The era of cinema has changed dramatically, and there is more and more discussion about a film. Many people are biased against domestic films, but among the many films, there is one film that still maintains a very high rating during the decades of film development.
It is "Farewell My Concubine", although it was filmed more than 20 years ago, in the hearts of many people, it still symbolizes the pinnacle of Chinese cinema. I'm sure most people have seen the movie, if not seen it in person, at least heard of it.
I've repeated this movie, and every time, I have a lot of insights.
The film is more than two hours long, spanning the story before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, making people feel as if they are experiencing a person's life and the history of a country.
The tone of the film is gentle, with a deep sense of melancholy, as if the cloudy day of the southern plum rainy season is neither wet nor hot, but just stuffy. At the beginning of the movie, Jiang Wenli played the dusty woman who amazed me, her beauty has a unique charm, like the sunshine in the lake, although it is invisible, but it is full of attraction.
At the beginning of the movie, I followed the footsteps of this dusty woman and experienced the life of the old society.
The shot from black and white to color in the movie is so wonderful, as an ordinary viewer, although I can't fully understand the deep meaning that director Chen Kaige wants to express, but this shot really attracted me deeply.
This contrast of black and color brings a good visual experience to the audience, which is also a feature of Chen Kaige's films, which are very beautiful both sensually and visually.
For the sake of her child, the Lady of Wind and Dust sent him to the troupe, because she understood what a child who grew up in this environment would be like. Although this decision seems a bit "cheap", it may be his best choice for the troupe, which is also from the bottom of society.
Judging by the subsequent episodes, it's hard to say whether it's a good or bad decision, because a lot of things aren't always so simple to judge, as in this movie"Fate is changeable"Throughout the film, it not only influences the characters in the film, but also reflects the changing characteristics of that era.
* Cheng Dieyi is a typical.
Cheng Dieyi's beauty is both his luck and his misfortune. This beauty has made him successful in his career, but it has also caused him to suffer inhuman treatment. What would his life be like if he didn't have this beauty?
His senior brother Duan Xiaolou is a person with backbone and responsibility, but why would he give up the people around him at a critical moment? How did he go from refusing to sing to the Japanese to being afraid during the Cultural Revolution?
The classic shot that Cheng Dieyi said to Duan Xiaolou has already foreshadowed the ending. Duan Xiaolou was hesitant in the face of Cheng Dieyi's affection. He is a real-life person, he can act well, and he can see through the world.
If there were no turmoil in life, he should be the kind of person who lives transparently. However, living in troubled times, people often can't help themselves. Duan Xiaolou, who was elegant and had responsibilities in the flower building and the theater, may have died on the day Yuan Siye was tried.
He saw that Yuan Siye had also been hit like this in the past, and gradually, he began to feel confused about this world. He realized that the old society no longer applied here.
He's seen so much that he's probably exhausted. So during the Cultural Revolution, he didn't have the responsibility he had before, Duan Xiaolou, who would rather die than sing to the Japanese, was dead, and the rest were just ordinary citizens of Beijing, or even regarded as"Four old"The section of the small building.
Duan Xiaolou passed away"Juxian"And with it. In the love-hate entanglement of the three protagonists, Ju Xian, as the heroine, used to be the top brand of Hualou. Juxian is a product of the old society, and it is also a misfortune brought about by the old society.
She has a strong personality and a distinct self, which is similar to Duan Xiaolou. In Juxian's view, living a good life is the most important thing. However, she is not a bad person.
Although emotionally incompatible with Cheng Dieyi, when Cheng Dieyi was most vulnerable and helpless, Juxian still took him in. There is a moving scene in the movie, that is, Juxian hugs Cheng Dieyi after being addicted to drugs for the first time.
The unique quality of the old movie makes this picture warm and touching, so that you can't think about the deep meaning behind the camera, only feel the maternal brilliance emanating from that beautiful woman.
In the end, Juxian commits suicide, and the tragic ending is sad. I have always thought that Juxian's way of liking Duan Xiaolou is different from the way Cheng Dieyi likes Duan Xiaolou, which is more like Cheng Dieyi's obsession with Peking Opera.
For Juxian, Duan Xiaolou is her spiritual sustenance and her courage to confront the world. As long as Duan Xiaolou admits her, no matter what she does, no matter how others spit on her, she doesn't care.
She only cared about the man who accepted her back then.
However, in the end, even the man gave up on her, and she lost the courage to confront the world, so she chose to give up. Juxian was not a person who was content with her fate from the beginning, and in the beginning, she did not cater to those rogue guests.
This woman's fierceness is not the arrogance after meeting a man, but her innate fighting spirit. I don't think this dusty woman is great or extraordinary, compared to the many women who dared to shed blood and sacrifice in that era, she is not worth remembering.
I just feel sorry that a fierce woman was finally destroyed by love. Even now, this is a question worth pondering. As the heroine of this movie, Juxian's existence actually plays a role in pulling the audience back to reality, and she balances the gender trend of the character relationship.
At the same time, her existence also foreshadows the tragedy of this movie, people in unequal relationships will not compromise easily, and the ending is doomed to be tragic. Actually, I don't have much to say about the protagonist Cheng Dieyi.
His character is very distinctive, and it is there. Cheng Dieyi is really a tragic character from beginning to end. He is a rare Peking Opera genius, and although he is famous, he is still born at the wrong time.
He met the light that illuminated his life, but unfortunately it did not belong to him.
Cheng Dieyi is everyone's Cheng Dieyi, and Peking Opera is not his own Peking Opera, even if it is an apprentice he cultivated, he chose to turn his back on him in the end. In the course of Cheng Dieyi's life, he has never really had anything.
In those turbulent times, he was always a lonely and helpless man. Director Chen Kaige successfully created the role of Cheng Dieyi, or Leslie Cheung gave Cheng Dieyi life.
Some people say that the role of Cheng Dieyi changed Leslie Cheung, and some people even think that Leslie Cheung's final suicide has a great relationship with this role. Indeed, after Leslie Cheung played Cheng Dieyi, the role he created was no longer as sunny as when he debuted.
This is an actor's professionalism and acting level. Now, when people mention the movie "Farewell My Concubine", most of them praise Cheng Dieyi's obsession with Peking Opera and his wrong love for his brother.
However, from this magnificent work, we can see the transformation of China from the old society to the new one.
Cheng Dieyi's life is like a dreamlike dream, complex and slightly illusory, just like the chaotic era. Therefore, every time I ** "Farewell My Concubine", I will be deeply touched.
Whether it's a love-hate entanglement or an affectionate obsession, I often think: If it weren't for such times, would such stories still happen? But if in a time of peace and prosperity, would such a story still be so moving?
After watching a movie, it is like listening to a story and experiencing a kind of life, and with Duan Xiaolou's "Little Bean", the story is over. But I think it was her dream that kept her alive, otherwise why would she be alive after the Cultural Revolution?
The long-lost stage allowed her to find a familiar dream, in fact, you realize that he is not an indistinguishable person, he is just willing to let himself live like this.