It's hard to come back after a lot of things have passed, because some are doomed to never return.
The original novel of God of Cinema was originally the story of saving a movie magazine, but in the hands of Yoji Yamada, it became the story of saving movies and theaters.
There is a necessary element of life called regret
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="38" > past dreams</h1>
The camera pans back to the sixties.
The young assistant director Ah Xiang met the projectionist Tera Shin on the set, the "prince girl" Lady in the canteen next to the set, and the colleagues who cared about him, and the future was bright. The relationship on the set, coupled with the talent of the screenwriter, made his way forward extremely smooth, and this talent made Shuzi and even the leading actress at the time, Katsura Yuanzi (Kitagawa Keiko), very interested in the township.
In the end, The township got the opportunity to write and direct his own work, but on the day of shooting, too many unexpected things happened, and the result was that the film could not be made, and the township also ended his film dream, and finally left the set, left everyone, and became the old man today - the debt of a bunch, the wife and daughter Abu (Terajima Shinobi) have to endure such a father, and the wife has to work part-time in the old friend's old theater when she is old.
As a result, under the coercion and inducement, the old man could only go to the theater to watch movies to live a life, but he also slowly opened up to look back on his life.
The abandoned script was not filmed, and there was nothing he could do about the things he cared about, so that the township gave up on itself. But the god of the movie did not give up on him, and as a result, Sun Tzu discovered the script of the township by chance, and finally saved the township's self-blame.
The experience of the township will make people feel very sorry, very sad, but the people are too old to accept that sometimes - the "god of movies" has to experience such suffering in the township, so that he can get the people he loves, and the people who do not abandon him.
For life, Ah Xiang spends most of his life in regret, but whether it is Ah Xiang or us are the same, in the constant expectation and constant disappointment to spend, life can not always be so smooth, and finally understand that everyone's life component, there is a large proportion of "regret".
The izakaya next to the set was their social occasion, where Ago led everyone and himself towards their ideals, but who thought that so many things had happened after that.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" > from Save movie magazine to save movie theater</h1>
"God of Movies" was originally a story of the survival of a film magazine, but after this filmization, the part of the magazine became the main force, and the story of the film made in Ago and the story of the screen theater were pulled together, and some friends in Japan said that the whole story was almost changed to the original, but I think it is understandable to change it.
In Yoji Yamada's many years of experience in the film industry, the "god of movies" has long been deeply rooted in his life. This time the story of the novel has been drastically revised, but it will make me feel that this time it is to put all his feelings for the movie into it.
Look at the introduction of the original work, the protagonist is the daughter Abu, because of unemployment and to take care of this debt father, so watching the movie, did not think because of this opportunity, in addition to bringing him a new job, but also for the father to find new fun, and then extended to the theater protection, the whole pattern is very large.
After this filmization, I reduced the scale a little, and wrote the story of him and the "god of movies" directly from the perspective of Ago (I think it is a bit of a self-recollection of Yoji Yamada).
This time, let's not explore why we should abandon the main line of the movie magazine, but we all know that at this moment, the cinema needs more rescue than the magazine, and it is also the plot added after this movie.
Over the years, our chances of going to the cinema for various things have decreased, which may not affect us, but for many people who "make the cinema their home", this is definitely a scarier thing than the end of the world.
Movies are supposed to be seen in theaters, and movies that are watched on a small screen are not movies. I believe that the god of movies has made this big change instead of letting Yoji Yamada speak for the industry or the film idiot. Most importantly, the theater gave him most of his life, and if he were to turn off the theater, that kind of mental disaster was really unimaginable.
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Since the god of cinema is mentioned in the movie, it is natural to set it up as a belief in movies from the beginning. Of course, if you like movies, you will worship movies, and there is a very important concept mentioned in the film: "There is a god of movies between every shot."
My favorite in the film is not Ah Xiang, but his friend Tera Shin.
Ah Xiang is definitely a person who has been favored by the gods, but no matter how hard his friend Terashin tries, he can't reach his level, and can only silently wait for everyone.
Maybe you said that this silent effort for Teraxin is really unfair, but as a result, Teraxin stayed, opened a screen theater, worked silently, and the god of the movie finally saw him, and invisibly gave Teraxin silent protection.
For those who love movies and learn a lot from them, the idea of a movie god should be a big believer — because, as the introduction says, the god of movies always cares for people who love movies and care for those they love.
I firmly believe that people who love movies are probably not bad people, and because of this, we are fortunate to have his love, to be able to travel in light and shadow in different eras in the chaotic world, from which we get the opportunity to escape from reality and treat every wounded person.
Thank you for watching, paying attention to me, and learning more about it.