Go to the attic alone, preferably at night. At the end of "The True Story of A Fei", Tony Leung rode a horse to find a horse, the hero was dark and old, counted the banknotes under the electric lamp, counted them, put them in the inner pocket of the suit, counted them again, took out a deck of playing cards, twisted them to take a closer look, and then found a pair.
Next, comb your hair, comb your hair in three or seven minutes, comb it in the mirror, straighten your whole body, slow in your bones, and finally turn off the light. No, this half a minute is the taste of Shanghai.
The beginning of Jin Yucheng's ** "Flowers" is such a very graphic text. The camera pulls back to Shanghai, Mr. Bao came to a dimly lit room with his things and asked Jin Yucheng, "Are you writing a book?" Have you decided on a name? ”
Jin Yucheng said no, but the first sentence is "Go to the attic alone, preferably at night", and the introduction is over.
Shanghai in the 90s was full of dreams, and the story of Po and the people around him was happening in every corner of the city. The Yellow River Road beaten by iron, the passers-by of flowing water. Everyone is a passerby in these stories. Seeing him rise from a tall building, and seeing his tall building collapse.
Let's talk about "Flowers" again, this time, it's all the details that I forgot because of love.
Flowers" ended, and my heart was empty. But we can finally determine what this relatively complete story looks like. There are not many works that can be called "lone products", let alone CCTV personally commenting.
As I mentioned in the previous article about "Flowers", this is a particularly beautiful work. After reading the whole collection, I felt that it was like an almost flawless jade exhibited in a museum. This sense of delicacy has a lot to do with the entire production team's arrangement of film details.
In the series, Reiko went to Japan to work as a waitress when she was young, and Po was in a hurry to meet a customer in Japan at that time, and while waiting for the customer, Reiko took out a good luck ticket that she begged for.
This luck is the thirty-second sign of the Sensoji Kannon sign, auspicious. There are four lines of words on the sign, "Like a jade hidden deep stone, Hugh will look at it." Once a good craftsman is goodbye, he will see Baoguang Han. ”
Attentive netizens said that there is a text on the back of the sign, which probably means that (the seeker) needs to rely on his own continuous efforts in order to get the help of mentors and friends like buried gems.
Facts have proved that from Ah Bao to Mr. Bao, he did get this luck right. Reiko returned to China because of his friendship, and after returning to China, she officially became the proprietress of Night Tokyo in the eyes of outsiders.
After returning to China, Reiko lived in Mr. Ge's building, which was also jokingly called the "Single Building". Reiko has a neighbor named Teacher Shi. Teacher Shi, like Reiko, is always waiting for someone in this building.
Every time Mr. Bao went to Lingzi's house, he would pass by Teacher Shi's house; Every time Mr. Shi heard the sound of the door, he would open the door expectantly, and then nod to Mr. Bao to say hello. There weren't many people who could pass by her door, but she had been looking forward to the fact that this person was the one she was waiting for.
In the story of Po and Reiko, the memories of warm colors are like the picture of "2046", two people in a building, always standing on the rooftop and chatting about their hearts. Reiko lives on the roof of the building, and the roof always leaks, so Mr. Bao always comes to repair it for him, and he repairs it several times, but it doesn't work every time.
Reiko is the most Shanghainese among the women related to Po. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, it is the day to welcome the God of Wealth, and in the New Year of 1993, a car accident caused Ah Bao to disappear from everyone's sight, except for him and his uncle, no one knows whether he is dead or alive.
That night in Tokyo, a group of people sat around the table and sang a play, which was the singing segment of the Shanghai opera "Last Night's Love", "Tears of regret filled my eyes." Last night's love, today's thoughts, eternal hatred. ”
There are so many Shanghai operas, Wong Kar-wai chose such a paragraph at the most lively time to sing the story of Lingzi and Mr. Bao.
Later, when he recalled the days when he and Lingzi met again in Shanghai, the two sat by the window to eat, and the sound outside the picture sounded the singing segment "Baoyu Crying" from the Peking Opera "Dream of Red Mansions" from Teacher Shi's family downstairs, "Sister Lin, I'm late." Jin Yu Liangyuan deceived me and caused my sister's soul to return to hatred. Until now, the human face does not know where to go, leaving empty, and the plain candle and white curtain accompany the spirit. ”
And in this paragraph, the topic that the two talked about is also the topic of their relationship, Ah Bao asked Lingzi, what if she can't marry in the future, Lingzi's answer is, if you can't get married, I'll live here with you, it doesn't matter if it leaks rain every day.
Wong Kar-wai gave Lingzi and Mr. Bao absolute preference for this line in the arrangement of **, and also told the affection of these two people little by little in each paragraph with a tone.
After inviting Ah Bao to be at home in the rain, the text did not sound, maybe Ah Bao did not give her an answer, which may also be why, in the end, Reiko said the sentence "I knew it was impossible from the beginning".
Personally, I like the line of Reiko and Mr. Bao very much, the portrayal of this line is meticulous, and it is also the most complete paragraph in the whole play about Bao's emotional line.
There is the beginning of the night of the first acquaintance, Reiko borrowed his luck; There is a moment when Reiko crushes after receiving the ticket; There is the whole process of Reiko being his boss wife after returning to China; A night when a friend is about to break up and tells the truth that makes her disheartened; There's time for her to smash the old night Tokyo and draw the line with Po; There was her stunned look after hearing that Mr. Qiang maliciously defeated Po.
In the end, the end of their relationship returns to a night when they met in the water. Carrying Baoling's emotional line alone, there is no right or wrong between the two of them, and one step away is completely lost.
Let's go back to the line of Bao Li. When Li Li first arrived at Huanghe Road, he was only in his twenties, and he had an extremely powerful aura.
Xin Zhilei herself couldn't believe that she could be so beautiful after reading it. She is a high-ranking hunter, looking for her own plate of food on the Yellow River Road.
Pushing back Li Li's timeline, after she got the new identity and huge wealth given to her by Mr. A, she came to Huanghe Road and set up a restaurant called Zhizhenyuan, the purpose of this hotel is very simple, to help her get out and turn back into Chen Zhen.
brought 30 million, and when she left, it became 200 million, which was something she planned when she came, and in the story of a group of men and women, she is one of the few business geniuses who know how to protect themselves and get out perfectly.
But there are too many unspoken things about her background. Why did she come from the south? Why did you name Mr. Bao to find him? And why in the love and hatred of Vanity Fair, he brought hope to Mr. Bao again and again at the moment of crisis? There is no love on the Yellow River Road, but why did she sleep peacefully in Mr. Bao's car?
Some people say that this scene is Wong Kar-wai's high-level expression of the ** play, ostensibly driving, but in fact, it is insinuating that the relationship between the two has gone further this night. I think it's a good idea, and it's a perfect interpretation of the plot of the kiss on the stairs and the illusion of the seaside.
In the stairwell, Mr. Bao stretched out his hand to show his sincerity, Li Li turned around and kissed the temptation, Mr. Bao did not dodge, the two knew that this was from the kindness of strangers, and he was making a game for Mr. Qiang, Li Li didn't want him to be Mr. A, the nightmare that lingered in her heart, but Li Li still saw the shadow of the old love in him.
On a rainy night, the people under the umbrella seem to have no conflict, but in fact, there is an undercurrent in their hearts. Between these two people, it is not loud, it is not simple. If Reiko is the one who can stand up for Mr. Bao when someone collects debts, then Li Li is the one who can pull Mr. Bao out smoothly.
Miss Wang's emotions are much simpler, she is really in love. The line of Baozhu, which is eaten by the most people, is the kind of simple fusion of pork ribs and rice cakes.
But I always think that Ah Bao and Lingzi are not husband and wife, they have done the things of husband and wife, and Li Li are two evenly matched prey looking for food for each other, and Miss Wang is a pair of comrades-in-arms in distress who have gone from having nothing to being full of flowers.
The relationship between Miss Wang and Mr. Bao is not like the one Wong Kar-wai is best at expressing, they have an innocent and sweet drama shadow.
It is precisely because it is too obvious, too flamboyant. Miss Wang's emotions for Mr. Bao are about to come out, and the restraint of others is the feelings that Mr. Bao wants to play carefully.
It is precisely like this that Mr. Bao helps Xiao Wang like an elder brother, even if he is doing ghosts behind his uncle's back, he has to promote Xiao Wang's first business. Even if you leave Puxi, you have to meet her when the sky is bright in Pudong.
It seems that Wong Kar-wai is talking about love, but in fact, he is enriching every female image. The scene where Ling Hong leaves Tokyo at night and goes to Beijing is simply portrayed.
Lingzi saw Linghong dragging her suitcase, chased her out and asked her where she was going, Linghong said that she was going to Beijing to work hard, Lingzi's first reaction was to go back and get money, she knew that Linghong's business was difficult, it seemed that she had opened a boutique, but in fact she didn't make a few dollars.
Reiko took 10,000, but if it wasn't enough, she made up another 10,000. When they rushed out, Linghong's figures were about to leave, and they were at both ends of the road, letting their primitive emotions vent and shouting, "Do you have money?" ”
I have to say that this scene is the most gripping one in Linghong's role, and at this moment Reiko's image has gone to another level. Those images of picking, stinginess, and greed that were deliberately misled in the early stage have all disappeared. She, like Mr. Bao, is a person of great affection.
The same parting scene, the scene where Lu Meilin left Jin Meilin, was also very expressive. The only time Lu Meilin put down her son in the whole drama was to go to Zhizhenyuan to borrow money from Li Li, at that time, she lost her partner and urgently needed money to redeem the store, she had no choice but to find the Li Li who she was disgusted and envied in her face.
At that time, Li Li had already taken Zhizhenyuan as a bet, and all the cash flow was here, Lu Meilin was sincere with tears, Li Li was tempted for a moment, but she didn't dare to agree, she didn't know if Zhizhenyuan was the next Jin Meilin.
She was determined and refused. Lu Meilin left her Yellow River Road, hateful people, and a little pitiful.
Suddenly, a car stopped in front of her, and Du Honggen picked her up, whether it was on the Yellow River Road or any other road, they still had the potential to create a wonderful story of their own.
A hundred flowers bloom on the Yellow River, and the glory that belongs to everyone is temporary. Everyone's story, as Manager Pan said when he left, didn't make the loudest noise. After I watched it for the second time, I thought about it, except for Wong Kar-wai, there was really no one else who could make such a quiet "Flowers".