Since the release of "Article 20", the film industry has been filled with an atmosphere of anticipation and excitement. Zhang Yimou's work can be described as ambitious, with a luxurious cast and superb production team, all for one goal - to surpass Tsui Hark and become a leading figure in Chinese cinema.
At present, Zhang Yimou has successfully surpassed Chen Sicheng with the box office of his new film and has become the second highest-grossing director in China.
Let's talk about Zhang Yimou's new movie.
Zhang Yimou's last movie "Solid as a Rock", the selling point is the scale.
The problem is that the scale was originally quite large, but it was cut to pieces, and with the funny reshoots, in the eyes of the audience, it is not so violent.
I still want to shoot large-scale themes, but I am afraid of repeating the mistakes of "Solid as a Rock", what should I do?
"Zhang Yimou thought of a good way.
Filmed into a Chinese New Year comedy.
Under the cloak of comedy, there can be very violent themes.
This is exactly the case with the Spring Festival file "Article 20".
When I saw the plot introduction, I was curious, Article 20 is Article 20 of the Criminal Law, which talks about legitimate defense, a movie with a legal theme, how will Zhang Yimou present it in the form of a Chinese New Year comedy?
He really shot it like that, and the degree of completion was very high. The rhythm is smooth, the story is complete, and there is a slight jump between the comedy and the main drama, but the whole is not separated.
Zhang Yimou filmed legitimate defense, but in fact, he filmed bullying.
You think it's a legal issue, but it's actually a social status issue.
There is a very wonderful scene in the film, where Han Ming and his wife use playing cards to explain the family situation to their son. Those few playing cards represent the human society.
In a humane society, solving problems depends on social status and social relations.
The law was once tilted in the direction of unfairness and injustice in Wang Yongqiang's case, because Liu Wenjing's side was already more powerful, and because in the humane society, the village tyrants already had a greater right to speak, and they would cause trouble, in contrast, Wang Yongqiang and Hao Xiuping were completely inferior.
Hao Xiuping is deaf and mute, and this setting is ruthless enough. Zhang Yimou's expression is very simple, Hao Xiuping, who is completely disadvantaged, is unable to speak, and her demands cannot be heard by others, so it is difficult to get the fairness and justice she wants.
What to do? Staying at the level of serious movies is actually incomprehensible.
In other words, the expression that Zhang Yimou really wants to do also stays here at "no solution".
The key node of the whole movie is Hao Xiuping played by Zhao Liying jumping off the building.
In Hao Xiuping's simple thinking, the only thing she has value is life, and only by jumping off the building can she make things bigger and have a chance to fight for her husband.
She can't make a sound, she can only take her life to speak, if everyone is forced to die, won't the village tyrant's behavior be even more excessive?
To put it bluntly, this is also a kind of way of treating others in the way of others, the village bully Mr. Liu and them are trying to influence the procuratorate to handle the case, and Hao Xiuping is trying to influence the procuratorate to handle the case by jumping off the building.
In the film, Hao Xiuping's desperate gamble succeeded, she reversed the situation with her serious injury, and received the attention of the high-level, which led to Han Ming's generous statement at the press conference, and finally made the case miraculously handled fairly.
But I believe that everyone understands when they watch the movie that the film really belongs to the realistic part, and it will end when Hao Xiuping jumps off the building. What will be the ending after Hao Xiuping jumps off the building, Zhang Yimou didn't shoot it, and he didn't have to shoot it.
She jumped down, and with a loud bang, it was already shaking the hearts of the audience.
The story after she woke up became a fairy tale for the Spring Festival.
But most viewers are willing to accept the ending of "Article 20" as it is.
Because we all understand that if we really shoot according to realism, this story is too bitter, so bitter that it is like many people's real life, and at this time of the Spring Festival, when you walk into the cinema, everyone really doesn't want to experience that bitterness again.
Although fairy tales are fake, they have the benefits of being fake.
After all, the "real" part, Zhang Yimou did not fail to shoot.
Frankly speaking, "Article 20", as a comedy, is not brilliant. The laughter is basically output by the quarrel between Lei Jiayin and Ma Li, and the comedy elements are basically presented by second-rate sketch-style jokes, which are slightly noisy and not advanced.
But this is not a brilliant comedy, but it successfully wrapped Zhang Yimou's large-scale expression, allowing fans to see that Zhang Yimou, who is past his prime, still has courage and still has something to stick to.
February**Dynamic Incentive Plan He can make movies in the form of sketches, but the core of his movies is still ruthless.