Sir.
is a good film, never let it go.
is especially Chinese works.
This time, I have to thank a poisoned fan.
Without him, Sir almost missed this ruthless one.
It was almost released in China.
but still nothing. Maybe
is too ruthless? How ruthless is
?
You take a deep breath and prepare for the pain-
"Cold List"
poster web has a big texture, looks a bit...vulgar?
is vulgar, not vulgar.
vulgar is its box office.
was released during the Spring Festival and won the box office champion of the 2019 Spring Festival in Taiwan in one fell swoop.
is vulgar, is its customs.
is a folk activity that has been circulating for a long time, so that it seems superstitious and ignorant-"Fried Handan".
is vulgar, even including its story.
About brothers, about rivers and lakes, about growth...
can be said that any combination of these words can always be put together into a passionate, but very old-fashioned youth story.
But "Cold Single" never repeats the old tune. Brother
? Jianghu? growing up?
With a sound of crackling, "Cold Dan" exploded the "little fresh youth" that we are used to into pieces.
is more than just blood.
What it wants to say is-
is tragic.
PS. Because it has been released for a long time, the following film review involves spoilers
God’s transaction
A young man, naked, was framed on a mikoshi.
He on stage is proud and majestic. The believers under the sedan chair
were very busy, constantly tossing the firecrackers in their hands at the man, letting every sound blow on the man.
came down in a round, and the skin was riddled with flesh.
This is the blessing ceremony that has been handed down in Taitung area to this day.
△ News photo
The so-called Handanye, the legend of the Central Plains is Zhao Gongming, the god of wealth.
Every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the believers will select several "physical cold orders" to pray for. Is
cruel?
However, the "physical body" is voluntary.
Some people want a name, bravely fighting and ruthless rogues, and rely on this to show their courage and make a name; some people want profit, and the vagrant without a tile, looking forward to the gift after the event is completed; some believers use physical pain to offer Sacrifice to the wishes that I have made. There are rules for
.
The more bloody the body on the sedan chair, the more blessing.
put it plainly, this is the trade between "ghost" and "god".
Good people, why don't you want to be.
because the world cannot tolerate him.
He is guilty.
This sin is called poor.
did not find out, in this bloodthirsty carnival, who is more pious, who is more fearless, who is the most trampled in reality.
Scavengers, widows, and escorts... What
's "Hard Singles" is going to shoot is exactly the unspeakable story behind this long-lived custom and ceremony. The story of
began in the village of Taitung in the 90s.
Ayi (played by Zheng Renshuo), a standard Taiwanese gangster.
smokes and drinks alcohol and tattoos, and occasionally charges some site fees.
, but then "arrogant", that is, gangsters.
What's more, there is a grandma at home and a girl in my heart. It is easier said than done.
Akun (played by Hu Yuwei), a standard honest child from a poor family.
from a poor family, studying hard.
has been the target of bullying and bullying in school since he was a child.
grew up and finally got admitted to a good school.
Yes, it is a teacher-training class-because there are many opportunities for public-funded teachers' training.
These two boys who refused to admit defeat were tied together because of a girl.
Her name is Xuan Xuan.
She is also a child of a poor family.
dream-far away from this hometown where birds don’t shit, go to the metropolis (Taipei), go to splendid.
So, this is a love triangle story?
is. At the beginning of the
story, the two men unscrewed the summary.
Picking up the tattered
saliva
but it is not.
Story reached 20 minutes, one of the love triangles died.
After a blast of cold orders used by Ayi to "brighten his sense of courage", Akun, who has been irritated, threw the fire at a pile of fireballs beside his rival.
crackled.
crackled. The one who exploded the most fiercely was Xuan Xuan who suddenly rushed out.
Xuan Xuan is dead.
She became a ghost. What about the survivors of
?
is because of sadness and shame.
is not as good as a ghost.
The struggle of ghosts
What is the biggest difference between people and ghosts?
people will look forward to tomorrow.
and ghosts have been imprisoned in the past.
's real boyfriend Ayi, to save Xuanxuan, suffered multiple burns, her finger bones were blown off, and both ears were deaf.
became disabled.
But what really abolished is the spirit.
The scenery is no longer, and I have lost my love. The mud is like him, I can only find comfort in drugs.
opened his eyes and stole money to buy poison.
closed his eyes, carefree. In order to escape,
killed his only relatives.
Another surviving Akun was equally uncomfortable.
No one but himself knew that the "accident" was man-made.
In other words, he has another sin on his back. The crime of
cannot be sentenced or tried.
Therefore, you can only torture yourself.
Every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Akun will be incarnate as a "physical cold single", in the same way, to pay homage to Xuan Xuan.
mother does not understand why he abuses himself. Only he knows
.
Only in pain can you feel that you are alive.
but still can't get him out.
counts Ah Yi’s depravity, but Akun actually carries two lives on his back.
He decided to suspend school and inherit the family business of collecting waste products.
stay here.
pays off debts.
Akun "tied up" the fallen Ayi.
helped him to get rid of drugs, worked for him, and even, in the process of getting along with the two, he also changed the arrogant temper of Yizhi.
A pair of rivals in love has achieved a profound revolutionary friendship.
When he saw Ayi beside his name, he slashed a character.
He finally changed Ah Yi from a ghost to a human. The story of
is here, and what "Han Dan" will tell becomes a story of friendship. The
brothers are in the same heart, the righteousness is thin and the sky is clouded, and the bottom is bounced...
but the "Han Dan" is bad here. While presenting the beauty of this friendship,
couldn't help but be in the head again.
reminds us-
ghost is still there.
"It would be great if we were really friends."
After drinking once, Ayi and Akun turned to the intersection that had changed the fate of the three people.
Ayi, who has been kept in the dark, and A Kun, who still dare not tell the truth, both fell silent.
Suddenly, Ayi knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
is like a memorial, but also like a farewell.
Then, Ayi stood up and said goodnight to his brother happily.
The next shot is well-intentioned. In the
lens, the lights are on and off, one after the other, separating the two worlds.
Ayi knocked his head down and walked towards the light.
But there, Akun can't go.
People's salvation
In fact, "Han Shan" tells a story of salvation.
salvation comes from the Old Testament of the Bible.
The Israelites used the blood of a newborn lamb to replace themselves with atonement to God.
This is human sacrifice to God. The problem is with
.
Who wants to be a lamb? The real tragedy of
"Han Dan" is that it copied the harm of the bottom people without beautifying it.
Akun’s father was washed away by floods when he was 6 years old when he rescued watermelons from the rain.
Since then, Akun has become a single-parent child.
Ayi is not (sorrowful).
's father has been a good gambler since he was a child and beat his family violently when he was short of money.
One has no father, and one has no father.
These two poor creatures were disliked, and when they were young, they hurled at each other because of whose fists were bigger and harder.
Real poverty is not hatred of the rich, but violence against the poorer.
did not pay attention.
most powerful people cling to each other.
Their mantra is: you deserve it.
You deserve your promotion and wealth.
Your wives and concubines are in groups, you deserve it.
You are admired by the world, and you deserve it. Behind the "deserved" of
, there are both sincere or hypocritical blessings, and the essence is polite and pleasant cooperation.
and the poor like to ask, why do you?
"Why do you own her?"
"Why do you look down on me?"
"Why don't I teach him a lesson?"
This is the cold and tragic part of "Han Dan".
Watching "Han Dan", Sir can't help but think of last year's highly acclaimed Taiwanese film, "Big Buddha Plus". Both
also set their sights on the mediocre and incompetent bottom of this society.
If it is said that Huang Xinyao, the director of "Big Buddha Plus", lifts weights as light and happily presents a desperate world.
Huang Chaoliang, the director of "Cold Dan", refused to give up.
He stared at the ugliness of this world, and suffocated a mouthful of old blood, spitting it on its face.
is an absurdity.
a grief.
people are the protagonists of these two movies.
From beginning to end, "Han Dan" runs through the bloody pain.
Ayi stood on the shrine, and was battered by firecrackers.
Out of guilt, Akun pressed his cigarette butt out on his arm again and again.
and even, the woman who loves Akun (often committing suicide), she laughed at his arms as the surface of the moon, and he teased her about the blackness of the horizon.
△ "Horizon" is the scar left by the wrist cut
These ugly scars are not only the history that victims want to get rid of but can't get rid of, but also the proof that they are reminded that they are still alive.
of course.
must admit that Huang Chaoliang, who was born in an idol drama, still lays a little hope.
is like blasting a cold single, a set of shots, another option for people on this land to be firmly detained.
Ayi sat alone on the tower of the recycling bin.
looked at the sky, a gentle and magnificent sunset like a miracle.
Here, it seems to see God.
looked at the ground, it was a backward, even dilapidated street.
Here, countless wandering ghosts are chained.
When he sat up, he looked up at his hometown.
A train that leads to the city is speeding past.
Taitung Huadong is the hometown of director Huang Chaoliang. This group of trains
is actually a metaphor for the connection between the countryside and the city, reality and dreams, and even hell and heaven.
And, Akun and Ayi, who have been entangled in each other's lives, are also a symbol of each of us being well-behaved and violent, inferiority and pride, and even loyalty and betrayal.
do you want to leave?
Are you A Kun or A Yi?
"Han Dan" does not, and should not give an answer.
This is the greatest kindness that director Huang Chaoliang left us with this tragic, scarred movie.
takes a piece of traditional customs as an incision, and "Han Dan" focuses on a group of people. These people
tried their best but returned without success.
was a group of people who died on the streets but no one cared.
In this age of rolling forward, they are like dust on a broomstick being dusted off silently. Who are these people
?
even if not you. You must have seen him
.
Your parents, brothers, your former lovers, friends...
you can't forget.
The picture in this article comes from the network
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