Film review of "Thirty Thousand Miles from Chang'an": Satisfies all imaginations of the romanticism of the Tang Dynasty.
The film "Thirty Thousand Miles from Chang'an" tends to be secular and realistic in its portrayal of poets. These are real people who have existed in history, and their characters should not be stereotyped. Instead, we should use poetry as a yardstick and historical facts as a reference. What comes across in this film is a strong sense of family and country.
Every poet has a different personality and ill-fated fate, but behind them is a deep responsibility for his family, country, world, and people. The friendship between these talented people has become more splendid because of poetry, and even more passionate because of the turbulence of the times. The film explores the eternal theme of mankind by showing the stories of sages such as Li Bai and Gao Shi.
There are two themes in "Thirty Thousand Miles from Chang'an". One is people's unremitting pursuit of ideals, and the other is the mutual appreciation of friendship between Gao Shi and Li Bai. No matter how times change, human beings always have to pursue their inner dreams.
Poets in "Thirty Thousand Miles from Chang'an"
1. Gao Shi
He is dull and taciturn, and his social circle is not as wide as that of Li Bai. He is a careful person. He admired Li Bai's poetic talents, so he would attach great importance to what Li Bai said. From the heyday of Kaiyuan to a few years after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Gao Shi visited Liangyuan three times, visited the Yellow Crane Tower three times, visited Chang'an three times, and visited Yangzhou twice. Each time he went and left, he witnessed the turning point of everyone's life, and also profiled them. It shows the history of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline.
2. Li Bai
Sociated very widely, free and uninhibited, with friends all over the world, careless, drunken and forgetful, and often failed to remember the agreement he made with Gao Shi. At first, Li Bai was a dashing young man who spent money like water, but he became paunchy due to drinking. Later, Li Bai was involved in King Yong's rebellion and eventually became a white-haired prisoner. Gao Shi learned of Li Bai's situation and wrote to Guo Ziyi to rescue Li Bai. Li Bai was pardoned on his way to exile from Yelang, and Gao Shi and Li Bai never met again.
The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia - "Chang'an Thirty Thousand Miles"