Dim-toned movies give people a feeling of depression and desolation with their usual dim tones, as if they really returned to the early 20th century, and the scenes were mostly old hutongs, theaters and quadrangles in Beijing. Close-up faces and crowded streets give people a sense of reality, reflecting a corner of Beijing. The most beautiful scene is when Xiaodou and Xiaodou escape, the big wooden door slowly opens, and there are a bunch of colorful kites outside, full of the aesthetic style in the fairy tale plot, which makes me feel that the outside world is so gorgeous and free for these two children who have been imprisoned all the year round.
What is more distinctive is that the lens is often placed behind the glass window or behind the thin curtain, which is most used in the scene of the butterfly suit, giving people a hazy visual effect, and the imagination of this person is more than seeing through. On the other hand, in the theater trial, the camera was deliberately placed in front of the fire to shoot the face of the person behind the fire, which reflected a distortion of people. Streets are often covered with thick dust, which reveals the chaos and desolation of the old times.
It embodies the unique local cultural atmosphere of old Beijing. Musically, traditional musical instruments such as drums and Jinghu are used as background music, and pigeons' cries and echo effects are heard in hutongs, which reflects the unique local cultural atmosphere of old Beijing. In many key links of story development, there is always a saying in music: I only hate the ruthless Qin and ruin my life.
China's unique flavor is actually the director's exposure of the characters' fate in the whole story, and the chief culprit of their tragedy is the society in which lives are ruined. When Juxian hanged herself, the background music sounded sarcastically: I was brave and tragic when I heard grandma talk about revolution. It turned out that I grew up in the wind and rain. With such revolutionary songs, songs are Juxian's poor fate and ending. There is also the authentic Jingweier dialect, which can give people a unique flavor of China even when swearing.
On the whole, this film is definitely worth seeing and thinking about. This film also embodies Chen Kaige's film purpose: "Art is ultimately a hole to measure life and explain human nature."
The best part of the film is that fans are still marching when they are pushed to the execution ground, showing the far-reaching influence of traditional culture, transcending human life and death and blending into the flesh and blood of the nation. At the same time, it also embodies the rituals and festivals respected by traditional culture, and has the style of "Zigong Festival is crowned and died"!
Farewell My Concubine reveals the tragic fate of individual life caused by the change of cultural environment, and expresses the cruel trampling on individual life by the cyclical evolution of history. On the one hand, it excavates the "inferiority" of cultural traditions and criticizes and denies the ignorance and backwardness of national culture and national traditions; On the other hand, it is to seek the excellent roots of historical and cultural rejuvenation. The director is deeply attached to history and culture, eager to carry forward national traditions, revive national culture and revitalize national spirit.
It is such a movie that gives people a deep feeling that it really becomes a good movie.