If, I mean, if you have nothing in your life and are worthless, but one day, you become a wanted criminal, and the police are willing to spend 300,000 bounties to reward those who report you.
How would you feel? What will it do?
This is an idea proposed by director Diao Yinan.
But this conception happened in real life, and later all this became the material for the core content of the movie "The Party at Southern Station". Director
took such a conception, a story that happened in real life, and filmed it into a story that looks full of black violence and cruel aesthetics, but actually focuses on the sad life at the bottom, the little people are confused and helpless, seeking a way out.
"When you have no choice, you are not dissatisfied!" said Diao Yinan, the director of
: One day I was sitting on the sofa and suddenly thought of a story. Those bounty criminals who had no money found that their bounty was high. It was completely beyond imagination, so I moved the thoughts of not draining outsiders, hoping that my loved ones would report him, and then take the money to live a good life.
didn't expect that this was just a bright idea in his mind, and it happened two years later.
"Probably in 2014, after filming "Fireworks in the Day", I suddenly saw a real incident in the news. A Northeast brother killed a policeman and escaped from prison near Harbin. He hid on a hill near their village. After about a week, I couldn’t bear the hunger and cold, so I went to the small shop in the village to ask for a bit of food and drink. Suddenly he found that there was a wanted warrant in the small shop. He hadn't been worth so much, so he decided to leave the money to his niece, so he returned to his relatives and ate the last sumptuous meal, called many relatives to tie him up and handed it over to the public security organs." The
movie "The Gathering at Southern Station" was created based on these materials.
Hu Ge played the leader of a car theft gang. He entered early, but he had been in jail in the middle. So when he came out, although he was assigned a good location, it caused the rising stars to be unconvinced. So, once In the dispute over the distribution of territory, his people were assassinated after injuring a hostile gang. During the rainy night, he manslaughtered the police and became a wanted criminal. The
police offered a reward of 300,000 to those who reported him.
Most fugitives will choose to escape all the way and live a dark life.
But he made another choice. He hopes to find his wife, let her report on herself, get the reward, and live a good life.
If it is said that in the real case, before the man finally chose to surrender, he had experienced the suffering of fleeing and was moved by the bounty, which was the first reason that gave birth to him and let his relatives report him.
So here in Zhou Zenong, what makes him give up his life is a sense of worthlessness.
He has not been to see his wife and children for 5 years, because there is no face to see, there is a detail in the movie. Before telling his own story to the swimming girl played by Gui Lunmei, he first talked about his state.
Before that gang dispute happened, he didn't want to do anything every day and didn't have the energy to do anything.
Actually, he had already seen through this kind of life, after returning from prison. There is no way out for
, there is no meaning, there is only one day mixed.
So, this explains some unreasonable things in the movie. For example, he was so ferocious in the later stage, but he was slightly weak in the early stage and was able to be bullied by his peers because he had no desire to compete.
For the bandits, when they lose their desire to compete, his sense of life value has long since disappeared.
Zhou Zenong is destined to be a tragic character.
chose this tragic way to end his life, which is the highest light moment in the second half of his life, and even the whole life.
Is Zhou Zenong's plight his own?
is not true. It is a plight for many people in life.
Although we are still struggling with beasts in our lives, the ability to love and the ability to pay for the love in our hearts is the last nobility of our human nature.
"They have never struggled before, but they combine despair and desire into love." In the
movie, Gui Lunmei's companion swimmer is a more complicated role than Zhou Zenong.
She was caught by Brother Hua firstUse it to find Zhou Zenong's wife. Then, because Zhou's wife had already reported this activity to the police, after the failure of the activity, Zhou Zenong's original plan no longer worked.
can only be replaced by Gui Lunmei for her role. This substitution of
is very ambiguous and has deeper implications.
Take Zhou Zenong’s wife as an example. She initially chose to cooperate with the police, but when her brother died, she knew that Zhou Zenong would also be in danger, and knew that Zhou wanted to see her, but hoped that she would report herself and get a reward. At that time, her heart was shaken, and for the police, she began to choose not to cooperate.
Her changes are driven by the plot a little bit. This is also the case with the change of the swimming girl.
She was only for money at first, he was only for trading at first. None of them were tempted, nor struggled.
accompany the swim girl's betrayal and proceeded calmly.
Zhou Zenong's trust collapsed naturally.
They don't have too much verbal communication, only darkness, interests, and desires.
For the low-level fringe figures, they do not have such a heavy thought baggage, no complicated mental process, and not so many choices.
So, you can't see the guilt of the swimming girl, nor the anger of Zhou Zenong.
Everything is calm, except for their embarrassment when exposed to each other.
Zhou Zenong is not credible, and even his last wish is difficult to realize.
Accompanying a swimmer to be raped is like a prostitute being raped, of course.
Zhou Zenong helped the swimming girl, so she chose to help him at the last moment.
She finally successfully reported Zhou Zenong, got the bounty, and fulfilled her promise to distribute it to Zhou's wife.
This kind of desire mixed in despair, combined together, is the love between the gangster and the swimmer. Director Diao Yinan of
said: Women themselves are a secret, and one of the charms of women is that they can betray you quietly.
Actually, he doesn't know enough about women.
Zweig, who knows women best, has shown the most moving charm of women in "A Woman's Strange Letters" and "24 Hours of a Woman's Life", that is: women are so emotional and can be Trivial details, and falling in love with someone, you can make a life-changing decision within 24 hours without hesitation.
This is the most touching place for women.
"No need to tell anything, nothing should be taught to others"
For most Chinese audiences who have a strong view of right and wrong, stories that touch human nature must be full of justice and touch people's hearts, such as "I am not a medicine god ", such as "The Nameless", the big redemption of a small person, with tears in the smile, enough heat and enough flavor.
But "The Gathering at Southern Station" is not of this type. It is restrained, neutral, does not evaluate or teach.
just shows humanity truthfully.
In the movie, everyone seems to live in a jungle society, using their own skills and methods to chase, run, prey, and survive.
A prey does not need to know what the other prey is thinking. Everyone does not have a God’s perspective. They only need to use their best to swallow the other.
's sober look, on the sidelines, makes people feel strange and full of doubts.
For example, in the movie, the fugitive hiding in the zoo is derived from real people.
is the most unreal movie, but everything is based on reality.
is so magical.
But it is also this kind of contrast, which makes me realize that there are actually deep barriers between each of us and between each person’s life, not to mention ordinary people and low-level marginal figures, upper-class society, and bottom-level margins. The barriers between the characters are gone.
We don't know their deep waters, just as they don't understand the boring monotony in the cubicle.
How deep can the gap between people be?
A story that happened during the unemployment wave in the United States can tell everything.
When many workers were unemployed and faced with difficulties in life, a rich man defended and said: Finding a job is not unemployment, it is a job in itself. The story of
is similar to that of an ancient Chinese emperor, why not eat meat.Color humor.
It is precisely because of the existence of this unavoidable gap that, for the rich who occupy the right to speak, the poor will be blamed for everything.
The rich think that the poor are endangered because they made the wrong choice.
In fact, many poor people have no choice in their lives.
is just the difference between bad and worse.
When you understand the gap between people and helpless, you will understand that the highest level of kindness is understanding.
There are barriers between the rich and the poor, but artists must live in the middle ground.
They should not be judged, they just need to be presented.
Audiences should not bring too many views of right and wrong to appreciate works that pursue art, because art abides by moral laws, but is not limited to moral laws.
Once restricted, art withered.
is because of the existence of humanity outside of moral law.
Humanity can be controlled, but it cannot be eliminated.
"Swimming in the gray abyss of the world, like a young dolphin"
This is Hu Ge's first film to act as a male protagonist. It is his transformational work, and it is also the work that determines whether he can win the actor.
hasn't had any works for more than two years. He said that he has fallen into a period of professional confusion, but many of his small actions can see his ambition and direction.
He has been practicing on the drama stage. It can be said that the drama stage is the first choice for actors to hone their acting skills.
He has made a lot of micro-films. Although they did not provoke a great response, the co-actors are Zhou Xun and Tang Wei.
From Li Xiaoyao, Mei Changsu, to the gangster Zhou Zenong, from a handsome niche, to now unshaven. The role of
Hu Ge has changed a lot, and the actresses he collaborated with have also begun to change.
can say that his direction has always been clear, but he walked too carefully, so he didn't see any clues before.
He has always been a motivated actor. It reminds me of another actor, Huang Xuan. By coincidence, his movie "Only Yun Knows" will be released on the 20th. Both
have acting skills, both have room for improvement, and both have aspirations, but in the entertainment industry, the more ambitious actors, the road will be particularly difficult.
Because a good actor wants to become a performing artist, he needs to pick up more artistically valuable movies, which is what we call genre movies, art movies.
However, there are often good actors, good directors are rare, and good scripts are even more difficult to see.
The ultimate representative of the literary and artistic man in the entertainment industry is his brother Leslie Cheung. Since him, many male gods and goddesses who have made literary films have had moments of highlight, but they are always short-lived.
On the one hand, a good genre film is not an artificial groaning, but should be a three-point delicacy, a three-pointed thinking, which requires very high script and director.
On the other hand, a good genre film literary film actor needs a great inner quality to support it. You not only need a pair of beautiful eyes, but also a pair of eyes that can tell a story.
Beautiful eyes are born, but a story-telling look requires experience.
Hu Ge loves to read books in his life, and he also pays attention to performance experience. For example, in order to accurately grasp Zhou Zelong, he once dressed as a cleaner and lived in a village in the city for more than a month. This kind of dedicated and no pursuit actor It can't be done. Director
also said that after joining the group, Hu Ge would often bring in feelings of insecurity and anxiety. This sense of insecurity is very consistent with Zhou Zelong's mood.
I think that he was so upset because he cared about it. The more he valued things, the more he worried about not doing well. After all, no matter how popular the fans are, for the actor Hu Ge, he himself should know that he started very late and walked very slowly. The road is full of various uncertainties. In addition to talent and hard work, he also relies on many opportunities. .
But I always think that he is a very self-aware actor. Fans may think the word
is a bit derogatory, but I used it on Sister Fei before, and I use it on him today, because I think self-knowledge is the highest praise for a person.
knows what you want, you know the direction;
knows your limitations, can you break through;
knows what others like yourselfTo be sober;
knows how many catties he is, so he can measure it clearly and not be self-conscious;
director Diao Yinan once said that after filming the scene on the lake, he sent this poem by Mandel Stamm to Hu Ge. The poem of
is as follows:
No need to tell anything, nothing should be taught to others,
, this black, beast heart, how melancholy, how beautiful
doesn’t want to teach others anything, can’t speak at all
in the world gray Swim in the abyss of, like a young dolphin
This poem not only conforms to the mood of the characters in the movie, but also applies to the mood that Hu Ge should shape: if you have something to demand on the road of interpretation, you don’t need to tell anything. Every step is enough. No matter how complicated the world is, young dolphins have a heart to swim in the sea.
The important thing is that no matter what you have gone through, no matter what the road ahead is, the dolphin will always keep your young heart and keep your heart~
