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Jiang Wen , there are not many geniuses in the Chinese film industry, there are only a few movies, but every part is classic. In 1994, Jiang Wen's novel "Animal Fierce" adapted from Wang Shuo , and Jiang Wen's debut work " Sunny Days " was released. More than 20 years later, youth films are no longer rare; and when we reminisce about Jiangwen’s classics, we have to sigh: "Sunny Days" is worthy of being one of the most classic youth films in China. The afternoon sunshine in Ma Xiaojun's memory was filled with the long summer. Cultural Revolution, youth, first love, growth, the story that seems real but is not true is told in this dark sunshine before people's eyes.
▊ Story summary
In the early 1970s, adults were busy with "revolutionary" and adults had no time to pay attention to children. In addition, schools were suspended and there was nothing to do. The young people, who were prominently represented by boys in the military compound, had fun and squandered excessive hormones by making fun, fighting, causing trouble, and filming of mother-in-law . Ma Xiaojun (played by Xia Yu) is such a teenager. One of his hobbies is to open the lock with the master key while no one in the house is using the master key and sneak in and play. It is in this way that the photo of the girl Milan (played by Ningjing ) has entered Ma Xiaojun's eyes before him. Through the "head" Liu Yiku (played by Geng Le), Ma Xiaojun met Milan, who had accidentally caught a glance at the artillery bureau before, and began to officially regard him as his dream lover. However, in Milan's eyes, Ma Xiaojun is just a hairy child, and the person she likes is the mature, steady and handsome Liu Yiku. Since then, Ma Xiaojun ushered in a puberty life of mixed flavors.
▊ Awards
The 51st Venice Film Festival (1994)
Golden Lion Award (Nominated) Jiang Wen
Volpi Cup Best Actor Xia Yu
The 8th Singapore International Film Festival (1995)
Silver Screen Award Best Actor Xia Yu
The 33rd Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (1996)
Best Drama Ji Bao / Xu Anjin / Guo Youliang
Best Director Jiang Wen
Best Actor Xia Yu
Best adapted script Jiang Wen
Best photography Gu Changwei
Best sound effect Gu Changning
Best actress (nominated) Ning Jing
Best editing (nominated) Zhou Ying
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▊ Spicy reviews
"Sunny Days" tells a story that recalls the past and a story that tells the past. film adopts the personalized narrative method of . The protagonist of Ma Xiaojun is the first person narrator of the story. is constantly recalling and overturning the story of a group of teenagers in the military compound growing during the Cultural Revolution. These stories in cater to the title of the film "Sunny", which takes place in a day that seems to be always sunny, without rain or storms.
But I think about it, how could there be no rain in the summer in Beijing? Perhaps, the summer that existed in Ma Xiaojun's memory was like that weather, and despite the frustration of the ending, it was also beautiful. This is youth, it can experience a lot, no matter whether it is what you want to experience or not; many years later, when you think about youth, you will unconsciously remember its beauty and forget its displeasure. The awesome things you brag about in those years and the awesome things you have done in those years are vivid in my mind; and with regard to first love, even if you want to recall it, the sweet or painful memories are already blurred. This is Ma Xiaojun's youth, Jiang Wen's youth, and our youth.
Twenty years later, these children are already middle-aged, and they gather together again and sit and lengthen Lincoln to march on the streets of Beijing . At this time, the picture is no longer filled with warm sunlight, but turns into a black and white picture; that is, it was color in the past, but now it is black and white. Jiang Wen's approach is different from the conventional approach. The contrast between ideal youth and the gloomy present is invisibly conveyed in such a picture.
In addition to the changes in the tone of the picture, there is such a special character in the film reappearing in the scene twenty years later. What you guessed is Gulunmu. The comedic dialogues like "Gulunmu" and "Oba" have become the necessary dialogues for a fool like Gulunmu every time he appears; and twenty years later, when the name "Gulunmu" was called up again, Gulunmu turned around and shouted "Idiot" contemptuously - it was still enough to amuse the audience. A car of old friends were drinking, smiling and making noise. Although he is still riding a wooden stick, Gulunmu is no longer the Gulunmu of the past; and Ma Xiaojun and his group are actually no longer the young children of the past, and have become idiots in the eyes of a fool.
"Sunny Days" are like a group of marginal groups, and has never been recognized by mainstream society. Growing up in the military compound, riding shiny bicycles every day rushing around the alleys, and there are almost no people around . They grew up alone, unlike street gangsters, they have the pride of children from big yards and the revolutionary ideal of becoming heroes. However, these beautiful yearnings are really difficult to achieve. Just like when he was a child, Ma Xiaojun lay on the windowsill and peeked at the three girls dancing and was broken by stones. Those beautiful yearnings of are often shattered by the outside world.
Movie children grew up in the era of the Cultural Revolution and could not learn substantial knowledge in school. Making wine, making sesame paste, making violin and other homework became compulsory courses for this generation of children. class was destroyed and the books were not recognized after class. They rebelled, but were oppressed, and these oppressions came from the family and society. When the growth environment given by society is bad enough, when children become marginalized groups excluded by society, their desire for success and status becomes stronger during their growth process.
So the group of people at the end of the film returned as a successful person, lengthened Lincoln, suited and tied, and drank to cheer up the fun. There is no shortage of symbols of status. However, all this is just a fool's eye. The life given by the Cultural Revolution is a tragic thing that this generation has to accept and experience; the Cultural Revolution is a pain in the hearts of a generation, including Jiang Wen.
Youth is a memory that cannot be returned, and the Cultural Revolution is a pain that cannot be forgotten. The youth in memory is bright and sunny; when it comes to the present, it is struggling to live under the haze. The pursuit of fame and fortune may not be that important. Forget the past, forget fame and fortune, be an ordinary person, and live an ordinary life; perhaps, in the eyes of a fool, you are still Oppa.
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text | Fat boy
review | Publish forest edit | Ruguo
