Experts analyze "Above the Cliff": Can Zhang Yimou’s first spy war film be played?


Special feature of 1905 film network There is still one week left, which is the happy May Day holiday. Do you know where you want to go? Anyway, Xiaobian has already made an appointment with a friend and intends to take advantage of May Day to make a few scripts to kill the fun.


As a veteran player, Xiao Bian has long been trained to choose a good script. However, this year’s May 1 movie, Xiaobian looks at it, isn’t this a hardcore+reversal+emotional top script kill! If you are a script killer like Xiao Bian, then you can’t miss this movie, and listen to Xiao Bian explain it to you.



If you want to choose a good script, the first step, of course, is to look at the plot first. As a spy film, "Above the Cliff" has very high requirements for plot and narrative, and among them, reversing the plot is of course the most exciting place, which will make people get goose bumps at once. As a spy film, Above the Cliff is a layered game. The villain’s IQ is online all the time, and one who doesn’t pay attention is that life is worse than death. One second you thought the enemy was on the first floor, but he was on the third floor, but the protagonist might be in the atmosphere!



Teacher Yu Chen, who is a guest of "Today’s Film Review" today, also said: "The effect of this film is that it is reversed one after another. This density is very high and the plot is very strong. On this basis, there are also relatively strong emotions. " No one knows what will happen in the next moment before the end.


Teacher Yu Chen also put forward effective inversion and ineffective inversion, and ineffective inversion. "I call it a pancake-like inversion. When I turn it over for a while, this person is good, he is bad for a while, good for a while, and bad for a while. This is invalid." Therefore, the basic law should also be emphasized in the reversal. If the reversal is good, it will be unexpected; If the inversion is not good, it would be an insult to IQ.



The second criterion is, of course, whether the script is well written. In the film "Above the Cliff", that is of course the aesthetic design of the old man. The scene of the movie "Above the Cliff" is set in Harbin, a snowy city in the northeast. The whole process is covered with goose feathers and snow. "Such a big snow is not only in China movies, but also in such a thick amount of snow. It is very rare to go and shoot a movie." All of a sudden, a bleak and clever atmosphere was created.



In addition to the beautiful scenery, the action scenes are also wonderful. Take car chasing as an example. When it comes to the drama of car chasing, it is not like Hollywood, where the whole street is always presented to you, but it is appropriate to show its excitement and tension with the whole environment. "It’s not showing its quickness and flying, but it’s very consistent with this environment, this era, this snowy day and this temperament and atmosphere, so you can still feel the beauty of the action itself."



And finally, it is the emotional part. Recently, Xiao Bian is very fond of emotional books. Every time he goes to play, he is in tears. In addition to the exciting spy war, there are also two couples, the old revolutionary cp, and some young couples.



No matter which pair they are, they all have touching feelings unique in the revolutionary era. Two lovers who love each other deeply should put tasks and orders first in the era of war. Let’s show you the scene of Zhang Yi’s character being tortured and electrocuted, which is really worrying.



The rest of the small series will not be spoiled for everyone, and the ending of the two couples will be left to everyone to go to the cinema to find the answer.


So after listening to Xiaobian’s introduction, I don’t know if you want to go to the cinema to experience such a movie that is comparable to the top script killing experience. If Xiaobian doesn’t satisfy everyone, click on the video below to listen to more wonderful interpretations of Above the Cliff by Yu Chen!


Today’s film reviewDirector’s observation:Above the Cliff is a new attempt by the director for suspense. As the guest said, this is a return to nature directed by Zhang Yimou. He emphasized narrative, but did not abandon other things. It is already a high-level display that he controls the aesthetics in his bones and the control of actors at the basic level. For subsequent spy war movies, Above the Cliff deserves this position and can bring new feelings to the audience. (Tommy, director of Today’s Film Review.)