How much identity does a person have in this world? In the family, he (she) is children, brothers and sisters, parents, and husband and wife. In society, he (she) has another social identity because he (she) is engaged in various different jobs. In the social environment, he (she) may be a low-level worker, a high-level boss, or a respected knowledge worker such as lawyers, doctors, teachers. Most people's situation in society is that they rely on their hard-working hands to make a living and support their families, ordinary workers. But among the many jobs, there are also some people who have to choose to engage in some more lowly, even unethical and legal means of making a living because of their special circumstances.
At this time, when their social identities and family identities collide with each other, it will cause a dramatic chain reaction. On the one hand, if they do not engage in their current jobs, they will not be able to assume their family status and will not be able to raise children. But when they are engaged in this job, they are abused and despised by society because of their work, and under the influence of various rumors, they will also affect their fulfillment of their family responsibilities. When this situation occurs, when we examine the individual's spiritual situation in all aspects, we will find that they cannot escape the current personal situation. What their work brings to their families is rumors. If they don’t work, the family will be unable to sustain their material life. In the face of survival, they have no way out.
85 years ago, Ruan Lingyu , who was known as the goddess of the Republic of China, starred in a silent film called " Goddess ". This film is the pinnacle of the silent film era in the history of Chinese films. The film is directed by director Wu Yonggang . In the film, Ruan Lingyu plays a street prostitute who relies on betrayal to support her son. Ruan Lingyu plays a woman in the film. Because her husband died, she had to take on the heavy responsibility of raising her son alone. A weak woman, who is in a city with bright lights and wine, has to choose a career on the edge of society in order to satisfy her son's life materially.
The biggest feature of silent film is that it only has images but no dialogue. The necessary dialogue in the film must be presented by subtitles on the screen. In the original silent film era, the soundtrack of the film was presented to the audience in front of the screen through the live soundtrack of the band. This form of expression is very similar to the traditional folk art of my country's shadow puppet . The difference is that shadow puppet has lyrics, while silent movies only have soundtracks. This early film form had particularly high requirements for the actor's body language and facial expressions, especially when interpreting a role with rich emotions and complex situations, it was necessary for the actor to integrate with the character on the screen to unite the soul.
When Ruan Lingyu starred in the film "Goddess", although she was only 24 years old, she had experienced too many human feelings at this time. Ruan Lingyu was born in a lower-class family. Her father died when she was 6 years old, and her mother took her to raise Ruan Lingyu with her meager income from being a servant for wealthy families. It is said that when Ruan Lingyu was still young, her mother also worked as a prostitute for a period of time. Although this fact could not be verified later, these rumors eventually prompted Ruan Lingyu to take over the movie "Goddess". You should know that at this time, Ruan Lingyu had become the queen of the movie at that time. Her status in the history of the Republic of China was second only to butterflies. After starring in the movie "Goddess", Ruan Lingyu swallowed sleeping pills and committed suicide due to various injustices he encountered. The reason why she was willing to participate in "The Goddess" was because this film just reflected Ruan Lingyu's emotional state towards the world at that time.
When Ruan Lingyu was young, her mother hoped that Ruan Lingyu would study to change the fate of the family. In order to allow Ruan Lingyu to enter the school like the children of a rich family, her mother had to beg for her employer.At that time, it was difficult for the employer to understand Ruan’s mother’s approach, and he thought that what was the use of a servant’s daughter studying? The reason given by Ruan’s mother was that she saw that scholars were all rich and frugal, and she also hoped that Ruan Lingyu would let the family live such a life through studying.
Later, Ruan Lingyu entered the famous Chongde Girls' School. Her experience was very similar to the experience of the son of the "street prostitute" she played in the film "Goddess". When he was in the second year of junior high school at Chongde Girls' School, Ruan Lingyu lived with her employer's son, Zhang Damin, who was six years older than her. Later, Zhang Damin became Ruan Lingyu's first husband. Her husband is idle all day long and looks like a young man. Soon Ruan Lingyu got tired of their life. Later, after Ruan Lingyu dropped out of school, she took advantage of a chance to enter the film industry. Soon Ruan Lingyu met the second man in her life Tang Jishan . Tang Jishan is different from Zhang Damin. He is a successful man. Ruan Lingyu met him and thought he found hope in life. But Tang Jishan is a family, and Zhang Damin was unwilling to see Ruan Lingyu leaving her.
At this time, Zhang Damin was unable to go home to inherit his family property because he married Ruan Lingyu, and was in a state of embarrassment. Ruan Lingyu had become a well-known movie star at that time, so Zhang Damin threatened Ruan Lingyu to pay her living expenses by exposing Ruan Lingyu's private life. On the other hand, Tang Jishan's wife discovered the relationship between him and Ruan Lingyu, and also provided information to the newspaper, creating pressure on Ruan Lingyu through public opinion. You should know that the Chinese society at that time was still very conservative. Although it was in the film industry, many people had no experience in suffering such public opinion. When starring in the movie "Goddess", Ruan Lingyu was in the whirlpool of public opinion. Her ex-husband extorted her living expenses by slandering her reputation. Her current husband was also hot and cold towards her, and public opinion gave her an indecisive insult.
Ruan Lingyu's environment at that time was very similar to the social situation in which she played the role in "The Goddess". In order to support her son, the "street prostitute" she plays in the film, has to do a low job. She takes care of her son during the day and entrusts her child to her neighbors to work at night. Because of a coincidence, she is entangled by a gangster who threatens her son and takes away her hard-earned money to gamble. The image of this hooligan is very similar to her first husband, Zhang Damin, who does nothing all day and relies on threatening women to live a life. When playing against this hooligan, Ruan Lingyu showed several different states of a fairy woman with just a few expressions.
And the biggest highlight of this film is that although Ruan Lingyu plays a "street prostitute" who is a fair woman, she is very motivated. Because her son has a very beautiful vision for the future, she "works hard" to make money just for her son to have a bright future. She is not worried about her reputation, she even spares no effort to save her life, but she wants to be a qualified mother. If a person cannot even take care of his own children, how can she talk about her sense of responsibility to society? But it was her social identity that conflicted with her mother's identity. Because of her identity, under the pressure of public opinion, the school refused to continue her son's study. At this time, she had to choose to leave the current environment, but when she was about to leave, she found that all her money was taken away by the hooligan who threatened her.
Under the oppression of society, she could no longer bear it and killed the hooligan and was sentenced by the court. At this moment, her motherhood and her social identity completed a great conflict. In this conflict, the director focused on expressing the helplessness of this mother, the ruthlessness of the world, and the resistance power of this mother for her son. In this film, Ruan Lingyu uses a silent performance, just through body language, facial expressions, and every frown and smile to interpret the greatness of a mother. Ruan Lingyu's acting skills and temperament are well controlled by the role of this ill-fated mother.The reason why she achieved such an achievement was that in addition to Ruan Lingyu's careful study of films from various countries, her own twists and turns in life, also provided her with rich performance materials. All of these have made Ruan Lingyu a generation of film queens with beauty and acting skills. Even from today's perspective, Ruan Lingyu's performance in this film still has a considerable artistic level, and it took Ruan Lingyu less than 10 years to achieve such a high achievement, which shows Ruan Lingyu's talent and hard work.
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