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Chapter 797 Directors' imitation and reference
Of course, in terms of movie appreciation, "Youth" is indeed better than "Return".

At least ordinary people are very interested in the group of art troupes and their lives, not to mention those beautiful photos with a sense of age, those long legs, swimsuit photos, and the attractiveness of actresses with curvaceous figures.

It is also Yan Geling's novel, "Return" intercepts a small part of the original "Lu Yanshi", with the theme of the great tragedy of life and the great sincerity of emotion, and depicts a heart-piercing, hasty and inexplicable emotion.

The whole movie was shot by Lao Mouzi in a deep and calm manner, without exaggerating any extra-personal emotions, just like a calm camera filming the real history.

Several of the time nodes of fuzzy processing give people a deep reverie.

Why was Lu Yanshi imprisoned, why was he arrested when he sneaked back, why did his wife meet each other but did not know each other, and could only go to the station to pick up Lu Yanshi over and over again on the 5th, rain or shine, what happened during this process?
These unexplained incidents were not filmed, or could not be filmed, but after they are clicked, those who understand will naturally understand, those who do not understand, or those who pretend to understand, so satirize the director, then there is nothing to say .

Unlike "Return", which reflects the changing fate of intellectuals through Lu Yanzhi, "Youth" is adapted from Yan Geling's "autobiographical" novel "You Touched Me", which mainly depicts the story of an art troupe.

The film portrays the youth of that generation, as well as the cruelty of war at that time, through the "youthful" art troupe, the newcomer He Xiaoping who was excluded, the good man Liu Feng who was wronged, and other members of the troupe who were children of high-ranking officials and children of right-leaning families. , paying tribute to the youth of the generation born in the 50s and 60s.

The film is mixed with a lot of the director's personal emotions and many commercial considerations, so some details are not true.

The costumes and dialogues of the actors are the most obvious. The openness and trendy language between men and women in the art troupe do not have the feeling of that era.

The molestation about breast pads and jeans in the group, the cup of the female leader is also the current cup, and the elements of the items of that era do not match.

As for the plot of the movie, the life-like scenes of male soldiers and female soldiers in the movie look like a modern campus youth story.

The second generation of officials and the second generation of rich students partnered to run on poor students who are stingy, ignorant, and make mistakes, a female student who is a green tea whore wanders among several boys, the male protagonist who adds a dog does not end well, and so on.

The original work does not have the ascetic atmosphere that should have existed in that era, and there is no confrontation between people from different classes. The deliberately created sense of the times is like the art troupe's version of "Sunshine Days"!
What the director presents in the visual language of the film is also the obsession with that red era, full of unabashed praise and nostalgia!

Compared with the real era, these are no longer the degree to which some film critics commented that "Return" intercepted warm clips, made smoke bombs, and whitewashed the peace. It can be said to be tampered with, smeared, and personalized.

From this point of view, "Return" is much more realistic in terms of the background of the times, the presentation of the objects of the times, the language of the characters and other details, and it does not include the creator's personal likes and dislikes.

And this kind of attitude is the greatest respect that a literary film should have for that period of history and all audiences.

But because of this, the entire movie "Return" appears dull, serious, cold, and lacks appreciation, and cannot attract more young people to enter the theater to watch the movie, so the box office performance is far inferior to "Youth".

However, "Youth" has been adjusted several times and kept hyping. It filled the box office on the first day.

But at the end of the movie, the male and female protagonists are disabled and the other is sick. They are created by nature and depend on each other. Combined with other members of the art troupe, they will either become the big boss, marry a wealthy businessman, or live abroad. with some dark humor and irony.

But in the second half of the movie, many plots were handled hastily, and the details of the fate of the hero and heroine were not shown, which made the movie lose points.

Some people even said with regret that "Youth" is the only movie that Xiaogangpao regrets. It is just a little bit short, and he may be able to become a master from a big director.

Zhou Xia was noncommittal about this.

The success of "Youth" is inseparable from the advocacy of those who later became powerful in the movie. "Youth" records the best of their youth, while "Return" reveals the past events that they least like to recall when they were young.

One positive and one negative, the balance in my heart will tilt.

Both films are not perfect, and both have many regrets. It is indeed a kind of courage and responsibility to dare and be willing to film that era.

But in contrast, Lao Mouzi watched calmly, Xiaogangpao presented subjectively, and the distinction between the master and the master was reflected.

At least Lao Mouzi was in awe and did not smear and modify history at will... and Xiaogangpao has already regarded himself as invincible and fearless, and has really begun to entertain the public.

Some people say that Xiaogang Pao's "Night Banquet" is a tribute to "Heroes", "Pan Jinlian" is a tribute to "Qiu Ju", and "Fang Hua" is a tribute to "Return".

Although these words are harsh and are a mockery of Xiao Gang Pao, but so many people believe it, it shows that there is still a reason. .

Success can be learned and imitated.

Lao Mouzi said that his "Hero" was prepared before "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and that "Shadow" has nothing to do with "Assassin Nie Yinniang", but many people still don't believe his words.

It can only be said that there is nothing wrong with borrowing and imitating, but if it is too obvious, it will be impossible to draw a tiger, and it will be unavoidable to be criticized by others.

Watching the release of "Return" on the notebook, thinking of these things, Zhou Xia felt moved, and was planning to post something on Weibo.

After opening Weibo, I found that many people @ him.

Almost all of these people are his fans, even the Weibo accounts of the official fan club and support club have @ him.

Zhou Xia took a closer look and found that @his people had reposted a Weibo account. He was an iron fan who had already reached the advanced stage of leukemia. He made his last wish in his life. If he wanted to see him, he would have no regrets.

And these @his people are helping that fan.

Zhou Xia's heart tightened, and she checked the Weibo of this female fan carefully, and found that she was really her die-hard fan.

As early as 09, when he held a novel signing event, I took a photo with him, and often attended his movie premieres and so on.

Zhou Xia hurriedly called Yang Tianzhen to inquire about the specific situation.

After the call was connected, Yang Tianzhen told Zhou Xia that he was contacting and confirming the authenticity of the other party's identity. Once everything was confirmed, he would contact Zhou Xia as soon as possible.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Xia looked at Weibo and became silent, and couldn't help thinking of a movie: "I'm Not the God of Medicine".

"I'm Not the God of Medicine" is a movie about leukemia patients.

I remember that when I participated in the Oscars in early March, the movie "Dallas Buyers Club", which won three Oscars for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, was also a movie of the same theme.

Many people even said that "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is the Chinese version of "Dallas Buyers Club", copying the former.

Both films are adaptations of real stories with similar themes. One is leukemia and the other is AIDS. It is inevitable to draw lessons from them.

But calling it plagiarism is bullshit.

In fact, "I'm Not the God of Medicine", directed by Wen Muye, producer and starring Xu Guangtou, the film that really pays tribute and learns from is the Korean film "The Defender".

(End of this chapter)