时间：7:00-9:30pm
地点（Venue）：Room 349-350
故事简介：
源自真实故事，一个农民工，因承诺而千里背尸，欲将一个工地结识的朋友死后的尸体送回他的乡下。聪明的青年导演张杨于是抓住这个机会，找到那个背尸的农民工详谈，写出《落叶归根》的电影剧本，找来赵本山主演那个背尸的农民工。电影以公路作为场景，通过赵本山主演的农民工老赵因为一个承诺而走上一段不可思议又充满辛酸苦楚的旅程。
Synopsis:
In this soulful and humane comedy, Zhao, a middle–aged construction worker, struggles to fulfill a dying co–worker's last wish to be buried in China's Three Gorges region. Setting out with his colleague's body in tow, Zhao travels hundreds of miles across extraordinary countryside, encountering a number of colorful adventures and characters — and even discovering love in some unlikely quarters. Director Zhang Yang's humorous and moving tale of friendship offers a powerful, and sometimes slapstick, commentary on the value of community and human connectivity in modern China.
导演简介：
中国第六代导演的主将之一，张杨走的是一条亲民的主旋律创作之路。他既不同于王小帅、贾樟柯等人，聚焦重点不在弱势群体、卑微生命和残酷青春之上，也有别于官方政宣的主旋律影片，不刻意地歌功颂德和树碑立传。《爱情麻辣烫》、《洗澡》、《向日葵》等片以平实的镜头讲述老百姓平凡的日常生活，没有愤世嫉俗，没有礼赞说教，通常都能够引起大众的共鸣。
Director Biography:
Zhang Yang was born in Beijing, China in 1967. In 1992, he graduated from the Central Theatre Academy. He then directed a theatrical production of Kiss of the Spider Woman and went on to direct over twenty underground music videos. His first feature film, Spicy Love Soup, swept the domestic Chinese awards and his second feature, Shower, won the FIPRESCI prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. Getting Home is his fifth feature film.
虽然赶课业，但今夜还是抽空来南院与大家一起看这部电影。其实在这之前我已看过一次，这次是想温故知新，也想听听别人怎么说。
ReplyDelete看完电影后，电影观赏会主持人（讲师）在讨论环节一开始即提到这部片子是个贺岁片及商业片，顾名思义是为了赚取利润而拍的。但我觉得里头反映及带出的意义也挺有意思，所以很赞同另一位男讲师（抱歉，不懂你们名字）的说法，每个人看了都有自己的感想与体会，毕竟大家的经历不同，看电影的角度也不一样。
今晚的确把影片看得较透析些，但那是以自己的观点感想出发而说。剧情平淡却又有起落之时，多个小故事带出的讯息繁多，但自己看见的还是离不开那个重点－承诺。
我认为承诺的背后，其实是义气，即是这部片里头所提到的仗义。老赵背尸还乡，为了是一句承诺。这一路上遇到的人事物，则衬托出他老实、单纯、有情有义、带有小聪明的形象与个性。表现出在这时代越来越少这样的人。
里头其实贯穿了许多的承诺，比如最突出的是老赵对老刘的承诺；年轻伙子坚守对离开他的情人的承诺；路人答应载他一程但却反悔等等。我们无时无刻，都在接受承诺，也作出承诺。这些承诺有已实现的、想实现的、未实现的、有忘记实现的、也有不想实现的。这些几乎都在主角配角中带出。
不管外在或是内在给予的承诺，一次又一次的在发生。这仿佛是一场人生，而这场人生有如一场承诺之旅。我们活着，许多时候也是因为承诺。为了父母、为了朋友、为了伴侣，但我们却没有察觉。这些承诺，是否建立在有意义及价值的条件上。背着死尸，固然表现出有情有义，体现了我们渐渐遗失的义气，但为了一举死尸，值得我们去花时间去付出吗？当然，这里不是在说这举动不对或不符合道德，这里想强调的是为何我们不实现一些具有价值的承诺？当然，这里的“有价值”，是没有带有利益关系的。
今天这部片子给我的感触是：我们先贤一直坚守的“义”还存在在这个社会吗？如果还存在，那么当利益当前，那人是否还如此坚守？在这金钱与物欲当前的社会，大家都变得越来越自私，简简单单的三笔画的“义”字，大家都写不稳，乃至于忘了，是在是现代人的可悲。
落叶归根，的确是部容易消化及合宜各阶层人士的电影，主办当局选对了。在此，也想感谢三位合力发起这电影会的讲师们，让我们看到这些特别却有意思的电影。这样的活动值得鼓励！
最后，我有些小小的建议，希望讨论的时候讲师们可以先预设几道题目，还是以下讨论的角度或事项。自由发表是好的，也是应该的，但如果再加上将士们专业的穿针引线，相信可以引发我们有更深入思考的时候,也实践了你们设下的目标与宗旨。
“电影很多，看电影的人更多，好电影很少，会在电影里头看见意义的人更少”
恭喜，这一步走对了，希望您们可以继续加油哦！
～国祥上 (^_^)
谢谢您的意见，感谢您的支持！十分抱歉，我的确是在讨论时间语无伦次了。我想我在这里补充一下好了。
ReplyDelete诚如您所言，整部电影主要是围绕在仗义两个字上。因为仗义，老赵将老刘千山万水地背回重庆；因为仗义，即使再克难还是没有让他放弃。然而这个社会似乎并不认同仗义，否则在抢匪将钱财留给老赵离去以后，众人没有认同这种仗义，反而纷纷将钱财收回，还将两人赶下车。不论这些情节是不是真实的，这个问题值得探讨—仗义是不是已然消失在这个社会，不仅不再被众人推崇，反而被排挤被轻视甚至还陪上了尊严。
另外，我也一直在找寻答案，为什么老赵明明准备好陪同老刘一同在深山里长眠，却在石头砸下来的那一霎那闪开？观众希望他被石头砸中吗？如果砸中，是不是就带着仗义的名节死去；如果没有砸中，是不是就苟且了呢？又或者，恰恰相反？
我说这是一部商业片，没有将商业片等同于不好。但是，我们无法不去承认，这部号称为喜剧电影里头有许多煽情、催泪的部分，加上赋予中央政府过于正面形象的桥段，甚至还有爱情的点缀，它如同百衲被般融合了大量元素，每当剧情走到悲情的部分便提供一点好人好事以满足观众。正因为如此，我才会觉得它太像短剧，抽掉任何一段都不会影响剧情的发展。电影中的人物大多数用叙述的方式说自己的故事，我个人是觉得有些简单。但作为一部小品，也许这样的处理方式很能被接受？（欢迎讨论）
这部影片拥有其价值，所以我觉得可以播放。一部电影必然有其可取之处，也有时候会有被人诟病的地方。我个人觉得，每一部电影都有值得被重视的地方，无论是拍摄技巧、故事内容又或者是所要表达的意义或道理。喜不喜欢，都是一种意见，希望大家来日可以多多交流。我是影社中最资浅的，所以还望各位不吝指教。
I have problem typing Chinese, so I am leaving a comment here in English. I have seen some road trip flicks, eg. Breakdown, natural born killer, broken flowers and sideways. This Chinese one is not of one the best, but it is considered not bad. The plot is predictable in so many parts, one of my friend even laugh be4 the whole humor plot unveiled. For me, humor is a bit dry in the first half. Director exaggerates some ramification such as the robbery scene in the bus and the 30,000km driver scene. These plots were a bit not realistic. But I do enjoy some plots speaking of originality. While coming to the 2nd half, everything turns out better. It was like a better version of dark comedy in the 2nd half. Although some people are not satisfied with the ending, I quite like the ending while it leave it open for viewers to wonder how it would end. Will Zhao finally find the said family? What is the sad story behind the corpse’s family? How and Will Zhao come back for the pity lady whom son has kinda abandoned her? But I do really agree that the film sugarcoats the police’s image, another 7-hour drive really looks unreal to me.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing that gets under my skin was the development of the story of zhao and the dead guy. I knew this is a true story, but I do not think a normal guy is obliged to bury his body so I was indeed expecting a more set up of the relationship in the beginning and throughout the whole movie. For example, a flash that shows the brotherhood and friendship, a memorable dialogue from the dead guy which shows his 仗义.I would like to see and feel more of their friendship then I am more convinced that zhao is willing to carry his body all the way. Moreover, I was expecting a twist of the secret of the relationship of zhao and the dead guy. Maybe this is based on a true story and a Chinese new year flicks after all, so it may not sink further the dark side. For me, because the body does not speak, nobody knows what really happen between them, maybe zhao carries him out of guilt, out of something bad he has done. I was expecting anything, seriously anything that would further explain the true motive of the body carrying because I am not fully convinced of their friendship. Like the movie, the brown bunny, which I have not seen, the story line is a guy go on a road trip that he have sex and take drugs all the way to his destination, after all, the climax unveils because of something worst that he had done to his dead girlfriend, he go on this trip to forget what he have done or to repent himself. This explains his self moping and crazy sex.
Just my 2cent thought. I am leaving a comment here to show support to this society. Cheers.