Dreaming of this thing, like the classic, will never fade because of time, but it will be more precious. - "Old Boys"
In recent years, there have been many films filmed and released on the theme of youth, dreams, and nostalgia, but "Old Boys", a short film of less than forty-five minutes, is particularly memorable to me. As the most famous part of the 11-degree youth series, the story it tells is not complicated: a pair of middle-aged ordinary old boys who have been obsessed with Michael Jackson for more than ten years have re-entered the dream stage and found the story of their dreams.
After many years, yesterday I brushed this film again, and xiao Yang's slightly magnetic voice at the end of the film sang "Old Boy" still moved me, but now watching this movie, I have more emotions brought by years of precipitation. Through this film, everyone seems to be able to find the shadow of their student days and find their dreams.
Looking at it now, this may also be where "Old Boys" has resonated with countless moviegoers. But ask yourself: When people reach middle age, do you still have the courage to continue to pursue their dreams in the face of dreams in their youth?
Youth and youth are two obvious stages of a person's growth process, and everyone has their own dreams in their adolescence and youth.
The dreams of youth are beautiful and pure, but unrealistic and often difficult to achieve. Some people want to be an astronaut, traveling between the stars, traveling in the universe; some people want to become characters portrayed in American Marvel and Japanese comics, and become heroes who save the world.
Teenagers always carry the dreams in their hearts, enter the sweet dreams in the late night of the moon and stars, and do sweet dreams related to dreams, the dreams of this period are like a seed sown in the heart, this seed may not be able to take root and sprout in the future, and bear huge fruits, but it brings a beautiful innocent years to the teenager.
The dreams of youth are serious and determined, paranoid and fearless. Some people want to be a literary giant, some people want to be a pop singer. Everyone has a clear goal in their hearts, sweat and work hard for the dream in their hearts.
Dreams make us feel happy and make us feel the same sadness, let us reap the joy of success and let us experience the wandering of failure. However, for most people, dreams will eventually be lost in the long river of years, and they will not be able to make a single wave.
With the increase of age, the youth of the past is no longer young, they need to take on more family responsibilities and social responsibilities, the burden of life is on the shoulders, it is difficult to move, and how to lift the weight of dreams.
The dream seems to be easily stranded, but it is only hidden in the deepest corners of the heart, and it has always existed.
When he was a student, Xiao Dabao was a "campus brother" who leaned against the mottled wall of the staircase, and when the school flowers passed, he would pluck the strings in his hand and sing "Xiaofang", which represented his heart.
Wang Xiaoshuai is a loyal fan of Michael Jackson, who practiced dance at home, just to be a teenager dancing in the wind in the crowded campus.
They have the passion of youth, the desire for dreams, and they also appear on the stage of the campus when they are students. But when people reach middle age, what they have to face is the daily chai rice oil and salt, which is the dilemma of real life at present. So one put down the guitar in his hand and became a wedding host who did not look at the color and was often beaten; one took off his dance costume and became a barber who did nothing.
It's not a life choice, it's the life and the story that's happening that most of us have to accept.
What prompted Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaoshuai to once again go to the stage as middle-aged people and embark on the unfinished dream journey of their youth? Whether it was the cash prize of fifty thousand yuan that broke into the top ten of "Happy Boys", or when he heard the news of Michael Jackson's sudden death, he developed a new understanding of life.
In my opinion, it is not, at the moment of the last stage, they just want to fill the regrets related to their hearts and dreams, and draw a happy end to their youth.
The dream of China's film industry
If you want to make a film that can be called a classic, you must first have a good screenwriter and director. Established in this context, China Film Group and Youku.com jointly produced and gathered 11 cutting-edge directors to create an 11-degree youth series with the unified theme of "post-80s youth". And "Old Boy" directed by Xiao Yang is one of the 11-degree youth series of movies.
Among the directors of the 11-degree youth series of films, there are Shen Yan, the director who has directed the hit dramas "Chinese Divorce" and "Mobile Phone", Ning Caishen, the screenwriter of the hilarious comedy "Wulin Waichuan", and the animation director Pi San and Zhang Yadong, who crossed the border from the music industry. These directors are all new and sharp forces that can lead the future direction and direction of Chinese films, and this time, the support and incubation plan initiated by China Film Group for emerging directors carries the dream of the entire Chinese film industry.
Director Xiao Yang's dream
In 2005, Xiao Yang graduated from the Beijing Film Academy with a major in film and television advertising director, and after graduation, he aspired to become a famous advertising director. From the year of graduation to 2010, in five years, he mainly focused on MVs and advertisements, shooting many excellent short film works, and the tragic MV "Where Are You" filmed in 2008 made Xiao Yang win the 2008 Special Contribution Award and the Most Powerful Network Director Award of the China Network Video List. However, Xiao Yang's people and most of his works are still in a tepid state.
In 2010, Xiao Yang also came to the mouth of the life career of the standing year, and almost spent all his savings when filming the short film "Old Boy". Whether it was a step-by-step or a battle, Xiao Yang resolutely chose the latter. Xiao Dabao, who does the wedding officiation work in "Old Boys", is the character image created based on Xiao Yang.
The dream of the supporting characters
In the movie "Old Boy", compared to the character of "School Flower", what impresses us more is the fat man Hao Fang. She will shyly hide in the corner of the wall to show a shy smile when sending Wang Xiaoshuai tapes, and she will fall asleep when her husband practices dance at night but accompanies her for a long time.
However, in real life, the fat man Hao Fang is not a professional actor, she is just the owner of a dumpling shop.
If the dream of the Chinese film industry is to incubate new directors and make Chinese films move towards a new era; director Xiao Yang's dream is to shoot a representative classic film; then the dream of this low-level little person is to regain his youthful dream and become a real actor like Wang Xiaoshuai and Xiao Dabao in the short film.
When the students were in the "chopstick combination" of the campus, people became the ordinary people at the bottom of society in middle age;
The little brother who was beaten and scolded in the past turned into a famous producer;
In his youth, everyone loved pure school flowers, and after many years, he smoked cigarettes and painted heavy makeup;
The fat man who was once disgusted and disgusted finally became his wife.
What a lamentable reality, life is so capricious, every day is full of changes. Isn't the story depicted in the short film the experience of most of us? "Old Boys" is like a sharp bayonet, stabbing our tears hard. When everyone is young, there will always be some regrets that cannot be loved, and these regrets have fermented over the years and gradually grown into a thorn in the heart.
"Old Boy" of 11 degrees of youth wants to express not only the pursuit of dreams, but also the sacrifice of youth and the reconciliation of self. When Xiao Dabao sang "Old Boy" on the stage, the moment the music sounded, the "chopstick combination" and the past dream in his heart reached a reconciliation, and Bao Xiaobai, who shed tears under the eyes covered by sunglasses, reached a reconciliation with the past years of humiliation.
If you have the regrets of youth in your heart that cannot be entertained, you may wish to go to this short film called "Old Boy" and listen to this song called "Old Boy", maybe there is an answer you want in this song.
That's the person I miss and love day and night Exactly how should I express it Will she accept me Maybe I'll never say that to her Destined to wander the world How can there be concerns Dreams are always out of reach Is it time to give up The flowers bloom and fall again during the rainy season Spring, where are you Youth is like a rushing river It's too late to say goodbye Only the numbness remained, and I had no more blood from that year Look at the flowers that float in the sky Wither away at the most beautiful moments Who will remember that she was in this world In the blink of an eye, many years have passed The young people who once aspired to be in the four directions envied the geese who flew south The figures running their respective journeys hurriedly drifted away Where the future is ordinary, who gives me the answer Those who accompanied me then, where are you now? The man I once loved is what it looks like now Did that wish come true? Now I have to pay tribute Let the years dry the ideal can never find the real me again Look up at the sky full of stars The one that accompanied me at that time Do you remember the story here...