TV series "Flowers", Reiko went to Huanghe Road for inspection. Li Li personally entertained her. When toasting, he said: "It is rare for guests to come to both Zhenyuan and Night Tokyo." This is meaningful. I also want to ask: "Is there anyone who is a fan of "Flowers" as well as a fan of the show?" It's funny to say that when the series "Flowers" was launched on December 27 last year, the reputation was polarized, and the original author was sniping on social media. Wong Kar-Wai's demolition and reconstruction; a few days later, a large number of intoxicated viewers read the original work for spoilers, and were shocked to find that the two were completely incompatible.
Film and television adaptations of first-class novels have always been difficult, and successes are rare. Frankly speaking, before "Flowers" started airing, I never thought that I would be deeply involved in it. I would have dinner every day and wait for updates. Watch the Shanghai version. Two episodes are exactly the length of a movie, and the viewing experience is also equivalent to that of a movie. I watched a new Wong Kar Wai-level movie every day.
In the first episode of "Flowers", the uncle tests Po and asks him to borrow a room at the Peace Hotel. The camera later freezes in a British suite, just like the movie "2046". The door is closed and the number "72" is extremely eye-catching. Anyone who is familiar with "2046" knows that this string of numbers is not so much a room number, but rather a line of questioning sung by Liming in "Happy 2000": "Do experiments in the laboratory to see if there is an unchanging promise. "Wong Kar-wai's works are always full of symbols and symbols, in other words, they can create a lot of interpretations and misunderstandings. It was only after watching episode 14 that my uncle taught Miss Wang how to write an inspection, and Miss Wang was transferred to the Yangpu factory, and they had the common experience of being exiled from No. 27 on the Bund (a foreign trade company), that I heard the overtone of "72".
There is another inconsistency in the lens language that Miss Wang has. In the twelfth episode, Miss Wang used her jealous energy to question Mr. Bao, and as she spoke, she let out a sentence: "I cried so much that I couldn't even wear my contact lenses." Without this key, the audience would not be able to see clearly that Miss Wang is in love. side of the brain. It turns out that the scene in the play took place after December 31, 1988 (New Year's Eve, when Po gave Xiao Wang a pair of contact lenses on the terrace of the Peace Hotel). As long as Miss Wang showed others her "four eyes" , so there is a high probability that she has cried before. For example, in the eighth episode, Miss Wang rushes to Zhuji to save Mr. Bao. She is driving without glasses, but she is wearing glasses when holding Mr. Bao at night. As for why Mr. Bao gave Ms. Wang contact lenses (a token of their revolutionary friendship) after negotiating a big deal worth five million U.S. dollars, Wong Kar-wai was silent. Fortunately, there is such a lyrical scene in the eighth episode. Through the door glass of the tea room at No. 27 on the Bund, Po saw Comrade Xiao Wang handling letter sales, and the steam from the kettle (called Tongdiao in Shanghai) blurred Xiao Wang. She was annoyed and crying for her clumsiness. The image of the beautiful and miserable "shell spirit" who could not see the future seemed to explain the problem.
I actually don’t accept some comments saying that Wong Kar-wai destroyed the silent aesthetic of the original work, but I agree with them that Wong Kar-wai made it loud this time, maybe too loud. The characters in the play are often in a state of excitement and the dialogue is noisy. It doesn't look like a TV series but a stage play. I have my own understanding of Shengxiang, but it is not as profound as my screenwriter friend Fei Huijun. She said: "What moved me most about "Flowers" was the spirit. In the 1990s, everything was prosperous and life was getting better and better. , there is no end to the good, everyone speaks and does things with anger floating in their chests, we once thought this was the life we should have."
was very loud, reminding me of Shanghai's burlesque. In the past, we made fun of those descendants of Yao Mushuang and Zhou Baichun who had no accent and no talent, so they could only fool around on TV and make a living. God knows, now through TV dramas, comedy has been revived. This is not because "Flowers" can amuse the audience because it has invited actors with comedy talents such as Chen Guoqing, Luo Wenlian, and Wu Aiyi to join the show. In fact, I am not a viewer of the Shanghainese sitcoms that the above-mentioned actors have made their reputation on. How to survive without satirical comedy? In fact, as early as thirty years ago, the movie "Stock Madness" gave a crazy answer.That work was also very famous. Pan Hong verbally engaged the passengers on the bus. The crunch was better than eating kohlrabi or soaked rice. It was no less than the smell of gunpowder on the boss ladies on Huanghe Road in "Flowers", and Tokyo Seven Nights on Jinxian Road. The fireworks of twelve tenants.
Compared to Huanghe Road, I personally prefer the drama on Jinxian Road, which is closer to the Shanghai when I was growing up. The group drama in "Tokyo at Night" brings the audience into a strange Wong Kar-wai. His new comedy skills are surprising. I dare not say that this is progress. At least in "Flowers", I saw his transformation. The same goes for those comedians, I even think they are underestimated; in episode 13, Reiko scolds Teacher Ge, who has had a crush on her for many years: "I would rather throw away all the food, I will feed the cats and dogs, I will feed the beggars, I I won’t even give you a bite. I want to watch you, an old turtle, starve to death day by day.” Teacher Ge was scolded until tears came to his eyes and his whole body trembled. He pointed at Reiko and said, “A woman like you can say such a thing. , I remember you." At that moment, I also remembered Chen Guoqing, a tragic citizen who seemed to come out of the TV series "Debt". By the way, the "old turtle" cut is the same as the wild turtle in Shanghai and is almost unknown in the market.
At this point, "Flowers" scored 8.1 on Douban. This score is lower than its level and higher than my expectations. Just like another Wong Kar-Wai masterpiece, the movie "The Grandmaster" experienced the fate of starting low and going high, I believe "Flowers" will receive a more objective evaluation. I especially like a scene in episode 14. The roof of the old house on Jinxian Road is leaking, and a large piece of the pale ceiling is wet. The water drops are flowing like ants carrying food, and they collect somewhere, ticking. Such details of Shanghai are like stitches and threads weaving together a Shanghai city. When reading comments about the CCTV version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", some netizens joked that it was shot by a photographer carrying a machine and traveling back in time to the late Eastern Han Dynasty. To a certain extent, the TV series "Flowers" also deserves such praise for its restoration of Shanghai alley life in the first fifteen years of reform and opening up. (Wang Mozhi)
