Waited year after year, guarded day after day,
But this "one second" seems to be longer than eternity, from preparing to finalize last year, to participating in the Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Rooster Award suddenly encountered "technical problems" to withdraw the exhibition,
It wasn't until last week that "One Second" was late to meet the audience.
However, compared with the twists and turns that "One Second" has experienced in this year and the public opinion repercussions it has encountered, the sound wave after the release of the film can only be described as unsatisfactory.
The box office was fruitless, the reviews were useless, and even the media did not even have the passion to discuss the film in the end.
What about zhang Yimou's "One Second"? How good or bad is it, and how does it compare to Zhang Yimou's previous works? Next, let's talk about this "late" "one second"!
Zhang Yimou's "Return to the Original Heart"
It can be said that "One Second" has been highly anticipated since the establishment of the project,
Of course, on the one hand, the name of "Guoshi" Zhang Yimou is the "golden signboard", even if these years with the Hollywood production and domestic commercial films squeezed,
The fifth generation of directors led by guoshi has long deviated from the "mainstream".
However, with the creation of "Alive", "Red Sorghum", "Qiu Ju Fights the Lawsuit" and other well-known literary and artistic masterpieces at home and abroad, by virtue of creating "Hero", "Full of Golden Armor" and other domestic first commercial blockbusters.
Zhang Yimou is still one of the few master directors in China!
On the other hand, because Zhang Yimou "did not do the right thing" a few years ago,
From serving as the general director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games to preparing for the filming of "The Great Wall", fans look forward to Zhang Yimou being able to "find back his original heart" and re-embark on his shoes as in the 1990s.
A creative journey full of the expression of the times and the construction of aesthetics!
And "One Second" is like his "return work" inside and out,
In the movie, he once again focused on the cold and warm of the small people in the special era, telling the indissoluble relationship between Zhang Jiusheng, who did not catch up with the film, and Liu Girl, who wanted to scrap the film, because of the film.
Just as in "Alive", he invoked historical traces and sense of destiny to construct a humanistic landscape in which the nation is linked to the times.
Outside the movie, he once again partnered with Zou Jingzhi, the screenwriter of "The Return", and invited Zhang Yi, Fan Wei and other actors to join, which seems to show that he does not want to succumb to capital for self-castration!
That "One Second" was released under the highly anticipated and twists and turns, what is the level of its presentation? Is it Zhang Yimou's "return to the original intention" or the "shunshui human feelings" done under the capital market?
Don't worry, let's talk in detail.
You and I in the big times
The era in which the film focuses is unfamiliar and familiar to us,
Yes, that was the mid-1970s.
At that time, there were still a few years before the reform and opening up, and the people's living standards were not high. For the people at that time, filling their stomachs was the focus.
However, it would be better if you could watch a movie after eating!
After all, at that time, watching movies was their only spiritual enjoyment.
No, the protagonist of our story, Zhang Jiusheng, also wants to watch a movie,
To this end, he also deliberately sneaked out of the farm quietly, and even chased the staff who delivered the film all the way, just to watch a movie, but he still did not catch the screening in a hurry.
There is no way to continue to chase, and then chase from one point field to two point field,
But unexpectedly, in the process of chasing the movie, he actually met a sloppy little girl like him, Liu Girl, who seemed to be running after the film projectionist.
Could it be that this little fart child also wanted to watch a movie before chasing after him?
But then he found out that Liu Girl had come to steal the film tape!
This is collective property, state property,
So Zhang Jiusheng chased all the way and finally snatched it back from the hands of the little fart child, but she did not expect that the little fart child still did not give up, and she kept trailing behind Zhang Jiusheng.
Zhang Jiusheng didn't care at first, thinking that a little fart child could do to herself, so she saw that she was very pitiful on the road, and also shared the dried wild vegetables she stole to eat.
But I didn't expect that when I was slack for a while,
This boy actually beat himself up with revenge!
I really didn't expect that this little fart cub was quite fierce.
When Zhang Jiusheng woke up, the film tape was definitely gone, so he could only find a car to leave first, but he didn't expect that the car not only received him, but also met the little fart child waiting for the car on the road.
Hey don't you say, it's really a narrow road ha!
In this way, the two wrongdoers met again, although the two people on the road cheated on me again, and even let the little fart child steal the film tape and escape, but the fate of this thing is that it can't be straightened out...
When the two men on the farm happened to meet again.
Later, Zhang Jiusheng returned the film tape to Fan Film, the staff who put the film, thinking that he could finally see the movie, but he did not expect that there was an accident at this time...
It turned out that the staff who sent the film tape broke down the motorcycle halfway,
And he happened to meet Fan Film's son on the way to catch a carriage, so he asked him to help carry it to the farm,
But I didn't expect that this Fan movie son was a bit of a tiger, and as a result, the film tape was flipped on the car with his hand,
In this way, the film tape was pulled all the way back.
After all, isn't the movie impossible to watch?
Some people say no, isn't Zhang Jiusheng holding a film tape?
Yes, yes, Zhang Jiusheng was holding a film tape, but what was pulled all the way was the propaganda news tape, which was originally attached to the film before it was broadcast.
So this doesn't seem to affect Zhang Jiusheng's watching movies, right?
effect! Because what he wants to see is the propaganda news tape,
Because in that film, there is "a second" of his daughter's image! And he came to see his daughter!
What to do now, the people can't watch the movie? Zhang Jiusheng can't see his daughter anymore? Just when everyone was dejected, the old jianghu Fan Film thought of a solution.
He said that the movie can actually be rescued!
How to rescue? Fan Film let men, women and children go home to get washbasins, towels, etc., and then come back to clean, wipe and dry!
In this way, everyone worked together to finally watch the movie.
But when everyone is happy to go home after the movie,
Zhang Jiusheng was not happy, it turned out that his daughter was only promoting the news for one second, so he asked Fan Film to repeat it, just for one more second, one more second!
Some people say that he wants to see his daughter go straight to see it? Why do you have to look at it like this?
And as the movie aired countless times, until the security section came to arrest him, about his secret,
And the truth about his daughter is gradually revealed!
Love letters to yourself
Indeed, "One Second" has Zhang Yimou's "charm",
Because "One Second" is full of a "sense of oldness" from the theme to the expression, this "oldness" is not only Zhang Yimou's theme focusing on the times again and staring at the countryside again.
Then warmly tell about the changes in humanities, times, and soil.
What is more is that he also adheres to historical retrospection and narrative lyricism as always, and uses this historical mottle to involve the twisting of the times and the difficult struggle of human nature!
Even if the paragraph is obscure and even if the background is separated, it still does not affect his side expression of the times at that time, and this is also the place where Zhang Yimou's "One Second" should be most praised.
Even if history is forgotten, he still keeps a record.
But unfortunately, Zhang Yimou's return to work is also too nostalgic,
"One Second" is simple and pure in presentation, which is its advantage and its disadvantage. After all, what is the biggest shock left to us by Zhang Yimou in the 1990s?
Not only his bold criticism of traditional feudalism in "The Red Lantern Hangs High" and the praise of the spirit of female resistance,
It is also in "Red Sorghum" that he dares to capture the color madness, dares to boldly outline the composition, and dares to break through the narrow prejudice of the film language and establish his own aesthetic system!
But what about "One Second"? He no longer has the bravery of "sword taking the side", and even compared with the exploration of images and the carving of details in "Shadow" in previous years.
So we see Zhang Yimou's "One Second",
Although the structure is clear and the narrative is smooth, the plot is ordinary, he is a plain as water narration, telling the past and historical traces, quiet and pure, but not moving.
Some people say that there is too much "force majeure" in this result,
But this is not the case, even if there is no "technical reason" for repair, there are no many restrictions and difficulties, "One Second" is only like this, because its "foundation" is there, what Zhang Yimou wants to express, and the way it takes is also there.
He was well aware that One Second was not a love letter to the audience. Because from the very beginning,
The recipient of this love letter is himself.
"One Second" does not act as a recorder of history or times.
He also did not want to go back to the history of the film and praise the artistic carrier of the film, which is really not as important as we think.
It is just Zhang Yimou's summary and laughter of the self of that era.
Along the way, Zhang Yimou has experienced ups and downs and twists and turns in the past few years.
So he wrote a poem about the era that he could not erase in his growth, and achieved such an imperfect "One Second". So at the same time we have to understand that this poem is very selfish.
Zhang Yimou wrote to himself, but did not want to read it to the audience.
So for the audience, the poem is not so outstanding and not so affectionate, so when the viewer reads it with the expectation of "Cinema Paradiso", he will only get disappointment.
Because Zhang Yimou is not Gissabe Tornatore,
"One Second" is not Zhang Yimou's "Cinema Paradiso", it is at most Federico Fellini's "Interview", over seventy years old, looking back at the past, he turned his back on the audience, nostalgic for the past,
Left such a poem commemorating the past.
Of course, he was over seventy years old, and we didn't have to blame him anymore.
The flow of light and shadow, the changes of the years, Zhang Yimou has left us too many classic masterpieces worthy of praise and inheritance, and we should also accept that he is old and he is smooth.
So when he just wants to shoot something that interests him,
Audience acceptance is far more meaningful than nitpicking.