Is the movie Bath adapted from Yang Jiang's novel of the same name?

It's not the same thing that I read the novel

(novel)

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The film I have seen

Title: Bathing

Director: JASON ZHANG

Screenwriter: JASON ZHANG, Liu Fendou and Huo Xin

Starring: Zhu Xu, Pu Cunxin and Jiang Wu

Photography: Zhang Jian

Producer: Xi 'an Film Studio Yima Film Technology Co., Ltd.

Date of production:. Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the International Film Festival

Best Director Award at the 43rd San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain

Synopsis:

Liu, who has been running a bathhouse "Qingshui Pool" all his life, was widowed in his early years and had two sons. Daming, the eldest son, left home for many years because of his dissatisfaction with the status quo. Only Erming, the younger son with low IQ, stayed with Lao Liu to help look after the bathhouse business. Because there are old customers for many years, a group of old guys who are used to taking a bath have kept some joy and vitality for the clean pool.

One day, Daming suddenly came back from Shenzhen. It turned out that a picture of Er Ming made Daming mistakenly think that his father had died of illness. Faced with his old father who is dying, his foolish brother who is ignorant of the world and this shabby bathhouse, Daming has no intention of staying long, so he is ready to return after a little settlement. Just when he went to buy a plane ticket, he accidentally lost Erming. Lao Liu was very anxious. Fortunately, Erming found his own bathhouse the next day. Daming felt guilty and began to change his attitude. One rainy night, after Daming helped his father repair the leaking roof, his father became ill. Daming decided to stay and take care of it. It was from this time that Daming really started to get in touch with his father and worked all his life, and then he began to understand his father. It seems that Daming had never paid attention to his father and this family for almost forty years.

Finally, Lao Liu received the final notice of demolition, but he decided not to separate from the clear water pool. At this time, Daming seems to have realized something, but at this moment, Liu suddenly passed away. Daming realized the responsibility on his shoulders and decided to take Erming and start looking for a new life.

Artistic interpretation:

This film on contemporary urban life ethics, created by the sixth generation of directors, set off quite a stir in that year. Distinctive characters, wonderful stories and relaxed and humorous language make the audience have a deep thought while laughing. It can be said that this is a rare good film.

First of all, there are rich cultural connotations behind the seemingly simple story. The beginning of the film is a demonstration of modern bathing machine, and the programmed operation saves time and effort. This is in stark contrast to the old bathhouse in the film later. In addition to the different ways, what is more important is the difference of ideas. Many viewers think that the film is mainly about the conflict between father and son, in fact, this is also the conflict between new and old, tradition and innovation. In the face of the rapid economic development of modern society, groups of young people have gone out to find their own position and ideals, and their desire for the vast world outside has urged their footsteps. Daming in the film is a typical representative of these people who go out to find their ideals. They are full of confidence in change. However, the older generation felt uneasy and scared in the face of sudden changes: not only did Lao Liu stick to the bathhouse to show his support for traditional culture, but also the old men who were used to taking a bath. There is such a very common dialogue in the movie, but it contains a lot of meaning: an old man raised his own worry about another old man: "I don't know if I am used to living in the community in the future, and whether there is such a bathhouse for us to take a good bath."

in addition to the performance of the conflict between the old and the new, we can also see the director's thinking about "water is the source of life", the complexity of social change, and the connection between the life and death of an individual and the survival and continuation of a creature.

Secondly, Bathing is unique in artistic conception. First, the director skillfully embeds two paragraphs that seem to have nothing to do with the theme of the film: two paragraphs on the northern Shaanxi plain and the Tibetan plateau. However, we can't deny that whether we take a "wedding bath" or look for a sacred lake, we will further highlight the profound theme that the film needs to express and raise the film to a higher level. Secondly, in the character setting, the director boldly shaped the character image of Er Ming with low IQ. Er Ming is a very lovely fool. With his father's care and education, he can help his father manage the normal affairs of the bathhouse. He and his father run, compete and play in the bathhouse happily. He likes listening to My Sun. He knows how to draw a beautiful picture and send it to him when he misses his brother. Friends who have seen movies will be moved by his kindness and simplicity. This is exactly what the director wants to call the most precious thing. Like the elder brother in Rain Man, George in The Eighth Day and Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump, Erming is destined to become a typical image in China's film history. Other characters, such as the couple who often quarrel so much that they are about to divorce; The fat young man who has a slight mental obstacle and can only sing "My Sun" in Italian in a shower; The girl from northern Shaanxi who is about to get married and gives her family food for a "wedding bath"; The little girl who followed her grandmother to find the legendary holy lake and almost broke her leg added a lot of color to the film. In addition, the director vividly and accurately showed the details of cricket fighting, chess playing, tea tasting, cupping and yangko dancing.

Finally, I still want to talk about the lens language of the film. In this film, the director rarely uses close-ups and close-ups, but organically combines panoramic and middle scenes, and the interplay of flat-angle shooting and overhead shooting provides the audience with a space of separation in the real display of real life, and sometimes takes the audience into life and truly feels life; Sometimes lead the audience out of life and judge life objectively. In addition, the director also uses differential focusing to distinguish the people who are the theme in the film from the people who are the north background, which achieves a good expression effect. In music, My Sun appeared six times, which became a secret code to deepen the theme. At the end of the film, Erming stood in the bathhouse he knew and loved and sang "My Sun", which was an elegy for the old and a hymn for the new.

From this, it is not difficult to understand why some people say that this film seems to be far beyond the actual age of director JASON ZHANG, whether it is rich in profound ideological connotation or mature in film techniques.