Review: To Live (1994)

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The film To Live, adapted from Yu Hua's novel of the same name, is widely regarded as a masterpiece by Chinese director Zhang Yimou. To Live tells the story of the involuntary destiny of the common people under the merciless torrent of history. The protagonists performed by Ge You and Gong Li in the film are very representative of the Chinese people from in the 20^th century. The classic image provides people with the key to interpret destiny and humanity in the context of special historical times. The film spans through the eras of the time under the KMT rule, the Civil War of China, the era of the Great Leap, and the Cultural Revolution that lasted for a decade. The film has a certain degree of epic and history condensed into the fate of individuals. Zhang Yimou has created a series of lively and full-fledged characters for the audience in the historical background, and has covered the pain of being unable to control their own lives in the wave of history.

The director uses a contrasting tactic to portray Fugui's character image, the transformation and sublimation of human nature completed in the years of change. At the beginning of the film, Fugui, played by Ge You, is a young master of the landlord's family and lives a carefree and wealthy life. The “fu” in the name has all the meanings of fortune, but it can be said that fate has shaped such a blessing character into a person’s life that has nothing to do with blessing. It is also the true demonstration of black humor. Fugui loved gambling from the beginning of the film. In the sharp contrast of such a situation of life, the typical character of Fugui's image is clearly highlighted. He represents the decaying class of the old landlord classes in China who were blind to the changing era. At this time, Fugui was no longer the young wealthy master, but a penniless, impoverished ordinary folk. After his wife returned with his daughter and son, Fugui finally decided to lead an honorable life. However, this was when the Civil War broke out in China, and he had no choice but to enlist.

In Fugui’s image and character, the use of props makes this character more complete, realistic, and credible. Fugui's optimistic and open-minded character survived the painful family upheavals. Due to his fate, Fugui became a self-reliant urban poor. The sign of this turning point was the shadow puppet. In the film, Zhang Yimou combines the scenes of the shadow puppet show with the scene of steel making, symbolizing that in this absurd movement, Fugui was like a puppet under the control of the destiny. Before Youqing was killed by a car and Fugui rushed to the body of his son in blood, Zhang Yimou gave him a close-up shot. Fugui stood blankly in front of the shadow window of the shadow puppet play. Obviously, Zhang Yimou used this lens to tell people that in the face of an irresistible destiny, Fugui was like being played in the palm of fate’s hand.

In the era of the Great Leap Forward in 1958, China set off an unrealistic and delusional national campaign to move beyond the UK and the USA in economic development. Even the iron wire on the shadow puppets had to be removed to make more steel, to make the most crucial two bullets for the liberation of Taiwan. Fugui managed to save the puppets, as he also saved his past as a human being. Years later, during the Cultural Revolution, in the midst of a turbulent wave, his shadow puppets failed to escape the catastrophe. All things related to the cultural heritages were to be destroyed. Under the supervision of the mayor, the shadow puppets were finally burned. Despite the importance of clinging to one’s past, the need of survivial, to live, prevailed. Despite the continuous and heavy blows of the fate, Fugui was still managed to keep an ordinary life, to be alive, humble, and full of hope for a better future. In the process, Fugui surpassed his own convictions through perseverance to take up the burden of the family. The shadow puppets are used to help Fugui complete a spiritual return to human nature and the growth of life.

The film spans more than 30 years, depicting a violent turmoil of Chinese history. The life of the Fugui’s family before the founding of PRC, during the Great Leap Forward period, during the Cultural Revolution, and in the early 1980s was described. The characters’ joys and sorrows, life and death were marked by the times. The scenes transferred from the small gambling houses in the 1940s, the battlefield between the KMT and the CCP armies, to the irrational China in the 1950s rushing for unrealistic development, and to the end of the crazy and catastrophic era of Cultural Revolution since the end of the 1960s. The history of the country is reflected vividly through lives of individuals. On the other hand, the fate of individuals is also represented by the shadow puppets, powerlessly drifting in the waves of history. Overall, the film is a bit sad, sometimes amusing, and nostalgic in general. 

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