tearjerker director

Chapter 1202 We Can't See Other Cultures
Although "Into the Dust and Smoke" and "Warm Spring" were screened together, they were not bundled and screened when they were released. Of course, there were also discounted packages.

At the beginning, Li Yi thought that the box office of "Warm Spring" would be higher than that of "Into the Dust".

After all, although "Warm Spring" seems to have a lot less depth than "Into the Dust and Smoke", the former is a commercial film, while the latter is a literary film.

However, the result surprised Li Yi a little.

Because the performance of "Into the Dust and Smoke" is no worse than "Warm Spring".

And the popularity of the topic, etc., is higher than that of "Warm Spring"!
However, after reading the audience's impressions, you can understand what's going on.

"Although "Warm Spring" has inherited the usual style of the director of the dog, but to be honest, the plot is indeed too clichéd. It is a tear-jerking drama that is set in a rural area, and it sings the truth, goodness and beauty in the same way, although it is considered an excellent rural area in recent years It’s a commercial film, but it still lacks flavor.”

"A child like Xiaohua, and a village like Shaoyao Village, where the whole village is simple and kind, may only exist in the movie. This is like a rural fairy tale. Although it is very heartwarming to read, many details cannot be passed. However, commercial films also complement each other."

"I thought I could withstand the attack of tear gas for the first hour, but I'm not afraid of your jokes. In the last half hour, I had to hold tears in my eyes. This is not a good movie, but I haven't shed tears for so many years!"

"Pile up the worst things and the worst people together and be bullied, and then the two repay their grievances with kindness, and finally move everyone. Everyone cried to pieces and said yes; then why do you still scold those who put the happiest The happiest things are piled up together, and then there are a bunch of people who are happy with them, and then the movie of the happy reunion is a bad movie?"

"Who can be selfless to others, who can repay hatred with kindness, this kind of movie really reminds people of their own greed, selfishness and darkness. The reality is that good people only exist in movies, but movies bring warmth and hope after all."

Compared with "Warm Spring", the evaluation of "Hidden in the Dust and Smoke" is actually more polarized, but the popularity is much higher than that of "Warm Spring".

Many movies are actually not afraid of polarization, but they are afraid of the sameness.

"To be honest, I don't know what the director wants to express? To gather all the tragedies together, and then come to an even more tragic ending. Anyway, this is not the countryside I imagined."

"It's too indifferent to shoot other people, but think about it carefully, does such a situation really exist in the real world? The answer is no, and suddenly I feel that this movie is really good."

"Shoot the suffering with poetic shots. In the whole film, the emotion between Ma Youtie and Cao Guiying is very moving, but Ma Youtie is really a farmer? I wonder if this is a poet? Ordinary farmers can open their mouths Shut up is full of philosophical words?"

"There are too few such movies. In fact, it's not because the filmmakers are unwilling to make them. It's because even a great director like Li Yi didn't dare to tell everyone that Ma Youtie is dead! It's conceivable that if this If it is filmed under the name of director Li Yi's work, there is a high probability that this movie will not be released."

"Is there such a place today? Anyway, I don't want to believe it. At least I haven't seen it. Maybe it's because I'm ignorant."

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"Into the Dust" brings up more topics obviously, because, for many people in this era, in their cognition, such plots as in "Into the Dust" rarely appear of.

After all, it is almost hard to see beggars on the street now, and it is almost hard to imagine the situation of being hungry or not having enough food and clothing.

What's interesting is that "Into the Dust" attracted many editorial critics to pay attention.

Many movies are reviewed by film critics, which is their profession, but editorial critics, generally speaking, are relatively seldom pointing fingers at some film and television works.

But there are some exceptions, especially some films that are related to reality, some films that reflect reality and criticize reality, often make these people feel like they have been beaten.

For example, this time "Into the Dust", a topic involved, or a topic extended, made this group of editors and even some scholars come out to comment.

This topic is, is the current cultural phenomenon all middle-class culture?

Why is there such a topic?
Because there is such a phenomenon, no matter what the subject matter of the work, the audience with the widest audience will always be the middle class.

This is true of film and television works, and so of music works.

This is true of many entertainment works, regardless of category.

So a famous professor put forward an argument: "All the cultural phenomena we are talking about today are actually middle-class culture. Even a major problem in the social culture of Huaguo is that apart from middle-class culture, we cannot see another culture."

But this argument has been appreciated and affirmed by many people.

Many people feel that although this statement is somewhat absolute, it is true that most of the cultures that can enter the mainstream's attention for discussion are cultures that embody middle-class tastes.

This is understandable.

Today's film and television works, the main audience is the middle class.

So whether it is a director, an investor, or expanding to the market level, it is natural to do what they like. To put it simply, because these are their parents, so any social culture will gradually evolve into middle class culture.

For example, for movies, according to relevant data, the box office of "Into the Dust" accounted for 79% of the total box office in first- and second-tier cities. Only Beijing and Zhonghai accounted for a quarter of the total box office. .Therefore, it is really okay to say that "Into the Dust" is a peasant film that is "watched" by the middle class in first- and second-tier cities.

The question is what story is "Into the Dust" filmed?
What story is it telling?
It is a story about the countryside, but how many farmers are there in the city?

Even if their fathers were farmers, but now, they are no longer.

So it is very interesting to tell the stories of the peasants to the citizens.

Rural-themed movies with farmers as the protagonists and telling stories about farmers are also not targeted at farmers.

Therefore, there will be a situation where film reviews are polarized.

What's more interesting is that "Warm Spring" was also released at this time, which made many people a little messy.

Is it "Warm Spring" or "Hidden Into the Dust and Smoke"?
What does the countryside look like in your mind?
Everyone has their own cognition.

When the topic of a movie is heated up, the box office is naturally not a problem.

Even if "Into the Dust and Smoke" is not the kind that makes people can't help but be moved to tears, it is more a kind of silent depression. All in all, after watching this movie, it is definitely not as comfortable as watching "Warm Spring", but the box office is not It is higher than "Warm Spring"!

(End of this chapter)