The blood-dry eyes slowly closed, opened, and closed again. The whole world was soaked in red. Those officers who spoke with their tongues rolled, the devils who drew their sharp knives and wiped clean, those who stood on the walls covered in gray. Human head on background. The red color of the big flowers spreads quietly to every corner, as if the first snow fell quietly.
The subtitles went up, and the background's red turned to black. For more than two hours, I had been sitting at the desk with my neck stretched out and cramps like a cramp. At this time, I finally fell back, almost collapsed. The words on the black curtain slowly rose little by little.
If I can't speak for a long time after watching a movie, then I think it's a good story.
I can only tell this story flatly.
The story takes place at the end of the Anti-Japanese War, in a remote town called Hangjiatai near Shanhaiguan, Hebei. The main line of the story is obviously the character Ma Dasan. When he was having sex with his woman at home, he was forced to open the door by someone called "I". "I" gave Ma Dasan a sack and let him take care of it for 8 days, and then disappeared mysteriously.
Ma Dasan opened the sack and found that there were two large living people inside. A Japanese soldier named Hanaya Kozaburo and a Chinese translator who can speak Japanese.
Ma Dasan asked the old man in the village to discuss, and the villagers discussed and held meetings again and again about the whereabouts of the two people. At the same time, Ma Dasan raised the two people in the house.
Six months later, Hanaya Kosaburo proposed to complete a deal with the villagers: the villagers sent him and the translator back to the gendarmerie, while the Japanese army offered two carts of food in exchange.
Ma Dasan then escorted the two to the gendarmerie. The captain, Jiuzhuang, agreed to exchange conditions, and asked Ma Dasan to notify the villagers to gather food and lead the team to follow Ma Dasan back to the village.
While the villagers were happily drinking and revelling, the Japanese officer suddenly changed his face and killed all the villagers present. And Ma Dasan survived because he went to pick up the woman.
After that, Japan surrendered. All Japanese soldiers were held in prisoner-of-war camps by the Kuomintang. Ma Dasan disguised as a cigarette dealer, entered the prisoner of war camp, and slashed the devil with an axe. He was quickly pinned to the ground by Kuomintang soldiers.
Then, Ma Dasan was dragged to the middle of the square and sentenced to death by Kuomintang officers. Hanaya Kozaburo, who had been with him for six months, raised his saber and chopped off his head.
The story ends.
I found that I couldn't tell the story well, and a good story needs some powerful details. The details of this film, I think, are impeccable.
Take a look at the production team. You Fengwei's book, Gu Changwei's photography, Cui Jian, Li Haiying's music, and the whole story is told by Jiang Wen.
I sat down to write this film because I was really sick, usually after watching these boring films, I can't speak for a long time, I can't say it's good, the good things are whole pieces The block slammed down, and I can only say, okay, great, let's go and see. very pale.
So let me just go into the details. The result of the ignorance is that only some fragmentary details can be said. I never remember the name of
that old man when I watch a movie.
The old man's face is very familiar, I have seen his face in many movies. I have never been immune to such old people with vicissitudes of life and gray hair. As long as they suffer a little grievance, their tears will fall immediately.
The old man is a man of status in the village. When he speaks, his words are eloquent, and his calligraphy is beautiful. The first time the villagers put him in the middle to interrogate the devils, he held a thin brush, and the words he wrote quickly in the camera were enviable. This is a man who has read some old books, which can be seen from his pedantic diplomatic rhetoric.
The old man had two appearances that impressed me the most.
The first time was the first time Ma Dasan said "the devil is coming". It was the grandfather's first appearance. It is also the first group appearance of the villagers drawn by the main line of Ma Dasan for the first time. The camera cuts directly through the close-up of the old man's face. The white hair is sparse, the clothes are greasy and dirty, the fingers are dry and thin, and the folds around the eyes are layered. The old man's eyes stared straight at Ma Dasan, sometimes showing childlike innocence - this is a naughty and naughty character, he may have some pedantic and stupid elements, but he is definitely a kind old man.
The appearance of the old man made the smell of the whole village come to me. Kind and ignorant, this ignorance can't be blamed, sometimes stubborn and anxious, but even if everything is defeated in his hands, as long as he shows such a smile, he can't say anything. He is the image of the village. The villagers become like this when they are old, and the shadows of the young people and children can be seen in this old man. I think the shot at this time is extremely clever, with the old man taking the lead, the whole picture immediately plumps up.
The second time was when Ma Dasan went to negotiate with the devils. The devil agreed to the conditions and added 4 carts of food. The devil asked Ma Dasan to call the old man, and asked him to bring the whole village to gather in the village. In fact, I have already seen from this time what is going to happen next. Calling all the people together will only make people die more thoroughly, and the bloody taste behind those fake smiles is blowing in the face. And these, Ma Dasan and the old man in the camera don't know at all. The old man still had the same self-possessed look, his speech was cadenced and his voice was pulled very long. When I looked at it, his neck seemed to be twitching in a straight line. The old man finally hung up the phone triumphantly. He had no idea of waiting for the whole village. What kind of fate is he, he is proud of his "famous decision", and then, the climax of the whole story begins.
Kosaburo Hanaya
First of all, I have to say that this Japanese actor is an excellent choice. With thick eyebrows and big eyes, when Ma Dasan was tied up with cotton wool, a lace-like cotton quilt was wrapped around his head, which looked cute and interesting. You don't feel that kind of gnashing hatred when you watch him, and you can't help laughing even when he comes out. When he gritted his teeth and shouted "I am your son" at Ma Dasan, it was like a comedy. So from the beginning to the end, I watched him play this story step by step with anticipation, and I looked forward to this not-so-fierce-looking Japanese soldier being able to surprise us at the last moment with a clichéd happy ending. However, at the last second, when the red color spread on the screen, the expecting heart was finally pressed to the bottom. I couldn't believe that such a face had such a heart of iron and blood. The story really speaks volumes. Wonderful.
The character plays a laughable part of the story for a good portion of the story from the beginning to the end. The misunderstanding between Ma Dasan and him due to the difference in language, and his dazed appearance of wanting to die, including when he negotiated with the villagers to exchange food for his freedom, made people slap the table and burst into laughter. He is like a clown, making people inside and outside the story very happy.
However, the twist of the story also happens to happen to such a Joker-like character. Like Ma Dasan, he was a farmer in his hometown. At the beginning of the story, his stubborn and stubborn expression, similar to that of a clown, not only reflects the policies of the Japanese warlords, but also reveals the unique simplicity of the peasants. Since his essence is not good, and he looks so simple, since his appearance, I have been hoping from the bottom of my heart that there will be a conventional but comfortable ending like "Purple Sun" - this Japanese Because of being touched, he eventually became friends with Ma Dasan. After the Japanese raised the butcher's knife, he fought hard and died at the hands of his own people. This could-have twist occurs several times in the story. When Huawu gave up suicide and decided to live; when he praised Yu’er (the woman of Ma Dasan) for taking care of himself very thoughtfully; when he returned to the army when he was beaten by his former compatriot and current boss; he saw the scene of the dinner party. When the old man who saved him was stabbed to death; even at the end, when he raised his saber and rubbed the back of Ma Dasan's neck repeatedly, I was looking forward to the one who put down the butcher's knife and became a Buddha on the ground. moment. However, it is such a peasant who looks quite righteous and is not bad in nature, but because of the influence of the war in just a few years, he has lost the last bit of conscience.
The last detail of the film is profound and thorough. The flower house carefully flicked the bug on Ma Dasan's neck. The rhythm froze at that moment, the air froze, and everyone held their breath. With a "boom", the knife started to fall. The eyes of Ma Dasan who fell to the ground slowly opened and closed again. In the red background, Huawu put away his saber, straightened his waist, and bowed 90 degrees to the officer, simply and neatly.
Statement
I don't know the name of the character that statement played, but it seems to be Seventh Uncle. He died the worst. I thought it was the best note in the whole story. The performance of the statement was impeccable, it was his last play and it was almost insane.
This time last year, I went to State House for an interview. At that time, he was already senile and could not even recognize him. Entering the door, the huge photo of the shape hangs in the center. In the photo, the old man with white hair in the wind has a blurred but firm look, and he wants to see right through.
Mrs. Li Bo told such a story. When Jiang Wen was casting a role, he was hesitant to state that he was old. The statement that he was almost 80 years old, said nothing, and immediately took a big tripod. Jiang Wen immediately made a decision.
The seemingly demented old man has a pair of eyes that look like fire. He climbed the roof with difficulty and raised his gun while the whole village was revelling.
He read it right, everyone died later. It's just that he has already walked ahead, and he died very calmly.
Ma Dasan
didn't say until the end that it was because he was brilliant in the whole play. If he talked about all aspects, it would be a dissertation. He was glued to Jiang Wen as if possessed by a soul, and this character was full and unusual.
Just one detail. Ma Dasan was finally dragged to the square with a cloth in his mouth. When the officer announced his trumped-up charges in a comical tone, the cloth strip was pulled from his mouth. At this time, Ma Dasan was panting heavily, and the donkey barked loudly, the sound penetrating the entire sky.
In fact, he didn't know what to say. He is the protagonist throughout the story. He was forced to accept the devil, he couldn't bear to kill the devil, he advocated letting the devil go back, he sent him back, he negotiated with the devil, he watched the whole village burn down, and he finally watched himself desperately guarding The devil raised the knife. This is a very kind but extremely ignorant character. He was inexplicably involved in a whirlpool. His original fun was to have an affair with the widow in the village and chat with the neighbors. Then he watched the people around him being dragged in one by one. After the whirlpool, the rhythm of the world he was familiar with was completely chaotic. He raised his axe and only wanted to avenge the villagers, but in the end he was hacked to death by the man he had saved. In a world that is out of rhythm, there is only killing and being killed, and wielding a knife to hack people around you is more animal than the principle of the animal world. Perhaps roaring like an animal was the only way for him to express all his twists and turns. He could no longer tell whether there were people or donkeys in this world, and whether they should speak human words or donkey words.
He finally closed his eyes. The whole world fell silent all of a sudden, the dazzling red washed everything clean, all those things were gone, and he wanted to return to that world to simply be his little guy.
I've always thought that making movies is fun. And after it is done, it can be remembered for a long time, then even a work of art has been completed.
It's not easy to tell the story so well.
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