Peng Yuyan's new film " Dog Formation " is online.
In fact, I had already paid attention to this movie before it was released in theaters. The reason is very simple, because this is Guan Hu's second appearance at the Cannes Film Festival after many years.
and also won the Cannes Film Festival's "Un Certain Regard" Best Film Award.
Although, winning an award at the Cannes Film Festival does not mean that the film is worth watching.
But it did manage to pique my curiosity about the movie.
After all, even if this movie doesn't win any awards, director Guan Hu, male lead Eddie Peng, Jia Zhangke, Zhouyou and others, this movie deserves to be focused on.
So what is the quality of this movie? Please listen to me slowly!
1, Peng Yuyan contributed unprecedented acting skills!
Why do I give Peng Yuyan’s acting skills “unprecedented”?
Because Peng Yuyan did subvert his previous image in this movie "Dog Formation".
In the past, his image was usually of a confident or sunny persona.
But this time in "Dogs", Peng Yuyan appears as a marginalized figure in society.
A silent, a man of few words.
is just different from Mr. Shu and Ma Youtie in "Into the Dust".
They are born silent, born with low self-esteem, and born marginalized characters.
However, Peng Yuyan's situation in "Dogs" was another one, that is, he was forced to lose his voice and was forced to remain silent.
Erlang, played by Peng Yuyan, is a celebrity in the small town. Everyone once knew him.
But because of manslaughter, he was imprisoned for ten years. When
came back, he became a person who didn't want to talk much, a person abandoned by the times. The most tense scene in
is that someone is always forcing Erlang to speak.
Especially when the people from the dog-fighting team slapped Erlang and asked him to speak.
He was obviously very angry and dissatisfied, but in the end he chose silence or turned around and left. Lens language like
is really heartbreaking!
This is Peng Yuyan's interpretation that is different from previous characters. Such handsome Peng Yuyan walked into the northwest, in the desert, in the wasteland, with only a dog accompanying him.
Such a lonely feeling really reminds people of the famous scene in "Westward Journey" in which the Supreme Treasure turns around and leaves with the golden hoop.
In this movie, Peng Yuyan plays not only a marginalized character, but also the regret of not catching up with the times.
2, strong realistic style and great impact!
When I saw that director Jia Zhangke was actually in this movie, I was really shocked.
Because the works of director Jia Zhangke have always been a system of their own, with a strong impact on reality.
After watching the entire film, I did feel the strong impact that only Jia Zhangke’s movies can have from Guan Hu’s lens.
is more than just the character of Jianghu Big Brother played by Jia Zhangke. The core of
is still in the shaping of one person and one dog.
Let’s talk about one person first!
is the role of Erlang played by Eddie Peng.
was well known to everyone ten years ago and was a big star in the whole town.
Ten years later, I returned. After the car overturned, one of the passengers was missing. One thousand yuan was missing.
The police did not check anyone, so they took the prisoner who had been released early into the prison alone, asked him to take off his clothes, and searched him alone.
In addition to this extremely impactful shot, there is Erlang walking on the street. The streets are full of broken words, devoid of people, and lifeless.
The most detailed thing is that Erlang went to eat noodles. He took out money and wanted to give it to the other party. When the other party saw that it was old money, he declined directly. When
comes here, we can actually feel a word, that is "people abandoned by the times".
Yes, Erlang played by Peng Yuyan is a person abandoned by the times. He has been in prison for ten years, although there are still people who remember him and although there are still people who know him.
But everything and everyone has changed. The
theater troupe disbanded, and former friends also started new careers.
went home, but home is no longer there. Stories like
are indeed violent and impactful enough.
Even more impactful is the black dog!
said on the radio that the dog had rabies, and the town even issued a reward, so the black dog could only hide in the abandoned building to be demolished, and could only hide in a corner where no one came to survive.
Until that day, this black dog, who was collectively expelled by the human group, met Erlang, who was also collectively rejected by the human group.
The story does become interesting.
One person and one dog, from being hostile to each other, to slowly accepting each other, and then to fighting for each other.
First, Erlang went to fight with people in order to get a dog certificate.
Later, Erlang and Butcher Hu were fighting, and the black dog broke in through the window.
It can be said that this man and one dog, two marginal characters, really redeemed each other at this moment.
They are people who have been collectively expelled by mankind. They are people who have been forgotten by the times, but they have them.
Such a realistic style and such lens language, to be honest, I find it hard to believe that it was shot by Guan Hu.
Because of this style, it does look a bit like Jia Zhangke.
3, the light of humanity never dies!
The focus of Guan Hu’s movie is definitely the redemption of Erlang and Black Dog.
However, this movie has not given up on praising and appreciating human nature.
For example, Erlang's father.
Although the audience is gone, no one cares about the zoo anymore.
But Erlang's father moved into the zoo by himself, still guarded the zoo by himself, and took care of all the animals by himself.
Even if he feeds the tiger mush, the old man is still persevering.
This is the light of human nature.
There is also a chef played by Zhou You, who knows that Erlang was bitten by a dog and is likely to get rabies.
But he did not give up on Erlang. Instead, he sent meals to Erlang every day and paid close attention to Erlang's condition. People like
also have their kindness.
There is also the Jianghu eldest brother played by Jia Zhangke, who seems not to treat Erlang well, but in fact, he treats Erlang extremely well.
Erlang was unwilling to catch the dog, so he arranged Erlang to join the transportation team. Later, Erlang went to the zoo, and he asked the butcher to send meat.
There is also Hu Butcher, who hates Erlang deeply, but after Erlang saved him once, he bowed to Erlang and said to Erlang: If you have anything in the future, you can come to me.
and the police and so on.
It can be said that there is evil in human nature and good in human nature in this movie.
Of course, at the end of this movie, what Guan Hu wanted to express most was that scene, that is, failure, and falling is not terrible.
As long as you have the courage to get up, just keep moving forward.
Even if you have not caught up with the times, as long as you are on the road and have courage, it is more precious than anything else!
At the end of the movie, Erlang tried driving his motorcycle through the small pit again, but he still fell into it.
But in the end, he laughed and climbed up, riding in the desert with the little black dog on his back. The lens language of
is indeed impactful and explosive.
If I had to give this movie a score, I would give it an 8. It is indeed worth watching alone!
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-