If life deceives you, don't be sad and don't cry.
If life is a liar, then years are a thief who steals everything you have without knowing it.
Facing the invasion of these two "criminals", Hong Kong director Luo Qirui was deeply moved. He recalled his childhood and wrote "The Thief" with his wife Zhang Wanting.
1. Luo Qirui's semi-autobiographical film
, produced by Zhang Wanting, directed by Luo Qirui, and the two wrote the script together. The husband and wife are of the same heart, and the profit is cut off. After the release of "The Thief of the Years" and , the box office has a double reputation after its release in 2010. The Berlin Film Festival Crystal Bear Award, 6 mentions and 4 wins in the Hong Kong Awards. After consideration of time, another Hong Kong film classic has been added to film history. The story of
is based on Luo Qirui’s childhood experience, like Alfonso Caron "Rome" , Hou Xiaoxian "My Childhood" , this is a semi-autobiographical film, a gentle and warm family film. Because Luo Qirui made the feel of a classic Hong Kong movie, it is hard to believe that this is a 2010 movie. The
young hero Luo Jiner is the incarnation of the childhood Luo Qirui, he is the teller of the story.
Li Zhiting plays the role of his brother Luo Jinyi. He is the central axis of the whole movie and is even more important than the roles of Ren Dahua and Wu Junru. After all, this story was written by Luo Qirui to miss his brother.
Ren Dahua and Wu Junru acted as father and mother respectively, and they depended on selling shoes to make up for their livelihood.
Qin Pei plays the uncle, his father's brother, who makes a living running a barber shop.
Xia Ping plays the role of grandma, a "from Qing Dynasty".
spent only 10 minutes, Luo Qirui clearly introduced his native family and his childhood dreams. It was the 1960s. The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union was in full swing, and all mankind had an infinite vision for space. It was understandable that Luo Jiner wanted to be a spaceman.
is another title of the movie called "1969 A Space Odyssey" . The opening scene of Luo Jiner wearing a fish tank cos spaceman is very suitable. The meaning of this title can be "childhood roaming", but in order to avoid "crash" with "2001 A Space Odyssey" , "The Thief" has become the final option.
Luo Qirui uses high-key light to create a "sense of time", showing that the movie is a "time shuttle", is both dreamy and real.
2. When pure love meets reality
A large number of subtexts and images is the most successful place for "The Thief" .
It is said that his brother Luo Jinyi has a female classmate Fang Fei who is very close to each other, and she and Jinyi stage a beautiful pure love drama.
However, when Jin came to Fang Fei's home, the beautiful love encountered the cruel test of reality. Li Zhiting, who was acting in a movie for the first time, showed good acting skills. A young man who has not yet entered the world saw the gap between himself and the "world", as if he was awakened by a stone with a dazed face, helpless and at a loss.
In that year, Li Zhiting won the Best New Actor at the Academy Awards with this performance.
entered a goldfish that was originally intended to be her favorite, but Fangfei "unintentionally slapped her face".
"The water quality is different, and the new fish may have germs." Fang Fei used his father's teaching to reject the "entry" of the fish.
"Different water quality" means that two people are of different classes and cannot get together right away. There are germs in the new fish, which means that Fang Fei's father would dislike people who were born in poverty.
Even so, Jinyi did not completely let go of this relationship. He simply used a goldfish to compare himself, suggesting to Fangfei that he would never forget her.
3. Life is a difficult step, and a better step
After explaining the situation in detail, the film proceeds to the 45th minute. Ren Dahua used his acting skills to ignite the first breaking point of the plot.
He scolded Li Zhiting for his unsatisfactory academic performance, which is simply a true portrayal of thousands of parents.
Wu Junru's appearance as a "peacemaker" is also remarkable. Like Ren Dahua, she broke through her previous role image. Wu Junru, who is not funny, turned out to be a powerful faction.
Two old drama bones rely on " respectively nominated the actor and actress for the Golden Image Awards. As a result, Ren Dahua succeeded in becoming the emperor. After more than 30 years of acting career, he finally got a worthy honor.
After Ren Dahua severely criticized Li Zhiting, a crisis of "moon cake party" followed.
"Mooncake Fair" is an old way to pre-sell mooncakes in Hong Kong. Simply put, it is to book first and then pay in installments. Because moon cakes were equivalent to luxury goods at the time, merchants came up with this way to allow the lower-level citizens to eat moon cakes. In order to be able to eat a moon cake alone, Jin Er ordered a moon cake without telling his parents and sold star cards to make money and pay off his debts. This is equivalent to the current child borrowing to buy an iPhone by himself. The parents of course are furious when they know.
In addition to the mooncake party, "The Thief" also showed the movie child star Feng Baobao, hospital nurses collecting tips, British police collecting "protection fees" and other aspects of Hong Kong society in the 1960s. Among them, the British police used the word "low" to mock the Roche family, reflecting the ruthlessness of British colonial rule.
In order to restore the old Hong Kong style to the greatest extent, Wing Lee Street has become the main filming location of the film. It is said that this street was originally to be demolished and rebuilt, but because "The Thief of the Moon" was too successful, this vicissitudes of life was preserved.
South Korea has film adaptation laws, and Hong Kong, China has a film change policy.
When the focus of the movie began to turn to the second parents, the storm began to ensue.
The arrival of "Typhoon Signal No. 10" heralds the arrival of a storm in the plot.
The section where Ren Dahua and Wu Junru braved the heavy rain to guard the roof desperately, Luo Qirui used the "cunning" close-up shots to pave the way for suspense, which shocked and moved countless viewers. The
family sticks to the house like this, as if they are saying that life at is like a storm, and the family can survive only by working together.
"The most important thing is to keep a top." The line that father often said is definitely one of the important themes that the director wants to express.
"Top" refers to the family, and the most important thing in life is to protect the family. My father believed in this, so he disregarded the danger of his life and vowed to keep the "roof" to the death.
Father is a character who has an epiphany in life. In particular, the dialogue between him and his mother “one difficulty and one good” resonated with how many people.
"No matter whether it is difficult or good, life will pass." Father said with emotion.
"It's better to be a human being." Mother advocates optimistic face.
"It's a pity that Jiawan is difficult again." Father pierced the truth.
"One step is difficult, one step is better, one step is difficult, one step is better." The mother finally made a small summary.
Fourth, the thief
plot returns to his brother Luo Jinyi. The loss of two consecutive games directly brought him to the bottom of his life. He thought that he would have a chance to be with Fang Fei when he worked hard, but he knew that life deceived him.
One step is difficult, one step is good, but this step is really too difficult for him.
is too difficult to pass. In the last half hour of the
movie, tear gas bombed. "The Thief of Wynn Street" Luo Jiner played the role of "pointing questions".
He wanted to give all the stolen treasures to his brother, naively thinking that the celebrity photos for basketball activities will always be effective.
realized that he would not wait until the day when he could switch to basketball, "nothing in the world is always valid" , implying that he cannot be with his brother forever.
can actually be understood in this way. Luo Jin 2 of is a "thief". He usually likes to steal things. What he steals is not treasures, but "the past time", referred to as years.
He gave the treasure to his brother, which means that in reality, Luo Qirui wants to give "time" to his brother, so that his brother can have more time to stay with him. Grandma
said that by collecting all the most beloved things and throwing them into the sea of bitterness, you can reunite with the departed relatives. Jin Er did this. He wanted to exchange the stolen "years" for his brother, but when he found out that what grandma said was a "lie", his brother would never come back, so he finally grew up.
Originally throwing treasures into the sea of bitterness is to make people learn to let goYears, and then go to meet the future. The growth of
Five and the second
The development of the plot promotes the growth of the second. After
tried to send the stolen treasure to his brother, but failed, he saw a goldfish jumping out of the tank. Then I sang the lyrics "I yearn for freedom", which is the song my brother likes. This may mean that he began to inherit his brother's wishes and understand the meaning of "freedom".
's father asked him three times in the whole film "what to teach in Chinese and what to teach in English". The three answers are different. The first time was pure innocence, the second time was to realize that his father didn't really want to know the answer, and the third time was to grow up. He wanted to learn to be a master because his brother was also a master.
It can be seen that his brother's influence on Luo Qirui should be great.
In addition, the second entry really completed the British police "exam questions", turning the 26 letters upside down, which proved that he has the gene of learning domineering.
"The Thief of the Years" has two "reverse thinking" stalks. Once it was the letters, and once it was the color of the rainbow. The director Jin Er and his mother talked about these two stalks at the same time, which is definitely the director's ulterior motive. Read
backwards, a metaphor for the reversal of time.
Time is gone in order, but we can rewind in our minds and remember the past. When you read it upside down, there is always something wrong, because some things are always hard to remember.
people, always remember.
"In the changing life, years, turned out to be the biggest thief."
It gives you life, gives you achievements, gives you memories, and then it steals childhood, friends and family, and finally life.
Jin Er thought that his brother would keep his promise, but caught the trick of the years by surprise. Life deceives Jinyi, and years deceive Jinji.
turned out to be a liar.
When the years deceived you, don't be sad, don't cry.
To be a man, one must always believe. As long as there is a letter, there is still hope. The difficulties are over, there is always a good day. ——"The Thief of Time"
