本周看什么 | 最近值得一看的 9 部作品 – 少数派

• Recommended recent masterpieces:[电影] Shaun the Sheep 3: Monster Attacks,[电影] suddenly,[电影] black sheep,[日剧] Did someone happen to mention me? ,[韩剧] Heartbeat Manufacturing Factory,[美剧] Maigret Season 2,[法剧] Arthur Robin Season 4,[动画] Luo Xiaohei’s War Chronicles·Preschool Chapter,[纪录片] Seven Years of Life 10 (Final Season)
• A few exciting previews:“Dune 3” final trailer, “Avengers 5” new trailer, “Pride and Prejudice” official trailer, “Death Stranding ISOLATIONS” first trailer
• Some film and television information:“Uncharted” is scheduled to be released in mainland China on November 27, the first poster of the “Harry Potter” series, the new poster of “Blade Runner 2099”, and “Unknown’s Battlegrounds” will be adapted into a live-action series
• Theme film list:Watching horror movies on Halloween is the right thing to do🎃

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• Keywords: comedy
• 又名：Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
• Length: 81 minutes
• Viewing channel: In theater release, there are post-credits Easter eggs; Douban link

The mea team is in big trouble!

@SHY: On Halloween, the natives of Moss Farm had their own plans. Sean and the other lambs secretly cultivated a pumpkin patch, but it was accidentally destroyed by the farmer. Sean, who always has some clever ideas, formulated a growth potion that can make pumpkin seedlings mature overnight. Unexpectedly, the farmer who was about to date his sweetheart used it as a hair growth potion. When an out-of-control potion effect causes a commotion in the town, the lambs’ frantic rescue is about to begin.

When it comes to things that are hard to replace with AI, Aardman Studio’s stop-motion animation is definitely on the list. In the era of the Great Leap Forward of giants, this work still adheres to the traditional production method, using clay to carefully carve the entire film shot, and the details must be refined, and even close-ups will not reveal anything. Wonderful props are designed in a variety of ways, and weird off-line developments are woven. After some unscrupulous nonsense, they can always find a warm foothold and convey simple and pure happiness.

After playing with the sci-fi formula of the previous film, this film continues to extend its claws on horror films, paying homage to many genre classics and not forgetting to incorporate its own Easter eggs. There is always a scene that will make you smile. It focuses on cold-blooded British humor, but also has universal jokes that both adults and children like, poking fun at the common problems of modern people. Saying no to advanced themes and just wanting to entertain the audience, this stop-motion animated film without dialogue is the best Halloween gift to relax and unwind.

• Keywords: plot
• Also known as: Suddenly feeling unwell / Soudain / All of a Sudden
• Duration: 196 minutes; Douban link

I think I’m already ready to meet you.

@SHY: As the director of a nursing home in the suburbs of Paris, Marie-Lou Fontaine is committed to promoting humanitarian care methods that maintain the dignity of patients. However, she encounters resistance from many parties and her mental pressure is increasing day by day. By chance, Mary-Lou met Mari Morisaki, a Japanese playwright who was in the late stages of cancer. The relationship between the two, who had met so late, became increasingly deep. Can this friendship affect the people around her?

Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi drew inspiration from a collection of real letters to conceive of the friendship between two women that spans language and geography. Taking the disabled elderly and mental disorders as the starting point, the film focuses on the care between people and advocates respect for independent personality. The wonderful performances of the two leading actors stirred up ripples in the hearts of the audience, making this more than 3-hour movie not boring. They also won the Best Actress Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Are healthy people really alive? And what kind of person would it be to be truly alive? This work uses speculative dialogue to explore the flaws of capitalism and the ills of modern society. Through consistent humanistic care, it builds a small utopia in this increasingly torn world. Sometimes, what changes your life may be just a sudden encounter, and the feelings contained in it are worth recalling over and over again for the rest of your life.

• Keywords: Drama/Education/Thriller
• AKA: Bad Apples
• Duration: 100 minutes; Douban link

A bad apple can ruin a basket of apples.

@ Liz与青鸟: What would you do if there was an uncontrollable student in your class? In short, you can’t lock it in the basement of your home. But when people are broken, they can do anything. Danny in Maria’s class is such an irritable and irritable student. He throws things in class, provokes teachers and classmates, and even becomes violent. The whole class becomes chaotic and disordered under his destruction. However, the school leaders refused to provide help to Maria. Parents of other students also believed that Maria was incompetent. Danny’s father only said, “I can’t control him.” It seemed that Maria was solely responsible for managing problematic students.

On a dark rainy night, the helpless Maria encounters Danny who is smashing a car. The frightening fight, the noisy car alarm and the heavy soundtrack hit the audience’s hearts, making the atmosphere of danger stronger and stronger. But the horror of the movie doesn’t end there. Even though the film ends on a slightly weak note, it will still send chills down your spine. The outstanding presence of the film’s soundtrack has mixed reviews, and the overall atmosphere is dangerous and depressing. Backed by Ronan’s delicate acting skills, the film also adds some reversal designs to the narrative, allowing both teachers and students to have character arcs, allowing the audience to see the complexity of human nature, and also revealing the bitter consequences of evasion in the hypocritical education system and family education.

• Keywords: comedy
• Also known as: Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
• Length: about 53 minutes (single episode) × 8 episodes
• Watching channel: Netflix; Douban link

Memory declines around the world and mine remains the same!

@SHY: The well-known stage actor Gen Takasekawa went to London to win the limelight of Tibetan erotica, becoming the first Japanese to star in Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. He was preparing to return home triumphantly, but the epidemic broke out. After finally returning to Japan, Takase River was literally forgotten by the whole world. Can he, whose connections, property, and status have all been wiped out and reduced to non-existence, return to the spotlight?

The screenwriter Kankuro Miyafuji, who always has new ideas, transferred the script that was rejected by the TV station to Netflix, and came up with a new “King Lear” with a very different direction. In addition to making jokes, he vomited out his insights over the years, and there is a familiar Miyajiu flavor between the lines. Takasechuan, who started his life all over again, experienced for the first time the bitterness of being a low-level group performer. He originally searched intensely for himself, but he learned to accept himself as an ordinary person, and through this he realized the true meaning of an actor.

A drama with actors as the core naturally requires a cast with superb strength. The leading actor, Yakusho Koji, performs on the same stage with a group of veteran actors. From the absolute C position with full aura to the marginal bit player who blends into the background, he can easily control various roles. The scene within the scene in the last episode is the finishing touch. This drama with a seemingly absurd setting interprets the restart of life from a unique perspective and tells the story of reconciliation after the glorious ending, which may also touch you.

• Keywords: comedy/love
• Also known as: So that I can tremble
• Length: about 54 minutes (single episode) × 10 episodes; Douban link

Where is the horizon of your life?

@ Pan Yuhan: Kong Yanshui grew up in a large family that abided by ethics and had a docile personality. There are many rules in the family, for example, men are superior to women, and Yan Shui’s task is to take better care of her younger brother; she refuses premarital sex, so even if she secretly dated a boyfriend without telling the family, she could not break through the barrier in her heart and go further with her boyfriend. Because she was of marriageable age, Yanshui’s grandmother arranged a blind date for her, saying that the other person was the CEO of a large company. The man is indeed a successful boss, but this man named Dugu Dal deals in adult sex toys.

It is probably the most bold in subject matter and scale among the Korean melo dramas that have been aired in recent times. The series is of course about the love story between men and women, but it also explores the expression of desire between the sexes through the growth of a good girl and a sex toy owner in a big family. This seems to be a more avoided topic in East Asian romance dramas, which can touch on topics such as falling in love and cheating, but cannot bravely express physical desire. “Heartbeat Factory” does not shy away from this topic, and even directly tells you that the desire for the body is an instinctive expression of love.

• Keywords: plot/crime
• Also known as: Maigret Season 2
• Length: about 59 minutes (single episode) × 6 episodes; Douban link

When investigating a case, you must also understand the human nature of the case.

@ Pan Yuhan: This is probably the worst birthday Maigret has ever had. Just when I picked up the cake, I received an alarm about a bank bomb. He went to the scene and found a suspicious woman. She was holding a bag and looked nervous. She ran away when anyone saw her. Maigret worked with his team and successfully exchanged bags. When he showed his identity to the woman with a police ID, the woman painfully asked him why he did this with a gun, and committed suicide on the banks of the Seine in front of everyone.

The story of the second season is adapted from the famous works in the series “Maigre’s Revolver”, “Yellow Dog” and “The Hanged Man of Saint-Fovalien” by Georges Simenon. Different from the seriousness and retro of Rowan Atkinson’s (Mr. Bean) version of “Magret Detective”, the new version of the story is not only placed in modern society, but also changes the character. This time, Maigret is less restrained and has a high degree of socialization, so he can better understand the humanity hidden in the case; he will respect the ideas and suggestions of his subordinates, and he will be responsible for anything that goes wrong.

This show is not strictly a cool show, and Maigret is not omnipotent. In this season, he was also suppressed by his new boss, but this arrangement also made the story more grounded.

• Keywords: plot/action/suspense/crime
• Also known as: Lupine
• Length: 39-50 minutes (single episode) × 8 episodes
• Watching channel: Netflix; Douban link

Gentleman Phantom Thief, can you really say goodbye?

@ Pan Yuhan: At the end of the third season, in order to protect his family, Ah Sang chose to go to jail. In the fourth season, Asan’s sentence was successfully commuted due to his good behavior in prison, and he will be released from prison in another week. He decided to wash his hands of this golden basin and accompany his son to grow up. Unfortunately, the unknowns of life always catch people off guard. At this time, someone hacked into the city’s Internet, used Asan’s face to post crime notices, and robbed museums in two different cities.

Learning to be a qualified and normal father is Ah Sang’s little wish at the moment, but it is obvious that the gentleman thief has not yet said goodbye. Ah Sang’s father was unjustly imprisoned back then. Now he has experienced his father’s pain back then and he needs to prove his innocence. It turns out that being able to breathe freely is such a luxury. This season, Asang was forced to change his identity and face a copycat criminal who was extremely familiar with him. As a result, Ah Sang, who once seemed omnipotent and in control of everything, was rarely helpless, but it was also such a unique, dark perspective from the opposite side that made Ah Sang re-examine himself.

The pacing of the fourth season’s episodes is still clean and neat, and the twists and turns are arranged just right.

• Keywords: Drama/Comedy/Action/Animation/Fantasy
• Also known as: The Legend of LUOXIAOHEI
• Length: About 11 minutes (single episode) × 6 episodes
• Viewing channel: Bilibili; Douban link

Let’s learn a few common words (that will appear in the game) first.

@ Pan Yuhan: The book continues from the previous chapter (July 17, 2021) “The Gate of All Living Beings”. In the game, Xiao Hei expressed his wish to his master to learn to read with Xiao Bai, and Wu Wu agreed with a smile. Back in the real world, Xiao Hei relayed the incident to everyone. In order to allow Xiao Hei to adapt to the upcoming study, and because of the timeout, the anti-addiction game opened by the “Gate of All Beings” punishes Xiao Hei before he can enter the game again after ten days, several people decided to help Xiao Hei get familiar with pinyin, writing, etc. before he enters school. After only half a day of studying, they received a call from the card of Lingxi Guild Hall. It turned out that it was Infinite Hope Xiao Hei to go to Longyou Guild Hall.

After five years, the TV version of “Luo Xiaohei’s War” finally received an update, and Xiaohei is about to start learning. Although they belong to the same series, unlike the two movies in the series, which focus on fairies, the TV version of the series focuses more on four children, including Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei, who is with his friends, also looks different from when he is with his master. He does not need to worry about whether humans and fairies can coexist, because that is a matter that adults will solve. He just needs to be happy with his friends.

The TV version of animation is more everyday and more healing.

Does the age of seven really look old this time?

@ Pan Yuhan: In 1964, in order to explore whether the British class system really existed, the documentary production team selected fourteen children from five classes in the UK: the rich, the elite, the middle class, the workers, the welfare institutions and the farmers, and used a time span of 63 years to track the lives of these children. The documentary revisits every seven years. Now that the documentary is in its final season, these children are now 70 years old.

It’s so amazing. We watched the children in front of the camera grow from innocence and ignorance to growing up, getting older, and even facing death. So watching the final season, you will find it difficult to hold back your tears. We always think that seventy years is a long time line, but in fact, using seven years as a gap is only ten seven years. The child who laughed and said that he had shares in the newspaper grew up step by step in his class as expected. The child who walked freely on the remote farm moved from the sheep flock to the wider world and came into contact with nuclear fusion… Life seems to be destined, but it also seems to have more possibilities.

This long and realistic social experiment in human history is indeed a great documentary.

[日剧] Welcome back, first love @ Pan Yuhan: On the day of high school reunion, Yamane Shiori met fellow student Taguchi Ryosuke, whom he hadn’t seen in ten years. When he was a student, Ryousuke was a delinquent in the eyes of everyone. He dyed his hair and had his ears pierced. But between him and Shiori, who couldn’t blend in with others, there was a throbbing youthful past. When we meet again this time, the beauty of the past seems to be back. The dual-timeline narrative drama uses reality and memories to tell a story of pure love, which is very atmospheric.

[韩剧] Love is charging @ Pan Yuhan: Due to a lightning strike when he was young, Luo Baopei has the super power of electric shock. For years, she lived in a barrier glove until she unexpectedly discovered that she could contact Bai Haolang. For Bai Haolang, who had an artificial heart implanted, Baopei’s touch actually recharged him. As a result, the two signed an agreement, one to write a love script, and the other just to extend his life. Although the series adapted from the novel is a bit cliché, the natural acting skills of the male and female protagonists still make people feel sweet.

[美剧] The King of Tulsa Season 4 @ Pan Yuhan: After resolving the winery dispute with Dunmire, Dwight finally obtained a federal liquor license and can sell alcohol. At the same time, he did not stop expanding his career. He knew that he could not relax because the newly appointed governor and cooperation with the federal government were still uncertain factors in his life. The main plot of this season still revolves around Dwight’s business map. He is still working hard at this age and is worthy of being the King of Tulsa.