Author| Film Lady (Headline Signed Author)
The 1980s was a golden age for the comprehensive revival of Chinese literature and art.
Under the leadership of director Wu Tianming, Xi'an Film Studio (Xi'an Film Studio), the scenery is unlimited.
The backbone of the fifth generation, including Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Huang Jianxin, etc., has benefited from this.
During the period, many masterpieces with great influence such as "Old Well", "Red Sorghum", "Black Cannon Incident" and so on were launched.
Today, the "Price of Madness" recommended by Madame for everyone is also among them.
This is a badly overlooked unpopular masterpiece.
In fact, it should not have been labeled "unpopular".
Because, when it was released in 1989, the film earned enough eyeballs with many "gimmicks", such as:
The first exploration film in China to appear naked;
The first film in China to feature a "decoy" plot;
The car chase scene in the film is extremely rare in mainland films of the same period.
Wu Yujuan, who plays the heroine Qingqing, also became famous because of this film.
She, along with Gong Li, Chen Wei, Shi Ke and Jin Lili, is known as the five golden flowers of the 85th session of Chinese opera.
Unfortunately, in the later development, only the Gong Emperor flourished, but others were not well known to the public.
However, Wu Yujuan, who played her sister Qingqing in this film, is absolutely excellent in appearance and acting skills.
Big eyes, tall, pretty figure, exuding a fierce and indomitable strength.
In particular, her love for her sister, a stubborn paranoid personality, is very unforgettable.
There were also several new faces in the show business at that time, such as Lin Yongjian, who had not yet debuted and was very young and naïve in all aspects.
Played a young man who was caught playing cards
He first acted as a policeman in a movie, and later became a classmate of You Yong, a police professional.
Director Zhou Xiaowen also personally came out and made a cameo in a big talk about criminal psychology, possibly the role of a college professor.
Of course, the biggest attraction is the plot itself:
The process of detection where suspense and thrill coexist; the fierce collision of law and human feelings; the self-contest of complex human nature; and the shocking glimpse of some "gray" sides of society.
It's messy and exciting.
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The film was originally 102 minutes long, but at present, most of the cuts in length range from 92 to 95 minutes.
The scene that harmonizes the most is the bathroom nude scene at the first 5 minutes.
In the version that Madame watched, this section was only 2 minutes and 24 seconds.
The key is that the processing is particularly vague and illusory, and it can only dry eyes + stomp feet.
Only faintly can be seen as the sisters bathing in a public bathhouse.
Since the picture is so powerful, you can only listen to the soundtrack and lines.
Sister Lan Lan (played by Li Jing) cried and asked:
Sister, what's wrong with that?
After the sister Qingqing, who was originally squatting, looked at it, she slowly stood up and said:
Lan Lan is not afraid, you grow up, every girl will grow up like this, Lan Lan has grown into a big girl.
The audience may already know what it means:
It turned out that the little girl was in the developmental stage, and she was confused about the changes in her body, but fortunately there was a sister.
It is estimated that many people have had similar experiences growing up.
Immediately after, a young man with a telescope looked out the window.
At the same time, the subtitle of the title "The Price of Madness" appeared impressively.
It seems to foreshadow the fate of the sisters, and it is closely related to this young man.
Her sister Qingqing is an obstetrician and gynecologist and is skilled in business.
She loves her sister very much, but she does not spoil her, but really cares about her growth.
Before breakfast, ask her to do a 5-minute handstand exercise.
It's a classic breakfast of milk + bread.
It is precisely because of her sister's careful care like her mother that her spirit and psychology have not been affected by the bad influence of her parents' divorce.
She is still a very healthy and cute, lively and cheerful girl.
One rainy night, Lan Lan came home from school.
When a car passed by, the rain splashed her, and the youth got out of the car and used it to talk.
Lan Lan, who was not familiar with the world, got into the car.
And firmly believe that the other party is not taking money to send her home, to apologize for what he just did.
As a result, she was dragged to an unattended chapel...
As soon as the camera turned, Lan Lan was lying on the operating table screaming, and there were bruises on her body.
Here, Madame solemnly reminds all children, teenagers a sentence:
Don't talk to strangers.
Really, your own safety is more important than being called "indifferent" by others.
Qingqing's face became solemn and miserable.
She took her sister to the scene and cooperated with the police to investigate and collect evidence.
And the gossip of the crowd began to rise and fall.
What should they do with the sisters who depend on each other?
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The person who does bad things is called Sun Dacheng (Chang Rong), who is an unemployed vagrant.
His parents died early, and he and his older brother Sun Dasheng, who owned a car repair shop, lived in a tower.
Idle all day, always with a telescope from the window blind.
In addition, it is to turn the yellow book + fitness.
In this way, it relieves the troubles caused by hormonal exuberance.
And look at his well-developed and beautiful muscles, I don't know how many women can spray nosebleeds!
Perhaps he liked to cause trouble too much, and his brother had to "imprison" him at home.
But he still dared to run out and steal cars to play, and he did not have the bottom line to harm the flower season teenagers.
Think about it, children who do not have parents to discipline, what good things do?
Moving on to the merits of the case.
The only clue the police found was that the car that Sun Dacheng had lost after the incident was found at the beach.
Under the seat was a magazine stamped with the stamp "Qingqing Bookstore".
The film was shot in Qingdao
This made Qingqing's eyes light up!
Because the owner of Qingqing Bookstore, named Li Changwei (Xie Yuan), has been pursuing her.
Qingqing rushed to the bookstore, and there were many people around the book stall in front of the door.
Best-selling books with colors like "A Satyr from the North."
The propaganda posters posted on the signboards are even more "large-scale", such as
"Take Off Your Skirt", "Rent Your Man to Me", "Flowers Withered Early".
Pictured: The more things are hidden, the more people want to see
And the serious and good books in the bookstore are not cared for at all.
Looking at her boyfriend's prosperous business, Qingqing became angry.
She ordered Li Changwei to change the signboard, but he said with a smile:
What does the signage have to do with it?
Therefore, the angry Qingqing immediately rushed forward and littered with it.
The field was "smashed" and the crowd dispersed.
Xie Yuan, who plays Li Changwei, is an actor I admire very much, and he has a kind of immortal temperament that is rarely found by others:
Slow and methodical style + "hippie smiley face" of the bad + humorous and optimistic personality, proper mix-and-match style.
Friends who like it can go to see his performance in "Child King" directed by Chen Kaige.
It was a different "comedy" style than Ge You's, and it took a long time to laugh.
Li Changwei was quite calm, and he lit a cigarette.
Then he threw the match over and said:
Tear what, one fire is over!
Qingqing, who had finished his breath, gradually calmed down.
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The arrest of the murderer was not only busy with the police, but also became the main contradiction of Qingqing at that time.
Li Changwei also knew the situation, and out of love for Qingqing, he was also particularly concerned about this matter.
In his description, Sun Dacheng is considered to be:
Probably came to Qingqing Bookstore, with a local accent, is a driver;
Left footprints, Lan Lan bit him, possibly leaving a scar on his left hand;
He loves chewing gum, and the trouble is that only Lan Lan can recognize him.
With these alone, Qingqing embarked on the difficult road of catching criminals.
She led her sister to many public places, but to no avail.
The parents who heard the news also rushed to see their daughters first, and they wanted to go to school first.
However, qingqing refused.
At this time, Lan Lan was suffering from "secondary rape" outside of his body.
Because he did not want to wear a short sportswear in physical education class, he was shouted out of the queue by the teacher.
After learning the reason, the whole class went for a run, leaving her alone to practice shooting.
This invisible or even unintentional "isolation" made Lan Lan's heart particularly unpleasant.
The parents decided to take Lanlan to Shanghai temporarily for a while.
At the station to bid farewell, Dad nagged about what misfortune had fallen from heaven, and that catching criminals was a matter for the Public Security Bureau, and said:
Man, if you don't forget this, you won't be able to live.
Unexpectedly, it stimulated Qingqing's nerves in an instant, and she immediately shrugged it off:
I want to be able to forget lan lan, and I don't count as a person when I live.
It can be said that he did not leave his father face at all.
Just as the train was about to start, Qingqing rushed up and took her sister away.
My parents got out of the car to catch up, so panicked that they didn't even have time to take their luggage.
From the conversation of the three people at night, the audience really understood:
Why is Qingqing so stubborn, determined to die, and must grasp the reason why the criminal must not be.
The root cause is that the original family.
When the parents quarreled, they threw things, and the two fought in a mess.
Qingqing hid in the bed and did not dare to nibble, and snorted.
After 5 years of divorce, the sisters suffered a lot.
It was hard to live apart from them, so how could they repeat the same mistakes?
It is precisely because of her tragic experience of lack of love and insecurity in the past that she is doubly good to her sister.
This is not only a compensation psychology for parents to fulfill the responsibility of raising children, but also an inevitable way to redeem themselves.
You can see it, Mr. Gaoming
Her parents could not help her, so they had to return empty-handed.
Qingqing took the old book to Li Changwei to "make reparations."
The book stalls that were torn down were set up again.
She let Lan Lan, who had been on summer vacation, stay in the bookstore every day to wait for the rabbit.
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Sun Dacheng's side, there is no sense of guilt.
But his brother Sun Dasheng was summoned by the police.
The younger brother was also very happy, and he immediately confessed his ugly deeds to his brother.
Unexpectedly, he was beaten violently.
Sun Dasheng, who loves to play card gambling, absolutely hates iron and steel for his younger brother:
What woman can't do? Don't do this unconscionable thing!
As far as your chicken brain is concerned, going to jail is also the material for sleeping on the toilet!
In a word: White has a body of flesh, no brains.
After beating and scolding for a full set of services, he was forced to burn off all his clothes and shoes so as not to leave a handle.
Although Sun Dasheng is not a good bird, he has the minimum bottom line of being a man, including protecting his brother.
However, perhaps it was precisely his consistent protection, coupled with his failure to lead by example, that harmed Sun Dacheng.
At this time, Sun Dasheng was waiting for the opportunity to escape with his brother.
The police, who already have preliminary clues, are also actively carrying out operations.
In particular, old Zhao, who is about to retire, is very sympathetic to Lan Lan's suffering.
He was secretly determined to solve the case.
At this point in the film, Qingqing, Sun Dasheng brothers, and policemen, three clues are spread at the same time.
Qingqing learned to take pictures from Li Changwei.
She took the camera and shot around, and when she saw the driver of the car, she clicked forward.
Quite a strange move, causing dissatisfaction among the people.
Even Li Changwei couldn't help but persuade her, feeling that lan lan's psychological burden should not be increased anymore.
But the paranoid and resolute Qingqing couldn't listen to it at all.
Sun Dacheng obeyed his brother's arrangement and "obediently" hid in the tower.
Still keen on his regular subjects.
It is worth mentioning that he has trained the same muscles as Bruce Lee, and it is beautiful just to look at.
The telescope on the tower was reflected by the sunlight and emitted a dazzling light, which aroused Lao Zhao's suspicions.
The turning point of the case came from Sun Dacheng's unwillingness to be lonely.
He couldn't stand the repression of being locked up and shouted.
The brother had no choice but to agree to send him out of the city.
The police learned of the news and rushed to the pursuit of the murderer.
The car stopped next to the Qingqing Bookstore, and Sun Dasheng got out of the car to withdraw the money.
He specifically instructed Brother Xu not to move.
But the stupid and stubborn Sun Dacheng not only got out of the car, but also ran to the book stall and hung around.
This time Lan Lan was caught in the window.
Qingqing and Li Changwei rushed to catch the criminals.
Sun Dasheng saw the situation and immediately drove into Li Changwei.
As the car fled, Qingqing struggled to chase it.
She crawled on the car window and ran along, staging an Jackie Chan-style car chase scene.
This scene was also a kind of large-scale in the domestic films in the mainland at that time.
The Sun family brothers, who had died nine times, finally escaped from danger temporarily, and the two of them held Qingqing hostage and went up to the tower.
A thrilling police-bandit confrontation begins.
I don't know if this arrogant and arrogant muscular brainless man will be brought to justice.
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The witty old Zhao rushed in through the back door, and his brother Sun Dasheng was directly arrested.
Sun Dacheng took out his homemade earthen gun and slammed it, and the atmosphere suddenly became extremely tense.
But after all, this product is just a simple-minded little, and I have never seen any big scenes.
The people inside listened, and only by surrendering immediately could they possibly survive;
The people on the stairs, immediately release the hostages, hand over their weapons...
The policeman's loudspeaker roared, and he messed up his feet first.
The retired old Zhao took advantage of the fact that people were not paying attention and snatched away his colleague's pistol.
He pushed Sun Dasheng all the way up to the roof.
He called Qingqing his daughter and said Sun Dacheng had only 1 bullet left, while he still had 5 more.
The police play psychological warfare + negotiation.
At the same time as the two were head-to-face, the policeman played by You Yong quietly climbed to the top of the building.
Sun Dacheng had just finished loading the bullets, and he let people hold him from behind and put on handcuffs every minute.
Everything seemed to settle down, and the efforts of the police and Qingqing in the past few days had finally paid off.
At this moment, Sun Dacheng stared at Qingqing deadly for a long time, he was too unwilling!
And Qingqing's eyes were full of anger and hatred, and she couldn't swallow that breath!
Just when the group went downstairs, they saw Qingqing kick away, and Sun Dacheng fell from the roof.
This ending surprised everyone.
Although the wicked have been punished, the price paid has been too heavy.
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The aftertaste behind the black screen is even more thought-provoking:
Do you have to kick that kick?
From Qingqing's standpoint, it is to be.
Her parents divorced family of origin made her suffer too much from quarrels, violence, and lovelessness prematurely.
Thus, in her subsequent subconscious and practical actions, she consciously assumed the role of mother.
As a mother, someone raped her daughter, and it was difficult for her to deal with the matter calmly and rationally.
Moreover, the murderer in front of him did not know the slightest shame, and was still fiercely questioning why others were holding on to him?
With Qingqing's love for her sister and her strong and fierce nature, how could she endure it?
If you want to investigate deeply, it is nothing more than:
The problem of the original family and the lack of education!
The focus of "The Price of Madness" is not on madness, but on the motivations and incentives behind the cost.
In addition to regretting Qingqing's last kick, it is also necessary to pay attention to Sun Dacheng's criminal process.
Why was he so brainless, with no bottom line, and did not repent until his death?
Isn't it?
(The picture originated from the Internet, invaded and deleted)
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