Hello, everyone, welcome to the root film and television commentary, I am the root, everyone has a martial arts dream in their hearts, so which martial arts movie do you like? Welcome to discuss in the comment area, but what we want to talk about today is the martial arts classic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" more than 20 years ago, and today, more than 20 years later, it is still an unsurpassable classic. At that time, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon not only killed all sides in Huatan Temple, but also highlighted the encirclement in the international community and created history. With Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, director Ang Lee gave the Western world the first taste of the charm of Chinese martial arts films, and it was also the beginning of Chinese martial arts films going international.
But since 2000, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's evaluation in China has been mixed. Many viewers' feelings about Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are actually confused, why did Yujiaolong jump off a cliff? Why is bamboo forest drama said to be erotic drama? How many hidden desires are hidden in Li Mubai's heart? In some film reviews, Li Mubai, played by Zhou Yunfa, was even ridiculed as a scumbag. And for a long time, there have always been people who have questioned whether Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a work that flatters the West. So, what kind of story does Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon tell? Is he really as many film critics say, ostensibly talking about ethics and morality, but in fact hiding sexual desire? Why can Ang Lee open up things and create history through "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"? I hope that these in-depth interpretations can enlighten everyone and solve the confusion in their hearts. From the beginning of the title, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has hidden secrets, showing a temperament different from traditional martial arts films. The glyph is straight, quite bulky and restrained, but inside the text frame are bamboo leaves fluttering, both light and fluid, and the elegant bamboo forest also points out the cultural attributes of the film.
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The opening scene of the film is composed of three fixed shots from far and near, paying attention to the oriental charm in the overall charm, simple and elegant, and closer to the realism of the West in terms of technique, striving to restore the Jiangnan landscape during the Qing Dynasty. Next, the first protagonist of the film appeared, more like a literati leading a horse in a long robe than the appearance of the hero Li Mubai, and the sword was hidden behind. But here, director Ang Lee arranged a farmer who stayed in the back scene, highlighting Li Mubai's cyclonic temperament, and some of them were only dressed plainly, highlighting the important "Tibet" in his character. The whole movie revolves around Li Mubai's inner "hiding" and "sleeping".
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The other protagonist is Yu Xiulian, who has suppressed her emotions for Li Mubai for many years, and at this time he is folding clothes in the room, and the knife next to him is hidden in the shadows. Although he has been the chief of the Dart Bureau and has walked the rivers and lakes for many years, director Ang Lee hinted at the beginning that this is a woman who keeps to herself and abides by normal ethics. An important aspect of Yu Xiulian's character is pragmatism and being trapped by the world. When the two met, Yu Xiulian warned the repressed emotion with a look. Long time no see, and at this time what was written on the curtain behind him
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The opening dialogue was ignored by many people, this is one of the important experiences of the film, Li Mubai felt an unbearable silence when he was cultivating, so he was forced to leave the customs early, and I once entered a deep extreme realm. There is only light around me. Time. None of the space exists. With Li Mubai's words, the camera turned to a very shallow shallow, and the haze on the back of the neck made everything seem to enter an illusory silence. What is this silence so deep that it is almost sad? This is an important hook that Ang Lee dropped at the beginning, and as the plot develops, we will uncover this puzzle step by step.
Next, the important object in the film, the Qinghai Sword, appears, Qing and the main color of the film, the green sword, the fox with closed eyes, the important scenes are cyan, and the dangerous aura and erotic meaning implied by cyan constitute an important tone of the entire point. Continues to linger throughout the storyline. After breaking the vows and leaving the customs, Li Mobai had the idea of quitting the rivers and lakes, so he instructed Yu Xiulian to send the sword to the capital and give it to Belle Ye for safekeeping.
At this time, the film's actual first protagonist, Yu Jiaolong, officially appeared. Yu Jiaolong appeared in the Baylor Mansion, originally coming as a guest with his father Lord Yu, the governor of the Nine Gates, but he sneaked to the master's book shop alone, obviously not a real lady. From here we can see that her personality does not conform to the rules and thinks more about herself. Interestingly, director Ang Lee has done a lot of design to highlight the difference between Yu Jiaolong and Yu Xiulian. Yu Xiulian's dart bureau is the ethical discipline written by the rough middle, and behind Yu Jiaolong is the flowing wind of writing and cursive writing, one represents the patriarchal system, the other is the spring dream that is not in reach without a trace, one is real and false, one outer yang and inner yang, one external vulva and inner yang, two diametrically opposed women constitute the main framework of the film.
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In the first meeting between the two, Yu Jiaolong's personality traits were soon revealed. Yu Jiaolong: Isn't it fun to walk around the rivers and lakes? Fun is the rule of all her actions, and she constantly mentions that Jianghu is an important reason for his actions in the film, because Xiaolong is Miss Qianjin's guest, the heart of the heroine of the rivers and lakes, from the moment she saw the Qinghai Sword, her heart began to move. After nightfall, we welcome the fourth important protagonist in the film, the blue-eyed fox, whose identity has not yet been revealed, but the lighting and appearance of the music immediately make us realize that this person is not good. In this scene, Yu Jiaolong called her Shi Niang Shi Niang, but looking closely at this scene, he pulled the hairpin from Yu Jiaolong's head, but the expression on his face was extremely hateful. You know, she seems to be going to pierce the hairpin into the jade dragon at any time
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In his head, Yu Jiaolong glared at him fiercely through the mirror. Director Ang Lee used this scene to secretly reveal the relationship between Yujiaolong and the blue-eyed fox, seemingly intimate as a mother and daughter, but it actually implied danger and mutual hatred. The most important trait of a blue-eyed fox is yin. As the night falls, Yu Jiaolong begins to steal the sword, and the first to discover is Liu Taibao of Belleford, who is completely a funny tool man, and all the popcorn passages in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are contributed by him, and after the funny, it is the main course. In this chase scene between Yu Xiulian and Yu Jiaolong, director Ang Lee made a pioneering move to turn kung fu into an extension of his personality. Yujiaolong has a virtual temperament, so the flying spirit is fast and unburdened, and Annette Lu is more solid, so every time he takes off, he always has to step on it with the help of the power of the wall,
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During the fight, he always wanted to pull Yu Jialong back to the ground, one was good at the sky, the other was good at the underground, the other was ethereal, and the other was used. Before the crouching tiger, hidden dragon, foreigners always felt that Xuanzhi and Xuanzhi were mysterious when they saw entering the palace, but in the crouching tiger, hidden dragon, light gong became a talent that showed everyone's personality traits. Use the way of psychological drama to shoot martial arts films, and use the strategy of infinitely close to the real to let Western audiences understand martial arts. Ang Lee was the first. After a battle, Yu Xiulian already had some points in her heart that the masked man was the Jade Jiaolong, so the next day he came to the Jade Mansion and began to test the Jade Mo Dragon. This scene is also very interesting. Yu Jiaolong originally wrote a dignified Xiaokai, but as soon as she saw Yu Xiulian, she immediately changed her writing book, her pen was vigorous and dashing. Dignified is the shell, unruly is the nature. And it was through the control of calligraphy and sword art that Yu Xiulian once again confirmed that the thief was Yu Jiaolong.
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Human nature. The next conversation once again pointed out the very different personalities of these two women. In the face of emotions, Yu Jiaolong ignored me, but I like to choose my beloved person from those heroic children in chivalrous novels, love him in my own way, and Yu Xiulian is subject to him everywhere. Although I was not born into a family of eunuchs like you, a woman who has worked endlessly in morality and etiquette all her life is no less than yours, a traditional and sensible but fettered, and a modern self but selfish. These two women are like another version of reason and emotion. Throughout all the works directed by Ang Lee, he loves to deal with this dialectical relationship, East and West, reason and emotion, morality and desire, home and individual, human nature and bestiality.
In addition to Yu Jiaolong and Yu Xiulian, another woman in the film is also quite important, the blue-eyed fox. Because of the theft of the Blue Nether Sword, the blue-eyed fox also had to reappear to face the headhunter who was chasing her all the way, so they began a life-and-death showdown, and in the dark night, her eyes showed a cyan light, which is the origin of the memory of closing her eyes. In this showdown, the tool man Liu Taibao appeared again, stupid as if he was helping. Because the fox with his eyes closed was the murderer of Master Li Mubai back then. The next paragraph of dialogue is quite important, Ang Lee with the fourth point of the fox with closed eyes to the theme of the letter of the crouching tiger, hidden dragon, your master is a pity that he looks down on women too much, even if he enters the room, he refuses to give me the kung fu. It is precisely because of this past that Yu Jiaolong will treat Wudang Mountain as a tavern in the back and refuse to worship Li Mobai as a teacher.
In Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the master-apprentice relationship is closely intertwined with the relationship between men and women, and the tradition of mentorship in the martial arts world is actually very close to the patriarchal system of Confucianism. In director Ang Lee's view, the key to this is the repressed lust, and this is also a part of 5,000 years of Chinese culture that cannot be bypassed and is often deliberately ignored. Therefore, Ang Lee kneels in the two master-apprentice relationships in the film to add the relationship between men and women, so that the hero faces real human torture
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。 It was also in this melee that Li Mubai saw the talent of Yujiaolong for the first time. Looking carefully at this paragraph of the meeting between the two, Zhou Yunfa is tall, with a virtual spirit on his body, calm but spiritual, Yujiaolong is beautiful and thin, more of a light spirit, relying on lightness and a ruthlessness. Here, director Ang Lee specially gave the blue-eyed fox a close-up, and he discovered for the first time that the apprentice's martial arts skills were much higher than his own, and it turned out that a child who was only eight years old was so scheming to hide his secret practice.
From this point of view, the blue-eyed fox is the saddest in the entire film. On the surface, she is the most obvious villain, using men by any means to achieve her ends, but at the same time she is also a woman who is distorted by current events and mood. He stole the sword art secrets by despicable means, but even if he practiced hard all his life, he could not resist the truly talented Yu Jiaolong after all. What ambition and how sad this is. This once again points out the theme, crouching tiger, hidden dragon, lying and hiding is not only kung fu, but also human nature. In the melee, the blue-eyed fox killed the father of the father and daughter, and the blue-eyed fox and Yujiao Longhuang fled, but because of the official who killed, the capital was in an uproar. Yu Xiulian saw that the situation was not good, so he invited Mrs. Yu and Yu Xiaorong in the name of Bellef, and the two women once again started a secret contest. Through Yu Xiulian's words, Yu Jiaolong began to understand the importance of things, and his heart began to loosen, why, you said that he killed an official?
But because Madame Yu was present, it was inconvenient for them to communicate directly, so the wind and waves on the table were calm, and the duel under the table officially began. Yu Xiulian seemed to unintentionally drop the teacup in her hand, but Yu Xiaolong caught it with a swift momentum and quietly rearranged the teacup. Without a drop of tea, without a word, Li An took only five seconds to exhaust Xiulian's Zhiyong and Yujiaolong's compromise.
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It was in the Baylor Mansion that Li Mobai and Yu Jiaolong officially met for the first time, this is Li Mubai, a famous knight. Mrs. Jade, Miss Jade, Kokai. When Master Belle said that the young lady was about to leave the cabinet, Li Mubai's face showed a subtle look, blessing, blessing, who was this blessing said to? Quite subtle. I guess that at this moment, Li Mubai had the idea of taking Yujiaolong as an apprentice. At this point, a triangular relationship began to surface, and at this time there was a little ink, which wrote the story of the funny tool man Liu Taibao and the daughter who did not vote for his daughter, the most clumsy man and woman in the film, but became the only partner in the crouching tiger, hidden dragon who achieved worldly happiness. And throughout the dragon and tiger in the film, all of them are smart, but they are trapped by kung fu and people's hearts, and the ending is sad. I think this may be a bit of dashing irony buried in the movie by director Ang Lee, a smart man.
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Taking advantage of the night, Yu Jiaolong came to the Baylor Mansion again and wanted to exchange for the Qingming Sword, but was ambushed by Li Mubai. Why did Li Mubai pestering Yu Jiaolong in the film and wanted to take him as an apprentice? In addition to hoping that he would change his evil ways, there was actually a more secret desire in his heart. This layer of desire is not only a kind of love between men and women, but also a kind of excitement that is difficult to give up, as director Ang Lee said. The Blue Nether Sword actually connects people's deepest desires and dangers. Maybe it's a story about morality and desire. Understanding this layer of text,
Let's look at the conversation between Yu Xiulian and Li Mubai, and you will find out how godly Li An hidden. Yu Xiuling asked Li Mubai, aren't you going to give this sword to Belle Ye? To Grandpa Baylor? The implication is, didn't you promise me to live and fly back to the rivers and lakes before? But Li Mubai said that he still has a wish, but I am afraid that he will have to borrow it again.
So Yu Xiulian asked, is it because she wants to avenge the corpse and kill the blue-eyed fox, and also let the blue-eyed fox die in this sword? But we all know that not only that, but he is also for Yu Xiaolong. So we saw that Li Mubai turned around and mentioned that girl, Xiulian, when you covered that girl, did you know who she was? In Li Mubai's words, Annette Lu suddenly noticed that there was a jade Xiaolong hidden in his heart, this girl I monitored her last night, pay attention, at this moment, her eyes were panicked and nervous. So he repeatedly reminded Li Mubai that Yujiaolong and we are not all the way. But at this time, Li Mubai's heart had completely flown to Yu Jiaolong, so he would rather break the rules than take him as an apprentice. He is not that kind of person, he should come to Wudang Mountain to be an apprentice.
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Does Wudang Mountain accept female disciples? Maybe break the ring for her, if not, this girl may become a poisonous dragon in the future. This is Yu Xiulian's step by step, refusing to give in. Faced with Yu Xiulian's questioning, Li Mubai once again chose his usual approach to evade.
At this point in the story, the movie fox who committed the murder temporarily withdrew, and a new character appeared, Luo Xiaohu played by Zhang Zhen. He ventured to the capital in order to bring his former lover, Yu Jiaolong, back to Xinjiang. The film begins to flash to recall the desert time of the two. The color tone changes, creating a sense of pictorial stitching. Jiangnan is dominated by aqua blue and green, and in the desert it is a warm red and yellow.
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In the desert, Luo Xiaohu robbed Yujiaolong, and the two first chased on horseback, regardless of victory or defeat, and then abandoned the horse and scuffled. Why did director Ang Lee suddenly pull out from the main line of the story and use such a long length to shoot the story of Yu Jiaolong and Luo Xiaohu?
One detail, before Luo Xiaohu hijacked the car, Yu Jiaolong sat in the palanquin bored, fiddling with the comb in her hand, and chanting in her mouth for so long that it was okay. This sentence shows that in Jiaolong's heart, she is looking forward to an accident, and Luo Xiaohu's appearance secretly matches her expectations for the rivers and lakes, and she begins to feel that everything becomes fun. This experience of the desert is very important, because this is the starting point of Yujiaolong's dream. During this period, facing Luo Xiaohu, who had an exotic style and was in the desert, it became a natural thing for Yu Jiaolong to fall in love with him. But the seemingly free and unruly Luo Xiaohu has a rigid and ethical order in his heart, he wants to get ahead, and he wants a love that is recognized by patriarchy and society. It was under his persuasion that Yu Jiaolong returned to the capital. After returning to the capital, a series of experiences made Yu Jiaolong's state of mind soar. Therefore, when he reunited, he flatly rejected Luo Xiaohu,
After this toss, the relationship between the two became more confusing. Looking at the usual distance in the silent bamboo forest, Li Mubai's heart seemed to become peaceful, and he sat down and held Yu Xiulian's hand, and put it on his cheek to caress. When Yu Xiulian thought that he was finally going to start showing love, Li Mubai's words began to become ambiguous again. Xiulian. What we can touch, there is no forever. Hold your hands tight. There is nothing in it. Loosen the handle. What you have is everything. this
The passage points out the realm of Taoist enlightenment, letting go of everything in order to transcend the worldly and enter another realm. But the pragmatic Yu Xiulian immediately said that not everything in this world is illusory. It seems to be talking about love, but director Ang Lee has added a layer of deliberate discussion here, spiritual attainment is detachment and ascension, but it is to give up everything and get rid of all the fetters of the world, and love and the flesh, although worldly and involved, can really warm each other. Having said that, how should Li Mubai choose, whether to give up his love and desire, split the gods and return to the void, or reject the illusory ascension and embrace the people close at hand? Li Mubai's next words made Yu Xiulian's face change, and your hands were cold. Those netherworlds that have been practiced with swords, every time I see them, I dare not leave the house. Yu Xiulian thought that this was Li Mubai and explicitly rejected his signal. But at this time, Li Mubai began to go around in circles again, and the rivers and lakes could not hide dragons.
How can people's hearts not be swords, your chest, and people's hearts are not paying attention. At this time, Yu Xiulian's expression faintly revealed a sense of sadness. I guess at this moment, Annette Lu thought that Li Mubai had chosen Yujiaolong, emotionally he couldn't accept it, but his always submissive and gentle character still made him strong spirit. He said that repression only makes feelings stronger. I personally think that Yu Xiulian's words are actually persuading Li Mubai to face his heart seriously, although he is a little sad and unwilling, but helpless. But at this time, Li Mubai changed his tone and confessed to Yu Xiulian. I can't stop my desires, I want to be with you. (It's a bit of a scumbag style)
At this moment, although Yu Xiulian pretended to be calm, we still saw a flash of surprise and gratitude on his face. But at this moment, what is Li Mubai's heart thinking? Is it Yu Xiulian or Yu Jiaolong that he wants? No one knows. In this drama of thousands of turns, it is hidden and ambiguous. In director Ang Lee's vision, Li Mubai is an extraordinary hero, but at the same time faces an inner struggle, in this situation, he tends to be difficult and dilemma. Therefore, when acting, he specially instructed Zhou Yunfa to use the method of stuffy gourd, unbiased and ambiguous. Li Mubai in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a good person, and in Li An'an, good people are always boring, but the calm of the two is soon broken by the appearance of Yujiaolong. Seeing Yu Jiaolong's return, Yu Xiulian's first reaction was to let him return to Beijing, but as soon as she heard Luo Xiaohu's name, Yu Jiaolong immediately pulled her face.
Many people don't understand his reaction at this moment, but if you look at the whole film from the perspective of Yu Jiaolong, you will find that everyone around her is trying to pull him into the norms of society. Li Mubai wanted to take him as an apprentice, Yu Xiulian wanted him to go to Beijing, Luo Xiaohu wanted to take him back to Xinjiang, and the blue-eyed fox constantly instigated him to do the Taiyang Avenue with him. Faced with everyone's discipline, Yu Jiaolong decided to only listen to her heart's desires from now on, ignoring all the rules of the world. "It's just that I doubt how long you can last as my enemy." As a result, there are two of the most exciting martial arts scenes in the film, and the duel with Xiulian and Yujiaolong is a duel on the ground, eighteen martial arts, taking turns, with a fierceness, in this winning match, Yu Xiulian finally subdued Yujiaolong by force, but Yujiaolong stabbed her backhand first.
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When it comes to the bamboo forest duel between Yu Jiaolong and Li Mubai, it becomes a battle of mood and spirit. Unlike the toughness and rigidity of the ground duel, the bamboo is gentle and elastic, and the two of them bounce and bounce in the bamboo forest, flying up and down, while the flowing green in the bamboo forest is like the floating of human nature. Director Ang Lee once used four words to summarize the feeling of this scene, which was confusing, and the soundtrack was just right, highlighting the sense of undercurrent.
Take a closer look at the two of them in this bamboo forest play
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Li Mubai stood firmly on the bamboo, but facing his Dingyu Jiaolong seemed to have no fulcrum, constantly shaking his body to maintain balance. The photographer said that he directly used two words to describe the scene. Tease, in the confrontation between the two women in front, we see a lot of medium still scenes, quick editing, and solid sword and shadow. In the bamboo forest play of a man and a woman, the pace begins to slow down, and a large number of close-ups of distant and pitching faces make this moment a battle of spirit and desire. For the Western audience of the other TV, this scene is simply shocking. Filming bamboo forest duels in the way of erotic scenes, there are no ancients. After this fight in the bamboo forest, Yu Jiaolong knew that he was not Li Mubai's opponent in martial arts, so he took this opportunity to let Yu Jiaolong worship him as a teacher, why did he have to pester me?
After the Qinghai Sword was snatched by Li Mubai, I made an amazing move by Li Mubai at this time, and to his surprise, Yu Jiaolong immediately followed the Qinghai Sword and jumped into the water. Here, the question of whether to ask for a sword or a man is raised. Judging from the actions of the two, Li Mubai wanted a person, and Yu Jiaolong wanted a sword even more. At this time, the blue-eyed fox suddenly appeared, swept away the Jade Jiaolong and the Qinghai Sword together, and brought it into the cave.
In the original vision, director Ang Lee originally wanted to make the cave into the shape of a uterus, making this the final destination of Li Mubai. The cave symbolizes the land of the most yin, as well as the conception of life and the eventual return. Taking advantage of the sleepiness of Yu Jiaolong, the blue-eyed fox placed Mi Xiang, and under the action of Mi Xiang, Yu Jiao Long began to become delirious , she walked to the center of the cave, opened her mouth and followed the rain at the mouth of the cave, this scene not only has a strong sense of lust, but also highlights a sense of incompatibility between fire and water on the picture. On the left is the tiger of the cave, exuding warm light, and on the right is the jade at the mouth of the cave, a cold color. It is here that the desires of all people are intertwined, and everyone's hearts will face the final test here. Soon, Li Mubai, who followed, discovered Yu Jiaolong, and at this time, Yu Jiaolong asked a surprising and direct question.
Do you want to see me or do you want me? I think director Ang Lee probably didn't want to put this layer of couple hints on the table so directly, so he adopted the design of Mi Xiang to make many audiences look at the clouds. But in fact, Yu Jiaolong's words alone are enough to name the theme of the film. In the film, it is the dragon and tiger that is hidden, and in Taoism, the dragon and tiger are the meaning of lust. Faced with Yu Jiaolong's questioning, Li Mubai froze. At this time, a drop of rain slowly flowed down his forehead, and with Li Mubai's expression, it was like a cold sweat that was leached. Yu Jiaolong fainted, and Li Mubai began to use True Qi to heal him. At this time, Yu Xiulian and Liu Taibao arrived and witnessed the scene of their lonely men and widows living together in disheveled clothes. But to everyone's surprise, the blue-eyed fox set up a yin array here, and suddenly, poisonous needles flew into the cave from all directions, instead
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The blue-eyed fox died here, but Li Mubai was poisoned, at this time, Yu Jiaolong, who had woken up, found himself the bane of something, so he hurriedly rode Yu Xiulian's horse back to the Dart Bureau to find an antidote for Li Mubai, and at this time, only Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian were left in the cave, these two people were trapped in the code of ethics all their lives, and this last minute was the only moment when they met honestly, I met you, it was really at the last moment, Li Mubai gave up the opportunity to refine God and get detachment, He confessed to Yu Xiulian with his last breath,
At this point, the film has come to an end, Li Mubai and the blue-eyed fox are dead, Yu Xiulian's wish has been fulfilled, a huge river and lake seems to be peaceful, but in Yujiaolong's heart, everything is no longer fun. He came to Wudang Mountain and saw Luo Xiaohu, but in his eyes, we saw an endless sadness. The next day, Luo Xiaohu woke up and found that Yujiaolong was no longer around, and when he looked for it, he saw his figure on the edge of the cliff. At this time, Yu Jiaolong mentioned a legend that Xiaohu once told him, a long time ago, a man jumped from a mountain cliff to pray for his sick parents, but he did not die and fulfilled his wish, because sincerity is spiritual.
At this time, the simple Luo Xiaohu said that wish again and returned to his new home together. And at this moment, Yu Jiaolong opened her arms and jumped off the boundless white cliff. At this point, we can finally unravel the third layer of the text of the crouching tiger, hidden dragon, whether to embrace reality or jump into nothingness. I don't know if everyone still remembers what Li Mubai said, the scene of Yu Jiaolong jumping off the cliff, in my opinion, this is a void that Bai has experienced. In the white mist-filled cliffs, only light, time and space seem to cease to exist, and gaining and detachment means giving up the world's will. Everything goes to the heart of the complete self, and goes
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The ultimate is nothingness. Li Mubai could not bear the silence brought about by this nothingness, so he chose to break the cut, destined to return to the world and embrace the sense of reality. And what about Yujiaolong? In a conversation with his eyes closed, he once said that when he found out that his martial arts had surpassed that of his master, he felt a fear without boundaries. And at the end of the film, she finally chose to jump into this borderless nothingness, because after experiencing all this, the rivers and lakes have already seen it, and the world is no longer fun. At this point, Yu Jiaolong can go further, that is, abandon some real things and retreat into the void. Yes, no matter what wish Xiaohu promised, Yujiaolong would eventually jump into the white world. In this sense, it can be said that he eventually reached a higher realm than Li Mubai, but he was also more sad. Throughout the entire text, in fact, only one Jade Jiaolong can reach such a realm, because only he has such a complete self, and only he can bear the price of this self. The complete self means infinite freedom, but it often means endless nothingness.
In this Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, director Ang Lee finally threw out such a question, if it were you, would you choose morality or desire? Choice fetters or nothingness? Just like the famous propaganda of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, everyone has a Qinghai sword in their hearts. 22 years later, Yu Jiaolong's amazing jump still echoes in the hearts of everyone who has seen this movie. And director Ang Lee opened up China and the West through such a martial arts movie that questioned the existence of hostages. Although there are many compromises and shortcomings in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon because of the need to balance the tastes of Eastern and Western audiences, such as the impressive Hong Kong and Taiwan accent, such as the translation of strong lines in order to make Western audiences better understand, and some action designs that do not have too many sharp in the eyes of peers, but in 2000, there was such a new force, background, vision and ability to do such a film work that runs through ancient and modern times and opens up Chinese opera. Looking at the Chinese director, there is only one Ang Lee.