elegy. Destruction - the feeling of the movie "The Big Red Lantern Hangs High"

The film "The Big Red Lantern Hangs High" is based on the novel "Wives and Concubines" by writer Su Tong. The story of a man and four women. ­

The film has seen controversy since its release, but it has left a deep mark on the history of Chinese cinema. The dark and deep residential alley, the maids dressed in black, the gloomy sky, the complex expressions of people, the good acoustics, etc., form an elusive world. ­

The face of the old man can never be seen clearly, he is a symbol of the power of the husband, a symbol of the invisible feudal etiquette. ­

In the process of watching the film, it will make people feel depressed, depressed in their hearts and spirits. In the film, the dark and indescribable but majestic things around them are everywhere revealing the image of cannibalism. The feudal ritual is vicious, but it does not show it immediately, it first presses you deadly, and then shows it little by little, which makes people feel terrified. ­

No matter which life that is vividly yearning for the life of "man", once it falls into this cage-like place where thoughts and hearts are shackled, there is only one way to die. Destruction of the mind or body. ­

Among them, the second wife is a woman with a "bodhisattva face scorpion heart" who does everything to consolidate her position. She deeply understands that in order to survive better, she must win the long-term favor of her husband, and it is her greatest wish to give birth to a son who can consolidate her position. No matter how she thought about it, the second wife finally abandoned her conscience and single-mindedly planned for the realization of her goal.

She shrewdly went to please her husband, and pretended to win the favor of the fourth wife, Song Lian (played by Gong Li). After the true face is seen, the second wife fights back with all her strength, and she will seize every opportunity to eventually put her enemy to death. One is the destruction of life, and the other is the destruction of the heart. The reason why destruction is easy is not only that the second wife is very clever, but more importantly, the terrible and invisible force in this place, which deeply controls the fate of every woman here. As long as they dare to truly resist, they have nothing but destruction. ­

The second wife would rather abandon all the good and precious things in human nature, and everything is naked in her eyes. Bloodthirsty or not, she did it. ­

The third wife, Mei Shan (played by He Saifei), is a rebellious person. It is moral to steal her affection, but in such an environment, we can feel her deep desire for human life. She saw through the hypocrisy around her, and those moral appearances concealed the unsightly essence. She resisted weakly in her own right. Easily, the price of life is paid.

Men under the protection of feudal etiquette can take wives and concubines in groups, and can trample on the soul of every woman with true dignity. Women can only obey, can only be "three from four virtues", once disloyal to the husband is a great rebellion. ­

amusing. What hypocrisy! ­

The Third Lady touched the sore spot of feudal etiquette. The old man was furious, believing that it was insulting to the ancestral façade and must be dealt with by the family law, and she became another victim. How many women's blood and tears have been accumulated in the dead man's house in the film. ­

At this point, the film moves towards a climax. The snow could not cover the dirty Chen family compound, nor could it cover the hideous face of the bloody feudal etiquette. The plain white color sings a sad song of a woman's fate. ­

The ghostly Chen family members finished what their master had commanded and left ghostly. The feudal ritual of killing people, killing people in the flesh, killing people spiritually, has always been killing people without blood. Its ghost was scattered in the Chen family compound and spread on the land of China at that time. ­

The scene of the third wife Mei Shan singing is very prominent. The clear and soft singing voice appears repeatedly in the film, and her bitter depression and yearning are spreading. In the gloomy Chen Family compound, it is this singing voice that has a particularly vital vitality, a human vitality, and a little ripple in a pool of stagnant water. The singing voice is endless and gives people infinite thoughts.

After the death of the third wife, the red lanterns were lit up by the fourth wife in rows, and the beautiful singing voice of her life released in the record had an inexplicable meaning. Rows of red-colored lanterns dancing with flames seemed to be eyes, hearts, and fate in the darkness. The fluttering singing voice seemed to interrogate the endless night. The strange and solemn arrangement of the house seemed to connect the human world and the underworld. There seems to be no boundary between man and ghost, and resentment, sadness, and resistance are overflowing. ­

Lanterns, singing voices, everything, make people reminisce, people are afraid, indignant, silent because of it. ­

The sad song of life is still continuing, in the Chen family compound, who can see through the heavy night? It's all repeating, and the destruction continues to be destroyed. The night is endless. ­

The fourth lady, Song Lian, was also like a walking dead in the end, she was completely numb, and her spirit also collapsed. She witnessed what happened to Mesan, she was terrified, she was overwhelmed. The old man said, "You don't see anything, you're crazy, you're crazy!" His authority prompted Song Lian to really go crazy because she saw things she shouldn't have seen. ­

Song Lian only had to go crazy this way, otherwise how would she face it? It is better to be dead than to be alive, to be dead and clean, and not to live this ant-like life anymore. She is still alive, but the spirit is dead, and people without thoughts and no ideas are still "happy" in that institutional environment. At least, she no longer had a yearning, no longer a longing. Husband power, feudal etiquette needed her to live like this, so that she could not die. ­

As long as the "rules" of the ancestors are not broken, as long as they are safe and peaceful, even if they become crazy, feudal etiquette will become very gentle. ­

For thousands of years, how many Chinese women's stories, how a hateful word! The one who gives in, who resists, whatever the outcome, is a tragedy of human nature. The "cannibalism" that Mr. Lu Xun hated is vividly remembered, and the system of stifling human nature deserves to be destroyed the most! ­

Hello, I am Izuki Akihito, thank you for your reading and support.