When traditions give way to modernization and the planned economy is gradually replaced by market mechanisms all of us in China have little choice but to press on and get accustomed to huge, sudden changes. Fortunately, as the fast transformation of society in China blurs the collective memory of its people, we have '24 City' to return us to our past.
'24 City' is the latest film by Jia Zhangke, the famous Chinese moviemaker who has gained an international reputation through his documentary-styled motion pictures. The movie '24 City' also embraces the narrative style and consists of five authentic interviews and four fictional scenes.
In 1958, Dali came all the way from Shenyang to the 420 Factory in Chengdu.
On the journey, she lost her son forever.
Hou Lijun had been working with the factory for thirty years but still couldn't escape the massive lay-offs in the early 1990s.
去看《24城记》。
电影开篇讲“二十四城芙蓉花，锦官自昔称繁花”，看来贾樟柯这回又要拿中国当下境况作为历史性话题来演绎了。因为整个七言所构建的意境就是在时代急剧变迁的同时，个体如何面对生存空间的毁灭或者重建。虽然这种面对在大多数时候，表现为一种不知所措。
比如影片中大量记述的那些生存于计划经济体制下的工人，当有一天这种体制不再需要他们的时候，他们和他们的青春也只剩被搁置在历史某个短暂的阶段里。而荒谬的是，这种搁置只能解读为一种时代的偶然，他们的热情在这种偶然面前只剩被牺牲掉，至多有贾樟柯来尝试性地记录一下这种生存状态，别无他途。
当然在这种尝试性的记录中，还是可见导演掺入了为数不少的虚构成分，虽然这种虚构和记录的边界是比较模棱两可的。但是显然，这种掺入叫整部影片没有《小武》之类显得自由自在。但这也是别无他途，因为这确实不是贾樟柯所熟悉的。
之前听人讲，《24》是一部实验作品，不过看了影片之后，对于这种实验性实在有待商榷。或者说这种实验气质，至多是形式上的。
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《二十四城记》909 VS 420
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