That summer was the darkest time of my life for thousands of Chinese, but it was a period for the children of the shade group...
Youth past and life memories can only show the value of art and life in light and shadow, and the director has created a life in different ways that he wants to tell the music of his life. "Sunny Day" is director Jiang Wen based on "Animal Fierce", telling the story of the friendship and love between a group of partners who played from childhood to adulthood, and then lost their minds due to the desire for love, alienated their partners, and through the storyline of the film, several good brothers reunited after many years.
The musical attributes in the film can express people's emotions, render the atmosphere of the film, and express their emotions. At the beginning of the film, with the majestic singing, people hear the "revolutionary storm" and have the great Chairman Wang in their hearts. In the film at that time, people's thinking was somewhat simple, very positive about the revolution, although the people at that time were poor in material life, but their hearts were full of ideals. That passion may be a bit superfluous compared to what it is now, but for that time, their ideals would affect the next generation. Ma Xiaojun in the film was influenced by his father, and the ideal at that time was to start a war between China and the Soviet Union and wanted to be a hero. It sounds unrealistic, but that's the ideal, the passion, their "fairy tales."
In Jiang Wen's films, absurdity is his consistent expression. Jiang Wen is good at using symbolic techniques to visualize the whimsical things in his thoughts into the film, creating an atmosphere that is both real and illusory. The young Ma Xiaojun stumbles upon a girl in a travel suit (Milan), and this girl becomes the ideal of her youth. In order to find her, Ma Xiaojun often skipped class, and even waited at her residence, recognizing her as a sister in order to get to know her. Ma Xiaojun also has the ideal of "hero", in order to get away with it, he is especially black in revenge for the lamb. Looking at this is a mischievous, unlearned Ma Xiaojun, getting Milan's love is the ideal. When he returned from Tangshan, he found Milan with his good brother Liu Yiruo. So he was ready to break the can and break it, he lost his mind and wanted to rape Milan, but he did not take advantage of it, wanted to say goodbye to this pain, but became estranged from his partners. It makes people feel depressed and sad from the perspective of teenagers and children. The feeling of being alienated.
Jiang Wen's treatment of the lens is not limited to the rules of a specific lens language, but according to his own inner thoughts and experiences to structure the film framework. In the film, it frequently uses light and soft light to fill the picture sense of the lens, and when the three girls dance, they use a panoramic frame and soft light to create a dream-like picture; the camera also uses soft light when shooting the contradiction between the student and the teacher, although the teacher is very angry, but the soft light reduces the atmosphere of the picture. The lens cuts to Ma Xiaojun lying under the bed to see the girl's appearance but afraid of being discovered, and with the help of light, Ma Xiaojun's demeanor is very well expressed. When shooting adversity light, the picture is full of dazzling sunshine and human figures, showing the beauty of childhood.
"Sunny Days" shows what happened to the group of partners in that summer, showing the passion of youth and the pursuit of ideals.
Cherish the time!