Walking on the Long March with Wenders is a very depressing thing when we go

Freddy 2022-04-08 08:01:02

12 February 2008, 5.50pm, BFI Southbank Hall NFT1, London. 5 minutes ago, a couple sat next to the seat I wanted to enjoy alone. Forced by the powerful power of love, I moved the starting point of my expedition with Wenders a row forward. XM, who has not met, is sitting somewhere in the front row, and MZ texts "Just arrive! Shit!". The red curtain of NFT1 slowly closed, opening the channel that was black at first, and I followed Wim Wenders on the long march of the century. This century is 280 minutes long...

We have to hold a mobilization meeting before Wenders said the expedition, but I can't understand the German on the big screen. For me, the central idea was not implemented at all. Fortunately, I am also a talented person who has seen the scene. Even Guess and Meng did not know that the Long March was completed in three stages until he saw the English subtitles displayed on the screen. Wenders did not know where to get a propaganda captain. Before setting out, he emphasized the arduousness and danger of the journey. In 1999, an Indian nuclear satellite will fall to the earth, which will be the end of the world. Therefore, the code name of the Long March is: until the end of the world. I just wondered that 99 was over long ago, and Macau has returned smoothly. Looking at the flyer given by the BFI, I found that: Wenders took me from 1991. There are still 8 years, this is not science fiction. But you bought a ticket, got on his boat, and sat in that uncomfortable seat in the theater, no matter how uncomfortable you were, you had to keep going. why? Just because you went with Wenders. This Long March itself has the same atmosphere as "Wen Dao" and other "Long March films", but the strange thing is that "Wen Dao" plans to run around the earth this time, and what he wants to pursue is "true self" and "meaning of life". "Such a big topic makes this journey full of epic wildness and real absurdity.

In our team, there is a "female angry youth" who is not too serious about learning and motivated thinking, and by chance, got acquainted with the two robbers, and also helped them transport the stolen money. "Wen Dao" is a kind-hearted person, not only did not criticize and educate her, but also decided to change our journey according to her whereabouts. In fact, I think the "director" is very partial. This "female angry youth" used to have a good relationship and found a concubine, so the two broke up. But the connection is broken, and the "good looks" actually wandered around in our team from time to time. The "female angry youth" later encountered a "fugitive" and wiped out the powerful force that grabbed my seat before. Look, that's the little bit of shit on our team. "Wen Director" once said to me earnestly, "There is a line in a movie directed by my friend Feng Xiaogang - 'The people are scattered, the team is not easy to lead'". But I learned later that "Wen Dao" is worthy of being the "King of the Road". No matter how difficult the journey is, and the team that is difficult to lead, he really goes all the way. Director Wen took me to France, Russia, China (Director Chen Kaige also helped us book accommodation), and finally settled in a research base in Australia. This is the experimental base of the "fugitive" his father. In fact, we all want to continue our journey, but the US government killed the Indian nuclear satellite, and everything returned to the primitive society. During these days, the father of the "fugitive" really used the "Dream Recorder" he invented to cure his wife's eye disease, but the ugliness of this world made the old man unbearable to admit it, and he died of depression. The father of the "Fugitive" also passed away in exhaustion and sadness. Witnessing all this, walking in vain is no longer the only way for us to pursue our goals. As a result, the "Wen Dao" decided to shift the journey from a geographical strategy to a spiritual one. This transfer does not mean that everyone can implement it. Because of this strategic transfer, many people have embarked on the evil road of the bourgeoisie who are keen on their own small dreams. Fortunately, there was a great writer in our propaganda team, and he just used it to cure the deserted couple in the team. This writer is the "good former" of the "female angry youth". In fact, during this Long March, the propaganda captain only came out and said the same thing three times, that is, he kept emphasizing the fact that the nuclear guard fell to the ground in 1999. "Previously good" is the master of duty from beginning to end. In fact, I suggested to the "Wen Director" that "Previous Xianghao" should be the leader of the team, but the "Wen Director" said that in our team, they are all protagonists, and they all contribute. So, I really think the "Wen Director" is biased.

After walking for such a long time, I was really dejected. If there is no "Wen Director" to show me the scenery of the wilderness from landform to psychological, if there is no "Wen Director" to call U2, REM, Nick in our team Cave and The Bad Seeds, Lou Reed, Depeche Mode, these musicians, if the "director" hadn't quietly arranged David Byrne and Tom Waits to sing in the videotape and the small bar, if the "director" didn't give the team members and me beautiful Exquisite clothes to wear, if not for the Russian-made "brown bear search instrument" that "Wen Dao" found, I might feel even more decadent. But after the long march, I found that I was even more depressed: because the "Wen Dao" said, "Life is there and there is no need to seek it. It is better to seek troubles by yourself than to be at ease with the situation."

PS: This nonsense is only for friends who have watched the director's cut of "Until the End of the World".

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  • Arch 2022-04-09 09:01:09

    Wenwen, Wenwen, why did you make the film so long, ah? I thought 3 hours could be used as an interception point. The first half is Wenders' iconic road film, from west to east, from car to plane, the switching of time and space, a sense of confusion and inextricable beauty. Composition; the second half involves themes, where to go under the apocalypse in the future, the contradiction of family affection, the indulgence of dreams, whether the modern civilization still exists under the nuclear explosion... There is only one writer who is sober. The film is set in a sci-fi background, but the atmosphere created is a combination of modernity and the future, especially electronic equipment has a taste of old and backward but psychedelic and advanced. The most favorite form of expression of dreams, the colorful mosaics are made up of highly saturated colors, blurred and clear, the screen jitters every second, coupled with the paradoxical music, the pictures come rushing, and I can't help but get goosebumps. , but this imagination is too extreme! ps: 62-year-old Feng Xuduo and 63-year-old Zhen Molu are still charming even when they are old. And 87-year-old Kasa Zhizhong, ah! I was really excited and sentimental. Grandpa was really old at the time, woohoo.

  • Holden 2022-04-21 09:03:52

    In other words, it has been almost ten years since I took the first lens language class to redefine 'movie watching'. I have seen nearly 2,000 movies with different directors, different styles, different genres and different demands, even if it is still not enough, I have seen it.' I know that the movie-watching experience will exponentially raise the threshold of stimulation with the accumulation of the amount, but - to say such a long list of critical premise, just to express the amazement of this unique movie and the late meeting: the film It is nearly 5 hours long, with excellent music and photography, a grotesque but very psychedelic dream journey. The characters' emotions are often free and unrestrained. Although the script intends to restrain them, the romantic temperament of them is really 'free and weird' , inexplicably left footprints all over the world, all the way from a crime film to a road film to a documentary to a science fiction film to a redemptive philosophical film at the end, and the dark thread of writing a novel has never been broken (this stream of consciousness method I kneel) , how the joys and sorrows interspersed during the period reflect real life - no one can predict what will happen in the next second, we live like this, day after day, until the end of the world.

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