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Have you noticed that "Flowers" is really a super heat wave at the end of 2023!Not only did it take turns in Yangba and local stations**, but even the luxury premiere pomp was jaw-dropping. So, what is so special about "Flowers"?This is not a farce, even bloggers on Douyin are vying to participate, and even made some spontaneous pre-broadcast metaphysical problems of "Flowers", as if they are calling for this drama and striving to make it the biggest hit drama at the end of 2023. All this makes me have a question, what is so great about "Flowers"?
In the current film and television drama market, traffic directors emerge in an endless stream, even commercial film directors such as Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, and Chen Sicheng, if they want to win in word-of-mouth, they must not only have good stories, good actors, and well-made, but also depend on their luck. And Wong Kar-wai is simply the only one in this group of directors. His works, such as "In the Mood for Love", are simply pearls of art in the eyes of film critics, as famous as "Rashomon", "The Godfather 2", and "Raging Bull", and even surpass Hou Hsiao-hsien and Yang Dechang in style. Wong Kar-wai's directing style is unique, and he is good at expressing the inner world of his characters in a barren, lonely, and realistic way.
This style has now become the object of study for international first-line directors, and he is known as the first director of Chinese literature and art, which is not at all praised. This advantage has become more pronounced over time.
But back to "Flowers" itself, I don't want to dwell on those routines, such as the storyline and cast. In Wong Kar-wai's film and television works, the actors and stories are as if they are passive, and the entire series runs under the leadership of Wong Kar-wai. Although the story and actors are important, they cannot escape Wong Kar-wai's unique literary brilliance. Now that the drama has not been broadcast, we can only preliminarily see whether "Flowers" maintains Wong Kar-wai's usual style through the 2021 and 2022 versions of the trailer.
After watching the trailer for 2021, I was still a little worried and felt a little rushed. After all, according to Wong Kar-wai's character, it is normal for him to only make a movie once in three or five years, not to mention that this time it is a TV series with 30 episodes. What's worse is that Wong Kar-wai's directing style in the trailer is not so obvious, which makes me a little apprehensive, afraid that he will fall in the domestic drama. However, after watching the trailer for the second edition in November 2022, those concerns slowly dissipated.
At the beginning of the trailer, an ancient escalator spins up, and Po leisurely enters the room with his big back and chats with an old man about writing books.
The dim lighting and cleverly chosen angles of the characters make the passing of the years feel like they are in front of the screen. Then, Ah Bao, played by Hu Ge, walked into the largest business club on Huanghe Road and drank alone, but was respected by everyone as Mr. Bao. He became lonely in the bustle, experiencing the torment of "freezing" and "frost". Finally, I have to mention the male protagonist Hu Ge. Over the years, his works have been good and bad, but in "Flowers", he seems to have found his place. With a big back hair, he is no longer Ah Fei and Zhou Muyun, but A Bao, a young man from Shanghai in the nineties. His image is full of opportunity and hope.
As for whether "Flowers" will be a hit, I don't believe in metaphysics. According to previous years, Wong Kar-wai will definitely not change his style in order to cater to the public. "Flowers" will definitely seem a bit obscure in many places and not easily accepted by the public. In the early days of broadcasting, word-of-mouth will definitely be divided, voices of decline will definitely be indispensable, and comments will have to be picky about details. After all, the entire market is biased towards entertainment, and the recent reviews are biased towards finding faults, so you have to wait until the whole show is over to see the final evaluation.
So, why did "Flowers" become the biggest hit drama at the end of 2023?