Dying to Survive, where is God?
Chat for a while before going to bed. There is a world in my dream. Hello, everyone. At the invitation of Party newspaper critic Jun, today we will talk about movies. In the past few days, a domestic film has been "on fire" quickly. From the beginning of the screening, it received rave reviews and the box office surged. Douban scored 9.0, and the cumulative box office on the opening day broke 300 million, which was widely praised by people inside and outside the industry and had the potential of "explosion". Speaking of which, you may have guessed the name of this movie-Dying to Survive. Yes, today we will talk about it.
To evaluate the success of a cinema film, the simplest criterion is to see whether it is "applauded and popular". "Applauding" shows that the film is of high quality, thoughtful and unforgettable; "Making a seat" shows that the market is highly recognized and it is a good story that everyone generally agrees and is interested in. According to the box office data posted on the opening day, Dying to Survive reached 18 million box office in 10 hours, and the box office exceeded 100 million in a single day. There is a great potential for the subsequent box office growth, and the "box office" has already become obvious, only which number is finally fixed. What really deserves our attention is why this film is "applauded" and what kind of audience expectations are hidden behind this voice.
To a large extent, this is a complicated film. In the first half of the film, many social themes are wrapped in the shell of comedy. The process of Cheng Yong’s "calling" teammates, played by Xú Zhēng, has brought out many kinds of life, including young people in small towns who left home because of illness, middle-class urban people who aroused their hope for survival because of their children, a huge group of patients who exchanged information by QQ, fake academicians who sold fake drugs, mercenary international companies and even bustling street scenes in India. Medicine, like a prism, reflects a world and life that we have heard but not necessarily seen, seen but not necessarily experienced.
In the second half of the film, the development of characters is wrapped in a more lyrical atmosphere. Cheng Yong, who changed his hairstyle, experienced the touch and torture of his heart again and again. The past experiences, like seeds, gradually grew into a big tree in his heart. Stripped of the element of "interest", the film makes people think more about the relationship between themselves and others, between individuals and society, between reason and jurisprudence, and experiences spiritual growth with the protagonist. This content, which pays more attention to inner pursuit, has also made the film more open: it is in this dialogue that individuals can get a more open and calm life, and society can be improved and improved through everyone’s efforts.
It’s more than that. What the film catches people is that it creates a group of characters who love life and strive to live. The characters in the film have a hard life because of illness. But the reason why people are great is the determination not to give up easily in the face of bumps and tribulations. That will to survive and optimistic attitude, like a key, found the shocking keyhole of the film. In the film, what the sick grandmother said to the police was the highlight of the film-"I don’t want to die, I want to live". If it is extremely simple, it is full of sad but persistent life force, and this force is full of people’s truest longing for life. In the poster of the film, except Cheng Yong and Liu Sihui, all the people are haggard and haggard, and some people still have masks on their faces, because these people are leukemia patients. But if you pay attention to their expressions, you will find that they are all smiling, even if they are weak or tired, because they "want to live" and "don’t want to die". It is precisely because of this idea that Cheng Yonggan is willing to take the risk of breaking the law and take medicine overseas. Because his idea is simple-although these people are in trouble, they have the desire and belief to live, and it is a little bit that they can do it themselves.
Since last year, Indian movies such as Wrestling Dad, Toilet Revolution and Mysterious Superstar have made China audiences feel how movies can cut into society and life, and they are eager to see a similar domestic movie. The appearance of Dying to Survive undoubtedly complied with the expectations of the audience and the market. Compared with the popcorn works of popular IP, such as fantasy overhead, little affection and little love, a work that touches people’s hearts and knows human nature, a work that is rooted in reality and truly finds a fresh theme that is deeply rooted in people’s hearts and reflects life, undoubtedly has stronger vitality.
Perhaps, we can review a passage like this: "Literature and art are deeply integrated into people’s lives, and all aspects of human life can be inspired by literary and artistic works, including career and life, prosperity and adversity, dreams and expectations, love and hate, existence and death." Similarly, all aspects of human life should also become fertile ground for literature and art, so as to leave a truly "bone-bound, moral and temperature" work.
This is exactly: I am not a drug god, you and I are all human. Based on the realistic road, "domestic" has roots. (People’s Daily Central Kitchen Siliao Studio Wang Zixiao)