Not One Less evaluation action

2022-01-23 08:03
"Not One Less" tells a simple, simple but touching story, with a kind of warmth and sweetness that makes the audience irresistible. The film is somewhat similar to the Italian neo-realist film, using non-professional actors, real and natural light shooting, extensive use of medium and long-range, calm and restrained long shots, to maintain the objectivity and integrity of the space and performance. The film embodies Zhang Yimou's superb artistic control, realism style, and pure and simple; through the use of scene design, editing and soundtrack, it is sensational but not kitsch. However, in addition to the artistic level, the greater significance of the film may lie in its insight into social reality   .
However, Zhang Yimou's way of solving contradictions in reality is a bit too idealistic   . The end of the film ends in the scene where the children write and draw with colored chalk, which is a typical romantic ending. A film can change a person's destiny, but it cannot change the poverty and backwardness of education in a region; a director can smear the end of his film with a layer of romanticism, but he cannot smear the grim social reality in the same way. Romanticism   .Comprehensive review of")
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  • Duane 2022-04-24 07:01:23

    [20200210] Because I remembered that "Sherlock on the Plains" was also played by non-professional actors, I went to watch it. Both stories take place in the countryside of Hebei, and feature the experience of the villagers entering the city, and even some of the "ordinary jokes" have a sense of deja vu. As a film, it is quite ordinary. The white feeling of an amateur in the close-up shot is in strong contrast with the natural, relaxed, and real life in the medium and long-range shots, tearing the mood of the film and reducing it to a long-form vlog showing traces of performance; the gap between urban and rural areas is reduced. Issues such as inequality between the rich and the poor (the village head with several dishes on the white wall and the open table and Zhang Huike, who was forced to drop out of school), and rural education conditions are too cruel for the 13-year-old protagonist. The village civilization and village rules represented by the protagonist have a huge conflict with the city rules, leaving her dazed and overwhelmed, and the village-style "unreasonable" presented reveals the director's almost malicious perspective. Finally, the hasty and unreasonable comedy ending is simply ironic. It is a domestic film tradition to beautify it with patches to pass the trial. Twenty years later, I still have the impression of crying in front of the camera, but my feelings are very different.

  • Laurie 2022-04-22 07:01:49

    Three and a half stars, very similar to "Where Is My Friend's Home", the great thing is to find the most authentic reactions and unmarked performances of the characters when they deal with different situations. If it doesn't come out, the audience's expectation is actually a bunch of bitter and vengeful chatter, but it doesn't fit the character, and it shows the indifference of the city and the bad roots of the countryside. But the passage of a few boys wandering is certainly a serious disruption to the perspective

Not One Less quotes

  • TV Host: Do you like the city?

    Zhang Huike: Yes.

    TV Host: What is good about it?

    Zhang Huike: The city is beautiful and prosperous. Much better than the country.

    TV Host: What's the most lasting impression?

    Zhang Huike: That I had to beg for food. I will always remember that.

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