has to admit that when the poster of "My Motherland and Me" was released, I used to think that this was just a regular program during the National Day Golden Week, and there should be nothing to talk about.
But when more and more information was exposed, I realized that this film was directed by seven old, middle-aged and three generations of directors to direct seven short films. The background of these short films will be placed on the memorable moments of the motherland in the past 70 years. This structure also aroused my curiosity.
Generally speaking, the main melody movies, especially gift films, are not very popular. Firstly, the main melody is easy to be made into a preaching film, and the second is that the main melody is easy to be made into a preaching film, and the other is that it is easy to shoot too broadly and ungroundedly, lacking true feeling.
However, the important time imprint in "My Motherland and Me" this time retreated to the second line and became a background of the times instead of a main story. As the director Chen Kaige said, this time "My and My Motherland" "The Motherland" mainly studies people, not the event itself.
And the people in the film are all small people from the ordinary. What kind of sparks will the small people collide with the big time?
After watching the 7 short videos, it is estimated that there will always be one that will impress you. Next, we will comment on the stories one by one.
"Eve" directed by director Guan Hu, Guan Hu has very rich experience in commercial films, especially on the theme of the grand era. It is said that when the seven directors chose the background of the era they wanted to shoot, everyone I think "Eve" is most suitable for Chen Kaige or Guan Hu to direct. As a result, Chen Kaige chose poverty alleviation and Guan Hu won the first shot of the first short film.
"Eve" tells about the eve of the founding ceremony of 1949, Huang Bo played Lin Zhiyuan to ensure that the electric flag raising is foolproof. In the underdeveloped China at that time, if a flag raising electric device wants 100% problem, no one can guarantee that, so in Under time constraints, Lin Zhiyuan started an experiment similar to the upgrade of monsters to ensure the success of the flag raising ceremony.
The script of "Eve" is very neat, using the most traditional classic mode of "who am I, where am I, what do I do", so the story line of the film is very clear, the difficulties encountered are intuitive, and the purpose of solving the problem It was also very straightforward. The audience followed Lin Zhiyuan's obstacles one after another and solved the problems one by one. When the national flag was successfully raised at the founding ceremony, the audience also had a sense of honor and accomplishment.
However, in this neat mode, coupled with the known historical events, the audience will be less fresh, the obstacles encountered and the way to solve the difficulties are also predictable, and each conflict appears too conservative And restraint.
But fortunately, Huang Bo's local accent, and Huang Bo's naughty jump in Tiananmen Square at the end of the film made Lin Zhiyuan's characters more real and vivid. When
met
when I first knew that Zhang Yibai was the director, I was actually very nervous, but the soundtrack of the film should be the best among the 7 short films. I don’t know if "My Motherland and Me" can be a single movie. Original sound, I will definitely cycle "Encounter". The background of the
"Encounter" event was October 16, 1964, when China's first atomic bomb was successfully detonated. The scientific researcher played by Zhang Yi, who was incognito for the country's secret scientific research experiment, also sacrificed his life and feelings.
The core of "Encounter" is the sad romance in the big era. Before Ren Suxi came out in the first half of the film, Zhang Yi controlled the audience. Although there are few lines, every look is a drama.
After Ren Suxi’s appearance, although her performance was naturally in place, the film’s performance was transformed into a drama-like mode, with a camera in the end, plus the "I'll tell you a story" mode, the film uses This way to go back to the relationship between the two.
Even if Ren Suxi uses the most life-like way to "tell me a story with you", I feel like watching "The Birth of an Actor" when I look at it, and I'm still on a small bus, whether it's a performance or a line , The scenes are very restrictive, and the sense of drama is particularly strong, which also makes people stand out.
won the championship
Xu Zheng's "Winning Championship" and Ning Hao's "Hello Beijing" are like a lubricant in the sensational pool, especially having a relaxing decompression effect. The background of
"Winning Championship" was set at the time of the women's volleyball finals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Boy Dongdong was willing to make a story about artificial antennas in order to let his neighbors watch the complete game.
"Win the Championship" movie takes the women's volleyball incident as a backScenery, hide the imprints of the times, so that there is more time to portray the characters, return the true dramatic tension to the characters, and enrich the characters.
"Hello Beijing" also adopted the same method to give the protagonist of the story to Zhang Beijing.
These are also my two favorite works in the whole movie, because they can still feel the three-dimensional characters and the integrity of the story itself despite the main theme and the background of the times.
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just finished talking about "Winning the Championship" to hide the background of the times, "Return" directly confronts historical events.
Although Director Xue Xiaolu also placed the characters among the staff, he also puts his perspective on the ordinary watch repairer played by Ren Dahua, the story of each character in the film is closely linked with time.
However, it can be seen that Director Xue Xiaolu wants to express more content, but loses the other in execution ability. There are too many parallel protagonists in the
film. There are watch repairers, police officers, people in charge of negotiating and raising flags. Everyone wants to go deeper, but they are all very easy to understand. Not to mention the limited duration of the short film, even a complete one. During movie time, so many characters can't see the priority, which is not a small problem.
However, the theme concept of the time of the film is very attractive. The watch repairer represents the emotional time of the years, the person in charge of the negotiation and raising of the flag represents the time of major historical moments, and the flag holder represents the physical accurate time. The three times finally come together to be as accurate as time.
And when Luo Dayou's version of "Oriental Pearl" sounded (it should be Luo Dayou's voice), it can be said to be very meaningful.
Hello, Beijing
Although Ning Hao is not a commercial genre, he is a commercial film. Therefore, Ning Hao’s details of ordinary people in the market can be said to be the best among the seven directors.
plus the film and Uncle Ge, as it is said that your uncle is your uncle after all, the film's comedy burden is enough.
"Hello Beijing" is set in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which is known to all Chinese people, but the core is to tell the story of Zhang Beijing taxi driver who got a ticket to the Olympics.
I said earlier that even if the background is removed, Zhang Beijing is still three-dimensional and complete. This may be where I judge a rich work. The
film vividly shows Zhang Beijing's love to brag, slam, and narcissistic, but still kind-hearted Beijing brother.
And the film is not only placed in the context of the Olympics, but also hides a sad memory that cannot be erased by the Chinese people. There is not much spoiler here. Such resonance and empathy make a short film have tears in laughter. It's not too old-fashioned, and it's the main theme. It's really rare.
"Daytime Meteor" directed by Kaige Chen
should be regarded as the most polarized film among the seven short films. People who like it will rank it first, and those who don't like it think the film is incompatible with the other six.
This may be the charm of "Day Meteor" itself. In the background of the
incident, it was about the return of the manned spacecraft Shenzhou 11 in Inner Mongolia in 2016.
First of all in terms of location, "Day Meteor" distinguishes the other six short films, choosing to escape from the city to tell the story, and the beginning of the film explains the folklore of Day Meteor, which gives the film a strong allegorical character, which makes the film cover. The breath of a literary film.
also leads to a certain viewing distance from the public. The photography of the
film is very beautiful. It is my favorite of the 7 films. When the protagonists are riding horses in the sunrise plains, it is simply Inner Mongolia tourism promotion AAAAA+, and when Shenzhou 11 returns, the lens angle and special effects , Also makes people feel completely natural.
But overall, I still don’t like the tall "Day Meteor". Although I believe in the ability and courage of director Chen Kaige, even if he has different evaluations of several works over the years, it is not so for me. Unbearable. The reason for
is actually very simple, "Day Meteor" is too short, but Chen Kaige's artistic conception is very big.
I have analyzed the director Chen Kaige in "The Legend of Cat Demon". He has the stars, universe, time and history in his mind, so sometimes director Chen Kaige will give up the creation of characters in order to express spiritual philosophy. This is in the feature film. , You can use many scenes to complement each other, but it is difficult in short films.
《Daytime FlowFrom poverty alleviation to returning to China, from thief behavior to becoming a good person, the connection between events and the transformation of characters all appear blunt and abrupt. How does
connect with poverty alleviation when returning to China from China? How could the return of Shenzhou hint that there is hope in the impoverished areas of Inner Mongolia? Why did Liu Haoran and the others see Shenzhou like consecrating them? The
film has a lot of narrative logic, but it can't stand scrutiny. Perhaps, director Chen Kaige didn't make this work for telling the story.
is like there was an international work "Ten Minutes to Get Old". The internationally renowned directors each shoot for 10 minutes, a total of 15 short films. Chen Kaige seems to be the only Chinese director. His ten-minute film is called "Hundred Flowers" "The Depths" is completely a profound fable.
Escort
Like "Day Meteor", Wen Muye's "Convoy" also has the temperament of making a feature film. The film tells the story of the pilot captain played by Song Jia during the 70th anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War in 2015.
Wen Muye became popular because of "I'm Not the God of Medicine", and is also the youngest of the seven directors, but because Ning Hao and Xu Zheng are Wen Muye's mentors, Wen Muye's work style can always be a serious topic choice I feel a sense of relaxation of localization.
Guo Jingfei, Wang Yanhui, and Lei Jiayin, who appeared in guest roles, all add a lot of interesting scenes to the film. The pilot of
"Convoy", Lu Xiaoran, portrays the richness of the characters by flashing back, and every scene of his memories interprets the now domineering Lu Xiaoran, making the characters more three-dimensional and real.
However, the film is still too abrupt in the change of character selection. For example, in the end, Lu Xiaoran insisted on being a substitute, and even Tong Liya was helping her, and she still insisted on the substitute position.
So, what is the motivation for Lu Xiaoran to change so much? Is the relationship with sister Tong Liya good? Not much cashed out in the film.
Is that related to my own life experience, but I saw that Lu Xiaoran's life experience was reluctant and strong, which happened to be opposed to not wanting to be a substitute.
So if the film is not a short film but a feature film, I believe Director Wen Muye will solve more character logic problems.
Finally, the ranking of the 7 works are "Hello Beijing"> "Winning the Championship"> "Convoy"> "Eve"> "Day Meteor"> "Meeting"> "Return".
In general, as the main theme of "My Motherland and Me", it can be regarded as a good start to cater to young people. "My Motherland and Me" leads the National Day file and deserves its name.
It is said that the sequel of "My Motherland and Me" is already in preparation. After all, there are countless ordinary heroes in China. The countless deeds of the times are worthy of our praise and commemoration. I hope this series will continue, and always Stay close to the people.
