This film is director Jiang Wen's debut, adapted from Wang Shuo's novel "Ferocious Animals".
"Youth is an illusion like a beast", reckless but cowardly, reckless is an illusion, cowardice is the norm . Therefore, Ma Xiaojun would wear his father's military medals and pretend to be a fighting hero in front of the mirror; he would snot and cry when he was mistakenly caught by the police, but he would reprimand the police in front of the mirror in front of the mirror at home; When asked by Milan on the rainy night about the content of his confession, he said, "My car fell into a ditch"; at the dining table, I imagined myself stabbing Liu Yiku with a wine bottle, but in fact, everyone ended the dinner happily that night. Jiang Wen's grasp of this delicate emotion is very good in the film, whether it is in Ma Xiaojun's fight or in various other activities.
Youth is full of fantasies about ideal things, so Ma Xiaojun fantasizes about Milan, where he may have never met, fantasizes that he has seen color photos of Milan, fantasizes that he can forcibly get close to Milan, and even the main character Yu Beibei in the early stage of the film. In the later stage, I gradually faded out of the film unconsciously, which made me feel that Yu Beibei might also be an imaginary character. It is not easy to distinguish between true and false in the film. Perhaps there is no need to distinguish between fantasy and reality. The combination of virtual and real in the ignorant era is a period that young teenagers must pass through, and obsessed with distinguishing between true and false is not what the film is about. appeared. Besides, no matter how brave, loyal, and favored by girls in fantasy, he is finally kicked back to reality in the swimming pool at the end of the film. The audience of the movie may have different living conditions and eras from these characters, but everyone's youthful feelings are very similar - hazy and clear intertwined, reality and fantasy stalemate, and the process of gradual growth under the stimulation of recklessness and sexual impulse.
The background of the time in which the story takes place is not very important to the story, and the film does not deliberately express the many historical impressions of this period or express some opinions, but focuses on expressing the subjective feelings of young people . The impression of the ignorant youth is nothing but symbols and marks . Because these children of the army compound are not participants in this history, they can only be regarded as the imprints of youth integrated into the youth of these teenagers.
The soundtrack of the film is the Country Knight Interlude . Every time I hear this piece, I will think of Ma Xiaojun walking on the roof, and I will be immersed in the atmosphere and feeling of the film again. This piece has been used in the soundtrack of many works. It's not unique, but sunny days are undoubtedly the ones that impress me the most.
"My story always happens in summer. The hot climate makes people more exposed and more able to hide their desires. At that time, it seems that it is always summer, the sun is always free to accompany me, the sun is full, It's too bright, making the eyes black in waves."
Just like the name of the film, the overall tone of the film is basically a gentle warm tone. This warm tone is like the sprinkle of real sunlight, but it is more like the blurry and elusive in a dream. The virtual and real understanding of the story builds a platform. . The final picture of the film was suddenly cut into black and white. At this time, Ma Xiaojun and his friends were all grown up. They sat in the limousine and shouted "Gu Lunmu" to the fool with the symbol of youth, but "youth" was not. He scolded them back: "**." At the end of the film, the sun was no longer bright, and youth scoffed at them.
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