As the number of viewers of "Crazy Stone" increases, there are more and more interpretations.
Because of the age and Li Yi's background, many old film critics couldn't help but marvel at it.
Film critic Du Xianghai wrote in the review: "It is difficult to imagine that Li Yi is a native of Hong Kong Island, and it is also difficult to imagine that he can make such a film with a very "local" flavor.
What is the outstanding point of "Crazy Stone"? Personally, I think it is the chaotic and tight conflicts in the movie!
The use of contradictions and conflicts with a strong sense of chaos and tightness successfully showed the director's anxiety and criticism of the increasingly serious materialistic society in the contemporary era, with the intention of using artistic techniques to maximize the dramatic tension of the film's story.
The conflicts in the film always strive to create an intuitive visual impact through the construction of color.
Red symbolizes danger and taboo, but it frequently fills the bathroom, Luohan Temple and streets where Bao Shihong lives. This is not only the externalization of Bao Shihong's inner image when he faces a series of crises, but also a kind of director's greed for the secular world.
Subjective rejection of nature.
The local color conflict pushed the visual pressure exerted by the director on the audience to the peak. The simultaneous appearance of cyan and red continued to exaggerate a sense of tension and discomfort, until Brother Dao and others died from a clever trick. This kind of color
The use is similar to that of "Joker", using an exaggerated audio-visual language to continuously enrich the story conflicts, and a weird visual image is born.
The structural chaos further expresses the confusion of the conflict. The multi-linear narrative effectively divides the various forces and quickly pits people from different classes and professions against each other. When each clue converges a little, the comic
The plot has been strengthening the dramatic tension and texture of the story in a tense atmosphere. At the beginning, the three clues went hand in hand. When the conflict reached its peak, it was wrapped up in a deepening sense of confusion. When the narrative was completed, it produced an amazing effect.
This sense of confusion is in line with Bao Shihong's chaotic heart in the film, emphasizing the protagonist's sense of exhaustion and powerlessness as he is unable to control his own destiny before crossing the chasm.
The tight rhythm is another great assistant to the film effect. From the beginning to the end, the external structure and internal rhythm of the film go hand in hand at an alarming speed, and the discomfort of watching the movie is further superimposed. But the effect of rhythm on individuals
The pressure actually comes from the pursuit of profit in reality, which more deeply expresses Bao Shihong's inner conflict. The few slow-paced scenes in the film come from the expression of Bao Shihong's inner world. The two old men are
While pushing each other, Bao Shihong picked up his sword and recited a poem. This small scene is actually a high degree of catharsis of personal inner emotions.
Regarding movies, we often ask, what kind of movie is a good movie?
Everyone's evaluation of movies may be different, which is related to people's knowledge, cognition, vision, etc.
Personally, I feel that in this era, a movie can be a good movie by more than just telling a good story. If a movie tells a wonderful story and gives the audience enough space to think, then the movie should be considered a good movie.
What a great movie.
If this movie not only tells a wonderful story, but also uses wonderful narrative techniques to whet the audience's appetite, then it is definitely an excellent movie.
If this movie expounds a profound thought or reflects a profound problem in just a few dozen minutes, and the story is very exciting and exciting, then this movie will definitely be considered a classic.
"Crazy Stone" is such a classic work.
"Crazy Stone" tells a story with magical realism.
The background of the story is a mountain city in the 2000s.
Mountain City is a very special city, and everyone who has been there knows it. It can be said that the urban landscape of Mountain City is almost the same as the intricate conflicts and conflicts in the movie.
As an inland city, Shancheng has risen rapidly after 2000. From the Three Gorges Hydropower Station to the Western Development Strategy, with the support of various policies, Shancheng has become an important central city in the west.
In fact, the rapid development of the mountain city in the movie is a microcosm of China's rapid development in the past decade. However, such rapid economic growth will inevitably lead to various social problems.
Real estate is such a problem. Because of the pursuit of economic growth, real estate must be the one favored by capital. It has a short cycle and fast money. But if real estate is developed blindly, the industry will inevitably be affected. Industry, agriculture, manufacturing
Industry, high-tech and other industries will not have enough funds to develop. On the surface, the country's economy will be better, but in fact the national income has not really improved, and people's lives have not been much better.
Originally, real estate was a healthy industry that improved people's quality of life. However, under the rough economic model of the 2000s, real estate became a sick industry for speculators to make money. Houses also changed from a commodity to a financial product. Capital was invested in real estate one after another.
The company keeps enclosing land and building buildings. The whole society is impetuous. More and more people see that real estate can make a lot of money and join the army of real estate speculators. Fewer and fewer people are willing to do it, and more and more people want to
If you want to make a big fortune, run away. Just like the small factory in the movie, the factory cannot make ends meet. In the end, the director cannot resist the temptation of real estate and finally chooses to sell the factory to save his life.
We all know that today is different from the past. Looking back at the past, almost everyone knows that to make money when buying a house, buy early and make early!
The story of "Crazy Stone" took place in that era.
The film tells the story of a real estate developer who wants to buy a factory that is about to close down and build a building. Workers up and down the factory are waiting for the factory to start working and pay wages to support their families. Naturally, they do not want the factory to be sold. And in that real estate market, which is highly
In an era when capital favors capital, this kind of small business has no chance of winning. A factory with a broken capital chain will only die if it is consumed. At this moment, a priceless jadeite was unearthed during factory construction, which brought a slight turn to the matter...
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This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! This movie can be said to have profoundly reflected the social contradictions in China at that time - real estate and industry, capital and people.
The theme of the movie is funny, but the reality it reflects is sad. The various magical and realistic plots in it, combined with the magical city of Shancheng, make people feel sad and helpless amid the joy.
"Crazy Stone" does not have so many symbols, hints and other meanings. Instead, the whole movie tells a story, using this story to reflect or symbolize a certain idea or issue.
So storytelling (narrative) is the key to this movie.
The narrative technique of this movie is also very unique. A simple summary is the multi-line plus flashback mode.
At the beginning of the video, Xie Xiaomeng flirted with a girl on a cable car, but the girl didn't appreciate it at all. She stepped on Xie Xiaomeng's foot, and then Xie Xiaomeng took off his hand in pain and dropped the Coke.
Then, the movie starts!
But when the movie started, it didn't explain what happened after the Coke dropped. Instead, the camera turned to Lao Xie's factory.
Due to the poor operating conditions of Lao Xie's factory, the capital chain was broken, so he had to mortgage the factory for a loan. But it was about to expire, and he still couldn't make ends meet, and he would soon be unable to survive.
At this time, Feng Dong sent someone to collect the bill. But it was obvious that Lao Xie was unwilling and drove him away.
Then the camera did not explain what happened next, and the camera turned to a group of house thieves.
This group of thieves pretended to be a moving company and went to steal things. When they went out, they met the police who were checking for illegal parking and wanted to see their operating license.
Just when they thought they were exposed, a traffic accident suddenly happened and diverted the police's attention.
Then the camera turned to the plot that happened after Lao Xie's plot. The manager sent by Director Feng to collect the bill was rejected and went to spray paint outside the factory.
Then his car was hit.
Then the camera turned around and explained what happened after Xie Xiaomeng's episode!
The camera turned to Bao Shihong's car. Bao Shihong was practicing driving with a factory car. As a result, a Coke fell from the sky and smashed the car.
Bao Shihong and Sanbao got out of the car to check the situation, but they failed to pull the handbrake and hit the car.
From the above starting point, it can be said that many people will feel that it is a bit messy when they watch it for the first time, or when they first start watching it, and the preface and follow-up are inconsistent.
If one shot didn't explain clearly, another shot and another line were opened.
But after reading the whole story, you will find that it seems a bit confusing at first, but it is actually very simple, just four parallel stories.
That is, Xie Xiaomeng was beaten for flirting with a girl, Feng Dong sent people to collect the bill, the thief stole things, and the car crashed!
However, the scenes in the movie are not told according to the timeline. It starts with Xie Xiaomeng and continues to flashback, telling the story on the four timelines, and clearly explaining the connection between them.
The advantage of using this method is that it constantly sets up suspense and does not directly explain the consequences after telling one thing, which makes the audience feel confused and attracts the audience at the beginning. And then until the series of stories is finished, the audience will
Only then did I fully understand what happened.
In addition, this movie is an absurd comedy, the biggest feature of which is the almost magical coincidence. Through coincidence, the development of different events is connected in series. If this method is not used, it will be difficult to explain the plot clearly.
The clever thing about this technique is that the relationship between all the characters is clearly explained at the beginning of the movie, and almost all the important characters in the movie appear at the beginning, paving the way for the subsequent development of the movie.
If you don't explain things clearly through flashbacks one after another, but use normal narrative, there will definitely be one or two stories that are not explained clearly. But if you connect the cause and effect of an event at once (such as the scene where Xie Xiaomeng dropped the Coke)
This will lead to the other two interrelated events not being closely related. So in the end, I think this narrative method adopted by the director is the best.
However, under normal circumstances, whether in reality or in movies, there should not be such a complicated relationship as in "Crazy Stone". There are too many coincidences. But after all, this is an absurd comedy.
The movie was originally a sad story. The factory was about to close down, and the entire family of more than 200 people in the factory was missing. The director used comedy to express an ideal, a technique similar to black humor. The bad guy
In the end, there is no good ending, and the good people finally get a good death. But reality is often not as magical as movies, and there are not so many miracles.
In fact, this movie is really interesting. The background of the characters, the relationships between the characters and the story line are very interesting.
I don’t know if you noticed that when you watched this movie, the relationship between events was a bit confusing. The relationship between the characters was a bit confusing, but you couldn’t fully enjoy it, and you still felt like you wanted to say something but couldn’t say anything, especially Xie Xiaomeng.
The relationship with Jingjing is really subtle throughout the film.
Why is Xie Xiaomeng the son of Xie Qianli, and why is Jingjing the girlfriend of Brother Dao? Is it just such a coincidence? Definitely not, this must be the plot setting.
Let's leave this question aside and talk about the main line of the story first. Hmm -? What is the main line of the story? It feels like there are three kinds of confusion. There are brother Dao's gang stealing stones, Mike's stealing stones, Xie Xiaomeng's stealing stones, and Bao.
The Three Treasures of Shihong protects the stone, there is a contract signed by Feng Dong Siyan and Xie Qianli, and there is even a story line about Xie Xiaomeng and Jingjing picking up girls.
So which one is the main line? I think the one with the most scenes is the main line. In this film, Dao Ge's gang and Bao Shihong's escorts have the most confrontation scenes. After analysis, it is indeed the two groups that have the most confrontations. So.
The main line of the story is a series of stories about the battle of wits and courage between the two forces, Dao Ge's gang working hard to steal the stone and Bao Shihong's escort team working hard to protect the stone. So what about Mike?
This character can be said to be really interesting and worth exploring.
In fact, if you look carefully, this film has a vague Buddhist meaning of cause and effect. Every character in it has its own cause and effect. Heipi always says, "Take a hammer, hit it with a bang, and run away after taking it."
The funny ending is that he was chased by someone on an electric bike and couldn't escape no matter how hard he ran.
Brother Dao was a greedy person who didn't care about his brothers' life and death. He ended up dying next to his former brothers and died of his own anger and greed. Bao Shihong didn't care about the value of the stone, only about morality and true love, so he finally got the real love.
But he didn't know the gem at all; Chairman Feng, he was
The most insidious and thoroughly bad person in the whole play. He thought he could escape unscathed after taking care of the frustrated pawns. However, he turned around and was killed by the Mike thief hired by his own pawns. Therefore, the existence of Mike is to provide
Dong Feng's life came to a boomerang-like end.
You spent the money, you asked your subordinates to find the people, but in the end, your most disrespected subordinate indirectly ended your life. This cause of death is much more ironic and dramatic than being directly arrested and sentenced.
The second meaning of Mike's existence is that he turned it into a gift film and gave it to Bao Shihong!
Because he is an international thief, Bao Shihong has the opportunity to be commended on stage. Except for Mike, none of Bao Shihong's deeds may be able to achieve such courtesy. And Bao Shihong is a loyal, upright, and not greedy person.
