crazy Loyalty Dance, wall-filled posters, sky-shattering slogans, and life-and-death criticism... This is the plot of the Cultural Revolution in the movie "Red Violin", with realistic details and interpretations, you can't believe it The director of the film is actually a Canadian.
"Red Violin" tells the story of a violin painted with the blood of the master's wife. The plot spans three centuries and spans three continents and involves five languages.
There are about three story scenes in the film that took place in China, including the period of the Cultural Revolution, which was filmed in Shanghai. At that time, the red violin had been transferred to China. Xiang Bei, played by Zhang Aijia, in order to keep his privileged position, but could not bear to destroy the red violin, he took it out from the floor where it was hiding and hid it in the attic of the music teacher played by Liu Zifeng. . After the Cultural Revolution, the music teacher died, and the red violin was seen again.
The violin is dyed red with blood, so since its birth, it has been baptized with blood and life. The director arranged a story in China and chose the period of the Cultural Revolution. Perhaps he felt that an era in which the great powers of the East were turbulent and dehumanized, just symbolized the melody of destiny written by the red violin with life and death. In that era, everything that was true, good, and beautiful became bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods, to be smashed and burned, including red violins. Just as the prophet in the movie said: "In a big trial in front of a person in power, you will be convicted, be careful of the flames." A simple sentence, but an extremely profound summary of the director.
The screenwriter and director should have a detailed study of that special period in China, so they can present it very realistically in the film, and this story is all performed by Chinese actors. It may not be a big deal for a Chinese director, but a Canadian director interprets this history more realistically in line with the development of the story, and it is not just a fleeting remark, which shows that he has done his homework seriously and has extraordinary skills in controlling the film.
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