Tired of watching old movies? If there's one rare genre lately, it's Sherlock on the Plains.
The movie "Sherlock on the Plains" tells the story of three good brothers who built a new house together, one of them named Tree River was hospitalized in an accident, the driver escaped, and the other two brothers Chao Ying and Zhan Yi embarked on a ridiculous road to pursue the murderer in order to help Tree River find the perpetrator.
After reading the introduction, I found that the director and screenwriter of this film is the newcomer director Xu Lei, and the supervising producer is Rao Xiaozhi, the director of "The Unknown Generation". Whether it is drama or film, Rao Xiaozhi's style is mostly a realistic absurd comedy focusing on small people, such as "Hello, Crazy Man" with strong metaphors, such as the thought-provoking gentleman comedy "Hello, Robbery"...
"Sherlock on the Plain" is realistic in theme, novel and interesting, and the overall shooting method of the film follows a minimalist aesthetic, especially the rural theme, the style is cool and coexisting, and the sense of realism is very strong.
As an absurd comedy with vernacular themes, judging from the latest release of the ending song mv of the movie "Sherlock on the Plain", the film has an indispensable earthy humor, as well as an absurd but reasonable plot and the earthy vitality of portraying small people, touching friendship, and perseverance of small characters... The ending song mv is Park Shu's "In the Field of Hope", from the lyrics to the tune, it perfectly fits the film shot, implying from gray to hope, and gradually out of the haze.
Interestingly, the main actors of the film are all vegetarians, and the lead actor Xu Chaoying is also the father of director Xu Lei. Although they are all vegetarians, the interpretation is real and vivid. Judging from the trailer and ending song MV, the performance of several ordinary actors is very natural, which is unexpected. This is no wonder director Xu Lei once said that "the right is the best".
Several of the main actors are the roles of the elderly in the countryside, but the film portrays the characters vividly and three-dimensionally, very hardcore, full of "juvenile feeling" and vitality: all kinds of running, cute words and deeds, as well as cosplay-like undercover shots, fight scenes, and sneaky detective investigation scenes...
In addition to the comedic elements, the film also has picture shots mixed with artistic factors, and a structural plot with a strong commercial texture, which is not only an art film with a mood, but also a commercial film with rich elements, or a realistic absurd comedy. Various genres, although rich, are not cluttered, and the wonderful chemical reaction produced by the collision of various elements gives the film a unique appeal.
Although the film does not have gorgeous shots, the technique is not shoddy, deliberately sensational, and the shooting is calm and restrained. The picture is sometimes lively and bright, sometimes the tone is gray and dark, and the use of color is very reasonable, which is also in line with the development of the plot.
There is also the background music of the film, which is personally written by the well-known Chinese music producer Acura Teacher, and the effect is excellent. What I feel from the trailer is that although the film is an absurd comedy, the main plot can be said to be more depressing. However, after the background music is matched, it does not make people have a depressing feeling, it is a positive and funny feeling with local humor, yes, there is a unique sense of coolness and romance.
Although the movie has not yet been released, but it is only a trailer, you can also find that this is a dry comedy movie, and it is not the kind of comedy that laughs through, containing a high sense of humor.
"Sherlock on the Plain" is a work that the director has grown up in the soil, and the film shows the typical Chinese rural human society, with simple and rough customs and people abrupt but warm. There are many touching passages in the film, such as the male protagonists spending all their money to save their friends, such as no matter how poor they are, they will not sell horses to butchers......... The film exposes the reflection on the urban and rural system to the audience, and director Xu Lei has also expressed that he hopes that more people will pay attention to the work of rural reconstruction. There are feelings and temperature grounding, I believe that after watching the film, everyone will have more feelings.
It is worth mentioning that the release time of this film is November 29, although it will only be released tomorrow, but it has long been famous, and at this year's 13th First Youth Film Festival, the film was nominated for Best Feature Film and won the Best Film Text Award.
Not only that, the current reputation of the industry has been so good that it has exploded. The film's small-sighted performance methods and the meaning conveyed by the film have made Ma Weidu, Ning Hao, Yang Di, Zhang Boyang, Hong Huang and other big names express their appreciation for the film.
Ma Wei, director of the Guanfu Museum and a well-known scholar, said that the film is unique and very touched after watching it. Nowadays, the importance of economic costs is getting higher and higher, the cost of everything will be calculated, and the human feelings are getting weaker and weaker, and now the most human feelings exist in the countryside. Many touching places in the film are based on no cost, which is also a touching place in traditional Chinese culture, regardless of the cost to highlight the brilliance and charm of human nature.
Director Ning Hao said that the protagonist in the film pursues fairness with more spiritual value, which is of great practical significance, which is also his most moving place.
Young actor Li Meng said that the feelings of the three old men in the movie are very touching and pure.
Wang Zhi, the famous host and founder of the Radiance App, said that after watching it, his heart was very warm, because now everyone is in a state of excessive force, and this film is very light and pokes at the soft and warm place in your heart, and the aftertaste is endless after watching it.
Comedian Yang Di said that it was real and funny, and he was also moved, because the plot of selling horses and redeeming horses was moved to tears, and all kinds of plots were very touched.
Hong Huang said that people are group animals, because now the invasion of electronic products, many people will focus on electronic products, happiness will decline, in fact, those people in the movie are not the richest, nor the easiest, but they are happy.
In addition to these big coffee, there are Wu Jing, "The Wandering Earth" director Guo Fan, "I am not a medicine god" director Wen Muye, "Send Me to Qingyun" starring Yao Chen, "Embroidered Spring Knife" director Lu Yang, etc., have great support for the film.
Not only these big names in the show business circle, ordinary fans and Weibo big v also have a high evaluation of this movie, and "Sherlock on the Plain" has not yet been released with a rating of nearly 8 points. Some netizens said that as an absurd comedy, the film can control both black humor and realism core and thinking, which is very rare.
Some fans said that this is a realistic movie with both tears and laughter. The first half is bright and brisk, and the second half incorporates more social considerations, and there is a hint of insistence on the dignity of small people under the coat of the tuku detective type.
The movie will be released tomorrow, want to know what the uncles have experienced? Did they finally find the perpetrator? Let's go to the theater together to find out!