Hello irons, we talked about a lot of sugar water dramas some time ago, and they are really varied, and there are all kinds of goods.
Let's talk about a big meal in a serious way today: "Flowers". 
In terms of lineup, it is definitely the existence of dimensionality reduction blows in domestic dramas in recent years, and refutation is not accepted.
Director: Wong Kar-wai, the first time he went down to direct a TV series, full of gimmicks.
Photographer: Bao Dexi, who won the Oscar for Best Cinematography for the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Soundtrack: Chen Xunqi, a master of Hong Kong film soundtracks, Wong Kar-wai's "East Evil and West Poison" in the world-famous song "Heaven and Earth Lonely Shadow Let Me Go" came from him.
This drama is adapted from Jin Yucheng's "Flowers", * won the Mao Dun Literature Award in 2012, and its adaptation is difficult, except for Wong Kar-wai, only Lou Ye dares to touch it. 
Kim Woo Cheng made a cameo at the beginning).
In order to shoot the bright Shanghai in his mind, Wong Kar-wai can be said to have invested a lot of money, in addition to the investment of 500 million, the time investment is also very luxurious.
In 2014, Wong Kar-wai bought the copyright and began to prepare for filming, and it took almost ten years to be released, and its slow speed was similar to that of "The Grandmaster".
When filming officially started, with a volume of 30 episodes, he filmed for 3 years, what did he rub in?It was revealed that Tang Yan's scene took 86 filming to pass.
With so many buffs, it's impossible not to be red.
Since it was launched, the ratings of this drama have been the first, and there is no shortage of topics, and it has even surpassed a drama and become a news event. 
Back to the end, is the show good?
It's hard to evaluate, there are almost as many people who say "good-looking" and "rotten", and the visual inspection of this mouth cannonball can't stop until the end.
Some say that it is the absolute king of fried;Some say it's the self-effacing of the bigwigs.
Regardless of praise or disapproval, this drama is still recommended for everyone to try for themselves, even if it is only for Wong Kar-wai.
The end of the movie "The True Story of A Fei":
Tony Leung counted the banknotes under the electric lamp, counted them, put them in the inner pocket of his suit, counted them again, and took out a deck of playing cards. Next, he straightened his whole body, combed his hair in the mirror, and paid attention to it. Finally, turn off the lights. 
In the eyes of writer Jin Yucheng, this half minute is the taste of Shanghai.
The end of this movie is the beginning of "Flowers", and Ah Bao, played by Hu Ge, walked into the story so exquisitely. 
The drama version of "Flowers" starts in the 90s of the last century, when Shanghai Beach was steaming and full of desire, as long as you have the courage and knowledge, you can touch huge wealth, of course, you can also fall to the bottom overnight.
The Empire State Building in New York knows that it takes an hour to run from the bottom to the roof, and it only takes 8.8 seconds to jump from the roof. ”
This line of Uncle (played by You Benchang) can be described as a portrayal of the financial market at that time. 
The male protagonist of this play, Ah Bao, is such a legendary existence, he started from the dick silk of the white wolf with empty gloves, and relied on his keen sense of smell of the ** market, and in just a few years, he has become the most dazzling "Mr. Bao" on the Yellow River Road.
Everywhere he went, there were crowds, and some people wanted to talk to him for dinner and business, and they had to wait for three months to make an appointmentThe opening of the new big hotel, Mr. Bao will definitely become news;Orders that others can't eat, Mr. Bao can get them with a meal.
He is like a Shanghai version of "Gatsby", condensed with desire and full of ambition. 
Xiao Lizi said: Accompany a cup).
The men on the Yellow River Road adored him, and the women liked him.
Reiko (played by Ma Yili), the proprietress of the small restaurant "Night Tokyo", she is very business-minded, exquisite, and has worldly wisdom.
Her relationship with Mr. Bao is like an old husband and wife, she is familiar with Mr. Bao's eating habits, and she will also clean up the mess for Mr. Bao when he encounters difficulties. 
Miss Wang (played by Tang Yan), a flower on the Yellow River Road, speaks straightforwardly, and does things in a hurry, because she is close to Mr. Bao, so the people on the Yellow River Road are also afraid of her.
Her relationship with Mr. Bao is like a confidante, and Mr. Bao is very fond of her. 
The most special is Li Li (played by Xin Zhilei), she is the proprietress of the high-end hotel "Zhizhenyuan", and she is the overlord flower parachuted into the Yellow River Road, beautiful, wild, mysterious, calculating, ruthless, and even her hair shows desire.
The relationship between her and Mr. Bao is evenly matched, and no one can guess whether they will be affectionate or bite each other in the next second, and the drama is bursting with tension.
No matter which pair of CPs, the emotional expression between them is very Wong Kar-wai's characteristics:Ambiguous, teasing, and pulling, all of them are tricks between veterans in the love field.
The love in Blossoms is charming, but not pure, and everyone's love has a selfish part.
Reiko relied on Bao to eat and drink well, although she helped him a lot, she also fished him a lot;
Miss Wang's father is the owner of the Foreign Trade Building, and even Mr. Bao has to hold her in the palm of his hand, and she also relies on Mr. Bao's order to achieve a rise in her job position
Li Li is even more so, her hotel needs the influence of Mr. Bao, and Mr. Bao also needs her to strategize and provide trade secrets.
Everyone is both independent and interdependent, and it is difficult to explain the truth and falsehood.
At the end of the day, it's not about love, it's about people.
"Flowers" is a huge stage, in which there are men and women, brothers and enemies, love and calculation, pride and downfall, reunion and separation.
The so-called "flowers" are the epitome of all kinds of things in this world.
The business legend of Shanghai Tang's Xiaokai, is this still Jin Yucheng's "Flowers"?
With all due respect, talking about the original work with Wong Kar-wai is purely self-inflicted, after all, he filmed "East Evil and West Poison" that even Jin Yong himself did not dare to recognize.
Flowers" is the same, Xu Zidong gossiped in a cultural program:Jin Yucheng once told him that Wong Kar-wai's "Flowers" could not be watched.
In fact, in addition to flowers, this drama also combines "Shanghai Fu", "Savage Growth", "Red Men and Green Women", and "Joys and Sorrows".
And among all the complaints that spray it "four dislikes", the loudest one is "separation from the times".
The background of the drama version is set in Shanghai in the 90s, more than 30 years ago, whether it is long or not, whether it is short or not, many people have memories of that era.
But the drunken gold fans and the bright lights of Shanghai presented in the play are more like the 30s than the 90s.
What was Shanghai like in the 90s?Some netizens cited the examples of the movie "Stock Crazy" and the TV series "Debt", indeed, that kind of life picture is more common and real.
But if Wong Kar-wai is also filmed like this, he is not Wong Kar-wai.
To be precise, he did not shoot the Shanghai in the public's memory, but the Shanghai in his own feelings.
Wong Kar-wai was born in Shanghai, when he was 5 years old, he followed his father to settle in Hong Kong, and followed his mother from Wukang Road to Huaihai Road every day, which is an indelible memory in his heart.
His older siblings were all left in Shanghai, and in his correspondence with them, Wong Kar-wai imagined life in Shanghai while reminiscing.
And the detailed description of life in "Flowers"** just poked Wong Kar-wai's nostalgia, he finished reading this book in one go, he said "After reading it, I feel that a lifetime has passed", which is probably the reason why Wong Kar-wai insisted on filming "Flowers".
Although in the play, the story of Mr. Bao's ** is a bit exaggerated, the life scenes under his lens are very moving.
For example, no matter how big the dinner is or how expensive the banquet is, after the entertainment, he always has to eat a bowl of rice in Reiko's small restaurant to feel at ease.
For example, Reiko always speaks like a machine gun, chattering, and her words and expressions reveal the unique shrewdness and style of Shanghai women.
Another example is the dishes in the play, Wong Kar-wai spent a lot of effort to find the master of the year to reproduce the taste of his childhood, even if the audience can't feel his intentions through the screen.
This is Wong Kar-wai's Shanghai accent, which is not a factual truth, but a kind of memory truth, a product of a mixture of subjectivity and objectivity.
Wong Kar-wai's films focus on mood and atmosphere, and linear narrative and realistic depiction are not what he values.
This tone may be more suitable for movies than TV series, and this transformation, it can be seen that Director Wang has made a compromise.
On the one hand, he is trying to restore reality, trying to convince the audience that this is Shanghai in the 90s, such as the explosion of the Mengtejiao brand, such as the rise and fall of so-and-so.
On the other hand, he is frantically carrying private goods, making the audience who has experienced that era call it "fraud".
This may be the reason why many people feel awkward when watching dramas.
It can also be said that this is a mutual disagreement between the "drama version of Wong Kar-wai" and the "drama version audience".
Wong Kar-wai and Guo Jingming should not have been related, but this drama was complained by many netizens as "Small Times 5: The Age of Flowers".
Scolding doesn't have to be so ruthless, but this time Director Wang was really not wronged.
At first glance, "Flowers" is really bad, especially the first two episodes, the picture is very good, but the plot is very cruel.
It talks about two things: Hu Ge teaches you to pretend to be x;Wong Kar-wai teaches you**.
Hu Ge wore this stiff suit, combed his big back and hair, and set off the perfect light and shadow, handsome, Yan Dog feast.
Everywhere he goes, there must be stars holding the moon, and all the things around him are the smell of money and desire, the same scene, replacing the characters with Gu Li in "Little Times", there is no sense of disobedience, anyway, it is the style of advertising blockbusters.
The cool shots of the car accident, the banknotes flying all over the sky, and "Time to Cook the Rain" are not indispensable, and the main thing is the gorgeous sense of brokenness.
In terms of narrative, Director Wang is also very skilled, all kinds of flashbacks + interludes, one thing has not been finished, and suddenly flashes back to another.
This puts forward high requirements for the audience to watch the drama, that is, you can't be distracted, you must be immersed in the enjoyment, but this is not in line with the habits of TV drama audiences.
If the whole drama has this tone, then I'm sorry, 2 episodes persuade you to quit.
It is the original sin that TV series does not tell a good story, no matter how beautiful your shots are and how exquisite your composition is, it will be boring after all.
Guo Jingming's evaluation of the same paragraph).
Fortunately, after 3 episodes, it will jump on the right track, whether it is the part of the business war or the part of the emotional pull, it will move closer to a normal TV series.
Judging from the follow-up trailer, its rhythm will be tighter and the plot will be more exciting, which is still worth looking forward to.
In the original work of "Flowers", there is a word that appears more than 1,500 times, that is, "no sound", which is a common state of Shanghainese people, and a word that is often on the lips.
It describes a kind of silence, and the emotions expressed by this silence are very different, and this emotion also runs through Wong Kar-wai's lens, which needs to be quietly savored.
And between this drama and the audience, it is also full of all kinds of "no sound", which can be scolding, appreciation, annoyance, or ridicule.
Flowers is not rotten, it is too early to make a conclusion, you can say what you can't say, see you in the final chapter of the story.
In the case of Wong Kar-wai, the audience's most perfect expression of this work is, of course, "silent".
It's just that it's not "silent", but "silent".