At the just-concluded Taiwan 54th Golden Horse Awards Ceremony, a movie won five awards: Best New Director, Best Photography, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Film Music, and Best Original Film Song, becoming the biggest winner.
But before this result was born, few people knew about this movie.
Previously, director Huang Xinyao said that Taiwanese movies were in bad momentum in the past few years and they had to be bored. As a result, this bored thing turned out to be big!
"Big Buddha Plath"
was shortlisted for ten Golden Horse Awards this year, including Best Drama, Best New Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Original Movie Music, etc.,
In fact, before the film was released, it received great attention at the 19th Taipei Film Festival held in July this year. It won a total of five awards, including the highest award "Million First Award" and the best feature film. Become a big winner of the year.
Why did you take this strange name? It is a strong combination of earth and foreign temperament.
Director Huang Xinyao used to film a movie called "The Big Buddha" and was nominated for the Golden Horse Awards for Best Short Film in 2014.
's unique black humor and Taiwanese vitality attracted the director Zhong Menghong , who was the judge at the time. Director Zhong smiled from beginning to end when watching the film, and he felt that it was too creative.
Director Zhong told Director Huang, I'll get you money, let's make this movie bigger and longer !
So, Director Zhong transformed into Zhong producer , and Director Huang changed from documentary director to drama director.
(Zhong Menghong)
As for why it is called "Pras"? When he took the title of the film, Huang Xinyao thought that whether it was called "Chang Buddha" or "Giant Buddha", it felt strange. Later, Ai Crazy 6 launched PLUS version of , so he decided to call it "Great Buddha Plass".
"And there is an English title in the movie, which sounds more international." The reason why director
wants to make this silence here is to emphasize the conflict between the two classes. Look down and you will understand.
The four people on the movie poster, from left to right, are Sakyamuni, tucai, Caipu, and Tudou .
These men with names that are so rustic that they are so poor that they cry like you see.
The boss of Caipu is called Kevin, he is a real and rich man!
Caipu is a band drummer during the day. If anyone has funeral , they will ask them to play and play.
On the night, he worked as a guard in a Buddha statue factory, and his main job was to open the door for his boss Kevin.
He has a friend who recycles resources 未文. Although the two often quarrel, they are actually friends with good relationships.
When Caipu is on night shift, Ducai comes to the guard room to watch TV.
It was raining heavily in the early morning that day, but the TV broke down. The boring belly money instructed Caipu to steal the boss's dash recorder . Maybe there was some indescribable little movie.
Caipu has always been submissive. Although he is reluctant, he still goes under the control of curiosity.
dash recorder starts playing, the lens is a little shaking, but it does not affect the appreciation.
The two saw it...
The boss Kevin, also known as Huang Qiwen, is the head of an art center. He has a good relationship with politics and business, and he likes to drive a luxury car and carry his youthful body around. The whole city is full of his trajectory.
He has a good woman Ms. Ye . He has been with him for many years. He has a hot figure and a charm.
Huang Qiwen has long been tired of her and avoided her.
After knowing that the old lover was flirting with her, Ms. Ye wanted to show off with him.
Commissioner Gao was once a street athlete, climbing all the way to the position of a member of Congress. His temperament remained unchanged back then, and he loved to work under his desk with his female assistant.
Deputy Speaker Liu Sancheng is a politician who values affection and righteousness. He usually gets 40% of the kickbacks, and only 30% of the brothers are left. Therefore, people give me nicknames timely rain, no no, Liu Sancheng !
Never expected that, in addition to the above scenes of lust and collusion between government and business, Caipu and Ducai also saw a shocking and super perfect murder case ...
both panicked, and from then on, they were worried every day, worried that Kevin would kill them...
Why do you want Jiangzi? It’s clear that Lun’s family just wants to watch action movies and listen to the panting. It’s okay if it’s salty, wet and heavy taste, but it’s so big and dry? ?
This film was released in Taiwan for more than a month, and people continue to visit the theater. Because the film is very, very "Taiwan" , it is very in line with the local atmosphere of Taiwan, so they like it.
In the video, the streets of Taiwan are full of 7-11, the noisy opportunities are everywhere, and the shadows of cultural and creative industries are everywhere.
The dialogue of the movie is Minnan . Aunt Wen listens to it, and the whole movie is "Only if you love pia, you will get tooth" .
Director Huang Xinyao was born in a documentary filming. He personally contributed narration and directly talked to the audience with voiceover.
(Director Ah Yaozai)
He has been thinking about it all, and the narrative is almost entirely based on narration. The character's mood and director's thoughts are also solved by narration, and the story is told using the perspective of God .
also has his unique style of bad taste, is both depressing and funny , and many classic lines are spoken through his mouth.
Although it is the space age now, humans can reach the moon on spacecraft, but they cannot see through the universe in everyone's heart.
In the used factory by the sea, Ducai met a fat and greasy middle-aged man. The frustrated person looks at the frustrated person, but no one speaks.
At this time, the narration sounded:
"This person probably didn't expect that the last person he saw in his life would be a garbage pickup."
At the end of the door, Ducai turned around and asked a useless question: "Brother, are there any difficulties?"
narration said in a humble manner:
"Of course there are difficulties, but everyone has difficulties and is already unable to protect themselves. How can we take into account the difficulties of others? " What else can I say? All sentient beings are suffering and cannot save them all. They can only seek more blessings.
All actors are actors with great Taiwanese characteristics.
Zheng Yizeng of Yancaipu is a director. The director's "Holding Ruan's Hand" was shortlisted for the 2012 Golden Horse Awards Best Documentary.
Chen Zhusheng, who plays the role of the tutelage, won the 2012 Taiwan Golden Bell Award for TV Movie Actor Award .
Sakya's actor Zhang Shaohuai is a "second-generation star", his father is Zhang Fei, the variety show king, and his uncle is the young man Fei Yuqing . This lonely temperament and autistic image are completely unaware of stars.
Sakya is a homeless man, and Tucai is his only friend. No one knows where he comes from, and no one knows where he is going. He wandered around all day long and was unhappy, so he went to his beach villa to sit...
Among these little characters, the actor familiar to mainland audiences is Natou , and has participated in variety shows such as "Are you a college student" and "The Biggest Party of the People". His character in the film is called Tudou. When Ducai and Caipu encounter difficulties, he goes to find someone to help.
Ding Guolin, who plays Ms. Ye, is a typical Taiwanese woman. Taiwan is super long--. Professional evil women in TV series, and she often starred in dramas 200 episodes .
(Ms. Ye is waiting for Kevin to come outside the factory gate)
The most "Taiwanese" actor, speaking in Taiwanese dialect, all of them are Taiwanese. Only Taiwanese people understand many jokes. The main content of the
video seems to be a black comedy, but it focuses on the little people at the bottom of Taiwan who are like grass on the land of Taiwan. It reveals the dark side of Taiwanese society. It is ridiculous on the surface, but in fact it is a deep compassion.
Social grading is becoming more and more bilevel, and the rich and poor seem to live in the same Taiwan.
From the perspective of the audience, the life of the poor is black and white image , and the life of the rich is color image seen through the dash recorder.
Director nakedly told the audience that the life of rich people is colorful and confused;
and the life at the bottom has no color at all, struggling on the poverty line.
Director Huang Xinyao said in his narration that the first helplessness of Taiwanese people is that has no money .
Liu Sancheng and Caipu form a sharp contrast, "There are some backgrounds, and we have some leaking roofs."
Deputy Speaker Liu Sancheng received ill-gotten gains from others, and received 40% of the kickbacks, while brothers only received 30% of the money. Very loyal!
Caipu worked diligently and worked two jobs, but he was still poor. It rained heavily, and Caipu's house leaked everywhere, so he couldn't even take the basin, so he had to wait until the sky cleared and blocked it with Liu Sancheng's poster.
video fully demonstrates the sadness of the little people at the bottom of the class who are unable to fight against fate.
When people were young, people were always educated that their efforts would always be rewarded, and as long as they worked hard, they would gain something. However, the solidified gap between the rich and the poor is only helpless.
The second voice of Taiwanese people is that has no background .
Tucai teaches Caipu a lesson through the world: People have a background, what do you have?
Caipu answered him seriously: pineapple, banana, guava.
Tucai and Kevin are also a set of comparisons.
Faced with desire, Ducai can only read magazines and videos to enjoy his eyes and make fun of him.
Kevin just does whatever he wants. Student girls and half-maturity girls are played with by him. They come and go when they are summoned, and kill you if you are ignorant!
The most tragic thing is that Ducai later hanged himself on a stormy night, and this originally innocent person could not prove his innocence.
didn't even have a document photo that could be used as a portrait before his death. In the end, he used the embarrassing image of negative news reports when he was arrested by the police.
And Kevin, he has someone above him, has a background and social influence. Although he was taken to the police station, he was safe and sound and unscathed.
Look, how good is you have money, you can be rich and be kind. So the director wrote on the poster: Let go of poverty and become a Buddha immediately.
Taiwanese people's third helplessness is no feelings .
Caipu is honest and cowardly, but he is very filial to his mother. He has to see his mother even if he has no money and asks the doctor to give her another injection.
Title The scene of him riding an electric bike carrying a mother who was getting a drip was very tear-jerking.
Caipu went to his classmates to sell the scraps he picked up, and he also had to take advantage of others' favors. If he were not a classmate, he would not accept them.
Little people living at the bottom of society are afraid of fate. If fate gives them a little look, they will lose everything and their lives will be zero.
And what about some people? If you have money and background, then someone will have a relationship with you. .
Wake up, only friends in talk about feelings, society talks about market conditions.
If you have a background in money, everyone will tell you about your feelings.
Taiwan Buddhist culture is booming, and everyone is used to saying Amitabha. Even if politicians and businessmen did bad things the day before, they would go to the Bodhisattva to worship and recite scriptures early the next morning.
They held a grand ceremony, worshipped the Buddha devoutly, and begged the Buddha for blessing, as if this could do whatever they wanted with peace of mind.
But it sounds so ironic. They worship the Buddha every day. Do you really know what you worship?
It’s okay, at the end of the film, the director gave the audience a little hope.
At the grand National Protection Dharma Conference, the big Buddha suddenly made a knocking sound in his belly...
Finally, I wish everyone to be a rich person ,
has many emotions ,
and a life of colorful .