Jimu News Chief Reporter Zhang Cong.
Hu Ge's fan ** waited for three years, and the beginning of the TV series "Flowers" was the scene at the door of the Shanghai Peace Hotel on Chinese New Year's Eve in 1992, when the proud "Bao Zong" was violently hit by a yellow taxi - under the neon lights, in the countdown, the rain of paper money flying into the sky and the brilliant chandeliers and streamers were integrated, which was a drunken gold fan, but also a bloody war.
Gold and red constitute the background color of "Flowers", and whether it is this background color or the shots flowing out of this background, they are all full of three words: Wong Kar-wai.
On the evening of December 27th, 6 years of preparation for filming, 3 years of real shooting, adapted from the writer Jin Yucheng's "Five One Project" and "Mao Dun Literature Award" award-winning name****, produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai, Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan, Xin Zhilei starring in the TV series "Flowers" landed on CCTV8** strong file, Tencent** broadcast exclusively on the whole network. The Jimu News reporter noticed that within 10 minutes of CCTV8's broadcast, the peak attention of the real-time live broadcast of "Flowers" Kuyun broke 2, and in the circle of friends, "Trial" "Flowers" became a scene on the night of the broadcast, after all, everyone is curious - Wong Kar-wai spent three years filming the TV series, is it ineffective?
Some fragments.
In the rolling red dust, Mr. Bao appeared
In Shanghai in 1992, the neon was eye-catching, and the Shanghai Composite Index, which had just turned one year old, broke through the imagination of countless people. Everyone is equal in front of opportunities, some people ride the wind, and some people go to zero ...... in half a dayThe TV series "Flowers" starts with the real individual little people who live in the macro background, and "Bao" played by Hu Ge appeared in this rolling red dust.
On the evening of the 27th, a Jimu News reporter who finished 4 episodes of the Shanghainese version (and Mandarin version) of "Flowers" in one go found that unlike the original book, Wong Kar-wai restored the process of "Bao" becoming "Mr. Bao" in the first two episodes of the TV series.
In 1987, the fledgling "Bao" found the hidden "old mage" in the business world (played by You Benchang) to learn to do business.
An old mage in Ningbo (the mention point), two red gang tailors (to create a suit), a pair of Yangzhou scissors (to create a panache) ......In the Peace Hotel, "Ah Bao", who learned to be a panache, gimmick, and a sprout, was reborn and became the "Bao Zong" in the business world, and the history of the struggle of the trendy children in that era was condensed in Wong Kar-wai's iconic shots and soundtracks, which made the audience's blood boil.
Time turned, and it came to the New Year after "Mr. Bao" was hit in 1993. An investigation in the police station made the various characters around Bao appear one after another, in the rather cinematic editing, **big household Commander Cai, reselling** stamp Li, following the crowd** fat aunt who earns living expenses, Jin Baoer who makes treasury bills, Lingzi (played by Ma Yili), the proprietress of Tokyo at night, Miss Wang (played by Tang Yan), the export salesman of the foreign trade company, you sing and I appear, when the "real murderer" of the car accident case appears, the news leakage and short-selling puzzle around No. 414** are gradually clear- It turned out that Mr. Bao became a card thrown out by Commander Cai for self-protection, and he lost his family and died suddenly in the taxi, which became a tragic portrayal of "half a day to zero".
With the appearance of Li Li (played by Xin Zhilei) and Zhizhenyuan on the Yellow River Road, "Mr. Bao" and "Mr. Fan" (played by Dong Yong) around the "burnt mercerized cotton" to start a business confrontation, Mr. Fan has a supply of goods, Mr. Bao has a market, but the insertion of Li Li and "Mr. Wei" (played by Zheng Kai) in the middle of the transaction made the transaction ripple.
At the end of the four-episode story, the background of the times is there, the growth history and character of "Ah Bao" are there, the relationship between "Ah Bao" and the three women is there, and the business field of "Ah Bao" is also there.
Some of the characters
You Benchang is the most exquisite, and Hu Ge can be used as a drama
If the first four episodes of "Flowers" are a whole, showing the vitality and ups and downs of Shanghai shopping malls in the 90s of the 20th century like a picture scroll, then the various characters in the middle of it also left a deep impression on the audience with their plump images and wonderful performances.
On Douban, the most popular comments and the 1513 likes under the comments are the audience's love for the actor of "Uncle", 90-year-old You Benchang, "Every line, every look, every expression, and every action is a play, this kind of one-person control of the whole audience is too powerful." Indeed, as the most important person to "Mr. Bao" in the first 4 episodes, "Uncle" is not only the Dinghai Shenshen Needle in the business field of "Mr. Bao", but also the Dinghai Shenshen Needle in Wong Kar-wai's slightly jumping out of the editing - his test of Ah Bao is "scrutiny", the control of the ** trend is "loud", and the undercurrent in the business field is "familiar with the heart", different emotions can always be connected with just the right performance.
You Benchang is the "Dinghai God Needle", and Hu Ge is the indispensable "drama eye" in the play "Flowers". On the evening of the 27th, some viewers lamented in the circle of friends that Wong Kar-wai is too good at filming, "The most handsome shots of Hu Ge's 30th stage are estimated to stay in "Flowers", and I instantly forgave him (three years of filming) for his grinding!."”
Indeed, Hu Ge not only accurately grasped the "style" required by "Uncle" in the play, but also played the "Mr. Bao" proudly when he was in full swing. At the same time, the final handling of the car accident case and his refusal to listen to the advice of his "uncle" and his refusal to abandon human favor to seek stability also made the character of "Bao" more warm. In addition, the "cooperative relationship" between Mr. Bao and Reiko seems to be friends but not friends, and the dangerous dramatic tension between Mr. Bao and Li Li are very interesting.
In the audience, the three heroines have also received a lot of praise, and Ma Yili, who returned to the embrace of Shanghai after "The Myth of Love", can be said to have won her most wonderful role in "Flowers" over the years;Tang Yan also brought surprises to the audience, playful and spicy, decisive and neat;Xin Zhilei from the north is the only one who speaks Mandarin, which is also a good interpretation of Li Li's mysterious temperament.
Some "Wong Kar-wai".
The fragmented narrative is not separated from the original work of "Flowers".
It must be said that in addition to the story and characters, "Flowers" is still a work with extremely distinctive personal colors - yes, whether it is the color tone, lens language or the way the characters are filmed, at a glance, it is "Wong Kar-wai".
Of course, the audience's eyes are also bright, "The familiar taste, sure enough, is still the king of sunglasses", "When the aesthetics are popular, Wong Kar-wai is really a treasure knife", "Chen Xunqi and Wong Kar-wai are worthy of being ** partners, I can also give four stars to the original soundtrack alone" and other similar comments, swiping social platforms on the evening of the 27th.
And this personal style is not separated from "Flowers".
After the first 4 episodes, the audience can fully understand that "Flowers" has been filmed for 3 years, and it is really because Wong Kar-wai is filming TV series in the way of making movies, such as scheduling, composition, and editing.
And Wong Kar-wai's common fragmented narrative technique is placed in "Flowers", which seems to raise the threshold for viewing at first glance, for example, you must not be able to fast-forward this drama at double speed, in addition to the interweaving of clues and a variety of characters, the interspersing of time scenes is also very enjoyable to watch movies, plus listening to the Shanghai version and watching subtitles is the best "food" The Jimu News reporter noticed that some netizens mentioned that although Mr. Bao and Mr. Fan frequently clashed with the help of Zhizhenyuan in the first few episodes, it was confusing what business the two were going to do.
But in the eyes of viewers who are familiar with the original work of "Flowers", it is precisely this interweaving of clues that presents the business war scene of open and secret battles and the treacherous hearts of the people, which makes people have a viewing experience like solving puzzles and puzzles.
And Wong Kar-wai also mentioned in the filming special that there are 31 chapters in the book "Flowers", but there is no coherent story, "On the surface, it is men and women who eat and drink, but inside it is the changes of the years and times in Shanghai, how to start, it is a thousand things." Obviously, the focus of his final storytelling is on "Bao", such as successfully "filling" the "Bao total growth history" that was not involved in the original book of "Flowers", and in the follow-up, how the TV series "Flowers" will continue its interpretation, let's see together.
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