Tuina： It is still difficult for Lou Ye’s works with the widest pattern to reach the public.

Special feature of 1905 film network Thankfully, after the dark and terrible plot and murder in 2012, there are no dead people in this work of "Lou Gongzi". November 28th shows the love story of the blind masseur, which once again continues the concern of Lou Ye’s marginal group, and also brings some different flavors.

It can be said that this is the most open one in Lou Ye’s current works, and Massage continues the "scattered perspective" in the original works — — Every character is not a hero in the strict sense, but every character has a distinct personality. Especially Sha Fuming (Qin Hao) and Zhang Yiguang (Huaipeng Mu), two "literary blind people", one loves to dance ballroom dancing and recite modern poems, and the other loves to play the flute and allegro and go whoring — — The coquettish liveliness of the two characters brings the rare bright colors in Lou Ye’s films.

Xiao Kong (played by Zhang Lei) and Xiao Man (played by Huang Lu) are also very interesting. Some people think that Wang Dafu played by Guo Xiaodong is tall and handsome, and the holes around him are too ordinary; The prostitute "Xiaoman" in the original book is an ugly girl, but she is sexy and charming in the movie. However, this view just reflects the prejudice of discerning people — — Is it really meaningful for the blind to be beautiful? At this point, perhaps the director didn’t realize that he had "defeated an army" for the discerning.

Emotionally, the film also has no sympathy for the sake of course. The pony played by Huang Xuan cut the carotid artery with broken porcelain in anger because he saw through his father’s "white lie", but that was because of the anxiety and mania that would inevitably occur after a healthy person suddenly lost sight; Wang Dafu did not hesitate to "cut the flesh and pay the blood" in order to pay off his disappointing brother’s debts, but as a bottom-level worker, even a discerning person may not have any better solution — — Even in these two extremely bloody "heavy mouth plays", people’s position should precede that of the blind.

At the end of the film, the original "faint sadness" was even changed, and the pony accidentally regained her sight, eloped with the prostitute Xiaoman, and set up a "pony massage" as the ending. Pony’s recovered vision is blurred and chaotic, but it is enough to see Xiaoman’s calm smiling face under his wet hair. This is a rare optimism in Lou Ye’s films, and it is also the confidence in free love and individualism that Lou Ye has always been willing to express.

In addition, in terms of film language, this film has Lou Ye’s iconic audio-visual style. Shaking hand-held photography, narration from time to time, and live sound effects with strong atmosphere … … But imagine the life of the blind, it is not difficult to understand that this is only to get closer to the dark but detailed world. Obviously, this is the most convincing combination of film language and film theme in Lou Ye’s works, and Lou Ye’s vanguard has found a good balance.

It is said that Bi Feiyu, the original author of Tuina, once asked Lou Ye to make the film version. From the above aspects, this is indeed a correct choice. The author thinks that, compared with the other two literary films that have aroused heated discussion this year, Massage has a stronger avant-garde color and deeper human concern; Compared with the previous TV series and drama versions of Massage, the movie version is also an absolute winner. However, as far as the number of films and the number of times of the film are concerned, the six awards of the Golden Horse Award have not brought much help to the film in the market — — If you want to see it, you may not see it! The movie poster "Do it even for the individual" now seems even a little self-deprecating.

Speaking of box office, Mei Ting, the actress who plays Du Hong in the film, once relayed Bi Feiyu’s original words: "Even if other directors divide the cake at the box office, God will give the cherry on the cake to Lou Ye." Cherry is bright and delicious, but cake can really solve hunger. Perhaps, in today’s big market environment where commercial films are in vogue, there is still a long way to go to make a literary minority film like Tuina really go to the public.