In 1980s, the domestic satirical comedy Death and Life was the originator of modern drama.

When it comes to "nonsense" comedy, people always equate this word with Stephen Chow. In fact, nonsense is a cultural phenomenon. Simply put, telling the truth is nonsense, nonsense. This funny way is not unique to Stephen Chow. In fact, many comedy movies use this funny way, but it was not called that way in those days. Looking back now, I find that the names are different, but the forms are the same.

1987, Beijing Film Studio filmed a comedy film "Field of Life and Death", which is unique even from today's perspective.

First of all, although the film is a comedy, it is very ironic, which can almost be said to be a modern version of the "official appearance."

Secondly, the shooting technique is novel and the narration is designed. Although the narration voiced by Li Yang is redundant in some bridges, it can disturb the plot in some places, and his sharp remarks are quite secondary. Moreover, the film put the title at the end, which I saw once.

Finally, the lines of the film are very unique, and the lines of the whole film are everywhere, and even golden sentences are frequent. Both the language and the ending of the story are very consistent with the characteristics of nonsense.

First, the plot outline

Li Qingyuan (Fang Zige) is the chief engineer of a solar energy equipment company in a certain city. He was promoted to vice mayor, but he doesn't want to be an administrative cadre. On the day of the appointment, he even forgot about it and went to other places by train to ask his classmates technical questions.

At the railway station, Li Qingyuan met the reporter Yan Fang (Chen Xiaoyi). Yan Fang is not only the daughter of Mayor Gu, but also an admirer. She wrote a passionate letter to Li Qingyuan.

Li Qingyuan, who didn't want to provoke Yanfang, hid on the train to avoid Yanfang's pursuit, but the "profiteer" who looked after the luggage moved his mind and stole Li Qingyuan's clothes and suitcase.

Under the investigation of the police, "Dao Ye" jumped out of the car and died unfortunately. Even his head was hit by a train, leaving only a body and Li Qingyuan's suitcase.

Yan Fang mistakenly thought that the deceased was Li Qingyuan, and quickly sent a telegram to the unit in Li Qingyuan.

When Li Qingyuan and Yan Fang hid cats and dogs on the train, his home changed dramatically. The Housing Authority moved his home from a temporary building to a six-bedroom, two-bedroom Gao Qian building.

The Cultural Bureau symbolically gave Li Qingyuan a set of high-grade sofas and a piano as gifts for his new home.

At the same time, Li Qingyuan's daughter was invited to join the City Song Song and Dance Troupe, which repeatedly failed in the list, and the city acrobatic troupe also participated in the competition.

Li Qingyuan's Lover (Zhan) is an ordinary drama actor, and was appointed as the deputy head of the drama troupe by the Cultural Bureau.

However, when Yan Fang's telegram arrived, the city sent people to the scene to identify the body, and still recognized the thief as Li Qingyuan from the clothes and luggage. After the city held a memorial service for Li Qingyuan, everything changed.

After discussion, the post of deputy mayor of Li Qingyuan was held by other comrades. The Housing Authority wanted to reclaim the newly allocated house, and the City Song and Dance Troupe and Acrobatic Troupe avoided the work of Li Qingyuan's daughter. The Cultural Bureau also asked Li Qingyuan's lovers to buy pianos and sofas at market prices and take them away free of charge.

Unexpectedly, Li Qingyuan solved the technical problems in the field, and was willing to accept the position of deputy mayor at the suggestion of his old classmates. He burned the midnight oil and returned to his hometown.

When Li Qingyuan came back, everything went wrong again. After the farce of being treated as a ghost, everyone finally knew that Li Qingyuan was not dead.

However, the candidate for vice mayor has been selected, and Li Qingyuan's position has become a hot potato. Finally, after heated discussion, his job is not an old professional solar chief engineer, nor a deputy mayor, but a women's Federation!

Second, the irony is too strong.

Judging from the main line of the plot, "coming back from the dead" is a simple human scene, which is a routine with the section of "pretending to die peacefully" in I Love My Family. However, this film also contains a lot of realistic satire and thinking.

A very important topic in the film is the treatment of intellectuals, which is also the epitome of the phenomenon that "selling tea eggs is not as good as studying missiles". It is repeatedly mentioned in the film that intellectuals are not valued, which leads everyone to find jobs in administrative positions.

For example, Li Qingyuan, who is also an engineer, has a very realistic comment: when he becomes an official, his salary will go up, but if he doesn't do well, his salary will not come down. There is another sentence that impressed me deeply: Xuantong was an emperor at the age of three, and what happened to being a deputy mayor at our age?

At Li Qingyuan's memorial service, people who care about the position of vice mayor started all kinds of contacts early. Li Yang's narration is sharp: "The memorial service is invisible to the dead, but for the living."

The mayor organized three meetings, one was a memorial service, the other was a vice mayor's meeting, and the other was Li Qingyuan's new job meeting. After three meetings, some officials were inconsistent and even the mayor was speechless. These three meetings can be called three important nodes in the film. In particular, the last meeting put Li Qingyuan in charge of the achievements of the Women's Federation, which is a model of black humor and nonsense.

Black cannon incident and Resurrection from the Dead, like some other films of the same period, are sharp in irony and bold in language, and are classic satirical works in the history of China films.

Third, all kinds of golden sentences continue.

Irony aside, Death is also a real comedy in terms of content. Its comedy is not funny, but is completed with various golden sentences, which is quite similar to the popular comedy style in recent years, and the spit in Death is also nonsense.

On the train in Li Qingyuan, it is necessary to have a dialogue between two lovers:

M: My feelings are single-minded and will never change.

W: What can I prove?

M: I once loved a female classmate, but there was no one else in my heart. I haven't spoken to her since I met you.

I believe that many viewers who have seen the game of throwing hats with children will be impressed. This is a classic joke. The children threw their hats out of the window: now it's your turn to whistle.

Dialogue between Li Qingyuan and the bread vendor;

Vendor: The price of bread has gone up. I spent 10 cents yesterday and 20 cents today.

Li Qingyuan: Then I'll buy yesterday's bread.

Vendor: Then you have to buy it yesterday.

Dialogue between Li Qingyuan and the hotel clerk;

Shop assistant: 20 yuan, the first floor, the second floor 15 and the third floor 10 of our hotel.

Li Qingyuan: I wish you could be a few stories taller. I only have two cents left.

This warning sign of high voltage electricity has quite a nonsense style.

Dialogue between Li Qingyuan and the hotel manager;

Manager: We sell a glass of wine at the same price as a bottle of wine.

Li Qingyuan: So if I eat a piece of beef, will it cost me a cow?

Uninformed Li Qingyuan's lover and the director of the Housing Authority called to repair the doorbell. At this time, the director of the Housing Authority already knew the "death" of Li Qingyuan.

Li Qingyuan's lover: Why don't you fix the doorbell?

Secretary: I went six or seven times yesterday, but no one rang the doorbell.

Li Qingyuan's lover: The doorbell is broken.

Li Qingyuan's lover went to the funeral home to recognize the body, and the weeping pear flower brought rain, accompanied by the wife of the director of the Cultural Bureau.

Madam director: Lao Fang, don't cry. I'll find you another good one another day.

Li Qingyuan's lover: Huh?

There is also a dumbfounding Liu Shuji of the municipal government in the film. His mouth is full of all kinds of new words in the fog cover, which makes everyone completely confused. At the scene of the body identification, his wonderful judgment is as follows:

Policeman: Why did he kill himself?

Secretary Liu: I'm afraid his psychological plate has become cancerous, and the rhythm of visual melody is changeable, resulting in a sense of superego.

Policeman: What is he saying?

Colleague: Oh, what he said was a brainwave.

Secretary Liu: Oh, no, no, this is the hazy feedback of his three-dimensional thinking, which leads to the dynamic flying of the entity.

Policeman: Hey, when I say comrade, please say something in vernacular.

Secretary Liu: Oh, good, good, you see, I mean that his deep structure is old and his body is festering, which means that the deceased has found the safest new fulcrum in the new coordinate system of life, thus achieving a new balance between soul and body, that's all.

Wait, "Back from the Dead" is full of all kinds of jokes and spit. Although it is not hilarious, considering the core of its satire, these comic elements are quite good.

Of course, this movie is not without funny scenes. Cultural director Jin Bo and his young wife took on the funniest scenes in the film, especially after Li Qingyuan came back. They think that the performance of panic and guilt when encountering ghosts is the best bridge in the film, even the light yellow lens that was popular that year.

One of the features of Back from the Dead is Li Yang's narration. He is sandwiched between the Monkey King and Donald Duck, so his unique "duck" voice can be heard in many TV dramas and cartoons.

Many netizens think that Li Yang's narration is a bit verbose and noisy, but if you change the word, it is not called narration, but "barrage", does it feel a lot of moments?