Hollow carved wooden windows, melodious and melodious piano solo, crisp and sweet green papaya fruits, and dreamlike portraits of oriental women...
"The Taste of Green Papaya", Chen The heroic director outlines a beautiful and moving picture of life in Saigon, Vietnam for the audience.
is a well-known film in Vietnamese history. "The Taste of Green Papaya" was screened at the Cannes Film Festival and won the 1993 nomination for best foreign language film. The
movie tells the pure and beautiful love story of a Vietnamese girl in Eastern style. It also permeates director Chen Yingxiong's childhood memories and the introverted and long Eastern style.
01, the Eastern Zen painting master Tianzhu once said:
"One flower, one world, one leaf, one universe."
is different from the unrestrained nature of Western nations, and the people of Eastern nations are restrained and restrained by nature.
is different from ordinary movies. This movie has very few lines from beginning to end. The director often uses the expression from far to near, from the outside to the inside, to present the audience with an Eastern paradise.
, whether it is the character image in the movie or the details of the service, are permeated with the aesthetic concept of the Oriental, indifferent and clear, peaceful and far-reaching. The
movie uses the ubiquitous natural landscapes to express the ultimate Buddha nature of the Eastern style, which is full of poetry.
The twisty and secluded corridors in the distance, the pavilions that go down the stairs, the pleasant music of silk and bamboo, the fruitful melons and trees nearby, the kitchen under the melon shed, and the sound of the wooden fish of the Buddhist grandmother have already reached the audience. deep in the heart.
It is understood that this movie contains director Chen Yingxiong’s childhood memories and homesickness, which are clear and vague. Based on his own personal experience, director
presents the charming hometown and childhood life in his memory to the video, bringing the audience a different kind of thinking.
02, Eastern "restraint" love
In this movie, the characters' love is restrained and delicate, with Eastern restraint and rational love.
In the attic of the Eastern style, the old grandmother who lost her husband in her early years knocked on wooden fish and burned incense every day, and she didn't even want to go downstairs.
This old woman seems to hide a more mysterious and unknown story.
Tang has been pursuing the old grandma since he was young. However, even when the proposal was rejected, he did not give up and stayed by her side until the old grandma moved. Tang followed closely.
Even if the old lady never wants to see her again, even if the old lady never goes downstairs again.
For Tang, it is already satisfying to look at her from a distance. Even though she has changed from "blue silk" to "white hair", the heart of guarding love will not change.
The famous poet Yeats wrote a classic sentence in the poem "When You Are Old":
"How many people love you when you are young and happy, and admire your beauty, whether it is fake or true, there is only one person who loves you. The soul of a pilgrim loves your aging face. "
The author thinks, this is the best poem that expresses this longing and guardianship.
is not only the love of Tang and grandma, even in Mei's body, it is also a typical Eastern love.
In her childhood, Mei met the young master's friend Ren Hao and fell in love with him. However, the disparity and gap in identity seemed to destined them not to be together.
After Mei grew up, she was sent to Ren Hao’s house as a maid. Facing the noble and wealthy Ren Hao’s fiancee, Mei tried on the wedding gown given to her by her young grandma, which attracted Ren Hao’s attention. The elegance and introverted temperament of the Eastern style moved Ren Hao, and they led a peaceful and comfortable life. Love like
is extremely restrained. Traditional and conservative love in the East defeated the open love in the West.
03, the turquoise image of the Eastern style
"Those papaya, one by one, hang on the tree, the ripe papaya has a light yellow brilliance, the ripe papaya, the taste is sweet... "
color is an important part of the film and television picture.
In the East, green represents full of vitality and vigorous vitality. It is the iconic color of nature. In Eastern culture, green is endowed with an elegant and simple meaning.
on electricityIn the movie, green is the main background and background color of the movie, and shots of green plants and green papaya appear many times. Director
used a lot of turquoise intentions to express a fresh and vibrant temperament. In such a paradise, the greenery that can be seen everywhere makes the movie more Zen and poetry.
Whether it's the street, doors and windows, or the character's clothing, or even the various insects in the depths of the grass, they are dominated by cool colors such as cyan, white and gray, which are beautiful and natural. There is such a detail in the movie of
. On the background of papaya and green leaves, the milky white sap on the papaya flows slowly. The stems and leaves of the papaya and the branches are beautifully flowing under the breeze... ...
expresses an artist's gratitude for nature and a good desire for harmony between man and nature.
Director Chen Yingxiong turned his love for his hometown into green, intensively spreading it in every corner of the screen, expressing his love for his hometown with colors full of life and memories, and highly restored the oneness of his hometown. Grass and wood, whitewashed and sublimated the theme of truth, goodness and beauty in the movie. The green touch of
is also Chen Yingxiong's tracing of his roots and the soul of the movie. The costume of the protagonist Mei of
is also cyan, from adolescence to adulthood, there are also slight changes in the relative unity and coordination.
In the movie, Mei, dressed in cyan clothes, reveals a hint of humbleness in her peace.
always bows her head and walks on every inch of the ground like she is walking on thin ice. This also shows the submissive and quiet qualities of Vietnamese women.
Then, the family that Mei served in declined gradually, her clothes turned dark red, and the color changed. However, she was still cautious and took care of each other's proportions. Her meekness and obedience never changed.
When she put on the red cheongsam given to her by her young grandmother, she secretly put on lipstick, and the female is a person who pleases herself. This color change also represents the expression of her love with Haomin.
In this poetic world full of Zen colors, there are not too many lines, no grander scenes, but the true image of Vietnam’s quietness and beauty, revealing the poetic space and the beauty of Zen.
