A movie that has been on the punch card list for a long time, it is cold today, and I suddenly want to open this movie and watch it after eating.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a two-and-a-half-hour long film. Although it’s an old film, it doesn’t make people feel tired, and the whole film is full of humanistic care, without complaining about this incident, and focusing on these suffering. on the people. The populace may be just a speck of dust in a vast history, but the slightest upheaval can be enough to destroy a family.
Many shots do not have lines, but even if they do not speak, the audience will have a lot of self-evident psychological activities. Each shot can contain a lot of content, which is very immersive. I have to say that Hou Hsiao-Hsien is really amazing!
It is worth mentioning that Tony Leung's acting skills amaze me a bit! Tired of the cool and handsome image of his poker face now. After watching the old films before, I found that he also has such a fresh side. The whole film has no lines and performs very well, which is refreshing!
(Non-political position comment) February 28 has always been a pain in the hearts of Taiwanese people. It has been suppressed since the Japanese occupation era. It was hard to think that it was returning to the world to celebrate, but it was completely smashed to the ground by the tyranny of the Kuomintang. When the Japanese were there, at least everyone could afford to eat, but when their own people came back to rule, it was so bad that they couldn't fill their stomachs. If the enemy reported that they were traitors, they might be arrested and thrown to jail and be beaten to death... The long-term martial law failed. Putting out everyone's desire for freedom and democracy, the revolution of these democratic patriots has some romantic colors of seeing death...
Revolution is always going to bleed. I have always been interested in the democratic process in Taiwan, from February 28 to the later incident on the beautiful island (when speaking of the beautiful island, the Lin family blood case must be mentioned, it is really very tragic), to The later rise of the Democratic Party and the defeat of the Kuomintang were all the power that sparked a prairie fire. It can be said that the brilliance of democracy is very touching. Of course, now Taiwan is democratic enough to throw shoes at a press conference, and it's funny...
It is also quite emotional to change from a group photo of the entire big family to a group photo of three people.
I also found that there are many scenes of eating in the whole film. I don’t know if the director wanted to express that no matter what happens, the revolutionaries die, the dynasties change, the sky falls, bong still wants to eat (food still needs to be eaten), and life still has to go on. passed. It should be to show the optimism and strength of the Taiwanese people. It is possible to shoot a film that I thought was very dark, and I have to say that these shots played a big role!
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