's "Introduction to Architecture" is not a very attractive movie title, but the "Introduction to Architecture" in the movie is very tempting to me. One is because of the way the teacher teaches, and the other is because of the content of the teacher's class.
"Take a trip near where you live. The alleys, roads, and buildings that you usually pass by casually, carefully observe these, and take pictures as records. Observe the place where you live, love it, and understand it. This is the introduction to architecture. The beginning."
This is also the beginning of a relationship. In an introduction to architecture class, from the beginning to the end, two people who were originally unrelated, had an intersection in their lives. Yang Ruiyan and Li Shengmin take the bus together every day, and go on various long or short trips together on weekends, and their love slowly grows in the process.
Simply put, "Introduction to Architecture" is such a story about first love. Therefore, in terms of plot, many pictures are actually not new. Planting flowers in empty houses, walking on railroad tracks, stealing kisses, moving houses, promises in the first snow, misunderstandings, etc., are all common settings in the field of small freshness and literature. However, looking casual, in fact, it is still obvious in terms of the sense of age, such as CD players, such as BB players.
From the point of view of the entire film, Introduction to Architecture advances at the intersection of reality and memory. The above is the memory part of the film. At the beginning of the film, Yang Ruiyan came to Li Shengmin to build a house. Finding Li Shengmin's address from the old students' association, it can be seen that Yang Ruiyan put a lot of thought into it, and it also raised two questions: why do you want to build a house, why do you ask him to build a house. It is from these two questions that the memory begins.
The house is the central element of the entire film. Li Shengmin said that if you know why you build a house, you can build a house that suits you. This sentence probably satisfied the heroine's little vanity, and felt that he actually wanted to know more about her excuses, which means that he still cared about her and didn't forget her. What Li Shengmin cared about was why he had to be asked to build this house. In fact, there is only one simple reason: she wants to know how he is doing now and what it is like.
With the development of the plot, in the memory part of a trip named "The Life You Want", Yang Ruiyan talked about the future, "Being a rich man, building a house in such a place, it's up to you", and also mentioned wanting What kind of house do you want to live in. This also answers the question at the beginning.
The whole movie is like that. The real part can be roughly divided into the following four sections: the beginning of the encounter is the beginning; the gift-giving is unsuccessful, this is the commitment; the food stall is crying, this is the turn; The memory part is equivalent to the supplement to the reality part, and can be roughly divided into four parts: the first encounter in class, this is affection; the travel companion, this is affection; the confession has not been completed, this is affection; Love is broken. From the goodbye to the memory of the first encounter, from the moment of love, to the beauty of nostalgia, from the cry after drinking to understand the sadness of the love at that time, and from the construction of the house to continue the disappointment of the original love, reality and memory are independent of each other, and mirror each other.
The scene of meeting at the beginning of the film is very interesting: Yang Ruiyan (pretend) asks generously, how have you been all these years. But who knew that Li Shengmin (pretending) was so puzzled by the style, and actually asked, who are you. How embarrassing she must be, she had to ask again weakly, don't you remember me? At that moment, the heroine's expressions and movements were really interesting. From smiling all over to standing up, she was extremely aggrieved. She must have been blocked to death and angry. When Li Shengmin seemed to realize it suddenly, when the two sat down to chat, the heroine immediately asked, how could you forget me. That tone was really unbearable.
Wasn't there a hypocritical saying? "We haven't been in touch for a long time, and it feels like we will never see you again in this lifetime. Some things are not a knot, but a scar. Those secrets that can't be told will become an excuse for us never to meet. Always I was thinking, many years later, if you and I would never contact you like this, but suddenly one day, standing in a noisy crowd, staring at each other, how much courage does it take to say the first sentence ." We can vaguely understand Yang Ruiyan's feelings when she said the first sentence, and we can even speculate that she had decided to find him to build a house, but the emotional tone of this film is not this kind of sadness, but a kind of relief, a kind of The fulfillment of the old agreement was restored.
Of course there may be injuries, but it is not love that hurts, but memories. Li Shengmin in college was like a mother, and it was impossible for him to compete or resist, and he didn't even dare to confess. Yang Ruiyan knew that he secretly kissed her, but she actually liked him in her heart, thinking that he was her first love, but because of Li Shengmin's misunderstanding, this love affair with each other finally fell apart, and it must be said that it is a pity. Until now, I finally have the opportunity to fulfill each other's agreement, build the house, and make up for the regret at the beginning. Just like the line said: "It is also a happy thing to wait for spring to hold a small hope." This kind of happiness has nothing to do with continuing the front, but comes from finally understanding the misunderstandings at the beginning. The two return to their respective real lives, but the memories have become better since then.
In addition, there are two other suspense in the movie: one is whether senior brother Gao Shuaifu has slept with Yang Ruiyan in the end. The answer is of course no. In terms of emotional inclination, no male diaosi audience will be willing; in terms of plot analysis, it is unlikely, because before entering the room, Zaixu tried to kiss Yang Ruiyan twice, indicating that she is still sober. In addition, at the end of the movie, she said that Li Shengmin was his first love, and Yang Ruiyan at that time would not give herself to others because of her feelings.
The second suspense is whether the male and female protagonists make up for the original shot after the kiss. This is like "Jiang Ai" ten years later, but in fact, it is meaningless to go further. Why? This is a small fresh movie, not an urban emotional drama.
Jokingly, ex-girlfriend VS current girlfriend is the most interesting, isn't it? Not to mention the first love VS fiancee, not to mention that the first love is still a divorced young woman. This kind of movie about the reunion of lovers in the old days is not new. There are "Breakup Contract" in China, and "Will Love" far away. I personally think that the best example of this type of subject matter is probably the series "Sunrise-Sunset-Midnight", where the male and female protagonists (in fact, they can't be regarded as old lovers) meet every nine years, and every time they meet, they don't. To make an appointment, let me talk to myself about the time of the last movie; as for "Jiangai", I just want to make up for the unfinished shot of the year; "Breakup Contract" is a low-end pretend love. In contrast, "Introduction to Architecture" is much more.
The so-called memory study is the song, the sketch of the house, the model of the house, and the first love that ended without speaking. Because it is a study, there are imperfections; and because it is a study, it becomes the truest story.
2014/3/16
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