[Author: Qian Qi] Original: Article 139
read Stephen Chow 's "Jigong" again, why? It's a little hard to explain. Maybe it's for remembrance, maybe it's for sentiment, but it's indeed a movie that once impressed me very much. Because it is it that allows me to see the value of comedy, and finally understand what Stephen Chow said: Good comedy in makes people cry.
Rewatching this drama, the first thing that catches your eye is the rough and rough set, foam -like props and 30 cents special effects, coupled with the blurry picture quality and the ending full of flaws, which is indeed a bit unbearable. But I still have to admit that it still has the sincerity of trying to convey something to people. This reminds me of some people, who look ordinary and simple, but their souls are full of charm. Perhaps it is also one of the contents that this drama wants to convey, and the inside of a person is much more important than the outside.
"The story of "Jigong" is about a dragon-subduing Arhat making a bet between the immortals and the immortals, without using any magic within three days, so that the three people who are destined to reincarnate in nine lifetimes will change their minds and be reborn. But with full confidence, he went to the mortal world to transform into a monk Jigong. When he saw these three people, he realized that the reason why they could not wake up for a long time in the nine lifetimes was because their souls had already accused their own destiny.
For example, the ninth generation beggar thinks it is normal for others to insult him, and he has never heard of what self-esteem is. The ninth-generation prostitute didn't know what else she could do except sell her body. Even Jigong suggested that she sell tofu, and she thought she had to go to bed before she could sell tofu. For the evil people in the nine generations, whether you use violence to fight violence, encourage education, or be compassionate, he is dedicated to doing only one thing, that is, hurting, bullying, and killing people.
people can't do what they don't know. Therefore, no matter how Jigong persuaded the beggars of nine generations, he couldn't understand what self-esteem was? What's the use? What can I do with it? The same is true for the ninth-generation prostitute. She couldn't understand, what's wrong with being a prostitute? Why can't you be a prostitute? What else can you do if you can't be a prostitute? People can only do things that are good to themselves in their cognition, so the evil people in the nine generations will persist in doing evil, because only in this way can the Hell Black Rakshasa give him a heart that will never die for thousands of years.
"Jigong" actually tells a story of "self-attachment". Everyone in the play is attached to their own thoughts and their own greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, and doubt. It also shows a fact, that is, when is attached to his own thoughts, who can awaken him? The answer is: Apart from himself, even gods cannot do it.
So in the end, the beggar regained his self-esteem because he longed for love, the prostitute woke up because he understood that he would not get love, and the evil people voluntarily became animals because he was deceived and disappointed. Jigong was just a guide from beginning to end, and he could not be up to the top. Whether he wanted to wake up or not could only rely on himself.
But in fact, not everyone can see the guide, because some people don’t know it, some people don’t know it, and some people don’t care about it, and some people are always obsessed with it.