Li Yi also read a few movie reviews sent back by Bangzi.
“The Smecta China-Korea Cultural Exchange Conference has been held for many years, originally dating back more than ten years ago. At that time, we achieved great results, and the Korean Wave began to spread to China and became an indispensable force in the entertainment industry.
That year, China's film industry was still in its infancy. In a country with a population of more than one billion, the film box office output was not even as good as ours, Smecta.
We have an advantage, but when does it start? Our people began to dislike our domestic films, and Hollywood films began to invade. On the movie box office rankings, among the top ten films every year, Hollywood films account for more than half.
We have many excellent directors who have begun to learn from Hollywood and European films, hoping to follow the path of our films and find the future of our films.
However, until a person turned out to be Li Yi, I always thought that Director Li Yi must be Smecta who has the blood of our Bangzi.
Otherwise, how could he have photographed so many things that contain the cultural elements of our stick?
From his famous work "The Gift of Room No. 7", to "The Wedding Dress", and then to "The Happy Family"!
With almost only one name left in the cultural exchange meeting, the two parties restarted the exchange meeting. Last year, a co-production film was not successful.
Ever since Director Li Yi announced that he would send a co-production film to the exchange meeting, I have been looking forward to it with great anticipation, and so have our people. As the number one director in Asia, Li Yi, as the light of Asia, his films, Will the preferences of the people of both countries be truly taken into account this time?
Thus, "Happy Family" was born!
Assi, I was really disappointed at first. Director Li Yi, as a world-renowned director and the number one director in Asia, actually made such a low-budget film. It is really unacceptable.
However, after watching "Happy Family", I immediately asked my sister to make kimbap made with water celery. It really tasted like my mother!
Soon, cress kimbap began to be sold outside our theaters. I cried silently while watching the movie while eating kimbap. This is really a feeling that is difficult to express in words.
"Happy Family" is undoubtedly a classic!
Why am I so sure?
What kind of comedy can be considered a good movie or a classic?
I think it must be more than just making the audience laugh. If it can only make the audience laugh, then it can only be regarded as a passable comedy at best. It is difficult to call it a good movie, let alone a classic. Because apart from making us laugh, it can’t give us anything more. There is no thinking, no empathy, no care, no touching, no reflection, and nothing pure, true or beautiful. And having these is exactly what a comedy movie is, and the same is true for other types of movies. It is the key to becoming a good movie or even a classic. These factors, I like to call it "emotional" Smecta inappropriately and generally. .
It’s hard to imagine that director Li Yi actually took into account our cultural sentiments.
The big sugar-painted fish and the dart lottery are all our childhood memories!
A good movie is a comedy with emotions, and only one that can make people laugh and cry is likely to become a classic, not just a few nonsensical plots and unexpected baggage.
This is exactly why Li Zai's two earlier films, "Westward Journey" and "The King of Comedy", have become representatives of nonsensical films, imitated by countless directors, and are the most beloved. Many years from now, we may not remember those hilarious moments in the movie, but we will never forget the scene where Zhou Xing shouts "hard work, hard work" into the sea at the beginning of "The King of Comedy", nor will we forget it. Every time the heroine laughed at him for "just playing a small role", Zhou Xing replied with a serious face, "Actually, I am an actor."
We may also forget the funny appearance of the Supreme Treasure, and we may not remember Tang Monk's "ONLY YOU", but we will definitely not forget the line "I love you for ten thousand years" that the Supreme Treasure said when he turned into Sun Wukong. The last sentence Zixia Fairy said at the end was "I guessed the beginning, but I couldn't guess the ending." Because these movies not only gave us ninety minutes of laughter, but also gave us the purest feelings - either caring about ideals or about love. Let us gain countless touches while laughing. This is a really good movie, a really good comedy.
The same goes for "Happy Family". Although the whole story is built on nihilistic ghosts, what comes out is the most sincere and pure emotion - the tenderness of family and the love between relatives.
An orphan, he has lived alone since he was a child. He has no relatives or friends. He lives in loneliness all the time, and hopes to bid farewell to this life state by dying.
But he didn't die several times, and he accidentally possessed the ability to be psychic and could see ghosts. He was targeted by four ghosts, and made many jokes. Although these four ghosts brought a lot of trouble to the male protagonist and prevented him from committing suicide. But it also gradually gave him hope to live. Because of the existence of "them", he was no longer a person, and because of the existence of "them", he met the other half of his life. Of course, if the story was just about the help of four ghosts, and in the end "the prince and the young master lived happily together", then the story would just become an ordinary story, and there wouldn't be much that touches people's hearts. thing.
The ending of the movie is the most exciting, the most touching and difficult to let go of. At the end of the movie, after the male protagonist angrily drove "them" away because his girlfriend could not accept his psychic ability, the mystery of the story was finally revealed. He suddenly recovered the memories he had lost due to trauma when he was a child. It turned out that the four ghosts were the relatives he lost when he was a child - his father, mother, grandfather and brother.
Halfway through the movie, I kept thinking, why are these four ghosts targeting the male protagonist? Is it just because he accidentally gained psychic abilities after he failed to commit suicide several times? Obviously not, everything has a cause and effect. Although there are no books written by coincidence, the occurrence of the story cannot be just based on coincidence. The reason "they" appear is just because they are a family, just because of "their" love for him, and just because they want him to live happily. Families never really leave.
When the male protagonist left his girlfriend and ran back frantically to find the family he had driven away, I finally couldn't hold back my tears. I was moved because of the love of my family and the warm feelings.
It's not just tragedies that are unforgettable, comedies with emotions can also touch people's hearts.
Is this all there is to "Happy Family"? No, no, no, there are still many Smectas!
Details, I think details are what really make this co-production movie a classic in the history of co-production movies.
The technique used in "Happy Family" is contrast!
There are many details that highlight the contrast in the film. Loneliness is a common topic, especially people who live alone outside will feel loneliness more frequently. And Shang Wan is one of the countless lonely travelers.
In order to express Shang Wan's loneliness, the director not only designed multiple lines to express emotions, but also secretly used many contrasts.
Just at the beginning of the movie, there are two contrasts.
First, at this time, Shang Wan was constantly trying to commit suicide, taking medicine and jumping into the river. When the audience thought that this man with an ordinary appearance and average figure had no nostalgia for life at all, the director told us that he did not smoke or drink. This is obviously a big contrast.
He wanted to die and wanted to destroy his body's skills, but he would rather die than get into bad habits that could damage his body. Such a contrast made the emotion of loneliness slowly unfold without saying a word. He wanted to die not because he had had enough of the hardships of life, but because he could no longer endure the loneliness that no one cared about.
Second, the attitude of others towards committing suicide is in contrast to their profession.
The owner of the hotel found that Shang Wan had fainted on the ground after drinking medicine. His first reaction was not heartache but complaint. He was more afraid of someone dying in his hotel than someone dying; the rescuers in the river responded to the steady stream of people jumping into the river. Feeling bored, they hate the ever-increasing workload more than someone committing suicide;
The psychiatrist was afraid and puzzled that Shang Wan was communicating with "invisible people". He did not care much about the patient's psychological problems.
Three similar contrasts, three times the same ridicule, three times powerfully proved why Shang Wan, who has no relatives, feels more and more lonely. The connection between people seems to be close but is actually distant. Unless they are closely related to themselves, they have no time to care about the life and death of others.
I think this must be Director Li Yi using this technique to indict this indifferent society.
Life and death are undoubtedly very serious topics, but they choose to show suicide in a comedic way. This is not a satire on this society.
In addition, there are many contrasting details. For example, when Shang Wan was detained by the police, he had no family to pick him up, but another young man who was drunk and sleeping had his mother take him back late at night. Even though he was beaten and scolded, at least he had a family!
Another example is Shang Wan and Xiu Xiu. One is an orphan who longs to have a family, while the other has a family but hates them. The same is a huge contrast.
Another example is Shang Wan's life experience. He was originally the youngest member of the family who was favored by everyone, but after a car accident, he became an orphan that no one remembered.
These details that you won't care about if you don't think deeply, and the profound meanings that you can't understand without thinking deeply, expose the director's selfishness towards Shang Wan in front of each camera. The director succeeded in making the audience sympathize with Shang Wan, and also gave the previously seemingly nonsensical plot a layer of sadness.
Funny is not the purpose, but a coat to wrap sadness. Death is not a need, being loved is Shang Wan's ultimate wish. How can lonely people be saved?
Maybe love can no longer be seen, maybe promises can no longer be touched, but the people who have passed away still love you in their own way.
At the end of the movie, the director gave three close-ups of photos, one of the adult Shang Wan holding a toy, one of his elementary school graduation photo, and one of his college graduation photo wearing a bachelor's cap.
In the eyes of ordinary people, these three photos are Shang Wan's personal photos. If Shang Wan later could not see ghosts, he would think so. But in fact, whether he can see it or not, his family members who have become ghosts have been involved in every important moment of his life.
What left Shangwan was never love, and the relatives he lost never left. It's just that they stayed by his side silently in a way that was completely imperceptible.
Our great directors, stop learning from Hollywood and European movies. The best role model is right in front of you. Director Li Yi is the one you should learn from! I hope to see another film directed by Li Yi at next year’s cultural exchange meeting!
"Happy Family" is definitely a model of co-production! "
To be honest, Li Yi did not expect that although the performance of "Happy Family" in China was good, it was only good. Such results were still expected.
But on the stick side, the heat was frighteningly high.
Li Yi was puzzled at first.
In my memory, although this movie was on the Bangzi side and it did have a high box office, it was not so high that it was scary.
However, Li Yi then understood that he had overlooked a key point, and that was himself.
It can be said that his fame and influence have given this movie a huge halo, not to mention a country like Bangzi.
But this result has some sequelae.
What are the sequelae?
Zhao Guangming called again.
"My director Li is amazing, "Happy Family" is so awesome!" Zhao Guangming also didn't expect that Li Yi could actually make a film that was obviously low-cost, but could win the annual award so far on the Bangzi side. Box office champion.
This is too shameless for this cultural exchange meeting.
It's just a little too good.
It resulted.
"However, if you do this, next year's exchange meeting will be difficult to hold!" Zhao Guangming said.
"No, Director Zhao, you can't catch a sheep with wool, right? What does next year's difficulty have to do with me? Am I still bound?" Li Yi said helplessly.
This is really an unforeseen disaster.
Li Yi laughed angrily.
Do you really think you are mud? You can pinch it as much as you want?
Of course, Zhao Guangming couldn't really treat Li Yi like dirt, and said quickly: "You've said it, it's over! After all, the restart of the exchange meeting is of great significance. Last year, it ended in an anticlimax, and both sides were very dissatisfied. This year you This has improved the results of the exchange meeting by several levels. No, both parties have already negotiated and the specifications will be upgraded again next year. Think about it for yourself, how much influence will it have by then?"
Li Yi frowned slightly. To be honest, this year's standards are already high enough, and the leadership levels present are already very high. What the heck are they going to upgrade next year?
The influence will definitely be greater, but that’s not the reason, right?
"There are so many directors in the country, why don't we just invite a few more to participate?" Li Yi said helplessly.
"Can that be the same? Do you have any misunderstanding about your own influence?" Zhao Guangming flattered him without leaving any trace.
"No, Director Zhao, I am a human being and not a donkey of the production team. How can I have so much inspiration? Moreover, how can a co-production be so easy to make?" Li Yi really felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.
What the hell, why were you thinking about eating melon in the first place?
