This is a film that is very faithful to the original work. Although the name has been changed, the Shuo-style realistic and humorous "Ferocious Animals" and Jiang Wen's Tangshan man's energy have written a "Sunny Day" that is enough to illuminate China.
Maybe it reflects a state of life. After the Cultural Revolution, the busyness of adults; the mediocrity of young people, although the class has become less obvious, but the class struggle still exists. This pile of children from the compound, the pile of children from the compound, the gang of six, a gang of a certain, a group of children, all of which are intertwined and live like this. In the state of life, it is those supporting roles who stand out, and they are also another type of people different from Horse Monkey, Big Ant, Yikusitian, BP, and Milan. Feng Xiaogang, an old Bagu history teacher who pretends to be a person who has no guts, makes a cameo appearance with a youthful and relaxed attitude, a tall baby who lives in the middle of the class with a big belly, and Zuo Xiaoqing, a shy girl who has the sequelae of the Red Guards when she walks, all of which are familiar faces today. with green leaves.
Thinking about it now, the life in the film is actually a green leaf, and the safflower is a youthful fantasy that is as translucent as immersed in oil, as fierce as an animal, and described in detail from beginning to end. Milan's swimsuit photos full of youthful temptation, strong calves, plump body, inserted in Ma Xiaojun's fantasy, there are many scenes in the movie where he is sweating profusely, lying on the bed, and the animal in his heart keeps ramming , perhaps the experience that every boy had in those days. The strange "balloons" floating in the air and the classic line "I can't pull it out" are all straightforward expressions of this fantasy. Indeed, the whole film runs through the child's sexual fantasy.
The technique of the film is very special. Although it is copied from the original book, many of the previous plots are completely omitted, and the details show the background of the times, but it is still very special in the film. Where is the virtual and where is the real is no longer important, the important thing is to experience that hazy love. The bright and dazzling sunlight outside the window poured into the dim room, like the temptation of youth pouring into the budding heart. Although some of the jokes in the film are bluntly hard to believe that it will take place in the 1970s and 1980s, if it is a fantasy, it is believed.
Xiao Jiangwen and Xia Yu won the Best Actor as expected. The simple and true performance, without the carvings of a series of trainings, stood on the tower and shouted in emptiness, and the uncontrollable youthful impulse ran wildly, jumping from a very high platform. Jumping down and smashing the injured heart in the water, this is the most real Ma Xiaojun. Tranquility was the best actress for Milan back then and still is today. Strong and plump, with a sun-like complexion, the colorful dress can't hide the wildness, the sometimes blurred eyes, and the hoarse and straightforward voice belong to the fantasy of a generation of young people. Jiang Wen's laziness narration as always, gentle but powerful, slightly ridiculing but extremely true. And Wang Shuo did not forget to show his face and enjoy the role of "boss" who was held up by Lao Mo.
This is a film that only those who have experienced youth can understand, and only those who have had impulsive youthful fantasies can fall in love with it. At the end of the film, the grown-up children are still gathered in a small space, without youth, without fantasy, and the fool who no longer answers "Oba" witnessed the fading impulse.
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