The most striking thing about this film is that two words-dream and illusion-belong to two owners.
Baku Yumemakura's Tang Legend
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The film is adapted from the Ghost Banquet of the Tang Dynasty in the Empty Sea by Japanese fantasy novelist Baku Yumemakura. During the reign of Tang Dezong, a demon cat caused trouble in Chang 'an, which led to a mystery 30 years ago, and then the mage and poet were involved in a court case.
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Baku Yumemakura once said, "Words are the machine of dreams". Konghai, who has the supreme secret method, is the founder of the "Truth School", and they all know the power of words.
The empty sea is like body double in Baku Yumemakura, and Baku Yumemakura is like the reincarnation of the empty sea. It took Baku Yumemakura seventeen years to complete his dream of the Tang Dynasty-the ghost banquet of the Tang Dynasty in the empty sea of Shamen. This is the story of the Tang Dynasty written by him. Seventeen years of "obsession" has finally come to fruition!
Chen Kaige's Song of Eternal Sorrow
The prosperous Tang Dynasty, which originally stayed in the history books, had all the prosperity, grandeur, charm and charm you could or could not imagine. Chen Kaige spent six years choosing a site to build a city and plant trees, just to reproduce the features of Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty on the screen. Every brick, tile, pavilion and tree has its origin. After watching the movie, you will feel that the Tang Dynasty is back! Isn't this the most wonderful illusion?
The image of the prosperous Tang Dynasty constructed by Chen Kaige is extremely magnificent and difficult to surpass. How extreme is it? Baku Yumemakura, the original author of The Legend of the Demon Cat, cried when he saw this secular Chang 'an.
"How many six years are there in life?" Chen Kaige himself sighed. In these six years, he finished his own Song of Eternal Sorrow.
Let's take a look at seven moments in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
1 Autumn in the eyes of Tang Dynasty scenery
After the exciting beginning, the rhythm slowed down. Poets and wizards row leisurely on the river, shuttle between streets and restaurants, and blend in with the blood of the times in the deepest alleys. Now it's all Tang poetry!
"Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty had millions of residents and hundreds of conference semifinals. Envoys, monks and businessmen from all over the world gathered here. Night market, geisha actresses, flower buds, Luo shirts, endless stream. The city gate, the magnificent scene, the exquisite and gorgeous sidewalk are lively and not crowded. You can't think of a better and more magnificent time, plus the magical colors and light and shadow that run through the whole film.
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If the extravagant and exaggerated feast of bliss is more like a mirage, the vivid Tang Dynasty is close at hand. It's really wonderful, which is exactly what the audience wants to see!
2. The sky rises and falls in an instant-empty sea and dreamland.
Witchcraft prevailed in ancient times, especially in the Tang Dynasty. Just open some unofficial history, you can see all kinds of magical stories. Magic originated in the Western Regions. Many Buddhist masters, such as Kumarajiva, can fry embroidery needles with daggers. When you pass on your faith, how can you convince the public without magic means?
The air sea in history is very good at this. He is the founder of Shinrikyo in Japan and the originator of all kinds of "speaking spirit" in animation. Shta some tani also well interprets the temperament of an empty sea monk, who sees through everything calmly and firmly. Calm eyes, serene expression, calm and wise words. This role is really amazing.
Guaweng used magic to make watermelon, which Bai Juyi thought was true, but Konghai told him was false. The watermelon that Guaweng gave them turned into a fish head on the road. When Bai Juyi was about to throw it away, the fish head turned into a rotten melon.
The demon cat used magic to attach three people's bodies, which is also "there is truth in magic"
The Yellow Crane performed an autopsy with magic, which can hold your breath and preserve the immortal face, but it can't save the life of the imperial concubine.
Li Longji's cowardly and cruel fantasy is full of true love for Yang Yuhuan, but also full of selfish lies.
Isn't the bliss feast of waves and clouds a grand illusion?
"A world full of illusions, that is, a world where truth and lies are intertwined. The truth is always so ugly, and the illusion is always so beautiful.
Captain Iron couldn't help thinking that magic was good. If he can fool himself, isn't life very happy?
Three hundred poems of Li Bai's fighting for wine
Just as there is no Renaissance without Da Vinci, there is no qualification to be called Tang Dynasty without Li Bai. Yang Guifei's Looking Back is the smile of Mona Lisa in China. Li Bai is the name card of the Tang Dynasty, and Yang Yuhuan is a peerless beauty. In the most glorious dynasty, there must be beautiful women blooming in the crazy night of bliss. Li Bai fixed this painting as eternity as the last swan song in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
The newly played Li Bai, whose appearance time is only 10 minutes, is the most profound performance.
Li Bai, already in a state of madness and drunkenness, was carried out by Gao Lishi. However, he had an epiphany and sang loudly: "Clouds need clothes, flowers need capacity", and the screen lit up. There is madness in the voice and longing in the eyes. This poem describes the indescribable beauty in this world. This is the magic of words, and this is the greatest "speaking spirit"!
"Two short poems, a shot, love, pity, desolation and madness are all in it. The poet Li Bai and his poems are integrated, and the whole banquet is his aura. Captain Tie's favorite scene is that Li Bai wrote a poem with a wave of his hand and threw the pen into the wine pool. Draw a handsome curve and fall asleep. What is poured out is the pen, and what is abandoned is the world of mortals; It is Li Bai who is asleep, and ordinary people are awake. " Saint Zhuangzi daydreaming, butterfly bewitched ",which is true and which is unreal?
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However, Captain Tie thinks the only fly in the ointment is that Gao Lishi. Not all eunuchs are like slaves in the Qing Dynasty. A slave on his knees cannot show the greatness of his master. A wretched Gao Lishi can't foil Li Bai's absolute beauty. In real history, Gao Lishi and Li Bai have a good relationship.
Gao Lishi imagined by Captain Tie should be a sophisticated and intelligent person. Li Bai is sharp-edged and bohemian; Gao Lishi, on the other hand, is calm, smooth and decent. This is a high-level answer.
Her robe is made of clouds and her face is made of flowers.
"In the movie, Yang Yuhuan's appearance seems to be blurred and becomes a symbol of the splendor and prosperity of this dynasty. She swings around in the imperial city for ten thousand people to enjoy, and her fluttering dress is as proud as the flying goddess in Dunhuang. At the feast of bliss, she wore a dress and smiled, which was a stunning "cloud wants clothes and flowers to look good".
"But Yang Yuhuan, just a label of power, is only a fantasy of beauty in the prosperous times. Whether it is love or life, it is not for you to decide.
Chen Kaige's Yang Yuhuan lens is beautiful and pure, even transparent.
"When the white crane teenagers were jealous of her, Yang Yuhuan just kindly said to them," I was brought up in other people's parents, which reminds me of how good others are to me bit by bit. She is not the kind of goddess who doesn't eat human fireworks, but a beautiful and kind angel who lives on earth.
"In the face of such tenderness and beauty, what kind of power will not collapse? What kind of reserve won't melt? What kind of man won't bow to her skirt? Two white crane teenagers have been fighting for this for 30 years.
5 splashing water dancing Hu Xuan-Tang Xuanzong and An Lushan
Hu, Hu. The heart should be a chord and the hand should be a drum. Double Sleeves and String Drum —— Bai Juyi's Hu Xuannv
Hu Lian's Hu Xuan dance is really great! However, as a dancer, Crystal encountered difficulties in filming this part. The glittering golden dance skirt looks light, but it weighs ten pounds. Crystal should not only practice dancing, but also do weight training, which is really worthy of recognition and great praise!
When Xuanzong and An Lushan are about to appear in the bliss feast, Captain Tie can't help but get excited. Why? An Lushan is good at dancing.
Please, you're crazy. Don't! Mark Twain said: "The truth of the matter is often stranger than a novel."
There is a poem to prove it: "There is a mountain in the middle, which is so true that the two of them are the best fooling around." -Bai Juyi's Hu Xuannv
As we all know, Tang Xuanzong was good at melody and was considered as the originator of the pear garden.
Xuanzong himself likes playing Jie drum best. It is said that the broken drum hammer has three cabinets. Every time you beat a drum, you should "have your head like a green mountain peak and your hands like white raindrops." It's so high. And his favorite An Lushan is especially good at Hu Xuan. An Lushan himself is said to be more than 300 Jin tall and chubby. But once you dance, "before Xuanzong, Hu Xuan danced as fast as the wind." -"Old Tang Book". Biography of An Lushan
"In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the folk customs were tough, and men often did key dances to show their glory, and they didn't like small fresh meat. Hu Xuan dance should not only rotate fast, but also have clear rhythm and light movements. An Lushan, a big fat man, can jump like this, which is absolutely shocking. For Xuanzong, who loves melody and is good at playing Jiegu, it is more interesting to know the taste.
Might as well make up for it: An Lushan's movements are vigorous, his steps are light, and he rotates like the wind. Xuanzong has long hair, his head is like a breeze and his hands are like raindrops. Long hair is fluttering, and the expression on her face is infatuated. Such a crazy feast of bliss, that is the climax!
I didn't see An Lushan's Hu Xuan dance, but it became a belly dance to kill pigs and fat people. I'm speechless. Director Chen Kaige wants to make further progress here!
Upload a short piece of modern Hu Xuan dance to make up for it. If An Lushan dances, it should be this tune.
Looking back, a smile is beautiful.
Bai Juyi, the protagonist, is full of literary talent and crazy about poetry, but he admires Li Bai, envies him for living in the heyday of this country's meteorology and envies his excellent poems; He yearned for Yang Yuhuan in Li Bai's poems and the prosperity of Xuanzong in Tang Dynasty.
"Bai Juyi is young, aloof and slightly neurotic. Speaking of Li Bai and Yang Yuhuan, his face is full of unabashed admiration and intoxication, and the brilliance in his eyes can penetrate people's hearts.
"Chen Kaige is Bai Juyi in the movie, and they also yearn for the prosperous atmosphere of Li Tang Dynasty poetry and that extraordinary era." How many times have I dreamed that I was living in the Xuanzong era? "-He expressed his feelings as a contemporary literati through Bai Juyi's mouth.
Huang Xuan perfectly interpreted Bai Juyi's madness.
So did Bai Juyi surpass Li Bai? I don't know. But Captain Tie knows that Bai Juyi is also paying tribute to Li Bai with his Song of Eternal Sorrow!
In addition to the well-known three qingping tunes of "clouds need clothes, flowers need capacity", Li Bai also has a little-known qingping tune. But it is also a world masterpiece, and Bai Juyi is also intoxicated.
Qingpingle Li Bai
It is forbidden to explore the golden window in autumn night. Yuping Yuanyang sprayed with musk deer, and when it fell, it was fragrant with silver lights.
The female companion sleeps alone, and Luo Qi in the Sixth Hospital is 3,000. I don't know who to teach.
Magical words are like a clear spring, which flows slowly from the pen end of the great poet to our hearts. It washes away the vulgarity and desire in the world, and is the purest beauty, which sustains our ideals and nourishes our souls. If there is a God in the world, it will certainly enjoy the fragrance of this poem like us mortals, marvel at this beautiful moment and linger in this eternal moment.
A crane flies in a clear sky of 70,000 Li —— Black cat and obsession
Black cats are the embodiment of obsession.
"Later generations only know that Yang Yuhuan died in Maweipo, but they don't know the truth of beauty's death. The trouble with the demon cat is to settle old scores with the previous dynasty. What is the debt it seeks? What happened to Yang Yuhuan's death? This deep mystery runs through the whole movie.
"Bai Juyi and the Japanese monk Konghai's investigation team parted the fog layer by layer with their own obsession.
Finally, everyone's obsession was dispelled, Bai Juyi got the love in the poem, Konghai got his way, and the black cat put down the debt in his heart. Finally, the black cat disappeared, leaving only a white crane soaring, vaguely the high-spirited teenager.
It is the poet Bai Juyi's obsession to pursue the truth of Yang Guifei's love and write the Song of Eternal Sorrow. The Millennium Tang Dou reborn in the precipitation of time is the obsession of director Chen Kaige. Chen Kaige devoted his obsession and longing to the story of the demon cat, and also achieved the magic peak of China's films.
"That dream about the Tang Dynasty, about beauty, about poetry, it's time to go through it completely in the movie."
Finally, everyone asked themselves seriously: Have you found the secret that is no longer painful?