In the age of advocating gold, who would pay attention to good people?

Gerhard 2022-11-22 09:07:51

Good Man in Three Gorges is a movie that I have been following for a long time, and I started to follow it since it won an award, all because of Lao Jia. The first time I watched Lao Jia's films was when I was an angry youth. It will pursue individuality and pay attention to niche culture, not to reach a certain height in thought, but to pay attention to express being different. The first movie I watched was "Xiao Wu", because I knew it was an underground movie, so I was very excited when I found it in a video store. When I went back and saw it, I was shocked. Although the effect of the disc was not good, I still watched a lot. The scene of Xiao Wu being handcuffed to the side of the road lingered over and over again.
Later, I watched "Ren Xiaoyao", because it was invested by Takeshi Kitano, and he had his imprint in some places, but in general he was still Lao Jia, which made me see the helplessness of the confused young people from the social stratum to the society.
"Platform" is a long story, and the version I bought was actually two DVDs. I remember watching Chen Luyu interview Xu Wei, Lao Xu said that he had a stage before he became famous, just like in "Platform", he followed the grass stage team to perform everywhere, and when he saw "Platform", he would think of that time. "Platform" shows the changes of the times and the changes of the little people in the big times, such as the toad mirror and the trumpet legs. Now the children after 1985 have no memory of that era. Fortunately, we have Lao Jia.
Compared with the other films, "The World" is a bit stylized, not as natural as the other films, and a little too much trying to tell a story to the audience, for the sake of the story, but overall it's still qualified. After all, it is Lao Jia's first movie that can enter the theater.
In addition, Lao Jia also has several films such as "The Hill Goes Home", "Public Places", "The Dog's Condition", and "East". No right to comment.
"The Three Gorges" is about to be released. I called the best theater in our capital city to ask about the time and number of screenings, but I was told that it has not been arranged, and it may not be released. Some are just "Golden Armor in the City", and suddenly I feel Lao Jia's loneliness. This world is the world of fast food. People are indifferent. People don't pay attention to emotions, but advocate gold. It is an era of wealth. The heroes have changed from Dong Cunrui and Lei Feng to Pan Shiyi and Wang Shi. In the age of advocating gold, who would pay attention to good people? Fortunately, we have the Internet, and fortunately we have piracy.

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  • Haley 2022-03-20 09:02:50

    Jia Zhangke is the best DJ among Chinese directors. "Jay Chou, Mouse Love Rice, Two Butterflies, Good People Live Safe, Shanghai Beach" indirectly participated in a Golden Lion Award film.

  • Wayne 2022-03-15 09:01:10

    In retrospect a few years later, I think it was a mediocre movie.

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