Key words: Summer Desire Dream
"Sunny Days" is a full-length film of more than two hours, which begins with the Cultural Revolution and ends in "modern" Beijing. It has experienced three spans in time. From the perspective of the protagonist Ma Xiaojun in the film, it can be divided into three Stages: Ma Xiaojun's childhood, Ma Xiaojun's youth, and Ma Xiaojun's adulthood. The part that loads the main story structure lies in the second stage of the text, which is Ma Xiaojun's youth. The film is interspersed with Jiang Wen's personal narration, combining these three time and space to form the main narrative form of the film. Applying Christian Metz's theory of "big combined paragraphs", I divided the text of "Sunny Days" into nineteen combined paragraphs, in which the meaning and function of each paragraph need to be discussed independently, so this article will start from these Starting from the basic paragraphs, mainly take the film audio-visual material as the object, and conduct a new text reading.
(1) Peeking at the dance—the father leaves—the dictatorship of the youth by the proletariat. When he was a child, Ma Xiaojun peeked at the dancing of the girl, which clearly imitated the scene where Noodles peeked at Deborah dancing in Once Upon a Time in America, although it did not have an independent text Meaning, but enough to serve as the beginning of the relationship between men and women in the text—beginning with ignorant gender differences. The departure of the father symbolizes the dictatorship of the proletariat in the city through a time-lapse montage of throwing a schoolbag, but the condition for it is not to break the ruling order, but to the short-term freedom of teenagers under the condition of lack of order, so that no The youth placed everywhere has the power of revolution, and it also symbolizes the illusory and dreamy colors of the process itself.
(2) Classroom turmoil - Mr. Hu, the representative of the cultural person, has lost his dominance over the classroom, and there is nothing he can do if he is arbitrarily destroyed by the students. The revolution that is in full swing outside the classroom is actually happening on the campus, but the focus of this paragraph is more It gave Ma Xiaojun the possibility of escaping from the classroom, making it a realistic condition for encountering Milan.
(3) Blowing condoms - secretly opening the father's drawer is another kind of Oedipal rebellion, and the revolutionary ideal is transformed into the act of unlocking because there is nowhere to be realized. The background interpretation of the poor material life in the narration seems to be a pure white setting for the background of the story. The photo of balloon-sized condoms blowing over their parents seems to be sexually suggestive, putting the usual majesty of the father in the same picture as the condom user, which is somewhat playful.
(4) Appearance of "Dream Lover" - Allegro panning combined with long shots, the accidental discovery at home in Milan seems to be exactly the appearance of the story in that time and space condition, Milan has been transformed into a pure ideal of a chaotic era (an era of no owner). In this passage, Liu Yiku appears as the complement of his father's lack. Liu, who has strong physical strength, becomes the "other" of Ma Xiaojun's other potential opponent, and is the subject who will be "murdered" in his text to obtain the status of the subject. . Yu Beibei's random kisses reveal the collective memories of teenagers in a special era, and a piece of hair found by Ma Xiaojun in Milan's home has the characteristics of sexual fantasy (or love fantasy), so he borrows Tennessee Williams' play of the same name "Hot". "Cat on a Tin Roof" (which was made into a film of the same name starring Paul Newman) to symbolize the state of life at the time, and after a tense glimpse of Milan's legs, the desire seems to have deepened. (Key paragraphs)
(5) Failed to strike up a conversation with Zhang Xiaomei - a close-up of Milan's ankle, which made the desire even stronger, the encounter with the Public Security Bureau made the "dictatorship of the proletariat" set back for the first time, and the disillusionment of revolutionary idealism made the horse monkey talk to himself In this language, the illusory dignity is obtained through the self-consolation of fantasy, revealing that the reason for the unrealizable desire lies in the gap between its own weakness and the cruel reality.
(6) Bricks under the Internationale - The group's unconscious violence symbolizes Ma Xiaojun's lack of self-discovery. Ma Xiaojun's running and other people's riding shots make him detached from the group. The process of growth seems to be accompanied by the more and more he wants to be recognized. But more and more distance. Under Liu Yiku's absolute authority, there seems to be only the pure relationship between men and women of the times (the line "Rogue!"), and the main character of the protagonist always seems to be waiting to be discovered.
(7) The street saw Milan's ankles again - through the theme music of the Country Knights Interlude and Ma Xiaojun's chase, "Can you beat me?" Once again, Ma Xiaojun's weakness was shown, followed by more questions and puzzled. After Xiaojun returned home, he was scolded by his mother, which symbolized the existence of traditional values.
(8) The fear of mass incidents - similar to the noodles in "Once Upon a Time in America" where Noodles wanted to see Deborah after being beaten, the feeling of grievance needs the blessing and comfort of the harbor of a woman (Milan).
(9) Reconciliation at Lao Mo Restaurant - singing Katyusha under the care of Chairman Mao, the little villain has the worship energy and status symbol of the leader, and the narration of being stabbed to death by a teenager seems to be a political metaphor?
(10) Visiting Milan's home - I washed her hair for Milan, her smooth neck was shining with water, and under the soft sunlight, the beautiful woman in the camera - Milan's gaze, revealed Ma Xiaojun's cowardice - the fundamental dare not admit and take responsibility. He boasted so much about himself that he couldn't tell whether it was reality or fiction when he dated Milan to the compound.
(11) Milan's visit to the compound - imitating "Lenin in 1918", it is still the embodiment of pure ideals and the repressed double meaning of love (unrequited love), Ma Xiaojun's surprising performance seems to confirm Lacan's famous words" Women are symptoms of men". Ma Xiaojun went up the chimney and asked to buy cigarettes. He showed Milan's bravery in his own way.
(12) In Milan, Liu Yiku and others went on a date to see a "special movie", but Ma Xiaojun could not find an organization in the open-air theater, which once again showed that Xiaojun was outside the collective. Ma Xiaojun took the car to Milan to see him off, and the smell of burning weeds materialized his emotions.
(13) Seeing Milan's phone call - a close-up of Milan's ankle and the timely appearance of Liu Yiku shattered the illusion. The addresses "we" and "you" expressed the frustration of failing in love, and Ma Xiaojun was out.
(14) Dancing - Swimming is not an independent paragraph, Ma Xiaojun teases and revenges, another manifestation of Ma Xiaojun's irrational and immature performance when Milan was molested.
(15) Ma Xiaojun's birthday - a gift from Milan - Ma Monkey's irrational performance, "then you go" is a forced choice between a brother and a friend, it can't even be said to be a choice but just forced, because The existence of Liu Yiku's authority, this "murder" act is actually an illusion, symbolizing the failure of the Oedipus-style rebellion. Are these four illusions or reality? Since people were drunk, they couldn't tell the difference. First shot: psychological, imagined, subjective. Second replay shot: behavioral, realistic, objective. About reality: reality brought by powerful imagination, indistinguishable. (16) Confession
of love - the background of the theme music - confession to hug - the most beautiful scene in the movie
Failure to respond increasingly widens the gap between unloved love and longing to be loved. Under the dominance of the gender or age gap, the inequality between the two in their interactions was exaggerated to the greatest extent. The rediscovery of Ma Xiaojun’s subject had to rely on a fierce confrontation to resolve it. Rape precisely represented the journey of this rebellion. . The declaration of "Strong!" made the rape rather ritualistic, and the process was too gentle. As the two rolled up and down, the ankle ring of Milan's ankle was torn off, and the sacred halo of love was shattered. be reduced to a human being. The separation of body and mind in love makes Milan's love less and less, and the more she wants to possess her. (Key paragraph)
(18) High diving - Xiaojun was completely isolated, accompanied by the theme music, it seems that youth is a high diving, and it cannot be done without the accumulation of previous courage. The contrast between reaching out and reaching out, the betrayal of friendship words left and right, the departure of youth seems to be overnight, and it only took two paragraphs from the climax to the end. (Key paragraphs)
(19) Subtitles - the adult scene at the end, the luxury cars and famous wines in black and white, under the badge of Chairman Mao, compared with the title "Beijing at that time did not have so many luxury cars and famous wines..." , the richness of material life does not seem to change anything, except for people's mental state. Gu Lunmu's response to the call was "stupid", which may be a wake-up call or self-deprecating.
Finally, a comment ends: "The childhood time and space in the film belong to the story level of the film and are shot with color film. The middle-aged time and space belong to the symbolic level of the film and are shot with black and white film. The spiritual essence of the middle-aged space and time is symbolic. What is philosophical is the display of the mental state of the middle-aged Ma Xiaojun, and the reflection and reflection of filmmakers on films, art, and life." Perhaps, whether it is true or not is no longer important, just like "Once Upon a Time in America" Zhong Noodle's smile, after reading it in the text, is only a dream.
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