I watched a movie "Forgetful Village" yesterday. This movie was released as a New Year's film during the Chinese New Year. Unfortunately, it was released at an unfortunate time. At that time, most of the movies were noisy occasion movies, so it was It didn't do well at the box office. But even if this movie is not released during the Lunar New Year period, it is probably a matter of opinion. Those who like it will like it, and those who don't will not like it. But the fact that it can evoke completely different perceptions shows that this is a successful movie.
The story of "Forgetful Village" is very simple: Yuwang Village is a beautiful village like a paradise. Legend has it that the feng shui here has the appearance of an emperor. The stone members coveted the dragon veins in the village and attempted to unite with the bandits to massacre the village. One day, a scream broke the tranquility of Yuwang Village. Villager Zhu Dabi was accidentally poisoned and died. Dabi's wife Qiu Rong became the biggest suspect. At this time, "Tianhong Zhenren" Tian Gui held the treasure "Wangyou". Passing by the village. It is said that "Wangyou" can make people forget their worries and become carefree by deleting their memories. From then on, Yuwang Village became a Forgetful Village.
The story begins to get to the point from here, with both hilarious scenes and absurd plots. Even the killing scenes are particularly dramatic, but there are a few points that I still can’t figure out:
Which one is more powerful, "forgetfulness" or feelings?
"Wangyou" can delete people's memories, control their personality, and let people be manipulated by others like puppets. It sounds powerful, but "Wangyou" does not seem to have the function of completely deleting memories. There is still a vague shadow in everyone's heart.
It’s just that some people’s shadows are shown through dreams, some people are simply uncooperative, and most people encounter something that makes them feel like they have seen each other before. This shows that for those in power, even if they have "Wangyou", they cannot sit back and relax. At least, "Wangyou" is not good at one thing, and that is "emotions".
Both Chunhua and Dr. Liu have had their memories deleted, and they can no longer remember the things they once got along with, but this does not prevent them from attracting each other again as strangers. Your body and emotions are real. Your body and emotions will make the judgment for you about who you fall in love with. So I think a story like "50 First Dates" is not impossible. People will always fall in love with similar people. , even if they change their identity, change their appearance, and tell themselves countless times to change their minds, there are always some things that their will cannot do anything about.
"Tianhong Zhenren" Tian Gui's own experience is also very absurd. He is a person who enjoys helping others erase their memories. But he never forgets the vague shadow in his heart. He went through countless hardships and turned the whole village into puppets, but he only had one purpose, which was to find his soul, restore his memory, and remember the woman who kept appearing in his sleep and dreams. If "Wangyou" can really forget worries, why is he so persistent, so laborious, and exhaustive?
What does memory represent here
Many film and television works like to talk about memory, such as "Spirited Away" and "Natsume's Book of Friends". In these works, "memory" "It's very important. It represents the past and the affirmation of oneself, while "amnesia" means losing oneself. But I feel that in "Forgetful Village", "memory" seems to be more than just the self, it seems to imply a kind of right.
The reason why the father of the first village chief Ding Yuan agreed to Tian Gui's use of "Wangyou" was simple, so that everyone would listen to him, and he himself obviously did not want to lose his memory.
Tian Gui not only did not want to lose his memory, but also tried his best to retrieve the lost memory.
Qiu Rong, who was once insulted and harmed, and later became the village chief, retrieved her own memory by herself. Although she was gentle, she also deleted some memories of all the villagers, and also In other words, her memory is complete, and everyone else's memories are missing.
The top leaders of these villages have one thing in common. They are all proud of having memories and enjoy erasing the memories of others. In other words, "memory" here is a distinction between the upper class and the upper class. The lower level, the sign that issues and executes orders, whoever owns it has supreme power.
What is the difference between Qiurong Village Chief and Tian Gui Village Chief
To be honest, I can’t see any difference between Qiu Rong and Tian Gui when they were village chiefs, except that one of them is a male. One is female, one is violent and the other is gentle. I always feel like there's not much difference in what they do, right?
Under Tian Gui's rule, the villagers ate, lived and worked together. Their names were A, B, C and D, one flower, two flowers and three flowers. Under Qiu Rong's rule, the villagers also ate, lived and worked together, but they stopped digging for treasures and instead developed tourism; their names were also written on their bodies with a pen, and they even followed Tian Gui's "no pain or itch" naming The law, "not noisy, not noisy, not beautiful, not ugly" has always been "no". If Tian Gui's rule is an imperfect utopia, then Qiu Rong's brilliance is that she created a seemingly perfect utopia.
Tian Gui’s utopia cannot continue without “forgetfulness”, so can Qiu Rong’s utopia still exist without “forgetfulness”? Of course not! Otherwise, why didn't Qiu Rong destroy "Wangyou"?
Before being brainwashed by "Wangyou", the villagers in Yuwang Village were all full of desires. Some loved money, some loved power, and some loved sex. In order to satisfy their desires, they fought with each other. You snatch from me, never-ending. It is their nature to be selfish, power-seeking, greedy, and lustful. Because of this, when Qiu Rong was insulted and harmed, they had their own agenda and had their own agenda. No one wanted to do anything to Qiu Rong. With a helping hand, if people with such a nature do not rely on "Wangyou" brainwashing, can they live obediently in the "Peach Blossom Land" planned by Qiu Rong and be at the mercy of Qiu Rong?
When I think of this, I feel horrified. I can only say that the director is so brave. He used the stage of the Republic of China to perform satirical things, combining thunder and absurdity. He is really talented.