Reflections after watching the movie "Heart Road"

The first is the talent of storytelling.

Today's Chinese film industry is deeply influenced by Western film ideas. It overemphasizes the so-called author's subjective consciousness, ignores narrative methods, and pursues the beauty of the lens. I think this method is related to the tradition in Western art theory that emphasizes personal experience and character portrayal, while the Chinese aesthetic tradition emphasizes overall harmony and narrative coherence, and the shaping of character personality is from the outside to the inside. of. Therefore, most directors in the Chinese film industry today do not know how to tell stories. They can only follow the formalism of modern Western films that pursues nature on the surface but is actually anti-natural. They put together some rough combinations of shaky shots, which is completely a bunch of The accumulation of pictures does not use classical editing techniques, the actors are proud of not doing or simply not acting, they are just some photographic models, and they pride themselves on making the audience incomprehensible and incomprehensible.

Then he considers himself the successor of Antonioni and Tarkovsky.

The films made during the Cultural Revolution were very ingenious works that combined Chinese and Western, especially Western classical film techniques. For example, model opera, a product that combines the earth and the West, is the best proof. It combines Western symphonies with Chinese opera soundtracks, and the singing has both traditional high-pitched and Western melodies. I think this is a bold and genius initiative.

Cultural Revolution movies emphasized class contradictions and used fierce dramatic conflicts to express the struggle between lines. In terms of character portrayal, although they centered on the traditional facial expressions of loyalties and traitors, they also drew inspiration from the West, especially the United States. The movie has a structure of a battle between justice and evil, with justice winning in the end. Therefore, the rhythm is tight, the plot is ups and downs, and it is highly enjoyable to watch. I thought the movies of this period were a very classic era that combined tradition and the West. If we abandon those overly radical ideological propaganda.

The second point is the question of who the movie is made for.

Mrs. Browning said that observation without emotion is a kind of torture.

Today’s Chinese films are full of so-called works that expose the current abuses and show the lives of the lower class. The question is what angle the photographer uses to express it. Works like "Blind Mountain" are true, severe, and critical, but they have just forgotten one thing - from what angle they express people and farmers. Is it the arrogance and prejudice of the intellectual elite from a superior position, or is it the perspective of an equal person? Generally speaking, China's intellectual class is more angry than sad when expressing the masses. Although the literary and artistic works during the Cultural Revolution tend to beautify the image of a certain group and vilify a certain group, it is still worthy of praise to use ordinary workers as the subject of artistic creation. After all, Chinese culture is a culture with a clear sense of hierarchy. The most commendable thing about the movies of this period is this awareness of pursuing equality and the downward pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty.

Take this film as an example. The protagonist is an ordinary worker and a hero, while the engineer is a swinging intellectual.

In China, due to their dependence caused by pragmatism and non-religion, intellectuals always show a greater academic power than intellectuals in other countries. Between the two classes of compradors and gangsters, the lower class always falls into the working class, while the middle class is very rare. Therefore, it is not surprising that there are some doctors who have the power to prescribe drugs indiscriminately, and there are some scoundrel clown-like literati.

In any case, the movies of this period were made for most people to watch, and they pride themselves on being understandable. Isn’t this the case with mainstream American commercial movies?

I think this is called democracy.

In addition to the above two characteristics, this film also has an important theme, which is to develop the country's national industry and work hard through self-reliance.

I don’t think there is anything ridiculous or outdated about these words. Is it wrong to develop one’s own national industry and rely on self-reliance and hard work? Even in the United States, I don’t think anyone says it is wrong.

Everyone talks about how good the United States is. The United States is good - it is really good to its own people, but it is really cruel to outsiders.

If a country's industrial lifeline is completely controlled by foreign countries, it will be a real disaster. Foreigners come to China to make money, not Bethune.

There are many methods of brainwashing, some clever and some clumsy, some foreign and some earthy. As long as a person is communicating with others, he is doing propaganda.

If a country is incompetent in propaganda, it means decline. I don’t think that era in history is perfect. Every era has its shortcomings, but it deserves recognition for giving dignity to ordinary people.

This is a movie about workers praising workers.

The reason I love it is that I am a worker’s daughter and grew up in a workers’ dormitory. I love their simplicity, kindness, perseverance and generosity, and I am proud to be one of them.

As a reference, you can modify it based on your personal subjective opinions. . .