"Wuhan Day and Night": Recording "Love and Life and Death", the comfort and embrace of a documentary
Under the background that many places are still affected by the epidemic and almost all provinces are advocating "Chinese New Year in situ", watching the documentary film "Wuhan Day and Night" on Wuhan's anti-epidemic theme has a special feeling.
Last year, when the Spring Festival was approaching, the Wuhan epidemic broke out. On the eve of New Year’s Eve, the passage away from Han was closed. Since then, the city has been closed for 76 days. 76 "Wuhan Day and Night" and 76 "Chinese Day and Night", countless people are concerned about the occurrence. The epidemic in Wuhan is also concerned about the nation's anti-epidemic dynamics. At that time, it will never be remembered.
Watching "Wuhan Day and Night" on the big screen has a real sense of reality. For the first time in such a large format, people can feel more truly what happened in Wuhan a year ago.
Different images, on different platforms and channels, will bring different visual and inner impacts. Compared with countless Wuhan anti-epidemic images that have appeared on social media and TV screens, the lens in the movie has opened up a lot of vision and emotion. A lot of calmness, but laughter and tears, pain and love, seem to be magnified a lot.
"Love, life and death" is the eternal expression theme of film creation. Around this theme, filmmakers around the world have shot many classic works.
"Wuhan Day and Night" once again recaptures this proposition. It uses simple techniques and true details, and uses warm and moving music to bridge many invisible "gullies" to fill in the lack of sense of the scene that people may not be able to reach at the time. In the heart of the audience the most hope to understand several aspects.
The film does not cover everything, but the appeal is very precise-it gives a silent attitude as a documentary to "love and life and death".
"Chun Mian is not aware of dawn, we hear birds everywhere, the sound of wind and rain at night, how much we know about flowers", the first line of "Wuhan Day and Night" is a child reading poems in a childish voice. This is what he recorded with a tape recorder. The grandfather in the intensive care unit listened.
He recites ancient poems to his grandfather through a tape recorder, telling his current life and inner desires. This recording method belongs to the child's "Wuhan Diary". Several recordings run through the entire movie and have the function of conveying love and hope.
The medical staff took care of every patient like their loved ones, the "bearded" patient Li Chao's optimism and humor, the couple living in the car, and two young volunteers who received the marriage certificate...their stories were extremely tense at the time The environment does not have a strong sense of depression as imagined, but gives people the impression of easy coping. This kind of ease that can be brought about by a certain sense of power, and the source of power can be attributed to the word "love".
Regarding death, "Wuhan Day and Night" has two records that make it difficult to control and want to cry. One is that the head nurse Su Jie is heartbroken following the funeral car, crying for the last look at his father; the other is the nurse behind the fence. The relics of the deceased were handed over to the family members, and their dialogue was simple but shocking.
The reason why these two records are impressive is that although there are not many mirrors used, they still let people see the pain that the epidemic has left on the city of Wuhan.
The "death" shown in the movie is silent. To swallow the pain silently and continue to live well is the best comfort to the loved ones.
"Wuhan Day and Night" is obviously too much for "birth". In addition to the patient being cured and discharged from the hospital to get a "newborn", the movie lens also focuses on the newborns born in the hospital, paying extra attention.
Newborns are a symbol of hope. Their croaking to the ground can bring joy and celebration, and can inspire infinite tenderness in people.
Children born in Wuhan Hospital during the epidemic have received more meticulous care. Nurses "built" a special protection measure for a premature baby, which they vividly described as a "bird's nest."
There is nothing more inspiring than protecting a baby, especially in a special context.
Taking care of newborn babies has also been given a special meaning. The creators of "Wuhan Day and Night" understood this, so they adopted more of these images, which increased the power of the work a lot.
No matter what happens on this earth, there is no way to change the alternation of day and night, the gathering and scattering of life and death. It is also in this iron law of reincarnation that people are constantly searching, pursuing, and looking forward to, and relying on this upward movement. His desire to get out of suffering and ups and downs.
"Wuhan Days and Nights" is a record of a period of history of the epidemic in Wuhan, as well as a profound inscription of people's resilience in terms of survival.
The enlightenment brought by this work will not stop at the epidemic. The interested audience will observe and comprehend more from it.
Han Haoyue Source: China Youth Daily