2018 120 Movie Watching Program Part 09
by / Director of Bow Valley
January passed in a flash, and I watched ten domestic films throughout January, and each film gave me a different feeling.
Someone asked me, why do I have to choose 120 movies to watch, will it be tiring?
In fact, I chose these 120 movies just to be able to plan well, and I was afraid that I would give up halfway when I was lazy. On the other hand, these movies involve different directors and countries. Every time I watch a movie, I will learn about the movie and the director. It can be regarded as a kind of dabbling in this aspect.
But to be honest, this month is quite stressful, especially at the end of the year, I feel even more tired. Sometimes after watching a movie, I feel a lot of emotions but I can't write anything, it's very uncomfortable. For example, after watching "Changing Face" today, I have many, many thoughts and feelings in my heart, but I can't write.
Before talking about this movie, let me share a paragraph I saw in the comments, which is very interesting.
I watched this movie when I was very young, curled up on the sofa and cried like an idiot. I didn’t have a mobile phone at that time, so I wrote a letter to the girl I liked very excitedly, and then she bought a Nicolas Cage’s “Face Change (Dish Face Double”) Xiong)", she wrote back that it was strange for me to cry, and we have never communicated since then.
(Is it a bit low to laugh...)
I am Wu Tianming, the director I knew from "A Hundred Birds and a Phoenix" two years ago. In comparison, I prefer his earlier "Face Change". I remember the extreme way that Xuanfa Fang knelt down and begged to arrange the film, which made me a little disgusted. Later, the production team of "Glitter Girl" who copied the same model knelt down and begged for the film arrangement made me feel more artificial. They are all good movies. necessary.
And it is also "A Hundred Years of Chaofeng", I just learned that Wu Tianming died in 2014, before the movie was released.
And because after watching "Face Change" this time, I went to check the relevant information of Wu Tianming, only to find out that this person is so awesome.
"The Godfather of the Fifth Generation", he made the Northwest film rise from China, and "Old Well" and "Changing Face" achieved his artistic peak. He is still a "Bole in the film industry", Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Huang Jianxin, Gu Changwei... These big directors are all from his command.
He also slammed his protégé: "Nowadays, some filmmakers only care about making money and give up their social responsibilities. We need to dig deeper into the national spirit. I asked Zhang Yimou, what do you want to tell people about "Three Shots and Pai An Surprise"?!"
Zhang Yimou has not made a positive reply, and in 2014 Zhang Yimou released a "Return" starring Chen Daoming and Gong Li, hoping that "the boss (Wu Tianming) will take a look and hope to hear some opinions on me from his mouth. ." In the same year, Wu Tianming passed away, I really don't know if Director Wu saw this sincere work by Zhang Yimou.
"I can't do anything else in my life except for movies." Director Wu said during his lifetime, which sounds awe-inspiring and makes me very envious of an attitude towards life.
If one day you can calmly tell others: "I can't do anything else in this life." Maybe it will be the most successful time.
Let's talk about this movie. Do you know what I was thinking about when I was watching Face Change? I've been thinking about why there are so many good domestic films, but I can't find any resources with clearer and better picture quality.
This movie tells a story: the face-changing artist Wang Ran is alone, and his home is a boat. Because he abides by the ancestral rule of "passing on men and not women, and passing on inside and not outside", the unique skill of changing faces is facing loss. In the black market transaction, he bought the clever dog baby with five oceans. He wanted him to inherit the incense, but he did not expect that an accident out of the street would expose the dog baby girl. The angry face-changing king wanted to drive the dog away, but he couldn't resist his hardships, so he changed his name to "boss", and the two still teamed up to perform. Unable to hold back, the curious dog baby peeked at Facebook in the middle of the night, and accidentally set off a boat fire, and the place where the two lived was burned to the ground. Gouwa felt shameless and left quietly, but she was always grateful for the kindness of the face-changing king. In the end, Gouwa almost sacrificed her life to save him.
The patriarchy of that era was far more serious than imagined. Not only in the black market of kidnapping and selling children, the price of boys is much higher than that of girls, but even wealthy families also dislike girls. In such an era, even people with good intentions will still be changed by the world.
The face-changing king is like this. He is affectionate and righteous. He knows that Gouwa is behind his daughter, and he is still thinking about it. But people can't get rid of the deep-rooted feudal ideology. Even though the stubborn face-changing king feels distressed for the dog, he still stubbornly maintains the ancestral motto of "passing on men and not women".
What's wrong with my daughter? She can cook, wash clothes, perform in the street, and help face-changing Wang Rao's back itchy... If it wasn't for the dog's curiosity to peek at the face-changing king's face under the oil lamp at night, burn down the whole boat and change his face. Perhaps the king treated her like his own daughter, and even taught her the art of changing faces.
Fortunately, the movie is beautiful, there is a "living Buddha" Liang Sulan who will be mistaken for a villain at first, there is a kind-hearted hotel seller, there is a teacher who is willing to help when he is in trouble, and there is a kind and kind. Happy ending.
In such a difficult feudal society, the world is cold and people are panicking. If you don't have enough food and clothing, you can only sell children. It is estimated that there are only a few people who have a spark of humanity in their hearts, which can make the world look a little warmer.
"Changing Faces" is not only a complaint against the thinking of that old era, but also a kind of inheritance of the traditional cultural "face changing" skills. Maybe if I hadn't watched this movie, I would slowly forget how magical the face changing is. Art.
At that time, the Spring Festival Gala always wondered, how many masks were hidden in the hats by the people on stage?
To this day, I still don't understand how the "face change" is done, but it's okay, maybe only with curiosity about it in my heart can I have the belief of "unforgettable".
The face-changing king said, "Live on yourself, and go all over the world without asking for others." Isn't that the truth?
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