelope at the beginning of the chapter. It is heroic and poignant. I don't know if looking at the boundless sky before dying can alleviate the last pain and forget the beautiful sorrow and regret in life. I don't know why Tibetans have always had the custom of sky burial. I think it is because they even Even if you turn into a ray of soul, you have to watch over this last home?
Liu Dong
, I am not afraid of the painful struggle on the line of death, but I am afraid of a desolate death. In the quicksand of the Gobi Desert. From the beginning of desperate struggle into the desert, to giving up completely, and then to the last teardrop of despair before dying, and finally the quicksand covered the top of the head, leaving only a wisp of smoke and dust. The one-minute life and death process can be regarded as one of the most classic scenes in the whole film.
His death made me feel the most sad. The result of the struggle between man and nature is so bleak. When the last desperate scream broke out from the chest After that, all that was left was Jingmu. It was as quiet as death. The body was swallowed by the desert, the quicksand covered the head, and a living life disappeared in an instant. No trace was left. In the vast Gobi, my eyes seem to be full of blurry sand.
Life is passing away like quicksand between his fingers, raising a piece of dust. Before my eyes, the camera of him desperately looking up before his death is constantly shaking, a touch of imperceptible A calm smile bloomed quietly on your lips. At that time, your eyes were as clear and pure as a child. Have you ever seen the blue sky and white clouds above your head? Have you ever watched the goshawk hovering above you? When you die, have you ever remembered the joys and sorrows in your life? I hope the soul you release is like a soaring eagle, flying freely over Hoh Xil.
I can only use two words to describe the death of the clue character Qiangba
. In just a few minutes of the opening scene, before I understood the situation, he had already fallen under the gun of the poacher. The bright red blood splattered and It blooms into a beautiful flower of evil. This succinct brushstroke may once again prove what director Lu Chuan said when he pondered the connotation of a hero: "Life is actually very fragile, like an ant, it disappears after a gust of wind."
About parting
sometimes life may be more scary than death. Because you don't know whether tomorrow comes first or accident comes first. Life is so fickle. Every goodbye may be the last goodbye. So there are many in the film The scene of farewell. Shaking hands, hugging, forehead touching, and a word of care is enough. No matter how strong a man is, he will shed tears at that moment.
The farewell at the beginning of the mountain set a sad tone. The film starts from the reporter's The perspective gives a close-up shot of Ritai's daughter crying silently and alone after the car started. I think all the bitterness is in this silent condensate. Later, whether it was Ngawang, who stayed alone at the checkpoint for three years, waving The loneliness of saying goodbye to his comrades in arms; or the desperation of those arrested illegal herdsmen who were left halfway due to food shortages and abandoned when they said goodbye to the captain; or the desperation of being forced to stay where they were because the car broke down and had to be with him. The helplessness of Lausanne and the others where Ritai bids farewell, the camera only shakes and the distant view is passed. The lonely back of a person or a group of people is refracted in the surface water and air, and in front of them, the jeep is gone. The dust left behind.
Maybe no one has enough courage to face up to that life and death. In front of nature's mercy, people are always so insignificant.
The last words of life and death from Hoh Xil
As for subject,
I have always been disgusted with the word hero. Likewise, I don't think "Kekexili" is an educational film that celebrates ideal heroism. I think what he reveals is a kind of living condition of human beings in a harsh natural environment.
The beautiful Hoh Xil is full of desolation, the survival here is cruel, and the meaning of survival here has become a complex contradiction. How strong and terrible are people's material desires stimulated by hardship and poverty, it is very difficult for people who are fed and clothed Imagine. Some people gave up their original beliefs in order to survive, while others persisted in their pure beliefs. For example, the herdsmen headed by Ma Zhanlin used to raise cattle and sheep for a living, but had to participate in poaching for their meager income. Even death; and what the mountain rangers are willing to pay the price of their whole lives, even their lives, is just the simple desire to protect the Tibetan antelope. No one tells them the great truth of heroism and defending the lofty mission, and there is no People give them money, but for the sake of their minimum livelihood and healing, they would rather sell antelope skins illegally, and would rather reach out to the escort girls! Isn’t this kind of life choice a tragic and helpless act? This kind of pain in the soul?
Who has the heart to scold them, even those ignorant herdsmen who died in the snow-capped mountains? As long as Liu Dong is selling sheepskins, he will not let go, and these details of "my sheep" from Ritai's mouth , Enough, everything is enough. This kind of survival contradiction is full of despair and sorrow, just like what Ritai said: We Tibetans eat meat, and the knife is facing ourselves! The
truth is often the most shocking.
About the characters There is no doubt about the relationship
, this is a heroic song that celebrates the masculinity of men, although it ends with a sad song of life. The intersection of adversity and symbiosis between the fellow mountain rangers is naturally not the case, what I focus on is the escapee and the pursuer The change of roles is like a game of cat and mouse... From the tense competition to the equality of life, it is not as out of anger as I thought, and the opponents of more than ten years can meet each other and smile, Even if you are standing on the edge of death. Your opponent no longer exists, and perhaps your own existence will become a question.
The human nature exposed in a desperate environment is also the most essential. There is no absolute good person and no absolute bad guy. The two sides facing life and death in the desert will also show kindness in the desperate situation: together with the trailer, the team members save half A steamed bun, a team member who rescued pulmonary edema from the thief, Ritai still cared about Ma Zhanlin's life and death in the blizzard... All these seem to add a warm color to the film with a cold tone. Of course, I understand that this is definitely not the category of pure good people and good deeds , because at the limit of survival, both friends and foes will experience fear, depression, anxiety and despair, and only by supporting each other can we get out of the shadow of death together. But this does not prevent us from thinking about the living conditions of human beings and the basic human sympathy. In fact, I prefer to understand this kind of mutual sympathy as the embodiment of the simple nature of the local mountain people, because even on the edge of life and death, there is still indifference among people, just like Lausanne, who is left behind, fails to stop a car on the side of the road. They are at least a group of men.
This no man's land is like a mirror, reflecting the true nature of people who are bound under the veil of hypocrisy such as morality and law. The good and the bad are all revealed.
When we were poor, we were so Weak; in the face of nature, we are so powerless; for the reason of survival, we are so pale.
I think this film is called "Out of Hoh Xil". Here, life is fragile like a thread, light It is broken with a light pull. However, some people rush into it greedily and desperately, and finally get lost here, falling into their own endlessly expanding desires and unable to extricate themselves. Only by stepping out of Hoh Xil and out of their own greed can the soul get the true The liberation. Why not let Hoh Xil become the second Shangri-La, the legendary paradise on earth? Only then can it be worthy of its fairy tale name. At the
end, the sky in
Hoh Xil is so blue and so blue that the blue stings my eyes. After death, I once again had a sincere awe for life.
Walking out of the somewhat depressing and dark room, people were immediately enveloped by the surrounding light, and the slightly strong light shook my god. After a while of dizziness, I suddenly realized that it was outside the window today. The sky is also so blue, the sun is also very good, and the warmth is very comfortable. Life turns out to be so simple and beautiful. It
feels so good to embrace life.
This is the story of an ordinary autumn afternoon sunshine.
04.10.16
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