Some people said that " Hidden Into the Dust " was not realistic enough to shoot in the countryside, saying that this film was made to satisfy the urban little bourgeois 's fantasy about the countryside.
In fact, I think, judging from the "suffering-themed films" that have become popular in China these years, there are some problems with this film, but they are not big. You say that this film is not sincere enough, but I think that even if it is especially sincere and attentive, the final tone is nothing more than "reflecting the suffering of farmers". The plot of the movie
undoubtedly adds almost all the virtues to Ma Youtie alone. For example, I said in a previous article that Ma Youtie gave Yang Guangrui's father a blood transfusion. Others (I don't know if it's Yang Guangrui) let Ma have iron conditions, but Ma has iron not to mention. Some people said that the last thing they mentioned was that I didn't understand, that Ma Youtie proposed to let Yang Guangrui and the others pay off the rent of the fellow villagers earlier.
You see, the director portrayed Ma Youtie as a great saint. Ma Youtie did not mention personal requirements. He could not afford clothes. Yang Guangrui bought clothes for him, but he still put the clothes on Ma Youtie. When finally selling food, Ma Youtie asked Yang Guangrui to deduct the money for clothes. Really too saintly. You say that you portray the simplicity of the peasants, but you can't overdo it. Your personal request does not violate your conscience and morality, it is entirely a legitimate interest.
It's okay to be a saint if you have a good horse and iron. But you live a worse life than others, and you're too naive if you still act like a saint.
Others also listed other examples of Ma Youtie who refused to resist or defend their legitimate interests. Because I just read it once and didn't understand it, I can only give an example.
There are also many people who often say that horses have iron to build houses, harvest wheat and so on, they are all good hands in life. Such a good hand, a diligent and brave farmer, even if he is not the best in the countryside, he will definitely not be the worst. And, to some extent, some people still hate him. Some isolate him.
In fact, I just think that the problem with this film is mainly in the aspect of life, the portrayal is not real enough, and some of them are completely the director's imagination of the countryside. Aside from these levels, the director's filming is more realistic, and the theme still has to fall on "suffering".
Someone asked Yu Hua 's " is alive " is a pile of suffering, in fact, I think this thing is a matter of opinion. Even if it is not piled up, the theme of "Alive" will ultimately fall on Fugui's suffering.
Lu Xun is different. Lu Xun is in the upper class and he wants to criticize it, and the people at the bottom, such as the fourth aunt and others, he also wants to criticize. As for Xianglin's wife , Lu Xun wanted her to wake up, and he didn't want her to die without knowing how to die. Sister Xianglin died, and she only thought that she had offended the ghosts and gods, instead of thinking that some people represented by the feudal master Lu Si were oppressing her.
