Director Ning Hao is indeed a person who is very good at learning from the West. From this "Crazy Stone" to last year's Chinese road film "No Man's Land", he is a director who likes to combine Chinese and Western. Many people say that this is a mashup, this is blind, but what we have to consider is , Chinese movies started later than the West. Since Run Run Shaw, there has been a precedent for imitating the West to create "China's Hollywood". As long as the method is appropriate, I think this will be more beneficial than working behind closed doors. We can't say that Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone" completely imitated "Big Smoking Gun". He also added a lot of his own elements, his own ideas and new ideas. He was able to use Western techniques to successfully create this milestone in Chinese comedy. Then he must have done a great job. From the film, we can see the real efforts of the directors and actors. Ning Hao not only imitated Western films, but also added a lot of Chinese elements to the film, making the film a true black with connotation. Humor. If you look closely in the film, you will find that it is not only a humorous film, but some of its details and some foreshadowings laid by the director have actually become an important factor in its success.
There are many reasons for its success. First of all, the content of the film is very down-to-earth. The narrative of the whole film is simple and straightforward. Although it is an art film, it does not have any artistic temperament that pretends to be noble or esoteric. The plot of the characters is close to life. The ordinary people watching the movie resonate, and the story line is clear and compact, well-organized, and there is no suspicion of conspiracy. For example, there are three multi-linear narratives in the film, one is a series of disasters caused by Coke hitting the windshield, and the other is the black skin and the small. The plot of Jun's first time stealing jade and almost getting caught, and the other is that Brother Dao rode a motorcycle to grab an old bag's backpack. Both adopted the method of cross montage to cross-cut two actions that occurred in different spaces at the same time. It constitutes a tense atmosphere and a strong sense of rhythm. It explains the cause and effect of the incident from different angles, so that the audience can understand the context of the story more clearly and easily. It is very clear and compact, and there is no delay. The dialogues in the film are almost all in dialects, Tianjin dialect, Chongqing dialect, and Hong Kong mandarin. It is a hodgepodge of dialects. Is it possible that, as Li An said, it is a metaphorical resistance of Ning Hao to the unification of local languages? We don't know, we just know that few of the people around us speak Mandarin in daily life, which reflects the down-to-earth nature of the movie and the characteristics of being close to the common people, and the dialect has its own unique feel. Sometimes the dialect dialogue can make some sentences have a high laugh point. The sentence "I'm hitting your lungs" must have been all the rage at the time. The laugh point of the script dialogue is also the key to improving the quality of low-cost comedies. For example, "Love" Apartment" is one of the comedies that succeeded by relying on dialogue. There are also some full-bodied characters with their own characteristics, which also add a lot to the film. For example, Dao, the leader of the thief, is a thief, but he has a strong sense of social responsibility and a high level of education. "Voyeurism", "Smallness can lead to big plans", and naively calling a lawyer for cheating on his girlfriend, lamenting "the world has changed" with tears in the bathroom, etc. The audience finds it funny and unexpected. This is not the behavior of a thief. These behaviors make the character richer and more interesting, more realistic and lovely. In addition, the storyline of this movie is very interesting, and the script itself is hard enough. As a result, this small investment film did not feel like a small family, so a good script is the hardware that supports the small investment film.
The success of "Crazy Stone" is not only because of its "crazy" montage, but also because it reflects many Chinese social realities. For example, when Xie Xiaomeng said "the uterus" on the cable car and when Sanbao opened the balcony to open the door, a woman disdainfully said "hooligan", which shows that people in Chinese society still have the traditional idea of protection. "Womb" is originally a professional term for human reproductive organs, but in the hearts of traditional Chinese people, it is a hooligan word, and climbing the balcony to open the door is a last resort but a normal thing, but in the eyes of the Chinese, it is a hooligan thing to escape as a last resort Is it a problem of Chinese society or a problem of Chinese people's own thinking? I think Chinese people with residual thoughts are all worthy of serious reflection on this matter. Although it is not easy to completely change the legacy of these thousands of years, we should also learn not to let some backward and closed thoughts shackle us. hands and feet, blinded our eyes. Dao Ge and a group of people colluded in the subway to try to deceive people. The people next to them saw that they immediately avoided the plague and fled far away. This is also a kind of irony of the director, not to show how high the awareness of Chinese people is. , but it is very sad to say that a group of Chinese people who are no longer simply willing to sacrifice their own instincts and kindness to protect themselves, I think this is more intuitive than the "Xiaoyueyue Incident" to let the audience see the innocence and integrity that have passed away. The sophisticated face. There is another person worth mentioning in the film, that is Director Xie. Back then, he asked Bao Shihong to protect the jadeite. He kept saying that because he wanted to save money and send it to the workers in the factory, people could not help but sigh: what a kind leader he is. what! Later, he not only did not reopen the factory, but also sold the entire factory under Feng Dong's coercion and inducement. He was inconsistent with some leading officials in China, and his irresponsibility towards his subordinates was unreliable. These are all performances of Ning Hao's questioning of some Chinese powers through films. In addition to these details, the storyline of the whole film is also full of practical significance. All the people who are scheming in black humor are not well rewarded. Those who are caught are caught and those who are killed are killed, which also reflects the more deliberate thinking The more difficult it is to get what you want. On the contrary, Lao Bao finally got the real jade, but they didn't know that it might be regarded as a fake for their whole life. But from another point of view, the stone itself has nothing special. It originally comes from nature, and it doesn’t matter whether it is good or bad. It is human beings who set its value and divide it into three, six, nine, etc. with money. In fact, Feng Dong finally used He bought the fake at a high price of 8.5 million. He thought it was a "real gem", so it was worth the price, but if you don't know the stone that can be exchanged for a lot of money around your neck, then it is also worth it. no value, just so
The film has received rave reviews, but it does not mean that "Crazy Stone" has no shortcomings and deficiencies. Many of its obscure picture details are too short-lived and subtle, such as the black skin serving the second master Guan, and some reflecting the reality. The deliberate arrangement of the film, etc., you need to watch it a second time to realize it. The editing of the screen is too fast, which tests the audience's eyesight a bit, and there is not enough time to express the deliberate details of the director. Maybe this is due to the limitation of time and funds, or it may be some other factor, but it also lets us know that if we want to have a film and television work that can be used on the stage, we need not only our own hardware, but also more software to support it. Wan's small-cost production of big-success movies is, after all, a minority. If you want a good return, you still need a certain amount of investment. We oppose shoddy production, and believe that only movies made with heart and effort can become good products, but even if there is no money, it should not and cannot be a reason for the poor quality of movies. "Crazy Stone" has played a leading role for us. Therefore, we are all looking forward to the increasing number of Chinese emissaries like Ning Hao, who are sincere and sincere from the East and the West, and continue to contribute to the development of Chinese films.
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