Chapter 44 Chapter 44 "The Scorching Sun" Needs Wen Jun

Because of "Scorching Sun", I unexpectedly picked up "Pretty Girl" (1982) to read.Please don't get me wrong, I don't think there is any similarity between the two in terms of angles and levels, but suddenly I feel sincerely: In addition to Zeng Zhiwei planning behind the scenes, does "Scorching Sun" need Wen Jun to conceive various promotional strategies at the front stage? , thus intensifying everyone's discussion on "Scorching Sun", so that the film will not be trapped in a half-dead dilemma. Yes, I am not reconciled, the box office of "Scorching Sun" is still less than 100,000 at the moment of writing.I understand that today's Hong Kong movies have already suffered a lot of notoriety, and it is not easy to turn things around, but when I look back at Li Cheuk-to before the release of "Pretty Girl", I really can't help but look back and look forward to it.

What I mean is that the social reaction is of course impossible to infer, but the combination of Wen Jun and Mak Dang-hsiung is really good at creating focus, even using controversial topics to attract "stakeholders" from different corners of society to make a noise heated debate.Of course, the "stakeholders" involved in this are people from the film industry, so the so-called "realistic" creative theory in movies, or the shooting style of documentaries, can naturally arouse doubts and clarifications from film critics; "People" (represented by Situ Hua) are not without objections to the film's sensationalism, and it is conceivable that there will be pros and cons against moralism (Li Zhuotuo pointed out more carefully that even if he holds a pan-moralist position, he can also respond to the excerpt of " The different scenes of "Pretty Girl" lead to completely different positive and negative interpretation conclusions).The various reactions above, no matter who is right or wrong, ultimately point to one fact: it is to make more people interested in "Pretty Girl", thus arousing the desire to enter the show.

Strictly speaking, "Scorching Sun" is not without gimmicks that present social contradictions, and the display of the life of the third group of students must have hurt the nerves of many educators.From the numerous foul language dialogues, to the problem of drug addiction among teenagers, and even the new generation's open attitude towards sex as a child's play, I believe that if there is a comprehensive promotion plan, the impact of "Scorching Sun" on the education industry will be It will definitely not be inferior to "Pretty Girl".Of course I understand that people have their own ambitions. The director and even the entire creative team may not like the above publicity strategy. Instead of committing to Qu Zhiguang to solicit, it is better to use a detached and calm attitude and let the film bear its own natural destiny. .However, in today's situation where there are only about 50 Hong Kong-produced films in the whole year, it is a crime to allow the few rare and good films that have achieved great success to rise and disappear silently.

Let me unreservedly cheer for Mak Hee Yin: She is one of the young local directors who have emerged in recent years with the most potential.What do you say?Compared with the "directors" of the same era, the most superior thing about her is that the images and the plot can be controlled in parallel and synchronously. This alone is already a remarkable achievement today.In fact, among the new local directors who have attracted attention in recent years, they have all suffered from a common problem in the world: they are stronger than images and weaker than narrative.Mai Xiyin is of course not perfect. As far as the balance between the image and the narrative is concerned, there are still many unbalanced situations-there are still fragments of self-indulgence and inextricable self-indulgence in the manipulated images from time to time. The garbage confession scene is the most immature, like a student's work, and Burdock's second ballet in the hospital is also overflowing; too many angry monologues in the narrative also make the level of the work drop sharply. Rong refuses Lolita to lean on his shoulders, and even relies on a monologue to explain that Nurong dare not touch the other party's heart, which is completely superfluous.

But everything is still flawed, the most important thing is the clear attitude: this is also the biggest difference between "Scorching Sun" and "Pretty Girl". The world of sensational grandiosity.Therefore, it is also destined that the two will have opposite endings - everything in the former is an open end, youth is just a process of growth, no one can decide right or wrong for others, and what you have experienced will also become a shadow part of your life; There are cheap explanations to explain that all marginalized teenagers should be punished as a matter of course, so as to strengthen and consolidate the pan-moralist position of the mainstream society.

We need Mai Xiyin, and we also need a new generation of "Wen Jun" in 2008 to help "Scorching Sun" fly into the homes of ordinary people.