How did I come up with Xiangji Xuanzhi?
In the middle of the film, little Raymond planted the pear seeds he brought back from the countryside in the small courtyard of Briggs' old house. In the final scene of the film, this small seed has grown into a pavilion like a roof. big tree.
"There is a loquat tree in the courtyard, which was planted by my wife in the year of her death, and now it is as tall as a roof."
Use a tree to entrust your thoughts, from east to west, nothing more than that.
"London Family" is a rather unpopular animation, especially like period dramas that are often played in our country, such as "Year After Year" and "Wang Gui and Anna".
Or we can use a more familiar movie as an analogy, some like the animated version of "The Thief of the Years", "The True Story of Old Hong Kong", "Golden Rooster"... It's strange, why do I always compare Hong Kong movies?
Hong Kong people are always willing to miss the past years, maybe it is related to the present melancholy. The reason for melancholy is that in the eyes of Hong Kong filmmakers, it is not because of the stagnation of economic development, but more because of the melancholy. Due to the decline of the former port-opening culture, the Internet has become increasingly developed, and the former port culture, which combines Chinese and Western cultures, has gradually been diluted and wiped out.
Xiangji Xuan, the old South Pavilion. The room is only abbot, which can accommodate one person. A century-old house, seepage of dust and mud, Yuze bets
The protagonists of the film, the Briggs and his wife, briefly introduced their encounter and love, and the stage of the story was quickly switched to a two-story building in Lambeth District, where they married, lived, had children, and greeted each other. The world changed until death, and lived here for the last 40 years of his life.
In a small building, they have experienced the rise of Hitler, the bombing of London, the transfer of children, the raid of the V2 missile, the rise of the Labour Party, and Armstrong's giant leap for mankind.
In this small building, they also witnessed the emergence of gas stoves, the liberation of housewives by washing machines and automatic dry cleaners, televisions, home telephones, home cars and so on.
Family affairs, state affairs and world affairs revolve around this couple and this old house.
Mother knocked on the door with her finger and said, 'Is it cold? Craving? '
The whole story is the personal experience of the author and his parents, so in addition to telling the love of the old Briggs couple, their love for their son Raymond is also the highlight of the film.
Ethel gave birth to a child at an advanced age. Although the overall style of the film is calm, it also makes the audience quite nervous in this part. In the delivery room, this anxiety can be transmitted to the audience through the screen, and the doctor's diagnosis that Ethel can't have another child when the doctor goes downstairs is quite bleak.
In fact, in the film, the doctor appears in the old house twice, the former represents the arrival of new life, while the latter heralds the withering of life.
As we can see in the film, as little Raymond grows up day by day, the position of the old Briggs in his life is also changing, from difficult births, separations in war, and growing pains , differences in career choice and study, opinions on the son's other half, etc., we can see the longing, love, pride, worry, rebellion, and complaints between parents and sons.
But everything, everything shown in the film, in the slow piano at the end, all melted into a deep love.
It is worth mentioning that the soundtrack in this film is really rich and colorful, and it also fits the style of the times in the film, including blues, piano, rock and so on, as if it turned on the radio at that time.
In the next six years, my wife died and the house was not repaired.
I think the only tearful point in this film, which is also the intentional breaking point of the film, is when Ethel dies.
The style is still stable, and it can even be said to describe everything calmly, but the feelings accumulated before, at the moment when old Obst and little Raymond called, and when little Raymond choked on the phone, Tears welled up in my eyes.
It is because of every minute before that we have been brought into the lives of the old Briggs and substituted into our lives, and because of this, at this moment, more or less, we are born with the characters in the film. With empathy, joys, sorrows and sorrows are successfully linked together.
That moment was just heartbreaking.
After experiencing this moment, it made me more accepting of the death of old Obst a few minutes later. The animation is too vivid for the one of his death. The open mouth, the age spots and wrinkles on the face are all too vivid. Tell us about the passing of a life.
I've been thinking, what is the purpose of a movie trying to portray the life of a person and a family?
What do you want the audience to gain?
It does not bring powerful audio-visual shocks, nor does it have the inversion brain-burning of a head-scratching drink, that is, it cannot refresh the eyes and entertain the brain.
So what is the selling point of this theme?
I think, for the domestic audience, it is a kind of empathy and curiosity. At this moment, the audience does not want to look at a family history, but brings into this family, we seem to be a part, we are anxiously looking forward to the next event in this family, we always want to live It's getting better and better, I don't want to admit it in my heart, life is always full of twists and turns, and we are always waiting for the sword of Damocles to fall in the film. On the other hand, our Chinese people know very little about the changes in British family and social life. In this film, we see things and history that we are not familiar with, which is also a kind of curiosity.
Although the film is presented with a bland narrative and plot, the advantage of animation over live-action films is that it can also attract audiences through artistic elements such as a more artistic style of painting and the author's painting style. . The film has a strong hand-painted watercolor style, but it can also be seen in the dynamic that the help of computer CG is remembered.
This film seems plain as water, but the shock after the end can be evaluated with the following words-
Hear the thunder in a silent place
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