Introduction: A mortal man wants to kill the gods? Why not.
Novelist Lu Kongwen is a text blogger who, in his fantasy novels, Lu Hangwen constructs another world. In the foreign imperial capital, the red-haired ghost hunted down and killed the young Kongwen, and Kongwen's sister was tragically killed by the red-haired ghost puppet in order to protect the kongwen, and the kongwen embarked on the road of revenge under the guidance of the black armor.
The story that was originally an illusion attracted the attention of Li Mu, a big capitalist in reality, who claimed that the encounter of the red-haired ghost in the novel threatened his personal safety, so he found Guan Ning and used Guan Ning's daughter, who had been lost for six years, as a chip to ask Guan Ning to assassinate the novelist Lu Kongwen. The film "Assassination of a Novelist" is a fantasy film directed by Lu Yang, which combines the atmosphere of modern urban life with the ancient traditional martial arts atmosphere.
1. The "mix-and-match" meaning of the title
Judging from the title, the word assassination comes from the "Warring States Policy", which means to use scheming to assassinate the other party, in the discourse system of Chinese martial arts films, the word assassination has rich meanings, on the one hand, as an improper means to do justice, in addition to the great evil people, such as the movie "Hero"; on the other hand, in the ancient society where the punishment is not complete, as a special occupation, through the assassination of opponents to achieve their own goals, and this behavior is not considered a crime in a specific social environment. The initiators of assassinations are usually the masters of power, such as the film "Sword Rain".
And the novelist is undoubtedly a word in a modern society, is a profession or hobby, novelists often have the imagination of the imagination and profound literary skills, good at shaping a vivid character image, its rich inner world through words expressed, through artistic processing into excellent literary works.
It can be said that novelists and assassination activities are not a product of an era, in the current social context, the word assassination is rarely used to indicate subjective malice to hurt others, and in assassination activities, the subject targeted will rarely be a novelist, so the film cleverly conveys a "mix-and-match" meaning in the title, implying that this is neither a happy revenge, a lively revenge story, nor a murder activity that skillfully uses illegal means to kill others.
Therefore, in the film, the director constructs another unreal world outside the real world, and cleverly connects the real world with the unreal world. Through the form of words, the foreign emperors written by Lu Kongwen are inextricably linked to the world in which he lives in reality, and the characters in Lu Kongwen's novels can correspond to the relevant characters in real life.
In the later stages of the film, even the illusory world in the novel dominates the relevant events in the real world, in Lu Kongwen's novel, The air text comes to the imperial capital to fight with the red-haired ghost, the red-haired ghost fangs are tightly closed to imprison the small orange in the bottomless black hole, and then the black armor and the red armor join the battle situation, the super strong Gatlin cannon bombards the red-haired ghost, the air text and the red-clad armor work together to pull out the sword on the forehead of the red-haired ghost, and Li Mu in the hospital also suffers from discomfort and faints in the hospital. The red-haired ghost in the novel eventually explodes, and in reality, Li Mu also faces a situation of collapse. Fiction is reality, reality is also fiction, reality and fiction are integrated, circulating with each other.
2. Two kinds of presentation of two worlds: realism and imagination
As mentioned above, the film presents two worlds, reality and fiction, and there are many differences between the two worlds. In the real world, the film presents high-tech artificial intelligence, advanced lifestyles, and problems encountered in modern society. In the film, Li Mu stands in the center of the stage to speak, and the high-tech companies he leads have penetrated into all areas of human life, including online shopping, virtual social networking, and unmanned driving.
The performance of these scientific and technological advances is similar to the rapid changes in the real society outside the film, and forms an intertextual relationship with the current society. In addition, the film also points out the shortcomings of the times, and puts forward the problems of modern society, such as serious differences between rich and poor, human trafficking, families who have lost their independence, marital anxiety, employment problems and other social problems. These contents are expressed in the film through extremely realistic image images.
In the film, Lu Kongwen, who wears an animal mask, shares his novel story behind the computer screen, and the picture of Lu Kongwen live broadcast appears in the movie, and in the live broadcast screen, there is also a bullet screen discussion of netizens, which is just right to correspond to the real network live broadcast.
In addition, when shaping the character image of Lu Kongwen and the living environment, the film has grasped the "essentials", first of all, the character image of Lu Kongwen, as a network novelist, Lu Kongwen who takes off the mask has sloppy hair, loose clothes, myopic glasses, and messy desktops, and the above details invisibly strengthen Lu Kongwen's character positioning as a less successful novelist.
The second is the city where he lives, the film was filmed in the Sichuan-Chongqing area, and the innate and unique geographical advantages naturally laid the overall low-key atmosphere of the film. On a cold and damp rainy day, through the winding streets and alleys, a mysterious story is staged in the dilapidated "Fly Pavilion".
If the film's construction of the real world is based on realism, then the shaping of the virtual world is full of imagination. The imperial capital under the rule of the red-haired ghosts has changed from the previous eighteen squares to only Baihanfang and Candle Dragon Fang, and the red-haired ghosts deliberately launched a war, instigating Candle Dragon Fang to attack Baihanfang, and before the attack, a grand and solemn worship ceremony was held, and the unknown people bowed to the evil ruler and started a war. When the attack on Baihanfang was in the ascendant, a dragon appeared in the air to spray flames into Baihanfang, and Baihanfang instantly became a purgatory on earth.
The eerie dragon shape in the air creates a huge sense of oppression visually, which is the externalization of evil forces in the virtual world. After the capture of Baihanfang, red-armored cavalry appeared in the city, and the heavy metal shape of the red-armored cavalry was equally daunting, and the all-metal equipment of the cavalry and the gorgeous shape of the horses produced a huge disharmony, bringing a strong visual impact.
The entire imperial capital was filled with a strong sense of separation. On the one hand, the shape of the imperial capital is terrifying and terrifying, although the buildings are mainly traditional Chinese buildings, but in the picture is extremely asymmetrical, and most of them are cramped and narrow spaces; on the other hand, inside the imperial capital, it reflects a sense of order, the picture of red-armored cavalry kneeling neatly in the capital is very shocking, and the palace structure of the red-haired ghosts is also more symmetrical. The film uses the two forms of the imperial capital as a metaphor for the contradictions in this world.
Overall, the film "Assassination of a Novelist" is a surprising Spring Festival film, but it is clear that this film is the most unsuitable for the Spring Festival file, because this film cannot make the audience laugh from the heart during this special period. Even so, the film is still full of sincerity, the virtual world of heavy industry metal wind is refreshing, and the courage and attitude of criticizing reality are also worthy of recognition.