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What era of Shanghai does this accent belong to?
I don’t know if what Wong Kar-wai filmed was Shanghai in the 1990s. Many people think it looks like Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s. It doesn’t matter. This is not a documentary, this is a TV series. This is the world created by the director. You are involved in the drama. , he won.
To be precise, what Wong Kar-wai created was the Shanghai in his mind. It is a prosperous, nostalgic, brilliant, bizarre, intertwined and exquisite Shanghai that remains unchanged no matter when or where it is, but is frozen in time. Shanghai.
This is not a region, nor a place that can be summarized by time, but a feeling.
This feeling flows from "Chungking Express" to "In the Mood for Love" and all the way to "Flowers".
This is Wong Kar-Wai's style. You have watched countless of his movies, but in fact you have only watched one movie, and that was a movie called Sentiment.
Therefore, I have no objection to the style of the TV series, because this is what I like, Wong Kar-Wai's style.
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The composition and editing are all familiar to Wong Kar-Wai
Although I think there are big problems with this TV series, out of my familiarity and love for Wong Kar-wai, I still have to praise it first.
From the composition to the tone, you can see that it is Wong Kar-wai's familiar style, strong and bold, interweaving light and shadow, and doing whatever you want. After watching the four episodes, as a fan, I will feel like, ah, I can finally see the new work of the King of Sunglasses. I Very happy.
Hu Ge's exquisite appearance after changing into a suit, You Benchang's expression changing under the light, and Xin Zhilei's gorgeous appearance are all solidified oil paintings with rich ink and color, which are pleasing to the eye.
03
The plot strives to express director Wong Kar-wai’s desire to descend to the earth.
Because the creation of the scene and the pictures maintain the consistent standard of Sunglasses King, it looks very familiar and comfortable to me, but as the plot progresses, I have mixed feelings. Chen's.
First of all, maybe because of the new art form of TV series, Wong Kar-wai abandoned his own rhythm in movies, which is the kind of slow rhythm that many people feel is ungrounded, the kind of rhythm that literary and artistic youth love. The rhythm of
actually represents a kind of self and a kind of persistence called "Although there are thousands of people, I will go."
But in fact, art should not be backward compatible.
Everyone can make popular web dramas, they can crash in the first episode, or the plot is fragmented, but Wong Kar-wai, he has been taking it slow at his own pace for so many years, in order to take care of the audience's taste in the TV series, we can see The first four episodes of this show are fast-paced but very fragmented.
For example, the TV series focuses on how the protagonist transforms from A Bao to Bao Ye. His transformation from a staggering young man to a man in suits and ties is handled by an uncle.
Then, there is actually no more. The
method is still Wong Kar-Wai’s method.
His story flows in his mind.
However, in order for viewers to like the TV series, the plot must be popular and popular to create momentum.
We can see the running and interspersed editing.
So, the overall degree of completion is actually not very good.
For example, ordinary viewers will want to know, why is Uncle Ye so awesome? What's his past? Audiences who like to follow dramas pay attention to the beginning and end of a story, not too complicated, because when they follow dramas, they also have to check Douyin and browse Taobao. You leave too much thinking space, and they are too busy to have time.
But if this is a movie, Uncle Ye’s past can be a space for people’s imagination and a character that can broaden the width of the movie.
However, in the current four episodes, Mr. You Benchang is the best in the whole drama. He has made up for the character's past shortcomings with his acting skills, because his eyes are full of drama. Thank you for having him in this drama, otherwise it would just be Wong Kar-wai's prosperity. of empty shelves.
04
is already a good actor in domestic entertainment. The actor
Hu Ge is always surprising.
When he was in "Legend of Sword and Fairy", he was famous for his handsomeness. I always thought he was just an idol. However, "Nirvana in Fire" completely changed my view on him. Although this drama is a drama with a male protagonist, I really like it. I watched it more than once. Hu Ge is Mei Changsu Bensu. No one can act well.
So, I think the domestic entertainment powerhouse is gone.
After watching four episodes, I still watched the Shanghainese version. First of all, the difference between the two states of Abao and Mr. Bao, Hu Ge performed, is worthy of recognition.
As for the other actors, Xin Zhilei’s personal aura and acting skills are very strong, Ma Yili’s sense of Shanghai is also very strong, Tang Yan is the most dramatic among them, but you can also see that she is working hard to act. I play my role well. Compared with the silly and sweet love-minded role before, this time I have made great progress.
So, in general, I think Wong Kar-wai has lowered his requirements for the acting skills of the male protagonist, and is focusing on catering to the plot aesthetics of the TV series audience. This plot inertia, I wonder if it will help "Flowers" to be more popular in the later period. good?
