Recently, Ang Lee’s new movie "Gemini Killer" was released on October 18th. It happened that I opened Ang Lee’s previous work. The movie I’m talking about today is "Diet Men" and it’s "Father Three" directed by Ang Lee. The last part of the song. He was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards.
Ang Lee's success is largely due to his ability to handle the differences and oppositions between Chinese and Western cultures in the film.
First talk about the relationship between Mr. Zhu and Jin Rong. Mr. Zhu's wife passed away early. He grew up with his three daughters. In the words of our Chinese, he is a father and a mother. Nowadays, all the daughters have grown up to flee this home and become lonely.
Jinrong, she lost her father since she was a child. Her younger sister and Zhu’s daughter are classmates and are taken care of by the Zhu family.
Elder Zhu announced in front of his family that he would marry Jinrong and promised to take good care of her. This is a timeless love. In such a traditional Chinese family, it is not blessed by anyone. Jin Rong's mother was carried out angrily, and the three daughters strongly opposed it.
There is such a story in Greek mythology. Elektra is a mythological figure who participated in the murder of his mother in ancient Greece. The Elektra complex summarizes the Electra complex formed by women in childhood, and the opposite is the Oedipus complex of boys, the "Oedipus plot". It is not only determined by Freud's biological sexual desire instinct, but also contains many factors of human society and culture.
Will the audience be shocked when they were announced at the end of the film? In fact, there are leaks in the film, but the performance is not so obvious.
At the beginning of the film, Mr. Zhu answered a phone call with Jin Rong, until the first sentence of Jin Rong’s first appearance, he said, What about Dad Zhu? If you don't figure it out carefully, you can't think of it.
Jin Rong took her little daughter Shanshan, maybe it was the Electra complex that made her fall in love with Elder Zhu. This is an alternative satisfaction of the lack of father’s love. As for Elder Zhu, the daughter who brought her up is now separated from herself. The love with Jin Rong just made up for the vacancy in his heart. Although they didn't take many shots in the whole film, the relationship between him and Jin Rong can be seen from the small details of the film. When
Jinrong’s daughter Shanshan was squeezing the bus, Mr. Zhu’s eyes were full of love. In order to let Shanshan eat the food he likes, he personally gave Shanshan food to the school. This was to please Shanshan and adapt. Be Shanshan's father and give her father love.
The eldest daughter Jiazhen is the eldest daughter of the family. She often said that she should take care of her father and take good care of her father and younger sister. Her personality is very old-fashioned, and she can tell from her dress that she is a traditional family. With the posture of a woman, she couldn't breathe under the burden of taking care of the family, and he yearned for love.
As a result of the students writing love letters to her, some pranks made her almost collapse, the physical education teacher Ming Dao suddenly appeared on the podium, Jiazhen actively and actively broke free from the family bondage, abandoned family responsibilities, and pursued her own happiness. She even registered her marriage with Mingdao before sharing the good news with her family. After telling her family, she went away on Mingdao's motorcycle.
Watching the movie carefully, you can find that Jiazhen's heart is very depressed. She is resisting love, but her inner desires are tumbling. Hearing Fachun's cat screaming, she was upset and drove the cat away. The couple next door was singing. She moved out the speaker to play revolutionary songs. As a teacher, she couldn't see students writing love letters, so she formed a ball and threw it away as garbage. There is a detail in
. When Jia Qian asked Jia Zhen, were you not a believer? How can you marry a non-believer? Jiazhen’s answer is that he will do it soon. It can be seen that Jiazhen has not the consciousness of being a good woman, he has not yet separated from the role of "mother", Jiazhen has a mother-like desire to control, and has been separated from reality. The youngest daughter of
, Jianing, seemed to be the most worry-free, but she got pregnant after she was unmarried. She took the boyfriend of her best friend by tricks, and she left the family first. The three daughters all wanted more fatherly love. They had to connect with each other during the family dinner, but the daughters used different ways to resist the authority of the father, and family conflicts still existed.
The second daughter, Jia Qian, is Zhu's most beloved daughter. From the portrait of her mother in the film, we can see that Jia Qian is very similar to her mother. The director has already told us that Zhu Lao has a unique love for her daughter Jia Qian.
Jia Qian was the first to propose to leave this homeYes, but her inner rebellion became Jia Qian’s most attachment to this family. Why did she rebel? Because her father would not let her into the kitchen and never asked what she really liked or cared about, she made the best decision for her.
Although Jia Qian is a successful professional white-collar worker, she goes to the hall and the kitchen. Her personal life is chaotic and emotionally lacking. She maintains a close relationship with her ex-boyfriend. When Jia Qian truly realizes that her ex-boyfriend treats herself as a plaything, she is completely concerned Broken.
Jiaqian is a strong woman. She fights against her father. In fact, she wants to arouse her father's attention. She wants her father's approval to prove her ability. When Jiaqian met her father in the hospital, she was worried about his father's health, and the ice in her heart was melting.
Zhu Lao and Jin Rong set up a new home. Only Jia Qian stayed at the hometown. Zhu Lao returned to his hometown and sat at the dinner table with Jia Qian. After eating the food made by his daughter, he found that his sense of taste was restored. He chose his own Life has been satisfied, and the daughters have forgiven him and have truly reached reconciliation.
Eating men and women, human desires. The old order was broken, the old family was broken, and the new life was built in accordance with one's own family ethics. The
movie "Diet Men and Women" explores the family, love, and friendship between the two generations. Director Li Ang's narrative is concise and clear, and the lens expression is just right. From this classic family ethical contradiction, we can feel the collision between Chinese tradition and modernity and the difference between Eastern and Western cultures.
