Because I watched Hou Hsiao-hsien talk about a movie before, the information provided by "City of Sadness" is that when people know something about themselves and know the scene, they can understand history and make history. The second is some knowledge of the actor's performance and scene scheduling. So after that, I went to read about the "February 28 Incident" in Taiwan, and then I read Wu Nianzhen's book in general, and coincidentally watched a video of Phoenix TV's interview with him. Wu Nianzhen said something like, "I want to shoot 'the orphans of history', that is, they were born in the era of Japanese occupation. They had to change from Japanese to Chinese in one night. When he talks about Japan, you have to talk to him about traitors. Their generation People, no one understands, they live very lonely" This is actually the main reason and background of the sad city.
Then, looking at it from the beginning, many details that were not noticed before, and the paragraphs that were not understood will be much clearer.
Hou Hsiao-hsien has extended from a family and an individual to the influence of an era on people and the environment. Uncertainty of identity, involuntarily brought by the big environment, chaotic times, everyone's destiny is full of sadness, the sadness revealed in the image exactly corresponds to what Wu Nianzhen said no one understands, living a very lonely life .
Selected from Lin Lin Taotao's comments, I like it very much, save it [If you find someone who is good at making commercial films, you will definitely be able to make a thick epic. When Hou Hsiao-hsien did not shoot himself for the first time, he still insisted on the same style, weakening the drama and weakening the performance. There are still intentional breaks and blanks in the narrative, which weakens the coherence of the story. Don't overly sensational, don't intensify the conflict, and even such a wonderful soundtrack is rarely used, calmly watch. Weak drama means strengthening the sense of reality and increasing the sense of identity. It's really naughty. 】
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