<h1>When people reach middle age, they will inevitably be nostalgic, and the past of those young days is like a grain of sand in their hearts, which is softly wrapped, and inadvertently, it will be slightly stinging. </h1>
In winter, a cup of tea in front of the window and watching a movie directed by Hou Xiaoxian is a good choice. His films are lyrical, rustic and timeless.
Produced in 1986, "Love Wind and Dust" is a work of Hou Xiaoxian's relatively mature style.
The film begins with an empty shot of the train passing through the tunnel, as if traveling through time and returning to the small mountain village in Tainan. The aesthetics of this shot have been imitated in many future films.
Ah Yuan graduated from junior high school and returned home from the town's junior high school with Ah Yun, and their home is in the family village near the coal mine. In the train carriage, Ah Yun was silent, and Ah Yuan asked her what was wrong, whether she did not do well in the exam. Getting on and off at the small station, Ah Yuan naturally helped Ah Yun carry a bag of rice bought by Ah Yun's mother and send Ah Yun home.
It was already evening, someone at the head of the village pulled up the curtain of the open-air movie, the wind blew over, lifted a corner of the curtain, the night was deeper, they picked up the steps, the lone street lamp stretched the figure, the black and white blur of the distant mountains, and the sound of the spinning guitar.
The picture is beautiful.
Ah Yuan has good grades, but there are young siblings in the family, Ah Gong is old, and his father has suffered a leg injury due to a coal mine accident. Ah Yuan decided not to go to high school and go to the big city to work while working at night school, and two years later, Ah Yun graduated from junior high school and came to the same city to learn tailoring.
In unfamiliar cities, rural teenagers have their first taste of life, and life is cruel and difficult. But fortunately, there are a few friends and classmates who can introduce each other to work, have a simple dinner together, and make small jokes, which is also a warm comfort.
Ah Yuan is introverted, he must like Ah Yun, but he can't say the word "like".
He would talk to Ah Yun through the small fence of the tailor's shop and Ah Yun about some daily life, party with friends on the streets in the summer night, drink wine, sing "When the night rain in Hong Kong is lonely...", drink red face secretly look at Ah Yun, when there is no one, he hurts Ah Yun, asks Ah Yun whether his injured hand is still painful, allocates some of the money he is going to bring back to Ah Yun, tells Ah Yun to see a doctor, and blames Ah Yun for "What kind of wine girls drink with others", "Don't see the doctor, do you want to make your hands rot?" ”。 Ah Yun, who has been used to being pampered since she was a child, she doesn't know if this is love or not.
Ah Yun is simple, simple enough not to understand the world: when the painter friend in order to alleviate the embarrassing atmosphere, said that Ah Yun's clothes are too plain, can be taken off to apply and smear must be very beautiful, Ah Yun immediately took off, completely did not think that he was left with a sweatshirt underwear.
The gap between them is that when Ah Yuan accompanies Ah Yun to buy shoes, the delivery motorcycle is stolen, and Ah Yuan and Ah Yun are at the railway station entrance. Ah Yuan was very silent, and Ah Yun asked Ah Yuan where to go, because he had lost his job, and Ah Yuan said that he did not know.
Ah Yun said: You must think that I hurt you, don't you want to do this.
Ah Yuan still looked into the distance in silence.
Ah Yun said: Didn't I give you all my money to pay it back?
Ah Yuan said: I will return it to you.
Ah Yun said: I don't want you to pay back.
Because of the teenager's self-esteem and stubbornness, Ah Yuantou did not return to the train. He didn't know that Ah Yun looked at the distant train, and his heart was sad and unwilling.
Ah Yun actually likes Ah Yuan. When Ah Yuan was ill, she took care of her overnight, dressing her forehead, washing, and being attentive and thoughtful. She also made a dress for Ah Yuan, even though it was overstretched. Ah Yuan teased her: Nothing can be done well.
Ah Yuan is going to be a soldier, serving in the isolated island, the days are lonely and monotonous. So that the mainland fishermen were rescued by them in the accident and returned to the island, Ah Yuan and his comrades-in-arms were like rare guests, warmly receiving and sending their beloved treasures.
Ah Yun sent letters almost every day, and reading and writing replies was a very important thing that Ah Yuan did every day.
Gradually, however, Ah Yuan's letter was always returned, and the words on the envelope were "No one to check." The younger brother's letter said that Ah Yun was married to a postman. Ah Yuan cried a lot. Grandpa said, this is all fate!
<h1>We always have to linger for a long time, hesitate, and then grow in a moment, although growing up is a very painful thing. </h1>
A year later, the recovered Ah Yuan quietly returned home, wearing the flower shirt that Ah Yun made.
Everything was a familiar scene, the mother was resting in bed in the morning, and the grandfather was turning the sweet potato vines in the field. Grandpa said: The vine of the sweet potato has been cut off, so that it can grow roots, otherwise the nutrition will grow vines.
The camera moves slowly, the distant mountains, the sunlight through the shadows sprinkled by the white clouds, slowly skimming over the flat land and villages from a mountain, and the sound of the guitar is far away.
<h1>Watching Hou Xiaoxian's films, the visual and auditory senses are great enjoyment. Every frame can be retained as a screensaver, and every time the music sounds, it is as if you have returned to your youth. </h1>
Ah Yuan lost Ah Yun, distance and time are of course part of the reason.
Three years of time is not long, short is not short, Ah Yuan does not confess, I think it is related to his introverted personality, he thought that Ah Yun understood his thoughts and would wait for him. Ah Yun sent Ah Yuan to serve in the military, bought him more than a thousand stamps, and instructed him to write one a day. But later, she couldn't wait for Ah Yuan's letter, she was afraid that Ah Yuan had changed, and she didn't know that the postman had deliberately tricked the ghost.
On the road to growth, we miss many things, we are disappointed, we are also disappointed.
Perhaps, these are fates!