On the 7th day of the release of the movie "On the Cliff", the box office has exceeded 600 million, which means that it has begun to resume work, but "On the Cliff" still has the audience choose to watch.
Is it worth it for so many people to choose to go to the theater to watch a spy movie?
As the audience just brushed two to tell you, value!
Compared with the first brush to see the plot, compared with the picture, the second brush I focused on the details, never expected, did not look at it, did not know, a look frightened.
Because the details in the movie "On the Cliff" are really too good!
Today we will take a good look at the hidden details in the film, there may be slight spoilers, so the audience who did not go to the theater to watch, please choose carefully.
First, all the staff on the train are camouflaged, but the transmission of information has begun
Zhang Xianchen, Wang Yu, Chu Liang, and Xiao Lan were all in danger after they came out of 2 groups in the Lin Hai Snow Field.
Zhang Xianchen and Xiao Lan, after killing a team of agents led by Lao Feng, chose to take a train to Harbin;
Chu Liang and Wang Yu, also received by the "own people" disguised as enemy agents, boarded the train to Harbin.
As a result, on this train to Harbin, almost all the staff were camouflaged.
If you look closely at the eyes of Zhang Yi, Qin Hailu, Zhu Yawen, including Liu Haocun and Yu Hewei, you can find that "information transmission" has actually begun between them.
Chu Liang, played by Zhu Yawen, saw Xiaolan sitting in the crowd when he inadvertently turned back, and at this time, Zhu Yawen's sudden turn of his head was enough to show his inner "surprise and joy".
He was "shocked" that Xiaolan and Zhang Xianchen were actually on the same train as himself, and he was very worried about attracting the attention of the secret agents and exposing everyone's identity;
What he "liked" was that at the critical moment of uncertain life and death ahead, he actually saw his lover Xiaolan again, and this feeling was indescribable.
Just when Chu Liang turned back, Wang Yu, who was sitting far away, had already observed something strange, and she also saw Zhang Xianchen and Xiao Lan.
However, Wang Yu had more "fighting" experience than the young Chu Liang at first glance.
When Qin Hailu performed this segment, there was almost no expression change on her face, just slightly turned her head, it seemed that she had just sat for a long time, adjusted her posture and continued to sit.
But the afterglow of her eyes was a quick glance at Chu Liang and the "own people" who came to meet her next to her, and on this one action, she instantly showed the characteristics of an excellent agent, that is, "doubt everything, no one believes." ”
When she saw Chu Liang's "foolish desire to move", Wang Yu's brow frowned, although Qin Hailu at this moment did not have a line, but she could clearly express it, her inner worries, afraid of Chu Liang's uneasiness and nervousness, exposed everything.
At the same time, Zhang Xianchen, played by Zhang Yi, went out and seemed to be going to the toilet normally.
When he came from the train corridor, Zhou Yi, played by Yu Hewei, was reading the newspaper, and Wang Yu, played by Qin Hailu, also had his eyes moving forward, and it seemed that no one noticed Zhang Xianchen, but the audience was shocked.
Zhang Yi's face, "I'm going to pass on the secret code and tell them that there are spies";
Yu Hewei's face, "Steady, don't expose!" ”
The whole scene is very short, and there is not a single line in the whole process, but the eyes and expressions of each actor simply convey all the information.
In fact, the estimate here has already shown that Zhang Xianchen knew from the beginning to the end that "the enemy has me", but the other 3 agents were completely unaware.
This also shows that it was not easy for agents in that era, just like Zhang Xianchen and Wang Yu were husband and wife, but in order to keep the action secret, even Wang Yu did not know that Zhou Yi was his own.
Second, in the film, Zhou Yi's smoking is not only a personal hobby, but also a disguise
Zhou Yi, played by Yu Hewei, has a hobby in the film, that is, smoking.
Almost every time he went out on a mission or listened to the leader's explanation, he would take out a cigarette, first hand it to the leader or colleague, and then take out a cigarette himself.
However, it is estimated that many people have not found that this seemingly normal smoking habit has actually paved the way for the later plot.
Here, take the recent super hot clip as an example, that is, Zhou Yi sat in the car, took out a lighter, lit a note containing important information, and destroyed the most important evidence.
When Yu Hewei performed this segment, he did not throw away the lit piece of paper directly, but held it in his hand, burning and rotating it until the note was completely reduced to ashes in his hand.
Even because of this clip, Yu Hewei was praised as a "tough guy who put out fires with his bare hands".
In fact, when filming this segment, there is also a very interesting behind-the-scenes scenes.
Originally, in this scene, director Zhang Yimou set up, "Zhou Yi wants to light the note and destroy the evidence", that is to say, in fact, Yu Hewei lit the piece of paper, in fact, it can be thrown away.
But when Yu Hewei sat in the car and really filmed this scene, he played on the spot.
He said, at this moment, I feel that Zhou Yi's heart is extremely heavy, he saw his comrade-in-arms Zhang Xianchen arrested, and suffered such cruel torture, and Zhou Yi could not successfully rescue his teammates, so he saw Zhang Xianchen who was ready to sacrifice himself, the only thing he could do was to destroy the evidence with his own hands.
Zhou Yi, this person, in such a scene, what he can do, is also what he must do, this is this.
"You want to say that Zhou Yi's bare-handed fire extinguishing pain is not painful, seeing Zhang Xianchen, who has been punished, he will definitely not feel pain, and it is actually I Yu Hewei who feels pain."
However, in order to brag in front of my peers and directors, I also said that my hands did not hurt."
Hearing Yu Hewei tell this paragraph in the tidbits, I really feel that this is an effort and interesting treasure actor.
Then after the performance of this "bare-handed fire extinguishing" was completed, Zhou Yi took out another cigarette in the car, lit it, smoked it, and let out a long breath.
Soon, the smell of burning pieces of paper was masked by the strong smell of smoke.
And Zhou Yi's face also restored the calm and calm of the past, and at this time, Zhou Yi became The Zhou Yi in Gao Bin and Lu Ming's eyes.
But when the audience watched, many people silently shed tears, for Zhou Yi's restraint, but also for all the obscure heroes of that era, but stood up!
Third, near the end, Zhang Xianchen was tortured standing
When I brushed it, I saw that Zhang Xianchen, played by Zhang Yi, was finally shot, and I only cared about sadness.
The second brush was that it was found that Zhang Xianchen, who was covered in scales, was killed standing when he was executed.
In an instant, I remembered a sentence: "I'd rather die standing than live on my knees." ”
This should be the last integrity and faith of a hero when facing the enemy, knowing that death is coming in the next moment, but still proud and never yielding.
Although I know that this is watching a movie, I still can't help but be excited and depressed in my heart.
Because for people of our time, this may be a shot, but in that dark and war-torn era, it is not only a hero who has fallen, but also a flesh-and-blood life that will hurt and fear.
Zhang Xianchen died, and he bravely sacrificed for the faith in his heart and for the sake of future victory.
But aside from his identity as a secret agent, he was still Wang Yu's husband, the father of two children, and even to his death, he didn't know whether the two children who were wandering away asking for food were alive or not, and whether they were found.
4. Did Zhou Yi succeed in lurking? Gao Bin's eyes tell you that you don't
The second brush of this movie, suddenly found that at the end, Zhou Yi, played by Yu Hewei, and Gao Bin, played by Ni Dahong, the master duel was really enjoyable.
When Zhang Xianchen and the wronged Jin Zhide were pulled out, Zhou Yi, Gao Bin, the injured Lu Ming, and the female agent stood in a row.
The four men calmly watched the two prisoners being tortured, and for them it was a great success of a sabotage operation.
But it is this scene that, looking closely, finds that the amount of hidden information is too large.
First of all, Zhou Yi, played by Yu Hewei.
Seeing that his teammate was about to be executed, Zhou Yi's eyes were calm, and he even took out a cigarette, seemingly inadvertently put it in his mouth, but he never lit it.
The gunshot suddenly sounded, Zhou Yi's body trembled a little, and then he quickly made a fire posture, successfully camouflaged again, looking normal.
However, in Zhou Yi's eyes, there was a deep sorrow, and the comrades who lived and died with him were sacrificed, and it was to cover his identity.
This kind of heaviness and grief, but he can't reveal a single cent, he can only hide everything in his heart, how strong a person must have psychological quality, in order to do this!
In addition, Gao Bin, played by Ni Dahong, looks closely and you will know that this is definitely another moment when Ni Dahong's acting skills explode.
From the moment Zhou Yi took out the cigarette, he stared at the cigarette in Zhou Yi's hand deadly, and his eyes were so sharp that he was afraid to miss any of Zhou Yi's subtle abnormal expressions.
Even in the end, when Gao Bin saw that the execution of the shooting was completed and he was about to leave, he was still staring at Zhou Yi deadly at the moment of turning around.
From this point, it is enough to show that in Gao Bin's heart, Zhou Yi still has a major suspicion, he does not believe that Zhou Yi is innocent at all, but is temporarily trapped in the lack of evidence.
Just like the words that appraised Gao Bin: This is an old fox who never believes in anyone, and he doubts that he does not even believe in himself.
Although the film is basically over here, we can imagine that the future Zhou Yi will inevitably become more and more difficult when he lurks.
Fifth, for this spy war film, Zhang Yimou and the actors are really doing their best
In fact, in addition to the plot details, behind the production of "On the Cliff", there are many unknown seriousness and efforts.
If you summarize it in one sentence, it is that Zhang Yimou and the actors are really doing their best for this spy film.
In order to be able to really perform the character's feelings for Harbin, most of the protagonists and supporting roles Zhang Yimou is looking for are actors from northeast China.
Zhang Yi, Harbin, the "Central Street" in the film, is the place he had to pass by every day when he was a child;
Qin Hailu, from Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, has a strong sense of hometown for this land in the northeast;
Yu Hewei, Fushun, Liaoning, for this place in Harbin, the feelings are naturally needless to say;
There are also Lei Jiayin and Sha Yi, one is from Tiedong District, Anshan, Liaoning Province, and the other is from Changchun, Jilin Province;
Seeing this, we may understand why the actors acted so hard for the movie, because this is the story that happened in their hometown, and they pay tribute to the most obscure heroes in this black land.
In addition to being more serious about selecting actors, Zhang Yimou is also "true if it can be true" when setting up the scene.
In order to make "Central Avenue" look more realistic, Zhang Yimou and the team really rebuilt the Central Avenue block for the purpose of shooting effects, which is equivalent to directly copying a "Harbin" in the 30s.
Not only was the architectural style designed according to the era at that time, but even the hutongs, house numbers, shop windows, and even the ice flowers on the glass were restored 1:1.
When shooting the actors walking in the snow, in order to make the "blizzard" shot more realistic, Zhang Yimou did not use post-special effects, and the "snow" you saw, that is, the crew found an "artificial snow machine".
Perhaps seeing this, you can understand why Zhang Yimou's first spy film in his life can achieve such a good reputation.
Not only is his shooting guidance superb, but he is determined and serious about making films in a down-to-earth manner.
As Zhang Yimou said, the biggest impression on me after this movie was two words: live.
To be alive is to cherish, to live is to work hard, to be alive is to be in awe!
And the above is also the reason why I think this movie is still tearful.