Is "Green Red" a lamp in the depression era?

? Wang Xiaoshuai seems to have a soft spot for the 1970s and 1980s, which is probably closely related to his special memory of his childhood. "Green Red" is his adolescence, and "I Eleven" is his childhood. Their generation, the whole youth, experienced the end of the Cultural Revolution and aftershocks, which condensed the repressed memories of two generations. Wang Xiaoshuai tried to capture the subtle emotions and profound reflections in these memories with images.

Both stories took place in remote towns bleak in autumn and winter. The sky is always green, as if it will rain a few drops of cold rain at any time. The mountain roads and stone steps in the town are always wet and cold, with semi-yellow weeds and fallen mangoes, and the air is filled with gloomy mist, which makes people breathless. In the grand vision, the characters appear small and vague, and the only bright spot is 19-year-old girl Hong Qing. Green red and dark red plaid cotton-padded jacket, scarlet pointed high heels, faded red sweater, and a rare beautiful smile on her silent and wooden face. This strong color contrast seems to imply something. Hong Qing always obeys his parents' arrangement quietly and meekly, doing housework and going to and from school. There is not much expression on her face. Only from some subtle changes can we see the inner uneasiness under her calm appearance. She also wants to escape, and she also wants to have crazy and beautiful youth and love, but the burden of her parents' generation leaving their hometown and the Shanghai dream that she can't give up, like a dark cloud, suppress the little girl dream that Hong Qing has left. The name of green red and the tone of green gray are the emotional sustenance of this film, which is brewing tragedy and mourning the fall of youth.

And "I eleven" is not so boring, after all, eleven is still a carefree age. In the eyes of children, everything seems interesting, but in the big background, we can still see the only bright color in the dark clothes that are all gray and white, which is the red scarf at the back of the child's neck. During the Cultural Revolution, people endured hunger and poverty on thin ice, and dared not say anything. All difficulties and injustices were hidden from their children. Therefore, only from the eyes of Wang Han, who is 1 1 year old, can we see the murder case of The Secret Behind, the sincere side of a "bad guy" and reflect on the symptoms of the whole era. The contrast between the red scarf and all other gloomy colors is also the contrast between the children's world and the adult world, and the boundary between innocence and cruelty and hypocrisy.

In addition to the strong color style, there is also an impressive performance in the two films. In many scenes, cameras are placed behind doors, windows and other obstacles. Through these doors and windows, these leaves and shadows seem to peep at the joys and sorrows of these families. Green red room, a narrow door, green red has been sitting in her little bed, wordlessly low head, let her father scold her. Father is always at the front desk, green red is always in the distance, and a sense of alienation arises unconsciously. Wang Han's father and son and Juehong's father and daughter are at Xie's home, and a bitter tearfully tells Wang Han's father about their sufferings. On the other side of the curtain, Wang Han and Juehong are changing clothes. Juehong is carrying them without saying a word, but it seems that there are thousands of words brewing. For eleven-year-old Wang Han, this curtain has gradually made him see the world of adults.