Chao News Client Reporter Lu Fang
Produced in Zhejiang and the first anti-MLM movie in China, " Grass and Trees World " is currently in theaters across the country, with a box office of over 20 million in two days of release. In addition to truly showing the horrifying spectacle of MLM, the movie impresses the audience with its sincere mother-child bond, and the theme of self-awakening is also refreshing. It has been praised as the first choice for Qingming families to watch.
"The World of Grass and Trees" tells the story of Wu Taihua ( Jiang Qinqin ) who accidentally entered a pyramid selling organization due to her desire for success, and her son He Mulian ( Wu Lei ) saved his mother alone regardless of safety.
When the film was first created, it was based on the allusion of the mythical story "Mulian saved his mother", and the protagonist Mulian's name was also taken from "Mulian".
html On April 4, the film released a special allusion of "Mu Lian Saves His Mother", which provides an in-depth analysis of the contrast between the film and the allusion.In the traditional story, Mulian’s mother entered the realm of hungry ghosts due to greed. In the film, Taihua (played by Jiang Qinqin) mistakenly entered a pyramid scheme because of her fictitious identity as an "independent and confident new woman"; Mulian begged for his mother, and Mulian begged for her mother. (played by Wu Lei) also entered the game alone, just to wake up his mother; even the details of his mother's inability to eat were compared one by one. The
film re-deconstructs and interprets the allusion of "Mu Lian saves his mother" in a modern context. In addition to the traditional theme of filial piety, in the process of shouting and waking up, it unearths the highly modern theme of self-awakening and independence.
Director Gu Xiaogang said bluntly, "The most difficult thing about this film was to deal with the story of Mulian saving his mother. Because it is a mythical story, (you have to figure out) how to visualize it into a popular story."
"In the prototype story Mulian's mother, Mrs. Qingti, had a very wealthy family, but she was stingy and greedy, but her son was very moral and filial. She often killed livestock and cooked them while her son was out, without caring about her son, and she never practiced good deeds. After death, he will enter the realm of hungry ghosts due to his karma in an instant..."
In "The World of Grass and Trees", the mother "Moss Flower" mistakenly entered the "hell" of a pyramid scheme under the temptation of huge financial interests, and her son "Mu Lian" "He took the risk and entered a MLM organization in order to awaken his mother's soul that had become crazy and twisted under mental control. Across different time and space, when Mulian and Mulian met, how to save his mother and redeem himself was Mulian's homework in the world of plants and trees.
Based on the allusion of "Mu Lian saves his mother", director Gu Xiaogang found the theme of the film, which is "awakening".
From Wu Taihua's "calling to wake up the mountain" to Mulian's "calling to wake up mother", from "calling" to "waking up" is also the process of Mulian waking up Wu Taihua step by step.
In the MLM organization, with the shouts of "moss flower, moss flower, moss flower", Jiang Qinqin was brainwashed and walked onto the stage surrounded by people. She transformed from a tea-picking girl who came from the mountains into a successful student in suits and leather shoes with exquisite makeup. exporter.
Facing the unfamiliar mother who had changed beyond recognition, Wu Lei said, "Mulian saved his mother when Taihua lost herself. As a son, you must wake him up and wake him up." The subsequent plot development is also consistent with the allusion. For a contrasting relationship, director Gu Xiaogang said, "Later, Taihua lost herself and couldn't eat, and Mu Lian stayed with her and fed her. This is also the comparison we completed with this allusion in the movie." "
Wu Lei also said that at the end of the film he "took his mother back to the mountains to be baptized by the mountains. In the journey of finding himself in life, Mulian, like Mulian in the mythology, silently endured a lot. The pain of body, hair and skin.” In the end, He Mulian successfully rescued Wu Taihua from the quagmire, just like Mulian dragged his mother out of hell in Mulian Saves His Mother.
In this family story of Mu Lian bravely saving her mother regardless of safety, director Gu Xiaogang said, "Taihua and Mu Lian are actually very kind and considerate of each other. (The film) is a very traditional and typical Asian family ethics. The theme, whether (Taihua) meets old money or pyramid schemes, her original motivation is based on her love for her son."
It was precisely because Mu Lian was about to enter the next stage of life after graduation that as a mother, Taihua began to worry about her son's "getting married and the house gift." Out of the pursuit of material, Wu Lei also understood Wu Taihua's When I was first persuaded by my friends to seek money-making opportunities, it was because “I wanted to give my son a better life. "When the mental control of the MLM organization deepened step by step, Mulian intervened again and it was already hopeless.
As Wu Lei said, "When Mulian saw the room full of foot stickers, combined with his previous work experience , he knew that Taihua was already on the road of MLM, and there was almost no turning back. "
Some commentators believe that as a re-construction of "Mu Lian saves her mother" in a modern context, the movie "Mu Lian" also continues to show the expression of "Mu Lian" going through great hardships to save her mother based on the core of the traditional story of "rescue". , also puts more emphasis on "awakening", awakening the mother Wu Taihua from the illusory MLM and from the confused reality.
And emotions have been two-way since ancient times. In the movie, whether it is He Mulian or Wu Taihua. The rescue from the abyss, or Wu Taihua's desire to bring her son a better life. Their love and efforts for each other, as well as their ultimate search for themselves and the reconstruction of their self-worth, all portray a touching contemporary family relationship.
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