Appreciation of the movie "Ashes of Time"

Ashes of Time is an anomaly in a new martial arts movie. It takes the martial arts as the shell, but it describes the emotion, confusion, alienation and alienation of modern people.

As a new martial arts film, Time Has Changed borrows and reshapes an important figure who has always been regarded as a "collective myth" in Jin Yong's works, and reconstructs his own unique martial arts world with the previous mode. Although there are martial arts, chivalrous men, righteous acts and grudges, the structure, theme, narrative style and expression content of the whole film are very different from those of ordinary martial arts movies. The film "Oriental" continues Wong Kar-wai's methods of high-speed photography and picture editing of martial arts in his previous urban works, which not only emphasizes the magic of action in an unusual "fuzzy" way, but also strengthens the visual impact. This "non-linear" editing effect is different from the general special effects, but it also plays a similar role.

The film "East" has a strong sense of form. Although Du Kefeng is a foreigner, he has made great achievements in creating the artistic conception of oriental aesthetics, and his photography effect is also the best among the new martial arts films that have always emphasized the picture, which is likely to surpass and surpass Stella. Many subtle treatments of light and shadow, and the hints of light and shadow effects on stories and characters' psychology are far beyond the reach of other new martial arts film photographers. Most of the exquisite pictures of the new martial arts films are only single-level "pictures" for appreciation, at most, they only render the atmosphere and create the environment, while the photography of "East" has been completely integrated into the whole work, so it is judged by the level.

Of course, the most important thing is the content or theme of the film. Loyalty to the monarch, revenge and dominating the Wulin in traditional martial arts movies have developed into a more complex mixture of various elements, but in the film East, almost all these traditional themes no longer exist. From some signs, the film "East" can be regarded as a discussion and reinterpretation of Jianghu and chivalrous people, and the film adopts the form of "prequel" itself with the intention of tracing back to the source. Everyone enters the Jianghu for various reasons, mostly because of love, which is the characteristic and symbol of Wang Jianghu. At the same time, these acts of love are also exclusive forms with the label of king-rejection and rejection. Under the cover of martial arts and Jin Yong's banner, Jianghu children have also become self-pitying white-collar workers in modern cities, playing confused love games in hiding.

Time has changed, which has opened up a new road for martial arts films, but this narrow road has rarely been taken so far, which gives another "alternative new martial arts" an opportunity to "go east and go west".

Ouyang Feng ran away from home on his brother's wedding day because his sister-in-law was his favorite woman. He lives in seclusion in a desert town and runs a hotel, which is designed to meet passers-by and find killers for others.

Huang, a romantic swordsman, is a good friend of Ouyang Feng, and meets Ouyang Feng for drinking once a year. He is infatuated with his best friend's wife, Peach Blossom, and secretly loves Ouyang Feng's sister-in-law.

The blind warrior is Peach Blossom's husband and one of Ouyang Feng's killers. He wandered around the world, hoping to see his wife again before he went blind. Under the command of Ouyang Feng, he fought against hundreds of horse thieves alone and was finally killed by the horse thieves. Peach Blossom left Huang forever after her husband left, but she didn't expect to hear the news of her husband's death the next year. For the sake of his beloved woman, Huang drank the wine called "Let Life Drunk" and forgot everything but peach blossoms.

Murong Yan and Murong Yan are identical brothers and sisters. Murong Yan paid a large sum of money for Ouyang Feng to kill Huang Shiyou, and Murong Yan also asked Ouyang Feng to kill Murong Yan. Actually, they are the same person.

The village girl wanted to hire a killer to avenge her brother, but Ouyang Feng resolutely refused. Newcomer Hong Qi is a swordsman who can't even afford sandals. He agreed to the request of the village girl, killed all the swordsmen of Qiu's family alone, and lost his right index finger. His reward is only an egg of the village girl.

Ouyang Feng's sister-in-law deliberately married his brother because she couldn't stand his pride. Now, she is dying, and she finally realizes: I thought I won, but I lost.

In the end, Huang lived in seclusion in Taohua Island, nicknamed East Evil. Hong Qi took over the beggars' sect in the north. Murong Yan/Murong Yan changed his face and became a generation of chivalrous men. Ouyang Feng burned down the shop and returned to his hometown, known as Du.

Ashes of Time is not as free and decadent as Wang's other works, and even a little illusory, like a prediction of urban life now! But the "East" film is like a complex handicraft with exquisite craftsmanship and originality, which can be passed down from generation to generation. Away from the scene of the city going deep into the desert, it still reveals the unique indifference, loneliness and alienation! In emotional description, it is more complicated and delicate than previous works; In addition to providing a space for thinking, it also tells us a real answer to solve emotional problems through the relationship between characters and philosophical dialogue!