This director only makes bad movies

At the beginning of the movie, there is the logo of Summit Films.

Then, a series of names such as the director's name and the credits flashed on the screen.

Subsequently.

The main movie starts playing.

The light and sad music sounded, making people's heartstrings move inexplicably.

On the screen, two crooked characters appeared.

Tao Heng felt that the font was a bit strange and seemed to have a deep meaning, but because the word "alive" faded quickly, he could not take a closer look.

then.

The words 1940s appeared on the screen, showing the background of the times.

The scene quickly shifted to a gambling house.

Dazzling candlelight illuminated the lobby as bright as day.

Gamblers use pai gow, dice, mahjong and other tools to enjoy themselves.

In the middle of the lobby, ancient craftsmen weakly sang traditional cultural shadow puppet plays.

The screen flashed.

An unreliable-looking young man was shaking the dice cup with his hand, shaking his head, then placed it on the table and opened the dice cup.

There are three dice in the dice cup, two with one point and one with three points, which adds up to five points in total.

His opponent opened seven points.

"Master Fugui, you lost again."

The waiter at the casino reminded him.

"Hey, no wins all night."

Fugui looked nonchalant and said casually: "Just write it down."

"okay."

The boy next to him picked up an account book and handed it to Fugui. He picked up the brush and wrote his name, smiling: "I owe a lot of debt these days, and my handwriting has improved a lot."

Long Er, who was betting against him, and the people who were waiting on him all laughed together, and their smiles were full of flattery.

In just over a minute of footage from the beginning to the present, the movie has successfully created the image of a playboy who likes gambling.

Especially the line "I owe a lot of debt these days, and my calligraphy practice has improved a lot" instantly let the audience know that Fugui is an old gambler, who has been gambling for a long time and owes a lot of debt to the gambling house.

If you think about it for a while, you will know that the gambling hall is not that good. Fugui owes them so much money, and he will definitely be forced to pay the debt by the gambling hall.

The density of information in the plot at the beginning was extremely shocking, but Tao Heng was not surprised.

Xu Nan is a director, and his camera language is definitely not much different. Revealing a lot of information in a short period of time is a basic skill.

That kind of mistake where a long shot in a movie turns out to be a useless shot and fails to advance much of the plot is generally only made by inexperienced novice directors, and it is unlikely for an experienced director like Xu Nan.

What really surprised Tao Heng was the look of this movie.

Very story-telling.

The color, composition, color, contrast, characters, etc., all give people a sense of depth.

This discovery surprised Tao Heng.

For example, the pictures in the movie are people's faces. Good pictures are handsome boys and beauties, bad pictures are ordinary men and women, and bad pictures are ugly men and ugly women.

People like to watch handsome guys and beauties, and they are more willing to understand the stories of handsome guys and beauties. The movie has good graphics, which naturally allows the audience to immerse themselves in it and accept the plot.

Moreover, movie graphics are a very deep subject. The visual logic of commercial films and the visual logic of literary and artistic films are completely different things.

The visuals of commercial films are focused on being bright and cheerful, making the audience comfortable to watch, while the first element of the visuals of literary and artistic films is immersion, allowing the audience to fall emotionally into the story narrated by the film.

As a senior film critic, Tao Heng has watched countless movies. He is very familiar with both literary and commercial films and has his own aesthetic logic.

There is a wall between commercial films and literary and artistic films. They are two different things. Many great commercial directors have not had a smooth transition to making literary and artistic films. Directors of literary and artistic films have also easily failed when they transitioned to making commercial films because the similarities between the two films are extremely low. .

Tao Heng originally thought that Xu Nan would encounter difficulties in his transformation.

This cannot be solved by a good script, because the difference between artistic films and commercial films cannot be smoothed out by a script. From rhythm, to plot, to pictures, to the core, they are completely two different things.

Just like the difference between male videos and female videos, male videos focus on pleasure, while female videos focus on feelings, and have nothing to do with romance.

But I didn't expect that Xu Nan's movie shots would have such a sense of story, which is naturally suitable for literary films.

To put it bluntly, the sense of story in the shot alone can guarantee the lower limit of this movie, just like a handsome guy and a beautiful girl can live a good life with just one face.

The plot continues.

Xu Fugui, who had lost all night, was still cool and carefree, and he was even in the mood to comment on the shadow puppet show in the casino.

"Long Er, what's wrong with you, the leader of the shadow puppet class, just to win money? This show is worse than the braying of a donkey."

Long Er, who was betting against Xu Fugui, was extremely humble and smiled flatteringly: "I've been singing all night and I'm tired, so my skills are messed up. How about you, Master Fugui, show your skills?"

Fugui was not polite, walked into the backstage of the shadow puppet show with the steps of a playboy who didn't recognize his relatives, and opened his mouth to sing the shadow puppet show.

Not to mention, although Fugui's gambling skills are not good, he can sing shadow puppets very well and won applause from the whole house.

Fugui happily sang the shadow puppet show.

On the gaming table.

The casino owner and Long Er secretly conspired.

"It's just one night away."

"As long as Master Fugui loses to you for one more night, your matter will be over."

Long Er smiled.

It's bright.

Fugui returned home in a rickshaw.

The old father opened his mouth and cursed.

"Grandson, it's another night."

"A dog can't change its habit of eating shit, you're such a bastard."

"The Xu family has so much wealth that you have to waste it all."

Xu Fugui still didn't care.

"Where can the little bastard come from without the old bastard? Who can I learn from?"

"I'm just wondering why there are only one hospital left among the three courtyards."

"The famous bastard Xu back then was not me."

The old father was furious. At this time, Fugui's mother came out and wiped the old father's face with a tissue. After wiping it twice, the old father suddenly froze.

"What did he just scold me for?"

Fugui's mother advised: "Drink porridge, drink porridge."

The old father instinctively felt that something was wrong, but because of his confusion, he suddenly became confused.

Xu Fugui returned to the house and lay carelessly on the bed.

Beside the dressing mirror, his wife Jiazhen was wiping tears.

"Don't cry, be careful of fetal contractions."

Jiazhen is played by actress Zhang Li. She wears a cheongsam and has a classical beauty, just like an ancient lady in a painting.

"Didn't you promise me that you would stop gambling when you have a baby?"

Fugui said perfunctorily: "I didn't bet, I just watched."

Jiazhen is a virtuous woman who only wants to live a peaceful life. She tries hard to persuade Fugui not to gamble.

Nine times out of ten you lose when you gamble. As long as you get involved in gambling, few will end well.

Fugui was still nonchalant, going in one ear and out the other, and even came up with some fallacious theories.

"Quiting gambling is just like quitting smoking. You have to do it slowly. If you stop smoking suddenly, you will die."

With that said, Fugui lay down and fell asleep.

Jiazhen sighed deeply, her eyes full of disappointment.

Seeing this, the audience felt a feeling of hatred.

Fugui, you have such a good family fortune and such a virtuous woman, why don't you know how to cherish it? Why do you have to gamble.

Few people who gamble have a good ending.

The next day, Fugui went to the gambling house again.

Jiazhen went to the gambling house and persuaded Fugui not to gamble anymore, but Fugui turned a deaf ear and asked Jiazhen to go back first.

After dealing with Jiazhen, Fugui sat back at the gaming table again.

Jiazhen came again and earnestly persuaded Fugui to go back.

Fugui stood firm to the end, yelled and scolded Jiazhen, and even slapped Jiazhen.

The last ray of light in Jiazhen's eyes went out, and the figure leaving the casino was full of determination.

Fugui continues to gamble.

The shadow puppet troupe sang a sad song.

The speed of the dice roll began to increase.

Under the candlelight, people's faces gradually became mysterious.

Various supporting shots, coupled with the previous foreshadowing, gave the audience a vague premonition.

Something bad is going to happen.

finally.

The last game.

Fugui lost.

He remained nonchalant.

"One more round."

The casino owner was still smiling.

"Master Fugui, you can't come."

"You lost everything."

"What a loss."

"The property you mortgaged has been lost to Long Er at the market value. You are nothing more than a tile or a brick."

Boom.

a bolt from the blue.

Fugui was stunned.

He didn't seem to have thought that one day he would lose everything, and he was completely confused.

Long Er, who was betting against him, no longer looked as humble as before, and his smile was filled with pride.

Fugui was anxious and wanted to default on his debt, but how could a place like a gambling house allow him to default on his debt?

Finally, Fugui walked out of the casino in despair.

Blessings come in pairs, misfortunes never come alone!

At the door, Fugui met Jiazhen, who was holding her daughter Fengxia and was pregnant.

She had completely given up on Fugui and didn't want to be with Fugui anymore. After informing him, she went home directly.

Fugui's feet were weak and his waist was soft, and the world was spinning.

The rickshaw came over and wanted to take Fugui home, but he was rejected by the furious Fugui. He stood alone at the door of the casino, crying like a wounded wild wolf.

"Gone."

"I have nothing left"

"I lost it all."

What happened next was not what the audience expected.

Fugui lost the remaining big house in his family to Long Er.

The master of the Xu family thought he could die in the yard, but he didn't expect his son to be such a bastard. Because of this incident, he became so angry that he was immediately pissed to death.

Long Er got the big house he dreamed of, and following Xu Fugui's example, he decided not to gamble again, lest he end up like Fugui.

Fugui changed from a young master to a commoner, and his mother became angry because of this incident.

When moving, Fugui buried his head deeply in his hat.

He no longer has the face to see anyone.

Fugui is a young master from a wealthy family. He has lived a good life since childhood and has never experienced any hardship. ,

After losing his family property, he knew nothing. Even when he sold his property, he stood there blankly, holding out his hands and saying nothing.

Summer goes and winter comes.

A year later, the good woman Jiazhen came back holding a fat boy and her daughter Fengxia.

Fugui was led by his daughter Fengxia and ran home quickly. Looking at his son, he had mixed feelings and felt that he had hope for life again.

After experiencing a setback, Fugui finally sobered up and made up his mind never to gamble again.

In the evening, he discussed with his wife Jiazhen and decided to start a small business so that he could live peacefully in the future.

But running a small business requires money, and Fugui doesn't have any, so he takes the initiative to put aside his dignity and borrow money from Long Er, who has won his family property.

Long Er was quite good. Although he didn't lend money to Fugui, he gave himself to Fugui as a prop in the shadow puppet troupe.

Fugui himself had a talent in this area and recruited several people, including Chun Sheng, a former casino clerk, who started doing shadow puppet shows and walking around the streets.

In this way, Jiazhen took care of her mother and children at home, while Fugui made money by singing shadow puppets outside. Although the life was harder and not as good as the days when he was a young master, he was still happy.

this day.

Fugui was singing a shadow puppet show outside a village.

While he was singing, a gleaming bayonet pierced the curtain, and Fugui, who was singing the shadow puppet show, was stunned.

The soldiers came and arrested Fugui's entire shadow puppet troupe without any reasoning.

The war was so cruel. Fugui still had a wife and children to support, but he himself was forced to separate from his family.

Fortunately, Fugui and Chunsheng met the kind-hearted squad leader Quan, who began to teach Fugui and Chunsheng some battlefield survival rules.

Lao Quan is a good man and has helped Fugui and Chunsheng a lot.

But in brutal wars, good guys often don't live long.

Not long after, Lao Quan was shot while searching for the body of his good brother and died immediately. Fugui and Chunsheng were captured for the second time.

Fortunately, it was our army that captured Fugui and Chunsheng this time. They were treated quite well. They were engaged in literary and artistic work and did not have to go to the cruel battlefield.

After the war, Fugui took the travel expenses and chose to go home.

One midnight.

Fugui returned to his hometown.

He saw his wife Jiazhen.

She was bringing her two children to deliver hot water to residents.

The two people didn't expect to meet at this time, and they were both stunned.

then.

The two hugged each other tightly, and the strong Jiazhen burst into tears.

After several years of ups and downs, the family was finally reunited.

But Fugui's mother has passed away, and his daughter Fengxia has become deaf-mute due to illness.

But no matter what, the family is finally together.

one day.

Mayor Niu came over and asked Fugui to attend the meeting.

The 1950s were a time of great changes, and despite all the twists and turns, Fugui and Jiazhen lived a relatively stable life.

One day, the district chief came to the school to check how the steel was being smelted. Fugui carried his son Youqing to the school on his back.

Fugui thought it was a normal day, but he didn't expect that at night, Youqing would be carried back covered in blood.

During the day, Youqing fell asleep lying on a wall because he was too sleepy. As a result, the district chief drove his jeep in reverse, knocked down the wall, and killed Youqing.

Just like that, Fugui's only son, Xu Youqing.

died.

Looking at his son's bloody body in the square, Fugui cried loudly.