Blow up Zhao Jiping's soundtrack, especially the song "The Footsteps of War". That heavy drum was like a historical wheel falling from a height, and the layers of echoes after the heavy sound were like the strong inertia of the wheel, rolling forward involuntarily and unstoppably. This piece of music together has such inertia, it can't stop, and I don't want to stop. The general trend of unification is just like this, it can't be stopped and can't be stopped.
I watched this movie many years ago, and what has always fascinated me is the powerful, rough and even rough but real production level of the pre-special effects era in the film. Calling AK47 to call action), the protagonists are either superb or confusing acting (Prince Yan's lines are broken in every line is really making people smile). But when it comes to what this movie has to say, it's like the story of Jing Ke is too self-evident to be self-evident. What does it say? Said to assassinate Qin. The wind is shaky and the water is cold, and once the strong man is gone, he will never return.
Listening to this soundtrack after many years, I feel the same. In this soundtrack, you may feel the joy of the golden horse, the vast and magnificent queue, and the heavy and firm footsteps of the warriors like the terracotta warriors. Unconsciously, you seem to be driven by the wheel of history and follow them. , in the same direction. Only the theme of this music can match her momentum. This is the footsteps of the Qin Empire, this is the footsteps of the great unity, this is the footsteps of a momentum.
So do you dare to stand opposite the direction this soundtrack points to? Can you imagine that this momentum is rushing towards you with the sound of drums, horns and cries like this unstoppable giant ship, rolling over like the wind, rolling over like a romance, and stepping over like a crowd?
Before this unstoppable tide of history, whether you are voluntary or involuntary, when you sit across from him, will you descend or not?
I imagined that scene, and I was terrified. The legendary fifth-generation director Assassinate Qin trilogy, "Song of Qin", "Jing Ke Assassinate the King of Qin" and "Hero", I have written some texts. The first two films are focused on topics, which are easier to understand. Put yourself in the perspective of King Qin, feel the turbulence when the way of heaven is advancing, and cast sympathetic eyes on these blockers. Because whether it is Canjian, Feixue, Zhangkong, Wuming, or Gao Jianli, they are all relatively desirable characters. They care about human nature. The way to unify, their assassination is more like a kind of exhortation.
But in this film, besides Jing Ke, the people who stabbed Qin, there are also Concubine who slept with the mother of King Qin, and Prince Dan who is like a clown jumping on the beam. Zhao Nv had no objection to Ying Zheng's fighting and killing in the early stage. She was only unhappy when she was killed in Zhao State. It can be said that it was out of personal grievances like Prince Dan. Jing Ke is out of personal feelings for Zhao Nv. It can be said that these people are not like Can Jian and Wuming who have a moral program like "the world", nor are they like Gao Jianli who always has the fetters of persuading Ying Zheng, but they are completely dominated by emotions and desires. Those who say they are boring are those who refuse to get on the ship of history. The death of Can Jian, Wuming, and Gao Jianli was a beautiful thing shattered for you to see, and a tragedy, but their deaths made me smile from the bottom of my heart and made me identify with Ying Zheng even more. But the death of Jing Ke and Concubine was the king of Qin who cleared the way. It should have been a comedy, but it suddenly made me even more sad.
The tearful speech before the death of King Qin and Jing Ke expressed the pressure they were carrying. Imagine the pressure of King Qin. He was a hostage and suffered humiliation since he was a child. When he became the King of Qin, every day an old man repeated a sentence in your ear. "King Qin Yingzheng, have you forgotten the great wish of Qin's predecessors to rule the world?" To give you patriotism education, this old man has been reading all his life, and he has not slowed down for 30 seconds. The succession procedure has been completed. Here comes another one The child then reads it to you, reading that you "can't forget it for a moment". Fighting countries, the dead are sure, the people of the countries do not understand, the country is subjugated and crying in front of you, you just worked hard to get through their work. I didn't expect that the big-eyed Prince Dan, who looks like a little educated person, doesn't understand it. Bleeding with you within five steps. My girlfriend understands her but she is in a long-distance relationship. My mother tolerates her but sends you two younger brothers. There is a Xiangguo who is her benefactor and the result is "I am your father". It's difficult, it's really difficult, even if you kill your own father, you can only hypnotize yourself. Killing is for not killing people, and bleeding is for not bleeding. A country is at peace, and there is no need to fight every day. Don't die. Open your eyes and see. After I kill these people, everyone will be able to live a peaceful life. Don't believe it.
Then what did Jing Ke say? There is nothing nutritious at all, "Fan Yuqi is more trustworthy than you." What are you talking about at this time? Did you hear what I just said? The world, bloodshed, unified writing, infrastructure construction! What do you mean by a dead man? Is it worth mentioning in front of a country where you can see and see? Not worth mentioning.
But it is not worth mentioning, so you are not allowed to mention it?
I read a film review before, talking about the fifth-generation directors who love to shoot Qin Shihuang and assassinate Qin, because they grew up in that era, and they have a collective cognition and a collective thinking. This cognition and thinking are a bit sensitive. Generally speaking, this cognition is based on the education at that time (and also the current education), and the historical trend is irreversible. To follow this trend requires sacrifice; from the trend they are in In other words, there is also a great goal, and this great goal is irreversible and requires sacrifice, so all kinds of sports are forms of this trend moving forward, and you cannot deny it. And their thinking is the value of individuals under this great goal, because the era they lived in has been peaceful for a long time, they have time and space to think, and they have the opportunity to deny and show later, the historical trend The sense of urgency and absoluteness in their eyes gave rise to shakes and doubts, just like in "Sunny Days" when the mother is about to give birth, the military vehicles in the compound will break down when they drive out, and they talk about first-level combat readiness. That level of combat readiness feels like a lie, so what else do we have to sacrifice?
The series of assassinating Qin gives people such reflections. "Hero" is a model play of collectivism, "Ode to Qin" is more solemn and has a strong sense of collectivism in comparison, and the characters selected in "Jing Ke Thorn Qin King" are more extreme, which is this kind of petty love that has no value for sympathy Xiao Ai's characters are also indescribably tall. Zhao Guo even chose to go against the trend by choosing a more inhumane self-extinguishing species than Qin country. It seems to be showing that this great unification is really imperative, and we can't give these fools any more. X is making a fuss, and it won't work a day later.
But the film is sad, Qin Wang Yingzheng is alone, those people are gone, the great goal is about to be achieved. But without those people, those who stand on the opposite side of your value and can be called anti-value, without them, it seems that there is still less value. These people around you are very obedient. If you don’t come up, you really don’t come up at all. It’s a goddamn thief begging. It doesn’t seem interesting to unify it for you people.
Inverse value is also a value.
Looking back, those who stand on the opposite side of themselves, or choose to keep a certain distance from themselves, seem to have a higher personal value (more lines), like this Jing Ke, this is coming at me desperately, if it is How nice of my sergeant. What's more, some people, like Nv Zhao, really didn't want to get in their way. The forward voice was so loud that they couldn't be heard at all, as if it wasn't a good thing.
No matter how deafening the sound of the wheels, the sound of horses' hooves, and the footsteps of the war are deafening, it is a good thing in this world that someone dares to shout "No surrender".
Even if he is your enemy.
PS: As a digression, I really want to blow up the production and performance of this movie, especially the episode of destroying Zhao. The choreography is really shocking. Two Qin soldiers rushed out and were scattered, and the perspective became a Zhao soldier. After being knocked down, he turned into a Qin soldier again, no one has a halo, all are cannon fodder for war. And you can understand this kind of production. The rough details let you know that these people are emotional and working hard. Unlike the special effects now, they have achieved a lot of big scenes and saved money, but they have no soul. Of course, no matter how much investment was spent in the pre-special effects era, it was still rough. The arrows that were shot didn't fly straight, and the expressions of individual group performances were not in place. There are also some group performers squatting on the city wall and dancing blindly. After watching the battle scene twice, all these complaints are left. But complaining is also fun, which shows that there were really many people working on it back then. And this Qin Palace is a must go for a walk.
The performance of the actors is also very interesting. Although everyone is exaggerating, from the styling to the makeup, it does not violate the harmony. The feeling brought by the broken voice of Prince Dan is more magical than disgusting. Sometimes I feel that those big productions in those days were as rough as a man, and they smelled like sweat when they got close to them. Although they smelled a bit unpleasant, they would admire and even get close to them. After all, they had to work hard. Today's big productions are too delicate, like there are range hoods installed everywhere, there is no smoke at all, and the fragrance is sucked away.
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