Flaws of Farewell My Concubine

Hayley 2022-03-20 09:02:26

The most touching thing about this film should be Cheng Dieyi's persistence from the beginning to the end, and finally she can say "I am a female Jiao'e, not a man." Perseverance, and finally complete the moth-to-fire heroic with life, that is the most shocking and great personality of a real artist. Regarding the relationship between Dieyi and his senior brother, my understanding is that when he entered the play, he subconsciously identified as Yu Ji, and then expanded to the main consciousness, Yu Ji fell in love with Bawang, and Yu Ji could only love Bawang, that's all. It's completely different from the popular gay movies. In the final analysis, it is because his life belongs to the stage, and he cannot get out of that established identity. Therefore, Xiaolou will say that he is playing crazy and playing crazy. You really can't survive without being crazy, but how can you live in this crowd of laity?

In the end, Cheng Dieyi's suicide was also his best destination, because he died in the identity of "Yu Ji", he could endure for so long, endure the Cultural Revolution, endure being insulted and criticized, endure the days without drama, It was he who had foreseen that he would eventually find his dream again and face his overlord again. I believe that if it weren't for this way, he would not be willing to die in an ordinary life. His life is doomed that he cannot be like ordinary people, mediocre, and then quietly disappear.

One of our teachers said that the director said from the mouth of Dieyi, "If Aoki is still there, Beijing opera will be spread to Japan", which is inappropriate and detrimental to the national character. I really want to tell him that he is wrong. Now, it may be debatable if someone else says this, but only Dieyi can say it, because he is a play idiot, and Beijing opera is his soul. It is not that he is not patriotic, but his love for the art of Peking Opera has completely surpassed narrow nationalism. That is the height that an artist should have. And our teacher's argument reminded me of a plot in "Wolf Totem": those "cadres" on the sideline killed swans and roasted them to eat, and they also clamored to avoid flying to Russia for cheap old men. It's utterly disgusting.

This movie is not without flaws, in my opinion, the fusion between the fate of the little people and the fate of the big era could be better. The character Cheng Dieyi seemed a bit out of tune with that era. To put it simply, the cause of Cheng Dieyi's character flaw has little to do with the times itself. No matter how the times have turned upside down, Dieyi's impact is only an external experience, and his inner spiritual world has not been affected in the slightest. shaking. In other words, Dieyi subjectively refuses to interact with this era. This is fully demonstrated by the way and when he chose to die. In this way, he lives completely in his own world, and he will always have nothing to do with this society. In fact, that's what makes him the happiest.

Generally speaking, special characters + ordinary times, special times + ordinary characters, and it is necessary for characters and times to restrain each other, often such a strong contrast and collision will produce great artistic power, and then give birth to great spiritual power. The former is like "Philadelphia Story" and the latter is like "Alive" of the Cultural Revolution. In this film, the fate of the characters itself is too dramatic, coupled with the era of the most raw materials to make a fuss about, it is all bizarre, it is really devastated! But the internal intersection between the two is not enough, so the overall strength is a bit too much. Even though normal people like Xiaolou Juxian Nakun were added to adjust it, it still seemed a little unbalanced.

I don’t need to mention the weight of this movie in the history of Chinese film~ I have seen too many compliments about him, so I will pick up some minor faults and hope that I will not be attacked~~

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  • Douglas 2022-03-23 09:02:51

    At the peak of Chen Kaige, some people say that this film was not made by him. Unofficial history is suspicious. It is also good to read his search. In view of the fact that Hong Kong took the initiative to ask him to shoot Li Bihua's novels at that time, and the male protagonists were chosen at random, I believe that Chen Kaige at that time had such strength. The movie is sad. I've watched it a few times, but I've forgotten more about the plot. The lethality is great, don't watch it if you are depressed, it will be even more uncomfortable.

  • Paxton 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    A smile of eternal spring, a cry of eternal sorrow2008.12

Farewell My Concubine quotes

  • Master Yuan: A smile ushers in the spring.

    Master Yuan: A tear does darken all the world.

    Master Yuan: How truly does this befit you. To you... only you are possessed of such charm.