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Preface
"Drunk and dreaming of death, born in the world. "The movie "East Evil and West Poison" is not only a martial arts film, but also a modern movie full of life philosophy and love.
Although the theme of the movie is a martial arts film, it is like a microcosm of today's society, all kinds of people, human feelings, feelings, love, persistence, regrets, etc., these people are trying to change their existing lives, but in the final analysis, they have to accept that they are an ordinary person, and their fate seems to have been arranged by God and cannot be changed.
act outside the box
Wong Kar-wai, the director of "East Evil and West Poison", always has unconventional ideas, and he likes to tell the story in a monologue the most, the beginning, the process, the climax, the ending, etc., are all described from the third perspective of the film's male protagonist Ouyang Feng, several relatively representative and special characters.
Ouyang Feng, as an "intermediary", is to help people on both sides solve problems, and as more and more people look for him and contact more and more people, he will tell the whole story clearly.
Through the mixed editing form of flashbacks and interludes, the film clearly explains the clues of all the stories, the love and hatred, the multifaceted nature of human nature, and the connection between all people, so as to reveal that everyone has secrets that cannot be said.
Maggie Cheung's sister-in-law and Leslie Cheung's Ouyang Feng are a pair of fairy couples, although they are facing each other day and night, but the two have never confided their true feelings, maybe they welcomed that sentence, I want to hear you say I love you, but you never spoke.
Later, the "sister-in-law" really became Ouyang Feng's sister-in-law, and married his brother directly, seeing that his beloved was about to become a person who would never be obtained, Ouyang Feng expressed his desire to elope with her the night before his brother and his beloved woman got married, however, he was rejected by his sister-in-law.
From that day on, Ouyang Feng stayed away from his homeland and went to the desert to start a business, starting an intermediary business, recruiting killers, and solving difficulties for others.
Maggie Cheung's sister-in-law gave Ouyang Feng a wine called "Drunken Life and Dream Death" before she died, hoping that he could forget herself, but Ouyang Feng did not drink this wine, so that Huang Yaoshi, who liked her sister-in-law together, drank it.
Huang Yaoshi likes his sister-in-law's infatuation, and he likes the feeling that she likes Ouyang Feng, and when he can't get it, he often looks for shadows in order to find a different feeling, maybe even he doesn't know why he drank this kind of wine only to find out that the woman he can't forget the most in his heart is another woman named Peach Blossom. (played by Carina Lau).
Maybe drunken dreams and death wine don't have such a magical effect at all, it's just an excuse, an excuse to cut off the relationship with the past, but after Huang Yaoshi woke up, he really went to find Peach Blossom, the person he once loved the most.
I thought that the two would have a happy ending, but I didn't expect that Peach Blossom would mind Huang Yaoshi's inattentiveness very much, so after Huang Yaoshi's prodigal son turned back, Peach Blossom did not choose Huang Yaoshi, but lived her life with her husband Samurai.
But after all, the paper couldn't contain the fire, and the blind warrior still knew that his wife was empathetic and not in love, and he was still a good brother in the past, so he ran away from home and looked for Huang Yaoshi everywhere to duel.
In fact, the blind warrior is not completely blind, and he can still see clearly without the sun, but as soon as it gets dark, he becomes a real blind man, and he did not lose to them in the decision with the horse thief, but lost to the sun, the sun in his mind, and before he fell, he saw the sunshine peach blossom.
Although love is priceless, but for the character of the blind samurai, he is pathetic, the person his wife loves is not himself, and because he lost his precious life, perhaps this love triangle relationship from the beginning was a mistake.
Looking at the prodigal son's return, Huang Yaoshi really likes only the sister-in-law, and because he regularly goes to Ouyang Feng to sit every year, just because the sister-in-law only loves Ouyang Feng alone, and it has not changed until death.
Wong Kar-wai's film art style, often using film narrative as the theme plus the idea of modernity, this unique narrative mode, irregular pictures, and colors give people a sense of fragmentation, the single tone of the film, especially the desert, dressing, and fighting scenes are all emphasizing the feeling of dark colors, giving people a sense of vicissitudes of martial arts dramas.
There is also the use of dual personalities in the movie, this modern element, Murong Yan is a multiple personality, she likes Huang Yaoshi, but because Huang Yaoshi did not go to the appointment, she showed a different personality, one will be a gentle sister, and the other will be Murong Yan, who can give her life for love.
As early as after Huang Yaoshi abandoned Murong Yan for a long time, she found Ouyang Feng, hoping to kill Huang Yaoshi, Ouyang Feng, who had read countless people, saw that this person had two faces and dual personalities, but behind these two faces, there was an injured woman.
After getting drunk, this sad woman Murong Yan actually recognized Ouyang Feng as Huang Yaoshi, and asked over and over which woman do you love the most, even if this kind of question is put now, it is a stupid question that can no longer be stupid, but it is a question without an answer, and it has become an eternal obsession in every woman's heart.
Later, another woman came with an egg and asked for help, Ouyang Feng asked her to sell herself to raise money, but the woman was still reluctant to leave with the egg, and a man named Hong Qi decided to help her.
This person was mixed with Ouyang Feng for a few days, and then lost a finger in the duel, and he finally got the love of the egg woman, Hong Qi is the embodiment of justice, brave and kind, and the love between him and the egg girl has become the love that everyone wants but can't get.
epilogue
The love between the blind samurai and the peach blossom is a pity, watching their loved ones empathize with their good friends, this kind of pain may only be experienced by those who have experienced it, otherwise there is a modern plot in the east and the west, and this kind of plot is the most interesting plot in modern romance novels.
Look at the love between Ouyang Feng and his sister-in-law, it is regrettable for life, both of them love each other deeply, but because of stubbornness, they finally let this love stay in their hearts forever, and there is the love and hate between Murong Yan and Huang Yaoshi, the two hated because of love, so that Murong Yan finally became an imaginary person.
Feelings are complicated, and perhaps no one has been able to fully grasp them until now, and they haven't even entered the door.
"East Evil and West Poison" also uses the beauty of the camera, often using slow shots, so that the audience can experience the beauty of the picture, especially the fight scenes, as well as memories, or the scene of a blind warrior cutting his throat with a knife......
There is also the use of music, Wong Kar-wai often uses music to express themes, vicissitudes of music, and the fast-paced atmosphere in the fight, making it easier for the audience to integrate into the story.
Although the film is about the rivers and lakes, but through love, it is ultimately about the complexity of human nature, and the decisions made in everyone's hearts are for a reason, whether it is a whim or a long-term plan, but it shows that people are not single, but complex and multifaceted.