The Spring Festival season is coming to an end, but " Article 20 " has gained momentum and has become the box office champion for many days in a row. It has become popular from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the Lantern Festival due to its strength.
I thought I just wanted to get some fresh air in the busy first week of the new year, and watched "Article 20" for the second time to laugh and relax. I didn't expect that this time I would watch it so much. I found that Zhang Yimou buried so much in the film. detail.
At this moment, I even want to thank myself for being so tired from work this week for pushing me to come to the cinema again!
Only when you understand the eight detailed metaphors below can you know that Zhang Yimou is such a high-ranking director that only a few shots are full of profound meanings.
01, "Five Cows Picture"
In the living room of Li Maojuan and Han Ming's house, there is such a painting.
Anyone with a keen eye can recognize it at a glance. This is one of my country's top ten famous paintings handed down from generation to generation, "Five Cows". The original image of
looks like this.
This painting was painted by Han Huang in the Tang Dynasty and is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing. In fact, I noticed this painting when I first saw "Article 20". After all, I had to queue for nearly 8 hours to see it in the 90th anniversary special exhibition of the Forbidden City. I was still in the cinema at that time. I wonder why this painting was revealed.
What deep meaning can a painting have?
This time after the second brush, I finally figured it out. Its metaphor lies in a poem inscribed by Emperor Qianlong: One cow has a head and four cows are idle, and the scenery is high and the emotion is imaginary. It is only to praise the songs and Xiaos, but to understand the hardships of the people because of their breath.
At that time, Emperor Qianlong collected this national treasure in the "Sanxi Hall" and often played with it and admired it, expressing his concern for the country and the people. The last sentence of this poem, "You must know the hardships of the people by asking for breath," means that we should follow the example of the ancient sage Bingji and pay more attention to the people's sufferings.
This is exactly what Han Ming did throughout "Article 20".
So Han Ming’s living room is worthy of this picture!
02, Bullies and Heroes
In the film, the bully Zhang Ke is played by Shi Pengyuan.
Shi Pengyuan played Zhang Ke vividly, especially his harshness in the toilet and his cowardice in the face of his father.
Actually, the use of the actor Shi Pengyuan here is quite meaningful.
Although Shi Pengyuan is a bad guy in the film, in reality, he does act bravely.
Zhang Yimou's design and casting opened up the dimensional wall between movies and reality. The dislocation of identities also makes people think more deeply about such events. After understanding this detail, they will love Shi Pengyuan even more.
03. The origin of Wang Tiejun
Han Ming's note "Wang Tiejun" to Lu Lingling was not a randomly designed punchline, but had a real reason.
"Iron" stands for "Head Iron", which is the spiritual core of Prosecutor Lu Lingling.
"Army" refers to Lu Lingling's general righteousness as a soldier.
The name Wang Tiejun is very suitable for Lu Lingling’s personality. It’s a great choice!
04, avatar and ringtone
Han Ming’s cell phone ringtone is the crow of a rooster. Everyone should have heard this.
The rooster crows, which represents dawn. The echo is to awaken the sleeping laws and welcome the new dawn.
In addition to this, there is another secret in Han Ming's mobile phone.
His WeChat avatar is also a picture of the sun just rising to the sea level.
And this picture and his chicken crow ringtone are actually "the same set".
This also shows that Han Ming is a person full of justice and sunshine from the bottom of his heart, which is why he can be the protagonist of "Article 20".
05, "BMW"
One of the prototypes of this film is the "Kunshan Longge Anti-Murder Case" that shocked the whole country. In the case of
, Brother Long drove a BMW sedan.
In the movie, Zhang Yimou obviously took this into consideration. When Liu Wenjing went to Wang Yongqiang's house, he drove a BMW, which was the car where he put the knife.
06, Iron Cap Moutai
In the movie, Han Ming’s two bottles of Iron Cap Moutai aroused great interest from the audience.
Li Maojuan said: It was made with an iron cover and was made in 1986. My father was not willing to drink it when he was alive.
Why does Li Maojuan think that if these two bottles are given away, things will be done? Because these two bottles of wine are indeed precious.
The Feitian brand Moutai produced in 1986 has a twist-off anti-theft metal aluminum lid, commonly known as "iron lid" Moutai. The market price of the 1987 vintage is more than 30,000 per bottle, and the 1986 vintage is even more expensive.
This gift should be somewhat attractive to a teaching director.
07, "True and False" Han Yuchen
Han Ming's son Han Yuchen has the capital to act bravely. It can be seen from the certificate of honor at home that Han Yuchen is not only an athlete, but also a long-distance runner.
At this level, he could have run away when he was surrounded by gangsters, but he didn't. Perhaps it was because the film wanted to use this to popularize the concept of "criteria for filing a case."
In addition, there is a photo of his son Han Yuchen on the table in Han Ming's living room, although it is a bit blurry.
But it can still be seen that this is a real photo of the actor Liu Yaowen when he was a child. The crew is determined.
08, "Kangcun"
In the film, the village where Hao Xiuping lives is called "Kangcun".
There are many similar place names in China, such as "Nankang Village", "Beikang Village", etc., but Zhang Yimou's depth is not here.
The English homophony of Kangcun is actually "country", which means both village and country.
The reason why Kangcun is called Kangcun is because Zhang Yimou used the movie to emphasize that this phenomenon is not an isolated case, but exists nationwide, and should attract the attention of all Chinese people.
In addition to these 8 points, there are countless details in the film that can't be described. In short, "Article 20" is a good movie with great staying power and full of details. The more I watch it, the more I want to watch it and the more I watch it, the more I like it.
If you haven’t gone to the theater to watch it yet, you should hurry up! If you just watched it for fun the first time, I highly recommend you to start playing it the second time!
