Long-standing reputation, admiring it.
When I looked closely at the director, Yang Dechang, I had even greater expectations, because it produced "Yi Yi", which I liked very much.
Whether it's arty or genuine, it can't escape the comment of "Taiwan Group Portraits in the 1960s". Of course, I didn't know it before watching the movie. I don't know when I developed a problem. For films with high expectations, I will never read reviews in advance. When you don't know what to do in your heart, you will only look at other people's opinions. Obviously, Yang Dechang's films belong to the former.
I remember that people often say that "Forrest Gump" is a piece of modern American history, and people often talk about the big and small events that flash in the film, and they are looking for it like an easter egg with a magnifying glass. "Guling Street Teenage Murder" is of course not so detailed, because Yang Dechang is good at depicting delicate and ordinary life scenes, so he can only look for clues in the details, but I am still shocked and admired by the details of the film.
He really is making movies with his heart.
1. In the 49th year of the Republic of China,
this film was adapted from real events. It was the first case of homicide of minors in the Republic of China. The prototype of "Little Four" was Mao Wu, an alumnus of Yang Dechang's student days, and a second-year student in the night club of Jianguo Middle School. Rejecting him, on the evening of June 15, 1961, he came to Guling Street to negotiate with his girlfriend. When the negotiation failed, he stabbed her seven times, killing her on the spot. After the incident, it caused a sensation in Taiwan, and the newspapers and magazines summarized the incident as "a delinquent juvenile commits murder in love".
It took Yang Dechang a long, long time to lay the groundwork. Like "One One", the rhythm was slow at the beginning, and he had enough patience to lay the groundwork, because the longer the sharpening of the knife, the sharper the moment it was pierced, The more caught off guard, and the soldiers are not bloody.
Around the 30s of the Republic of China, millions of Chinese moved to Taiwan with the Nationalist government. Most of these people just wanted a stable job and a stable growth environment for the next generation. However, in the process of growing up this next generation, they found that their parents are living in the unknown and fear of the future. These teenagers, in this uneasy atmosphere, often organize gangs to strengthen their young and weak will to survive.
The background is declared in white words on a black background. This is a well-known murder case, and it is also a documentary history of a young man's innocent heart being destroyed by this world step by step.
Dark night + low light, long shots (and no BGM) appear and used in the film in large numbers, and the reappearance of Taiwan's history from the perspective of small people are the characteristics of new Taiwanese films.
When the family was eating, my mother said, "I have fought with the Japanese for eight years, and now I live in a Japanese house and listen to Japanese songs", so the decoration and furniture of Xiaosi's family are all Japanese-style.
Forty-ninth year of the Republic of China (1960) Distance Day. rule. During the period (fifty years from 1895 to 1945), only 15 years have passed. Taiwanese foreigners and locals have very different attitudes towards Japan. Most of the foreigners have emigrated from the mainland and are hostile to the Japanese who invaded their homeland. Under the strong brainwashing of the Japanese, there was a deviation in thinking, which is probably the early form of the current Taiwan blue-green dispute. At that time, the development was not as extreme and violent as it is now at certain specific times, but the silhouette is reflected in the gang disputes among children—the "217" gang represented by the second-generation children of the military, and the local people ( And the "Little Park" gang entrenched by non-military second-generation out-of-province people such as Xiao Si).
South and North, each with its own flavor. Most of them are Taiwanese, but the local accents of the parents’ generations are hard to change, so I think the Taiwanese accents should be very lively in those days. speak Taiwanese.
Dad listened to the news in Shanghai mandarin from the radio anchor: "But", for the international master, his experience is very limited, facing the country. time. common. party. The conspiracy of the camp, I think, the American people are also not at ease to hand over the throne of the president to a young guy like this. "This refers to the 1960 US presidential election, where the Democratic Kennedy and Republican Nixon contests were in full swing, and in the end, the American people handed over the country to the youngest president in American history, Kennedy, who was 43 years old.
Slick . My father flipped through the newspaper and asked about the news of the credit report? Lao Yan said, "The above has spoken, only the Central Daily", which is the profile of you in Taiwan. The newspapers are banned, only the Central Daily.
On the day my father was brought to the political trial, the radio broadcasted news: In the low-lying areas along the southwestern coast of Taiwan, we should beware of sea water inflows. In terms of the sea, all vessels sailing and mooring in the seas near Taiwan should be on strict guard. In 1959, Taiwan did have the August 7 floods, but it was a year earlier than the time in the film, and the central and southern parts of the country were seriously affected.
2. About the movie, about the youth,
Kuling Street is Taiwan Day. rule. The dormitory area of the Governor's Mansion during the period gradually formed a book street after World War II.
Zhang Zhen starred in this film when he was fifteen years old. The name of Xiao Si in the film is also Zhang Zhen, and the father of Xiao Si is played by Zhang Zhen's father Zhang Guozhu, who is also called Zhang Guozhu in the film. The second brother of Xiao Si is played by Zhang Zhen's brother Zhang Han.
Zhang Zhennen could pinch out the water. Everyone's junior high school age is indeed like that. Some boys develop early, and some boys develop late. The height is extremely uneven, tall as a tiger, and short as a kitten.
The heroine Xiao Ming actually appeared very early - the little girl who served Zhang Guozhu tea at the beginning was Xiao Ming's first appearance.
The opening scene is an empty shot of nearly two minutes. There are pedestrians on the green road, the years are flowing slowly, the scenery is unique, and there is still no BGM.
He called his classmates the indecent nickname "breeches" and made fun of them by making up nursery rhymes.
Commenting on the frivolous behind-the-scenes remarks of passing pretty girls.
After the exam, I was anxious to get the answer.
Stealing a flashlight from the set will show off triumphantly, just like we are elated to win a glass bead.
Xiao Si gets dizzy when he turns on and off the lights, and bumps into Slicker and Xiao Ming on a date in the classroom, but he's not sure, so he will turn the lights on when he gets home, which attracts a reprimand from his mother.
My little sister's buttons are always sewn up and off. never fit.
The people from other provinces say "Damn your mother", and the local people say "Damn your mother".
The military village is a country. civil. After the party was defeated and retreated to Taiwan, the gathering place of their families was similar to the military compound.
The name of the military dependents' village is "217", which is probably the serial number of the father's generation in the army.
During the party, it was mentioned that my wife stayed in Taiwan alone, and the teacher (Mr. Xia) returned to the mainland, paving the way for my father to be censored later. My mother forgot to bring a graduation certificate from the normal school, so she had to issue a special appointment letter every year. Later, my father was arrested. politics. rule. force. As a result, my mother's teaching job was also affected and laid off.
2. Zhang Guozhu, the title of the day part or night part
, challenged the Joint Admissions Association, because of the abnormal Chinese results of the four, which caused the four to not be admitted to the day part.
In the 1960s, Taiwanese schools were divided into day and night departments. The night department was opened for children who worked part-time during the day. It was equivalent to the existence of "night schools", but classes started around 4 pm. On the whole, the children in the day group had better grades, and the night group was relatively mixed, which provided a hotbed for the unfolding of the event.
Zhang Guozhu entrusted Wang Gou's relationship, but also failed to convince the Joint Admissions Association. There were also personality factors. At that time, he was still the "always tough" father, and he didn't know how to adapt. It is also in line with Xiao Ming's creed - people like you are easy to suffer, the world will not be changed by you. Even if you entrust the relationship with the dog, your son still has to enter the night club, and he still has to go down the road of no return.
Zhang Guozhu lit a cigarette and listened to the admission list for the college entrance examination. He didn't know whether he was more depressed or expected more. There is no hope of turning over the test papers for the primary four, and he must be admitted to the night department, but the grades of the primary four are good. In the future, there will probably be a son Zhang Zhen's name in the admission list of a certain institution of higher learning, right?
At the end of the film, the radio is still broadcasting the admission list for the college entrance examination, and the boy with good grades and good grades is no longer there.
Later, he also devoted himself to the relationship and wanted the fourth to transfer to the day department, but it was not successful until the fourth was dropped out of school. Wang Gou, a college classmate who seems to be a good brother, always just says he wants to help, but he keeps dragging things out and doing nothing. Dad let out a long sigh at night and said to mom, I'm afraid that Xiao Si will learn badly.
Your fourth grader did not learn badly.
He just didn't learn to love.
3. It was the first time that Xiao Si was recorded as a major demerit.
Xiao Si wrote "Slippery can't escape this day" on the bed, because Shatou threatened Xiaosi to copy the answers for him during the exam during the day, and even called Xiaosi. Xiaosi's resentment was hard to disappear, but he At that time, I still believed that the system could give him a fair and innocent. So he thought, the slippery head will not escape this day, and Skynet will not miss it.
But later, the dean of teaching also made a big demerit for Xiao Si. This may be the initial impact on Xiao Si's values. It turns out that the system will not be fair to everyone. It turns out that the one who is bullied will be punished. It turns out that good people will not get good rewards. comfortable. In this incident, not only was he aggrieved and suffocated, but he was also remembered as a demerit, while the slicker was also recorded as a demerit, but he was able to feel refreshed in the violence of his fists.
The dean of the school is indifferent to the psychological state of the children and the truth of every dispute. He only enjoys the thrill of having the power to kill the students. In that chaotic and confused era, I was at a loss for what to do. The lack of teachers' morality caused those children in the night department who were ignorant and accidentally went the wrong way to grow up wantonly, and finally ended bleak. This has planted a seed in Xiao Si's heart - when the problem cannot be solved by taking the normal way and justice cannot be done, is it okay to resort to violence like a slicker?
Dad went on a rampage against Ning Zou's stubborn temper, and Xiao Si learned it thoroughly. After he came back from pleading with the dean, he was instead recorded a big demerit.
Dad: "If a person still apologizes and pleases him for the mistakes he has not made, what kind of person can't do?"
Xiao Si: "But I seem to think that there are too many such things in the world. Now.”
Dad: “I have read so many books to find out the truth of being a man. If in the end I still can’t be brave enough to believe him, what’s the point of being a man?”
Dad: “You have to believe that your future can pass through you. I changed it through my own efforts."
Little Si seemed to understand, but in the end he took the opposite path.
Dad: "Those who don't have a spring bag are very troublesome." It means a bad face.
Life will not love love, will love love, it will hurt love.
Before Xiao Si could wait for his father to explain, he fell into it and couldn't extricate himself. Even if Dad explained it, Xiao Si would probably still fall in love with Xiao Ming like an addiction. This is his calamity.
Fourth, a girl's face and a woman's charming bones
have such a kind of woman, charming by nature, and poisonous in her smile.
Yang Jingyi's eyebrows and eyes are not the beauty of the popular cookie-cutter face and big eyes, but there is a pure and seductive charm, thin eyebrows and light eyes, with a bit of classical charm. Under the aesthetics of that time, she may not be the most beautiful girl, but the girl in all boys' dreams.
Xiaoming and Xiaohu are on a date to play ball, the little doctor is touching Xiaoming's legs, and Xiaoming is dealing with various men, probably because he has a mother who is not in good health, and the girl from a single-parent family is precocious and learned at the age when he should be playing. Use your women's advantages to make men fascinated to provide shelter and convenience for yourself. For example, using the little doctor to reduce medical expenses for myself and my mother, and using honey to provide myself with a sense of security. After honey leaves, I can easily navigate among Slick, Xiao Hu, Xiao Si, and Pony.
The scene where Xiao Si met Xiao Ming was very beautiful, Xiao Ming had a shirt and black skirt, Xiao Si was wearing a light green school uniform, his hands were in his pockets, two pairs of backs, and the light was mottled, it was a familiar and beautiful taste of youth.
At this moment, Xiao Si, unlike the later one who couldn't turn back, Xiao Ming at this moment was as clean as a newborn baby.
There was only a little light leaking from the door on the studio at night, and it was a little dim, just like that era.
Xiao Ming said: "Laughing at you, you are so honest. People like you will suffer in the future. Honey is just like you, he is the most honest person. I always want to tell him that this world will not be You changed." She knows human feelings, is sophisticated, has clear eyes, and has a soft figure. She is pessimistic. Because of family reasons, her father died early and was dependent on others, so she did not believe that this dark world could be changed by people alone.
She desperately searched for a sense of security, but finally realized that it is better to ask for others than herself. A woman's sense of security can only be given to herself, and no one else is of any use. So she is ruthless. She said to Xiao Si and the little doctor: "Many people say they love me and want to chase me, but when trouble comes, they hide away." , so she was at odds with many people, because she felt that "I don't want anyone, and no one is useful".
5. Little Nerve, Little Nerve,
played by Xiaoma Ni Shujun, is the female character I admire the most in the whole article except my eldest sister. He is chivalrous and has a strong aura. He is a miss from Shandong, the boss of 217. He plays billiards coolly. Before Shandong died, he kept shouting "nerve, nerve, nerve..." Little nerve was crying in a mess, unable to speak. What is she thinking? Is there a moment when you hate Shandong for being the boss and hate yourself for being the boss?
I like Pony. I like Pony very much. If Tan Zhigang is still alive, I will definitely chase every movie he plays. He was born with a ruffian and handsome face, but he also had a chivalrous heart. If he was still alive - at worst, he would be on par with Zhang Zhen.
I admit, this is too subjective because I love ponies.
So I immediately watched it again on the day when Xining was stung by a bee and couldn't move to the Ta'er Temple.
Xiaoma is a person who really "brothers are like siblings, women are like clothes", he told Xiaosi more than once that "it's the most shameful to make yourself like this for the sake of missing", so he wanted to soak in whatever he wanted. Anyone who goes to soak will never hurt one's muscles or bones, and the miss, Xiao Cui and Xiao Ming are also the masters of the game world, no one takes it seriously, each gets what he needs. He also took Xiao Si to miss, and Si'er's first kiss was given to the girl he brought. He thought that Xiao Si, a good buddy, was like this. He felt that Xiao Si couldn't turn his face for a woman and a buddy.
6. The impact of honey's death on the fourth child
Honey came back with a lame leg. What surprised me was that she didn't look like a gangster. Instead, she was wearing a navy outfit. She was indeed "an honest man" as Xiao Ming said. As Xiao Ming's real boyfriend, she ran into Xiao Ming and Xiao Si are on a date, but they stop the slicker from leading people around and beating (the slang term means eating rotten rice) Xiao Si.
Honey and Xiao Si talked for a long time: "Actually, the people from the past are really similar to the people we come out to hang out with now. There was an old Bao (a fool), everyone thought he took the wrong medicine, and everyone in the city turned their heads up. (It should mean suffering), and it was set on fire everywhere. He was going to block Napoleon by himself, and was later cut off by a note. "War and Peace", I can't remember other martial arts novels, but this one "
In honey's eyes, Tolstoy's famous book "War and Peace" is just an impressive martial arts novel, because he spent too much time organizing gangs and became the boss of the small park, revealing that he was actually a gangster. The children of the gang are extremely immature, lack knowledge and common sense, and can easily go astray. This also heralds the ending of honey. He is a person with a heroic plot. In the end, like Pierre (the silly old bag in his mouth), he went alone to block the concert held by the entire gang of 217, and then was plotted by Shandong. died. This brought a great impact to Xiao Si, almost reorganized his three views and recharged his beliefs.
Honey and Shandong walked on the tree-lined road together. It was a duel between the boss and the boss. Honey said: "Shandong, I'm only afraid of two kinds of people, one is not afraid of death, and the other is shameless, who are you? One? I think, you are probably not the kind of person who is not afraid of death." So Shandong shamelessly pushed Honey onto the rails and crashed into the speeding train when he was unprepared.
Honey's murder is over. police. The police are also indifferent to the lives of these children, obviously at the end of the film. The police know that these little Taibao "those bastards, which one of them I don't know?", so he must be no stranger to the boss of Xiaoyuan, the leader of the bastards. Honey died and was a policeman. However, he was too lazy to investigate. He didn't know whether he looked down on the little Taibao, or he felt that it was better to have less than one thing.
In Taiwan at that time, teachers were immoral, stubbornly derailed, and politics. guest. The town is full of wind and rain. color. fear. terror. No wonder the parents were confused, and the children had no one to discipline them, so they could only be the little Taibao to hide their fearful hearts.
This incident shocked Xiao Si, who had been impacted by the major demerit incident, once again. It turns out that not only the teacher is useless - the note doesn't care - isn't it, the injustice in this world, if you want to change the world like Dad said, and maintain the so-called fairness and justice, you can only rely on your own - fist? So he inherited the will of honey who cherished each other, he started to join the gang, avenged honey, and also wanted to get Xiaoming. However, the first confession was rejected.
7. When Qing Benliang,
Xiao Si, was drunk with his cynical grocery store fat uncle, he planned to pick up a brick to teach him a lesson, but in the end he saved his life when he fell into a ditch.
He was kind, he was innocent, he just couldn't find his way, and in the darkness, he couldn't find that gleam of light, so he went on a rampage, with a bruised nose and a swollen face, and walked according to the place he thought he would go out, but fell into a swamp. Dim lighting.
On this road, the teacher and Tiaozi pushed him, and Xiaoming led him over.
On the night of the typhoon in the revenge for honey, my father was taken away. spy. trial. check. Making an ice bench (sitting on a "cold bench"), tortured to extract confessions, a desk in an empty classroom forced him to write an autobiography day and night. He kept saying that smoking was prohibited here, but there was an ashtray on the table. At that time, black people could be called white people, and it was unreasonable to call a deer a horse. Because of Teacher Xia, and my father doesn't know how to behave in the world, he is as hard as a stone in a ditch. He is stubborn and refuses to blend in with the world. All nerfed. After being released, he would suddenly wake up in a dream, and luckily the whole family came to catch the thief. Where can we catch any thieves at home? This thief - all in the agency. Has become a demon.
After Dad came out, he became a lot smoother. That is together. spy. trial. check. The bright and upright man who said unyieldingly at first, "I have never had anything to hide in my life and doing things", when Xiao Si was about to be expelled from school, he learned to lower his stature and learn to bow down.
Xiao Si couldn't bear to see such a father, so he slapped a sap on the lamp of the Academic Affairs Office. He does not believe, he does not believe that the world will not change, not only will not change, but also change others.
Xiao Si and Xiao Ming had been together for a short period of time. After Xiao Si was dropped out of school, he planned to start over. Study hard, get admitted to the day department, and then give Xiao Ming a sheltered future. It's just that Xiao Ming won't wait for him, and turned around (because his mother went to Xiaoma's house to help) and was with Xiaoma.
In the painful choice, Xiao Si found Xiao Cui. Xiaocui smiled: "You are very serious. Do you want to change me? Do you want to treat me as a biological experiment class? You seem to have a lot of great truths. I am very comfortable every day like this, how about you? If I don't Change it? If you don't follow your method, will you ignore me? You are so selfish, why are you? Why don't you tell Xiao Ming these big truths? ."
Xiao Si was outside a locked door, watching Xiao Cui go away step by step. It was as if his own world was collapsing step by step. Seriousness can't change the sincerity. People in this circle seem to have the default rules. It's good to be sincere and happy when talking about feelings. He wants Xiaoming's love, and wants to influence and change even one person, even Xiaocui, but in exchange A decisive figure.
He can't change anything.
The inner tear and the collapse of faith tormented him. The tearing of ideals and reality gnawed at him.
Even the second sister could see it: "Your heart is very restless." She wants to contact the pastor to talk to Xiao Si. The second sister, who believes in Catholicism, has always had no sense of existence at home, but when Xiao Si's heart was fluctuating violently, she felt his pain more delicately than anyone else. She is the only witness that Xiao Si went on the road of crime (so later, the unfinished note found by Xiao Si was written to the second sister, "I'm sorry, second sister, I know that only you understand, please give it to my father for me Mom explained, if I don't see you again"). But she couldn't find a way to save Xiao Si. She thought that the pastor could do it. She tried her best to stabilize her brother, but she always felt that the matter was not so urgent, so she did not arrogantly force Xiao Si to see the pastor.
Witnessing his pain and being powerless, the second sister was on the police that night when Xiao Si murdered. The bureau was out of control than anyone in the family - earlier, earlier, escorting him to the pastor, would everything have been different?
In the dark of night, Xiao Si wanted to find Xiao Ming for the last resort.
Passing by the set where we used to date, the director said, "That little girl, she cried when she cried, and laughed when she laughed. It's so natural" Xiao Shi shouted, "You can't even tell the difference between the real and the fake, so what kind of movies are you making ?" Boy, you can tell the difference between the real and the fake, do you want to stab people with your ability?
In the face of Xiao Si's recovery, Xiao Ming said, "I am like the world, and the world will not change." Out of control, he used the suicide dagger used by the Japanese woman to connect seven knives, and gave it to the lover he loved and looked down upon.
Xiao Si said "no promise, shameless" like when his father beat his second child, and also like "Stand up" said by Xiao Ner before he was dying in Shandong. It can be seen that the violent struggle and fluctuations in his heart have made him unconscious. He will only repeat the words of others who have left a deep impression in his mind to express his disappointment in Xiao Ming, his powerlessness in the world, and the trance in a dream after the murder.
Everything is irreversible.
In the end, Xiao Si seemed to have been completely driven mad by this world. Can't keep the beauty, can't keep the innocence. He's on the police. The situation in the bureau is like crazy "she is mine, can't take her away" over and over again, screaming helplessly, wandering hopelessly, and endless prison life.
The pony is on the police. Check. The bureau buried his head and cried with pain in his heart: "I only have such a good brother..."
The family finally fell apart.
Kitten's video for Elvis "A brighter summer day" was thrown into the bucket like trash.
All good things are destroyed, so where is the glimmer?
Where is the way out for Taiwan in the 1960s?
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