Li Ruijun , a film director from Gaotai, Gansu Province, he directed two rural films that reflected his hometown, "Tell them, I went by the white crane" (referred to as "White Crane" in this article) and " Hidden into the Dust " although the stories are different , but regardless of the particularity of the role and the connotation of interpretation are all in the same line.
"White Crane" is a movie released in 2012. The story mainly tells the obsession of old people in rural areas to hide in the dust.
"Hidden in the Dust" will be released in 2022. The story mainly tells the life story of the rural couple who have to hide in the dust. Both directed by Li Ruijun, "White Crane" and "Hidden Into the Dust" are in the same vein.
These two films were directed by the same director Li Ruijun. The location of the story was in Huaqiangzi Village, Gansu Province, and the protagonists of the story were all from the countryside. The marginal characters reflect the peasants' deep love for the land, and the stories all end with the death of the protagonist.
"White Crane", the protagonist of the story, Lao Ma, has a deep obsession with hiding in the dust.
The plot of the grandson burying his grandfather alive is scary and absurd in reality, but in the movie, through a series of foreshadowing, the interpretation of the old horse's thoughts into the dust is a natural and smooth interpretation. believable.
Although Lao Ma's hiding into the dust is a move against the trend, it becomes a representation of obsession in the film, thus ignoring the irrationality of Lao Ma's obsession itself.
When the old horse's obsession to hide in the dust could not be realized in a fair way, a "wonderful idea" of the old horse's grandson inadvertently fulfilled the grandfather's obsession, making the old horse's obsession come true.
Although this kind of awakening is short-lived, the old horse is very pleased to announce to the world: I finally hide in the dust and ride the white crane.
Lao Ma's ending is bleak in the eyes of the audience, but isn't it happy in Lao Ma's heart? The ending of the old horse
is thought-provoking: when a person's obsession reaches the point of infatuation, and even in the eyes of ordinary people, he is insane, who will save him at this critical moment? Does
bring the obsessive person back to the normal life track, or push him and take the opportunity to let him realize the obsession in his heart?
The grandson of the old horse buried his grandfather alive, should he be punished by the world, or should he be praised?
According to worldly conventions, Lao Ma's grandson should be severely punished; according to emotional results, Lao Ma's grandson should be rewarded.
But Lao Ma's grandson's behavior is cruel and should not be praised. Only his understanding and understanding is worthy of recognition, which makes morality and emotion entangled and entangled in an infinite loop of inextricable puzzles. The ending of
has no solution.
Of course, in reality, the grandson of the old horse must be punished, but in the film, the grandson of the old horse has fulfilled the grandfather and the old horse, and has become the benefactor of the old horse's obsession.
The helplessness of reality is reconciled in an illusory story, which is the charm of light and shadow.
Dreams that cannot be achieved in the real world can be completed in light and shadow. Although the completion process is a bit absurd and cruel, it can always make up for this shortcoming with a self-justifying romance.
Just like in the film, the old horse has been unable to find the crane feathers on the sand jujube tree, and finally swayed down from the high sand jujube tree that protected the old horse.
This flying feather greatly dilutes the cruelty of the old horse being buried alive, just like the rock candy that the old horse gave to his grandson and granddaughter before his death - leaving the sweetness to those who continue to live, and the suffering to the dust /The person who smokes.
Let's take another look at "Hidden in the Dust" directed by Li Ruijun.
Ma Youtie and Cao Guiying, like the old horses in "White Crane", are both marginal characters in the countryside and both have a deep love for the land.
is like an old horse who hears the soil and sighs in all seasons. Ma Youtie can see endless poetry and hope from the soil.
Ma Youtie wants to realize the simple dream of his wife and children's hot kang head through his hard-working hands.
Even such a simple dream is an impossible dream for Ma Youtie.
is the indifference of the world, which extinguished Ma Youtie's pursuit of life.
When all dreams are shattered, hiding in the dust becomes his only destination.
Compared to horses, old horses are lucky.
Ma Youtie's dream has no one to help him realize, the donkey is exiled into the field, the newly harvested wheat and corn are sold to the grain dealer at a low price, and all the money is paid off.
Ma Youtie disappeared into the dust alone.
From the obsessive old horse in "White Crane" to the simple dream Ma Youtie in "Hidden in the Dust", the ending of the story is so similar, the fate of the characters is so similar, and the connotation of the film is so vast and far-reaching.
"White Crane" and "Hidden in the Dust" are in the same strain and have the same purpose.
Whether from character analysis or from the connotation of the story, they are all the profound thoughts of Li Ruijun after his deep love for his homeland.
