Bacon said: luck is not without many fears and troubles; Bad luck is not without many comforts and hopes. Selling blood brought bad luck to the villagers, but bad luck did not completely extinguish their desire for survival. Although they have a fever, they are as eager for life as ordinary people. He/she hopes that the government can create a magic medicine to save him/her from suffering; Although Zhao Quan is selfish, greedy and greedy for money, he longs for his son Zhao to have a home and love in the underworld. He married the daughter-in-law of a triad society in Xiao Xin. The sister-in-law in the grain depot hides a little rice every day to fill her hunger when there is no food. The weasel and the four wheels sell the property of the village primary school and the trees in the village, and buy her a first-class luxury coffin, so that she can really enjoy a rich life in another world after her death. He/she shows an instinctive desire for survival, which is the expectation of a happy life. Their desires are smeared with blood, both gorgeous and dim.
Metaphor in movies
Leikauf, a famous linguist, believes that metaphor is everywhere, and the conceptual system of human beings is based on metaphor. The essence of metaphor is to understand and experience another thing through one thing. In the film, director Gu Changwei shows the living conditions of patients with fever by metaphor, arousing the imagination of the audience through metaphor and making them understand the connotation of the work. The film "Favorite" shows the audience the themes of the film in a metaphorical way: love and survival, desire and hope.
(A) the metaphor of color
Color is an inherent attribute of the objective world, which can be reproduced and restored. The red color used by director Gu Changwei implies the living conditions of the movie characters and their desire for life. Red is often associated with the sun, flame, blood, etc. It symbolizes warmth, warmth, celebration, joy and courage, which makes people feel excited. (Yuan Zhizhong, 2004) Shang Qinqin's red coat not only expresses her longing for life and love, but also expresses "Lao Jie's longing for family and love for his wife. The red suitcase, red envelope, red bag and red happy characters used by Shang Qinqin when he married Zhao Hai tell the lively and festive scenes and once prosperous days when Shang Qinqin got married. When Shang Qinqin and Zhao Deyi remarried, her red dress, red marriage certificate and her warm feelings all expressed her struggle for life and her joy after getting love. At the same time, red also reflects the unfortunate life situation. The bright red blood did not bring the villagers a rich, dignified and decent life, but it brought them endless pain and survival crisis, and also brought them an anxious psychological state of waiting for death.
(B) the metaphor of objects
Magnifier is Zhao's favorite thing. The function of a magnifying glass is to enlarge the viewing angle. With the help of a magnifying glass, Zhao saw clearer objects that are hard to see with the naked eye in the world. With the help of a magnifying glass, Zhao found crystal clear and attractive tomatoes. After eating them, he died of poisoning on the road. In his mind, everything is beautiful, without hatred or revenge. When he died, Grandpa put a magnifying glass and a Xinhua dictionary on Xiao Xin's pillow and buried them with him. Xiao Xin's magnifying glass not only magnifies the beauty of the world, but also magnifies the meanness, indifference and unrepentance of adults in the face of survival difficulties. At the same time, it also magnifies the hatred of the "fever" patients for the origin of the cause and the despair of their own living conditions.
The red notebook is the treasure of the old village head, which records his past and feelings in the village. During the collective life of patients with "fever", the red notebook was suddenly lost, and the old village head searched frantically everywhere, but could not find it. Before he died, the old village chief's red notebook fell to the ground, and the photos of soldiers preserved for many years also fell out. The red notebook represents and records the glory and glory of the generation of the old village head. With the death of the old village head, the past era represented by the red notebook no longer exists.
(C) seasonal metaphor
Autumn is a season of happiness and sadness. The autumn of Niangniang Temple is just the harvest season. People have just tasted a little life change and sweetness brought by selling blood, but it has also brought fatal damage. The scenery filmed in the film is autumn, and time seems to freeze in autumn. Autumn symbolizes people's desire to get rich in that special era, hoping to reap the seeds sown, and also reflects the bleak situation after people make irreparable mistakes.
(D) the metaphor of the name
In the film, some names are meaningful, such as Zhao Quan, Zhao Deyi and Liang Fang. And the most memorable name is Liang Fang's sister-in-law. From the address point of view, the barn is the husband's name, and the barn sister-in-law's own name has been buried by the traditional customary address. "Food" and "house" are the basic conditions for the survival of ordinary people. With food, they won't go hungry, and with houses, they won't sleep on the streets. China people's demand for housing originates from the farming civilization in China culture, which is based on the stable production of one household. This kind of civilization makes people think that the house is a symbol of continuous production and industry, so people equate the house, home and wealth, and have a house to have a happy home. The name "grain depot" expresses the expectation of a rich life and an impulse and desire to get rid of poverty.
(E) Metaphor of characters
Zhao Quan, who made a fortune as a "blood head", represents the group whose desire to get rich has been realized in the village, and also represents the group whose values have been lost and lost after getting rich. In order to make money, Zhao Quan called the villagers to sell blood. After suffering from "fever", the villagers began to sell coffins and married the county magistrate to develop the village into a cemetery. He believes that "money can dominate everything". With money, he is God's michel platini, with the "Queen Mother" cooking for him and the "Nine-Day Fairy" as his maid. In his mind, the god who was sacrificed, blessed, given and punished by incense is no longer the god he worships. With money, you can go to town to enjoy it. With money, God obeys him. Zhao Quanquan did not reflect on his mistakes, lost his son, and eventually lost his conscience, morality and sense of social responsibility.