In the minds of Americans, Asian Japanese and Korean films, as long as they involve some gray themes, must be very gray and violent, full of negative energy, and even have the protagonist committing suicide on the screen as the ending, which is called art......

But Americans who are Christians can't understand such a theme, and they don't understand what Asians are thinking in their heads, and even the ending of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is that the protagonist jumps off a cliff and commits suicide......

The film begins, and on the long road, in a white mist, a glimmer of light flashes. [No pop-up novel network]

The soft and distant cello sound sounded slowly, with the shaking of the wipers, in Xiaojia's car, the side face of the male protagonist played by Gu Xiaofan was quiet and gentle, and the inner narration slowly sounded with the sound of the wind:

"I remember that the winter here is not so cold, and it has been almost two months since I returned to my hometown on Lamma Island from Hong Kong, during which I have spent every day of anxiety......

The incomparably gentle and calm tone suddenly pulled everyone who was still in the momentum of the opening film down to another world...... A world free of all anger and struggle, gentle and solemn,

This came as a surprise to American filmmakers, who were clearly not the same as they had imagined.

At the beginning of the movie, Xiao Lin played by Gu Xiaofan and Lao Zhou played by Chow Yun-fat came to a funeral family.

In front of the family members, the two slowly put on makeup for the deceased, while the camera kept focusing on the deceased's parents who were arguing, and Kobayashi and Chow Yun-fat were like bystanders from beginning to end......

The close-up of the most spoken picture is the father, watching Xiao Lin's hand slowly put on his child's makeup and become the appearance before his death, the originally tangled face slowly softened, and gently read his son's name......

The plot is very calm and gentle.

Enter the mortuary, these three words appear on the big screen, and the story begins in reverse order.

Many producers write the word "reverse order" on the paper, and the story is generally not easy to deal with in this way, and there is a huge contrast between the beginning and the end.

What is this opening about? There seems to be no dramatic conflict, but it conveys an extremely calm and peaceful atmosphere.

For all film masters, the first few minutes are very important to bring people into the world of cinema.

Generally speaking, it is necessary to have a character in the play to say the theme of this movie, but Gu Xiaofan almost reduced the lines to a minimum, and completely relied on the actions and character expressions to convey the gentle and friendly atmosphere of the movie.

It can be said that the level of this "villain" reminds them of Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore's "Cinema Paradiso......

This "villain" doesn't seem to be like a legend, but a purely commercial film director...... At least...... This beginning already looks very good.

At the beginning of the movie, it is described that the protagonist Kobayashi has an enviable profession - a cellist in an orchestra.

In order to be better for himself, Kobayashi, who studied music since he was a child, took out a loan to buy an expensive cello, and he has great ambitions and expectations for his career.

But suddenly, the orchestra to which he belonged went out of business...... He was unemployed, and his abilities could no longer work as a cellist.

The work that he finally grasped became a thing of the past in an instant, and the cruel life brought to an end the music road that Xiao Lin had been engaged in for more than ten years, and he had no choice but to sell his cello and return to his hometown, the small mountain village of Lamma Island.

The picture constructs a story that is forced to live, without the slightest hint of the conflict and violence that people expect, just a slow and intimate description.

The beginning of this story is very typical, and like all inspirational stories, some of the producers of the Big Six thought in their hearts that if they arranged it, they would let him meet the mortuary Lao Zhou as a down-and-out music master, and then teach Kobayashi cello in his spare time, and then participate in a competition to win international awards......

The regret at the beginning is made up for at the end, which is a very common technique in movies.

Liu Shishi, who was in the back row, had already seen that an actor in front of him was whispering: "This sold cello is a very important image, I bet that the protagonist will definitely be redeemed at the end." ”

"Well, I'd rather see some exciting stories, boring inspirational stories don't have much heart."

In fact, more old filmmakers present vaguely felt in their hearts that since this movie has the confidence to apply for the Oscars, it is naturally not so cliché, and there must be something special.

Homely conspiracies, hateful killings, and even perverted **, these are often the themes brought about by death, but I don't know which one Gu Xiaofan will choose?

But soon, Gu Xiaofan gave a completely different answer, in the process of Xiaolin's job search, he finally came to the coffin company because he couldn't find any job, trying to understand this high-paying job.

was originally a somewhat heavy film, but it became a little light-hearted comedy, and when Xiao Lin pretended to be a corpse and was filmed by Lao Zhou, he was scratched by Lao Zhou and screamed, which made many people laugh.

And when Xiao Lin faced the deceased for the first time, there were originally some terrifying scenes, but Gu Xiaofan didn't give any shots that stimulated people's senses at all, but showed Xiao Lin's cowardice with joy.

There are a few jokes, and they almost make people forget that this is an art film.

There was laughter in the theater, and it was only when Xiao Lin was in his hometown cottage, playing the dilapidated cello of his childhood to recall the past and his father, he watched it attentively, on the one hand, the plot, on the other hand, these producers and actors were all watching Xiao Fan's posture of playing the violin, whether he was really playing or making a show......

In the American film industry, when relying on an actor, he is particularly concerned about these real details, and the actor not only pursues the truth of the performance, learns various skills of the role, and even gains weight or loses dozens of pounds in a few months for the role.

For an American actor, the authenticity of the performance often depends on your dedication to a movie.

Many people especially look at the information and know that this cello theme song is "Memories" composed by Gu Xiaofan......

And the posture they watched Gu Xiaofan playing the piano, many people were asking their companions who understood music: "Hey, this song is so good, is he really playing......"

"Yes...... The rhythm and rhythm are exactly the same as the music, 100% true, you see the blood vessels on the back of his hands, and the muscles in his armpits, which are impossible to disguise without a few years of hard work......"

"How can this scoundrel be so powerful? Screenwriter, director, actor, composer, cello ......"