The most anticipated film and television works in 2023, the TV series "Flowers" must be on the list!
At last night's Starlight Awards, the show's creative team (starring Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan and Xin Zhilei) went on stage to accept the award and directly announced that the series will be scheduled for December 27th!
Let’s not talk about the quality of the finished film. This official announcement operation is indeed accurate and efficient!
announced the launch date at the entertainment industry event that attracted the collective attention of fans and fans. The party that originally only involved walking on the red carpet to receive awards turned into a press conference in an instant. The artists, media and online audiences all knew about it. "Flowers" is scheduled to be released on December 27.
directly feeds the fixed content to the audience's mouth. The reach rate of this information is amazing! ! !
also had to sigh: Finally! "Flowers" is finally going to air! The final release of
also means that this "Drama King", which claims to have invested 500 million in three-year filming, will officially be tested by the general audience. Whether
can be worthy of the years of hard work that the creators have put into it, whether it can match the time and money investment it has taken, whether it will be a big hit or a big flop, is still a question mark.
Of course, in terms of factory configuration alone, "Flowers" does have great looks and potential.
Unlike other dramas that have major companies and popular idols participating, this drama has attracted attention mainly because the creative team is so big!
"Flowers" is adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Jin Yucheng, which won the Mao Dun Literature Award.
After the novel was published, it won the first place among the novels in the 2012 Chinese Novel Rankings and won the 9th Mao Dun Literary Award in 2015.
In other words, with such a foundation, as long as the screenwriter does not get derailed, the story level can basically be guaranteed.
Of course, since a large sum of money has been spent to adapt it into a TV series, it will not be an ordinary screenwriter. It is Qin, who won the Magnolia Award for Best Screenplay at the 24th Shanghai TV Festival in 2018 for "My First Half of Life" Wen↓
's representative works include "Golden Years", "You Are My Fortress", "Sister-in-law" and "Rebel", which are all dramas that have been favored by the market in recent years, and their professional capabilities are reassuring↓
Vision For the special effects, we hired Mr. Bao Dexi, a master in the industry. In terms of photography and vision, there is basically no doubt about his presence (he won an Oscar for the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") ↓
As for the main actors, they were also chosen for their acting skills. The type that never goes wrong -
According to the order of the official lineup announced at the investment press conference, the female lead is Ma Yili, the second female lead is Tang Yan, and the third female lead is Xin Zhilei.
The original work of "Flowers" uses a lot of Shanghai dialect, so director Wong Kar-wai has repeatedly stated that actors starring in the play need to be able to speak Shanghainese, and Shanghainese actor Hu Ge meets this requirement.
The female lead Ma Yili, like Hu Ge, is from Shanghai, so she is very suitable for "Flowers", a TV series set in Shanghai.
Ma Yili is still a Magnolia TV queen. She has works, awards, national recognition, and is also very popular with the audience.
Tang Yan, who plays the second female lead, is also from Shanghai and has her own advantages in terms of temperament and lines.
At the same time, Tang Yan is still very popular and has her own traffic. She should be the topic of this drama.
Xin Zhilei, who has a very distinctive and recognizable appearance, plays the third female lead.
Xin Zhilei has performed well in "Xiuchundao 2" and "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", and her acting skills are also guaranteed.
Most of the supporting cast are talented actors with guaranteed acting skills, such as Childhood Memory: You Benchang, who played Jigong in "Ji Gong"↓
But if you want to say that the most anticipated key to this drama, it must be Wong Kar-wai, the star of "Flowers" Director and producer, the person at the helm of the entire project ↓
is, after all, a famous director in the industry, and this is his first TV series. Everyone is also curious, what kind of tricks can be produced?
Fans who are familiar with director Wong Kar-wai should know that he is a very capable director!
Not only is he very good at polishing actors, but also because he is very good at polishing works. To put it bluntly, he loves to procrastinate. A drama will be delayed for several years or even ten years.
Rumor has it that most of the time he directs movies without preparing them in advance. It’s a good script. I often think about where I shot it. If I’m not satisfied with it, I’ll cut it and reshoot it... I can understand why it takes a long time.
It is true that it takes time, and it is also true that most of the products produced are high-quality products.
There is no doubt about Wong Kar-Wai's talent, and the charm of his unique image style is irresistible... so most viewers and fans are quite tolerant of his drag and grind!
"Flowers" took three years to shoot. Although it takes longer than most TV series on the market, it is already relatively short in the Sunglasses King's resume!
You must know that the production of "The Grandmaster" took 12 years.
Compared with this number, "Flowers" may only be regarded as an "entry-level". As Wong Kar-wai said on social platforms, "The shadows of flowers are always around me, and they are always calling me." Come out."
What's more, the movie is only more than two hours at most, and "Flowers" has more than 30 episodes! I am so grateful to be able to meet you all after three years of filming.
However, it actually took far more than 3 years from the preparation to the launch of this IP film and television.
Related news came out in 2017 (one said it was a movie version). At that time, the male protagonist was not in jail. Kris Wu was at the peak of his life.
The female protagonist was Zhang Ziyi (in contact) ↓
In 2019, Wong Kar-wai was in During the interview, he revealed to the media that this project has been in preparation for 4 years.
then remained mysterious until it was announced in 2020 that it would officially be filming a series, with Hu Ge playing the male lead and playing Abao.
was mysterious again. After releasing a short official trailer, no new news came out.
Then it was 2021 before the main actress lineup was announced! True Wong Kar-wai style speed!
At first, people were worried that this drama would follow the usual ultra-long marathon route of the Sunglasses King.
Because it was still filming last year, it only released a new trailer, and then started to play the magic of escape...
Year after year, the broadcast time of "Flowers" is like Wong Kar-wai's sunglasses. It’s hard to see all.
htmlWhen Hu Ge was interviewed at the beginning of 2000, he joked that his New Year's wish was to successfully complete the production of "Flowers".
In the past, people always used the fact that Brigitte Lin went from her 38th birthday to her 40th birthday on the set to say that Wong Kar-Wai was slow in filming.
You must know that Lao Hu has already celebrated 3 birthdays on the set of Flowers...
Therefore, when it was announced that it would be scheduled for the end of this year, it would be somewhat of a surprise for viewers who are familiar with Wong Kar-Wai!
In the past few years, Wong Kar-wai has rarely released films in which he is a director.
Looking back, the last feature film directed by him was "The Grandmaster" released in 2013. It's so far away!
As a director, his most recent work is the short film "Ten Thousand Cups Like First Meeting" with Xiao Zhan ↓
He has gradually moved behind the scenes, serving more as a screenwriter and producer, but the quality of his output is uneven and a bit reputation-defeating. Mixed meaning.
Other time and energy are basically devoted to the production of the TV series "Flowers".
It is said that slow work produces careful work, and this is indeed true for Wong Kar-wai.
In fact, audiences who are familiar with him, especially die-hard movie fans, have formed an indescribable sense of understanding and trust in him.
I believe that the King of Sunglasses will not disappoint everyone this time.
The story told in "Flowers" is very simple, that is, young Abao rides the east wind of the times and is promoted to a business legend. ↓
The latest trailer can also give a glimpse of the quality of the film.
The background of the story is Shanghai in 1992. The trailer is very lively and festive↓
The male protagonist is Abao played by Hu Ge!
Female leads Ma Yili, Xin Zhilei and Tang Yan: capable, sexy, lively...with different personalities ↓
In addition to the above, these faces also appeared in the trailer: Zheng Kai, who became rich overnight↓
Return to zero in half a day Chen Long ↓
Huang Jue with a big back ↓
Dong Yong, Yang Haoyu, You Benchang ↓
As we all know, the King of Sunglasses also has a habit: he likes to cut scenes.
Unless you see the finished film with your own eyes, you will never know who has more roles and who has less roles. Even if you are the leading role, you may not necessarily appear more than the supporting roles (there are even more exaggerated cases. Who is the actor playing? They themselves You may not know until the last minute).
If it is a supporting role, it is easy to be cut off. For example, Joey Wong in "Ashes of Time" had no role at all in the end.
When the leading actors of "Flowers" were interviewed by the media backstage at the Star Awards, they were asked if Wong Kar-Wai had shown them the feature film. They all shook their heads and said nothing, smiling meaningfully.
Xin Zhilei also joked that she didn’t know if she would have a role
Judging from the few trailers released so far, the actors’ acting skills are online, their Shanghainese content is high, the editing is silky, and the tone of the picture is very Wong Kar-Wai, at least the audio-visual aspect is quite interesting. .
However, the expectations are worth looking forward to, and everyone is also worried.
Some netizens said that those who experienced Shanghai in 1992 are still here, and they know that the temperament of Shanghai at that time was not so modern↓
Compared with the real Shanghai of the 1990s, what is presented in "Flowers" is indeed not the real nostalgic feeling↓
Of course, it is still the same sentence. Until the work of Sunglasses King comes to the world, you will never know what mystery is hidden in it.
In addition, another reason why people keep their expectations is that the essence of the novel "Flowers" lies in the language, not the story. It is actually very difficult to make it into a film and television, and it also tests the director's control. The biggest content in the original work of
is eating and drinking.
Don’t underestimate eating, drinking and drinking. Our literary masterpiece "A Dream of Red Mansions" also describes eating and drinking in its most essence and most essence, but eating and drinking is the outer part, while the inner part is actually about various aspects of life and human relations.
Also, many contents in the novel "Flowers" cannot be filmed in an unrated state.
It is reported that basically every chapter of the original work contains "sexual" content. Even a lot of dinner content uses this as the center of chat.
was adapted into a movie, which is two hours long and can be a stream of consciousness. Many of director Wong Kar-wai's previous works are typical examples of this kind of stream of consciousness. It should not be difficult for him to master the film version of "Flowers".
However, for a 30-episode TV series, the novel itself has no story, and it has to abandon the super-scale essence content. If it only shoots a lot of lengthy dinner parties, no matter how exciting it is, it will scare away most viewers.
In this regard, Sunglasses King is confident and has no worries. He even considered filming this series at the beginning. It was precisely because he was attracted by the confusing feeling revealed in the book that he preferred to engage in this type of film and television creation.
As we all know, TV drama audiences and movie audiences have different requirements for works. If you really follow the way Sunglasses King makes movies, people may not be able to understand it, or they may not be able to appreciate it.
But again, everything will be revealed in the film.
The show has been officially announced to be released at the end of the year, and there is a hint of a finale. There is a line in the latest trailer that is worth pondering: All the fun is to come.
I don’t know whether the drama "Flowers" will ultimately be beautiful but soulless or it will start a new aesthetic trend. Let’s wait and see!
