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If "Red Sorghum" shows a kind of tragic and romantic, the movie "To Live" is a pure analysis of human nature in a special social background.

After watching the movie in Yi Qing’s previous life, he also read Yu Hua’s original work. Like the movie, Yu Hua used a very sad and calm style of writing to describe the joys and sorrows of a family under the background of the era. It tells every reader that in such a difficult living environment, living itself is a gesture of unyielding.

The protagonist of the story, Fugui, from being a prodigal landlord to earning a living as a shadow puppet, and then being pulled to become a strong man, had a hard life. It can be seen that in that era, people's fate was completely out of their control, just like a leaf of duckweed. Rolling in the torrent of the great era.

The prodigal father pissed off his father, and his mother passed away with hatred in the endless watch.

Fugui seems to have been experiencing the departure of people around him all his life. For the sadness of parting with his loved ones, he can only bear it silently. The changes of the years have gradually smoothed away the traces of suffering. Living like an animal is actually living meaning.

Generations of people in China have actually lived strong in this difficult environment, neither complaining nor depressed.

The story's slight irony of the times, in fact, tells people that the big book of the times that people thought to be broken, has not really unfolded, and in it, the fate of individuals is just like ants.

The image of Fugui is the epitome of that generation. They came from that era and still lived in reality in an ordinary way. Their 40 years of life have witnessed several turmoil. In the crazy age, I passively accept the ever-changing personal attributes, even though life is mixed with hardships and tears, I still bravely accept it.

Yu Hua also said in the preface of the original work: Life and survival are just two sides of a coin, and the slight division between them lies in the different directions.It doesn't matter whether you live on your last breath or have a good food and clothing. In fact, sometimes it is not something we can choose. In the process of fighting against fate, you will see the insignificance of human beings. The so-called growth is just to learn to accept it habitually.

Therefore, the suffering is only temporary, and life still has to go on. Everything is good, and it is best to live.

"To Live" itself can be regarded as a Chinese-style black humor film. The story covers the pain of life that cannot be controlled by a person's destiny in history through a person's life experience, and derives a wry smile at death.

In Fugui's life, from the initial drunkenness, to the fear of five guns, to the grief and indignation when his son died, and to the helplessness when his daughter died unexpectedly, bitterness, bitterness and joy run through.

Although the story is called "To Live", what runs through the whole film is not life, but continuous death.

The protagonist Fugui's father was mad at Fugui during the Republic of China, his mother died during the civil war, his son was crushed to death by a wall knocked down by the district chief during the Great Leap Forward, and his daughter was delivered by an inexperienced red man in a special period. The guard bled to death.

Every death seems to be an accident, but it is closely related to the turbulent and suppressed era.

Although these deaths are ironic, they also express the preciousness of being alive.

The people living at the bottom have lost too much due to the deformed, absurd and turbulent era, no longer have sustenance to society, and no longer have illusions about everything.

In the face of life, ordinary people still implement eating, drinking, lassing, birth, old age, sickness and death, which are real, boring, but tenacious living.

It's good to be alive.

When Fugui was recruited into the army by La Zhuang Ding, all his companions were beaten to death, and they had nothing to eat or anything.Fugui just wanted to run home and see Jiazhen and the child.When Fugui raised his hands in surrender, it made people feel from the bottom of their hearts that it is good to be alive.

Anyway, as long as you are alive, as long as you can go home and have a look.

When Long Er was shot, Fugui was so scared that he peed his pants.Fugui thought that if he hadn't lost the bet on the ancestral house, he would have been shot, and it would be nice to be able to see his wife and children alive.

Youqing was hit by a car and died. Fugui was very sad when he saw the bloody Youqing, and Jiazhen cried like hell.Later, Chunsheng, who killed Youqing, was labeled a counter-revolutionary and wanted to commit suicide. He came to Fugui to apologize, and both Fugui and Jiazhen forgave Chunsheng.In the end, Jiazhen shouted at Chunsheng, "You still owe our family a life" to encourage Chun to live on, making people feel that as long as there is life, there is hope, and life is good.

In addition, Fengxia died of massive bleeding. The senior old professor who was labeled as a reactionary academic authority came to keep Fengxia and the little life in her belly alive.The old professor couldn’t eat enough to eat, so he was choked by steamed buns and couldn’t deliver Fengxia’s baby in order to avoid starvation.

The story of "To Live" is in the oppressive atmosphere created by the long-winded Qin opera and the shadow puppets with a strong local flavor. It is good to express life through death, and a person's life is ultimately just a living.

Compared with Zhang Yimou's first film "Red Sorghum", what "To Live" wants to express is more profound and more worthy of people's exploration.

If Yi Qing were to judge, "To Live" is actually more worthy of one of the three European gold awards than "Red Sorghum".

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Can Zhang Yimou make this story well now?

Yi Qing has some doubts. When Zhang Yimou filmed "To Live" in his previous life, he had already experienced the continuous accumulation of excellent works such as "Red Sorghum", "Ju Dou", "Raise the Red Lantern", and "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit". Let all his creative talent come to a concentrated explosion in the play "To Live".

Now?

At least Yi Qing thinks that Zhang Yimou is still a little immature. You can feel it when watching his "Red Sorghum". Filming "Alive" can be regarded as a complete settlement, and I started to do one thing in a down-to-earth manner.

"Director Zhang, are you planning to adapt this book?"

Zhang Yimou nodded: "Yes, from the first time I saw Yu Hua writing this story, I wanted to make it into a movie, and Yu Hua also agreed, this story is only for me to shoot."

No wonder!

Even the manuscripts that have not been sorted out can be taken out.

Yi Qing thought about it and smiled: "Director Zhang, for example, if I don't want to support you in making a movie today, where are you going to take this manuscript?"

Zhang Yimou was taken aback for a moment, then sighed, and said, "If you can't find an opportunity here, I'm going to keep this story for a few years, and I'll show it when someone is willing to ask me to make a movie."

Quite persistent!

"Okay, now you don't have to play it for a few more years. You are in charge of adapting the script, and I don't care. You are in charge of preparing the crew, and I don't care. When it starts up, come directly to the company to get the money. The rest You are responsible for how to shoot, I don't care about it, I just want the result."

Yi Qing once again made a promise.

"But you haven't even finished reading the story, so you just trust me? Are you not afraid that I will screw things up?"

Yi Qing smiled and said, "I don't believe someone who can plant hundreds of acres of sorghum a year in advance for filming. Who else should I trust?"

If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be in such a miserable situation, so if you can help, please help.

Seeing Zhang Yimou's current situation, Yi Qing felt really sorry. If he hadn't established the Orange Sky Entertainment Group in Xiangjiang, it would have overwhelmed all other companies and filmmakers, and only cared about consolidating their careers in Xiangjiang. Without the opportunity to set his sights on the mainland, Zhang Yimou will not be reduced to this situation.

Listening to Zhang Yimou, he was almost moved to tears. During this period of time, he was really aggrieved. He obviously won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, which made Chinese films famous all over the world. However, because of his private life, Inexplicably, it was banned by Xiying Film Studio and boycotted by the entire industry.

To be honest, a few days ago, Zhang Yimou really wanted to die, and there was nowhere to ask for help. Anyone who saw him was like meeting a plague god.

If Gong Li hadn't been around to encourage him, I'm afraid he wouldn't be where he is today.

"Boss Yi! Thank you!"

Zhang Yimou bowed and stepped forward, holding Yi Qing's hand tightly.

Yi Qing looked at it, and couldn't stop sighing: What kind of evil did I do, flapping my wings, and turned a supposedly high-spirited international director into this look, what a crime!sin!

Chapter 688

After that day, Zhang Yimou went to retreat to practice and adapt the script. Yu Hua, the author of the original writer, and his good buddy Lu Wei from Xiying Studio were all summoned to one place, and they were bored at home every day to discuss, revise, revise, and discuss.

Yi Qing went there once, and felt that the three of them were going crazy.

The days go by day by day, and the thirteenth day of the first lunar month arrives in a blink of an eye, and the taste of the new year gradually fades away, and people begin to return to their normal life rhythm.

Yi Qing also started to get busy. The preparations for "Never Rest In My Eyes" have already begun. After receiving a call from Zhang Yimou, director Zhang Zien made a special trip to the capital.

After the interview with Yi Qing, he took over the job, and by the way, Yi Qing also put Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie into the crew, one as the executive director and the other as the producer.

There is no one in the company right now, and Yi Qing can only rush to the shelves. When she heard that she was going to be a producer herself, Deng Jie was so scared that she almost resigned.

As for Zhang Guoli, there is no need to be so troublesome. He has long wanted to be a director, and now he has become an executive director all of a sudden, and he happily accepted the job.