Borrowing a sentence from the living Guanyin in the film, you can point out the connotation of the film's main theme, "Sir, although the world is hot and cold, there is true love in the world." Truth 1, although the face-changing king and Gouwa are not related by blood, a strong grandfather-grandson relationship has developed between them over time; truth two, Gouwa feels guilty and grateful to the face-changing king, and gave him a gift after leaving. "Grandson" wants to give his life to rescue the face-changing king who was imprisoned because of his grievances; the third truth is that living Guanyin is different from the face-changing king, but we can sympathize with each other and save people in danger. "Living Guanyin" is really living Guanyin. In fact, the true feelings can be found in the small characters of the supporting roles in the film, so I will not list them one by one here.
"Changing Face" tells the story of the inheritance of skills. In the final analysis, it is human nature and emotions that are excavated. Some people are not as good as the monkey raised by the face-changing king. The traditional feudal ideology of "passing on men and not women, and not passing on outsiders" and the inequality of patriarchal preference were all broken by "love".
It is not false to say that "Face Change" is the peak of Mr. Zhu Xu's performance. The face-changing king walks the rivers and lakes, and he can be multi-faceted by one person, but he maintains his nature and is kind to others. Poverty can be hard on the waist, he is smooth in life but he is well behaved, and in order to maintain his skills, he has his own uncompromising attitude... All these spirits and characteristics are concentrated in one character. The face-changing king played by Mr. Zhu Xu has flesh, flesh and integrity. , which is convincing.
The first time I watched the 1995 film was when I was a child. At that time, I was most impressed by the film's display of the face-changing of Sichuan Opera. It felt amazing. How did the old man change? It can quickly change so many faces in a short period of time. At that time, my mind was full of questions about the face change. From this point of view, the film makes the skill of changing face mysterious and artistic, and has the effect of promoting traditional culture. And more than 20 years later, watching "Face Change" again, the period of simply "looking at the face" has passed.
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