"Flowers" is a contemporary urban drama directed and produced by Wong Kar-wai and starring Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan and Xin Zhilei.
The play is adapted from Jin Yucheng's name**, the story will revolve around Bao, in the early nineties of the last century, in the era of Huanghuang, everyone competed for the top, and Bao also became Mr. Bao, who had succeeded and failed, leaving a legend among the children of the tide in Shanghai. There have been golden brilliance, there has been a long stream of fine water, men and women, ups and downs, and the love and truth of an era.
Originally, I wasn't going to write "Flowers".
After all, the current ** environment is: outsiders say that "Flowers" is not real, and they will be characterized as jealous of Shanghai;Shanghainese people say that "Flowers" is not real, and they will be characterized as hillbillies who can't afford to go to the restaurant on Huanghe Road and have never seen the world.
I'm not from Shanghai, and I've never seen what Shanghai was like in '92. I consulted a few indigenous friends in Shanghai, and they also said that they could only be regarded as poor peasants since they were children, and they had never seen the lights of Shanghai.
It's embarrassing.
After all, we and the mountain village really can't tell whether the psychedelic luxury lights in those dim and hazy pictures are the ten-mile ocean field in 29 years or the tide of the times in 92!
However, talking about business in the play has to be like a spy war idol drama. The deception is even stronger.
After all, as we all know, the world is a huge grass platform, and the business war in reality is too unpretentious.
In the play, Mr. Bao wants to lower the price, Mr. Fan wants to raise the price, Party A and Party B each have ghosts, and they don't talk about it, and they run out of Zheng Kai's performance to always muddy the water. In the end, Mr. Bao and Mr. Fan cooperated happily, only Zheng Kai lost money, lost people, and became famous.
In the midst of their confrontation, it is not profitable to add Xin Zhilei to add oil and vinegar, and Tang Yan is afraid that the male protagonist will suffer.
I really think that they are making such a big fight, and if they don't exchange some information or something, this business is worth no matter how valuable it is.
And I, a kind of local bun, not only have I not seen the prosperity and wealth of Shanghai, but I also don't know how to do big business. Less knowledge, not smart brains, is really the kind of mediocre person who can lose money because of stupidity in a small business.
I remember watching a movie starring **Yun and Pan Hong before, called "Stock Crazy". The fanaticism of the people in the city and the yearning for money make people have to admit that no matter how the times change, human nature will not change. And warn the audience: **There are risks, and you need to be cautious when starting. In that **, Pan Hong is so beautiful!There are a lot of clothes, and now they look really trendy and retro.
When I was a child, I also watched a TV series about Shanghai educated youths going to the mountains and countryside in the Yunnan frontier, called "Evil Debt". Filmed in 1994. I went to flip through the theme song, and Shanghai was really prosperous at that time!The lights are brilliant and the traffic is busy. But that kind of prosperity breeds vigorous vitality, not the decadence of drunken gold.
Whether it's "Stock Madness" or "Debt", the costumes in it give me a feeling that they are very trendy from the current point of view. It can be seen that at that time, Chinese and Western cultures collided, and the emancipation of Shanghai people's minds and economic prosperity have been generously and boldly reflected in clothing.
And the costume of "Flowers" is too delicate and extravagant. It is so delicate that it seems to be desperate, and it is so extravagant that it is full of drunken dreams and death. Wong Kar-wai's pursuit of perfection seems a bit too much here.
Screenshot from "Debt of Sin".
But if I want to say that this drama is ugly, it seems that I can't say it.
Wong Kar-wai's light and shadow and composition are very harmonious, and the color tone is also very beautiful. Tang Yan Jiaohan, Xin Zhilei is beautiful, Ma Yili is real, uncle is scheming, and Hu Ge has a good demeanor.
I see some comments on the Internet that Wong Kar-wai's "Flowers" is not as good as Guo Jingming's "Little Times". I disagree.
In terms of forced qualifications, Wong Kar-wai is still better. On the one hand, low-key luxury, spending money like dirt;On one side, the flatbread fritters, fireworks in the world. It's both real and illusory.
In terms of actors, the old man You Benchang is naturally impeccable, Ma Yili and Xin Zhilei also performed very well, and even Tang Yan has received a lot of praise. On the contrary, Hu Ge seemed a little powerless.
Hu Ge always gives me the feeling that he wants to work hard to perform well, but it is always a little bit meaningful. To put it bluntly, he wants to be a performing artist, and he is also working in this direction, but his talent is limited, and he works hard in vain.
is a 40-year-old person, no matter how late he is, he should be able to see some hints of acting skills. But he is still less than the top and more than the bottom.
When I watched the first two episodes of this show, every time Hu Ge appeared, I couldn't help but make up my brain: If this role is played by Leslie Cheung, ......
I don't have any special obsession with Mr. Leslie Cheung, but I just feel that this role is tailor-made for him.
emmm……Maybe Hu Ge borrowed Leslie Cheung's performance method when interpreting this role?
All in all, in a word: "Flowers" is really an expensive, pretending and boring drama.
Finally: Happy New Year's Day to all!All the best!
Good night. 
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