"Don't look at me as short and thin, but one inch short and one inch strong." She is small but has a lot of energy. Toothpicks can play a huge role in life and even in works of art.
Toothpicks in life We mainly use it to floss our teeth, or we use it to pick up small foods that are not suitable for touching with our hands. In film and television works, the role of toothpicks is not limited to this. Many movies use it as props to achieve a certain visual effect.
The first role of toothpicks in the movie-weapons.
In August 2014, a French animated film "Insects" was released in Mainland China. The animated film tells the story of a ladybug being chased by other insects in the jungle hidden by humans, and then participating in a battle between red and black ants.
In this insect "war", both ants used a variety of weapons. These weapons are some of the very common daily necessities in our lives, including tiny toothpicks.
The toothpick is very small for us humans, but it is a giant weapon for insects. In the movie, the red ant used the toothpick as a rain of arrows and used the "giant" slingshot to launch at the black ant position.
In the action movie " Royal Sister 6 " starring Chinese actress Yang Lijing , there are also classic shots of using toothpicks as weapons.
In the movie, the police are chasing a gangster in a downtown area,At this time, a master character played by Du Shaojin spit out a toothpick from his mouth. The toothpick hit the leg of the kidnapped woman like an arrow, and then the woman squatted down in pain.
I don't know whether this situation can be realized in reality, but when I watched this shot of this film, I still felt very handsome.
The second role of toothpicks in the movie is to help people discover genius.
Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman co-starred in a feature film " rain man", this movie is recognized as a classic, it still has Certain influence.
The role played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie is an autistic. His life abides by a fixed ritual, and he has to do fixed things at a fixed time. Once inadvertently, the waiter in the restaurant accidentally spilled a box of toothpicks, and all the toothpicks in the box were scattered all over the place. At this time, the autistic patient counted out the number of toothpicks very quickly.
His behavior is far beyond ordinary people, and since then his brother discovered that he is a genius in some way.
The third role of toothpicks in the movie-to be handsome.
Hong Kong superstar actor Chow Yun-fat, through the movie " Heroes True Colors " in the movie " Heroes ", Xiao Ma has a firm foothold in the film industry,And become the object of the audience vying to imitate.
In the movie, Xiao Ma played by Chow Yun-fat always wears a black trench coat, sunglasses, and a "toothpick" in his mouth. In fact, what Xiao Ma held in his mouth was not a toothpick, but a matchstick, but at the time, many viewers thought he was holding a toothpick.
With the blessing of this prop, Chow Yun-fat’s little horse looks more handsome. It is from this move that the characters in other movies and the audience in reality always like to have a stick in their mouths. toothpick.
Toothpick is one of the most commonly used props in many movies. Among them, using it to be handsome is the most common usage, and it is also the scene that audiences have repeatedly imitated in reality.
Although toothpicks are small, they are still dangerous for children. Therefore, it is necessary to keep children away from this dangerous object as much as possible.
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