Polish "Fanghua": I just want to output poignant beauty and love on the back of the system

Hermina 2021-12-27 08:01:58

The end of the hot weapon war did not bring peace to the East and the West for a moment. The remaining warmth of the barrel is still there, and the cheering of mankind has not stopped. The cold and chill brought by the collision of the two major regimes has followed one after another. The "Cold War" came into being, and this term has an extraordinary meaning for people in socialist countries.

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The socialist camp quickly established literary and artistic work as the main function of spreading ideology, maintaining the people's character, and consolidating the political system , and played its role in resisting the erosion of Western bourgeois thoughts and cultural fortresses to the extreme. On this invisible ideological front, literary and art workers and artists are duty-bound to assume the mission of creating works for the party and the people .

"The Last Dancer"

Over time and irresistible, the Soviet Union collapsed, one camp fell apart, and the Cold War ended. Artists who have been in the high wall of ideas look back at the cold age of obedience or resistance, and more outstanding literary and artistic works spring up in the free space. They interpret the same song into a different tune, shoot the movie as desired, and present the contrast between the two eras of "cold and warm" in various forms such as notes, light and shadow, so that the public can experience the era. Love in the chill, nasty under the system, freedom in bondage, surrender in oppression, struggle in resistance.

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The black-and-white literary and artistic film "Cold War" based on the Polish Cold War period and the love story between artists is just such a movie. The male musician who casts for the troupe has feelings for a female singer from the country with a different personality and a special background. The two performed all kinds of fleeing for love and returning for love. They shuttled between socialist and capitalist regimes, drifting away from the notes of ideology and petty bourgeoisie, making love the only blush in black and white light and shadow, bringing it in the cold. There was a touch of warmth, and the "Cold War" became their embellishment for their love.

"The Last Dancer"

The excellent black-and-white photography of "Cold War" makes the whole movie a PPT with a cool Eastern European simplicity, and at the same time it exudes a strong petty-bourgeoisie literary style. It obscures the plot process, making the film appear restrained and calm. It actively hides the sensational passages of persecution and destruction that could be regarded as selling points and pain points, and skips the questioning and torture of the system that should be emphasized on individual departure. , Directly showing the result, which makes the love between the two particularly outstanding.

Is the disappearance of the female head of the art troupe due to the persecution, the departure and return of the male and female lead? Who did the torture that the male lead was subjected to when he went to prison? These are all omitted. The brutality of those representing the system and organization has not been filmed in the film. A few lines and actions, and a few well-composed shots have deeply imprinted the system and organization on our films. In my mind, it reflects the coldness of the times. It can be said that each era has its own special love. This is the love that "Cold War" wanted in the Cold War to melt the ice and cool down.

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At first glance, "Cold War" is very similar to the movie "Fang Hua" made by the artists and artists of the cultural and artistic troupe. It is also the youth love of men and women's literary work, and it is also the collision of artists' ideas against the times . Looking back on the years and years, the benchmark of the same camp, it seems that our (Feng Xiaogang, Yan Geling) nostalgia is so wretched and alienated, and they (Poland) love love. Perseverance, deep attachment to freedom, so stylish. After all, artists are at the forefront of human thought, and it is extremely difficult to eliminate their doubts about the system. They can only be in a more servile and centralized atmosphere.

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In fact, there are many movie themes under the background of the "Cold War". It can be said that every design and literary work is excellent. Let's talk about the film about "Cold War Artists" in the memory of the third uncle in conjunction with the "Cold War".

"Afterimages", also from Poland, was originally a beloved university professor and a well-known avant-garde painter. The socialist-style realism proposed by Stalin was regarded as a standard by the Polish authorities and demanded to be effective. He stood on the side of dissent and was eventually revoked from his teaching position, deprived of his artist status, and even trampled on his right to life. Those who claim to be small screws have become violent accomplices of the state apparatus and tearers of paintings.

"The Last Dancer of Mao" is from Australia and originated from mainland China. In 1972, a mountain village in Qingdao, Shandong welcomed a commissioner from Beijing to select children with dance qualifications. The 11-year-old Li Cunxin was fortunate to be elected. Taking the train bound for Beijing, he came to the Central May 7 Art School. After seven years of hard training in a closed style, he has grown from a latecomer who initially didn't like ballet to an excellent dancer. During this period, the outside world is changing, and it is not difficult for the artists in the ivory tower to feel the slightest change. In 1979, Houston Ballet invited Li Cunxin to the United States as an exchange student. He set foot on this unfamiliar land, and deeply felt the huge collision between his old beliefs and capitalist material and spiritual civilization. With the passage of time, Li felt the call of freedom, art and love, and decided to stay in this land, while his family members far away in the motherland were tortured by the system...

"Fang Hua" came from mainland China. In the 1970s, dancer He Xiaoping joined the military art troupe. It was the same in that era. There was only obedience to the organization and no resistance. The only one who has given her warmth is Liu Feng, who is called "Living Leifeng", and dedicated his love and warmth to everyone unselfishly. In fact, Liu Feng has always admired the beautiful and lively Lin Dingding. When he chose to express his feelings bravely, he was severely abandoned by the times, and his life went in a completely different direction. The war began, Liu Feng, He Xiaoping, and Xiao Suizi stepped onto the front line one after another. Amidst bullets and artillery fire, everyone was blooming with their lives and blood...

In these eras, the usual methods used in movies are ① accumulation of symbols: iconography of great men, high-pressure thoughts, compulsory chanting, surveillance and whistleblowing, suppression of freedom, etc.; ② creating opposition between civilized thoughts and institutional suspicion; ③ reflecting organization and harmony The system covers up and evaporates personal lives; ④ presents the contrast of the situation of those who conform to the "trend" and those who "differentiate and fight"; ⑥ the situation of people fleeing and returning...and so on. A series of displays and expressions of the times and reality. Let's look at the stills and expressions of the 4 films mentioned above. Don't speak, and make a judgment.

"Afterimages"
"The Last Dancer"
"Fang Hua"
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The use of symbols and exquisite composition in the other three films are full of cold accusations and reflections on the times. Sadly, only our family is still commemorating the past years with youthful images in the context of 8012. After all, those People are the beneficiaries of these times and systems.

"Afterimages"
"The Last Dancer"
"Fang Hua"
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When the Polish female singer sang the song "Two Hearts, Two Eyes, Ayoyo" with different moods in different scenes and different systems, the singing undisguisedly expressed the contrast between bondage and freedom. And our team members are full of nostalgia for everything that is about to be lost when they are drunk, and they have made mental illness a solo dance of youth.

"Afterimages"
"The Last Dancer"
"Fang Hua"
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However, Feng Xiaogang's "Fang Hua" is different from the struggle of "Afterimages". "The Last Dancer" does not love red clothes and arms, and looks like an era of peaceful greenhouse flowers. White thighs, youthful smiles, and even unsuitable swimsuits make the faces of these young people show no regrets, a different kind of youth, and nostalgia for the times. Looking back, don’t you nostalgia, after all, they are the times and The beneficiaries of the system. At the same time, they deviated from the perception they should have, thinking that their youth also "infected" He Xiaoping and Liu Feng, so that the pain that others should have enjoyed at that moment, forcibly turned into their memory. Happiness turned abandonment into holding a partner's hand. After all, those people on behalf of their partners in the United States took out a thousand yuan to show the friendship of that era...

No matter in the land of that era, people would vote with their footsteps without saying anything . What they don't understand is why those who left have always declared that they love the "motherland." The people who remain in their homeland who still love with their hearts are not worthy of a hypocritical memorial. I hope that each of the true artists will be the last dancers of the Cold War. The moment when the afterimage of himself flashes in his mind is different. Such a youthful memory.

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Everyone took the bitter medicine concocted by the times, and collectively fed the poison for the end of the times. Before time was lost, people imagined everything they could do. In the cold war era without beauty, there was only youth and the touch of love in youth. Flames.

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Extended Reading
  • Ceasar 2022-03-23 09:02:33

    4.5 Best Director Candidate. Pawlikowski's video style is really outstanding, and it actually went a step further during the Cold War. In addition to the somberness and solemnity of Eastern European socialism, there is a Paris decadence and romance. If he can master black and white so well, I am afraid that he is the second and not the first. It's a pity that the tension between Sister Idari's story and the image has disappeared, and no amount of rich political meaning can match the flattened characters.

  • Rebekah 2022-03-23 09:02:33

    Fragmented story presentation reflects the fullness of the characters. The jumping timeline shows the director's powerful narrative ability. Black and white images give more unity to the time and story of the jump. Coupled with the eye-catching video output, this director's award is too worthy. #21st Shanghai International Film Festival#

Cold War quotes

  • Zula: Let's go to the other side.

    [pause]

    Zula: The view will be better there.

  • Wiktor: Edith Piaf worked in a brothel and the people love her even more for it.