I was born in 1968 and am over half a hundred years old. In recent years, movies I watched as a child often come to mind, or because of a song, a line, a picture, lingering. At that time, the production of movies was small, there were not many opportunities to watch movies, and many movies were watched several times, so I remembered better.
Now that I have nothing to do, I will recall the movies I saw with my own eyes when I was a teenager and soothe the feelings of reminiscing about the old times. The film is not necessarily the best, but the age at which I met it is the best!
"Red Peony": 1980, produced by Changchun Film Studio.
Basic plot: tells the suffering experience of circus star Red Peony following the circus class before liberation and traveling south and north to find his biological father.
The deepest impression: 1. The plot of this movie is simple, the characters are facetious, and it doesn't look difficult. However, only one song and one actor were remembered, and the song was "Peony Song", and the actor's name was Jiang Lili. The song is good, surpassing the movie itself, and was later adapted into a divine comedy by Yue Yunpeng, which influenced two more generations; People are good-looking, Jiang Lili became famous in a battle, his popularity soared, and the face of the garden was just like a peony!
2, the divine comedy "Peony Song" appeared in the film at the right time! Under the flashing of the fast-forward shot of a group of friends turning over and practicing exercises, the little peony turned into a close-up of Jiang Lili ---- a big peony, with the growth of peony flowers to symbolize the growth of the heroine, and the peony fragrance came from bitter cold. With a slight change to this video, it will become a rustic, classic MV.
3, can not evaluate the male protagonist Huangfu Yi, painstakingly running a circus class, judging the time and sizing up the situation, speculating in the drilling camp, is indeed a good businessman, and his appearance is both good and evil. Without him, there might not have been a few children growing up, but not their untimely deaths. Originally, this character would go with him lightly, but in the end, he realized that he was the father of Red Peony who was looking for, and almost became married to Peony, and immediately vomited. Zhang Chaebol, who has a big beast nature, can endure it, but Huangfuyi, who is inferior to the beast, does not tolerate it!
4, Uncle Zhao played by Gao Baocheng is the national uncle of the year, and he has appeared in "Shining Red Star", "Shangganling", "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain" and "South China Sea"! When I watched the movie, I didn't know what his name was, but when he appeared on the screen, he had a sense of security, and he felt that the male or female protagonist would definitely be protected and his heart was steady!
5. This film loves to use close-ups, especially close-ups of the faces of the characters. The close-up of the faces of this Huangfu class master and the middleman is spicy enough, right? After the two clinked glasses and drank, they talked lewdly about some secrets, and their hands pressed each other tightly! Now look strange, are those two mouths going to kiss in the next second?
6. Some off-topic feelings: for the first time, I knew the beautiful scenery in "The Legend of the White Snake"---- the broken bridge is in Hangzhou; When Zhang Ye lured Peony into drinking, there were pine eggs in the next dish on the table, which turned out that Hong Kong people also loved to eat this; When Peony was performing in costume, she had the urge to pinch the ball on her head, I don't know what it would be like?
This film is indeed nothing outstanding from an artistic point of view, but the reason why it became popular back then naturally has its reasons.
First of all, it creates a beautiful and talented female image, who is independent, resolute, brave and righteous, setting a benchmark for Chinese women in transition. Peony is both a goddess in the eyes of men and a role model in the hearts of women.
Secondly, its tumultuous circus career is fascinating. At that time, the dream of fighting the sword and walking the world had begun to germinate in the hearts of young people, and the martial arts dream of going south and north, relying on oneself, fighting and killing, and doing chivalry and righteousness was also formed ignorantly. There was "Red Peony" paved the way, and in the following years, martial arts films and action scenes quickly set off a climax!
What details do you remember? Let's explore it together.