Film Review of Hundred Birds of the Phoenix Club

Film criticism is film criticism, which is to analyze and comment on the director, actors, lens, photography, plot, clues, environment, color, light, audio-visual language, props, transitions and editing of a film. The following is my collection of film reviews of "A Hundred Birds at the Phoenix". I hope you like it.

The film review 1 of "A Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix" is becoming more and more popular in movies because of its cool special effects and star faces. Thinking and caring about culture is becoming more and more unpopular in movies. This phenomenon is the product of people's impetuousness under the market economy, and it is also the sorrow of China's films.

There are always some directors who still stick to their original intention and make movies seriously, which is tearful, joyful and grateful. A Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix is such a film with profound humanistic care.

Suona plays an important role in China. Weddings, funerals and weddings are inseparable from it. Suona has experienced the prosperity of "a hundred birds pay homage to the phoenix". At that time, it was not only suona, but all "craftsmen" would receive special respect for mastering a craft. In its heyday, suona craftsmen sat in plush chairs and knelt in front of their dutiful sons and grandchildren. The number of people and songs played-four, eight, and a hundred birds flying at the phoenix-show the moral quality and ostentation of the deceased. A hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix is the highest evaluation of the morality of the deceased, and it is also the highest evaluation of the morality and skills of the suona craftsman. Only the disciples with noble morality and superb skills can get the true biography of the master and learn this song. Therefore, people in the village are proud of learning to play the suona, and even more proud of being able to play a hundred birds on the Phoenix Tower.

The villagers' admiration for the suona hand and the rigor of the suona craftsman apprentice all make the suona skills look up. Tian Ming was in such an era when he was a child. However, the good times did not last long. With the dissolution of Jiao Jiaban and the establishment of You Jiaban, the society is also changing quietly. The influx of western musical instruments and the alternating performances of singing and dancing attract attention. Whether because of curiosity or persistent attraction, the skill of suona has really changed from being left out in the cold to being ignored.

The indifference of outsiders and the difficulty of suona craftsmen's own support for their families have made the traditional skill of suona decline mercilessly.

The hero Jiao Heyou's persistence and rescue of suona culture is admirable and deplorable! Suona has been unable to support the family, but has become a burden to delay making money, and suona craftsmen have also found their own way out. Jiao, one by one, invited craftsmen, but could not save the decline. It is not easy for eight people to assemble "eight sets", and all efforts may not be effective, but the craftsman's own persistence and the simple "craftsman spirit" that "the master's master" can't be passed down support this skill.

However, it is an inevitable truth to flourish and decline, and it is even more tragic to persist knowing that it is impossible. The last song "A Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix" is also the last elegy of Suona craftsmen. The word "drink" behind it is not only a memorial to the deceased, but also a memorial to this skill by suona craftsmen. When all the music is dull, only the suona and groans are left, eight suona craftsmen are integrated with the switch place of Qinchuan in 800 miles, and the solemn yellow land plays a beautiful echo of suona's sorrow. Think about it carefully, this elegy is the last insistence of the craftsman. Isn't it Suona who is calling for "saving this skill"?

You is a representative of a group of persistent people who used to learn from the teacher and learn the glory of the highest song, but now no one cares about skills, especially remembering the oath he made in front of the teacher. Yes, the appearance of the director of the Cultural Bureau gave people a glimmer of hope. Can such traditional skills really continue by people's attention to "intangible cultural heritage"? The master's last words, the hardships of inviting suona craftsmen to play the last song one by one, and finally, the "Hundred Birds in the Phoenix" that he blew alone in front of the master's grave made people cry. Playing alone seems to mean that no one is insisting, and it also means that someone is still insisting, even if it is just one person.

What he insists on is not only the skill of suona, but also the persistence and inheritance of traditional culture and the protection of the essence of Chinese culture.

However, inheritance has never been a matter for one person or several people. Traditional skills and culture can be maintained not by the enthusiasm of craftsmen, but also by the cultural identity and persistence of each of us. This is what the director left for the audience. How to inherit these endangered cultures is worth pondering.

Some people say that the narrative technique of the film is more traditional, and there are not many bright spots in editing. Yes, as a "root-seeking" film, it is rooted in the simple yellow land, and the characters are also simple rural characters. Imagine if ordinary people in the sixties were dressed in Lady gaga's clothes today, would it become a joke? Is it abrupt and unacceptable to paint the Great Wall and Dunhuang murals with bright colors? So is the movie. The narrative of the film ultimately serves the story, and the narrative technique can complement the unity of the story and the characters. From this perspective, people who emphasize narrative techniques are the kind of people who pursue cool stunts mentioned at the beginning of this article. Such movies are not for these people, so there is no need to discuss this point again.

On the contrary, the fresh and beautiful reeds and rice fields in the film constitute fresh and natural ink paintings. This China element is pleasing to the eye, and it is also a cultural symbol, which is a hint for the director to promote traditional culture. The dialogue full of life in the film is full of feelings, and the simple nostalgia is also memorable. Whether you are born after 80 or 90, those familiar scenes will bring back full memories.

In the end, the decline of suona after its prosperity was a bit hasty and turned too fast. However, the treatment of the disadvantages of modern culture (Tian Ming found a brother, and all the brothers were sick and injured by the disadvantages of modern civilization to varying degrees) is a bit thin, but the shortcomings are not concealed. A good movie is successful if it conveys what it wants to convey to the audience. In any case, the care of this team's traditional culture deserves respect.

Finally, the name "Tian Ming" in the play is also a portrayal of director Wu himself.

The Dark Green Sunset, written by China's movie master-level director Wu, will be officially released tomorrow, facing the Hollywood superhero blockbuster Captain America. At last night's premiere, great directors, filmmakers, cultural celebrities and government officials, including world-class movie master Zhang Yimou and martin scorsese, all gave full hope and expectation to the performance of the film. And "A Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix" seems to be another touchstone to test China's movie conscience, but no matter how the box office performance is, "A Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix" is still commendable in the plot.

As a theme film focusing on the cultural tradition of suona and passing it on, the plot of "A Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix" is not boring, but it is full of dramatic conflicts and emotional tension, and even pokes tears in many places, which makes people burst into tears. In fact, this kind of film is very sleepy and boring. Wu Ze, who has strong local feelings, starts with solid feelings, depicts the feelings of master and apprentice, father and son, and brotherhood delicately and sincerely, takes the inheritance and promotion of traditional cultural carrier suona as the main axis, takes suona as a solid and rich link, firmly links the simple feelings between two generations of rough masters, and presents a unique folk customs on the loess plateau in northwest China for the audience.

Director Wu is the epitome of the fourth generation of film directors in China. His films "Life Trembling", "Life", "Old Well" and "River Without Navigation" recorded the most folk and simple sincere feelings of the people of China. These films were seen in the open-air cinema in the early days, and later enjoyed in video halls, movie channels and modern cinemas. It can be said that although the number of these works directed by Wu is small, they are almost all excellent works, which not only won numerous awards internationally, but also won soft prizes at home. Zhang Yimou and other great filmmakers have been excavated. Director Wu's works have spanned more than 30 years, which is exactly the more than 30 years when a hundred schools of thought contend and a hundred flowers blossom in China. Today, China's films have stepped into the ranks of world powers. Unfortunately, director Wu has set sail in the west, so he has no luck to see them with his own eyes. However, it is quite gratifying that his last film, A Hundred Birds in the Phoenix, was finally released and met the audience. Regardless of the box office geometry, this well-received and vivid word-of-mouth masterpiece will definitely comfort the soul of Director Wu.

A Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix inherits the delicate narrative style of Director Wu. This film, like Old Well and Life, has a strong yellow land flavor. In the bursts of love from traditional culture, I feel the simplicity, enthusiasm, heroism and heroism of the northwest folk customs. Although the film is about the inheritance and development of suona culture, it is actually about the true love between people, the true feelings between people and suona, and the sincere feelings between people and the countryside and the earth. Director Wu accurately captures the subtle relationship between people and suona with sharp lens language, so it can naturally ignite the emotions of the audience, activate emotions and stimulate psychological vibration.

"A Hundred Birds in the Phoenix" depicts people with suona, society with people, organically integrates the fate of suona, people and society, and shows the conflict between social development and people's fate and suona culture with a small perspective. Therefore, the film constructs several wonderful groups of contradictions and conflicts, and it is through the three-dimensional presentation of these groups of contradictions and conflicts that the audience can truly realize the urgency and reality of the inheritance and promotion of suona culture.

Actually, it's more than suona. There are many precious intangible cultural heritages like suona in China that need our protection. Perhaps, this is not everyone's responsibility, but there are always people doing and insisting on these things, just like the suona master and apprentice in the movie. Just like director Wu Do not forget your initiative mind, the local accent remains unchanged. I think, as an audience, what we can do is to go to the cinema to enjoy and spread the film as much as possible. Spread the inheritance and development of suona culture and make a modest contribution to the inheritance of China's intangible cultural heritage.

In recent years, the word "birds flock to the phoenix" frequently appears in reports, articles and film and television works. As for the craftsman himself, there are different opinions in society.

There was a time when artisans were rarely mentioned in the art world, and some even included them in the category of "derogatory terms". These people think that art needs to be created, instead of repeating the same thing, sticking to the same craft and sticking to the same attitude as craftsmen. Ironically, the "craftsman" who gains value purely by skill is useless, even to the point of irrefutable.

However, in today's advocating consumption of fast food, it seems that there are fewer and fewer people who can really be called masters. The craftsman spirit has also been praised and respected more. Like the popular new media platforms "Yi Jian" and "Ergeng", many original videos are shot with "craftsman" as the core. They spread the attitude of pursuing perfection, striving for perfection and persisting in their own pursuit. Therefore, ingenuity is regarded as a pearl.

Actually, it is. Don't you just repeat the other side of the same thing monotonously in order to keep improving and be loyal to it? Especially from director Wu's posthumous work "A Hundred Birds at the Phoenix", I have a deeper understanding of craftsmen.

As a post-90s generation, I have a mysterious love for traditional culture. It may be because I was with my grandparents when I was a child, maybe I grew up in the countryside, or maybe I was curious about the unknown world of the past and the future. Therefore, when the rural environment appeared in the lens of "a hundred birds fly at the phoenix", I was shocked by an inexplicable force. In fact, the content of this film is very simple. It tells the story of suona, a traditional art. Although it has encountered various difficulties such as funds, foreign musical instruments and lack of personnel, playing suona is getting less and less attention. However, the suona people have been working hard to persist, hoping to continue to be passed down from generation to generation. As Wang Jiao, the third master of suona, said in the play, "Suona is not for others, but for yourself". Li Fang, a famous producer, begged for the box office on his knees. Although his starting point was respect for the film and the director, personally, his approach completely violated the theme of "birds fly at the phoenix". Good movies are worth watching for people who know and love movies. Box office is not the only criterion to measure the quality of movies. "Blowing the suona into the bone" is the heart that a real craftsman needs to have and stick to for his life.

And the film's director Wu, the "godfather" of the fifth generation of China film directors, is it not so? In the era when commercial films were popular, he still maintained his pursuit of art, which was a kind of purity and a kind of feeling. He was really absorbed in the film. At the end of A Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix, because of the inheritance of suona, the dead Jiao was relieved and strode to towards the distant (another world). Of course, the inheritance of skills is not the exclusion of foreign cultures. The film ends with the background music of suona and "foreign musical instruments" and ensemble, and also shows the "all rivers flow into the sea" of traditional art.

There is no shortage of craftsmen in China today. As long as you are engaged in a certain job and proficient in a certain technology, you are a craftsman. However, how many craftsmen are there who really care? A careless craftsman is a craftsman, and a conscientious craftsman is a human being!