脱靶分析 《一步之遥》:脱靶的子弹

《一步之遥》:脱靶的子弹  

In Gone With the Bullets
director Jiang Wen defines film as follows: “Movies are a kind of art to be monly appreciated by the world.” But ironically
many who saw Gone With the Bullets left theaters unsure of what the director intended to convey.
The storyline is straightforward. The movie is based on the true story of Yan Ruisheng
a middle class playboy who plotted the murder of a renowned prostitute in 1920s Shanghai. The narrative revolves around Ma Zouri (Jiang Wen) and his relationship with o women
beauty queen Wanyan Ying (Shu Qi) and Wu Liu (Zhou Yun)
a filmmaker and warlord’s daughter.
The film unfolds in Jiang’s signature style
featuring elements of satire
fantasy and edy. The first 30 minutes of the film are more like a musical
as we are shown highly decorated sets with garish lighting and scantily clad women dancing sexily.
影片的叙述方式仍是标准的姜氏风格，讽刺、奇幻、喜剧元素一样也不少。电影的前30分钟更像是一部音乐剧，在花哨炫目的灯光下、金碧辉煌的舞台上，一羣衣着暴露的舞女跳着性感的舞蹈。
Ma holds a lavish beauty contest in which Wanyan is chosen by the audience as winner for the third time after a stirring speech.
The turning point is Wanyan’s mysterious death. Ma
the only one at the crime scene
bees the most likely suspect. The second half of the movie is all about Ma’s struggle to prove his innocence and Wu Liu
the heroine
trying to rescue her beloved man.
The movie defies what you would expect from a talented film auteur. Jiang’s last work
2010’s Let the Bullets Fly
was highly regarded for keeping audiences on the edge of their seats and thinking about plot details long after the movie ended. Gone With the Bullets
however
fails to do that.
Like a child
Jiang puts everything he likes into the movie. During the 140-minute runtime we see newsreel footage
musicals
film noir
stage plays
operas
and not to mention elements from better films like The Godfather and Chicago.
In an interview with Mtime
the director said that the movie is a tribute to audiences with curiosity. But what most audiences want
probably
is a good story with emotional drama
not a pile of unnecessary baggag.