Presented by DISNEY. "Hahahahahaha, Mulan is a household weaving, I don't hear the sound of the machine, but I hear the female sigh..." ——Northern Dynasty Folk Song This may be an American animated film, and it is also the first Disney animated film to be born with Chinese elements. . From the "Eastern Learning to the West" in the Han and Tang Dynasties to the "Western Learning to the East" when the direction reversed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the absorption and inversion of Eastern culture in Europe and the United States always makes people see many unique things. There is a bit of paper-cut and shadow play style. Although the whole article is full of "Western style", the pictures are full of sincere oriental elements, freehand ink painting texture, dragons, arches, abacus, imperial court, chess, kites and many more. , are "humbly and modest". According to the news material at that time - "In order to make the film have a distinct oriental style, Disney sent a group of creative staff to mainland China for field inspection and research. Their footprints have spread all over Beijing, Datong, Xi'an, Luoyang, Dunhuang and other famous cultural cities. , visited museums and art galleries around the world, and visited Jiayuguan in person to experience the magnificence of the Great Wall, and collected a large amount of information. In addition, hundreds of Disney animators spent time learning the condensed and vivid artistic style and balance and harmony that traditional Chinese art pays attention to. of art philosophy, and pondering the style and technique of imitating Chinese traditional painting." Really, I can't deny it. When reviewing this film, I am also reflecting on why I have resisted almost all domestic films in recent years. Maybe the picture is not refined enough, maybe the acting is clumsy, maybe the setting is too random, maybe the plot feels abrupt , maybe it's just that I can't find anything in it that makes me feel reflective -- if it makes me feel like I'm spending money and wasting precious time. To sum it up is nothing more than three words: badly shot. This is a film from nearly 20 years ago. It is said that it was a masterpiece that took 600 painters and took 4 years to carve. I use my own superficial experience to assist the omnipotent Internet. It seems that there is no animation film in China that has been carefully polished by 600 artists for 4 years, and even, to put it a bit too much, there are not even non-animation films. Work slowly and work hard. Compared with the follow-up DreamWorks "Kung Fu Panda", I can really feel that "MULAN" is the pinnacle of Hollywood's use of Chinese elements to create films, and "Panda" only borrowed GONG FU's "skill", the whole film seems to be filled with strong ink and wash feelings, and it just suffocates a strong aroma of coffee beans. Let's talk about this later. In addition, this is also a work that pays tribute to women. I can't help but think about the issue of gender discrimination. Today, the values of male superiority hidden in many Chinese TV dramas can be said to be poisoning generation after generation. In simple terms, the status setting of the male and female protagonists can be seen. An ancient Chinese story that could have been a perfect example of female heroism, but was not well adopted and carried forward by the people where it originated, this time, I don't even want to give it a sigh.
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