The setting of "inn" has at least several advantages:
a. Short time period (three days in this film, other short ones are even just one night), the same location, the plot line is highly constricted, almost the trinity of classical dramas law. Trinity is really awesome! It seems that the rhythm of metrical poems in the plot will really condense the power of the plot, and give the viewer the feeling of "looking at the crowd from a third-party perspective at the same time", which is very enjoyable and conforms to the laws of cognition.
Under the setting of the inn, characters from different backgrounds can logically and smoothly gather together, especially they can appear first, and then reveal their identities and backgrounds during the unfolding of the plot, which is very convenient for narrative.
b. A cramped and complex spatial structure. There are many mysteries that can be made - basement, upstairs, roof, courtyard, various rooms, secret passages and even under the floor.
c. It is convenient to make an empty and exotic sense. Can be literary, can be weird. (For example, the Baghdad Café)
Although the title of the film directly gives the background, on the whole, this film makes full use of the above advantages.
- The actors' performances are very dramatic. The faces and lines are full of drama, and the camera is also specially designed to enhance the blessings, which is very powerful. For example, the conversation between Jia Ting and Huaian, on the face and under the table, is exciting.
- After entering the inn scene, who is doing what, character, relationship with each other, feelings, etc. are constantly displayed in the plot. For example, Huai'an and Mo Yan first appeared in Jin Xiangyu's eyes at the same time, indicating their close relationship; in the middle section, Jin Xiangyu and Huai'an bridal chamber, Mo Yan used wine to drown his sorrows; in the latter section, Huai'an healed Mo Yan once again Explain the flute; until the end, after Mo Yan sank, there is a close-up of the flute. The whole emotional line continues and escalates gradually, but it is completely different from Qiong Yao's expression. Then Maggie Cheung cooperated with those little actions, little eyes, little lines... worthy of being the queen of the movie.
- Action scenes make full use of the spatial structure. The best thing to watch is the second night. There are not a few lines, and many people on both sides in different rooms are silently attacking and defending, flickering and moving in the scattered moonlight. Maintaining some serenity and decency in front of it, the speed and rhythm are like the second movement of Prokofiev's first minor association... If there is current production technology, it must be dazzling and explosive.
-strength. The most powerful is cult. After cutting the whole sheep, Lu Xiaochuan put into the juicer, tsk tsk tsk. .
-Desert Feelings, Really. Westerns. Those folk songs made the national matchmaking less hideous.
I wanted to say that this film has a high degree of completion among similar films and can be called a leader, but is there really a "similar" film? Martial arts + western + cult + erotic + drama? (Don't tell me about the thorns..) More like Wong Fei Hung or more like The Hateful Eight?
When I was a child, apart from being frightened and distressed for Qingxia, I only remembered wondering, "Then why didn't you come to escort him since he was so powerful?" .
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