Self-esteem and narcissism in a lifetime--"Evil in the East and Poison in the West"

Jabari 2022-04-21 09:03:04

When the old version of "Dong Xie Xi Du" came out, it was an anomaly in that era. The peaks of Hong Kong's ancient costume martial arts films before were "Unbeaten in the East" and "New Dragon Inn". "The fight is dark and dark, I don't know who is fighting whom, the flirting is overwhelming, and I don't know who has feelings for whom", this sentence is At that time, a newspaper commented on such martial arts films. "Evil in the East" was quite avant-garde when it came out, and the dialogue and structure were full of mystery, which had a special attraction. Subsequent comments believed that the film was clearly an emotional drama for urbanites. However, because the expression is quite stream of consciousness and has a sense of music, it has been a sign of witnessing petty bourgeoisie for quite some time.
Went to the cinema today to relive this lesson. Because it is not a new film, the performances, dialogues, etc. are not shown. Here we only talk about the changes in concepts related to this film. What was avant-garde at the time is now a classic. The core of the classical concept lies in the logic of "one lifetime". Because I believe in a lifetime, I believe in Mr. Perfect, I believe in the best choice only once in a lifetime, so I become very concerned about what I gain and what I have lost, my self-esteem also pricks up my ears, and compromise becomes far away. According to the analysis of "greed, hatred, ignorance, arrogance and suspicion" in Buddhism, each role seems to be involved. Xidu and Maggie Cheung missed the opportunity because of their own restraint. The fault lies in "slowness" - pride. Lin Qingxia became "hatred" because of a joke. It seems that she doesn't particularly like Dongxie, but longs to be the favorite of others. "She didn't love him, but wanted to confirm the other party's love for her." Later, she practiced swords with reflections, which further proved that she loved herself the most, and a man was just a mirror used to prove that she was worthy. Hong Qi, Hong Qipo, and Yang Cai Ni all have "idiot" as their personalities, their goals are simple, and their attitudes are persistent. It's just that in the movie, Hong Qi doesn't wear shoes, he is a hardworking public, his requirements are not high, and his wife is not beautiful, so he cannot be used as a petty bourgeois reference. Dongxie's characteristic is probably "suspicious", how many women he likes, this is suspicious.
Falling in love is easy, but getting along is difficult. Human nature is originally complicated. Driven by love, one falls into "greed, hatred, ignorance, slow suspicion", and destroying the relationship itself is mostly the fate of the first love.
Modern consciousness may not presuppose that there is only one best partner in one's life. Bernard Shaw said that for one person, there are about 20,000 people in the world who can be partners, regardless of race, culture, geography, language, etc. Restrictions, there are dozens of people who can spend their married life together. This probably uses probability theory to analyze and use social operations. Therefore, in such an era, it may be too fairy tale to believe that this person must be the real Son of Heaven. More often, not only are the available people diverse in dimensions, but the percentage of personality fit is also difficult to measure. It is basically unthinkable to complete its achievements in one battle, and prudent and in-depth experience of diversified opposite-sex interactions is the only way to gradually develop cognition. Judging from this operational method, the emotional logic of "Dong Xie Xi Du" is actually not far from Qiongyao's, that is, the characters spend too little time on understanding the richness of human nature and self, and more are the self-confidence of young boys and girls. love game. The emotional problem in this movie is not actually a emotional problem, but a problem of self-awareness itself. Leslie Cheung said that "the only way not to be rejected by others is to reject others first", which is a typical symptom of low emotional intelligence, and this kind of low emotional intelligence happens to occur under the concept of a lifetime.
There are more and more leftover women in this era. Of course, there are many reasons. The concept of life and self-esteem and narcissism caused by education may be two of the reasons. The overdevelopment of modern advertising, media, and entertainment industries has infinitely increased the dimension of society, and diversified social interactions may gradually become a social norm. The love of a lifetime has increasingly become the dramatic logic of some classical art.

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  • Kale 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    It feels like the whole film is about love, love, love, killing, killing, killing, like reading a bad and vulgar novel written by a junior high school girl. It's full of posturing lines, and dizzy fight scenes for people watching without frames. It doesn't even feel like a nice interior set, as if all the characters are dirty. I really can't appreciate it.

  • Maribel 2022-03-21 09:03:01

    I want to be in that desert, lonely and cold, but I don't want to leave, and there is that altar that makes people no longer suffer from drunken life and dreams

Ashes of Time quotes

  • The Woman: Why didn't you let him know I live here?

    Huang Yao-shi: You didn't ask me to.

    The Woman: [sobbing] You are too honest!

  • Blind Swordsman: My doctor said I will go completely blind when I reach 30.

    Ou-yang Feng: So how old are you?

    Blind Swordsman: Almost 30.