Chapter 36: Watching the Movie (Part 1)

"She suddenly invited me to some party..."

"Are you going?"

“… Anyway, it's nothing, I'll go take a look, you come with me!"

Without thinking about it, Zhang Junsheng directly refused: "I may not be available!"

"I didn't even say the date, how do you know you're not available?"

"I... I... And when do you say?"

"The day after tomorrow, it's her mother's birthday..."

"It's such a coincidence, our sister's classmate also has a birthday the day after tomorrow, and I have to help support the scene..."

Liu Sisi asked suspiciously: "What does the baby's birthday have to do with you?"

“… I'm the only brother she can do to help, so of course I'm going to support it!"

"Okay then, I'm going to Liu Yifei's mother's birthday party..."

"By the way, say hello to me!"

“… Have you worked with her?"

"Nope..."

"I heard about the previous "Rain of Swords", you were going to look for her at first, but she refused, so you came to me?

“… It's all propaganda, in fact, I haven't seen her at all!"

"Really?"

“… Of course, it's absolutely true!" Zhang Junsheng was in a hurry: "You also know that Liu Yifei was very popular in those years, and "Sword Rain" poured dirty water on her for publicity, saying that she had eyes and no beads... Then "Rain of Swords" is of very high quality, and the character you played, Ye Feiqing, is known as..."

Liu Sisi's eyes lit up: "... Sister Nan!"

“… It's finally here..."

If you don't come again, Zhang Junsheng really doesn't know how to go down...

……

The three of them bought movie tickets for the four o'clock show, and there were not many people in the theater...

“… Doesn't it mean that this movie has a good reputation, why are there so few people?"

Zhang Junsheng explained: "Its positioning is black humor, satirical comedy, this type of film is niche in China and even the world, and the box office exceeded 300 million in six days of release. ”

"If you want to make a lot of money, you still have to make regular comedies, "Thai Embarrassment", "Hong Kong Embarrassment", "Charlotte" and "Detective Chinatown", all of which are record-breaking films at the box office. ”

In the original time and space, the box office of "Donkey Gets Water" did not reach 200 million, mainly because there was no strong company to operate and publicize...

This time Yuehua was changed, and the publicity of "Donkey Gets Water" was as high as 30 million!

The people in the marketing department decided that this was a comedy movie with a volume of almost 500 million!

“… Don't talk about it yet, the movie is on!"

Zhang Junsheng didn't watch it very carefully, he knew about this movie.

The original time and space also watched it once in the movie theater...

A donkey who was a full-time water fetcher was falsely reported to be a teacher for a salary, and was given the name "Donkey Gets Water". On the eve of the investigation of the incident, a coppersmith was forced to pretend to be a "donkey to water" teacher. Contradictions arose between parties for their own interests, triggering a series of hilarious stories.

It is undeniable that the idea of this movie is indeed sharp. The whole film is full of firepower, mercilessly satirizing and lashing out at intellectuals: first the lure of empty salaries, then the oppression of official authority, and then the deterrence of gunfire. Let their ugliness be unobstructed.

As the story progresses, the power system and alienated environment deprive and destroy the things that everyone in the film cherishes, such as dignity, beauty, ideals and courage...

It's been a long time since such a movie appeared on a Chinese screen!

Definitely a good movie!

But Zhang Junsheng doesn't like such a movie very much, or he hates the way this movie is expressed!

It's not that 'the drama is brought directly to the stage'...

So why is "Dogtown" praised by everyone?

The structure of film plays itself is divided into dramatic, style, and prose structures, and many films with a clear dramatic style are also successful, such as "Twelve Angry Men" and "God of Killing".

The fatal wound of "Donkey Gets Water" is not the defect of its film adaptation, but that it violates the basic law that artistic creation needs to be purified and filtered, not so much a movie, but a rough experiment and exhibition of human nature and ugliness, which can easily cause physical discomfort to the audience...

The first half was still a satirical comedy, and the second half became a human tragedy.

Some people think that this kind of "unconventional play" is very ingenious, but the split in style before and after the film both weakens the strength of the comedic satire and reduces the weight of the tragic ending.

There's a transition missing in between...

If you add a narration of everyone, the movie will be much better...

"To tell more panic in order to round a lie" is a classic comedy situation that has been tried and tested, but unfortunately the movie has not been consistent...

Of course, the biggest reason is probably because of the censorship...

Liu Sisi looked very seriously, and exchanged a few words with Xie Nan next to him from time to time, probably feeling a little snub Zhang Junsheng, and patted him on the shoulder: "What is the name of this woman?"

"Ren Suxi!"

"Well acted!"

“… Well, it's really good!"

There is a saying called drama guarantor, but no matter how good the role is, it is not good to meet an actor with poor acting skills, for example, "Embroidered Spring Knife 2" is to Da Mi, "Song in the Clouds" is to Tang Tianbao...

Zhang Yiman's role is like the Lady of the Camellias, like Yin Xueyan, like a ball of mutton fat, she pajamas coppersmith stayed to take pictures, using her body in exchange for the interests of the collective, everyone was in collusion and silent;

The coppersmith's wife came over to make trouble, and for the sake of the collective, everyone forced her to stand up and take the matter;

In order to retaliate for her cruel refusal, the coppersmith was satisfied after watching her being scolded, beaten, and cut her hair, and everyone couldn't bear it but couldn't do anything;

She worked hard to make the school uniform in the room, and only when she was done did she die...

She doesn't care about money, she doesn't care about her life, as long as she can continue to live freely in this elementary school and this little utopia, so she maintains the collective again and again, sacrificing her body, true feelings, and life along the way, what does she get? She gave everything she had, and in the end she had nothing...

Ren Suxi is a good actor...

And she loves acting!

There was a scene on the stage where she slapped herself, Ren Suxi had no pity, and it was deafening.

Zhang Junsheng lowered his voice: "The origin of this story is because of a conversation, a private school in Gansu that lacks water hopes to raise a donkey to carry water, but the school is short of funds and has no money to raise a donkey, so the principal falsely reported a teacher named "Lu Deshui" and used the salary of "Teacher Lu Deshui" to raise a donkey; ”

"In order to pass the trial, the story shifts from realism to allegorical..."

The film is coming to an end...

The rape flowers on the hillside are still so beautiful, the children in the mountain village are still studying in the temple as before, the blackboard is still the principal's beautiful italics, and the three of them can still gather together when they stretch out their hands.

Just the gunshots rang out, the music stopped abruptly, and everything came to an abrupt halt.

“… Bang!"

"How?"

Xie Nan also wants to hear Zhang Junsheng's evaluation...

“…”