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Director Li Yang is an alternative among Chinese directors, he has been in the industry for decades, and his works are not very many, even if they are more famous, they are all applauded.
He has an ancient chivalrous spirit, his masterpiece "Blind" series trilogy, pay attention to the bottom of the society, expose the dark reality, flash the brilliance of human nature, for him in the minds of fans to establish a good image, these trilogies are "Blind Well", "Blind Mountain", "Blind Road".
Let's talk about the trilogy.
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Speaking of "Blind Well", we can't help but talk about Wang Baoqiang. When this film was made, Wang Baoqiang was still an obscure little actor, and now it is not an exaggeration to say that this film is his "debut is the peak" work.
This film won the Silver Bear Award at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival, Wang Baoqiang also won the Best Newcomer Award at the 40th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards with this film, he became a first-line star from a small north drift, you know director Li Yang but selected him from nearly a thousand actors, the vision is really unique.
"Blind Well" is adapted from Liu Qingbang's novel "Shenmu", based on the real case, the mining area fraud killing gang, killing people in the mine, disguised as a mining disaster, and then pretending to be a family member to defraud insurance premiums.
In the movie, it is a "duo", after a successful crime, and then looking for the next target, the result is that wang Baoqiang's school dropout teenager is selected, they first pretend to help him find a job, and take him to the mine. In the process of getting along, the second bad guy moved compassion for him, the number one bad guy was determined to kill him, and finally when it was time to act, the "duo" had infighting, and the teenager who "fools have foolish fortunes" was mistakenly saved.
The overall tone of the film is depressing, and the ending is unexpectedly reversed, which makes the audience happy, but it can also cause more reflection.
Since then, Wang Baoqiang has embarked on the road to fame, and now we look at this film again, Wang Baoqiang's youthful and simple acting skills are still worth appreciating carefully, the film uses a lot of dialects, and the filming is also in the mining area, which gives people a sense of documentary reality.
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The movie "Blind Mountain" is about a female college student who was tricked into going deep into the mountains and sold to the villagers as a wife, she was tortured and fled several times, because the people in the village were in an interest group with each other, she was a weak woman who could not break free, she also gave birth to a child for the villagers, and finally through a small child, a letter was finally sent out, the father of the female college student and the police came to rescue her, but by the obstruction of the village cadres, the police did not immediately rescue her.
The "husband" of the female college student and her father got into a fight, and in a hurry, the female college student hacked the "husband" to death with a kitchen knife. The movie ends here, and people are depressed and constantly asking, what will happen to her later?
I think that even if she was rescued, she would have killed someone, and I am afraid that she would inevitably be imprisoned. Or she and her father might have been killed by the villagers before the police returned.
Before I watched this movie, I had seen several introductory articles saying that there were many similar incidents in our country, and if a foreigner was deceived, it was really difficult to escape. Friends who have watched this movie, especially young girls who are out alone, must be vigilant.
The film "Blind Mountain" also continues the style of the previous "Blind Well", a large number of dialects, filmed in a remote mountain village, without a famous actor, and later did not become famous, it is worth mentioning that director Li Yang personally played a human trafficker in the film, and this film also won him the Best Director Award at the 2007 Rome Film Festival.
There is also a small episode, that is, before the film was filmed, the investors suddenly withdrew their investment, and director Li Yang raised funds on his own and completed the filming of the film, and it was his chivalrous spirit of not seeking fame and fortune, only for justice, that allowed us to appreciate such a critical and educational film.
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As the last part of the trilogy, I think the style of this "Blind Road" is a bit out of tune with the first two, perhaps for the smooth release of it, the whole film's picture is clear and smooth, which is very different from the simple and realistic style of the first two films, and the shooting location has changed from the mine and the countryside to the capital Beijing.
This film is about the story of child trafficking, due to insufficient cost, so there is no star in this movie, the director himself plays the protagonist, a down-and-out middle-aged man, pretending to be blind on the street begging, met a blind girl, through understanding, he knows that the girl was abducted and sold.
The man was once a well-known singer, but later due to his own depravity, his wife left him, and his daughter died unexpectedly. When he saw this blind girl, his heart surged with infinite pity, and he fought everything to rescue the blind girl, and he himself was killed by the criminal gang.
Although from the point of view of perception, there is a big difference from the first two films, but from the perspective of the theme, it is still the same: they all pay attention to the vulnerable groups, expose the dark reality, and give the audience a wake-up call.
After the film was released, the box office was not high, and it also received a lot of negative reviews.
The film from planning to shooting and release, after ten years of time, especially the review stage, due to the controversy of the first two films, resulting in the review of this film is very strict, director Li Yang paid a lot for it. Although his acting skills are not first-class, the heroine is not likable, and there are still some unsatisfactory places in the film, it is still a rare conscience movie in recent years.
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Director Li Yang's "blind" series trilogy is a masterpiece in realistic films in recent years, although there are some flaws, but the flaws are not hidden, the profound connotation of the film and the brilliance of human nature are enough for the audience to remember.