Three women in one play

Bailey 2022-03-27 09:01:20

After watching "The Big Red Lanterns Are Hanging High", my mood is more tangled, and I express a bit of helpless and depressed mood. All right and wrong are vividly played out among several women, why women should make it difficult for women. The big red lantern has always been a festive symbol in Chinese customs and traditional culture. And in this movie, the storyline revolves around the big red lanterns. The red lanterns quietly entered the Fourth Courtyard and also integrated into the film. The red lanterns are still the scenes of a feudal family. Three women in one play, this is a women's war, this is a smokeless war, this is a blood-stained war. The red lantern is a prop of the director, and the rendering of color and artistic conception is clear and clear.
The structure of the plot is progressive layer by layer. In the film, Song Lian is in a miserable situation under the shackles of feudal ethics. She is neglected on the wedding night. At the same time, it also expresses her dissatisfaction with feudal ethics. Can be willing to be arranged by fate, the use of such special scenes on the one hand means a festive picture, on the other hand, it means the beginning of the tragic fate of the heroine. In addition, it also promotes the further development of the storyline. At the same time, the performance of many classical instruments was added, which pushed the story to a climax. Every time the lantern of the fourth courtyard was lit up, it revealed the tragic fate of the fourth wife. But what is most worthy of praise in the film is the stubborn personality of the protagonist, and the shaping of personalized characters is an important aspect of the film.
The film is filled with Song Lian being different, saying "no" to the feudal system, and daring to "make irresponsible remarks" on the second day of the wedding. In the face of the second wife's struggle to "be like a man before, and a ghost after her"; in the face of the third wife's struggle to sow discord; in the face of Yan'er's forced confession... The film's description of Song Lian's stubborn character is excellent and shaped very successful. However, at the moment, the director has satiated the audience's appetite, using the method of sound and picture series to promote the development of the plot, rendering the atmosphere of the film, and bringing the audience a bit of surprise. In addition, Songlian's stubbornness is also reflected in her rebellion against the traditional system. She insists on herself and does not aim to please the master, but in addition to her stubbornness, she still reveals a hint of helplessness.
The appearance of lanterns from "lighting on, off, and sealing" is generally manifested through panoramic photography, which is a feeling of hope and joy at the beginning. Later, it deteriorated, and the extinguishing of the light reflects the helplessness of people who are unable to escape from reality under the constraints of traditional feudal ethics, and at the same time reveals the ugly side of human nature. "Blocking the lights" can be thought of as the difference between light and darkness. At the same time, "bright" and "dark" form a sharp contrast.

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  • Archibald 2022-03-23 09:03:16

    Zhang Yimou's best work, an excellent work that still has a classical temperament, summer, autumn, winter, and summer alone lacking in spring, a good year of auspicious snow. The feudal society is broken through the ritualistic behavior of lighting and extinguishing the lights. The bright red color on the screen is an exaggerated metaphor of the times, just as the door is always open to welcome, the silk curtain glimpses the hazy temptation, and the echo listens carefully to the hoarse cry. Symmetrical composition with a smooth transition from left to right, and the final cut mirror is simply heart-wrenching and shuddering!

  • Tiffany 2022-03-24 09:03:36

    5+ is too powerful... Who would have thought that a person who is so good at using up, so good at composition, and so understanding of the logic of power will eventually be captured and alienated by power... The stylization of rituals is actually not new, but the routine of rituals is One effort, Zhang Yimou did it, if he can continue in this way, he may become China's Ozu! The face of male power is completely absent in the whole film. On the one hand, it shows that the camera is aimed at the fate of women, and on the other hand, it is extended to obtain a more general face. In this film, the typical narrative style of Chinese films can still be seen: it is not reversal, but revealing. The characters have not changed, but the way of intervening in the environment has changed. The use of sound is beautiful and skillful, and the blending at the end is terrifying. Top ten national films!

Raise the Red Lantern quotes

  • Yan'er: Who are you?

    Housekeeper: Fourth mistress, please come inside.

    Yan'er: [losing her cool] So you're the fourth mistress!

    [Yan'er rudely pulls the water bowl away from Songlian and puts clothes in it]

    Songlian: Yes! I am the fourth mistress. Bring my suitcase inside please.

  • Songlian: I'm just one of the Master's robes. He can wear it or he can take it off.