Announcement
- Hello, everybody ~
Welcome to my AND! I am a simple girl, I only joined AND because Daniel Wu ~ He is my favorite movie actor!
If you want to ask what is my favorite movie. My answer is all of Daniel's film! ~
My blog More entries >
-
第三十六个故事
Saturday, Aug 7, 2010 12:11PM / Members only
如果是你，你会选择赔钱，还是海芋？
如果可以选择，你会把学费拿来念书，还是环游世界？
在你心里面，最有价值的事情是什么？
在台北的街头，路人形形色色的答案里，是否也有你的选择呢？
不知道问什么，就是喜欢这种平平淡淡，轻轻柔柔的故事，甚至没有所谓的“戏剧性”，不必纠结，不必费神，更不必流泪，都是再简单不过的生活，经历或是没有经历的，偶尔让你有些领悟，思考，偶尔像是有共鸣般的会心一笑，听着灵动舒缓的音乐，觉得浑身上下每个毛孔都舒展呼吸开来，那么的舒服。
记忆苏醒，故事该从何说起？在这样的城市里，你有没有什么故事想与我交换？也许悲伤，也许快乐，也许痛楚，都没有关系，发生在城市里的故事，还有很多，很多...
只要你愿意，有一天，别人故事里的主角，可能就是你自己。
294 views Share 
-
The Last Emperor
Saturday, Jul 31, 2010 9:16PM / Members only
The life story of Pu Yi, who ascended the throne of China at the age of three, and was eventually deposed, is told in flashback during his detention and "reeducation" at a prison camp in the 1950s.
In this story Bertolucci found both a match for his political and humanist concerns, and an outlet for his desire to work on an epic scale. His recreation of the Forbidden City, with its archaic pageantry and poisonous insulation, is awesome in its meticulous detail, and its flow of imagery and color. The bright reds in the scenes of childhood form a meaningful contrast with the drab grays and blues of the scenes in the prison.
More important than the film's formal techniques, however, is its use of the epic form to portray an unusual vantage point on modern history. Pu Yi represents the ancient ways, the heirarchy that had ruled for centuries, but which was already on the way out at the time of his birth. He thus stands at an ironic crossroads, a figure stuck in the past through no choice of his own, literally imprisoned by his own rule as emperor, and - despite an urge to escape to the outer world - mentally imprisoned as well. The emperor is really a pawn, and later, by his own tragic choice, he becomes a puppet of the Japanese. The film thus displays the spectacle of modern history from the point of view of a supposed leader, which is in fact the point of view of an almost passive observer swept along by the tide, just as millions of victims were swept along by the murderous forces let loose in that deadly 20th century. The personal story of Pu Yi, emperor, reflects the pathos of an agonized, powerless witness.
John Lone plays the adult Pu Yi with a fragile, tentative sort of dignity. We can see the young man struggling to maintain the pretence of power even to himself. The later scenes in Manchuria, when he has fooled himself into reprising the role of emperor with Japanese support, are heartbreaking. Slowly it dawns on him that he has chosen complete ruin for his lot. In the role of the empress, Joan Chen expertly portrays the transformation from loving hearted girl to bitterly disillusioned woman. Peter O'Toole lends his arch, amusing English manner to the role of the Emperor's tutor Johnson. His performance is hypnotic, which is not all to the good, actually, since he tends to overwhelm the other actors.
Success sometimes has a way of inspiring scepticism. The Last Emperor ended up winning nine Academy Awards, including best picture and director, and one of the unexpected results of this is that the film gained the stuffy aura of respectability. More than one critic has complained that the title character is too passive, as if that wasn't exactly the point. Admittedly, Bertolucci is missing a certain something - I am tempted to call it "soul" for lack of a better word - that would deepen his film and allow the elements to cohere in a way that really strikes to the heart of the viewer. But rather than wish that the director had genius in addition to talent, I choose to appreciate what he did attain - a remarkable portrait of the world from the point of view of greatness grown ineffectual. In a sly sort of way, the film knows that the individual nowadays, faced with the nightmare of history, would most likely wish for the same thing as the emperor turned humble gardener - to be left in peace.
The last emperor,Puyi,was meant to be lonely.
When he was a little boy,he was much happier,i guess.He didn't know what kind of situation he would probably face.He can be naughty,people will tolerate,because he was the emperor.
He was born rich,the royal family made him an honorable person.However,it cannot resist the tendency of reforming.It cannot prevent him from being a victim of feudalism.
During his teenage year,he learned some advanced knowledge,he wanted to change the situation in China,but as i said before,he was a victim of feudalism,his mind was kinda narrow,he wanted to change,but he was not capable of doing it.
I felt sorry for Puyi,if he could have been born in an era that the feudalism is the main stream,he could have been just an emperor,his life wouldn't been so miserable.He would have not been a puppet of "manchuria".
The whole movie caused us to contemplate,the director used some motage to make the whole movie coherent.The music in the movie was spectacular,i still the melody.It is amazing that an eastern director can create this kind of masterpiece.
The movie is worth watching.I guess we can all learn something from it.
Here are some stills
297 views Share
