This issue of "Today's Film Review" invites film critic Ma Ning to preview the upcoming movie " Grass and Trees World " with us and find ways to open the movie.
Plants and trees are metaphors for people, and they are graceful and Zen-like.
The works directed by Gu Xiaogang are often famous for the beauty of landscapes. The movie "The World of Plants and Trees" also presents a wonderful "contrast": on the one hand, the story takes place beside the graceful West Lake, with tea mountains and tea gardens. They all have a Chinese oriental flavor. The art of tea is Zen, and people among the plants and trees are called "tea", which is also the origin of the film's title. But on the other hand, the movie focuses on pyramid schemes and is a realistic subject.
The names of the two protagonists also have the attribute of vegetation. The name of my mother's moss flower comes from a poem by Qiantang poet Yuan Mei, "Moss flowers are as small as rice, and they also bloom like peonies." Although moss flowers are as small as rice grains, they also want to bloom as enthusiastically as the noble peonies, which also implies the meaning of Wu moss flowers. Character direction.
The name of his son Mulian comes from the traditional Chinese folk tale "Mulian saves his mother". "Lotus" means purity. It is said that Mulian's mother was sent to hell after her death because she did bad things during her lifetime. After several lifetimes of hard work and influence, Mulian finally succeeded in returning her mother to the human world. In the film, He Mulian lives up to his name. In order to save his mother who was deceived, she went into "hell" alone, hoping to save her mother from the false dream through hard work.
Ma Ning believes that this kind of design brings more room for interpretation to the movie: "A person lives for a lifetime, and a plant and a tree fall. In fact, we are just like every plant and tree in the world." The characters in the movie are like the plants and trees that cannot make their own choices. If you want to grow in the land, people can't decide their origin. All they can do is try to find the direction of light and keep growing.
After the Human World: Shocking MLM
But behind the quiet and peaceful scenery of "The World of Grass and Trees", there is a shocking spectacle of "MLM": a bizarre scene, a large amount of money floating in the air, and many extremely stimulating things. Figures, criminals use psychological warfare of "accompanying", "coaxing", "scare" and "guilt" to create many false fantasies in brainwashed persons.
Jiang Qinqin also changed from his previous gentle image in the film, showing a hysterical state. Husband Chen Jianbin said directly during the movie road show: "I have never seen Teacher Jiang like this."
Wu Taihua showed different appearances at different stages of life: when she was a tea-picking girl, she was kind-hearted and tolerant. , with simple makeup, even a little haggard; when she was brainwashed by the MLM organization to become a so-called "independent woman", she wore gaudy purple eye shadow, and her movements were full of crazy confidence, which was intimidating.
Faced with her son’s dissuasion, Wu Taihua shouted at the top of her lungs in the rainy night: "Can I spend money to buy happiness? I have lived half my life, and I finally live the way I want." The illusory self and false self-esteem let go She would rather believe in a pyramid scheme than continue to face the pain of life.
Faced with some netizens’ doubts about Jiang Qinqin’s performance in the movie, Ma Ning bluntly said that this image is very consistent with people who are deeply involved in MLM organizations in reality: “I have interviewed some victims who have been brainwashed by MLM organizations. There will be many behaviors that cannot be measured by common sense, such as acting up in the street. Jiang Qinqin's intense and impactful performances can alert more people to the dangers of pyramid schemes."
Wu Lei's son He Mulian, played by , has just graduated from college. At first he was confused about his mother's career, but after seeing his mother degenerate day by day after joining the MLM organization, He Mulian's life also changed a hundred times. In an eighty-degree change, he changed from a sunny boy who was ignorant of the world to an unshaven, unkempt anti-MLM warrior.
Regarding Wu Lei's performance in the film, Ma Ning commented: "Wu Lei showed many levels of performance in the film, especially the close-ups of his eyes. With fear and despair, his eyes lost their initial light, Discussions about this performance are likely to be trending."
Watch "The World of Grass and Trees" to prevent pyramid schemes and understand people's hearts
Finally, when talking about the suitable people for "The World of Grass and Trees", Ma Ning said: "Please recommend the movie to your large group of loving families, so that every family member around you can Go and see. The 'MLM' scam does not distinguish between men, women, old and young. Everyone has a fragile and fearful side in their heart. MLM organizations take advantage of this vulnerability and fear to constantly brainwash and use mind control to awaken people's inner delusions. Please recommend the video to your "Love as a Family" group chat and open this anti-fraud guide with your family and friends. "
