Wong Kar-wai's first TV series "Flowers", which took three years of painstaking work, finally met the audience recently.
This drama has not yet been released, but it has already caused a sensation, and it can be described as "famous, but no one has seen it".
Due to the fame of director Wong Kar-wai, both inside and outside the film and television industry, people have placed great expectations on this drama.
Wong Kar-wai's strength is undoubted, his unique shooting style and extremely high requirements for lenses and actors are well known in the film and television industry.
Works such as "The True Story of A Fei", "East Evil and West Poison", "In the Mood for Love" and "The Grandmaster", although there are not many of them, each of them is a high-quality work.
Wong Kar-wai's status in the film industry was established by these classic films, and no one can shake it.
He demanded perfection in every shot, with extreme precision in every detail of the film.
The actors' performances are demanding, and every line, every look and movement is carefully designed to present to the audience, without exception.
Even some actors find it unbearable for such demanding demands.
When Carina Lau was filming a mopping scene, because director Wong Kar-wai pursued perfection, she always thought that the effect of the shooting was almost meaningless, and this story was quite famous.
Carina kept wiping repeatedly, and eventually the floor became shiny, and even made herself a little angry.
Tang Yan experienced such a similar story during the promotion of the movie.
Tang Yan revealed at the actor's sharing meeting that she shot 86 for a scene before it passed, which made the entire crew feel exhausted.
After Tang Yan heard this, she lowered her head and smiled, did not speak, and acquiesced to this joke-like story.
It can be seen that Wong Kar-wai has extremely high requirements for his works, whether it is a movie or a TV series, he has always maintained his own unique shooting style.
It's no surprise that Blossom took three years to shoot.
Compared with the assembly-line shooting in the entertainment industry, many TV series came out as quickly as a flash in the pan and were quickly forgotten by the audience.
Good directors focus on polishing their work before it takes three years to release a new work, and each work takes three years to perfect.
At the recent annual ceremony, the crew of "Flowers" also went all out to carry out promotional activities.
In the interactive session, the host asked the four leading actors to describe their roles in one word, and the three female leading actors have been pushing each other, and finally the male protagonist Hu Ge has to deal with this challenge.
Although Hu Ge has no problem speaking, what is more important is that once he speaks, he talks endlessly as if he is telling a story.
Although his wording is so, it sums up the relationship between the male protagonist and several important women in the play very accurately and accurately.
His speech also made the audience look forward to more.
After the host finished talking about the relationship between the characters, he asked each guest to reveal the number of the scheduled dates of the movie "Flowers" one by one, which sparked a new discussion.
The whole process of the crew of "Flowers" was like a small promotional event, and it had nothing to do with the awards party.
The crew of "Flowers" has a huge momentum, which is not surprising, because this work has already received official recognition.
"Flowers" premiered on CCTV and other online platforms at the same time. Let's not talk about which online platform it is, just watching Yangba can feel the importance of this drama.
In the past, the central eight broadcasts were revolutionary historical dramas such as "Crossing the Yalu River" and "Dawn of the East", but "Flowers" was released on the central eight this time, which can be said to be very different from the past. The official recognition has added a layer of guarantee to the success of "Flowers".
"Flowers" premiered on the evening of December 27, and the ratings reached 2 in just ten minutes, which not only encouraged the director and actors, but also made the show immediately appear on the hot search lists of major online platforms.
Today we will take a look at the most controversial aspects of these comments, both positive and negative.
After summarizing the comments of netizens on various platforms, it was found that "I don't understand!."This complaint appears most frequently.
What is it about this movie that people can't understand?Maybe the plot is too surreal, or maybe the actors' performances are too unacceptable.
Jin Yudeng's eponymous ** "Flowers" is not an original script, but an adaptation.
This ** is set in Shanghai in the 90s, mainly from the perspective of Shanghai locals, about a group of young men and women who have experienced various ups and downs in their careers.
Its story also incorporates the development of Shanghai at that time, from which you can also feel the historical development of the city.
Wong Kar-wai's films often show this emotion, and the filming of this TV series is also very much borrowed from the standard of the film.
Many of the scenes in the play incorporate different elements of light and shadow, presenting intricate visual effects.
The change of light and shadow shows the protagonists growing in the intertwined lights, and also allows the audience to experience various life experiences with them.
Due to Wong Kar-wai's shooting techniques, many viewers didn't like this style very much for the first time, and felt that it was a bit exaggerated.
Many viewers reported that the characterization of the protagonists was not very successful, except for the background in the play that people were not comfortable with.
The audience may not have kept up with the character's role changes because of the fast pace throughout.
Ah Bao is played by Hu Ge, who was hit by a car at first, and later mysteriously turned into a ** investigating the behind-the-scenes incident, which dizzying the audience.
However, in reality, this is Wong Kar-wai's unique flashback shooting method.
However, most people can't appreciate this, so many people can't understand it and naturally choose to change the channel.
Ma Yili is also an object that is easy to cause people to complain, just like Hu Ge.
Maybe it's because the role she played before is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and this time she can't help but get excited as soon as she appears.
Coupled with the "micro-business head" who never changes, the delicate tone of his speech makes people unable to resonate.
For a variety of reasons, people have a lot of anticipation for "Flowers", but they end up leaving with regrets.
Many netizens even said: After watching it for 10 minutes, they changed the channel and couldn't keep watching.
Zhang Yimou once warned Zhang Ziyi: Don't make TV series just to make money.
The reason why Zhang Yimou advised Zhang Ziyi at the beginning may be because he didn't want to waste her, an excellent film actor.
There is a big difference between filming a TV series and filming a movie after all, and if you don't handle it properly, you can damage your reputation.
This applies not only to actors, but also to directors.
Wong Kar-wai's example from filming "Flowers" shows that there is a significant difference between a TV series and a movie. Even if a technique can be successfully applied to a movie, it may not be suitable for a TV series, because the audience may not accept it.
Although Wong Kar-wai spent three years of meticulous preparation, once his first ** TV series was broadcast, it received all kinds of bad reviews from everyone, and some viewers even had to change the channel after only watching it for 10 minutes. This result may also have come as a surprise to Wong Kar-wai.
Although "Flowers" has unacceptable shortcomings, on the whole, it brings a rather novel viewing experience to the audience.
Considering Wong Kar-wai's vision and strength, coupled with the fact that the show has been polished for a long time, the reputation of "Flowers" may get better and better in the future broadcast. After all, their strength is there.