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Chapter 1232 A Solid Realistic Foundation and Deep Emotional Implications
The screening of "Lu Binghua" ended, short reviews were released, and the almost one-sided praise naturally made many fans look forward to it.

Especially for fans of Baodao, Li Yi’s reputation in Baodao is not weaker than other places. It’s just a pity that Li Yi has never filmed Baodao stories before, but this time it is different. Li Yi’s filming is The story of Treasure Island, and the key point is that there are so many local filmmakers, film critics, and media people in Treasure Island vying to praise it first.

For them, that is definitely an honor.

To put it bluntly, Li Yi's status in the film industry today is naturally guaranteed by the films he makes, and his influence is not insignificant.

Take this time as an example. Although "Lu Binghua" has just had a screening and not many people watched it, the effect has already begun to appear.

After all, although there are not many film critics from Hong Kong Island and mainland China who came to participate in the screening this time, the key point is that all those who can come are big media and well-known film critics.

The influence of these people themselves is not comparable to that of ordinary media and film critics.

Soon, Formosa film critics couldn't wait to start interpreting the film. After all, this is a story of Formosa Island. Can film critics from Hong Kong Island and mainland China get a head start?
In the past, they commented on other movies, but the population of Huaguo is so large, and the profession of film critics is not good enough, and their reputation is not so big. In addition, those movies themselves do not tell the story of Treasure Island. The advantages are very limited.

But this time, it was completely different. "Lu Binghua" told the story of Treasure Island through and through.

And soon, the fact that "Lu Binghua" was adapted from real events was also publicized, and it immediately made countless film practitioners in Taiwan even more bloody.

What many people didn't expect was that it was not a film critic or a media person who won the first place in the film review of "Lu Binghua" this time, but a native director of Baodao.

Ke Bai!

Ke Bai can be said to be a local director through and through. He has made quite a few films, but almost all of them are about stories that happened in Taiwan.

It's a pity that Baodao's movies have never been raised, and there have been one or two movies that were just a flash in the pan.

This makes filmmakers such as Ke Bai who are committed to developing Taiwan's local cultural film and television works feel a lot of distress.

Whether other film critics or media people, maybe they are more concerned about whether the movie is good or not, but what Ke Bai and the others are concerned about is whether this movie can find a positive way for Baodao movies?
After watching the screening, Ke Bai replayed the movie in his mind for a long time, and the result really made him feel suddenly enlightened, so he stayed up all night excitedly, and carefully crafted a movie review.

"Before that, I was skeptical when I heard that "Lu Binghua" directed by Li Yi was going to be a local film about Taiwan. Whether this film can be made well, I am skeptical.

However, after watching the film, the previous doubts were completely dispelled. He is worthy of being an internationally renowned director. Even if he has never lived in Baodao, even if this film is about the local stories of Baodao in the 90s, he still showed it. Lots of authentic stuff.

And more importantly, maybe we filmmakers in Taiwan can find out the right path for our films in Taiwan from this film.

In the past, we always felt that due to geographical restrictions, our movies and stories could not be accepted by audiences outside Taiwan, but it was not until after watching "Lu Binghua" last night that I realized that it turned out to be Not for these reasons, it turns out that we have always had stories in Baodao, and there are many.

It's just that we are all lost in the style of sharp editing that deliberately pursues techniques, but we ignore that what the audience always wants to watch when watching a movie is actually a story, a story, a story!

The style of "Lu Binghua" is actually very retro, yes, retro, the film even makes you feel that the technique is still in the last century, and the movies of that era, no matter the mainland or Hong Kong Island, belong to the kind of script and performance. The line that pays more attention and is more plain in expression is completely different from the style of deliberate pursuit of technique that pays more attention to sharp editing today. Of course, it is not convenient to discuss here, but what I want to say here is that "Lu Binghua" follows that Focus on plain style in terms of script and acting.

"Lu Binghua" has no showy skills, and the story is straightforward, even with a strong retro style.

We have been thinking about why Hong Kong Island movies were once so brilliant, a land of sugar pills, a region smaller than Treasure Island, but it can have the reputation of Eastern Hollywood?Apart from those well-known objective factors, in my opinion, it has a lot to do with the narrative style of the movie.

And Baodao also had a brilliant movie time in that era. Looking back now, Baodao films in that era won more international awards than the sum of all these years.

Why is that?
I think it is because many of us filmmakers have neglected that no matter what kind of techniques we use in the film when shooting the film, we must serve the story. Telling the story well is the first priority. As for what to use That form doesn't matter.In the 90th and [-]s, many literary and artistic films adopted a plain narrative method, but paid special attention to the advancement of the story and details, so the movie-watching experience it brought was like flowing clouds and flowing water, which was a kind of enjoyment.

And now?Many of us have forgotten this. Once a movie fails and does not sell well, we blame the story and the audience. As everyone knows, the reason has always been that we have not seriously told a story.

In any place, be it Hong Kong Island, the mainland, or even Taiwan, there are always many good stories, but how many really tell stories seriously?

"Lu Binghua" is a children's movie in terms of subject matter. It tells the story of a child from a poor family but has a talent for painting. The story takes place in the countryside of Baodao, and the huge gap between rich and poor fully reflects the A real social situation in Taiwan at that time.

The shots of the film are surrounded by the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains. After watching the film, it seems like a poignant poem full of sorrow.The most touching thing among them is the sentence full of despair and words that the sick little protagonist Gu Aming said to his teacher after losing the painting competition because of his family background: "Children from rich families are better at everything." Even the Treasure Island back then is a common phenomenon in the Chinese world today. I think this situation is also common in today’s mainland. There are differences in opportunities for children in big cities and small cities, small cities and rural areas. Too much, not to mention the fact that there is always such a factor as family background that is never fair?
When the movie tells a story, it uses an extremely plain method, without deliberately arranging anything, everything feels natural, and it is a real story.

I believe that the audience will feel this way after watching the movie. After hearing this story, it was originally adapted from real events. From this point of view, it is even more amazing.

I believe there is no doubt about Director Li Yi's artistic attainments. As the winner of the Grand Slam International Award, no one would question this.

Then let's look at "Lu Binghua". When we watch the ending of this movie, will we feel an incomparably "familiar" feeling?

Yes, very familiar, this kind of plot, if seen by people of this era, seems a bit old-fashioned, but is it really old-fashioned?
No, it should be said to be true, not deliberate, not deliberately avoiding this ending just because it would make people feel old-fashioned.

At the end of the film, Amin's painting won No.1 in the International Children's Painting Competition, and people realized that there was an undiscovered genius beside them, but the deceased Amin would never know the news. On the show, my sister uttered these words instead of her father who could not speak Mandarin: "I'm sorry to let everyone stand here and bask in the sun for a dead child." The greatest irony.While alive, no one appreciates it, but after death, becoming famous has become a basis for people to be proud of. For Amin's family, this is not an honor, but only adds embarrassment.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, this ending is the real irony and helplessness.

The irony is that those who questioned A Ming before, at this moment, are all talking about a genius, looking proud, and looking like they have a share of the credit for his achievements.

The irony is, yes, Mr. Guo took A Ming's painting to participate in the exhibition and won an award. Did he slap them hard?

But what's even more ironic is that this is really a good thing for them. They have done so many unfair things to Amin. The township chief's politician face is indifferent and selfish, but he is the biggest beneficiary in the end It was still him.

I have to say that this is the most intriguing part of this ending.

And Gu Aming, the biggest hero who made these achievements, what did he get?
A certificate, and the name of the so-called genius, but he will never see it again.

As for A Ming's sister, and for his father, all that is left to them is sadness. Yes, there may be a period of enthusiasm, and media reporters will come to interview after hearing the news. The mayor may pretend to be generous and give A Ming I sprayed pesticides on my tea groves, but that was all.

After that, they are still them, nothing will change.

Of course, the film may not just want to be satirical. From another perspective, the ending actually points out the theme, "Lu Binghua"!
The name of the film, Lubinghua, is not the flower with the scientific name of Lubinghua, but a small flower that grows between the tea trees in the tea garden. It is said that the most famous alpine rain fog tea in Baodao is more fragrant because of the company of this flower Fragrant.

Lu Binghua withered in winter and turned into fertilizer to make the tea trees grow more luxuriantly. After Amin's death, his hometown and school also got the glory they dreamed of because of his paintings. This is the meaning of the movie title!
Of course, another aspect of the film also has the meaning of using the past to satirize the present.

The river water, the muddy land after the rain, and the wild grasses that grow wildly in the movies are not just the countryside of Baodao. They represent all the countryside and the simplicity of the farmers to a large extent. , stubbornness and inherent pathos.

Gu Aming is just a very ordinary Hakka rural kid, who possesses most children's stubbornness, lack of progress and abrupt genius; and Guo Yuntian is just an ordinary art teacher from the city, who has no rights like all half-baked artists, but idealism.A Ming's father's stubbornness and restraint, and A Ming's sister's forbearance and strength, are naturally and tenaciously rooted in their personalities.The empathetic teacher fell in love with the dazzling talent of this poor child, but he couldn't get support from anyone, including the child's parents, so he had to go far away.In the end, when Teacher Guo returned to the village after winning an award in an international competition with A Ming's painting, A Ming had already passed away. The end of the movie was the green mountains and green waters in the village and the weeds still growing wildly.

I like this movie, but what do I like about it?Certainly not the ones I analyzed, liking has nothing to do with rationality, I like the grass in the camera, it grows tall and fast.When A Ming died, his father and sister went to look for him. They stepped over the dense weeds, and the sound of their shoes stepping on the haystack seemed to be very clear; A Ming’s tomb, they burned his paintings and certificates, Mr. Guo kept frowning, I seemed to see those weeds growing crazily, until they were all submerged, and time stopped...

The story of the movie is very simple, but this movie is really not simple at all.

Because the movie does not tell us morally, what should be done, the movie just tells a story, about some people.

There are not too many subjective things to show to everyone, many things are very objective, because they are real, so we can feel that these people, you seem to be able to match them with the people around you.

For example, the village head in the film.

This cannot simply be regarded as a "bad guy" or a "good guy", because compared to many politicians nowadays, in fact, did this township head do evil?

Really, no!

Let's think about it, what did he do?
Repaying debts is a matter of course. Of course, from the audience's point of view, at such a time, he recovered the debt, so that Papa Gu could not save A Ming.

But if you think about it carefully, did he really go too far?
We always sympathize with the weak, so we think that if he does not help, he is being rich and unkind, and if he collects debts, he is making trouble.

Of course he is not a good guy, but he is definitely not a bad guy either.

In fact, more often than not, the really bad people are the voters in those schools.

Don't they understand that Gu Aming's paintings are better?
I'm a layman, but I just think that Gu Aming can't do it.

Interests make them look beyond recognition, and the irony is that in reality, such people abound, and even, what choice will we make in such a situation?

Seek advantages and avoid disadvantages?Or stick to yourself? "

(End of this chapter)