A meticulously carved stroke of Jiangnan Water Village Worker, a warm and moving child's growth story.
The film "Summer of Xixiaohe" takes care of the various experiences of the adult world from the perspective of a 10-year-old boy Gu Xiaoyang, telling the story of children's growth in the undeveloped and transformed Jiangnan water town.
In the 1998 Piero World Cup, Gu Xiaoyang was a fan, but his parents who were busy with work did not have time to pay too much attention to Gu Xiaoyang and his hobbies, and with the summer vacation, Gu Xiaoyang met his new friend Mr. Zheng.
He accompanied Xiaoyang to train football, watch games, play, in the company of Mr. Zheng, Xiaoyang had a pleasant vacation, but in the end Mr. Zheng left the taimen, and his departure caused Xiaoyang to return to the normal state of loneliness.
Centered on Gu Xiaoyang, the film connects the emotional journey of three generations and briefly covers the important stages in a person's life.
In his childhood, Gu Xiaoyang clashed with his middle-aged parents and turned to the elderly Mr. Zheng for comfort, and Mr. Zheng also regarded Gu Xiaoyang as a relative because of irreconcilable contradictions with his son in his youth, and the mutual companionship of Mr. Zheng and Gu Xiaoyang warmed each other.
In fact, on another level, the film is also from The perspective of Mr. Zheng to examine the various forms of life, in the final analysis, whether it is Mr. Zheng's accumulated life experience or life attitude, it is in line with Gu Xiaoyang's cognition of life at this age.
In the film, the camera is a recurring object, the camera means to see or peep, and its double symbol is expressed in the film through different places of use.
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The primary function of the camera is to record, the shooting of conventional perspective does not produce complex emotions, in the film, as far as its subject is concerned, Gu Xiaoyang uses the camera to take pictures for classmates and mr. Zheng, the people in the photos are Gu Xiaoyang's partners, this shooting is only for the purpose of commemoration and shooting activities, is not mixed with any negative and negative factors.
On the other hand, Gu Xiaoyang's attitude can also be found in the choice of shooting space, and the shooting scene is also selected in bright places, such as classrooms, factories and other places, while the outdoor environment is also sunny.
The first level of viewing reveals that Gu Xiaoyang's thinking and feelings when interpreting the experiences in life from the perspective of a child are relatively objective records, and when the father is tracked and photographed, the function of the camera has changed.
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Candid photography is taken in an unconventional way, often in the form of tracking to achieve the purpose of shooting, because the subject of the shooting is not aware, candid photography is often accompanied by secret disclosure, privacy disclosure and so on.
In the film, there is a long tracking action, the camera follows Gu Xiaoyang, completely presenting what his father did from Gu Xiaoyang's subjective point of view, and the secret of Gu Xiaoyang's father was discovered, and the camera became a tool to reveal evidence.
But it is clear that Gu Xiaoyang's age can not handle this incident very well, so in the key place of the dance hall, Mr. Zheng replaced Gu Xiaoyang to complete the candid shooting, and the flashing lights of the dance hall released emotions and also broke out of desire, and all this was more appropriate for Mr. Zheng, who had more experience in life, to participate.
In contrast to the noisy dance hall, the outdoor rainy and bad weather, in the process of Gu Xiaoyang's return, the first time in the film there is a heavy rain pouring weather, before that, although the path in Jiangnan is often wet, there has never been a heavy rain.
The long-accumulated dissatisfaction with the family prompted Gu Xiaoyang to also choose to flee, and after Mr. Zheng left the gate, Gu Xiaoyang came to the stadium, facing the empty stadium, Gu Xiaoyang imagined himself playing football in the stadium wearing a jersey, and Mr. Zheng was the coach, and the audience cheered for their performance, this set of freehand pictures is the interpretation of Gu Xiaoyang's inner emotions.
With the help of the escape journey, he realized his dream, leaving Taimen means leaving his hometown, and the realization of his dream can only leave his hometown, and the family plays a negative role.
In the film, through Gu Xiaoyang, the discussion of "leaving home" is indirectly conveyed, first of all, Gu Xiaoyang, there are two non-documentary imaginary pictures of Gu Xiaoyang playing football in the film, the first time is in the stadium after leaving home, the second time is in the courtyard of The Gate, the court's Gu Xiaoyang let go of himself and the state of grievance and annoyance under the discipline of his parents in the family is in stark contrast;
In the courtyard of The Gate, the departure of the mentor Mr. Zheng also cut off Gu Xiaoyang's football dream, he imagined a person playing football in the courtyard, looking at the doors and windows of Mr. Zheng's home and thinking, this is also the last shot of the film, Gu Xiaoyang looked at Mr. Zheng who left his hometown, thinking about the many complex tastes of leaving home, on the one hand, the family is a bondage, on the other hand, the family is also a harbor.
Different stages of life also have different interpretations of the concept of home, in the film, the most typical is the marriage of Gu Xiaoyang's parents, and the combination of the two forms a complete family.
When the fact that the father cheated on him was established, but the mother did not choose to divorce, but continued to live together, there was not even an explanation and apology and angry, some just a few complaints.
The adult world is full of the helplessness of fame and fortune and joy, and perhaps because there is no clear standard, the concept of family is more of a compromise for adults.
The end of a period is bound to be a new beginning, a new semester after the end of the summer vacation, an unknowable football dream, an inexplicable parental relationship, and Mr. Zheng, who somehow decided to go to Shenzhen.
All this does not have an exact result, or even a clear vein, in the hazy path of Jiangnan, Gu Xiaoyang continues to move forward, perhaps growth is accompanied by loss and loneliness.