Kind gold: Li Yingai, Nietzsche and postmodern decadence aesthetics

Lukas 2021-12-30 17:21:26

Christian supernaturalism is gradually being replaced by naturalistic and secular views, but this does not necessarily lead to a more pleasant view of history... Therefore, as one of the most naturalistic leaders of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci played a major role in the world. Distressed by the spectacle that ended in a catastrophe, he no longer imagined the catastrophe as a sacred judgment, but imagined it as a catastrophe that all people, no matter what merits they have, will suffer the same torment... Saffronola’s extensive response to the vicious attacks on Renaissance society also shows that at the end of the fifteenth century, many Italians saw their time as an opportunity for crisis and corruption. In other words, the Renaissance was overflowing. His optimism is nothing more than a myth.
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...... starring Lee Young-ae. The storyline is omitted. If you are interested, go to Baidu's content profile or download the movie. ... For a



long time there hasn't been a film that I can write for it, but this one is an exception. According to the aesthetics of the brain-disabled generation, this is not a good-looking film, with chaotic content (a kind of post-modern messy narrative), dark and depressing tone, but the expression technique has a decadent aesthetic. Next, I will talk about postmodern decadence aesthetics.



In Nietzsche's later work "On Wagner" (1988), Nietzsche pointed out that decadence has become the core theme of his philosophy. Nietzsche stated in the article, "Nothing has attracted my attention more deeply than the problem of decadence. Good and evil are just a variant of this problem. Once you have discovered the symptoms of decadence and a keen eye, you will also understand morality-understanding What is hidden under its sacred name and values: a poor life, a will to end, a high degree of burnout. Morality denies life."



In "The Kind Gold", Li Yingai's theme is precisely a kind of postmodern decadence that denies life with morality and denies non-belief with faith. When the pastor found her, hoping that she could continue to believe in Christ, she took out a Buddhist scripture and said: I have converted to the Buddha, but this scripture hides the blueprints for making murderous tools. On the other hand, Li Yingai went to bed with a boy 14 years younger than him and told him not to let the candle light go out. Christ is abstinent, and Li Yingai is sexually open. She can skillfully take off the boy's pants and at the same time preach to the boy who is lying in bed aftertaste.



How to understand, might as well go back to Nietzsche, in order to understand Nietzsche’s passionate criticism of decadence—in fact, there is also the profound dialectics of his philosophy as a whole. What kind of value is health to morbidity? Let's talk about decadence from personal experience. In Nietzsche's eyes, Wagner was his disease, not that he wanted to have no feelings for this disease.



In the autobiography of Ben Nietzsche, "Behold, This I", Nietzsche further talked about his dual nature. "My father is dead long ago, as my mother is still alive and getting old" was described by Nietzsche as "a decadence and a beginning at the same time." Nietzsche has more signs of rising decadence than anyone before him. A sharper sense of smell and insight.



At the beginning of the film, the pastor hopes that Li Yingai, who is released from prison, can eat pure white tofu to cleanse her sins. Only religion can be so troublesome. If the wine and meat pass through the intestines, the Buddha stays in his heart. Will eating tofu be able to cleanse sins? ? In my opinion, the only function of tofu is to let the masturbation of the postgraduate students who are studying Chen Xiankui or Ren Rufen's political textbooks use it for masturbation. ...And at the end of the film, Li Yingai buried her head in the snow-white cake. The coldness of the snowy night and the warmth of the lights formed a sharp contrast-such as Van Gogh's famous paintings, street cafes-and Bai Xue and Bai The cake forms an analogy again. The barefoot of the daughter and Li Young-ae’s military uniform form a visual impact of cold and warm colors. The young boy who loves Li Young-ae stands in the distance lens, and Li Young-ae and his helpless daughter embrace each other and occupy the close angle. This group The long lens, combined with the warm hymn, perfectly portrays the beauty and decadence of postmodernism. No faith is the greatest faith.



Long shots are usually redundant and tiresome, but this long set of decadent long shots warms my heart. Long, too long attachments have been impossible to recover for many years, such as the 13 years that Li Yingai spent in prison. Unfortunately, long means a cycle of decay and decadence. After all this, in Nietzsche's sense of decadence, from a pathological point of view, the concept and value of healthier, looking down at the secret operation of decadent instinct from the abundance and confidence of a rich life. Value must be revalued.



For Li Yingai in the film, like Nietzsche, the decadent strategy is a typical lie. Liars deceive by imitating beliefs or even religious beliefs. The truth of imitation has also become a kind of "super truth" that is more real than reality. (Baudrillard). The hatred of life is decadence, which can be easily disguised as a superb pilgrimage to life. This power makes weak and powerful, exhausted, and cowardly.



But it must be sobering that decadence is dangerous. It always pretends to be "anti-matter". When material encounters "anti-matter," it will perish, just as the "Communist Manifesto" said: "All solid things disappear. Now, everything that is holy is defiled.”



Decadence is a tragic force that can give birth to great love and great hatred. This contradictory attitude of love and hatred can shine on the sky, like Li Yingai Revenge was planned for 13 years. The loss of the will to life leads to an attitude of revenge towards life, and self-salvation through hatred.



Therefore, a person can be sickly and weak, but does not need to be decadent: only a person who wishes and desires weakness is a decadent person. Therefore, weakness is only a goal, as a kind of self-deception in the aesthetic sense. Instead of self-salvation.

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