It was originally a memorable text from many years ago, but I discovered this movie by accident today, and I have a lot of thoughts!
The beginning of the movie is a cold and desolate scene, the sky is cloudy, and the river is full of worry. The lonely face-changing king and the desolate streets create a unique depressing atmosphere. Immediately after the camera switch, the face-changing king's street performance scene. "I drive a single leaf in a boat, and eat together on both sides of the river. " The smooth way of doing things actually lays the groundwork for the reversal of the later plot.
The word "Brother Pao" is mentioned many times throughout the film, "Brother Pao's family recognizes pornography and religion, and will never be sloppy."
Recognizing pornography and teaching means keeping promises and obeying the rules; Brother Pao originated from the Book of Songs, and it is said that he has no clothes, and he is in the same robe with his son. The core idea is to emphasize loyalty and friendship . The Pao Ge organization then established sub-rudders in various places in Bashu. The personnel can worship the wharf first, and then the local Pao Ge entertains and eats. If you are bullied outside and reveal your identity as a brother, other local members must have the money to contribute. The word "paoge" also fastens the face-changing king's life in the arena and his integrity .
Director Wu Tianming made a lot of ambush in the whole movie, which perfectly echoes the plot behind. The first sigh of the face-changing king in the movie: "My life is so good and my grandson is so old." It laid the groundwork for the ups and downs of the face-changing king in the whole movie. In the noisy night market, the local director called on the military division commander. The division commander introduced the local director as a local snake to the same seat, and the director immediately responded: "Master, you are the real local snake." He also arranged innate conditions for the subsequent successful rescue.
On the appearance of the "Living Guanyin" Boss Liang, eight carrying a large sedan chair, accompanied by his entourage, and the narration of passers-by, the audience, who was already the King of Face-changing, ran away to watch the famous "Living Guanyin", and the solitary King of Face-changing in stark contrast. They all have skills, but their status is very different. The face-changing skills revealed by the face-changing king made Liang Sulan's complex and changeable expressions go from surprise to admiration to admiration to admiration. In the middle of the journey, she lost her composure due to her unconcealed expression. And restore the dignified image of the Bodhisattva. As the saying goes, "A layman sees the fun, an expert sees the doorway." Liang Sulan went to greet him in person, expressing her appreciation and respect for the face-changing king.
In the teahouse meeting on the second day, the description of "Dou Shen Tang", the unique skill of the face-changing king, came to the fore, and immediately the core problem of the film appeared: "Although the mantle is small, it is passed down from men to women, and from inside to outside. .” It describes the deformity of society and the stubborn and decadent thinking of feudalism, and also reflects the loss of a large number of unique skills in China due to the closed inheritance of various unique memories.
In the chaotic human trafficking market, a sensible and multi-skilled female doll is no better than a male doll with a "small teapot mouth". The humbleness of women's society and the darkness of the times reflected the chaotic era at that time.
In the first encounter between the dog baby and the face-changing king, the director deliberately used the slow motion that he is good at, triggering the first spiritual collision of the hero and heroine in the layer-by-layer progression, and the plot officially cuts from the first stage to the second stage.
No accident, the dog baby was brought home by the face-changing king. where is home? Home is a lonely boat on the water, drifting and swaying on the river, and the first thing that the face-changing king brings the dog baby home is to show his unique skills . A tool that inherits the incense, a tool that continues the face-changing skills.
Guanyin also has a shocking big Buddha, a few voices resounding through the valley's grandfather, it seems that the face-changing king's life will start to develop as he expects, a few foul words, and a "You are the grandson of Ge Laozi, who is it? Dare to hit you!" The relationship between grandfather and grandson reached a small high point. At this time, the dog baby's face had already appeared unbearable, and couldn't bear to continue to hide the look of the face-changing king. The early experience described by the face-changing king on the ship re-emphasized that his life was hard, and the dog fell into contemplation again, showing the look that could not bear to be deceived.
And the face-changing king once again emphasized that "skills are passed on to men and not women, and they are passed on from inside to outside!" This idea is repeatedly emphasized in the film, reflecting the stubbornness of the pedantic thoughts of the people of that era, and the sincerity of that sad era. sigh.
In the scene where the dog baby first bakes his hands and then scratches his back, the face-changing king sells the ancestral sword at a low price for the dog baby, and the relationship between the face-changing king and the dog baby has risen to another new climax. Development, and I thought that the plot would develop smoothly and steadily, but immediately ushered in the biggest turning point of the film: the face-changing king broke his foot in the street gambling game, and the dog girl's daughter was exposed.
The experienced old Jianghu was actually deceived by a female doll. The huge gap in his heart made the face-changing king furious. The dog began to describe his tragic experience of being sold seven times, but the face-changing king still didn't want her. In the end, the dog baby jumped, jumped into the water to chase the face-changing king, to seize this hard-won family relationship, the plot reversed again, and finally the face-changing king continued to take in the dog baby, but he was not allowed to call his grandfather to call the boss And ended.
The next step is the dog's hard-working learning skills. It seems that he wants to prove to the face-changing king who said that women are inferior to men, and that he is worse than boys in everything except the teapot mouth. But the key is the small teapot mouth, the patriarchal ideology, and the influence of the "rules" of the ancestors, their relationship has never progressed further.
The ugly faces of the warlords in the show, and the wine boss's stealing and mixing with water were exposed, which seemed to confirm the darkness of this society and the humble status of the actors . He sighed, but also sighed his inner pride and dissatisfaction with the dark society, but he was powerless. The sentence "Are you a little water in the wine, or is there a little wine in the water" all showed the great irony of the face-changing king towards them.
Gouwa steals wine, and the face-changing king slaps her, "If you have the ability to travel all over the world, you can't move an inch without the ability."
God's gift was stolen, and the climax of the movie is about to come.
In terms of the details of life, the face-changing king loves the dog from the bottom of his heart, but he sighs: how good it would be if it were a boy. It can be seen that the stubborn ideology of feudalism makes the mouth of the teapot always a knot in the heart of the face-changing king that is not easy to untangle.
The dog baby peeps at the Facebook boat being burned, and finally the face-changing king drives the dog baby away. The lonely dog baby is caught again by the traffickers, and he meets the squire's son Tianci, and the plot begins to develop to a climax.
The spiritual monkey took the photo of the face-changing king and the dog baby to the face-changing king. The face-changing king reluctantly tore up the photo. Maybe he thought he would never meet the dog baby in this life. , Knowing that grandpa wanted a grandson with a small teapot mouth most, so he gave the son to the face-changing king. The joyful face-changing king learned that it was not a gift from God but was sent by the dog, and he shouted heartbreakingly outside the boat, shouting his reluctance and deep guilt for the dog.
Immediately afterwards, the incident began to turn again, the plot reached its climax, the face-changing king was arrested, the dog did his best to rescue, the help of the living Guanyin and the bodhisattva, and even at the cost of his life, he jumped out the film's theme: "The world is hot and cold, There is true love in the world! ”
In the end, Gouwa's grandfather sounded, reflecting that the face-changing king untied the knot in his heart, broke through his stubborn thoughts, and broke the so-called ancestor's rules. After all kinds of life and death hardships, the grandfather and grandson finally came to the best ending: the face-changing king finally devoted all his skills to the dog, and no longer hated the daughter!
The show is over! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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