"Li Shuangshuang" is a comedy feature film produced by Shanghai Film Studio in 1962, with the theme of simple countryside, promoting the main theme of everyone actively participating in production, and creating a precedent for rural comedy.
In terms of which, the domestic films of that era were either fighting devils or fighting the national army, and there were wars every day, and it was really rare to have such a simple and beautiful civilian comedy.
The background of the film is quite difficult, and the cast is also quite good. The back-to-back gambling look of the male and female protagonists is very impressive - I think this poster is particularly well designed and looks good!
When "Li Shuangshuang" was released in 1962, the three-year famine had just ended, but in the movie you can't see the slightest sign of peasants starving, the film is green mountains and rivers, peace and stability everywhere, everyone is in a happy mood, full of energy, even the sky is so clear and bright.
This is the early 1960s in rural China, with a strong farming culture and full of earthy atmosphere. The simple and natural style makes the film also lively.
The film uses the form of light comedy to show the rural scene, and the trivial little things are connected very smoothly through the character of Li Shuangshuang.
The first time Li Shuangshuang quarreled with someone in the play, for the sake of producing a few wooden boards of the production team, because the other party "took the collective thing", she ignored the ugly face of the other person and resolutely did not back down.
Her husband, Sun Xiwang, rebuked her: "Why do you take care of other people's affairs?" ”
Li Shuangshuang replied with a straight face and a straight face: "Just because I am a member of the commune!" ”
The so-called "collectivism" and this kind of special two-spirited thinking have long been eliminated by the times, but no matter in which era, people like Li Shuangshuang who handle problems from a rational point of view, such fair and just people are very good management, and it is also beneficial to the development of the entire brigade. And the language of the shots here is really great and deserves five stars.
The female image of Li Shuangshuang is too worthy of further investigation! Li Shuangshuang, played by Zhang Ruifang, is kind and hardworking, enthusiastic and spicy, loves to laugh and noisy, is fast and fast-talking, has obvious feminism, does not bend over backwards, and takes the initiative to ask to go out of the family to participate in collective labor - Li Shuangshuang saw that the labor force at the water conservancy site was insufficient, and spontaneously went to the construction site with several women. The fact that she took women to repair canals was very surprising to the men.
Why so desperate? It is to show the era of great energy in this Chinese rural film, an era in which rural women are liberated from heavy household chores and actively thrown into the collective life of the whole country.
In contrast to her, Sun Xiwang, played by Zhong Xinghuo, is a supporting role in the play, but this actor plays a very important role in the development of the entire plot. It is said that director Lu Ren is interested in the simple temperament of "silly, big, black and rough" on Zhong Xinghuo, and in this light comedy movie, it can be said that all the comedy plots are borne by Sun Xiwang.
It turns out that the really festive-looking Teacher Zhong Xinghuo is the real protagonist of this film, and his acting skills are almost amazing!
I like some of the interesting details in the movie:
Xi Wang went home from work and found a lock on the door. A few words written in chalk on the door:? In the old place,? At the fourth aunt's house, you go home and turn on the fire first.
The place replaced by a clumsy painting indicates that Li Shuangshuang has words that he cannot write.
Since he was told to open the fire, the next natural thing naturally includes: adding pots, rolling out noodles...
A very emotional message, but Sun Xiwang refused to cooperate.
Li Shuangshuang was busy in the canal and returned home, only to see Xi Wang sitting on the kang with his legs outstretched, not moving. Li Shuangshuang had to do it himself.
Why not work? Because Xiwang thinks that this is not a small matter: "I can't open this head, I will cook for you, and I will wash your diapers in the future." ”
Li Shuangshuang's "farm work" left a deep impression on the audience, and I still clearly remember the rolled noodles inside.
——Li Shuangshuang approached the stove, opened the lid of the pot, poured water, took the dough, kneaded the dough, rolled the dough, and cut the dough, this series of actions was skillful and natural, clean and neat, and praised.
I like the clip of Zhong Xinghuo and Zhang Ruifang complaining to each other - a large part of the comedic effect of the film comes from the contrast between her personality and her husband Sun Xiwang, Li Shuangshuang's personality is hot and straightforward, helpful, adhering to the principle of public over private, collective is greater than individual, and Xiwang is selfish, timid, cowardly, afraid of causing trouble. In life, there have been collisions and communication of ideas again and again.
The first conflict between the husband and wife occurred in cooking - Li Shuangshuang was warm-hearted outside, and when he came home, he had to make noodles for her husband and children to eat. But listening to Xi Wang's sneering sarcasm, Li Shuangshuang couldn't help it, dropped the board, sat on the threshold and cried.
Xi Wang saw that he was energetic, and he got two cloves of garlic himself, deliberately pounding the mountain sound - this shooting is very colorful and very grounded. The film pays attention to the slow emergence of character personality from the daily small things, and the use of details and the use of pushing and pulling and shaking lenses make the film very tasteful.
Li Shuangshuang and Xi Wang fought, she kicked her husband to the ground, the male protagonist exploded... This performance is integrated and very contagious.
It is also strange to say that it is obviously a movie that raises ideological awareness, but it can be seen as a comedy, and the laughter is continuous... Pleasant, bright, fresh, that's it... Light comedy!
Li Shuangshuang not only dared to challenge men's work, but also was willing to participate in the discussion of public affairs, daring to write out his opinions and post them on the bulletin board. This bold behavior, including later helping Gui Ying pursue free love, opposing arranged marriages... All have a certain meaning of women's liberation.
"Strict wife management" may be criticized in reality, but it is unimpeded in literary works, and the highlight of this movie is that men are weak and women are strong, and when I watched this movie before, I always thought that xiwang who was a husband was very nesty. But in every era there are countless Sun Xiwang, only a specific period can give birth to a Li Shuangshuang, so watching such an old film is really a kind of long-lost warmth.
The film artistically recreates an era of collective production of the people's commune that has gone away.
In the process of selecting the "scorekeeper", it mainly tells about the small contradictions between the people that are not painful or itchy, mainly based on gentle "criticism" and does not involve heavy political and social irony. The overall appearance is still the active and high-spirited life of the people's commune in the 60s.
In addition to commune life, it is still dominated by family life - one acre and three points of land and wife and children hot kiln, full of joy and cuteness of Chinese folk life.
Xi Wang remembered the human feelings of himself and his acquaintances, and on this issue, both had the same fortitude and courage as a man, and their eyes were full of the wisdom and tact of Chinese women and their diligence and independence. Xiwang, on the other hand, looks a bit like a woman's petty family. This gender dislocation subverts the tradition, makes the life picture of the whole film rich and fulfilling, and also makes the image of the characters, especially Xiwang, come alive.
"You say, when will people be free of selfishness?"
It is said that people should not have a little selfishness, which is not in line with human nature, but there really were such people in that era - the film more realistically restored the ideological realm at that time, Li Shuangshuang was single-minded, and even had a bit of an "axis" personality, which was a fixed template for showing "public is greater than private", and she went to the commune to report her husband's unfair scoring behavior, which was similar to the prototype of literary (grid) behavior such as family reporting.
But the overall process is still smooth and natural, obviously countless times by the lines in the play, but those red lines do not sound very awkward. Now look at this kind of nosy person, in fact, very kind, very enthusiastic, and even really love the revolution! According to the introduction of mainstream film reviews, Li Shuangshuang is an excellent rural woman with a new era spirit.
Li Shuangshuang's opinion was adopted by the leaders and he was promoted to captain of the women's team, which disturbed the men of Xiwang.
This is called: the rise of revolutionary women and the anxiety of male subjects.
Always laughing at Mimi, not talking about political affairs is always very happy XiWang encountered things, he also has the nature of a displeasure to run away from home, cute to the extreme.
Xi Wang's temperament made the strong woman Li Shuangshuang actually cry.
This scene is too real - the film does not blindly intensify the contradictions between men and women to make a play, but under the premise that the two characters are very individual, they express their emotional and intellectual conflicts and reconciliations.
The two actors acted really well, simple and warm and joyful, and in the end they always forgave each other, which is higher than what doctrine is so high that they don't know where to go, the lines are so interesting and so lifelike, without watching the performance, you can feel the rural atmosphere that comes over your face, which makes people laugh and move.
Although the problem was not fundamentally solved, it was finally suppressed.
In the performance of the play-within-a-play of "Watching the Play", Zhong Xinghuo's performance is the most outstanding, although it does not deviate from the typical atmosphere of the times for the rendering of the image, but the typical does not lose its personality. This symbolic character is full of humanity under his interpretation.
But the problem is not over - the village is a complete and controllable socialist space, Li Shuangshuang resolutely does not agree to give relief money to the deputy village chief, she must uphold justice.
Speaking in good conscience, Li Shuangshuang's performance is indeed selfless and fearless, which is admirable. But this passage also shows that a system that does not rely on restraint, but on enlightenment, must begin to decay from top to bottom.
We must admit that the vast number of peasants in reality first consider the basic survival of their own families, and they cannot all be pacesetters of faith with "great class consciousness." This system is too demanding of the character of the rulers!
Therefore, when Xiwang ran away from home because Of Li Shuangshuang's nosy offense, she once again changed her strong image and cried bitterly on the kang.
At a critical juncture, the party representative, the village party secretary, came.
Immediately, Li Shuangshuang was persuaded to do so -- the pursuit of liberation, this kind of liberation is all things, good or bad, right or wrong, follow the party's liberation, is the liberation of stepping on the huge shoulder of the party, with the party as the benchmark and the party as the backer.
Including Li Shuangshuang's opinions can be affirmed, or rely on the decision-maker- the sage of the old branch secretary.
Li Shuangshuang raised his spirits to comfort and encourage Da Feng, whose production was lagging behind, otherwise he would not be able to convince people.
To tell the truth, the movies of this period, the reason is very good, very reasonable, all can not be refuted, but it is not exciting to see, may be because people live, if there is no selfishness, then how boring it is to live.
The story structure of this film is somewhat similar to that of films after 65 years, the difference is that one emphasizes the incompatibility of class struggle, while the other is simply resolved in the form of light comedy, of course, the early film is closer to life, and there are young people in the film who fall in love, and the feelings of Gui Ying and Erchun.
The love of that era was also based on the collective production of rural labor, and was limited and influenced by labor.
Li Shuangshuang, who is spicy and straightforward, adheres to the premise of stressing principles and following the system, but also values love and righteousness and cares for others.
After listening to Gui Ying's heartfelt words, she is determined to "take care of things" and resolutely fight against selfishness. So he stepped forward and stirred up this blind date between Gui Ying and Xiao Wang from the city.
Therefore, Li Shuangshuang's people are actually not pleasing in reality, and they are warm-hearted people who love to find trouble for themselves.
But she dared to be bold, dared to adhere to principles, and at the same time, loved her children and was considerate of her husband. It should be known that straightforward justice is the original ecological quality of Chinese women.
Equality between men and women, women can also stand up to half the sky, this is the real feminism.
Look at Xi Wang's temper, but even if he runs away from home, he does not move the real thing or really take the overpowering wife more seriously. Pretending that he wanted to go back for two days, others had to persuade him to go back.
When Xiwang finally returned home, we could all see that the script was clear in line, and the three quarrels, the main line and the side lines were prominent.
The most important thing is Xi Wang, and his trajectory of change is the ideological focus that the film most wants to convey - from the tantrum of the wife's efforts for the public because of his wife's disregard for personal interests, to the hope that everyone will lose their selfish hearts, this turn is slightly deliberate.
You young people are in love first and then married, and your sister-in-law and I are married first and then in love.
As Xi Wang's initial position was not firm to a gradual change, his ideological consciousness was improved, and his love with Li Shuangshuang was also stabilized. The deputy village chief of Jinqiao and others gradually changed and realized their mistakes, and the film finally completed the expression of political discourse.
Finally, a poster of the proud male and female protagonists is attached again to pay tribute to the feelings of the older generation of artists who have passed away.