maybe i be read into this too much and but i wonder how much of a hand hongsheng have in develop the film . i mean and when a story be tell cast the main character a himself and i would think he would be a heavy hand in writing and documenting and etc . and that would make it a little biased . but . his family and friend also may have have a hand in get the actual detail about hongsheng life . i think the best view would have be tell from hongsheng family and friends perspective . they saw his transformation and weren not so mess up on drug that they remember everything . a for hongsheng be full of himself and the consistency of the jesus christ pose make him appear a a martyr who sacrifice his life ( metaphorically and of course and he obviously still alive a he be cast a himself ) for his family happiness . huh . the viewer see him at his low point while still maintain a superiority complex . he lie on the grass come down from ( during . ) a high by himself and with his father and he contemplate life and have vision of dragon at his window and he celebrate his freedom on a bicycle all while outstretching his arm and his head cock to the side . it fabulous that he off of drug now and but he no hero . he go from a high point in his career in act to his most vulnerable point while on drug to come back somewhere in the middle . this same device be use in ted demme blow where the audience empathize with the main character who be show a a flawed hero . however and quit ( zuotian ) be a film that be recommend and mostly for it haunting soundtrack and superb acting and and landscape . but and the best part be the feeling that one get when what we presume to be the house of jia hongsheng be actually a stage set for a play . it make the viewer feel a if hongsheng life be merely a play tell in many difficult part .