Wong Kar-wai's TV series "Flowers", which took ten years to polish, finally ushered in its premiere.
The big director didn't expect that his high-profile new work did not receive praise.
Guo Jingming's works have been praised like never before, which has made people who were originally irrelevant change their views of him, and he was whitewashed overnight.
Are the ratings of "Flowers" true or false?
According to the data, this is a popular drama starring Hu Ge and Xin Zhilei, with Ma Yili, Tang Yan and You Benchang playing supporting roles.
The ratings immediately broke through 2, as soon as the broadcast started.
has reached an unprecedented height, and even the drama invested by CCTV is beyond reach.
Wong Kar-wai's talent still shines, and when he shows his skills, it is an unparalleled superb performance.
However, what is surprising is that although the ratings continue to rise, it is in stark contrast to netizens who have complained.
Many claim that Wong Kar-wai is destroying the real Shanghai Tang.
Although Wong Kar-wai was born in Shanghai, he grew up in Hong Kong.
The Shanghai he presented was entirely based on his imagination and was derived from Hong Kong at that time.
In the drama Flowers, the shadow of "In the Mood for Love" can be found in particular.
In general, this is completely detached from civilian life, and only pursues beauty and luxury.
The scene of flowers blooming in the outdoor scene, even if it is not explained, can the audience feel that this is a story that takes place in the 90s?
When pigs fly.
Wong Kar-wai's shots show no poor people, no scenes of market life, only upper-class people in well-fitting clothes, which is related to his background.
What needs to be understood is that the real Shanghai is full of the atmosphere of life that is calculating.
There are those "camel xiangzi" towing rickshaws everywhere in Shanghai, and they are the real representatives of Shanghai.
Therefore, through the content of the first few episodes, we can conclude without a doubt: the TV series "Flowers" filmed and broadcast by Wong Kar-wai is the fantasy of the great director's dream of being a hero in Shanghai.
Good works must be intimately connected to the land, and the people are part of it.
Despite Shanghai's rapid development, there are still social divisions.
If Fanhua always focuses on the upper class, it will completely lose contact with the people at the bottom.
How can the photographed work be three-dimensional?They can only be said to be empty and soulless.
Considering Wong Kar-wai's current age, this TV series is not only his first attempt.
It's a shame that his last work is more likely to be like this.
Wong Kar-wai is labeled as classics such as "Chongqing Forest", "The True Story of A Fei", "In the Mood for Love" and "Springtime", and these works have endured.
There could be a film that no other director could have reached in his lifetime.
Shanghainese people can see the excellence of this drama from the Shanghainese version of Fanhua, which is worthy of appreciation.
I hope that this work will be endured and highly appreciated.
Guo Jingming also likes to paint a stereotypical image of Shanghai, by contrast.
He had been scolded more than Wong Kar-wai before, but all of that had disappeared overnight.
When it comes to Guo Jingming, his most well-known label is youth pain literature.
However, once he showed his work on the big screen, pompous and extravagant completely replaced the words "writer".
He was spurned by many as unrealistic and out of touch with the real situation.
Is this fact true?
Compared with Wong Kar-wai's works, there are similarities in the lens expression techniques of the two.
Both directors deeply love the atmosphere of life at the highest level of Shanghai and fully express this emotion.
The stories, characters and backgrounds portrayed by Guo Jingming through the lens are very nuanced, presenting a three-dimensional and vivid effect.
For example, the movie "Little Times".
The Small Times series of works is based on love, integrating the growth stories of characters from different classes.
and their apparent personality contrasts as adults.
Only when similarities and differences are born can sparks burst out;Only when the heart is connected can we get along.
Guo Jingming vividly shows this reality, and the city of Shanghai also bears many hardships and difficulties.
Or sorrow becomes a rushing river.
Guo Jingming's work is centered on Shanghai Jingjing, which runs through both text and film and television presentation.
Two different families live in the same alley, they receive different educations, and they shape the collision and comfort of two souls.
The short story reflects the overall background.
It successfully shows the three-dimensional beauty of Shanghai.
There are indeed many parents like the male protagonist in this place in Shanghai, who put all their resources into their son, hoping that he can become a dragon.
The heroine's family also faces many difficulties and is unable to provide a good education for their children, so they need to rely on some less glamorous means to make ends meet.
However, their children are able to take a different path and create their own unique lives.
If the drama "If Sadness Flows Into a River" does not mention the topic of school bullying, what will happen to the ending?
Guo Jingming went to Shanghai alone to study, and he does not deliberately beautify any city in his works.
Shanghai is a place where the rich can buy luxury goods with their eyes closed, while ordinary people have to pay carefully for every penny.
For Guo Jingming, who represents ordinary students, only he can't fit in.
They were trapped by an invisible wall of glass that was cut off from the crowd.
Guo Jingming later moved out of the school, unable to integrate into the collective life, and could only immerse himself in the stories he imagined.
Director Guo Da has benefited from the exclusion and differences between different classes to a certain extent.
However, many average students are likely to be unable to find a sense of belonging, which can lead to a sense of frustration that makes it difficult for them to succeed again in life.
Therefore, no matter how much sunlight shines in Shanghai, there will always be some places that are dark.
No matter how many outstanding people Shanghai has cultivated, there are ordinary citizens.
This is what Shanghai is really about.
Wong Kar-wai doesn't know anything about this, all he knows is how Hong Kong has cultivated heroes under the Troubled Boy culture.
He turned his head to photograph Shanghai in the same way, but he didn't know that inland Shanghai was more complicated.
Wong Kar-wai may not know much about the bottom of Shanghai, so he may have some scruples about touching it.
Guo Jingming lived in Shanghai for many years, and he was once penniless, an experience that gave the impression of his revenge in Shanghai.
Therefore, this extravagance and luxury are fully demonstrated through the work, and the message is conveyed to people that Shanghai is not to be messed with.
However, Guo Jingming's work is not limited to showing off his wealth, and his characters also include those who grow up from low-income families.
His work is not an exaggeration, because Guo Jingming has an in-depth knowledge of Shanghai.
In contrast, Wong Kar-wai prefers a single perspective.
Even if he chooses to shoot his work in a single shot, no matter how delicate the picture is, the storyline still seems too simple.
In order to resonate with everyone, an excellent work must have a shadow in which the audience can find themselves, and it must also leave enough room for the audience's imagination.
Therefore, Wong Kar-wai was compared to Guo Jingming this time and suffered a fiasco, which is completely natural.
I hope that the great director can stay sober and fully engaged when filming this drama.
A good piece of work is one that aligns with today's values.
The audience will be touched and resonated with a classic work.
The current situation shows that Wong Kar-wai is likely to face failure in filming the TV series this time.
He is glad that he has found an actor who has passed the acting skills and appearance.