Recently, "Flowers" has been very popular, but it is also more controversial, Wong Kar-wai has always been controversial, he has always been a director who has gone off the rails. Many people only know that he is a great director, but few people have actually seen his works. Don't look at his work at double speed, because he has never been a good storyteller. 
Wong Kar-wai spent his childhood in Shanghai, and his previous works have always had Shanghai episodes. The Shanghainese dialect in the flowers is too emotional, and to tell the truth, many young people in Shanghai may not speak so well now. On the one hand, it is the most modern city in China, whether it is the social governance system or the degree of civilization, it can be regarded as the benchmark of the whole country. I know a lot of people disagree, and they can cite a lot of negative news that has been reported. But they don't want to think about the places that haven't been reported, it's really not that they don't have them, it's that their level of development hasn't reached the point where they can report it. 
For example, a small African country with no roads should not be proud that its traffic accident rate is lower than that of the United States. This drama is destined not to be pleasing, on the one hand, due to the perception of Shanghai on the Internet in recent years, and on the other hand, the elite route during the opening period is too elite, and the general public's sense of identity is too low. Shanghai in the 90s, but it was like **?Is Blossom Real in the end?
Some of the scenes are too unreal, especially the decoration style of the Yellow River Road, which is obviously the style of the 30s and 40s, forcing it to lean on the 90s. Back then, there were all kinds of neon signs, but they didn't use small lamp beads anymore. In the past 90 years, long tube lamps have been spliced into words or patterns, which can be controlled by a single-chip microcomputer, and I felt that this was more magnificent than small broken lamp beads. 30 In the 40s, it can only be done to simulate the action of continuous or simple light and dark changes (the action generally does not exceed 5 frames), and the changes on a single neon sign in the 90s can do many kinds (different gradients, horse races and other cycles), and in the 90s, LED lights were not popularized in Shanghai, and the life of ordinary halogen or incandescent tubes in the working environment of long-term on-off circuits is worrying, and they often have to be replaced. 
However, the details of this film are really good, and Shanghai in the 90s was indeed the fastest growing and most dynamic. Some people say that it is also the development of the 90s, the mountains and seas and prosperity seem to be in two different countries, in fact, in the 90s, more Shanghainese still live in slums, and the form of housing tension in the poor mouth Zhang Damin is also in line with Shanghai in the 90s, but the prosperity is the upper part of Shanghai. Many people say that they are not grounded, and I saw fourteen episodes that said that if they are not grounded, they will be on the Yellow River Road, and the others are all grounded. Reiko's house will leak in the attic, and Po walks all the way up to greet various neighbors, typical seventy-two tenants. Tao Tao's Cobalt Ridge Dew Vegetable Market, as well as his house, is very small, and a small attic is built. Director Wang deliberately exaggerated the neon lights just so that modern people could have the same shock as people did on the Yellow River Road back then. 
Other places should be restored or restored, many people grab a neon sign and don't let it go, why not talk about the scenery on Jinxian Road, the decoration and furnishings of Tokyo at night, the breakfast stall selling fritters, the cigarette paper shop on Huanghe Road, the bright milk cart passing by, Miss Wang's sleeves and fingerless gloves, lunch boxes, KFC and salt water popsicles, etc. are all exactly the same as the restoration, and the neon sign is also the replica of the boss who made neon signs on Huanghe Road when Wong Kar-wai found, and he really knows how to pick bones in eggs. Falsehood doesn't matter, why does it have to be true?I bet you didn't understand Flowers
The scene is indeed restored and built according to that era, but the picture does add to the sense of prosperity. Wong Kar-wai also said that he wanted to restore the feelings of Shanghainese people at that time. For example, two days ago, I saw a documentary from the 90s, and the comments at the bottom said that I didn't think it was too prosperous, and I felt okay. Because today's people don't think it's so amazing when they look at it, but the people at that time would definitely be amazed by this prosperity in that environment at that time. If it is really filmed like that, some people must complain: the so-called most prosperous Yellow River Road is nothing more than that, and that's it
This drama is really very stalky and very well combined with the current affairs of the year, and the whole drama is full of various movie-level easter eggs. For example, Bao They infected hepatitis A and ate banlan root, which was not specially designed, and in 1988, Shanghai caused a hepatitis A epidemic in the city because people ate cockles, which was a famous public health event that year. Another example is Fan Zhiyi's own cue because Fan Zhiyi was selected into the national team in 92, and he was the popular fried chicken in Shanghai football that year. Another example is that Mr. Wei sent KFC, who knew that Zheng Kai was the little prince of KFC's royal advertising in the early years. Mr. Wei didn't drive a sports car but rode a Yamaha to pick up Xiao Wang because Andy Lau's "Chariot of Fire" was a big hit, and Mr. Wei's motorcycle was the same color of the Chariot of Fire. And Mr. Wei's unrequited love Xiao Wang's BGM is also the popular "Lovelorn Front Alliance" that year, and it is the grasshopper's dance steps. 
Another example is that the guest invited by the opening of Zhizhen Garden was Wen Zhaolun, who was popular at the time, and Zhong Zhentao, a Hong Kong chef invited during the crisis, played a Hong Kong celebrity chef in "Manchu and Han Full Banquet". Lingzi's neighbors painted the famous painter Chen Yiming, the piano teacher was pianist Kong Xiangdong, and the teacher Shi who sang opera was Shi Yihong, a well-known Meipai Da Qingyi. In addition, the "Sanyang brand" throughout does it make you think of an advertisement "Yangyang", which is the Shanghai famous brand Hengyuanxiang, which was founded in 91. Easter eggs like this abound ......In any case, in terms of visual style and production level, this drama is one of the ceilings of domestic dramas, and the picture is really immersive, creating a world that convinces me that it really exists. Wong Kar-wai has always liked to tell simple stories in a complex way, and storytelling is not his strength, but his strength lies in his ability to convey the temperature, feeling, and taste of an era through audio-visual experience. "Flowers" is indeed no exception, so I think this is a work that meets his level. is on fire, and controversy is coming, how many points do you give Wong Kar-wai's "Flowers".
The main problem with this film is to create an ethereal "business world" to come out and talk about things. In fact, the so-called "business community" at that time was basically epiphytic on top of the large state-owned units, and the entire structure was three layers, the top level was to occupy the trade unions, tertiary industries, canteens and other underwriting and purchasing resources, the middle level was a scarce commodity way, and the lowest level was to help the management reimburse some valuable things such as special steel ingots containing rare elements or imported ** value consumables and other things to earn some intermediate costs. On the one hand, the author of the script used "down-to-earthness" to make the life world of the state-owned units dim and complicated, and on the other hand, he borrowed some gangster elements from old Shanghai to make up an ethereal business world completely separated from the state-owned units, which is really quite Qu Wanting's flavor. 
In addition, Miss Wang's pair of pearl earrings have corresponding events in the real world, and they are very popular, but the difference from the play is that the treasure in the real world is indeed the pearl earrings that the woman bought for the rare resources of the company. In fact, this is already a little different from the original book, and you can also understand it as Wong Kar-wai's resentment against people who have feelings for Shanghai in the old days. This vote included a large number of Hong Kong people, Taiwanese, and old Shanghainese.
But it's not important, just like seeing that there are many people who think that the drama version is not enough to restore literary works, you can refer to some interviews with Wang Hailin about adapting the script, not that a good literary work can be adapted into a good script, image skills, lens language can not express everything, and there are too many voiceovers and it has become a PPT film. In fact, in the state of the script, every video work is to try to express all the parts that you want to express in front of the audience with existing technology, and it is better not to express it well. Movies and TV series are all said to be the director's work, that is, the director tries to express what he understands after getting the original work, which can be an atmosphere, a mood, a feeling or a touch.
It's like a chef who cooks the ingredients into dishes with his own style, which can be porridge and side dishes, and can be full of Han dishes. A thousand Hamlets, open your eyes and see better. In fact, when I heard that "Flowers" would choose Wong Kar-wai to be visualized, I could have a predictable result, which is in line with his consistent directorial style, just appreciate it or not. Niche can no longer be a label in the age of the Internet, and it's easy to find like-mindedness in such a world, no matter how weird your fetishes are.
This time, I just put my personal style that is not often expressed on the mainstream ** on a huge platform, and it is normal to have repercussions, it is normal to not understand it, and it is normal to not get used to it. But we do lack TV series like "Flowers", just like we lack Wong Kar-wai in the new era. After all, if you scold Wong Kar-wai for pretending to be 13, you can't appreciate it, it's a Wenqing movie or something, you can't deny that he is China's top film master, and his influence is very far-reaching, just like "Flowers", you can't appreciate it, but think about it carefully. It's already one of the best businessmen rising TV series in Chinese mainland, isn't it?