What kind of movie is "Blood Street"?
Keyword 1: Liang Chaowei!
When participating in this movie, Liang Chaowei had not officially "mixed" with Wong Kar-wai.
So in this movie,
The audience will see a Liang Chaowei who is different from his regular image and is not a literary fan.
In addition, the film also has Jacky Cheung, Li Zixiong, Ren Dahua, etc.,
The cast is very sincere.
Keyword 2: Wu Yusen!
Viewers who have watched "The True Colors of Heroes" and "Bloody Double Males" may know,
Wu Yusen's films are generally gunfight films, jianghu films,
It can even be considered a film that is mainly men, characterized by a violent aesthetic.
This "Street of Blood" is, of course, a film of this style!
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In fact, this "Blood Street" does not know how many people have been "misled"!
Where does it mislead people?
The answer is the title!
Before watching this movie,
Perhaps many netizens will be misled by the title,
I thought that "Blood Street" would be similar to "Blood Two Heroes", just Wu Yusen's regular gunfight film.
Many netizens, perhaps because of the title,
Reduced desire to watch "Streets of Blood".
In fact, "Street of Blood" is one of Wu Yusen's most worthy works for people to watch,
It's not as simple as "blood street"!
The opening scene of the movie "Streets of Blood",
Maybe it will make the audience think that this movie is really just about "the streets of blood",
Because the opening scene of the movie is mainly a street fight scene.
The character played by Liang Chaowei on the wedding night,
In order to make his brother feel bad, he also accidentally killed a small leader.
The movie direction of the hour before the movie is only the direction of the regular jianghu film.
But after that, the scene and pattern of the film have been constantly upgraded.
When the three protagonists go to Vietnam,
"Blood Street" began to look different from Wu Yusen's regular jianghu gunfight films,
Because the film introduces the background of the Vietnamese Civil War.
then
In addition to having regular gunfight scenes,
Armies, artillery, bombs, warplanes all appeared,
It has even become the category of war films, not simply "Blood Street"!
On the scene, "Blood Street" is almost Wu Yusen's most magnificent work,
Just weaker than the Hollywood blockbuster He directed, The Wind Whisperer!
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When it comes to the end, maybe the director feels that he is "off topic",
The scene was changed to Hong Kong again, and there was a "blood street" to end the movie.
Except in the scene,
In terms of plot, the pattern of "Blood Street" is also very grand,
Many of the plots in the movie require a certain amount of historical knowledge to understand.
For example, in the full version of the movie, there will be related plots involving the Hong Kong 67 riots, the Vietnamese civil war and so on.
generally
On the title,
It seems that "Blood Street" may just be Wu Yusen's regular jianghu film, gunfight film;
But in terms of actual content,
"Blood Street" is one of the biggest films in Wu Yusen's pattern!
However, the title does not know how many people have been "misled".
They reduced their expectations for the film.
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"Blood Street" actually reflects the pros and cons of Wu Yusen's "violent aesthetics"!
For Wu Yusen,
aesthetics of violence,
It is equivalent to Zhou Xingchi's nonsense,
The soul of almost all his films, and it was his first to flourish.
The famous Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino (the director of Pulp Fiction) also studied his violent aesthetic.
It is very difficult to strictly define the aesthetics of violence.
However, you can understand it as simple as this:
Zhou Xingchi's nonsense,
It is through the use of loose comedic elements to make the audience laugh;
And Wu Yusen's aesthetic of violence,
It is through the use of loose elements of violence (mainly gunfight elements) that make the audience look good.
In fact
The use of this aesthetic of violence comes at a cost, and the pros and cons are obvious.
Through the movie "Blood Street", we can experience it.
【Disadvantages】
The use of violent aesthetics, the greatest cost,
It should be that it will lead to the film's plot not being rigorous, or unable to pursue rigor at all.
Many of the plots of Streets of Blood can reflect such problems.
For example, the gunfight plot in the movie, no matter how many opponents there are,
The four protagonists are always undead,
Their bullet hit rate is much higher than their opponents, who can injure them at most.
The plot of the ending, the character played by Liang Chaowei,
Obviously, he can kill the villain in many ways and avenge his friends.
However, he used the way of racing in the streets and gunfights.
Thinking about this plot more carefully, the audience may find many obvious loopholes.
Racing like this,
Shooting like this in the streets like this, the police have already arrived.
In addition, the role played by Liang Chaowei,
Originally because of accidental murder, was hunted by the police, in order to escape to Vietnam to develop,
How did you return to Hong Kong later, why can you be so calm?
And he didn't seem to have taken the gold, he was originally very poor, why did he have a car when he returned to Hong Kong?
Watching the movie carefully, the audience may find many, similar to the above, very loose plot.
The aesthetics of violence is actually to create a sense of "coolness" through an imprecise way.
This dooms films like "Streets of Blood" to be less rigorous.
Because in these movies, you have to set up a lot of "unreasonable" plots,
It is easy to design a good-looking gunfight and shoot a cool feeling.
It's like talking humorously.
Often it is necessary to violate logic, not rigorous, if rigorous will not be humorous, is considered to be a "straight man".
In addition, the aesthetics of violence can easily lead to a single theme of the film.
Many times, Wu Yusen's films involving the aesthetics of violence,
It's often men's movies, "brother movies", gunfight movies.
For example, this "Street of Blood", no matter how big the pattern is,
The theme is still "jianghu", "brother", etc.
Some netizens have watched more of Wu Yusen's movies,
I don't like it anymore, that's why.
【Benefit】
And what is the biggest benefit of violent aesthetics?
Simply put, it is a word - "cool", even more "romantic"!
Especially in the cinema, it will be very exciting.
Other than that
If you don't look at these films that involve the aesthetics of violence,
Viewers will think that they are very good-looking men's movies.
For example, this "Street of Blood",
If the audience thinks carefully about each plot, each plot,
Will feel unsightly, feel the same;
But if you don't think about it, the audience just holds the mentality of watching popcorn movies,
"Turn a blind eye" and look,
Will think it is a good brother film,
In the process of watching the movie, the audience will even recall the beautiful and unforgettable years of themselves and their friends.
At last
If the audience generally does not study the movie in detail,
This film was misunderstood by the title,
In fact, the layout of the very grand "Street of Blood", very worth a look!
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