Author: Gu Ziming
Updated to Chapter 9, reproduction without permission is prohibited
Deep Film Review of "Let the Bullets Fly" (1)
The Death of Little Six
I know,
Little Six,
Maybe he will take Zhang Mazi’s place,
I don’t know,
Little Six,
Will he eventually become Mr. Huang.
But we should all know,
Back then,
He was that pure and passionate Little Six.
And afterwards,
In the master’s words,
That Little Six with a heart full of sincerity,
no zuo no die…
So, the master’s sons,
Didn’t fight on the battlefield…
When they grew up,
Some are printing paper money,
Some are pulling power lines,
Some are collecting donations,
Some are selling color TVs.
And those who once followed Zhang Mazi,
Overthrew the oppression of the Huang family’s mountain in Goose Town,
Will not think about why Little Six,
Would stab himself in the stomach.
After dinner and tea,
They discuss,
Whether Little Six ate one bowl or two bowls of
Egg Fried Rice
So,
May I ask,
Who exactly?
"Killed" Little Six…..
Deep Film Review of "Let the Bullets Fly" (2)
The Demonization of Zhang Mazi
Before the final showdown,
Zhang Mazi took off his sunglasses,
Told the truth to the master,
My surname is Zhang, my name is Muzhi,
The master responded,
Muzhi is a good name,
Yanzhou Mu, Yuzhou Mu,
The allusion of the word Mu is
Cao Cao, the Yanzhou Mu and Liu Bei, the Yuzhou Mu
Green plum wine,
Who can rival the heroes of the world!
The allusion of the word Zhi is that someone,
Changed his name from Runzhi to Runzhi,
He wanted to overthrow the mountain,
And let the Chinese people stand up from then on!
So Jiang Wen believes:
Runzhi, deserves this Mu.
He is our great hero!
In the long history of Goose Town (some say it looks like a rooster),
There have been fifty-one county magistrates.
They are all bastards, beasts, animals, parasites,
And coincidentally,
Muzhi, the county magistrate,
He is not a bastard! Not a beast!
Not an animal! Not a parasite!
He wants to break out of this historical cycle,
He wants to beat the local tyrants,
And distribute the money to the poor.
So,
Those who were beaten by him,
Will try everything to slander him,
Overturn everything he has done.
What Zhang Mazi gave to the people,
He wants to pretend to be Zhang Mazi and take it back
So then,
People are unwilling to believe,
A leader of a local bandit, a communist,
His name is Muzhi.
People are more willing to believe,
This bandit leader,
Should be a womanizer without principles,
Plundering the people,
Treating life as grass and mustard Mazi.
(The upper right picture is painted by Chen Danqing)
Deep Film Review of "Let the Bullets Fly" (3)
The Immortal Huang Silang
The Huang family has been passed down through generations,
As the representative of the landlord class,
Controlling Goose Town.
When the Qing Dynasty fell, they followed the Beiyang government,
When the Beiyang government fell, they followed the Republic of China,
When the Republic of China fell, they would turn to the People’s Republic.
Because the imperial power does not reach the county,
So it is said,
The county magistrates are like flowing water,
Mr. Huang is like iron.
Faced with Zhang Muzhi’s threat,
Huang Silang said,
A fake is a good thing,
It’s just that I’m the one who dies,
So,
Muzhi said,
You like to make people pretend to be dead, this set,
It just so happens that I also like to make people do it several times.
So then,
Zhang Muzhi launched two decisive battles,
One was the Liberation War after the Hongmen Banquet in 45,
One was the Goose Town Great Revolution in 66,
So,
Huang Silang also died twice,
However,
Huang Silang, who has a substitute,
Even if he dies,
But he will appear again,
In……
Pudong……
Because,
Huang Silang will never die…..
Deep Film Review of “Let the Bullets Fly” (IV)
The Unbeatable Master Tang
Master Tang,
Also known as Ma Bangde,
Holding a wine glass, with a graceful demeanor
He relied on being both literate and martial to conquer the world
Since the revolution,
He served as a master for other county magistrates for 8 years (27-35 years)
Finally, he was about to become a county magistrate himself,
He was intercepted by Zhang Muzhi when he entered Sichuan,
He was robbed of the county magistrate position,
Ma Bangde had to continue as Master Tang.
Later, as Master Tang
In the many struggles between Zhang Muzhi and Huang Silang,
He was always betting on both sides,
Even though Huang Silang destroyed his most beloved treasure,
He was still able to restrain his grief,
And not fight Huang Silang to the death.
In his eyes,
If Zhang Muzhi loses,
He will share the world with Huang Silang,
And take the road to prosperity, calmly taking office.
If Zhang Muzhi wins,
He will, as a partner who dealt with Huang Silang,
Like history,
Continue to serve as Master Tang for Zhang Mazi.
So,
Don’t think that Master Tang is always compliant,
Kowtowing and fawning,
He,
This is the true Shaoxing Master.
Although he stands behind the scenes,
But he will never lose……
So,
Zhang Muzhi is unremitting,
Huang Silang is immortal,
Master Tang is unbeatable,
So,
What will happen to the grand play of these three people?
Let the bullets fly for a while!
Let the bullets fly for a while…..
Deep Film Review of “Let the Bullets Fly”
Partial Interpretation of the First Four Chapters
Zhang Muzhi, Huang Silang, Master Tang,
Represent three ideologies respectively,
They are socialism, liberalism, and conservatism.
Zhang Muzhi and Huang Silang could have cooperated sincerely twenty years ago,
To overthrow the conservative Qing Dynasty.
But after overthrowing the original conservatism,
Liberalism will cooperate with conservatism,
To establish a new order.
Then socialism will be stifled by liberalism.
And Muzhi, the socialist, wants to overthrow Silang, the liberal,
To accomplish three things,
Fairness, fairness, and damn fairness!
He needs to unite with the conservative Master Tang again.
In addition,
As for each person in the film, they actually have multiple allusions.
Zhang Muzhi is based on the model of the Great Leader,
With Marshal Zhu as the assistant, to build the model,
There may also be a little bit of Gao Mazi mixed in.
And in the movie, both Jiang and Liu are allusions to Huang Silang,
I even put Deng and Li and other private goods in,
It’s not inconsistent.
As for the allusion of Master Tang,
He is slightly vilified in the film,
But he is indeed my idol.
Finally,
The Political Affairs Hall is going to use the Let the Bullets Fly series,
To simply depict since the founding of the People’s Republic of China,
The game between socialism and liberalism
This pair of old enemies over the years…..
Deep Film Review of “Let the Bullets Fly” (V)
The Fourth, who kills without blinking an eye
Even when choosing supporting roles, Jiang Wen
Is also very careful.
The actor of the Fourth, is called Du Yiheng.
He is Andy Lau’s stand-in.
And Andy Lau played a role,
The White Cloud City Lord Ye Gucheng in the Decisive Battle at the Forbidden City….
Even,
Jiang Wen also very thoughtfully
Arranged a line for the Fourth,
Because at that time,
The Fourth was in charge of the work of the Central Special Branch……
Deep Film Review of “Let the Bullets Fly” (VI)
The Fifth, who claims to be a virgin
Even when choosing supporting roles, Jiang Wen
Is also very careful.
The actor of the Fifth, is called Li Jing.
Li Jing claims,
His iconic face,
Helped him stand out from thousands of applicants.
And before that, he was just a little-known actor.
The reason is simple, because he looks like…..
In his self-description, the Fifth told the boss,
That he is the oldest among the five,
This is indeed true, 1897.
The Third, since 1956,
He is responsible for leading the team for Boss Zhang Muzhi.
And in the final ambush battle out of the city,
The fifth brother replaced the third brother to preside over the central work…
Among the six brothers present,
Except for the fifth brother, none of them are virgins.
And the fifth brother is the oldest.
There is an iron law in ‘Let the Bullets Fly’,
That is, all abnormal things,
Must be deliberately lying,
Is to make the reader ponder.
Jiang Wen, Jiang Wen,
You have turned the most flirty person into a virgin,
This perverse taste,
Is amazing!
‘Let the Bullets Fly’ Deep Film Review (VII)
The Third Brother Going to Pudong
On his deathbed,
Zhang Muzhi looked at the tracks,
Recalling that year from here,
He went to the Hongmen Banquet in Sichuan with the Master,
The Master cooperated with the toasts before the table,
Behind the scenes, the third brother led the team to advance the turning point.
The youthful spirit of the scholars back then,
The commanding and vigorous spirit of the time,
How exhilarating it was.
And suddenly,
A roar,
Shattered his dream,
In his dying moments, he heard,
The third brother still wants to go to his Pudong.
Why?!
Why didn’t the third brother, whom he had cultivated with one hand,
listen to him?!
In the Great Revolution of Goose City back then,
He forced the third brother,
To hand over Huang Silang’s substitute,
He thought he had killed Huang Silang’s substitute,
Everything was over,
But he didn’t expect that in the end,
The third brother became the new Huang Silang,
The train still rushed towards Pudong.
So,
What is the meaning of the revolution?
What is he pursuing for his whole life?
Zhang Muzhi couldn’t help but recall the second brother,
The second brother who had already died before falling down,
If he were still alive,
What would the ending be?
The year the second brother died,
……
……
Zhang Mazi exceptionally handed over the command of the team to the fifth brother,
But he didn’t expect,
The fifth and fourth brothers who led the team,
Eventually betrayed him too,
Following the third brother towards Pudong.
So Zhang Muzhi could only ride his horse again,
Towards that train,
He firmly believes,
Internationale, will surely be realized!
‘Let the Bullets Fly’ Deep Film Review (VIII)
Historical Allusions of Zhang Mazi’s Team
In the previous chapters,
The main characters of Zhang Mazi’s team,
The allusions in history have been listed.
To sum up:
Zhang Muzhi (Zhang Mazi) – Mao Zedong
Ma Bangde (Master Tang) – Zhou Enlai
Second Brother – Lin Biao
Third Brother – Deng Xiaoping
Fourth Brother – Chen Yun
Fifth Brother – Ye Jianying
Sixth Brother – Mao Anying
Of course,
In fact, many characters in the film,
Have multiple mappings in history,
For example, the second brother’s eyes,
Have the shadow of Liu Bocheng.
Zhang Muzhi followed General Cai E (Songpo),
It directly refers to Zhu De.
Next, let’s talk about several main scenes in the film
Corresponding to the historical allusions:
1. Zhang Mazi robs Ma Bangde’s train,
The time in the film is
The eighth year of the Republic of China (1918),
The location is
Goose City in Sannan Kang Province (now southwestern Sichuan),
And at this time,
There were no railways in Sichuan.
Not to mention the army escorting Master Tang,
Hanging the eighteen-star military flag,
It was no longer used in 1912.
These elements that do not match the times,
Are deliberately used by director Jiang Wen to
Reveal his true intentions.
Ma Bangde is riding a train pulled by horses,
Alludes to Marx (Lenin)ism.
The iron-blooded eighteen-star army in the train,
Alludes to the National Revolutionary Army’s 18th Group Army
(the official name of the Eighth Route Army).
The director’s opening is to use
Scenes that do not match the times
To tell us.
The story is about the story of our party and our army.
And the white horse pulling the train,
Is one of the hidden clues of this story.
Pay attention to a small detail,
When Zhang Muzhi appeared,
He didn’t ride a white horse,
But a black horse.
而是一匹黑马 。
2. The gun used by Zhang Muzhi for shooting,
The serial number is 9853,
Alludes to the Central Column during the Long March,
That is, the Zhu Mao Red Army as everyone calls it,
Because the number of people who started the Long March of the Zhu Mao Red Army at that time,
Was 9853 people.
That is to say,
The scene in the film where Zhang Muzhi robs Ma Bangde’s train,
Alludes to the Zunyi Conference during the Long March into Sichuan.
In 1935,
That year,
Zhang Muzhi obtained the identity of the county magistrate.
3. Zhang Muzhi takes Master Tang to Huang Silang’s Hongmen Banquet,
The hat he wears,
Is a tribute to Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai’s visit to Chiang Kai-shek’s
Chongqing Hongmen Banquet, that famous photo.
The scene of the Hongmen Banquet in the film,
Alludes to the Chongqing negotiations in 1945.
The Hongmen Banquet was going well,
But then the two sides secretly opened fire,
And triggered the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
4. The final decisive battle of Zhang Muzhi and Huang Silang in Goose City,
The enamel cup that Zhang Muzhi uses to drink water,
That is not a product of 1918,
But a symbol of the specific era of the Cultural Revolution.
That is to say, the scene of the decisive battle in Goose City in the film,
Alludes to the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution,
1965.
5. At the end,
The train speeds away,
The train has two shots,
The first shot is seen from the front,
A leg is exposed at the end of the car,
The second shot is behind the train,
A silhouette of Master Tang with a bicycle placed underneath.
The third child said to Flower Sister:
“Shanghai is Pudong!”
Bicycles were extremely rare in China at that time,
Flower Sister had never seen them either,
So it is almost impossible to have been seized from the Huang family.
Appearing suddenly at this time,
Connecting to the plot before,
The foreshadowing of the bicycle’s appearance: Pudong
This place name that did not even exist before the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
This deliberate hint from the director,
Means that the era has become
The Pudong of reform and opening up in the mouth of the third child,
The third child has become Huang Silang.
Note: The picture below is the director’s cut of the Blu-ray source, corresponding to the leg exposed in the first shot, which was cut during the release
That is to say,
The ending alludes to the official rise of the Second Communist Party,
Taking control of the state power,
1982.
In addition,
The train that the third child drove towards Pudong,
Turned back into the state of a horse-drawn train.
But it was implied at the beginning of the film,
That trainwithChinese characteristicsonce it is separated from the horse’s traction,
Its poweris in the opposite direction of the horse ….
Well,
This is an old trick….
So,
Zhang Muzhi resolutely rode that,
That white horse of the year ,
Alone, he chased in the direction the train was heading……
Director Jiang Wen,
Wants to use this film,
To commemorate the passing……
“Let the Bullets Fly” Deep Film Review (Nine)
Huang Silang’s slaves
As soon as Zhang Muzhi’s team entered the city,
Mr. Huang arranged
Huang’s housekeeper Hu Wan,
The head coach of the regiment, Wu Zhichong,
Gave Zhang Muzhi a show of power.
(It’s too unsightly to take out the crotch, so I won’t post the picture)
This Wu Zhichong,
Claims to be a martial arts scholar appointed by the emperor in the thirty-first year of Guangxu (1905).
Although the martial arts scholar was selected locally,
And it was abolished in 1901.
But in 1905,
It is a memorable day,
The imperial examination system, which lasted for 1300 years,
Was abolished this year.
Later,
Many scholars were therefore hindered in their official careers,
And eventually became the rebels of the Qing Dynasty,
And finally dug the tomb of the Qing Dynasty.
Note: Sun Yat-sen founded the Tongmenghui in 1905, and the paths of Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei, and Mao Zedong to study and advance were also ended this year.
However, in Jiang Wen’s script,
The name Wu Zhichong is very interesting,
Is to combine Wu Song + Lu Zhishen + Lin Chong
The most popular people among the three Chinese rogue rebels,
Each take a character from the name.
Jiang Wen’s meaning with Wu Zhichong,
Is that Mr. Huang controls and uses the rogue class,
To assist his own rule through force.
Wu Zhichong and Hu Wan cooperated very tacitly,
Especially in the death of Little Liuzi,
Those few key words of instigation,
Were all said by Wu Zhichong.
The first sentence directly blocked Little Liuzi’s retreat.
第一句直接把小六子的退路封死了。
Then, to ensure that Little Sixth must die,
Constantly sending high hats.
Then use words to guide Little Sixth to make a horizontal cut
Finally,
The goal is achieved,
Immediately apply oil to the soles of the shoes.
And Hu Wan, because of a few words of nonsense,
Walked slowly,
His ears are gone.
Obviously,
Targeting Sixth Master,
They have a plan.
Otherwise, Wu Zhichong, this rough man,
Has no brains to cope so freely.
This time,
It was Master Huang who personally laid out the plan,
To attack the descendants of Zhang Muzhi.
Just like the leg of Mao Yuanxin…
Let’s talk about Hu Wan again,
His relationship with Master Huang,
From the eyes of the actor Chow Yun-fat,
You can know.
The Political Affairs Hall just doesn’t know
Whether to use “the love between men” (homosexual relationship)
Or “the friendship between Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya” to describe it….
However,
One thing is more strange,
Generally speaking,
Slaves should have the same surname as their master,
And why does the Huang family’s chief steward Hu Wan have the surname Hu?
Let the Bullets Fly tells a story that happened in Sichuan,
The people of Sichuan love mahjong,
Whether it’s in Goose City,
Using bullets as money, the two major families,
Or outside Goose City,
The bandit with a nine of circles on his head,
They all like mahjong.
Mahjong,
Naturally, you have to “Hu” (win).
According to this,
Huang’s chief steward Hu Wan,
Having the surname “Hu” is no problem.
There is no need to disassemble it into three people like Wu Zhichong.
However,
There is a strange thing in the whole movie,
Master Huang, as a Sichuanese,
Didn’t even touch mahjong once,
But has been playing bridge.
In fact,
Among the early leaders of our party,
Because there were many Sichuanese,
Mahjong was also very popular,
But there were also leaders who played bridge.
According to the record of “The Way of Health of Wan Li”,
At that time, the two undefeated generals who played bridge in Beijing,
Were Hu Yaobang and Wan Li,
They swept the capital,
But the only one they couldn’t win was Deng Xiaoping.
So the final question,
In Jiang Wen’s Let the Bullets Fly series,
Master Huang’s confidants,
Hu Wan, Hu Qian, and Hu Baisan, why do they all have the surname Hu?
为啥都姓胡呢？
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