May 17 is the International Day of No Homophobia. It is obviously of special significance for Ma Xue's Red Surfboard to meet the audience in the cinema on this day. Admittedly, this is also a testimony of courage. After all, "Red Surfboard" is the first film on the mainland to be released on the big screen, with the main line of double male emotions. This not only fills the gap in the theme of films of the same type, but also dares to find another way to pay attention to the emotional entanglement of minorities and explore the emotional code between them when many films are market-oriented and box office oriented. While making contributions to the diversification of film types, it also gives its own voice and cry to the diversification of society, which also makes Red Surfboard The social and practical significance of the film is even more profound.
Red Surfboard is a very special film. The film's expression of love is implicit, introverted, or even vague. Because Xiao Fang, the hero, is also full of tangles and struggles in his emotional cognition and identity. Xiao Fang had a very good friend when he was studying. At that time, Xiao Fang was not fully mature and his understanding of friendship and love was vague. However, Xiao Fang's heart is quite fragile and sensitive. When he learned that his best friend was in love with a girl, the impulse caused by his vulnerability and sensitivity eventually led to a tragedy. The haze caused by the tragedy has always been accompanied by Xiao Fang, which also made Xiao Fang break into the cold palace with his "strange color" until Yuan Yong and Yang Fan broke in.
Xiao Fang, Yuan Yong and Yang Fan are happy and happy together. They live like young men and women. They walked on the waves together, sang songs together, made drinks together and even fought together. The vitality of youth was burning and blooming on them like flames. In particular, Xiao Fang and Yuan Yong have become close friends and confidants. It is with this kind of relationship that the "strange color" hidden in Xiao Fang's heart is activated again. However, perhaps because of the painful experience and lessons of his student days, Xiao Fang cherishes this special sentiment more and treats it more carefully and implicitly. The kind of restraint, entanglement and struggle that still wants to love but can't stop has been most vividly presented and expressed in Xiao Fang. Of course, this is also the normal state of small and medium-sized people in real life.
Different from the previous films about youth, love, pain and growth, the Red Surfboard does not have a single sweet word, vows of eternal love, flirtation, kissing and other intimate physical contact scenes, but does not hinder the concentration and depth of emotion. The director used a large number of living scenes and daily interactions to present Xiao Fang's two pure loves in a simple and rich way.
The presentation technique of Xiao Fang's past and present double time and space is sometimes parallel and sometimes cross, which clearly explains Xiao Fang's emotional experience and motivation, and makes the story more dramatic and readable. The fine structure and polishing of suspense also let the audience involuntarily walk into Xiao Fang's emotional maze, to interpret the emotional code of adolescent boys, to unlock the emotional dilemma of hot blooded men, and to achieve self identification with Xiao Fang after experiencing twists and turns.
Xiao Fang (played by Xu Weihao) and Yuan Yong (played by Huang Yan) are handsome and sunny. Their looks are very attractive. Moreover, the picture of the film is very, very beautiful. The feeling of suffocation is so beautiful that people have an impulse to go surfing. In particular, some of the close-up shots of surfing, the overhead shots of the sea, and the use of long shots not only make the picture extremely beautiful, but also make the audience relaxed and fascinated, and also set off Xiao Fang's hope and despair, beauty and cruelty properly. It is a great loss not to watch such films on the big screen.
"Red Surfboard" is in the heat. however, "Red Surfboard" has long been popular before it was shown, and it has gained a reputation. Best Film and Best Photography of Buenos Aires International Film Festival; Best Foreign Language Film, Best Photography and Best Color Matching at the British Golden Film Festival; Best Director of the Los Angeles Independent Women's Film Festival; Best director and most popular actress of Vancouver Chinese Film Festival; The award of the best director, best actor and other professional film awards at the Indian Lake City International Film Festival is enough to prove the gold content of the film. At the same time, "Red Surfboard" has also been shortlisted in the Quanzhou International Film Festival, and the award is also expected.
