China News Service, Beijing, January 10 (Reporter Lang Lang) The rating has risen all the way to 8.2, and the topic dominates the hot search list. All signs indicate that the TV series "Flowers" has "exploded".
In the play, people pay attention to the atmosphere of the scene that restores Shanghai in the 1990s. The light and shadow carve out the most beautiful appearance of the characters. The authentic Shanghainese speaks the Shanghai accent. Each character is unique enough but is the epitome of that turbulent era.
Off-screen, people are crazy about chasing various "similar styles" of "Flowers": Jacky Cheung's "Stealing Heart" ranks first in the playback and search volume of major music charts, Mr. Bao's matching suits are popular in Taizhou, Wang The sales volume of Miss’s pork rib rice cake hit a record high, and the front of the “Zhizhenyuan” prototype hotel was full of people checking in, making it difficult to find a table for the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Although the TV series has ended, the "long tail effect" it brought continues. Why can the audience be immersed in the confusing and fantasy "Flowers"?
The picture shows a still from "Flowers". Source: "Flowers" official Weibo
Let’s talk about the environment and atmosphere first.
Neon is eye-catching, thousands of flowers are like a sea, and as soon as the brilliant and symmetrical door is opened, the audience follows the camera and falls into a dream. Mirrors, glass, flashlights, and even small puddles on the street are all canvases for the atmosphere. Colors are splashed by the interlacing of glasses, bumper-to-bumper traffic, and shouts of "Hooray, Nong!" It is hard to see what is real and what is real, but it is very vivid. A sense of the times.
Shanghai Beach in the 1990s was embodied on Yellow River Road, focusing on the ups and downs of people, things, and things on this street. And those street fireworks scattered in alleys, pavilions, and canteens also shorten the distance between time and the audience, adding a touch of warmth.
When the series was first aired, Sino-Singapore Entertainment visited Huanghe Road and interviewed residents who have lived on this street for decades. They said that "Flowers" has a restoration degree of more than 90%, and they feel like they are back. to that year.
Let’s talk about language.
Language is an indelible cultural imprint of a person or even a city, affecting the temperament of people and the city. Shanghainese is the accent of Shanghai.
It shapes the character. Lingzi, played by Ma Yili, speaks Shanghainese with a full accent. "Ling, Ling, Ling," as soon as she speaks, she is a vivid nightlife Tokyo boss lady, both coquettish and shrewd.
Nothing embodies the accent of Shanghai better than Hu dialect. "Silence" is a word that appears frequently in the play and the original work. Literary critic Xu Zidong believes that this sentence "not ringing" belongs to Shanghainese "one sentence is worth ten thousand sentences". In director Wong Kar-wai's interpretation, "silence" does not mean silence, but a kind of blank space. Whatever you don't want to say or can't say, if you say something that embarrasses yourself or others, don't say anything.
The alienation and unfinished meaning in this language are also the flavor of Shanghai.
Finally let’s look at the characters.
The famous writer Wang Zengqi once said: "Atmosphere is character." With the atmosphere, light and shadow magic, and the tone of the language, the characters have a foothold.
From A Bao, who realized that "people rely on clothes" in a tailor shop, to Mr. Bao, who quickly learned from his uncle what "style, gimmicks, and signs" are needed to do business in Shanghai, the background of the times and personal destiny are intertwined; Miss Wang (played by Tang Yan), who has experienced the ups and downs of human relationships and is in ups and downs, said: "I am my own dock", which is lively, lively, spiritual and rustic; in Wong Kar-wai's lens, Li Li Mingyan, played by Xin Zhilei, is generous and important. Friendship and friendship, and the ability to argue with each other in the business world... No matter which character, they have their own memory points.
On the surface, it is about men and women eating and drinking, but inside it is about the mountains and rivers, the years, and the changes of the times. "Flowers" is about Shanghai in the 1980s and 1990s. It is the blooming flowers of a generation, and it is under the wave of reform and opening up that "the Oriental wind brings spring to the eyes" , those eventful years of fighting bravely.
All of the above-mentioned advantages are inseparable from a group of actors who are willing to work hard to polish their acting skills, and from Wong Kar-wai who respects the audience, can bring the quasi-urban context, and perseverance in film production to the creation of TV series.
Ma Yili said that Wong Kar-wai has watched almost all the dramas of the leading actors and knows every actor well: He suggested that Hu Ge should have more of the temperament of "Li Xiaoyao" in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", and suggested that Xin Zhilei should use her role in "Xiu Chun" "Knife" eyes in "Flowers".
At the shooting scene, in order to get all the creative staff into the scene, he has been playing various music and using music to help everyone enter the ideal situation.
Tang Yan only played "Miss Wang" in three years, and one scene opposite Dong Yong was filmed 86 times; in order to shoot a close-up of Hu Ge's face, Wong Kar-wai took more than 40 shots until the early morning; "Jin" played by Dai Jun The scene in which "Boss" slipped and fell from the building lasted only a few seconds, and it was still a long shot, but it took a week to shoot. Dai Jun spent the whole day of his 51st birthday hanging on wires. Because he often shot until dawn, he once felt that he was "jet lag". .
Since the filming started in September 2020, Hu Ge has celebrated 4 birthdays on the crew. "Flowers" has been filming, finishing, reshooting, and finishing again... Xin Zhilei has shot 4 times in just finishing, and Wong Kar-wai has always been rooted in the editing desk. superior.
He respects the audience's feedback and pays attention to the popularity of the series. When the popularity of "Flowers" on the platform exceeded 30,000, he said: "As long as the audience is satisfied." Even every poster and official material seen by the audience was personally confirmed by the director.
Some netizens said that as an audience, they felt unprecedented respect.
We look forward to seeing more superb domestic dramas like "Flowers", and we also look forward to more "Wong Kar-wai" appearing in domestic entertainment. (End)
Source: China News Network
