The birth of a prefix

This film is Wei Jiahui's second directorial work (the first is Peace Hotel), and it is also a landmark work of Galaxy Image. Its absurd black humor, superb metaphor, wild technique and wonderful performance can almost be regarded as one of the biggest breakthroughs in Hong Kong movies in the 1990s.

The structure of the film imitates the Blind Opportunity written by Chetlovsky (1982). At the crossroads of his 32-year-old life, A Dog, a gangster, is faced with two choices, one is to continue fooling around, the other is vigorous, and the film develops into two hypotheses. The theme of the film is ridiculous, and the design of the characters is also very interesting. Under the shooting of the ultra-wide-angle lens swinging back and forth, it seems to be a portrait in the mirror, which obviously has anti-trend emotions, which makes great satire and sarcasm on the popular young people and underworld phenomena, and also highlights the unpredictability of fate in the changing times.

The idea of the film comes from "Blind Beating", and the theme is that personality determines fate and man can conquer nature. Personal character can not only affect yourself, but also affect the fate of others. Stand out if you have courage, and die like mud if you have no backbone. In this way, although the film has the form of the former, it has no artistic conception of the former. Pure commercial film, the creator tells an ordinary story in interesting film language. The lens language, especially the hand-held photography, causes shaking and real image style, and the wide-angle lens brings exaggerated deformation effect to the character modeling, which plays a cool atmosphere and impact of the film. The action of the lens is basically divorced from the audience and the scene, with the author's style. The lines are also very interesting. It can be said that creativity and style are used to express themes, while images and structures are used to convey ideas. (Netease Entertainment Review)

The most enjoyable thing about Prefix so far is the repetition of its perfect segmentation structure. The world-famous "Roller Run" completed this routine challenge two years later. Repetition is like a garden with forked paths in Borges' works. In this world full of infinite possibilities, time seems to be "countless series, the deviation, convergence or parallel weaving of time into a larger and more complicated network in Zhang Yue." Therefore, different choices made in the same situation, even if it is only as small as whether the yellow dog will pay the bill in the massage room, all drive things in a completely different direction. But no matter how you choose, it seems that there is always an shapeless hand in control, just like Almighty God sneers at the world crawling and dodging on the chessboard. This revolutionary narrative structure appeared in movies for the first time, such as Blind Beating, Sliding Door, Cruise of Terror, Psychological Games, etc. by movie master Shiis Lovsky. And Stephen Chow also played the Moonlight Box on a Chinese Odyssey. Looking back, the various innovations of "prefix" may be slightly green, but the vigorous determination is so gratifying. (Phoenix Entertainment Review)

The Birth of a Prefix is very experimental, and it is a film with a story structure similar to Lola in a hurry. The rotation of the second hand changed the fate of the hero: go out if you have the courage, and die like mud if you have no backbone. The ending of the story is particularly intriguing. Everything starts from the beginning, symbolizing the uncertainty of the protagonist's fate. The structure of the script is very creative, with two cycles, ups and downs of the characters' situation and mentality, strong drama and interesting lines. Coupled with some innovative techniques of the director, the whole script is quite arresting. Moreover, there are many wonderful details. For example, when they went to Wuhu to help the boss, they saw that the boss's wife was injured. Guiltily, they cut their fingers and apologized, only to find that they had done something wrong, but they didn't know that their partner had done it. They want to atone for their partner, and they haven't made any mistakes for a long time. But after reading this story, it will remind you of oliver stone's "Turn around", and you will find the impermanence of the world and the sinister heart in your unfortunate experience. (Tencent Entertainment Review)

The Birth of a Prefix is an unconventional gangster movie. It uses the dramatic structure of one story and two endings to tell the experience of a gangster in two different ways, which can be called a farce. This film is purely commercial, but the producer knows what fashionable film language to use to tell an ordinary story. A large number of non-traditional lens languages are used in the film, most of which are hand-held photography, which produces jitter and real image style, and a large number of wide-angle lenses are used. The use of wide-angle lens will bring exaggerated deformation effect to the character modeling, and play a great role in the outstanding cold atmosphere and impact image of this film. (Netease Entertainment Review)