【电影简介】

主人公钟华（尹昉饰演）是一个生活在都市中的网络写手，同时也是地下摇滚歌手和专业黑客，为了生计不得不帮音乐公司的老板做些“五毛党”的勾当，日子过得很宅，如果说有什么幸运的事儿，就是他勾搭上了一个没出名的小歌手萌萌（黄幻饰演），而不幸的是，那个小歌手却是老板的情人……对于性和爱情其实分的不很清楚的钟华为了“还债”答应音乐公司的老板尽力把小歌手捧红，而这时他接到了多年没有音讯的父亲发来的邮包，在邮包里竟然藏着一段在文革岁月中的凄婉故事……

“一首歌，两代人，三段故事，四种曲风”，这是崔健对《蓝色骨头》极为简练的介绍，后来，他又多透露了点内容，这部电影在他2005年制作专辑《给你一点颜色》时就已经成形，电影讲述了一个拥有多重身份的年轻男子钟华，勾搭了一个小歌手萌萌，但萌萌却是老板的情人……钟华父亲的一个邮包又牵出文革期间的一段凄婉故事。

电影将分为三个篇章，《蓝色骨头》这首歌贯穿始终。在电影《蓝色骨头》中，观众将听到四种曲风的《蓝色骨头》。这首歌是崔健2005年专辑《给你一点颜色》的主打歌，也是他个人以摇滚的态度看人生的真实写照。

【音频文本】

When I heard about rock star Cui Jian's first feature film "The Blue Bone", my first reaction was to dismiss it as just another piece of amateur nonsense by someone trying to cash in on China's fast expanding film market. Heaven knows we've had enough of those recently. But before I even finished the film, I had begun to regret my narrow-minded assumption, "The Blue Bone" is one of the best directorial debuts in years, or at least it is better than the products of some who label themselves professional directors.

The story is mostly about how two generations of Chinese musical talents struggle to fit in their times. Ni Hongjie plays a young woman in the 1980s who was expelled from an art troupe for writing a song of certain bold content. She was married to a man of secret service, but the temporary union eventually broke down.Decades later when their son became a young adult, he picked up his mother's tabooed song and at an underground concert spoke of his own life and dream as a misfit in the modern context. Meanwhile, the family's story is completed by a storyline about the father, who spent his entire life guarding the secret of a handgun and its damages on himself.

China is going through rapid changes, changes that have moved Cui Jian and his songs to the category of nostalgia. Personally I've never listened attentively to his songs, it is only for the purpose of writing this review that I took quite some time reading his resume and warming up to his rich melodies and lyrics. His rise to stardom in the 1980s may have been the result of the country's opening-up and his diligent study of western styles, but he has also most assuredly proven his personal taste by the original ideas and sensitivity in his literary lyrics.

That taste is also present in his cinematic creation. With the help of cinemagraphor Christopher Doyle, Cui Jian offers eloquent images imbued with rich symbolism and powerful sentiment. Throughout the film, the characters perform Cui Jian's songs twice: "Lost in Season" and "The Blue Bone", both are loaded with explosive passion.

The non-linear narrative is a significant part of the film in the sense that it highlights the characters'difficulty with the world around them. It also breaks up the storytelling and makes it seem disorderly forimpatient viewers who know little and care less about the history of contemporary China.

"The Blue Bone" is not easily accessible due to Cui Jian's unique style and the setback in the narrative, it may not be the most profitable movie in the box office, some critics may even frown upon it to look smart. But it is not wise to discourage conscientious first timers, not when good taste is hard to find in the age of gold rush in China's movie industry.

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