The movie "Nameless", wonderful!
I've seen such a cool suspense spy movie for a long time, and you can't see the whole truth until the last minute.
There is Liang Chaowei, there is Wang Yibo, there is Wang Chuanjun, there is Zhou Xun, there is Huang Lei.
The most expressive actors who play the Republic of China drama are almost complete.
The box office has now exceeded 300 million.
Even the Xinhua News Agency, which has always been "high and cold," could not help but personally praise it this time.
Why is "Nameless" so godly?
Outside of the hand, he held three cards.
But
But it's three cards that no one else can afford.
The first card: the story
No stranger, Republic of China spy war.
This theme has produced a lot of explosive models.
Needless to say, the movie "Wind" was a box office hit, and now it is also bought by South Koreans to remake.
In the field of TV dramas, since the pioneering work "Dark Calculation" in 06, there are a large number of Douban 9.0 such as "Lurking" and "Before Dawn".
The story of "Nameless" takes place in Shanghai in the late 30s and early 40s of the last century.
A "political island", one of the forefront of the information war in World War II.
Germany suddenly invaded the Soviet Union to the east, and the Japanese attacked the US military Pearl Harbor, all of which were relayed here.
Therefore, the German, Italian, Japanese, fascist, Anglo-American allies, the Nationalist government, the red Yan'an, the Wang puppet regime, all forces are playing here.
The turbulent situation has a bearing on the survival of China and the victory of the world's anti-French forces.
However, although "Nameless" is about the underground hero of the CCP,
The "stage" is inside the Wang puppet regime.
The protagonists are almost all a group of "traitors", whose daily life is to drink coffee, eat in small restaurants, go down to the dance hall, and kill people.
For the first time, we enter from the perspective of a traitor to examine the history of the War of Resistance.
However, there are unsung heroes hidden among the "traitors".
Unlike the vast majority of spy movies that let you see black and white opposites.
"Nameless" leaves the suspense of who is the "old ghost" to the last second.
In the middle, you can't see the truth.
For example, the director of Wang pseudo-secret services played by Tony Leung, a big villain.
Interrogating prisoners is like a beast playing with its prey.
However, in the interval between "leisurely walks", he took advantage of the unpreparedness and poured a mouthful of water.
When does a person suddenly become extremely thirsty?
High levels of nervousness, or extreme anxiety.
But what is he nervous about?
Another example is the fight scene between Wang Yibo and Tony Leung.
It's strange, the move is fatal, and the move is not fatal.
All kinds of foreshadowing grass snake gray lines, stretching for thousands of miles.
Coupled with the disorganized narrative line, the labyrinthine details echo.
All the truth is not as simple as we see with the naked eye.
The audience should not only bring their brains to the play, but also magnify the glass.
There is light at the end of the tunnel,
Will the people who push us forward also have a chance to see that light?
If the story is not an ordinary path.
Then its lens language is simply subverting tradition.
Let's see:
Second card: Cheng Er
This director, industry insiders love him.
Cheng Er's last movie "The History of the Demise of Romance", the cast includes:
Ge You / Zhang Ziyi / Asano Tadanobu / Du Chun / Zhong Xintong / Ni Dahong / Zhao Baogang / Yuan Quan / Yan Ni / Han Geng / Huo Siyan / Du Jiang / Wang Chuanjun / Zhong Hanliang
At that time, most of these people went to him.
Similarly, so are the stars of "Nameless" today.
Why is it so attractive?
There was a trailer before the release of "Nameless":
Wang Chuanjun and Wang Yibo ate breakfast, chatted on the beach, and threw corpses.
In the gray picture, a scene of death is quietly staged.
An eerie tension came to my face.
Look at the eve of the Japanese bombing of Guangzhou, when feared citizens crowded bomb shelters.
A stray dog limped and was lured out of a hole into an open space outside.
Devastated city ruins,
A filthy dog sat on the ground in confusion.
It was abandoned by its own people.
Chinese dogs
And on the other end, on the Japanese plane that came at a galloping speed.
A famous Japanese native dog - Shiba Inu.
He had bright fur and a calm expression, and wore the windproof goggles of Japanese pilots.
Japanese dogs
One in and one out, joy? Sad?
Or is it an inexplicable sigh?
Really good movies use pictures to tell stories.
The content, duration, and even the foreshadowing of the grass snake gray line of each shot are the director's narrative.
For example, this group of Chinese standing at the bottom of the warehouse,
What do you read in their eyes?
And what role is it from our point of view?
Got it.
I understand the advanced features of "Nameless" and know why Cheng Er makes so many big names "flock".
Nation, sacrifice, history, politics.
Every question is difficult, but it is clearly explained in a movie.
Although the timeline is jumpy,
But every pit will be filled neatly at the end, and even make you feel thrilled to solve puzzles while you are frightened.
The third card: Liang Zhouhuang, the second king
Tony Leung often has.
Zhou Xun also has often.
Huang Lei is more common.
But Liang, Zhou, and Huang are in the same scene, which is unique.
Tony Leung and Zhou Xun have played the heroes and heroines in the movies "The Wind Listener" and "The Great Magician", two films set in the Republic of China.
"Nameless" is their second collaboration after 12 years.
Needless to say, from "April Days on Earth" to "Orange is Red", he and Zhou Xun's Republic of China Golden Boy and Jade Girl CP are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
This time, the three of them combined into a spy war scene in the Republic of China, and they were entangled again because of fate.
Who is Zhou Xun more compatible with?
I don't know who you will choose, anyway, I choose Tony Leung.
The actor's performance this time is unreasonable not to win the award.
The opening interrogation of Huang Lei,
Temperament and small movements, small eyes.
Not at all inferior to Christopher Waltz's "Inglourious Basterds" that is also an interrogation scene.
Give a little tip for watching the movie, carefully watch every detail of Tony Leung's performance, you can figure out the truth.
In addition to Liang Zhouhuang, there are also two kings.
Wang Yibo, "Nameless" is his most important film since his art.
From the early tidbits to the official trailer, they were all praised for their acting breakthroughs.
Wang Chuanjun, Cheng Er's "royal" man.
In the last "History of the Demise of Romance", the phrase "big guy with big feet" is still in the ears.
It also made him jump from Sekiya Magic to acting.
What kind of surprise will he bring this time?
In Gao Xixi's version of the New Three Kingdoms, Sima Yi, played by Ni Dahong, has a line:
"I only swung my sword once, but I sharpened it for ten years!"
Time is not just a friend of careerists.
More than just a catalyst for food.
It is also the craftsman's unique secret book, the invisible accompaniment of the movie.
Director Cheng Er spent 6 years filming "Nameless".
Liang Chaowei and Zhou Xun, Huang Lei and Zhou Xun, after 12 years and 22 years respectively, see you again in the Republic of China.
The entire Spring Festival stall is its distinctive color.
But it may also be an aesthetic peak of Chinese cinema.
A tribute to history! Hats off to the heroes! Pay tribute to the no-brainers who fought in dark tunnels!
Finally, I recommend the excellent work "Nameless" to everyone, and go to the theater during the Spring Festival!
Text/Porco Rosso watching movies
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