"Best Partner", "Happy Ghost", "Prison Storm", "Hero Nature", "Qiannu Ghost" these well-known classic films are all from the New Art City Film Company, and in the 1980s, Shaw and Jiahe became a three-legged trend. In addition to some big productions and comedies, they have also produced a series of tear-jerking and touching films, such as "Hitchhiking", "Family Portrait", "Alang's Story", etc., when it comes to tear-jerking and Zheng Zeshi's "Why Have I", compared to "Hitchhiking" and "Family Portrait", it is more realistic and critical.
"Why Should There Be Me" is produced by New Art City, with Mai Jia and Shi Tian as producers, Zheng Zeshi wrote and directed himself, Huang Baiming and Zheng Zhongtai also participated in the script work, and the lineup should not be underestimated: Zheng Zeshi, Zheng Wenya, Zhou Runfa, Jiao Jiao, Zhu Jiang, Tian Ni, Zeng Zhiwei, Cheng Kui'an, Wang Yu, Hui Yinghong, Lu Jianming, Qian Xiangying, etc.
This film is Zheng Zeshi's famous work, since then he has an additional name "Fat Cat", portraying a "mentally handicapped" youth into the wood three points, to be precise, he is not acting, but giving the fat cat soul, so that this low-energy child glows with personality charm. The film won 7.06 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, ranking 27th in the annual box office list, and "Fat Cat" Zheng Zeshi also beat Xu Guanwen, Zhou Runfa and Jackie Chan to successfully win his first Academy Awards Film Emperor Trophy.
Zheng Zeshi has played the role of fat cat 7 times before and after, in addition to 1985's "Why Have I", there are also "Fat Cat Wandering" and "Lower Sky" on the movie, TV series have "Fat Cat Zhengbiao" in 1997, "Fat Cat Zhengbiao 2" in 1999, "Fat Cat Seeking Relatives" in 2002, and "Fat Cat Looking for Relatives tomorrow will be better" in 2005.
The fat cat is like a blank piece of paper, pure white and flawless, pure and kind personality, love relatives and friends, but unfortunately everyone has prejudice against him, everyone is neurotic, the heroine also rushed to wash his hands when she shook hands with him for the first time, which shows that everyone has this prejudice. Neighbors often borrow his things and do not return them, but behind their backs they scold neuropathy, and even the husband comes to help the sick cat mother, such villains are really hateful. Big fool, Lu Jianming and a group of small, all day long bullying fat cats do not say, but also insult the fat cat died of the mother and father, a person always has pain, his pain is his relatives, and eventually led to tragedy.
At the beginning, when I first watched it, I thought it was a comedy, under bobby Da's rhythmic soundtrack, it seemed relaxed and cheerful, and the fat cat twisted the fat body and sang monica when it was also full of comedy style, and the back was more and more miserable, the house was dilapidated under the storm, the so-called application for relief, public rental housing, Qi Zhi school could not be lined up for several years, the cat mother died in the hospital was the first climax, since then the fat cat has no mother, completely become an orphan, and it is also the last straw that overwhelms him, paving the way for the back, At the last moment, the second climax was detonated, and Zheng Zeshi contributed the best acting skills, and the film emperor deserved it.
"Nezha" is also a problem of prejudice, everyone should be a little Nezha is a monster, but his parents and masters have never given up on him, guiding him to kill demons and exorcise demons, coupled with his ability to have a body, and finally break the prejudice in people's eyes. But what does the fat cat have, only a mother who loves him, but the way the mother loves is not quite right, did not teach him to live independently, did not try to say that he can't do it, wait until he tries and can't help him, so that the fat cat can not grow, about this, the cat mother can learn about the parents of "Stupid Child" and "Ocean Paradise".
Of course, the fat cat also has a kind-hearted social worker koko (Zheng Wenya) to help him, find a boyfriend to open the back door, contact Qi Zhi School for him, help him find a job, etc., her love and care is worthy of praise, but she obviously lacks experience and meticulous work, after the death of the cat mother, she did not follow up very well, just imagine, a person with only a few years old IQ, not trained, how can he live independently, and how can he live alone in the old house, when the first storm, he said that he was afraid, But there was a mother at that time, and now that the mother is gone, he certainly can't cope.
In the ending, the heroine submitted a resignation report, saying that she would never work as a social worker again, and as soon as the voice fell, she met a "fat cat second" and naturally wanted to help him. This arrangement naturally does not have the shock of the "fat cat" dying, but the director finally softened his heart and wanted to tell us that although we could not solve many problems, we still had to do our best to help them in the face of people like "fat cat".
In the 19 minutes and 22 seconds of the film, Zheng Wenya is taking a bath in the bathroom, and the body seen through the curtain is the source of the Academy Awards trophy, but the lotus canopy is replaced by the Oriental Pearl. It is worth mentioning that Zheng Wenya was also involved in the design of the Academy Awards trophy at that time, and I don't know how she would feel when she participated in the award ceremony when she saw others holding "her"?
Compared with the heroine Koko, her boyfriend Director Zhou (Zhou Runfa) is more like a real character, he emphasizes that although social service is sacred, we must remember that we are not omnipotent, let alone saviors, and must not be emotional. He can't give the fat cat special priority, because there are many people who are worse than the fat cat, and it is unfair to other people who need help. To put it simply, he pays attention to the distinction between public and private, and cannot be emotional.
"Why Should I Have Me" Douban up to 7.9 points, there is no doubt that it is a classic, is a rare realism of good movies, but personally feel that the meaning of the film is greater than the film itself, through the fat cat, let us pay more attention to social workers concerned about the mentally handicapped vulnerable groups, we must have a kind heart, sincerely help those disabled, even if they do not help them, do not be prejudiced, and finally pay tribute to those social workers, thank them for their efforts and efforts.