"Lao Kasa" this movie has been released for 4 years, but the legend about it seems to still exist, in today's Hong Kong movies, it should be difficult to appear such a film, this very "Hong Kong flavor" film may not be seen by many people, so today we will talk about this film.
Old Kasa
At that time, many people have actually dug into this film, but the title of "Lao Kasa" did not give the audience a lot of attraction, in fact, don't say that it is attractive, it is not understood at all, in fact, "Lao Kasa" is transliterated, English "robbery" means robbery, and Cantonese is based on this transliteration, "Lao Kasa" is the meaning of robbery, so if the title of the film is called "Robbery", I believe that the attention of this film will be higher.
Zeng Guoxiang
"Lao Kasa" this film is "July and Ansheng" and won 8 awards "Young You" director Zeng Guoxiang starring, this is also my own favorite actor, not only good acting, the direction of the kung fu is also obvious to all, the audience knows that he is the son of the famous Hong Kong movie star Tsang Chi Wai, but he is really one of the most inspirational "star two generation", through his unremitting efforts, now the yellow robe plus body, I believe that in the future will be dedicated to the audience more wonderful works.
Apin
In this film, Zeng Guoxiang plays the 32-year-old unemployed young Man Ah Ping, when introducing himself, the director uses black and white tones to render the Hong Kong "Tube Building", and uses the shooting method of focusing and then moving backwards to interpret the plot, just such a seemingly simple shooting method, can let the audience feel the extreme embarrassment of Ah Ping's life style, but this is not the only, such a presentation will also allow the audience to contact many young people in Hong Kong facing population pressure, Employment pressures lead to a life of resignation.
It is also in this context that there will be a plot of Ah Ping going to a convenience store as an hourly worker, thus unfolding the follow-up exciting plot, which happened in a convenience store, Ah Ping met the harsh and mean boss, met another female clerk Ofu Ofu with a large nerve, and then met the old robber, the black policeman, the female doctor in the sexy uniform, the tycoon, the store manager, the Meitu boyfriend A total of eight people, it can be said that in addition to Meitu, the other seven people are all pregnant with ghost fetuses. No matter how normal the person's behavior is, as long as he gets the gun, he will reveal his true nature. Some people say that this is a movie full of "black humor", but I don't think so, on the contrary, I think that after entering the main film, the horror and humor of the plot even make people feel "perverted", that is, the whole plot is full of "white humor".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > "black humor" is only a moment, but it starts with a point</h1>
I think there is actually black humor in this work, of course, I am not denying the previous statement, but the storyline of black humor appears in Apping's self-introduction, that is, Aping is watching an interview with his idol Bruce Lee, who believes in a sentence from Bruce Lee in the interview:
When you put water in a water bottle, the water becomes a water bottle; when you put water in a teapot, the water becomes a teapot.
However, he completely misunderstood the meaning of Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee's words are an explanation of the level of kung fu attainment, but it is completely understood by Ah Ping as a way of life, so that Bruce Lee died at the age of 32, becoming a myth, he was 32 years old, but he lived as a joke, he only believed that in the face of helpless life, there is no need to struggle, just obey. This is the only black humor in the whole story that I think exploits a misunderstanding of "idol guidance" to illustrate Appin's pain, and it is more and more painful, more and more unsmooth, and life always brings him endless ridicule and humiliation. The director uses such a humorous expression to elaborate on the facts and reasons for Apping's embarrassing life, which also provides a progressive ladder for the future development of the story.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > "white humor" is intended to deepen the contradiction</h1>
Perhaps many viewers are not clear about white humor, but in fact, the explanation of white humor is simpler, that is, the language and behavior of horror and humor. So it is very easy to understand, from Ah Ping to this convenience store, from the old robber because of the convenience store owner's harshness, unreasonableness and triggered the first violent incident, the director added white humor to it, the old robber used scissors to plunge into the convenience store owner's neck, this is a terrible thing, but no one thought that this scissors from the beginning to the end, whether it is the storyline, or the character image, in the original terrible event, a little more funny.
And the next plot, the ridiculous diarrhea black police, but has a murderous heart without blinking; the sexy and extravagant female doctor who causes male illusions is actually entangled with the underworld boss, and the seemingly cute and ridiculous foreign store manager is actually a demolitionist; the petty and sour and big-bellied convenience store owner is actually a wife killer; and the performance of Meitu's boyfriend makes the audience can't help but laugh and think about it. I really admire the director and screenwriter's such a genius performance, so that everyone has a humorous side, but also let everyone have a terrifying thought, and an unknown side, after such a multiple story line interweaving, so that this work has become a "sketch" movie, and the contradiction of each "sketch" is escalating, not only carrying on the top and bottom, but also making the audience more looking forward to the outbreak of the ending.
As a result, the producer did not disappoint the audience, in the convenience store where who got the gun, who had the right to speak, until the end, the scarred Ah Ping found that all the dead people stood up, it turned out that all the dead people except themselves, everyone was a ghost, from the beginning of Ah Ping entering the convenience store, the 8 ghosts began to act, they were all people who died unsatisfactorily, there were unhappy marriage convenience store owners, greedy black policemen, old robbers who were bullied after they were released from prison, they became decadent, confused, and desperate under heavy pressure. There are shouts and resistance, but they have not escaped the fate of gradual illness, and soon after death, they want to find a person closest to them, and Ah Ping's life experience and current situation are the most suitable candidates they think, but when they choose to enter Ah Ping's body, after the contact of the entire film time, they find that this is a useless shell, that is to say, tonight all these killings are just boring and pastime farces for the 8 ghosts, and Ah Ping really realizes the preciousness of life, it turns out that this is a complete ghost movie.
The film boldly combines the current situation in Hong Kong at that time: soaring prices, sharp increase in population, huge employment pressure, etc. In such an environment, many young people choose not to be motivated, not to fight, not to fight, choose to continue to eat instant noodles in the cage, as long as they can still live, it is enough, so the central idea expressed in the film is: If you do not work hard, even ghosts will look down on.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > [Conclusion 1].</h1>
The film "Lao Kasa" is a film full of Hong Kong flavor, and this movie has 3 important elements: nonsense, horror, and feeling. In my impression, there has never been such a combination of these three elements as "Lao Kasa", and the fusion of these three elements is completed only in a convenience store, especially in the stage of perception, the foil of this stage is extremely strong, no matter how nonsensical all the previous plots are, no matter how arbitrary everyone's heart changes at will, such an ending can be supported, and can break through all the nonsense and unreality in the audience's doubtful heart, and when watching this film, I personally did not expect that in the end, the director and screenwriter actually used the "inhuman" environment to tell the truth of the human world, using the ghost's sense of urgency for the eager upper body, and the powerful contrast of finally giving up Aping's body to illustrate how much Aping's life was a failure, thus making Aping ignite the hope for life.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > [Conclusion 2</h1>].
Maybe this time is different from the past, I want to use two epilogues to make the final statement, because at the end of watching this film, I found that Apin showed his bravery in the battle of wits and courage with every gun bearer, and he tried to protect the only ghost who did not want to be on him, Meitu. During this period, he helped the black police, helped the boss, helped everyone to lift the time bomb, all of which were in stark contrast to the people who fell down the stairs (Meitu and her boyfriend) when he walked before, that is, Aping has changed in the process of killing, in the fight with ghosts, I believe that many ghosts have also seen clearly that Aping's heart is strong, although he is still compromising with life, he is definitely not a person who will always compromise. Especially at the last moment, Ah Ping disregarded his own life and safety, provoked the old robber, and bent on ending up with the old robber, which ordinary people can't do, let alone a waste.
And the director and screenwriter created such a plot, in the end, 8 ghosts and showed that they did not look at Ah Ping's body, in fact, there is a certain contradiction, such a plot setting, to give me a moment of feeling very strange, it seems that these ghosts in a violent explosion, forgot what happened before in the convenience store and Ah Ping, forgot his strength, his bravery, it seems that the previous waste of Aping, then if so, all the "white humor" in the middle will lose its meaning, the ghosts can directly negate Ah Ping There is no need to create such a big scene, and in the end, it is still a denial of Ah Ping, which is something that I think is a little incomprehensible, and I think the connection of this part seems to be a problem. Of course, returning to the intention of the film, the film intention is still very worthy of respect, through the "white humor" to highlight such an inspirational story, especially for the young generation of contemporary Hong Kong, it has a very far-reaching social significance.