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Chapter 1492 The reflection of life

Logically speaking, it is difficult for a movie like "The Shawshank Redemption" to explode as quickly as "The Truman Show". After all, this movie gives people a relatively bad viewing experience in terms of the light and tone of the movie. experience.

Moreover, "The Shawshank Redemption" does not have the creativity to surprise people as much as "The Truman Show", but the result was beyond Li Yi's expectation.

But if you think about it carefully, you can understand it. After all, times have changed.

Moreover, the treatment of "The Shawshank Redemption" is also different. Although Li Yi is not really the leading director in Hollywood, he is at least at the level of a great director, and he is the real number one in terms of box office.

Therefore, he himself does not lack attention, and his movies do not lack attention.

Coupled with the previous news hot spot and the shoddy production of several earlier movies, "The Shawshank Redemption" looked so bright in comparison.

At the same time, Dean Films can be said to have made great efforts in promoting and distributing the film.

There is another very critical point, that is, the times!

It can be said that in the 1990s when "The Shawshank Redemption" is set in the memory, the wind of freedom, various human rights, and activities and movements such as "Give me freedom or give me death" can be said to have reached a peak, so naturally, "Shawshank" A movie like "The Redemption" that is full of the pursuit of freedom can be said to have hit the bottom of these people's hearts.

To this end, many groups are even promoting the film on their own initiative.

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, the boxing group expressed dissatisfaction with the movie, because the whole movie is a male drama.

However, Dean Films has sufficient public relations experience in this area. Soon, various manuscripts about "The Shawshank Redemption" being a must-see movie for both men and women were sent out, triggering many discussions. As a result, , but created the current situation of "The Shawshank Redemption".

At the same time, another reason is that with the evolution of movie fans, to this day, it can be said that few truly good movies have been buried. Especially when the publicity and distribution are strong enough, as long as the movie is good enough, fans will We can see it.

Of course, the box office performance of "The Shawshank Redemption" was also somewhat beyond Li Yi's expectations. Probably because of the poor box office performance of the movie in his memory, he originally didn't have much expectations for the movie's box office performance. But the result once again exceeded his expectations.

Although Dean Films also plans to have a long-term screening of "Shawshank Redemption", the enthusiasm of movie fans is surprising.

The ultra-high attendance rate allowed the film to achieve impressive box office results even if there were not enough films scheduled, and it won the box office championship in the same period, although this championship was based on the absence of other strong competitors.

As for "Shawshank Redemption"'s participation in the Oscar competition, this was decided at the beginning of the film's filming. Dean Films is very confident about the film's Oscar journey.

Li Yi agrees with this. The reason why the original "Shawshank Redemption" failed to win an Oscar and was called the "Uncrowned King" was not because the movie itself was not good enough, but because that year, it was truly a fight between gods!

But this is not the case with the current "Shawshank Redemption". Although there are many good films this year, compared to previous years, they are simply not enough.

As the famous film critic Carter commented in his personal column in the Los Angeles Times: "What makes 'The Shawshank Redemption' so amazing?"

"A good movie, many of us now like to say that a good movie tells a good story. This is true, and it can be said to be the basic condition for whether a movie is a good movie!

So judging from this standard, "The Shawshank Redemption" is certainly an out-and-out good story.

Purely in theory, "The Shawshank Redemption" is of course also a very rigorous and beautiful work.

But if a screenwriter only writes according to theory, he will not write a truly outstanding script. He can only write an assembly-line script.

The soul of the story "The Shawshank Redemption" actually exists in a large number of details, whether it is the large conceptual environment setting or the plot direction, character dialogue and actions, costumes, props and other details.

Secondly, a good movie should make us think and resonate after watching it, either emotionally or ideologically.

At first, many of us thought that the miracle director from China was no longer a miracle. Why? Because of the previous hot news, many film and television companies rushed to the show. The opening chapter was a shooting in a courtroom. However, "The Shawshank Redemption" actually has little to do with that hot news event to some extent.

Chinese miracle director Li Li, who has written and directed classics such as "The Truman Show", has once again brought us a miraculous film.

Why is it said to be a miraculous film? Why does this movie resonate with so many people?

This is not because he is a prison escape subject, nor is it because he talks about the idea that hope is a good thing and you are either busy living or busy, but his entire story is actually about everyone's life. The story of the road. In other words, "The Shawshank Redemption" is not only about Andy's story, it is more about your story.

Then some friends may say, I don’t have Andy’s experience, I haven’t been wrongly accused, and I haven’t been in jail. What does this story have to do with me? In fact, when we look at a story, we can’t just look at the superficial plot. Why do people feel so emotional when watching Shawshank? Why do some points particularly move you? That's because the story is actually very clever, using superficial anecdotes to cover up the actual core story.

The core story behind this movie is actually not directly related to prison, but it is still closely related to keywords such as resistance, freedom, hope, etc.

It's like you regard your entire normal life as a prison, and this Shawshank prison is your life prison. Then the warden is your biggest enemy in life. Let's not discuss why you went to prison. In short, no normal person would want to stay in this prison.

This prison is actually a metaphor in a fundamental sense, just like the most common pressures in our lives that burden you, restraints, etc., and things that you cannot get rid of are like a job that makes you miserable, or a period of time that makes you A very painful relationship, or a boring life with no future and no direction. When many of us go to work, have we ever had the urge to punch our supervisor or boss?

Ever slapped your resignation letter directly on that disgusting face?

Have you ever wanted to escape your current life and go to a place of freedom without restraints?

But why didn't we do this? Because if we do that, we will lose our jobs and our financial resources, so like the prisoners in Shawshank Prison, we all choose to endure.

In fact, deep inside each of us, there is a desire to resist. What is resistance? Just slap the resignation letter on the manager's face, or punch him and say I quit! Say I fired you!

Therefore, we all long for resistance, long for freedom, even if we long for a small period of rest, just like the criminals in this movie are drinking wine comfortably on the rooftop at ten o'clock in the morning, these emotions can be expressed in " Found in The Shawshank Redemption.

Why do I say that the prison in this movie is a metaphor for life?

Let's look at the plot. The moment Andy enters prison, is it like his life starts from scratch?

He had to learn everything again. Andy was stripped naked and washed like a baby. This was called being a new person.

Next, we must first learn the rules, a rule for being a new person.

These rules include food, clothing, housing, and transportation. The film describes all four of them, including what the clothes in prison are like, what the canteen is like, and the living quarters are small grids. But you don’t have to spend money to buy them. , and then go out to walk normally, that is, this method on the playground. Isn’t this the basic necessities of life? The film shows all four elements, and then you have to start making friends and start working in the prison.

This whole incident, the so-called institutionalization, is actually in prison?

How is it different from what many of us do every day? In fact, they are really the same.

The daily living space of many of us is not much better than that of Andy. That is, we can eat at home, go out, get in a car, and go to the company to work. It feels like we don’t even have time to relax, so most prisoners have not thought about how to escape. Such a life, but Andy is different.

He planned carefully from the beginning, and what he wanted was freedom. Putting it into our real life, we also want freedom, such as financial freedom. It would be great to go wherever we want to play, but do you have the perseverance like Andy to dig a hole in 20 years?

This is a miracle, this is the price you need to pay for the pursuit of freedom!

Andy spent twenty years doing the same thing. We can imagine how boring and tedious it was, as evidenced by the broken stone hammer!

We have never seen in movies that in the dead of night, when everyone is resting and falling asleep, Andy is digging tunnels in fear. He has been doing such boring and tedious work for twenty years!

Freedom requires a price, whether it is financial freedom or personal freedom. But can we afford this price?

It has been like this for twenty years, and even if it is discovered by accident, all the efforts will be in vain!

We often say that hard work may not necessarily lead to success, but if you don’t work hard, you will definitely not succeed. We all understand the truth, but how many of us actually do it?

The hardships Andy encounters, Andy will be entangled by the sisters in prison, such unprovoked malicious people plot in real life, who has not encountered such villains?

When the "sisters" were beaten to paralysis, to a certain extent, wasn't that what each of us had tried to do?

Later, Andy got better. He gained the trust of the warden, and started money laundering and a library. The boss just used him.

Is this plot familiar?

When you are at work, you work hard and desperately to complete a certain job, but in the end, you are still just a tool! The credit belongs to others, your boss, and all employees of the company!

There is another word in Shawshank Prison called institutionalization. It starts with prison control, but later you rely on it, you can't live without it, and you no longer want or have the ability to make changes in your life.

In fact, it is very similar to the workplace of each of us. If you analyze the plot in the film carefully, you will find that The Shawshank Redemption can be regarded as a workplace movie, or a movie about your life dilemma.

Because many of the stories that truly tell the story of human nature are similar, especially the stories that speak to your heart. They all tell the dialogue or confrontation between people and the external world.

In the end, you may fail, and compromise may temporarily win out. So for the creator, director, or screenwriter, the result he chooses represents his creative outlook on life.

Brooks!

The death of this character can be said to be the finishing touch.

In fact, many of us are Rhett, and many of us are Brooks!

What are the characteristics of Rhett?

In Shawshank Prison, he can be said to respond to requests and have vast magical powers, but they are only limited to Shawshank Prison.

Many of us are in a certain field and in a certain comfort zone, very similar to Rhett. In fact, many times, it’s not that we can’t step out of our comfort zone, but that we are unwilling or afraid to step out of our comfort zone. District, because after leaving here, we may know that we can see more scenery, but we have also lost the sense of superiority we once had.

Brooks, what are his characteristics?

Good old man, old!

Is there a very familiar feeling?

I believe that many people who work in the company will find that after working in the company for many years, the treatment is far less than that of a newcomer!

Rather than saying that Brooks committed suicide because he could not adapt to life in the outside world, it is better to say that he was actually abandoned!

Why was he paroled at his age?

Why not a younger version of him?

It's just like a person who has worked in a company for many years, worked hard, and didn't even get much salary, but when there are layoffs, he must be the first one!

Life is like this, full of thorns everywhere. We all yearn to go to the place of freedom, but we can only go there in our dreams.

It is precisely because people see the shadow of their own lives in the movie, are filled with emotions, and put themselves into the movie that the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Because we have spent our lives digging the tunnel, Andy dug it out, he found freedom, and gave moviegoers hope. "

(End of this chapter)