In the past few days, Jacky Cheung's "Stealing Heart" has become popular overnight. Looking at the comments, it is all because of "Flowers".
This song is the background music of A Bao (played by Hu Ge) and Wang Mingzhu (played by Tang Yan) when their CP collapsed.
Sedum x Zixuan is a direction I never thought of, but when the emotional line of the series was brought to light after 14 episodes, the stamina also increased.
The 65-year-old Wong Kar-wai is still good at capturing subtle throbbing.
In 1997, he drank sugar in "Happy Together".
27 years later, on the set of "Flowers", he had the same "worthless" smile.
Many people say that Po is a scumbag and he has failed every female character in the play.
But to say this is obviously to overestimate Wong Kar-Wai's moral values:
The main plot of "In the Mood for Love" is that two couples have cross affairs, Faye Wong in "Chungking Express" breaks into private houses every day, and Xu Zai in "Days of Wild" Extremely Oedipal, he still has two things to do. Even for a great and upright person like Ip Man, he can make things up. He has a real wife at home, but his relationship is always thin.
On New Year's Eve, he took a button to flirt with Gong Er.
Mr. Bao may not be "scumbag", but it is too one-sided to judge him and the women in the play based on this word alone.
There are only a few emotional lines in "Flowers" that are worth talking about.
Since his debut film "Carmen", Wong Kar-wai has been obsessed with portraying the same type of man:
combines the charm of the world, but cannot give commitment and certainty.
In "Days of Being Wild", this kind of personality is explained as a "footless bird". He can only migrate forever without a moment of peace.
It's a little better to go to Chow Mu-yun. At least he gave the classic question about the boat ticket.
But this relationship eventually succumbed to fate and became one of the many secrets buried in history.
On the basis of this general direction remaining unchanged, Abao could not be the one that meets our expectations for male defudou from the beginning.
However, Wong Kar-wai at least abandoned the cowardice and cowardice that the previous male protagonists were accustomed to, and gave Mr. Bao some new personality advantages:
In essence, he is actually a affectionate and righteous man.
Don't underestimate the word "friendship". This is not easy for ordinary people, let alone in the bloody business world.
In the power and sex trading market, the relationship between Abao and these ladies is science fiction.
Because he is keen on playing the role of repaying kindness with drops of water and repaying with springs of spring.
For Li Li, if someone gives him a piece of business information, he will turn the tide when Li Li's hotel is surrounded by a group of locals and send her to the throne of the first sister of Huanghe Road.
In addition to returning favors, he also has the justice not to bully outsiders in the business field.
He gave Li Li, who had experienced vicissitudes of life and was cold, a rare warmth.
Yu Lingzi, a Japanese hotel waiter, only briefly served as a tour guide for him in a foreign country and gave him a lucky charm. When he became a tourist, he sent her directly back to his country to become the proprietress.
Hotel "Night Tokyo" is a spring and autumn dream that Reiko and he, a stranger, casually mentioned. But not only did he remember it, he actually realized it gold and silver.
The longer Reiko stayed in the dark night of the hotel, the more terrible it became for her to meet such a romantic and practical man.
Besides, Mr. Bao dotes on her very much.
She made him laugh at her various tricks, turned a blind eye and paid for them; he never refused the people she let him see on her own initiative to earn money.
The essence of pet is specialization.
Mr. Bao always treats her specially in public without any hesitation.
In "2046", Bai Ling asks for love from Chow Mu-yun, and what he wants is this specialness. What Zhou Muyun didn't give to Bai Ling, Abao gave to Lingzi.
If you insist on comparing, it is better to have your own favor for every woman than Xu Zai toying with women indiscriminately except for his own mother.
has known Wang Mingzhu for a long time. Wang Mingzhu helped him achieve the target and achieve business, so he used his huge business share to increase Miss Wang's KPI achievement rate and help her become the section chief of her dreams.
What he gave was real money, power, and a golden bell.
He does not allow anyone to bully Ms. Wang. She can earn less money and lose her face, but her position is my position.
But because of this, men like him are more dangerous than scumbags in love.
He loves Reiko.
Reiko is his dock. After the glamorous wine party, whether he is in Tokyo or Shanghai, it will always be her who hands him a glass of hot water or a bowl of rice.
When she announced the breakup, his loneliness was palpable.
He loves Wang Mingzhu even more.
couldn't bear to respond to his love, but he remembered his unforgettable first love in despair.
If we insist on talking about scumbag and non-scumbag, we must first distinguish between "motivation type" and "result type". Does
treasure always have scumbag motives? I think not. He may be narcissistic like Xu Zai, but after all, he cannot be as cold and decisive.
Baobao always wishes that people would engrave the word "friendship" in their signatures in their circle of friends, so that they can't do anything without cherishing feathers.
And in terms of results, is he a scumbag again?
In Wong Kar-wai's case, this is actually a question that is not very valid.
His male protagonists and female protagonists often do not blame the regret on the other party, but always explain it as fate, "not meeting at the right time."
When interpreting "Flowers", the appropriate perspective is not to judge the characters as good or bad.
But let’s see what choices he made under his fate.
Love has countless twists and turns. The danger is: having love does not mean giving love. If you cannot give love, it will hurt people even more. Why can't
give it? Because of the qualifier: present.
Some people say that Mr. Bao is a scumbag, because he is a phoenix man and he got a chance to make a comeback. When his career is on the rise, all he thinks about is getting ahead, and love always comes second or even out of the question.
Yes, he is indeed working hard to earn fame and fortune.
Rich people have love interests, such as Mr. Wei who is obsessed with Miss Wang.
But the barefooted Po has seen the sharp knife of first love and tasted the feeling of his dignity being trampled on. He is extremely eager for success.
So you will find that he is not affectionate towards women, but repays his kindness to everyone who pushed him on the way to success.
The more he cherishes and understands the scarcity of opportunities for a salted fish to make a comeback, the more affection he feels for his old friend. Standing out is the source of his kindness. But why can't he stop for love even though he has made money?
Because the goal of turning over is not money, but to make up for the inner sense of lack, it is a bottomless pit, and there will never be a day of satisfaction.
This is indeed something that people like Mr. Bao should be wary of. He is not a prodigal in love, but a believer in Vanity Fair, and will always be lost in it.
There is a sentence in "Stealing the Heart" that accurately captures the reason for Mr. Bao's pain after losing Wang Mingzhu: I can't see myself clearly.
He wants Wang Mingzhu, and even more fame and fortune. But what would he do with such huge fame and fortune? He couldn't answer it himself. The essence of
is that the confusion caused by the feeling of lack is one of the root causes of his powerlessness in love.
If self-interest is greater than loving others, isn’t that considered a scumbag?
Indeed, at first glance, Reiko is still Wang Mingzhu, and Mr. Bao is not half as brave as they are crazy about love.
Reiko, her native family cared little for her and even wanted to suck her blood. He should be the most insecure and the one who sees the best interests between people. But when Mr. Bao's life and death were uncertain in a car accident, he just had to pay off his debts; as long as Po was around, he could live his whole life in a dripping house.
Wang Mingzhu, a little girl who has been well protected since she was a child, dares to drive a car to save him alone, it is worth dying; she has worked hard step by step for many years to become a section chief like her master, but she is willing to give up everything for him. Selling tea eggs.
But Bao Zong can’t do it, and he doesn’t want it. Because of this kind of insanity, he has also experienced it. But after his bravery was bloodied by his first love, you can't ask a person to have no scars and be resurrected with full health.
His first love mocked him and he was still as poor ten years later.
He seemed to be resurrected, but half of his blood was left, and the other half was watered down. He was already powerless towards love.
So it’s not that Bao is always a scumbag, nor is it that men are more cold-blooded about love than women.
It's just that there is a time difference between them and his stage of valuing love and righteousness. The order of appearance is very important, that is, "if the time is wrong, everything will be empty", which is also the eternal theme of Wong Kar-wai's movies.
To put it bluntly, his experience has made him mentally weak when it comes to love, as hopeless and terrifying as his physical body.
Mr. Bao's lack and scars ultimately made him avoid love forever and "silence" forever.
Falling in love with someone whose self-inflicted wounds are being repaired, it is impossible to simply attribute it to whose fault it is. It may be that no one is wrong, which is the biggest pain in a cruel relationship.
There is a happy ending in love, but it is just good luck. No, this is the next trip.
Fortunately, the more progressive aspect of "Flowers" is not the iteration of "Chow Mo-wan"'s character, but the awakening of "Su Lizhen's" rationality.
The temperament of the woman in "In the Mood for Love" that breaks down after saying harsh words is, after all, the fragility of the last century, wrapped in a tight-fitting cheongsam.
Now, in the same emotional situation, each of them has their own initiative.
Li Li, needless to say, has both courage and strategy when he appears on the scene. Just because he can survive and grow despite the encirclement and suppression by his peers, he cannot be underestimated.
Night Tokyo proprietress Reiko has met all kinds of men in a Japanese hotel in a foreign country. She is smart in socializing and has good business acumen.
Even Wang Mingzhu, who seems to be a reckless foreign trade unit, has naturally seen temptation even though he has not experienced hardships and has an indicator in his hand.
It’s not that they have never seen young ladies on the market. The subsequent plot also confirmed that in fact, all of them are capable.
Lingzi and Wang Mingzhu, time only returned a red heart diluted with water, and they became the second and third treasurers.
becoming President Bao is not necessarily a bad thing.
Most beauties who meet heroes cannot escape their grievances.
After all, the first half of the emotional line in "Flowers" is not new, and it is no more than what Faye Wong sang about 20 years ago when Xiao Feng, the only one in "Tian Long Ba Bu", sang: "You protect me, and I will return it." You bless me, you are a hero, and you need ambition. But you owe me happiness, what can you do to make up for it? "
In the past, women gained life exploration through men. If they were protected, they would support them and help him become stronger. But if they cannot be matched and win, With a good ending, there is no second possibility in life.
As long as the man leaves, no matter what, he will have substantial scumbag consequences.
But as we all know, Wong Kar Wai loves women.
"Some like their appearance, some like their walking style, and some like their personality. Every girl has something that makes her cute." Therefore, the women in his images each have their own unique beauty.
Only by not simply seeing Po as a scumbag, and not looking down on the female characters in the play, can we truly respect him.
These three female characters are both annoying and cute, but there is no doubt that they are not only themselves, but also represent the beauty of female portraits of that era, and Wong Kar-wai has carefully explored these.
He believes that the reason why women of that era were full of vitality was because they had confidence, and this confidence was given to them as the first batch of economically independent women in the new era in the country.
Therefore, love can be just a sequin on the life suit, charming and eye-catching. For adults in reality, no matter how indulged they are, when love turns into a relationship, everything is just a drop of water in the ocean of life.
Even sulfuric acid is not fatal.
Life can be completed by their men, or they can complete it by themselves.
Lingzi is what he calls a lively and powerful female group of Shanghai boss ladies.
After Lingzi no longer had any imagination about Mr. Bao, her wisdom, brains and execution ability were all shining. She and Mr. Bao could have a close friendship for many years, but if they wanted to cut off their love, they had to be clean. Let Mr. Bao withdraw his shares, renovate and build a specialty hotel again.
Her determination hides strength.
When she dreamed of becoming a boss's wife on the streets of Japan, her eyes were filled with ambition.
But when Mr. Bao was covering her, her eyes were misty, and with a half-entrusted mentality, she felt that it would be okay to be the rear area where men fight.
Now, her love life has come full circle, and she has truly become the independent boss lady who does not rely on anyone, as she expected back then.
As for Wang Mingzhu, her life goal in the original work was to have children, but Wong Kar-Wai also changed her into a new era woman who has become enlightened in life and explores herself through entrepreneurship.
The character of Ms. Wang has the greatest growth span. She was noisy and annoying at first, but when she discovered that Mr. Bao could not give love no matter how doted he was, and that Vanity Fair actually fawned over the platform instead of her, her perception of life changed.
Especially when she had no platform to back her up, and others looked down upon her and played tricks on her. After Mr. Bao got a slap for her, Wang Mingzhu, who originally just wanted to be a section chief, became ambitious.
: She needs dignity. Only with dignity can she love others.
She cried and rushed over to hug Mr. Bao, just like when she thought he had been killed and went crazy to save him.
But when Mr. Bao caught her and wanted to hug her like before, she shouted "I'm sorry" loudly and immediately ran away.
then
now
she is the same as before, she still loves him.
But she is different.
They are all different.
The women became him later. They left him collectively and started their careers with great ambition.
is not just a business person, nor is it a superficial revenge.
Career is just a means, realizing the value of life is the core life need of both men and women.
One of my favorite female Wong Kar-Wai characters is the third sister of Jinlou played by Zhou Xiaofei in "The Grandmaster".
She is called Liao Kou Sister-in-law in the film, but in fact she is from Feng Yuechang.
However, although she obviously relies on pleasing men to survive, the third sister has no superstition about men at all.
Without any explanation, she stabbed Ye Wen's crotch. Her palms were as sharp as knives, and she was about to kill your sexual characteristics when they came up.
Ip Man asked with a smile, why "dismantling the ancestral hall" is necessary to try?
The third sister smiled and replied: The ancestral hall has been demolished countless times, so there is nothing strange about it.
This is perhaps one of the most evolved women in Wong Kar-Wai's films and a true role model.
: It doesn’t mean that everyone should imitate monkeys and steal peaches.
What I mean is that after all, women can escape from the victim's perspective and in turn give others a little color and deterrence.
In the final analysis, the male protagonist in "Flowers" is not the protagonist, but the flowers.
Thousands of flowers pass through it, and half of the leaves are not touching the body. It can be not only a male, but also a female.
Fortunately, there is more to life than love, but the reason why its emotional line touches our hearts is that you and I know very well that regret is regret and cannot be made up for without beautifying it.
In all four seasons of life, fame and wealth will eventually come to an end.
When I dream about being old and in a trance at midnight, the crazy man and resentful woman will reappear in the dream. The stolen heart is only occasionally reminded by falling stones, thump: there is still a bottomless pit there.
just discovered, oh, it turns out that money cannot make up for all the lack, and the pure love in youth may also be the most luxurious thing.
But the opportunity has passed and the regret will last forever.
Fortunately, the past stories of crazy men and women are the scenery of life, quite beautiful and good.
