If one day I go, will
you me like a motor?
Can.
Will you keep looking?
Can.
Will you always find death?
Can.
you are lying.
Meimei, who has a pure face, said to her boyfriend, you - lied - lie.
This is the first shot of "Suzhou River". It is also the main line of the film.
When the three characters of the film title Suzhou River appeared in the camera, the voice of a nice man came from a distance, hoarse and careless, but a little painful. It seems to be talking about the present, and it seems to be talking about the future or the past. In such a voiceover, a casual young man begins to talk about a love story and a legend about a mermaid.
"This Suzhou River will let you see everything, see people working, see fathers and children, see friendship, see loneliness, see a girl jump off the Suzhou River from a bridge, see a pair of lovers The body was dragged up by the police... Regarding love, I want to say, I saw a mermaid... Don't believe me, I'm lying—"
I don't know what words to use to express my feelings after watching "Suzhou River". To be honest, I've been immersed in the film this morning. At that time, I was surrounded by a group of young people of different races. Because this is a video I showed in a contemporary literature class I was working part-time for international students at the school. Sitting among them, I quietly felt that there was no one else around. After reading it, they opened the blinds and the sun was a bit dazzling. I followed the sad music away and slowly returned to reality.
This is the best domestic film I've seen in the last year. In my eyes, it is completely comparable to Western movies. Walking in the winter sunshine, its music, its shaky footage, its careless and sad dialogue, the dirty, beautiful, warm and very kind Suzhou River has always swayed in my heart. I am entangled, I know, I have to record it in my pen, of course, at this moment, the process of recording is also a kind of joy.
Actually the story is not complicated. A pure girl, Peony, falls in love with the youth motor that takes her back and forth. But Mada used her and partnered with her to kidnap her. The girl discovered the truth and jumped into the Suzhou River. She said that she was going to become a mermaid and would come to him. After Peony went missing, Mada started looking, many places, many years. He meets a Meimei who has the same appearance as Peony. She plays the mermaid in the bar. He told her that story. He moved the girl. Meimei says goodbye to her photographer boyfriend. At this time, Mada left, because he found his peony. The next day, unfortunately, the bodies of two young people were found in the Suzhou River. They died from drinking poor quality wine. Meimei finally understands that everything is true. At the end of the story, she leaves and asks her boyfriend to come to her. But he won't go because he doesn't believe in eternal love.
The thing that struck me the most about this movie was, of course, the love. When Peony yells at Mada in the film and is accused of kidnapping her to get 450,000, she yells how cheap. So she started running and the camera followed her. Behind it is the chase of the motor. Wandering around, with nowhere to go. I like that shot. The girl was running screechingly, he was desperately chasing, the dilapidated streets, the passers-by walking, everything had nothing to do with them, running and running, the music suddenly stopped. She ran to the bridge, stood on the bridge and looked at the person she loved deeply, her eyes were blurred and her smile seemed to be hidden. She smiled and said, this time I lied to you. I became a mermaid and came to you too. Afterwards, she fell into the Suzhou River on her back, and a beautiful fish appeared in the camera.
After watching the film, this scene has been flashing in front of my eyes, over and over again. This love is so heartwarming. There is no crying, no romance, no vows, no romance, there is wine, dim lights, sad and debilitating pop songs, everything is like a dream. However, in the play, Zhou Xun's double-sided look at his lover's betrayal, the mermaid-like fairy tale, points directly to people's hearts and cannot be forgotten.
Of course, this poignant love must die. Perhaps this is what the director wants to cherish the most. Maybe he believes in love, maybe he doesn't, but what does it all matter? Meimei is gone, and no one will find her. Because not everyone in the world believes in love and will live for it. Seeing the end, it's a bit sad, Meimei said that such things are only found in love stories, and the vow to find her is just a lie, a common trick in love.
Not a professional researcher of film, a lot of things are seen from the most emotional point of view. Perhaps with a literary eye. After watching "Suzhou River", what made me feel most comfortable was Lou Ye's narration. Very clean and neat. It is completely different from the domestic films in the traditional impression. The rhythm is fast, the jump is strong, and the dialogue is short and concise, without any sloppiness. It requires you to constantly think, to be nervous, to think, to be in pain and despair with him and her. Because we just finished watching "Alive" together last week, I have a strong feeling that "Suzhou River" is much more interesting and compact than "Alive". Maybe Zhang Yimou is really old. At least "Suzhou River" is very suitable for my taste, it looks extremely enjoyable.
In my opinion, aside from the director's cut and the music and art photography, the two actors did a great job. The peony created by Zhou Xun should look closer to her true nature. Whimsical, pure, quirky and spooky. But behind this innocence and savagery, there is tenderness like water. Jia Hongsheng is an actor from a long time ago. After watching the films he has acted in, he feels that he has a different temperament from that of domestic male movie stars. This time he played the man who was indifferent on the outside and infatuated with infatuation - this seems to be his true nature. Ma's role, he did a great job.
There is no particularly beautiful scenery in the film, but more of the daily scenery of Suzhou River. Compared with the skyscrapers, the dilapidated ones are approaching. People with somewhat rigid expressions, dirty river water, dim lights, sad songs, pure girl, prodigal son with a cold appearance. In this context, a somewhat rare love, a legend and an imaginary love, is isomorphic. The story of the mermaid is so far away, so out of reach. Behind the film, people live their ordinary lives, eat and drink, and go away happily. The dialogue in the film is really classic. Poetic. When Meimei left, the man who never showed up was drinking and talking.
"If Meimei hadn't left, maybe we would still drink like we did before, float on the Suzhou River together, and float to the sea... Maybe the sun will come out and the river will become very clear, I'm not lying, you will see... But I won't look for Meimei,
I know it won't last forever,
I think I have to go back to the balcony,
I know my love story will go on, I
'd rather close my eyes alone,
Waiting for the next love! "
If one day I leave, will
you me like Ma? Yes
.
Will you keep looking? Yes
.
Will you always find death? Yes
.
You lie.
Zhou Xun, who has a pure face, said to her boyfriend, You - lie - lie.
Love began to become close under Lou Ye's camera, but it was so far away. Haha, I like it.
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