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When it comes to the fifth generation of directors, many people will probably think of Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, two world-class film giants, for the first time.
Undoubtedly, as the two most shining world business cards of Chinese films, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige are the leaders of the fifth generation of directors, from "Red Sorghum", "Farewell to the Overlord" to "Hero", Chinese films have experienced unprecedented glory in the past decade.
In addition to Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, the reason why the fifth generation can become internationally famous is inseparable from every talented director in this group.
For example, Huang Jianxin, who is known for his series of realistic themes, has been called by many as the most underrated director in the fifth generation.
Unlike Zhang Yimou and others who invariably carry out cultural criticism and reflection on China's historical changes, Huang Jianxin, who focuses on the contemporary city, tries to explore the contemporary Chinese society that we are familiar with and unfamiliar with with a realism full of black humor.
In his debut film "The Black Cannon Incident" in 1986, the loss of a "black cannon" chess piece hooks up a series of absurd events, and the ironic sharp brushwork points directly to the social ills, which can't help but make people admire the courage of the director.
With laughter and anger to break through the vicissitudes of life, the small characters in Huang Jianxin's film interpret the chaos of society and the warmth of human feelings in the world with a real and playful image, which makes people deeply touched.
Another example is Douban 9.4's "Back to Back, Face to Face"
The film recommended by Pigo today is a masterpiece of director Huang Jianxin in the 90s, and behind a massacre, it is still Huang Jianxin's consistent expression of the spirit of realism .
"Ambush" 丨1997
Director: Huang Jianxin / Yang Yaya
Starring: Feng Gong / Jiang Shan / Teng Rujun / Zhang Jiayi / Niu Zhenhua / Shi Xiaohong / Guo Donglin / Lin Haihai / Zhao Xiuyun / Chen Hao / Liu Junling / Yao Yinghua
Late at night, in a quiet coastal city, The family of Li Yuhong, the administrator of the local shipyard warehouse, was tragically wiped out, which aroused the high attention of the police.
Detective captain Yang Gao (Zhang Jiayi), who has the reputation of "detective", and the team members after some investigation, targeted the suspect on a criminal gang, whose leader is code-named "Wise Man", gentle and harmless in appearance, but is the number one suspect in many criminal cases.
After much deliberation, Captain Yang set down seven surveillance points, but forced by insufficient manpower, he assigned one of the ambush points to the head of the shipyard security section, Tian Section Chief (Teng Rujun), and the officer Ye Minmin (Feng Gong), and repeatedly told them not to reveal the "ambush" to outsiders.
As a small officer, Ye Minmin's life is still relatively happy: although the boss Qiu Jianguo (Guo Donglin) always has nothing to do with his stubble, he gets along well with his boss, Chief Tian, and has long become a friend.
Although it is not high or low, Ye Minmin has a beautiful girlfriend Bai Lin (Jiang Shan) who is enough to make other men envious, and the two have long lived together, and marriage seems to be a sure thing.
But Ye Minmin is not very satisfied with the status quo, when he first transferred from the army, he was timid and failed to become a criminal policeman, but now he is a little unwilling, always hoping to find some excitement in his daily life.
Because of a phone call that had just been made incorrectly, Ye Minmin began to analyze the possible criminal incident on the other end of the phone, like a great detective--needless to say that he got a mockery from his girlfriend.
And the task of "ambush" is just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - helping the police comrades to catch criminals, is not it the realization of their "adventure dream"?
After some intensive arrangements, the ambush mission finally began, Ye Minmin's ambush point was an abandoned water tower near the shipyard, and all they had to do was to keep moving around twenty-four hours a day to monitor whether there were suspicious people near the water tower.
But if they really squatted day and night, within three days both of them would have to lie down tired.
In this way, the two set a division of labor, squatting in the old field during the day and Ye Minmin in charge at night, so that the rotation of duty could ensure that there was enough energy to complete the task.
Moreover, Ye Minmin had already calculated that he would have to stand guard well for the sake of bonuses and subsidies!
The ambush work is not as thrilling as in the movie, there is no trace of wind and grass in the past two days, Ye Minmin and Director Tian are doubly bored, especially Ye Minmin, who is looking forward to "adventure", is even more disappointed.
But this is not the most difficult for him, the sudden appearance of Bailin's ex-boyfriend Lin Daowei makes Ye Minmin have to be vigilant.
Although many years ago, Lin Daowei had left Bailin to go to Japan for his own development, but now that he had a successful career, he went straight to Bailin as soon as he returned to China, which inevitably made Ye Minmin suspect that his motives were not pure.
In the evening, Ye Minmin knocked on the side to inquire about Bailin's intentions for his ex-boyfriend, and Bailin firmly denied any disconnection with his old lover.
Coincidentally, Bai Lin expressed his doubts for many days and questioned why Ye Minmin had always been homeless lately.
In the face of Bailin's repeated questioning, Ye Minmin, who had bitter words, could only vaguely pass by as "tasks that cannot be said", which made Bailin deepen his suspicions about Ye Minmin's "people outside".
On the other hand, Director Tian's life is not very smooth, the task of hard work has made his already weak body worse, and his daughter (Played by Chen Hao), who is a senior in high school, makes him cry and laugh even more.
Because his wife worked overtime in the factory and did not return, he had a stomachache and wanted his daughter to help boil a bowl of porridge, but his daughter made the kitchen smoke miasma, almost causing a major accident.
I wanted to educate this daughter who couldn't even cook, but his daughter's words left him speechless: Didn't you tell me not to let me work hard and study hard and get into college?
This is not only lao tian's distress, but also the symptom of thousands of families under Chinese-style education...
After the handover, Ye Minmin went home to find Bailin, but learned from his neighbors that she and Lin Daowei had gone out together, and Ye Minmin felt lost and depressed.
At this time, Bai Lin did not go to be happy and happy, she was troubled by Ye Minmin's night and no return, and when she inquired at the shipyard where Ye Minmin worked, she learned that she had not come to work for more than a week, which made her even more worried.
At night, Ye Minmin, who was squatting alone, was confused and depressed, and suddenly remembered the phone number that he had dialed incorrectly before, and he ghostly dialed that phone number.
The person on the other end of the phone seems to be unpredictable, and the nagging words of the gods seem to correspond to the situation of democracy in the current day, which makes the identity of the owner of the mysterious phone confused...
The relationship between Ye Minmin and Bailin deteriorated, and in pain, Bailin unconsciously got closer and closer to her ex-boyfriend Lin Daowei, and her ex-boyfriend's confession made her even more overwhelmed.
Is it to leave Ye Minmin and devote himself to the arms of a rich ex-boyfriend, or to insist on love for love? Bai Lin's heart was in chaos.
On the other hand, Ye Minmin was even more angry: the lack of progress in the task, the interrogation and strangeness of his girlfriend, which made him have the impulse to leave, and also persuaded Lao Tian to abandon this hopeless task.
But Lao Tian, who is an upright person and has a strong sense of responsibility, is thinking that if they let the suspects escape because of their negligence, how many people will be poisoned by them again.
Director Tian's words made Ye Minmin a little self-conscious, and he returned to Bailin's house after being physically and mentally exhausted, and asked his girlfriend to make him a bowl of noodles to eat.
Looking at the wolf-devouring Ye Minmin, Bai Lin was suddenly relieved: How could he possibly find a woman outside like this? She had really wronged him.
Bai Lin still loved Ye Minmin deeply in his heart, rejected Lin Daowei's marriage proposal, and decided to live with this man who was not good-looking, had no money and no power.
Ye Minmin, who had just dropped a stone, met Tian Dajie, who came to look for Lao Tian, in the shipyard, and accidentally learned that Lao Tian was currently in the advanced stage of liver cancer, but he had not been home all day, and he could not find anyone where he was now...
Ye Minmin rushed to the ambush point and persuaded Lao Tian to hurry back to recuperate, but he knew that Lao Tian, who had little time to live, had already looked down on life and death, and in his opinion, dying at his post was more valuable than dying in a hospital in a painful and meaningless way.
Lao Tian's understated words made Ye Minmin's heart tremble with it, and he painstakingly persuaded Director Tian to go home so that he could give an explanation to his daughter and wife.
After sending away Lao Tian, Ye Minmin prepared a large bag of mineral water and instant noodles, and prepared to "fight a long line": Lao Tian's spirit of sacrifice made Ye Minmin firm in his determination to fight a protracted war: "The wise man" does not grasp it for a day, and he does not leave the water tower for a day!
Day after day, Ye Minmin, who was alone in the water tower, gritted his teeth and insisted, and when he really couldn't hold on, he called the "mysterious person" and listened to his unpredictable "speech" - this "mysterious person" who had never met before had almost become the spiritual pillar supported by Ye Min.
More than a month later, the "wise men" were arrested.
Captain Yang of Meizi was overjoyed in his heart, and he caught the important criminal wanted by the police for many years, which will undoubtedly be another major victory in his "detective" career.
But the "wise man" told Captain Yang that if it were not for the surveillance man who was ambushed on the water tower, perhaps he would have taken the huge amount of money hidden in the water tower and escaped.
This couldn't help but make Yang Gao stunned: Wasn't the ambush point of the water tower already removed?
It turned out that more than a month ago, Captain Yang had informed that the ambush point of the water tower would be removed, but Qiu Jianguo, who was supposed to be responsible for contacting Ye Minmin, forgot everything because of playing cards...
Captain Yang rushed to the water tower and saw ye min, who was disheveled and almost mentally broken: for 36 days - Ye Minsheng did not leave the water tower for half a step.
After sleeping for three days and three nights, Ye Minmin learned from Bailin, who had been guarding him, that Lao Tian had left during his coma.
Both Ye Minmin and Lao Tian were commended and rewarded by the government, but Ye Minzhu was indifferent because he knew that his best friend would never come back.
After that, Ye Minmin entrusted Captain Yang to help him check the phone number of the "mysterious person", and the result was completely unexpected: the mysterious phone call that made Ye Minmin worry about his stomach was made by a highly deaf uncle.
It turned out that the old man installed a small electric lamp as the bell of the telephone, and the words he said on the phone were read in the book...
It's ridiculous, ridiculous, and dumb, but that's the truth.
Everything was settled, and it belonged to Ye Democratic's "adventure", and it quietly ended...
"Ambush" is not the best work in Huang Jianxin's sequence of works, it does not have the sharp whipping of "Black Cannon Incident", nor does it have the vivid interpretation of the officialdom of "Back to Back Face", but the portrayal of small people into the wood and the precise reconciliation of absurdity and reality make the film exude the temperature of human nature.
In addition, the cast of "Ambush" is also quite interesting: Zhang Jiayi, who was also called "Zhang Xiaotong" at that time, the big beauty Jiang Shan, and the childish Chen Hao;
Of course, the most amazing is Feng Gong, accustomed to Watching Feng Gong perform cross-talk, sketch comedy performance, in this movie he is like an out-of-body, changed a person, a very life-like performance style makes "Ye Minmin" vivid enough, close enough to the heart of ordinary people.
With this film Feng Gong was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor for the first time, and a year later, he won the Golden Rooster Film Emperor with "Nothing to Steal".
This made Pi Ge can't help but think, if he didn't talk about crosstalk, would Uncle Feng Gong have become a highly respected performance artist in the film circle now?
Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: Ah Zhi
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