"Great Qin Fu" is being broadcast, taking us back to the era of Jinge Iron Horse. Regarding the history from the end of the Warring States period to the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, many big directors are more enthusiastic, such as Chen Kaige's "Jing Ke Thorn Qin King", Zhou Xiaowen's "Qin Song", and Zhang Yimou's "Hero".
In terms of popularity and influence, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" in 2002 is a commercial blockbuster in the history of Chinese cinema, which sold $53.71 million in North America and 250 million yuan in the mainland.
"Hero" is a huge martial arts blockbuster, with a total investment of up to 30 million US dollars, almost 260 million yuan. The starring lineup also gathered Jet Li, Liang Chaowei, Chen Daoming, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Zhen Zidan and other big names.
Among them, Jet Li's film remuneration is the highest, 3 million US dollars, that is, 26 million yuan, but this is also Jet Li's self-reduced value in order to make Zhang Yimou a friend. Then Liang Chaowei and Maggie Cheung were about $1 million, and Chen Daoming was only $100,000.
Such a martial arts blockbuster that uses color to the extreme, huge production and popularity, was also controversial at that time, even after 18 years, it is still the same.
01, is it a hero or a "bear"
Jet Li has participated in many martial arts films, such as "Huang Feihong", "Smiling Proud of jianghu 2", "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng" and so on.
In the many martial arts films he participated in, most of the protagonist images he created were mixed up in the rivers and lakes, happy to take revenge. You can fight against the whole jianghu in order to protect your beloved. In order to fulfill the "righteousness" in your heart, you can do whatever it takes.
The namelessness created by "Hero" is a completely different martial artist who is concerned about the world.
At the first meeting between Nameless and Fei Xue, Nameless had broken through the long sky and asked the two for help, but from Fei Xue's mouth, he learned that three years ago, the two failed to stab Qin, and the reason was that The Sword had given up stabbing Qin.
The sword also said it himself: As long as he is still alive, he will stop the nameless assassin Qin. And Fei Xue was willing to help the nameless Assassin Qin, and in front of the Qin army, he received a sword from him.
After the great battle in front of the Qin army, Nameless encountered the Sword remnant again, and asked why the sword gave up the qin, and the sword was only given to the nameless word "tianxia".
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Seven Kingdoms were in perennial wars, and the people did not have a good life. The only person in the world who can unify the six kingdoms and stop the war is the King of Qin. In the words of the movie: a person's pain is no longer pain compared with the pain of people in the world.
Therefore, for the sake of the happiness of the people of the world, in order to return peace to the world, Nameless decided to give up the thorn Qin. Finally, he stabbed a sword, piercing his own promise to flying snow and long sky. Thorn deviation is the consideration of the world.
For the sake of the word "Tianxia", Nameless gave up the Thorn Qin and became a hero of the world. However, he failed to avenge his parents and Zhao Guo, and became his own "dog bear" without a name.
02, the beauty of the artistic conception of Chinese style
The fight scene in "Hero" can be regarded as the biggest feature of this film, one move and one style, showing the beauty of the artistic conception of Chinese close-ups.
Since the action scene is mentioned, it is necessary to mention the martial arts guidance of this film, the initial martial arts guidance of "Hero" is Dong Wei, and then because Dong Wei cannot meet the requirements of Director Zhang Yimou, the martial arts director is changed to Cheng Xiaodong, and Cheng Xiaodong's martial arts design is more freehand, in line with Zhang Yimou's ideas.
Nameless battle long sky, blind violinist on the side of the piano. Nameless and long space opposites for half an hour, the body does not move, the intention to move first.
The rain fell on the corners of the eaves, the sound of the piano was loud, and the silver spear was like a long snake, entangled with a long sword.
The strings of the guqin were broken, the silver spear finally came out, the silver gun broke through the air, but the long sword stabbed first.
The silver gun broke in response, and since then the silver gun has broken and broken in the air.
The sound of the guqin, the sound of the rain, the shadow of the sword and light, the crisp sound of the silver gun colliding with the long sword.
Combining a kung fu duel with the rhyme, it deduces the charm of classical elegance.
Fei Xue and Ru Yue dueled in the forest, the autumn wind and yellow leaves, the two people dressed in red against each other, the intention of slaughtering suddenly rose. Like the moon double knife out of the sheath, every time the knife, with hatred.
Flying snow clothes flutter, the shape is like the wind. The fight scene always highlights the elegant beauty of women. Serious fight to the death, but let people see the beauty of the dance.
What impressed me the most was the nameless duel in the lake with the broken sword. The duel between the two in the center of the lake seems to be comparing sword techniques, but it is more like comparing calligraphy.
They use swords as pens and water as ink. The tip of the sword gently picks up the lake water, that is, it is dipping in ink, and when the two swords collide, it is the pen.
One move and one style, showing the beauty of calligraphy, one in and one retreat, showing the two people at this time, the completely different chivalrous way in their hearts.
03, poignant and helpless love
The film uses a lot of space to describe the emotional line between the two people.
The sword in the country to meet Fei Xue, Fei Xue in his heart insisted on stabbing Qin, the sword decided to help Fei Xue, the two of them learned words together every day, hoping to understand a set of sword techniques, so that they could stab Qin.
However, the broken sword realized that only the king of Qin in the world could stop the war, and in order for peace to come, the sword had no choice but to give up the thorn qin. Between the world and love, he chose the world.
When The Sword of Remnant learned that Nameless had also given up stabbing Qin, he knew that no one in this world could assassinate the King of Qin. He told Fei Xue with death that his heart was not only filled with the world, but also with her. Finally, Fei Xue held the corpse of the broken sword and committed suicide.
In the years of war, although the two were in agreement, they had no choice but to go against the grain of righteousness in their hearts. In the face of the development of the times, ordinary people can only go with the flow, no matter how they struggle, they will only look pale and weak.
04, the lonely emperor
The King of Qin spent his life fighting, aiming to unify the six kingdoms and stop the world's wars. But no one but the broken sword could understand.
You are the king of a country, but you are also rumored to be a tyrant by your own Manchu Dynasty Wenwu, and you are the only one sitting alone in the wide hall. Endure the danger of being assassinated, endure the pain of being misunderstood by the world.
At the end of the movie, the power of the emperor cannot be shaken, and the King of Qin has no choice but to execute him. The King of Qin ordered a thick burial of the nameless, and he sat alone in the palace, and the sword Fei Xue attacked the white robe for love.
The body is wrapped in red silk, but the hero is nameless. The sword flying snow is in agreement, and the final enemy is not too long to be united, and it is helpless to turn into a white coat in the desert. The four masters were dead, and the King of Qin had no worries about the future, but he could only look at the shadow and pity himself.
"Hero" makes Chinese films rush out of the country, not only to take into account commercial value, but also to highlight Chinese characteristics, it is bound to be unacceptable to everyone, naturally subject to controversy.
But despite the controversy, whether it is from the shooting method, the core of the story, or the commercial value, this movie is a good movie.
"Hero" uses the name of Hedgehog to explain the "Tao" in Chinese's heart. All things in the world are connected, martial arts, calligraphy, piano rhymes, movies include people in society, dealing with things. Everything, reflected in, is a human state of mind.
Everything that a person does in his lifetime is the practice of the state of mind. Just like the twentieth "sword" word written by the broken sword, there is no sword in the hand, and there is no sword in the heart. This is the deepest understanding of the Tao.
Dare to ask how many people in the world can give up the "righteousness" that follows their hearts for the sake of the great righteousness of the world. (Reported by: mxh_)