In addition to "Chosin Lake", there is another movie in the National Day file that deserves attention - "My Father and Me", which is the third series of movies after "My Motherland and Me" in 2019 and "My Hometown and Me" in 2020.
Four chapters, respectively directed by Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Xu Zheng and Shen Teng, just look at the characteristics of the director, Wu Jing must be a military theme, Xu Zheng and Shen Teng can not be separated from the routine of comedy films, the author is actually more worth looking forward to is that Zhang Ziyi, who has won countless films as an actor, known as the "International Chapter", directed the chapter of "Poetry".
The storyline revolves around how the first generation of Chinese astronauts built China's first generation of rockets at the cost of personal family happiness and even life in a difficult environment. The mother played by International Zhang and the father played by Huang Xuan are very dangerous in their daily work, they also have a pair of minor children, although the work is busy, the children of each family are scattered in the yard, but the parents have not reduced their love for their children. On this day, Huang Xuan's father unfortunately died because of an accident, and the international chapter that went home alone cooked for his children according to the usual, and also added meals, bought pork that was rarely eaten in the 1960s, when the son asked the international chapter why his father did not come home, the international chapter forced tears and said that he was working overtime.
The audience sees that there is only one feeling here, the mood of the international chapter has not yet been in place, as a newly widowed husband, it is undoubtedly very sad for the wife who bears the burden of child support alone, although she is psychologically prepared, but in the face of her son's inquiry, the international chapter is only red in the eyes, and the expression is not painful enough. The audience who was not anxious about the emperor said secretly, can you grieve a little more?
And when it rained that scene, the colleagues in the factory came back, the news of the death of the husband could not be hidden, in the face of the water in the house, the daughter cried bitterly, the son found the truth after the blame, the international chapter although there are tears, the son who has been unwilling to enter the house is locked out of the door, at this time, if the international chapter is feeling a little empathy, the emotions are a little fuller, the possibility of transmission to the audience is more, but she is always a little bit away from the collapse.
Just imagine, if this scene lets "actress who does not belong to this era" Hao Lei to play, what kind of despair is it? The expressiveness of the international chapter is even not as good as the mother played by Xiao Songjia in the next chapter, to know that xiao Songjia is still single and unmarried, and the international chapter has been a mother twice, playing a mother still makes people unable to produce a sense of substitution, all the roles are herself.
The chapter of "Poetry" conveys a different father-son relationship The screenwriter is well-intentioned
The chapter of "Poetry" actually puts the baggage in the back, which shows that the screenwriting skills are not simple. The son of the international chapter said that "the previous father and father are gone", at this time the audience suddenly realized that the original son was not biological, but the widow adopted the orphan of the colleague, the colleague died of an accident when the son was four years old, and the international chapter and Huang Xuan's daily kindness to the son reflected the greatness of the two, not the biological parents are better than the biological parents. From the words that the son shouted after he knew of Huang Xuan's death, to the son taking his daughter to release the Kong Ming Lantern, he thought of the two fathers.
The screenwriter of "Poetry" hopes to convey the feelings of an astronaut who gives up his small family for everyone, a colleague sacrifices, their children will not be unsupported, and other astronauts will take on the responsibility of taking care of children. Different from the other three chapters of "My Father and Me", the father-son relationship in "Poetry" is not only between biological father and son, but also between adoptive father and son, which is a special feeling unique to that era, and the screenwriter's intention has to be said to be clever.
The performance method of the international chapter "A Thousand Faces" makes it impossible for the audience to empathize
Recall that the most well-known role of the international chapter is undoubtedly the Yujiaolong in the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" released in 1999, the stubbornness of the face and the frequent shrugging of the shoulders represent the inner tension, the successful shaping of the jade Jiaolong makes her debut at the age of just 20, and the international chapter can be said to be the most successful film actress in China in addition to Gong Li.
After 22 years, the international chapter has won countless awards, three Huabiao Awards, two Hundred Flowers Awards and two Hong Kong Film Awards, and the only Chinese actresses who are better than this report card are Maggie Cheung and Gong Li.
But we can think of the image created by the international chapter, or the stubborn, long shoulders, shrugging the corners of the lips, refusing to admit defeat, her nervousness is similar in almost every role.
Shrugging shoulders became one of the iconic moves of the International Chapter
Nervous Lily shrugged
In the relaxed and romantic theme, the international chapter is still shrugged
In the TV series, I still can't change the shrug-up style of performance
By 2021, the small actors in the stills are more relaxed than the international chapter
As a first-time directing film, Zhang Ziyi tries to tell the story of an astronaut's father and son, if there is no Wu Jing's "Riding the Wind" chapter Zhu Yu in front, Xu Zheng's "Duck Prophet" makes the audience laugh uncontrollably, Zhang Ziyi's "poetry" chapter is only better than Shen Tengmali's happy twist sketch, and even less natural than the "Female Buffett" in the film industry once directed "To the Youth We Will Eventually Pass Away".
Wu Jing is the acting guarantee of military themes Xu Zheng is a treasure director
The most touching thing in "Me and My Father" is the Father and Son of the Eighth Route Army played by Wu Jing and Wu Lei, coincidentally, the two actors are surnamed Wu, and Wu Jing even called Wu Lei "son" at the meeting, which shows that the two have a deep feeling.
Wu Lei is currently a hot new generation of actors, "Riding the Wind" this chapter has let Wu Jing bring a new film (Tv circle Wu Lei is an old man) Wu Lei's meaning, Wu Jing seems to have brought new people in recent big productions, and "Changjin Lake" has a four-character brother.
Wu Lei played by the wind often confronted the father of the cavalry regiment leader Wu Jing, after Wu Lei's neck was injured, the two had a dialogue, although there was no moving line, but the simple words conveyed the anti-Japanese period, not ordinary father-son feelings. Wu Jing reminded Wu Lei that after the pill was rejected, he said that many soldiers on the battlefield who died because they were injured and did not deal with them in time, and then looked at his son and said, "I am going to die, after I die."
Unexpectedly, the cruelty of the war did not make Wu Jing as he wished, he tried to launch a signal bomb to save his son's life after the Japanese army recognized our army's radio, but the undeterred Japanese army immediately turned the gun and surrounded Wu Lei and others who were only four people, and soon, Wu Lei and others fought a bloody battlefield, only an old horse came back with a luggage stained with his son's blood, and Wu Jing, who was in great pain, endured the pain of losing his son alone, and the film replayed the moment of Wu Lei's sacrifice. This plot can be said to be the most moving scene in "My Father and Me".
But the author's favorite is xu Zheng's "Duck Prophet" chapter, which recreates the customs and customs of old Shanghai in the late 1970s. Why Shanghai was chosen as the place where the chapter of the Duck Prophet takes place is useful. You must know that Shanghai is at the top of the trend in the minds of the Chinese people, especially in the minds of the generation of the fathers. Many film and television works related to Shanghai were all the rage in those years, such as "Shanghai Morning", which told about the public and private reform in Shanghai at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the school drama "16-year-old Flower Season" about the teenagers in the flower season in the 1980s, "Evil Debts" about the children of Zhiqing after returning to the countryside, and so on.
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China's first television commercial was broadcast in 1979. On January 28, 1979, Shanghai Television broadcast China's first television advertisement, Samgui Yangrong Wine, which received 300 yuan in advertising fees, and "Duck Prophet" was created based on this story.
From the chapter "Duck Prophet", attentive viewers recalled the unique imprint of the late 1970s, when they had to go to the state-run store with food stamps to buy things, watch the CCTV-1 news broadcast through the black-and-white TV set of the panda brand, perm their hair in the old barbershop, and the old objects such as hot water kettles, ostrich brand ink, blue overalls, iron lunch boxes, floral skirts, and rolled flower heads, and even more eye-catching was that Xiao Songjia took her son to the movie, and the poster of the movie "A River of Spring Water Flows Eastward" released in 1947 was prominently pasted on the wall.
A movie can bring us touch, memories, but also bring joy and laughter, "My Father and Me" In the funniest scene is Xu Zheng and his son on the bus, fancy sales of medicinal liquor, the audience is overjoyed, perhaps "My Father and I" Artistic achievements are not the highest in the "I" series, but the scene of father and son selling medicinal liquor, may be recalled many years later, which will make people waner, which is enough.
(This article represents personal views only.) ）
Author: Yang Ying, Shenzhen Satellite TV direct news writer.