Hey everyone. Now I’d like to introduce a classic Chinese movie to you.
The movie is called Beijing Bicycle that directed by XiaoshuaiWang.
It got an award in Berlin Film Festival in 2001. The story is about two boys’
struggle of growing up in the gap between ideal and reality. It shows the
growth of Chinese younger in 1990s. The two boys with different family
background are connected by a bicycle. The simple plot still attracts people, because
the director is good at catching your hearts by details. However, it is better
to explore by yourselves, so I don’t want to reveal more plots. Here I will
talk about the bright points I discover in the movie.
In the movie, the
basic mood is simple in order to give us natural feeling. And actors try to
express by actions instead of by language. It is hard for us to find out
decorations of their performance. For example, I will talk about a special
action in the film—roar. When Jian and his friends fight Guei for robbing the
bicycle, he says nothing but just catches the bicycle and roars for a long
time. This action shocks the robbers and audience. People usually roar to
relieve bad emotion when be troubled with depression. Guei shows his resistance
to the unfair society by roaring. Actually, sometimes passing ideas by action
is more directly than other ways.
In addition, I think another bright
point is the sets. According to the title of the film, the story is happened in
Beijing. In order to impress the background of the story, the director takes
many measures, such as putting many scenes in lane, where is the symbolic
structure of old Beijing. When you see a group of boys with their innocent and
impulsive youth flashing in winding lanes by bicycles, or you find Jian walking
along the roof after be bothered by his sister. You may easily feel the breath
of Beijing in 1990s. And also, that old Beijing accent sounds quite
comfortable.
Every time and
every country has it own characters. Beijing
Bicycle is a mile-stone like work, as The
Graduate, the typical symbol of younger in 1960s’ American. If you want to
know more about the youth of Chinese boy in 1990s, this movie is your best
choice. The film is surely for general audience. It is just a literary film,
and a few fighting scenes are blurred by the director with distant view or
other ways.
A good movie introduction! We all grow up in 1990s, although I haven’t seen this film, I believe it will recollect us a lot of memory in our childhood. What’s more, the background is Chinese capital, an ancient city with many stories, so it will be a good choice for you to know more about China and Chinese youths.
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