There is also no static, well-angled shot, no gasps or interruptions, the same seemingly endless pursuit and run, the same always seeking what the eye cannot see. The Suzhou River slowly flows past me and flows behind me. Because I was sitting on the deck of the boat and the viewing angle was low, the river was extremely wide, and at a certain moment, it was almost like an ocean. And the people on other boats that passed by me, men, women, children, people cooking together, people blowing alone, people standing, people squatting, people young, old people, people working , dazed people, laughing people, sad people, rustic people, people in hallucinations, almost equal to the whole world, equal to the five billion people in our world.
"Suzhou River" was filmed in 2000, "Summer Palace" was filmed in 2006, six years. But I see no trace of the passage of time. Everything he wants to tell, in "Summer Palace" seems to have a much more complicated and chaotic background, but the essence is the same. Such a thing as love does not change with the changes of the environment and the times. Six years ago, his abstract, allegorical, innocent, childlike "Suzhou River" had already told everything he wanted to tell. It's himself. What each person tells can always be only himself.
What I like about it is that it's a form of expression that's exclusive to him. This tilt is either too high or too low, either too close or too far, and the perspective is swaying and trembling like life. like labels. Just as pop songs are Jia Zhangke's label, "One Man" is Gao Xingjian's label, FUCK is Henry Miller's label, and it's Milan Kundera's label.
With this label, I can recognize his familiar and friendly back.
With this label I will not mistake them.
The content, the connotation, the meaning, and the conclusion, I really no longer value it. It's not that they are not important, it's just me, who has passed through the dark and tangled virgin forest, facing the sun, the beach, and the boundless sea.
The world has returned to its vastness and simplicity.
In fact, the content I have already mentioned, is love. What we all keep talking about is love. The word love is finally back in my dictionary. In other words, love has never disappeared, and it will never die. As long as human beings exist, love is the only immortal theme. As for politics, nation, power, money, so-called justice, truth, morality, and ethics, nothing can beat the power of love.
And love itself is the simplest and most comprehensible thing in the world. Years ago, when I first set out, I saw love as sacred, mysterious, and unfathomable. I think that love is the moon in the sky and a castle in the sky. I think that love is such a rare thing. I even think that love is closely related to our knowledge, hobbies, experiences, and age. But now I understand how pedantic I was back then. Love is really the most needless thing in the world. A look, a scent, a touch, a silhouette, have captured you unconsciously. The world outside my body ceases to exist at some point.
2009-10-13
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