On the evening of January 9, the new year drama "Flowers" came to its finale. Mr. Bao, Lingzi, Miss Wang, Li Li, etc. all have their own endings.
At the last moment, Mr. Bao finally turned the corner and got rid of the risk of bankruptcy. The powerful boss who wanted to bring him down was imprisoned for dereliction of duty. Mr. Bao left the Peace Hotel and turned back into Po, and his story spread throughout the world. Miss Wang and Mr. Wei found the first pot of gold. Li Li was caught for using someone else's ID card for counterfeiting. After being released from prison, he chose to become a monk in Guangzhou...
html On the evening of January 9, director Wong Kar-wai issued a message to bid farewell to "Flowers": Ten years later, we will see each other again.
Starring Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Xin Zhilei, Tang Yan, etc. also posted farewell messages.
"Flowers" has reached its finale, and the war between book fans and drama fans has also come to an end.
On the 10th, People's Entertainment also published an article review of "Flowers". "Flowers" has reached its finale, and the war between book fans and drama fans has also come to an end.
When the show first aired, there were die-hard fans of the original work who were unconvinced and enthusiastic about Wong Kar-wai's drastic adaptation. There were also new fans of the show who were satisfied and analyzed how Wong Kar-wai's lens aesthetics could give domestic entertainment directors a critical blow in reducing dimensionality.
Is "Flowers" good to watch? It depends on how you look at it. The charm of the novel comes from the more than 1,000 "silences" and the carnival and sorrow of all living beings in the torrent of history. Wong Kar-wai, on the other hand, fills in the "Silence" left by Jin Yucheng and the Huang Zhongda Lu of the era. The day and noise of Suzhou River, the night and neon lights of Yellow River Road, the foreshadowing of every word, every object and scene, the interweaving of eating, drinking, men and women, and the undercurrent of business wars. Before this, there seemed to be no Shanghai in a film and television drama like this. Lively and sparkling.
The original work is great, but it does not mean that the adapter has to crawl in its shadow. Sometimes, being too close to the artist hinders the creative skills and results in mediocre works; sometimes, being wild and unrestrained can create a new life for art. There is no shortage of "magic changes" in literary and artistic works. "Journey to the West" subverted "Journey to the West" with "nonsense", and "Ashes of Time" turned the "Jin Yong Universe" into a pot of porridge. This does not prevent them from becoming masterpieces in film history. .
The novel is a novel, and the film and television are film and television. This should be the premise for discussing "Flowers". In the parallel world, they perform their respective "rings" and "silences". They are polyphonies that echo each other, and they are the Shanghai that merges into one.
Is "Flowers" a "magic reform" or a "masterpiece"? Just like when you go to Reiko's Night Tokyo to eat, do you think of it as a bowl of home-cooked rice or a delicacy of mountains and seas? This determines the taste you get in the end. The only thing
can be sure of is that both masters have good skills.
"Flowers" has become a hit at the beginning of the new year. What is the charm?
The glory of the new Shanghai beach trendsetters
Reform, opening up, and social transformation are endless topics that have created countless stories of the era that are closest to us. Through each and every vivid character, a colorful collective memory and Regional customs include the heroic spirit of Song Yunhui and Lei Dongbao in "The Big River" and the ups and downs of Zhou Bingkun, a worker in a northeastern state-owned factory in "The World".
This time "Flowers" brings us the story of Shanghai - Mr. Bao, Lingzi, Ms. Wang, the proprietresses of Huanghe Road, "Li Li" and "Ms. Fan", the turbulent business wars of the era's top trendsetters, as well as their experience, pain and growth.
Reform and opening up, Shanghai’s long-standing and strong economic genes, customs and humanities are the background for the characters’ activities.
Shanghainese were the first to feel the trend of the times, trading stocks, doing foreign trade, building domestic clothing brands, opening restaurants, doing business from state-owned units... The madness of stock trading, love and human nature cannot resist the temptation of money, and the movie "Stock Madness" ( Starring Pan Hong and Liu Qingyun), there is a subtle intertextual relationship; the stock market business war in "Flowers" has become more dangerous due to illegal speculation by institutions, and the original intention and determination in the ups and downs of the business world make the business war not just a competition of money and strength.
The business war drama is the skeleton of "Flowers".
Sanyang brand T-shirts are on sale, the landlady bosses on Huanghe Road join forces to squeeze out Li Li's Zhizhen Garden, and the boss Bao and Mr. Qiang on the stock market are trying to show off their tactics, etc. The plots are smooth, full and exciting. These prove that director Wong Kar-wai is not only a master of tone creation, but also a master of screen storytelling.
drama series does not stop at business wars.
During the turbulent times, "Flowers" recounted the trivial fireworks in the Shanghai city, which also paved the way for the delicate, warm and solid background of the whole drama.
At Tokyo Restaurant at night, several dining friends including Mr. Ge, Ling Hong, Tao Tao and the proprietress Lingzi were chattering noisily. From A Bao to Bao, there is always a myth of soaring into the sky, and there are also people in suits and ties eating rice.
treats others generously after being hit, gets along with his uncle and little brother Tao Tao, and leads Xiao Lehui's old friends to make money in the stock market. What inadvertently shows is Mr. Bao's warm kindness.
The introspection and growth of Mr. Bao's confidante Lingzi and Miss Wang have a touching impact:
Lingzi's emotional pain and excitement are twists and turns on the old walls and old furniture that were smashed and abandoned during the renovation of the Night Tokyo restaurant; Miss Wang When his love and career suffered setbacks at the same time, he shouted "I am my own dock".
The narrative of "Flowers" is meticulously crafted and the writing is frugal and restrained. Many of the contents can easily be covered in multiple episodes, and they will never be overshadowed by sideways. The rhythm of the whole story is tight and powerful.
Sentiment, sadness and sorrow are the core of the emotional line of "Flowers".
While the speeding train of the times has created the myth of wealth, it is also destroying the innocence of classical love. In film and television works, people walking to high places are everywhere, such as the movies "Good Morning, Beijing" and "See You or Not Separate". ", the TV series "The Empty Mirror", "Ten Years of Marriage"... were once one of the keynotes of emotional narratives in the reform era.
"Flowers" here goes beyond the excessive moral judgment of emotional stories of that period, and presents a richer complexity of human nature:
Perhaps the expectations of men and women for emotions in getting along are originally different, just like treasures. Total and Reiko;
Maybe wealth and love bring passion and happiness to people, and they have the same origin and similarity. It is natural that it is difficult to have both or to consider one at the expense of the other;
Maybe the ability to love is inherently related to the individual's view of the world and the world. It is difficult to grasp the certainty and trust of others in the outside world. It is normal to retreat into your own little world, but it is not easy either.
The choice of bread and roses is a must-answer question for men and women of every era. It is also a modern question that is closest to individual life experience.
This also makes the emotional narrative of "Flowers" more commensurable - it also has emotional enlightenment for current audiences across the ages.
The name of the small cigarette shop in the drama is changed from "Jingxiu" to "Passenger", just like the flowers blooming and the love is deep and far-reaching.
The vendors, like spectators, have a panoramic view of the affairs of the bosses, and also represent the wait-and-see of the creators and the audience outside the screen.
Different from the desolation and compassion of the original work, the TV series presents the openness and warmth of "trees and flowers blooming again".
Wong Kar-wai's image quality and transcendence
"Flowers" adapts to the ontological requirements of TV drama art, inherits and breaks through the director's image aesthetics.
's work does not rely on landmark buildings to express Shanghai's urban scenery and regional characteristics. Although the Oriental Pearl Tower flashes at the end of the play, the prosperity and splendor of Shanghai can be felt everywhere.
From Huanghe Road to the front door of Zhenyuan, the neon lights are flashing and blurred. Inside the restaurant, there are mingled wines and light and shadow blocked by doors, windows and partitions, which perfectly enhance the atmosphere of the story.
Characters are most expressive under the director's lens.
Lingzi stood on the roof and stared at Abao like an oil painting, full of the manners of a woman in love;
Li Li, with a graceful figure, was sexy and charming. The soft light hit the side of her face and the back of her neck, with a sway. The lingering sense of mystery hints at her complicated life experience and unpredictable fate.
As Mr. Wang Zengqi said, "the atmosphere is the character" - audio-visual elements such as light, shadow, color, etc. in "Flowers" not only create the atmosphere, but also carve the characters, outline the background and express the mood.
is full of dynamics, suitable for both movement and silence, and each character has his own unique accent.
The popular songs and old Cantonese songs in the play are the embodiment of the sense of time and age, echoing the emotions of the characters and arousing the audience's memories of the past era; in order to avoid a straightforward narrative, the plot occasionally jumps or briefly hangs. Putting it aside is like setting up a mystery, which enhances the drama, and then flashes back to supplement the plot and the psychology of the characters.
The narrative aesthetics and image beauty of the TV series "Flowers" are harmonious and balanced. It is a successful application and innovative development of the director's film art. It overcomes the common image squeeze narrative and transcends the embarrassment of form external to content, completing the TV series. A revolutionary improvement in image quality.
(Yangcheng Evening News·Yangcheng Pai Comprehensive CCTV Network, @People's Entertainment, @cctv TV series, @王家伟, @胡歌, @马伊琍, @新耊雷, @唐嫣, etc.)
(Source: Yangcheng Evening News·Yangcheng Pai)
