After experiencing countless spy war dramas with "nonsensical" as their "selling point", I once lost interest and hope in film and television works with the theme of spy war dramas.
So when I saw "When the Stars Shine", a spy drama with almost all actors from the Mesozoic or younger generation, I instinctively believed that this would be another spy drama with traffic as the main axis.
Maybe I will find a lot of points that can be used to "complain", and maybe I can "catch" a wave of traffic from this popular spy drama.
But after I watched six episodes of "When the Stars Shine" in one go, an inexplicable feeling of goodwill and attraction arose spontaneously.
Because I was attracted by the unhurried narrative style, because I was impressed by the plot logic without many flaws, because I was stunned by the non-exaggerated performance of each character, because I was fascinated by the drama in the play. The scenes were like freeze-frame shots of photos, leaving me speechless in shock.
Yes, this is how I really felt after watching six episodes of "When the Stars Shine", the excitement after seeing a ray of sunshine after experiencing the trough for too long.
Do you still remember the scene in the first episode when Hua Zhen called the "New Ship Construction Room of the Naval Ministry Shipbuilding Institute" to find Deng Mingyuan?
After he hung up the phone cautiously, and when he was thinking about what to do next, he saw Mendoz standing in the phone booth.
This 8-year-old girl, who had just lost a relative, was helpless in front of her. Hua Zhen was the only piece of driftwood that seemed to be leaving her.
When she was standing by the phone booth waiting for her future fate, she saw a family of three on the other side of the road who were choosing candy men. She saw that she was as happy and joyful as the little girl in the man's arms.
But now, facing the reality of being helpless, a usually carefree little girl must force herself to grow into a big girl overnight, and grow into an adult who is more sensible than any of her peers or even adults. girl.
When I looked at the crying Mendozi, I saw not a pitiful child, but a kind of cruelty and ruthlessness unique to the era.
Standing in the phone booth, Hua Zhen looked at the miserable yet lucky girl in front of him. Perhaps it was not because he felt compassion, but because he was thinking of himself or something else that created the classic scene that followed.
On the busy street, people, whether poor or rich, are rushing towards the destination.
No one cares about the girl standing next to the phone booth crying, and no one cares about the man staring at the girl in the phone booth.
Just like that, a man stood in the phone booth with an expressionless face. He looked motionless at the girl outside the phone booth who was also motionless, but was crying because she missed her parents.
This scene seems to be paused and fast-forwarded. It is frozen in this moment for 5 seconds as if it is stuck.
Do you understand? Is this seemingly helpless Mendozi really no better than Hua Zhen, who has both parents in the phone booth?
Turning the camera, let's take a look at the scene in the second episode where Chen Hao, after reading the postcard sent to him by Deng Mingyuan, threw the postcard into the brazier with a hint of disappointment.
Looking at the postcards that were constantly being eaten away by the flames in the brazier, Chen Hao recalled the Deng Mingyuan who he once admired and admired.
Although he had no news or trace of Deng Mingyuan at this moment, he knew in his heart that it was very likely that the person he admired was in danger.
He knew that he had to get rid of everything related to Deng Mingyuan as soon as possible, and the fastest way was to use fire, a seemingly ruthless but warm method.
The last thing on the postcard that was engulfed in flames was the stamp image in the upper right corner, an image of an important figure in modern history.
What is the significance of such a scene? Was it a pure accident, or was it deliberate retry? Maybe only the people who filmed this scene understand and know.
The camera shines from outside the door to the inside of the house. Outside the door is a dark and silent night, and inside the house is the red light of the fire due to the brazier.
On the background wall in the distance, I saw a plaque that said "Seeking Truth", a plaque covered by green leaves.
In the middle of the screen, Chen Hao was sitting alone on a chair. He crossed his hands and stared at the flickering flames in the brazier on the ground.
This scene is like a morning star in the dark night sky. This scene is like a person who has experienced the darkness before dawn and sees the dawn rising from the east.
Although the spark in the brazier is about to extinguish, in a few hours, the sun rising from the east will bring light to the earth and to this humble room that will soon fall into complete darkness.
Such a scene with only one person and one brazier, from the perspective of intention and metaphor, although it is lacking in emotion, it surpasses the phone booth scene in terms of will and belief.
Compared to the two more tragic and sad scenes of the phone booth and the brazier, the scene in the fourth episode where Luo Mianmin is standing on the balcony holding a clothes drying pole is more humane and more pyrotechnic.
No matter what kind of image Luo Minmin, the girl next door, will eventually grow into, at least at this time, she is still the girl next door with a pure heart and simple thoughts.
She aspires to become a police officer. She has no lofty ideals, no unfathomable scheming or evil thoughts. She just wants to be a strong girl who can protect her family and neighbors.
In that era when everyone was in danger, and even the snow in front of the door could not be swept clean, Luo Minmin's original intention may have been to use this police uniform to stop her brother from being bullied.
As a daughter, older sister and younger sister in an ordinary family, Luo Minmin, who lost her mother's love when she was young, is obviously more mature and sensible than her younger sister who was almost raised by herself.
Faced with her "unsatisfactory" brother and her father who didn't want her to put herself in danger, Luo Minmin finally had the opportunity to use her own efforts to shoulder the burden of protecting the family.
Above the head of Luo Minmin is the police uniform that is hung on the balcony to announce to the world even late at night. This police uniform indicates that this photo studio that anyone could step on in the past finally has a backer and a protective umbrella.
Under the police uniform, Luo Minmin was dressed like a girl next door in pajamas, but she looked like a soldier guarding the village, holding a clothes drying pole with one hand on her hips and the other.
At this time, the clothes drying pole in her hand had long lost its original function, but had become a red tassel gun that could go into battle to kill enemies and protect her family and country.
Although we can only see Luo Minmin's back reflected in the bustling street, the back of such a girl who should be weak gives people a sense of perseverance and unshakability at this time.
Faced with powerful enemies, whether it is a country or a family, even a weak girl like Luo Minmin can stand up in times of crisis.
No matter what the final outcome is, no matter whether she can continue to be a police officer, thousands of Luo Minmin at this time are the greatest guarantee and cornerstone for the survival of this country and this family.
Although the author only wrote and watched these three fleeting shots, in fact, "When the Stars Shine" does not only have these three classic freeze-frame shots.
This is just a scene that the author thinks is relatively classic, and it is just the backlight that can be seen most at a glance behind the brilliant acting skills of this group of young actors.
I underestimated "When the Stars Shine" because it is a rare and excellent spy drama, and because it is an extremely exaggerated spy drama in the use of camera language.
’s interpretation of “When the Stars Shine” will be written here for the time being. More exciting interpretations will be discussed in the next chapter.
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