When it comes to Laoshan, my first impression is not that mountain, but the film "Laoshan Taoist", which lacks the spirit of artistic excellence in the old animation tradition of Shangmei, and today's animation and Shangmei's pure art film are completely different productions - every sum has profits in it, and every painting is an advertising act, which makes people uncomfortable to watch. And this short "Laoshan Daoist" deserves the title of art film, the whole animation details are worth seeing, the technical things are very meticulous, and the content is also very Zen! It is truly a conscience animation and crystallization that contains the profound heritage of art masters.

When it comes to Laoshan, some people's first impression is not that mountain, but that of a Taoist priest— an animated film "Laoshan Daoist" produced by Shanghai Fine Arts Studio in 1981.

When I first traveled to Laoshan in my 40s, I still had the content of this cartoon in my mind, which shows how much the things I watched as a child have a great impact on a person.

The movie "Laoshan Daoist" is adapted from "Liaozhai Zhiyi", which is probably the first Liaozhai story I know personally, and the story that can be adapted into an animation is naturally not scary at all, but very interesting and very happy.

Humor and humor and irony are the biggest features of this film - the irony of the story of Liaozhai is fully displayed in this fable, although it is stained with the light of Liaozhai, but its sophisticated production, profound connotation, and profound cultural heritage are not comparable to the current animation.

The image of the protagonist Wang Qi, a clown, is the standard of the classical Chinese traditional comedy genre. The design of this image, whether it is shape, language, movement, including active thoughts, is extremely expressive.

Wang Qi's reading and literacy, but he is not a real reader, he does not read canonical books, only knows to search for wonders in the wild history miscellaneous books, holding this "Biography of the Immortals" to read all day long, like a scientist pondering.

For household chores, it has always been "clothes to stretch out the hand, food to open the mouth", unearned gains, four bodies are not diligent, and grain is not divided. The lazy greed of him sitting on a chair and cocking Erlang's legs was really charming.

Wang Qi's reading was quite a lot, but there was no stable city government. The language is exaggerated, and it is extremely high and far-reaching. Listen to the way this character speaks:

"I fly a crane, I turn stones into gold, I am wonderful, I am bound to go to Laoshan to learn immortals!"

The first time I saw it, I was fascinated by this singing voice - what was I singing? Later, I found out that the reason why many people really like this movie is inextricably linked to the dubbing of Mr. Cheng Zhilao, who gave Wang Qi's character a very flavorful dubbing.

Wang Qi' decision finally went up to Laoshan Mountain to learn the Immortal Dao. Watch him go out in the middle of the night and look back at the twisted courtyard door behind him--what a chic and beautiful painting under the moonlight.

Even the puppy came to say goodbye to him – a foreshadowing that is different from the original's direct cut-off, but with a touch of humor.

In the original work of "Liaozhai Zhiyi", there are only a few words about Wang Qi's journey to Laoshan Mountain, but in the animation, as an important part, from reading idle books at home, thinking about right and wrong, to crossing mountains and mountains to Laoshan Mountain, this paragraph is described in detail, and it is a larger place to adapt.

In the process of Wang Qixian's mountain climbing, he used the split screen to present the painting format and composition of the vertical axis landscape, which made a deep impression.

It uses the light makeup of Chinese ink landscape painting as the background, its light flavor, the closeness and fading of the long lens, the vivid and vivid combination of the seemingly flat landscape and the puppet characters, there is a stunning effect.

All the male voices in the movie are from one of the cheng people, but it is not at all felt that they are the same person.

Woodcutter: "If you want to learn the Immortal Dao, you have to ascend step by step!" ”

Wang Qi: "It's unattainable, it's hard to walk!" ”

Neat, rhyming, concise and timeless lines, sentences have rhyme, sentences contain deep meaning.

The scene of Wang Qi's climbing the mountain is shown in great detail - the fascinating ink background can feel the fairy spirit of Laoshan Mountain across the screen. The color is antique, coupled with Chinese paintings, this is the Chinese style.

The description of Wang Qiyi's passage is a stage for The Display of Chinese Art. In the hardships along the way, it makes the viewer full of curiosity - selling a pass makes the appearance of the later story look particularly exciting. It's not like those quick-selling producers, and the film is very attentive to the styling and various details of the characters who appear.

Wang Qi, found the old immortal and prepared to learn the art from the master, but the master only let him cut firewood every day, and he could realize the Tao by carrying water and chopping firewood.

Let a person who is not diligent in his body go up the mountain every day to cut firewood, it is really difficult for him, from the unbearable test, to "the bitter can not bear", he wrote down one "right" word after another to record the day of cutting firewood, which shows that the suffering is unbearable.

Just as Wang Qi's plan to slip away, the movie opens the second mode - the spell performed by the Three Qings when meeting the guests in the main hall is beautiful, and after watching it, I want to learn immortals! What an imaginative one! You can actually cut a moon and hang it in the sky, and the atmosphere created really restores the scene described in "Liaozhai Zhiyi".

"Laoshan Daoist" had a lot of unsolved mysteries for me at that time, and I am afraid that it was the same for others. For example, the small wine jug that never finishes pouring wine.

The Taoist priest can use chopsticks to transform Chang'e and soar into the Moon Palace, which is like a dream.

In the sky was Qionglou Yuyu, high and cold, Chang'e flew in from the Moon Palace, and the people's eyes were straight, and they were stunned.

There are also the fairies that fly down from the murals, singing and dancing, magical.

The color of folk tales, the nuanced character scene action, this is the real national history of Chinese animation, the last century Chinese animation artists have created such excellent works, breathtaking.

The chopsticks turned into Chang'e dancing, and the spells cast by Master on the Mid-Autumn Festival night still make many people reminisce.

The disciples looked stunned, their eyes were fixed on Chang'e, and their heads could rotate 360 degrees, so that they would not twist their necks?

Xu is feeling a little wrong, Wang Qiqi actually took matters into his own hands, turning the overly twisted neck back to normal, in the process, the audience can even hear the creaking sound of the wood twisting, this design is really cute.

The master and his friends finally flew together to the fairy world where the Moon Palace was drinking, which was too evocative and yearning.

Wang Qi, confused, did not plan to leave, he begged the master to teach him a magic. The master unexpectedly agreed to him.

Seeing this, I began to think: I will teach you a spell, but let you chop wood. Although this is not to take fairy tales as bait, let others do free labor. However, the immortal skills taught at this time were afraid that there was no deception in the first place.

The whole process of Wang Qi's wall piercing technique is one of the bridge sections that he loved to imitate when he was a child. Fortunately, the cartoon did not leak the spell, otherwise more people would have tried it.

Wang Qi's ecstasy after learning the art of piercing the wall is a good interpretation of this stupid and funny character. The flaw in the protagonist's quality is a good foreshadowing - people who are eager to show off and twist their brains after learning a trick and a half are everywhere.

The characteristics of people who have achieved nothing: one is laziness, and the other is that the heart is not right. When Wang Qi's arrival home, he announced to his wife:

"Whoever has wealth, whoever has treasure, go through the wall, I go through the wall, take it - just run!"

This paragraph is too interesting, learned to unconsciously hum in the heart, think for yourself is also cool.

If the mind is not right, learning nothing is good, and you will not get anything.

Whether it is reading or practicing immortals, it cannot be achieved overnight, and it requires a long and arduous effort. Don't be impetuous, quick to make quick gains and impure motives, or learn to be a person first! This is what the animation tells us explicitly.

Finally, when my wife woke up Wang Qi, who was lying on a bamboo chair, I realized that he was dreaming, and when I saw the middle, I really thought that the protagonist had gone to the mountains to learn immortals, which was really interesting.

It seems that readers are kind or natural, and they have moral restraints on themselves in their dreams.

In the past movies, after watching, on the way home, it seems that they can always discuss with their parents and parents - this should be attributed to the fact that good directors do not impose on others, leaving enough space for the audience to think and play their own imaginations. But but but now movies, especially animated films, can not be said to be poorly made, but generally forget after watching, there is no desire to reminisce and discuss - it is really "finished".

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<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > and this short "Laoshan Daoist" deserves the title of an art film, the whole animation details are worth seeing, the technical things are very meticulous, and the content is also very Zen! It is truly a conscience animation and crystallization that contains the profound heritage of art masters. </h1>