Because it is a remake of Zhang Ai's work, it is naturally a must-see. Although a certain kind of chanting fanaticism has passed, it is not only a kind of memorial service, but also a kind of ceremony and a must. What's more, Zhang Ai's work itself is a series of movies, and it has been played in my mind countless times. Everyone's movies are different. I just want to see how far theirs are from mine. . In my impression, Liming and Wu Qianlian's "Half-Life" resonates very much with the version in my mind. Or "Lust and Caution".
Let's talk about the movie first. Ang Lee is a big shot, and what he shoots is a real "blockbuster" that is extremely professional and atmospheric and has a very award-winning nature. Just like his appearance and clothes, it feels like going up to the nine layers of the sky and going down to the ten layers of hell are all the atmospheres that can be collected. is a feature film. Nature and movies like "The Sun Also Rises" and "Letter from a Strange Woman" are not on the same level at all. These two are just playing tickets, but Ang Lee is serious and sacred, and regards movies as the object of his career and life. to respect. Just like Calvino's writing, I can feel their "academic rigor" attitude. ——Although this word has been abused by university regulations, it is indeed a few words that weigh thousands of pounds if you think about it carefully. attitude decides everything. Is that what Milou said? Totally agree. Speaking of attitude, Feng Xiaogang bravely admitted in the slogan of "Assembly" (returning to the sincerity of the New Year) that his "Night Banquet" was a big joke about the Chinese costume blockbuster and himself. This joke is intentional. But judging from the results, he may not have regretted it. After all, he played two tricks of "Tai Ping Quan" in the follow-up battle that ravaged "Chinese movies", and he also paid more or less the price of "not guaranteeing the evening festival" in order to enjoy the addiction. Far away again. In short, after watching Lust, Caution (even the abridged version...) in the cinema, I was convinced. Rated 4 stars. In the selection of actors, Tang Wei was very successful (how could her name not match her appearance?), the wives who played mahjong were very successful (Chen Chong, He Saifei, "Aunt Xue", etc.), Liang Chaowei was not a failure, but it was a departure from the original work" "Mr. Yi" image, the original Mr. Yi should be smiling slightly - there are many places in this place that are contrary to the original work, I will talk about it later. The most unsuccessful is Wang Leehom. He became the culprit behind my many laughter, even wild laughter.
There are still quite a few classic lines of Lust and Caution. A must buy when the DVD version comes out. Bought and re-stated. I only remember one sentence here - "Quickly kill, if you don't kill again, the school will start." As soon as this sentence came out, the childishness and recklessness of several students had already appeared, which made people feel sad and ridiculous. Let's count the differences between the movie version of each character and the original book and reality.
Wang Jiazhi:
The female student in the original book is beautiful, indifferent and a little confused. She has no obvious revolutionary tendency. It is not so much that she was moved by the revolution as she was moved by Kwong Yumin's enthusiasm, but he was used by him out of confused feelings. She is Zhang Ai herself. Holding the idea of "I love you, but what does this have to do with you?", I am desperately strong and willing. But suddenly one day, I suddenly felt that everything was so worthless. Suddenly found that she has always loved these people, but who loves her? Understand her, who cares about her? Her father (this one in the movie is not bad, like Zhang Ai.)? Kwong Yumin? Or the underground party? Or was she just full of disappointment and despair. What's more, her feelings were vague and uncertain from the beginning. In the original book, her sentence "I'm stupid anyway" means that she was used for a walk to pay back "the mute eats berberine, it's hard to say". Why did she accept this task? And no one forced her. Did she really join in because she loved Kwong Yumin? She wasn't even sure about that. In the end, it was difficult to ride a tiger and suffered a lot. A head full of nothing but a "let's end this quick" thought. She is like a drowning person, and Mr. Yi's little warmth has become the life-saving straw. He gave her even the most hypocritical warmth when she was most vulnerable. And for such a lonely and vulnerable woman, warmth, she just couldn't control that much at that moment. Anyway, it was over, it was just that moment, and it was just a moment when a moth fluttered into the fire.
It is precisely the point of Wang Jiazhi's revolutionary tendency that is not prominent in the film, but it is vaguely felt. I don't know what angle it is, is it because of the consideration of being censored? Everything in the movie, whether it's emotions or contradictions, is too sharp. I have to say that I still think it's not subtle enough. His sharpness has obliterated so many possibilities. Wang Jiazhi's feelings for Kwong Yumin are so real, and she also said, "You could have done it three years ago, why not?" It was full of feminine resentment. --Russian. . Suddenly it occurred to her that she might be referring to her first night. That would be a failure. Wang Jiazhi is resentful, but she will never say it. What is she for? That "cheap Liang Runsheng" night was reasonable. She just complained silently, and it was difficult to say a word when she opened her mouth. - She deserves it. She is so perfect in the movie. She is tough, courageous, versatile and resourceful. But what about in reality? Zheng Pingru is a reckless and reckless revolutionary beautiful girl, completely a plaything of Ding Mo Village. What about in the original? She is a complete loser. She didn't understand what she wanted, she met the wrong person at the wrong time and made the wrong choice, which made her life and feelings so small that she became the victim and the laughing stock of the evil and cruel people and things of this era. . This is Zhang Ai's self-deprecating "I'm really blind".
But there is something interesting about the movie. She seems to have a suicide poison like the beautiful killers in "Women's Rangers" (an old film starring He Qing, which is still very interesting.) (The difference is that the poison of the Women's Rangers is sewn into the collar, it is estimated that Li An The uncle had a reference, and then thought: Don't glamorous lovers change their clothes? So the design said: I must try to swallow it before they grab your hand.). But Wang Jiazhi didn't eat it. Why? Because she still has hope. Because she wants Mr. Yi to spare her. ——Perhaps her hopes were not so blatant and sinful, or perhaps she did not know that she still had such hopes. She hopes that Mr. Yi will spare her the same way she spared him. She hoped that Mr. Yi was grateful. ——Even though she regretted it the moment she let him go. Even if her intelligence and reason told her it was impossible. But her feelings left her with a glimmer of hope, a hope of sin, enough to make her hopeless in the evening. sigh. I think this is a good addition. This seems to be a hidden gap, allowing me to get a glimpse of Ang Lee's understanding of Lust and Caution - it's very accurate.
In the movie, Wang Jiazhi's fascination is simply to the core. And it's innate. Really amazing. And she is very integrated with her whole person. She was standing in the dim light by the window (not the naked back shot, the famous one was deleted), leaning over the bed and smiling, really, really, really" Yan", downright stunning "Yan". It is exactly the scene where Zhang Aishi was mentioned in "This Life and This World". Although it is not so sunny, so "eyes are full of laughter", but it is very similar, something that seeps out of a woman's bones. And I was really surprised to find that she was really self-taught, and she consciously initiated the "beauty plan" - it was indeed Mr. Yi who seduced her first. She was more or less willing, active, and deliberately wanting something to happen to prove something. - This is even more apparent in the original. "It was almost necessary to lift and dangle both breasts in front of him." ——She is really indifferent and skilled to a certain extent, very concubine style——She and concubines are basically the same, but everyone pursues different things, no one can tell how noble, because the methods are the same of.
I can't help but praise Tang Wei again for the good selection of the actor. Although the image of her schoolgirl is too strong rather than pretty. But it does leave me thinking of a better person. ——How horrible it would be if Liu Yifei came to play. . . .
(I really want to say, why did I write so much...it's just Wang Jiazhi...)
Mr. Yi:
Mr. Yi in the movie is called Yi Mocheng. The moment he handed out the business card I couldn't help screaming - go back and check what's on the business card. . (Alice is very helpless at this time...) Obviously: Yi Mocheng = Mr. Yi + Ding Mocun + Hu Lancheng. Uncle Ang is not very good at playing this word game. In fact, there is no need for such bright and dark things. Moreover, Mr. Yi in the movie and in the original book are a thousand miles away from the one in reality.
Mr. Yi in the movie is secretly cold and very "spy", SM's perverted, but he has a real love for Wang Jiazhi, will cry, and will sit in the room where she once lived to pay tribute. But what about the original? Wang Jiazhi and Mr. Yi are not on the same level at all. Opponents are not a heavyweight at all. Mr. Yi is smiling and kind, and is really "gentle and ruthless" (haha!). It can even be said to be a bit understandably maddening. He has a typical "lover attitude" towards Wang Jiazhi, it doesn't matter, and he is showing off his pride as a trophy. When everything was over and he stood in the shadows watching the wives play mahjong, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth. "He thinks he has a confidante", such a beautiful and intelligent woman, she willingly sacrificed not only her body, not only her life but even her faith, but even the lives of others for him. God, what an honor, what a dazzling medal on the chest. In this respect, Mr. Yi is a complete copy of Hu Lancheng. In this life, Hu Lancheng defines himself as a lover, and between the lines there is an expression of elevating himself by praising his woman. Not that he was immoral. His feelings for each woman are not sincere enough. Compared with Mr. Yi, Hu Lancheng's feelings are much more sincere, and he didn't mean to play around in it. The biggest thing he and Mr. Yi have in common is selfishness, feeling that he is higher than any previous, present and future woman. Even if Zhang Ai is the most beautiful flower, it blooms in the dust on the bottom of his feet. ——Sigh, in fact, this also partly depends on the servility in a woman's heart. ——When Zhang Ai said that his heart was a flower in the dust, what we felt was not sadness and lamentation, but moved and resonated.
Let's go back and talk about Tony Leung's performance. I can't say that adapting the original is necessarily a failure. The contradictions and humanity in the film are more generalized and easier to understand. In the movie, his perversion, condolences, grief, and desire to talk are all normal, popular, and perhaps it can be said that this is the complete human nature. (I can't help but wonder if Tony Leung discovered the potential of his own evolution after he was injured and decided to make it develop by leaps and bounds...) But this is not Zhang Ai's style. Zhang Ai's style is to force everything into a dark corner. Dark to death. Completely hopeless. But movies are not allowed to be made like this. I also have to say that the current lust and quit may be the best result. A balanced combination of resilience and artistic performance.
I want to add another sentence, the meaning of Wang Jiazhi may be just for the smile on the corner of Mr. Yi's mouth. She really left nothing. The same is true. For Hu Lancheng, it is just a medal to show off to the next lover and future generations, so Zhang Ai and Xiao Zhou feel that it is not worth it, and it is worthless. However, Zhang Ai was far from exhausted to the point of being unable to come back to life. ——Xiao Zhou is still young in the end, and he doesn’t have that kind of literature and art. So Zhang Ai and her talent died together with this marriage. So fragile. I can't help but sigh, a woman's talent and career turned out to be so fragile and powerless in the face of love. sigh.
After talking a lot about this, I decided to talk about Kwong Yumin as little as possible.
In fact, in Lust, Caution, all men are villains. Including this passionate revolutionary youth. In fact, blood boiling and greed have the same meaning. They were all carried away by something and did unforgivable things. Such as using the feelings of those who love themselves, such as cowardice against conscience. Compared with Mr. Yi, Wang Jiazhi hates Kwong Yumin more. Because Mr. Yi should be like this, he should kill her mercilessly. This is the rule of the game. But what about Kwong Yumin? He should be strong, he should be kind, he should be passionate. But why is he selfish, why is he being used, why is he using others? Wang Jiazhi is the one at the end. The mantis catches the cicada, followed by the oriole. But the cicada is always the most miserable one, at least the mantis will not starve to death. The character in the movie is ridiculous. The first is the accent, sigh, this kind of Mandarin even keeps shouting slogans. Fake. ridiculous. Countless laughter. Playing with many big names, Leehom Wang is still too tender, and his wife is too tender. I don't even know, is this a positive character in the movie? But he was not likable, I just thought he was a hot-blooded idiot. Pulling people into the water indiscriminately, what does he want? I think he doesn't just have that noble pursuit. In fact, at that time, a person like him was more likely to want a name and a look of reverence. Why did he revolutionize? It is probably the same reason to follow the fashion of today's young people. sad.
Finally, the old Wu. How much effort did Uncle Ang spend to imply that he is not the Communist Party. It's open-mouthed "Chongqing side" again, it's also "weapons given to us by the United States", and it's also "we will send you to the UK after the mission is over". sigh. In the original book, Lao Wu has very few appearances. Just after seeing Kuang Yumin and the others raising eyebrows, a superior appeared in the air. This is also understandable. It is one of the manifestations of the underground party using the student movement to engage in revolution. It also happened to suit Kwong Yumin's appetite, and connected with the underground party - a symbol of sublimation to another height. In the end, they were arrested, but Lao Wu slipped away, and completely ignored their life and death (from the beginning, they had no regard for their life or death, their success rate was 10%, but the mortality rate was 100%, Lao Wu people I know this very well, but let them do it, and provide them with some conditions. Sigh. How can I describe it better?).
Director Ang Lee put a lot of effort into making all the inexplicable things in the original work reasonable and reasonable. People can't figure out any problems like the hair in "Promise". But it does make people feel that every shot and every detail has been worked hard, very delicate and very attentive work. Especially for people like me who have been fascinated by Zhang Ailing, they can imagine it. For example, the scene where they practiced drinking bottles was a very typical Hong Kong beach. Zhang Ailing wrote Bai Liusu and Fan Liuyuan to escape the "Huangtupo Hongtupo". It is almost a reincarnation-like desolation. The part of Wang Jiazhi who joined in singing Suzhou Tanci (is it Suzhou Tanci?) is very touching, but it should be the audience who moved, not Mr. Yi. Mr. Yi should clapp his hands and applaud, and then immediately hit him.
In the cafe, Mr. Yi said: "It's easy to talk to you" (to the effect). This sentence is very resonant. This is the reason why most people cheat - one is an early adopter, the other is easy. In fact, the derailment of Lust and Caution is two-sided. The reason why Mr. Yi fell in love with Wang Jiazhi was to free him from his heavy life, so that he could have no burden, even if it was just for a moment. - He couldn't see what she wanted from him. (At this point, the original book is more reasonable, because the reason for Mrs. Mak's derailment in the original is to retaliate against her husband for playing with the dancers. But to be honest, the reason for Mrs. Mak in the movie is more for livelihood considerations. It is also very reasonable and simpler. Money after all It's easier to handle.) The reason for Wang Jiazhi's emotional derailment is to escape. It has been analyzed above. Her life is equally heavy, even more heavy than Mr. Yi.
Now I think, why is Eileen Chang's novel called Lust, Caution?
Because of eroticism, harming others and harming yourself will make everything out of control. Should be abstained.
Finish.
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