Acosta's blog writes: Three Shots!!! (2009-12-16 09:29:54) Tags: Three Shots, Errenzhuan, Black Film, Zhang Yimou, China.
Regarding "Three Shots," there are a few things to say. Let's briefly analyze from the literal meaning - what is a commercial film?
Firstly, it must be commercialized, commodified; it is a business about investment and returns. From a commercial perspective, "Three Shots" is evidently a successful case. The audience is in large numbers, each creator shows off their skills, the hype and promotion are everywhere. This is a profitable business that has achieved the goal of investment and returns. However, the fact that such a product can make money is truly an immense irony.
Secondly, a commercial film should at least be a film. It is said that the idea of "Blood Simple" was bought for a sky-high price in US dollars and turned into "Three Shots". The film is not surprising or black at all, but rather like a zombie on the verge of decay wearing retro swimwear, scratching its head and making gestures, lively jumping around, and asking the audience to pay for tickets.
"Blood Simple" is the Coen brothers' debut work and also a classic of black cinema. The essence of modern black films is non-mainstream, independently produced, with unique styles, revealing more about the fate and experiences of marginal characters. It always forces ordinary characters into dead ends, squeezing them with unexpected twists until they have no way out, then telling you, this is fate.
From a cinematic perspective, throughout "Three Shots," whether in terms of conception, theme, story structure, visuals, or even entertainment value, it is extremely weak and fragile, akin to a face smeared with vulgar makeup being cut into pieces and then haphazardly sewn together by an incompetent tailor.
This director is no longer able to express inner passion, nor can he use films to vent emotions, ideas, and creativity.
Comrade Zhang Yimou also had the intention to play with some black humor, but unfortunately, it falls far short of being a black film. Even compared to Ning Hao, a domestic newcomer who follows in the footsteps of Guy Ritchie, he falls short by more than the height of a skyscraper.
Director Zhang is different from the Coen brothers. They are auteur directors, while Director Zhang has always been a skilled literary adaptation director, a top-notch decorator. His decoration level and craftsmanship quality have consistently remained at the stage of the early 1980s reform and opening-up period, and through this, he has continuously maintained the title of leader in the Chinese film industry. This view can be proven by the success and industry status gained from adapting novels by Mo Yan, Yu Hua, and Su Tong, and there is no need to doubt it.
I don't want to judge the actors. Even Errenzhuan has its own comedic value. No matter how much Errenzhuan actors have their unbreakable bottom line - comedy, if the audience doesn't laugh, it's considered disrespectful. Moreover, the Errenzhuan actors in the movie have also successfully portrayed their characters - performing in their natural roles.
Of course, there are indeed some black elements in the movie, such as the character played by Sun Honglei. Not only is he quite dark, always with a taciturn pancake-like face, carrying an evil pipe, fully armed, bearing a bow and arrows, carefully cautious, but this guy also mysteriously appears with sinister intentions yet a blank expression, killing people, smashing locks, prying locks, dust-covered crawling in and out of the dog hole in the leper noodle shop, lonely leading that unfortunate old horse back and forth across the vast and desolate western land. As a semi-professional killer who sees profit and a patrol team member, he faithfully carries out the suicide mission arranged by the director and bizarre screenwriter.
It is precisely this diligent mechanical police officer who unfortunately and accidentally dies a tragic death under the powerful Persian three-eyed foreign rifle, breaking hearts. According to the film's arrangement, the amateur killer played by Sun Honglei is entirely capable of eliminating = (the boss of the leper noodle shop who loves torturing his wife + the wife who has been tortured by the boss for a long time + the lover of the wife who has been tortured by both the boss and the wife 'Xiao Shen Yang' + two Errenzhuan couple actors who have been exploited by the boss for a long time) × composite coefficient 3.1415926.
Such an introduction of the plot is deliberately done. If it is considered tedious and stupid, I must remind everyone that this statement is even more concise than some lines in the movie. (Note: The above text is limited to expressing the movie's lines to the maximum extent.)
As for the collective madness at the end of the movie, including several zombies leaping out of the soil into the lens, it lacks both beauty and originality.
Indian movies often feature dancing and singing at the end, showing a completely unrelated spirit to the movie, leaving a deep impression, especially the dance in the Japanese director Takeshi Kitano's commercial film "Zatoichi." At least they were still dancing.
In fact, we weren't amused by the movie but by Zhang Yimou. This is a postmodern O'Benshan brand of Errenzhuan genre.
Of course, there is another possibility. Zhang Yimou intentionally challenges the intelligence of Chinese movie audiences, proving the survey of the taste bottom line of Chinese audiences. Director Zhang is actually a movie mole.
Using resources to their fullest potential and utilizing talents to their utmost, Director Zhang has shockingly completed a shocking transformation, becoming the ultimate nuclear weapon in box office revenue.
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Three Shots Errenzhuan Black Film Zhang Yimou China
Three Shots Errenzhuan Black Film Zhang Yimou China