"The brilliance of neon signs used to be the most charming and unforgettable feeling in Hong Kong, but now it is gradually disappearing. "The Lights" makes it the protagonist again, and we actors set it off and remember it with a story of losing a lover." Zhang Aijia and Ren Dahua starred in the movie "The Lights of the Light", which was recently announced and was shortlisted for the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival "Asian Future" competition unit.
The story of the film focuses on the neon signs of Hong Kong's signboards, and tells the warm feeling story of a woman who travels through the streets of Hong Kong to find clues and learn to burn neon signs in order to fulfill her husband's last wish.
To know how prosperous and rich a city is, and to see how bright she is after dark. Colorful and lively neon signs, once the iconic symbol of Hong Kong, have injected vitality and vitality into the city.
Hong Kong's neon lights also provide many Hong Kong films with unique light, shadow, color and line elements in the construction of urban nights, becoming a visual aesthetic in dark night culture.
In Hong Kong films, no one loves neon lights more than Wong Kar Wai . In " Chongqing Forest ", Jin Chengwu shuttles through the alleys flickering with neon lights at midnight; "In this world, what else will not expire?" The neon lights of the supermarket illuminate his lonely figure and loneliness to himself . In
" Fallen Angel ", the obsessive men and resentful women played by Dawn, Kaneshiro Takeshi, and Lin Jiaxin always show the confusion and distress after their first love in the light of neon lights.
Photographer Du Kefeng said, "Our space is a neon space, an uplifting energy space, the way people move, the energy of Hong Kong, and the excitement of encountering on the street." It is a bunch of images that combine space and neon. The film criss-crosses how the special light of neon is presented and shaped, and the film shows the appearance of neon in the past and the future."
at Johnnie To In 's films, under the neon lights, love and sin, power and beauty are also brewing. In " Dark Battle ", Andy Lau met a strange woman on the minibus. Outside the car window, the big characters of the store's neon billboard were reflected on their faces. In
"PTU", the police mobile unit led by Ren Dahua was looking for guns. The huge neon sign of "Tom Lee Music Store" illuminated the traces of their actions in the dark, and in the semi-darkness, it was even more suspenseful.
"Judo Dragon and Tiger List", in a pile of red and green nightclub neon signs, Aaron Kwok , Leung Ka Fai and the crowd Judo , showing the beauty of action and shape.
Because of the neon-infused " Cyberpunk " images in " Blade Runner ", neon aesthetics have become a standard for future sci-fi films.
and the blending of neon lights and color films makes film noir a new upgrade of "neon film noir".
Taste of Cinema, a well-known film review website, has selected the world's 15 best neon noir films in 2021. " The Party at Southern Station " directed by Diao Yinan and starring Hu Ge was selected, and it is the only one. Top Chinese Movies.
Under the neon lights of purple, red, yellow and green, the urban village in "The Party at South Station" has become a stage of reality and surrealism, in which a desperado is trapped and beasts are still fighting.
Diao YiMale is a leader in creating neon noir films in China, and " Daylight Fireworks " also exquisitely sculpts the neon world.
Liao Fan shot a gun in a barber shop flooded with neon red lights; sitting in the car with Gui Lunmei , in the light and shadow of neon red and yellow, the two played the lonely police detective and the femme fatale, Psychological games are intertwined, emotional undercurrents are surging...
The use of neon light in movies can be a large and colorful area of external space. For example, in " Yaobai", the other side of the Suzhou River is full of fire, singing and dancing are peaceful.
is like " The Last Night of Earth ", Huang Jue walks in the town night market, but in the lively atmosphere full of neon lights, he is lonely.
New director Ai Neon. Director Bai Xue's first work " " has a scene where Pepe and Ah Hao tie cellphones to each other in the warehouse. Under the dim neon lights, the mood of youth story is diffused.
neon light can also be a single ambient light source for interior spaces.
" Tropical Past " directed by Wen Shipei uses neon lights to the extreme, incorporating the humid southern environment and the violent crime narrative.
The old director also loves neon. Zhang Yimou played with neon images in his new work " is as solid as a rock ". The magnificent neon of modern cities is different from his previous monochromatic aesthetics.
The stars gather under this neon light, and the characters are more charming. The beauty of neon lights makes Chinese movies more beautiful!
The neon aesthetic continues to shine on the screen, do you love it?
