"The fusion of actors and characters" is the highest level of a movie. It is rare for the audience to know a movie because of an actor. Before becoming a director, Jiang Wen was an actor. I met him from "Furong Town", but every role in this movie is outstanding, so Jiang Wen is not very conspicuous.
really let me see his acting skills is "Ben Ming Year", this film was directed by Xie Fei, released in 1990. For Jiang Wen, this is a one-man show that belongs to him. Whether it is character behavior, facial expression details, or inner activities of the character, Jiang Wen perfectly interprets it, giving people a kind of loneliness that wanders on the edge of society. The feeling of a prodigal.
"Bibbon Year" can be said to be a movie belonging to a man who is separated from society. The audience can more or less find their own shadow from this man. The current material society changes extremely fast, when the previous emotional system collapsed At that time, both the strength of life and the spiritual pillar were swept away. The more
grows up, the more lonely. I don’t know if it’s because of the rapid changes in the times or because I am still standing still. Walking on the road, while losing myself, I can't find the way forward. Therefore, when watching "Borning Year", there will be a sense of empathy. Perhaps we will eventually become Li Huiquan, either because we are not talented, or because the times are changing too fast.
The times are too fast, and the feelings cannot keep up. "Ben Ming Year" is adapted from "Black Snow". At the Berlin Film Festival in 1990, the work won the Silver Bear Award that year. In addition to the solid script, the director's understanding and Jiang Wen's acting skills are also factors that cannot be ignored.
In this movie, the beginning is the follow-up mode with a handheld camera. Li Huiquan carries a large backpack and moves from darkness to light. The change of color tone and the arrangement of the scenes all imply that Li Huiquan's life has a new beginning, but the overall tone of the movie is dark and it feels very depressing. The development era and Li Huiquan seem to be out of line.
The late 1980s was a period of change, but for Li Huiquan, who was just released from his sentence, it was difficult to adapt to such changes. I am single so far, my mother has passed away, my buddies have been sentenced to life, and the times have changed, so it has nothing to do with me. Although the film police and neighbor aunts have been helping, but for Li Huiquan, being able to live a normal life has become a luxury. The story of
in the whole movie revolves around Li Huiquan, and the director did not deliberately present the development of the times. The advantage of this is that Li Huiquan's purest character traits and his sense of inadaptability to the times are fully presented.
Li Huiquan is alone most of the time. He is a typical figure on the margins of society. It is not so much that he was abandoned by the changing times, it is better to say that he clung to the feelings of the past. Li Huiquan did not completely break with this society, nor did he start confrontation with this society.
developed to the end, so the negative emotions were pushed to the extreme. At this time, Li Huiquan seemed to have only death. In the end, Li Huiquan marched against the flow of people with a bleeding belly, similar to the beginning, but in the opposite direction. This time Li Huiquan will rush from light to darkness.
At this point, the times and feelings have been divided. Li Huiquan has the old feelings and can't keep up with the times. He can only stick to himself and die on the night of 1989, or it is a kind of relief for him! The core of
film is permeated with humanistic spirit. The director was full of sympathy for Li Huiquan when he made the movie "Ben Ming Year". I think that the reason why the director did not present the development of the times was to give Li Huiquan a chance to realize self-salvation in the development era.
The appearance of the neighbor aunt and the showgirl are both opportunities for Li Huiquan to redeem, but he chose to escape and missed opportunities time and time again. These tips all reveal the spirit of humanistic care. The director recorded Li Huiquan's life as a bystander. He did not criticize the era or Li Huiquan. The whole movie of
reveals the humanistic spirit. Li Huiquan walks on the edge of the times. The tragedy reflects the philosophy of life: we cannot control the development of the times, but we can control our own destiny.
We don't denounce the times first, and carefully savor the details of life, try to integrate the original feelings into the current society, and enrich the feelings with the development of the new era.
"Bibbon Year" talks about people, so think about it carefully. In the development of the times, Li Huiquan's fate is so miserable. The core is human beings., Not the era, presumably this is what the movie wants to express.
