After half a year, I can finally talk about this movie.
But fortunately, it gets better and better with age.
Speaking today, it can be said that it is the most romantic and heavy love poem in domestic movies so far in 2022.
has a short comment that highlights the preciousness of this movie:
is very touched. There are still people who insist on such simple images that simplify the complex. He must have retained a corner of the scenery that belongs to this land in this era.
Yes, thanks to Li Ruijun, domestic films can see the real bottom of society -
"Into the Dust"
The first person to know about this film was the news that it was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear On the headlines of major media.
Within a few days, Uncle Pa was invited to Jiaying Pictures to see this film and interviewed the director of this film, who I have always liked very much - Director Li Ruijun.
His perspective is always very pure, deep and passionate.
is a condensed sublimation.
The story takes place in the northwest countryside. Except for Haiqing, all the actors are rural people who originally lived in this land.
So the video looks more pure and realistic.
The male protagonist Wu Renlin is also the uncle of director Li Ruijun, and his uncle's wife plays his sister-in-law in this work. Only by watching this film with these interesting behind-the-scenes scenes can you better appreciate its preciousness.
The second time Cao Guiying (played by Hai Qing) and Ma Youtie (played by Wu Renlin) met was to take wedding photos.
The two people barely talked or looked at each other, and they became a couple in a hurry.
In the eyes of outsiders, this is two "useless people" forced together.
Cao Guiying has been disabled since she was a child. She walks slowly, has twitching upper limbs, and has urinary incontinence. Ma Youtie was too honest and did not marry a wife at his old age. The two were considered a burden to the two families. They met and got together because of an introduction.
But in their hearts, they have chosen each other since the first meeting.
When they met for the first time, Ma Youtie's brother kicked his own donkey because he was in a bad mood. He didn't even bother to eat, so he went to comfort the donkey. At that time, Cao Guiying thought to herself that in her home, she was not as good as this donkey. donkey.
And the horse has iron, and later he frankly told Cao Guiying that when they met for the first time, he found Cao Guiying staring straight at him. He was too embarrassed to raise his head and could only run out.
Maybe it was because they were in similar situations, or maybe they saw the bright spots in each other. Soon, the two marginalized people at the bottom who had been marginalized learned to stick together for warmth.
Some time ago, film and television were still lamenting that there were no good love stories this year, but this one is the best love movie this year.
Even though the title of the film does not reveal anything about it, its romance lies in letting love take root in the land and integrate into life.
Ma Youtie may seem dull, but he is actually a very romantic person.
He loves the land and believes in the land.
The food fell on the ground, and he picked it up and ate it, saying that the land does not despise us, how can we despise the land? If wheat is sown, the land can bear several crops.
He is hardworking and can do a lot of work silently alone, and he can also build a home for two people.
He is kind and will drive away the swallows that are still building nests in the eaves before the house is demolished.
He loved Guiying, and he bought her a coat to cover her wet pants when she accidentally wet them; when they slept on the roof, he tied up the waist of Guiying's pants to prevent her from falling; Small flowers were printed on it with wheat grains, saying that she would not lose it.
When Guiying got a rash on her body, she would take Guiying to bathe in the river and give her a good rub to relieve the itching; Guiying liked to watch TV, so he would accompany Guiying to a neighbor's house to watch it.
is a character who is low-level but shining, and his love is solid.
Guiying also loves Youtie,
The village contractor refuses to pay the villagers, saying that the boss is sick and needs blood transfusions. His blood type is rare, and only Ma Youtie can match it. Every night, Ma Youtie is called for blood transfusions, and there is Once, Guiying, who didn't talk much, suddenly loudly refused: We won't go.
She spoke for the talkative Ma Youtie.
Because she felt sorry for this honest man, Ma Youtie was busy until late every day, so she waited for him to come back at an intersection. She heated the hot water over and over again, just to make him take a sip of it as quickly as possible.
Every time he went for a blood transfusion, she would sit beside him eagerly and never leave.
There is love between two people, but it goes beyond love and is the only companionship in this world.
They live like wheat and donkeys.
Just as Ma Youtie said to Cao Guiying, there used to be a madman in the village who kept chanting "What can wheat say to the sickle?"
Cao Guiying suddenly remembered that she had encountered this madman before, and because he gave her a bite to eat, My sister-in-law beat me so hard that I couldn't walk for half a month.
They are kind and tenacious, but it seems that they have not gained kindness because of their kindness. Three times they were kicked out by relatives and friends because they had money to demolish a house in the village. They were also used to beg for a house in the city. Every bit of value was squeezed out by the villagers.
But they gained inner peace because of their kindness. This impact reached the hearts of the audience directly through the film.
The film uses many small things to seemingly construct an ordinary and eternal theme of love, but it overturns it at the last moment.
Ashes to dust, dust to dust, cruel reality and romantic warm emotions intertwined and blended, no words are needed, it is enough to calm people's hearts.
The moment Ma Youtie paid off all his debts, the ending was no longer important. All cores are addressed at this point.
" faded into dust and smoke ", compared with those princes, generals and prime ministers who left their names in history, the endings of most little people are not all disappearing into dust and smoke without any trace.
This is a long romantic poem written by director Li Ruijun through the camera.
In the interview in January this year, there was another question that Uncle Pa still remembers deeply.
At that time, I said, why is it that someone as honest as Ma Youtie, despite being exploited by the villagers, kindly paid them for asking for wages? Why did Guiying behave like this when he was unable to put the wheat pile into the car because he was too tired? And got angry at Guiying and pushed her hard. The director
said that this is human nature. People are complicated. In that scene, they earned thousands of dollars a year from the wheat. Every time Guiying dropped the wheat stack to the ground, the ears of wheat scattered on the ground, which meant a loss of value.
As a farmer, this is the most distressing thing. Nowadays, I get anxious.
I then asked, this is something that many people who have never experienced a farm harvest cannot understand, so aren't you worried that this emotion cannot be conveyed to the audience?
The director is very confident in the audience, or in other words, he hopes that the audience will understand it on their own.
Movies are scattered words spread by the pen and produced by the lens.It is not to unify the audience's audio-visual experience, but to allow people with various world views and values to experience it.
This is Director Li Ruijun’s style and way of doing things.
is admirable.
To be honest, it is not difficult to imagine that this movie will not be a big hit after it is released, because it is not a popular movie to please the audience. But it is also unreasonable to measure the success of this film based on commercial dimensions such as box office results.
This was not even the original intention of creating this film, but Uncle Pa believes that the domestic film market should be grateful for the existence of Li Ruijun, and he deserves more applause. His persistent creation should also receive warmer applause and praise.
Yesterday, I saw him again at the hourly viewing group. He was still so low-key. He had a very strong creative aura and a calmness that was not coerced by business.
Therefore, Uncle Pa particularly hopes that his romantic poem dedicated to the land will be seen by more people. We really need more movies like this.
"Into the Dust" will be officially released tomorrow.
It has great staying power. After watching the movie, it not only allows you to judge the quality of the movie, but also enriches your view and perception of the world.
