In "A Generation of Grandmasters", Gong Er's pair of Ip Man is visible to the naked eye that "has had in his heart";
So, has Ip Man ever had a male-female affection for Gong Er?
The answer to this question was inserted by the director in various details.
First of all, let's look at the most classic confession scene -
Gong Er and Ip Man meet and express their intentions, but they do not get a response, and the emotional sustenance is declared over.
A tear slipped down his face, and the faint spots in his eyes gave people a feeling of resentment.
In the next shot, the director did not let Ip Man leave tears, but explained the heart of the character with his eyes;
Look closely, before and after Gong Er's confession, the light in Ip Man's eyes changed from one point to three points;
In close-up shots, the eye spot is usually the most suitable, and if there is too much light in the eye, the eyes will be distracted;
The picture moderately and accurately represents the inner world of the character Ip Man;
His face was silent and the wind was light, but at this moment, sorrow and regret rippled in his heart.
The second detail is hidden in the subtitles of the transition.
The bottom of the leaf hid the flowers for a while, and the snow was stepped on several times in the dream.
The leaf, representing Ip Man, the flower, represents the plum blossom, that is, Gong Ruomei Gong II;
Flowers are supposed to bloom, so why hide under the leaves?
Stepping on the snow to find plums should be a very pleasant thing, why can it only happen in dreams?
The director borrowed this sentence to imply that Ip Man could not let go of his affection for Gong Er, and also warmly hid the flower of Gong Ruomei;
Ip Man went to the northeast, both to find martial arts and mountains, but also to walk on the snow to find plums.
Ip Man made a special coat for the sake of going north, but was forced to sell it because of the war, leaving only a button, which he gave to Gong Ruomei.
Therefore, this button also has multiple meanings, first of all, Ip Man asks to see the souvenir of the sixty-four hands of the Bagua Palm to show sincerity, and secondly, Ip Man sends the buckle, hoping that Gong Er understands his heart.
This button, the thread hole and the buckle represent the inextricable emotions of the two people; secondly, it is also a portrayal of the unequal feelings of the two people, Ip Man went north, only with a very light button, very light and light, but this became the heart knot that Miss Gong Er could not untie.
The third detail is a farewell scene after the two people fight each other;
Two people are framed in a half-open iron fence gate, directly above which is a street lamp, and the air around them is thick;
This picture is meaningful, not only suggesting that the characters are limited by the current situation, but also the fog hints that their road ahead is unknown;
However, after saying goodbye to Gong Er, another lamp lit up behind Ip Man, who had a monologue at the beginning of the film, and the lamp was his wife and his home.
In this group of scenes, the film shows Ip Man's heart in a pictorial way, and has begun to enjoy it.
The director then deliberately dressed up and made Ip Man's family portraits misarrayed, which once again showed that Ip Man had reserved a place for Gong Er in his heart. This empty seat was originally Ip Man's, but at this time Ip Man had broken his wife's heart, and in order to comfort his wife to express his love, he temporarily decided to stand behind his wife's side, so that the family looked more warm.
The affection between Ip Man and Gong Er is not a worldly love, but a continuous state after mutual admiration;
Love, on the other hand, is an instantaneous state.
Gong Er served revenge, her tears are her own elegy, the so-called big era, in Gong Er's eyes, is the choice of revenge or not, or to go, or to stay, and in Ip Man's eyes, it is a horizontal and vertical, can only go forward, can not turn back.
In the last paragraph of the 3D version, Ip Man has a door time to see the sixty-four hands of the Gong family, although there is only a moment, he is in that fantasy-filled scene, the portal of martial arts is wide open, and the two people's heart knots are also unraveled. In that instant, the light flowed and time and space shifted; in the time when the door opened and closed, Ip Man saw everything, but Gong Er turned away alone.