Do you remember your childhood dreams?
Will you become a princess and marry a prince, or will you become Superman to save the planet?
As we were children, we were carefree, more or less would do some stupid things that we couldn't laugh at, as we grew older, those pictures have gradually drifted away from us, but whenever we think about it, we still can't help but smile -
The Magician on the Flyover
Director Yang Yazhe completed his first feature film "囧 Boy" in 2008.
In 2017, he directed the film "Blood Guanyin", which vividly depicted the intrigues between women, which is a subject that has almost never appeared in the Taiwanese film industry in the past.
The film won the Best Feature Film, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Award at the 54th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, and the Best Screenwriter Award at the 20th Taipei Film Awards.
With such a good director and team, the production level of the show should not be underestimated.
The drama took five years, adapted from the novel of the same name by internationally renowned writer Wu Mingyi, in order to restore the famous landmark "China Plaza" in the 80s, the crew invested 80 million Taiwan dollars to create a two-hectare "China Square" scene -
Record stores, old shoe shops, snack restaurants, railways, public toilets, netizens have called out "good touch, want to go!"
Wang Zhicheng, the show's art director, said: "Many people pretend to climb the wall in groups, or some elderly elders come from the south to watch the shooting!"
Yang Yazhe said: "In addition to the high degree of restoration, the degree of photography is also very high, and every store makes people feel that it is real, will not wear a gang, and can directly do business inside." ”
He also revealed that a "Stone Lion Night Watch" scene in the play, from the studio, watch shop, writing line, wedding quilt shop that connects the overpass on the set, life, old age, illness and death, sadness and joy have all occurred in these shops, which is quite interesting.
The story is set in Ximending in the 80s, a mysterious magician comes up on the overpass, and the people who meet him not only see the gorgeous magic, but also meet the first love of their lives, the confusion of adolescence and even the breakup of the family.
The male protagonist Xiao Budian is a cute and mischievous little boy, the family is open a shoe store, Xiao Budian every day in addition to school, is to take the family shoes and insoles to the mall shuttle sale, one to help make up for the family, the second to earn some pocket money for themselves.
Don't look at the little age, it is very good to deal with guests, such as encountering a small couple, obviously selling male military boots, he will coax his sister to pay, so that the brother can walk to the sister's side.
After selling boots, he did not forget to sell a few insoles, and finally he wanted to find money for the guests, but he cried that his change was missing.
After a meal of operation, the little couple only feels that it is not easy to raise a family, and is willing to pay for it, where to think that this little devil's head is actually pretending to be poor Bo sympathetic!
When children get together, there are always endless novelties, such as rumors about the 99th floor of the mall.
It is the innermost compartment of the bathroom on the second floor of the mall, and it is rumored that there is a button on the door panel, which was drawn by an unknown child, and as long as the button is pressed, the person will be sent directly to the 99th floor.
There, everyone can play games for free.
When it comes to playing games, every child is very excited, and that night, Xiao Bu dian and two good friends Agai, Aka decided to go to the secret.
The three little ghosts hid in the 99th floor, counting, combing their hair in the mirror, and not forgetting to explain the "aftermath".
Suddenly I heard a noise in the bathroom, and before I could think about it, the three children were already scared and disappeared.
Childhood life is carefree, always fantasizing about some insignificant things, full of curiosity about anything, more mischievous, trying everything to get what you want, at this time, a magician appeared.
He had met when he was setting up a stall on the overpass, had no name, did not know where he lived, was dirty, like a tramp, and his whereabouts were uncertain.
Watching the magician conjure up countless copper plates, and directing a small black man made of paper to do the action.
Little Budi was both excited and scared of this newcomer, and he took a group of classmates to see the magician's performance, and the child's world was so simple, even if he was deceived, he was willing to eat it.
However, in the adult world, these are all deceptive tricks.
When a parent brings his child to the magician for advice, the magician puts the people on the bridge all day into a state of revelry.
Everyone danced cheerfully, and even the beautiful girls on the billboard joined the team.
Xiao Budian couldn't help but ask the magician how to do it, and the magician said, "What's this, I just let everyone dream for a while."
The true identity of the magician has always been a mystery.
One day, when Xiao Budi was going to the toilet on the 99th floor, he saw the four hooves of a zebra under the gap in the door panel.
When he looked up, he saw the half-human, half-beast magician, talking to him in a serious manner.
The original novel itself is full of magic realism, some things can't be fully explained, and it's a crucial "magic moment" that exists as long as you believe it.
Or rather, the appearance of the magician is a kind of childhood existence.
When the three little devils learned that the neighbor's children were sick, their parents bought a Nintendo game console, and they decided to collectively pretend to be sick to deceive the parents.
But good to die, they chose a particularly comical method.
At first, xiao Bu was careless, rubbing the white flower oil applied to his hand on the "little bird", and the fiery feeling made him move.
So the three little ghosts drew the scoop on the gourd, and in order to make the effect more realistic, they also poured water on the "little bird".
That night, the three little ghosts were collectively taken to the hospital.
The game machine did not pit the hand, and for this reason also cut the foreskin, which is really stealing chicken and not eating rice. After a painful lesson, you think they will converge on long memories, no, the next time will only "become more intense".
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and in the unscrupulous years, they can be so heartless and lungless.
The show has a story per episode, but each story can be strung together, in which children can fantasize wildly or spy on secrets anytime and anywhere.
For example, in the fourth episode of "Stone Lion", the little friend Agay used to graffiti stone lions in the temple, and the lion was resurrected.
In the dead of night, the stone lion took Agai around, holding the doors and windows to see the privacy of each family;
In the luxurious cockpit of the stone lion, he saw someone smuggling poetry collections, which seemed to be unable to circulate in the market;
He saw people wearing animal hoods patrolling the mall back and forth, not knowing what to do.
The stone lion not only satisfies Agay's curiosity, but also conveys a certain message to the audience through the perspective of a child.
The show is currently updated with six episodes, and the more you go to the back, the more hooked you are.
Some netizens commented: It was an era that seemed to be real, disappeared and existed, dreamy, cute and cruel.
The magician's secret runs through the play, but as the original author said, there is no answer to true or false.
The magician is like a medium, traveling through the most secret places in the human heart, and his appearance shows the longing and hidden side of the human heart.
Whether it is sweet or sour, sweet or bitter, it is the experience of life.
What is the most powerful magic trick in the world? Is it to hide everything and change it back?
Neither.
The most powerful magic in the world is to hide people's troubles and turn back what has disappeared.
And those things that disappear are the pure pure land that we have, that belongs to everyone, even if those days can never go back, but it is still beautiful.