Twenty years later, when you look at Jiang Di-gyu's "The Spies of Life and Death" (1999), it is necessary to revisit the hidden Jin Yunzhen, how he really killed the three acting gods in a flash. Of course, Han Shikyu, Cui Minzhi and Song Kanghao all played great roles. Song Kanghao was still very thin at that time, and he hadn't left the immature stage of acting. The North Korean agent played by Choi Min-sik is, of course, an atypical North Korean agent, or an artistic North Korean agent. The appearance, conversation, and temperament are not North Koreans alone, and combined with that fierce energy, it has created a whole new North Korea. The image of an agent is just too hard.
The plot itself is not lacking in loopholes, but the strong point of Korean filmmakers is to use Hollywood passion to combine the artistic characteristics of European commercial films. The birthplace created a Korean entertainment blockbuster model, which also affected the later Korean commercial films. It can be said that "The Spies of Life and Death" used modern film techniques to create a precedent for Korean commercial blockbusters. It’s just distressing that Han Shikyu is flying and shooting again, and I feel that myopia is still not good, so it is still suitable for the role of a literary film, and his imprint has been deeply embedded in the "August Photo Gallery", or that he and the role played by Yong Won When the two are combined into one, it can't be eroded in any way. This is destined, and it can be regarded as "misfortune" and good fortune. As an actor, it's worth having such a shining role in a lifetime.
What I want to say is that Kim Yunjin is the only protagonist of this movie. The shaping and manipulation of Ming Ji's role truly achieved ease of retraction. It is really not easy to change the role of this kind of person before and after. Unable to see through, afraid of being seen through, but still in love with her boyfriend, always seesaw between loyalty to the party-state and personal emotions, squeezing and contradictions from time to time, it is impossible to reconcile, more difficult to bridge, and ultimately still choose loyalty.
Agent Bu (Cui Min Zhi) also said that you have changed in recent years. She shot back and said that it had changed, even my appearance had changed. All she needs is Bu's understanding and trust. In fact, her fundamental beliefs have not changed at all. Every time the shooting order comes, she can complete it impeccably, but later, according to what Lee Jung Hee (Song Kang Ho) said to Sang Hwan (Han Seok Kyu), why are you always here? Shooting range without being shot...
The reason why she was merciful, indeed, a considerable part of it was for love. She loved Xianghuan affectionately, and Xianghuan never doubted her. But the greater secret is because she was placed by Xianghuan's side and needed more first-hand information and had a greater mission. In other words, she hasn't reached the end when she needs to show off her nirvana. Hasn't she been shaken in the past few years? This is not simply because it has been brainwashed, but because the essence and mission of its beliefs are hard to violate. This is a "gene" deep into the bone marrow and blood, and it is difficult for the outside world to understand. In other words, the power of love cannot be greater than "heaven". So, what the movie wants to say is that before and after the killing, it was a "tragedy".
In the film, the single loop of "When I Dream" sung by Carlisle just shows Ming Ji's contradictions and perseverance, that kind of hidden deep affection can only be restored to a real individual when he is at home with Xiang Huan. The love between two affections is a real love, but the real love is only a dream for the primary task of her belief, and it can only be an eternal dream. This has nothing to do with right or wrong, only to look at and think at a distance: how all this came into being, the historical cost, the collective blindness and madness, why should the individual of all living beings bear such a sacrifice...
Thinking about it in another way, when Sang Hwan and Ming He both raised their guns in the end they wanted to shoot each other, how torn and painful it should be, but such tragedies often happen on the Korean Peninsula in reality. Thinking of the beautiful melody of "When I Dream", Sang Hwan smiled and said, why do you always listen to this song. Ming Ji smiled and touched his face, then hugged each other. This unspeakable concealment can only be given a hug. Is there anything else? This short hug is the most beautiful company, like a river of sorrow separated by a nation and two countries, everything is so instantaneously lost, and the pain will continue. forever.
2020.11.8
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