Generally speaking, compared with film and television works, stage dramas are restricted by space, and will use more abstract means to continuously increase the relationship between characters and characters to firmly grasp the audience's attention. Although movies do not have to be as extreme as stage drama, some film directors may have experience in creating stage dramas or have a preference for stage dramas, so they will create some stage space in the film space and integrate the charm of stage drama into their own film works. The love suspense film "Difficult Road" released nationwide on November 1, 2022 uses a lot of stage drama methods to limit the relationship between the two protagonists, maintaining the suspense atmosphere from the first second to the last second.
"Shitu Strange Road" is produced by Longfeng Chengxiang Film Co., Ltd., and co-produced by Longfeng Chengxiang Film Co., Ltd., Longhu Fengyun (Beijing) Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd., Beijing Mengguang Culture Media Co., Ltd., and Qingdao Oriental Dragon Film Co., Ltd., and chief producer Chen Qianlun, director of Chapter Bai Qing , writer and director Yu Fei, starring Guo Xin and Zhang Luyao, starring He Qiang, Ju Xiaoyun and Gao Shan, and has won the Outstanding Actor Award at the 3rd Asian Chinese Film Festival (Zhang Luyao), the Best Producer Award at the 4th Hong Kong International Youth Film Festival (Chen Qianlun) and the Outstanding Film Award .
The film begins with the heroine Yang Shan (played by Zhang Luyao) waking up from the driving car. When Yang Shan woke up, she found that she had lost her memory, and the man driving next to her (played by Guo Xin) claimed to be her husband Shen Cheng. In order to help Yang Shan regain her memory, Shen Cheng drove her to retrace the self-driving journey of the two traveling together, and the goal was Phoenix Lake where the two made a vow together. However, as memory clips continued to pour into my mind and the sudden call from my best friend, Yang Shan found that Shen Cheng was mixed with lies. The road to retrieval of the past is likely to lead to a future that cannot be turned back.
Although there are many roles such as Yang Shan’s best friend (played by Ju Xiaoyun), Yang Shan’s husband (played by Gao Shan), and the thief (played by He Qiang), but almost 95% of the scenes in the entire film are the rival scenes between Yang Shan and Shen Cheng. Therefore, as the screenwriter and director, Yu Fei boldly borrowed the creative skills of stage dramas. In multiple scenes, he mobilized the emotions of the two actors at multiple levels, and used new clues that constantly appeared to repeatedly pull the relationship between the two characters, always maintaining a suspense atmosphere that whets the audience's appetite.
At the beginning of the film and the screen was still in a shady state, the voices of the two protagonists' conversations had already sounded. Yang Shan asked Shen Cheng a few very strange questions - these questions and tone usually do not appear among newly married couples, which is equivalent to spreading the suspense before the film officially kicked off. Later, as Yang Shan retrieved her memory, her flashbacks changed in the scene. , especially the wedding scenes she remembered, were first close-ups, later close-ups, medium-scene , and long-range. In different scenes, the information the audience can see goes from less to more, and it transitions from misunderstanding to correct explanation. During this process, the relationship between the two people changed several times. It was not until two-thirds of the video that the audience could see Shin Sung's true face.
Then, Yang Shan and Shen Cheng no longer had any ties. Yu Fei began to take advantage of the movie to present the audience with a thrilling imprisonment vs escape action scene. The atmosphere of this drama is quite similar to the movie adapted from Stephen King's novel, which makes people feel nervous and suffocated. However, when everything was over and the audience finally breathed a sigh of relief for Yang Shan, Yu Fei once again pulled the relationship of the characters for the last time . It turns out that the fact that Yang Shan’s marriage was not happy, which was mentioned by Shen Cheng, was not unfounded.
Viewers will suddenly find that although Shen Cheng's behavior is a bit extreme, Shen Cheng's persistent love for Yang Shan cannot be denied. The character has his hateful surface and a pitiful inside. The two characters Yang Shan and Shen Cheng have truly been emotionally tugging from the beginning of the title to the end of the credits before the subtitles roll. This is the most memorable one.
