"A Piece of the North" scored 5.6 points
1. Min Scarlett: 7 points
Film critic.
The film tells about the various dilemmas of villagers and Wang Erhao, but does not give them answers, which gives the film a complex polysemy that can be interpreted, and can also be seen as a representation of the film's exploration of orientalized narratives, every villager who is wrapped in absurdity and ignorance is a patient of Wang Erhao, and even everyone, including Wang Erhao, is a patient of the times. From this point of view, the reading and writing of Wang Erhao, a victim who walks on the edge of morality, the restrained and solemn experimental images in "A Vast North", and the oriental narrative that freely wanders between magic and reality, all find a new discourse system for chinese independent films that care about reality.
2. Kaze Falcon: 7 points
The story of the lone star of Heavenly Fire topping the fox family and pretending to be a ghost is still called "The Little Widow Becomes a Fairy". Borrowing shamanic folklore to highlight the rough reality of rural China, black and white mainly highlights the dreamy colors used in several colors, a few paragraphs of light magic are quite flavorful, and there are several hall mirrors, it can be seen that the director is still trying to think, perform and share under the limited budget, and does not delay in the common narcissism and sentimentality of independent films, which is precious. The lines are actually well written, but it is a pity that the reading is too blunt.
3. Lu Zhiyu: 7 points
Film critic, operator of the WeChat public account "Watch the movie to see death", author of "Joker, Circus Tears".
1. I love this kind of magical wild work more than the debut works that are realistic for the sake of reality. 2. The song "Good Song" and the white snow are bets on the oriental aesthetics of the Dream of the Red Chamber; broken mirrors, illusions, dreams, smoke and mist, such a countryside is the author's poetic construction, is the product of a literary temperament, whether it is enough to observe reality is not important. 3. Blindly talking about reality and ignoring aesthetic values is not good for the diversification of Chinese films; of course, this is more based on the evaluation of the original version of "Little Widow Chengxian".
4. Yang Shiyang: 7 points
Chief writer of China News Weekly.
A man who spoke common sense was mentally killed. This is the saddest climax of "A Vast North". The film's flaws are technically specific, such as the tight lines that are uncertain between Mandarin and dialect, but its excellent parts are very obvious, its critical consciousness, and the in-depth revelation of the theme of "no salvation" are surprising. It presents the darkest, most real obscured reality with a strange-looking, playful story.
5. West Parker: 6 points
Film critic, editor-in-chief of the film website.
It shows the current situation of a certain magic realism in China, but it still stays at the level of curiosity and does not find its own appeal.
6. Racer: 3 points
The stirring of folklore and people's livelihood was a bit like narrative at first, but soon became an argumentative essay, and finally tried to rise to a narrative style. This is a paper that is not afraid of the examiner, but still actively takes the exam. To be tolerant, while retaining a certain amount of interest, it can still ask itself questions and answers, but it will be suspected of accumulating problems to some extent. And the most important thing about the film is that the relationship between people and the environment is not effectively established. In addition, due to the limitation of funds, the audiovisual is quite general, but it has not played a role in simplifying because of ugliness.
7. Big Strange: 2 points
Veteran film researcher and freelance writer.
Watching the earliest version of "Little Widow Chengxian", it is not the current theatrical version. The pretentious rural magic is made up of strips and dialogue, and the deliberate choreography is too large and the characters are empty. The screenwriter's line skills are too poor, the dialogue is not like the tone of the villagers, and everyone's lines are like coming out of a population, including dumb "lines". The advantages are probably only the subject matter.