Eric Vespe, to the author from the resource who was in Cannes Ain't It Cool News, almost an hour before the screening, organized by the director of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux, a mysterious letter arrived by email, indicating that he should arrive at some movie theater at some time for something. It turned out that it was a mysterious 45-minute session where trailers and clips from various films were shown. Among other things, there were stills from action films “Great Masters” (The Grandmasters) and "God will forgive" (Only God Forgives).
The footage from Wong Kar Wai's film “Great Masters” turned out to be quite beautiful. A little girl watches her father practice a deadly martial art called Baguazhang in a snowy courtyard. In voiceover, she tells us that her father forbade her to watch him train, but she didn’t listen, and soon they switch places, then we see how the girl clumsily tries to copy her father’s movements, and he catches her doing this.
At first he looks saddened, then he comes to terms with the situation, while the voiceover explains that her father told her that no matter what she does in life, she will surpass everyone at it, and then we see him teaching the girl.
The cut to a scene of a fully grown girl (Zhang Ziyi) training alone in the snow, much like her father, is both powerful and graceful. Her blows cut through the air, causing pieces of ice to swirl, snowflakes crashing into the bark of a tree trunk, and the branches of a cherry blossom tree to sway as she gracefully moves from post to post.
That's what Eric (in summary) talked about the film "God will forgive":
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From the film God Forgives, only a long sequence was shown, apparently from the beginning of the film, and very similar in style to Drive, with long takes, moderate neon lighting and a silent but brutal Ryan Gosling.
It began with Thai, in my opinion, credits against the backdrop of a long and gloomy exotic corridor. Oddly enough, the rails from the camera dolly were visible on the floor, in stark contrast to the Thai script. Perhaps this was intended, or maybe they will later be “erased” using computer graphics.
To be honest, they didn’t show very much. The camera is located in a room, perhaps some kind of cool strip club. In one corner, two Thai men in white suits sit laughing on a long sofa; in the other, Gosling sits and stares at an excited-looking girl with a microphone. She doesn’t sing and doesn’t seem to be planning to sing, she just stands there with a sad look, immersed in her thoughts.
Gosling stands up abruptly, calmly walks towards two Thai men having a good time and ends up breaking a glass of drink on one of them's teeth.
Blows flash, Gosling dominates the fight, and it ends in the corridor, where Gosling grabs the beaten man by the MOUTH (he lies on the floor, gasping in pain, and Gosling continues, shoves his hand into the dude’s mouth and drags him by the upper jaw down the corridor) and throws him out of the building.
The first guy's friend kicks Gosling in the back, they fight, and it all ends with Gosling not only beating the two of them, but deciding that this is not enough - he takes off his belt and starts beating them.
That's all. So, yes, no hint of a plot, just good old brutality performed by the “silent but deadly” Gosling.
As I said, judging by the style, it feels like everything could take place in the Drive universe, which, in my opinion, is not bad.
Author: Eric Vespe
Source: aintitcool.com
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Tags: Only God Forgives, The Grandmaster, Wong Kar-Wai, Nicholas Winding Refn, Ryan Gosling, Zhang Ziyi
Tags: Only God Forgives, The Grandmaster, Wong Kar-Wai, Nicholas Winding Refn, Ryan Gosling, Zhang Ziyi
She is not the daughter of Ip Man, but one of those great masters who challenge competitors.
Here's the plot in case you forgot:
And what does Baguazhang have to do with it??