The international top director Wong Kar-wai's director/producer of the micro-film "10,000 Cups Like First Sight" was launched, and the protagonist this time was Xiao Zhan, a top popular young actor.
Wong Kar-wai's sharp and precise lens language is as delicate and romantic as ever. Xiao Zhan's unique sense of atmosphere and literary temperament are permeated with warmth and clarity, seemingly contradictory but magically integrated. Under the beautiful dusk, next to the broken bridge of the West Lake, the drizzle is lingering, the fireworks are confused, the light and shadow are intertwined, and the audience then shuttles through time and space, drizzling a drizzle, tasting a cup of coffee, listening to a story, waiting for a person. The small café staged the first meeting and reunion of the barista and the girl, and also witnessed many people in a hurry, ordering a cup of coffee for themselves and enjoying a comfort.
Wang Dao is still the Wang Director, Xiao Zhan is also that Xiao Zhan, and the souls of the two top literary artists collide in a short film of just 3 minutes and 39 seconds to collide with brilliant sparks.
Why mention 3 minutes and 39 seconds? Because as we all know, Wang Dao works slowly and carefully, Seiko produces unique work, shoots long, and cuts a lot. "A Generation of Grandmasters", a film that has been made for eight years, is only 130 minutes in the end. Zhang Zhen practiced boxing for 3 years to make this film, and even won the first prize in the martial arts competition, but as a result, he was cut by Director Wang and only had three scenes left. Song Huiqiao went to Argentina for 4 years to shoot for this film, and only 6 minutes of scenes were cut.
Takuya Kimura wants to enter the international film industry for the first time with "2046". It took 5 years, and finally only 7 minutes of scenes were cut by Director Wang. The 3 minutes of Liang Chaowei's stroke at the end of "The Legend of Ah Fei" is actually a condensed version of more than 3 weeks of shooting. The big beauty queen Zu Xian in "East Evil and West Poison" only gave the cut a stunning 2 seconds of side face.
However, the most tragic is Guan Shuyi! For "Spring Breaks", she filmed countless days and nights in Argentina, but became the only female protagonist who was cut off from all scenes, and even her cover episodes did not survive! Fierce or Wang Dao fierce! It is no wonder that for these big stars who have been "tragically poisoned", the jianghu jokes about the "Wong Kar-wai Victim Alliance".
Even if it is not a movie, the brand blockbuster shot by Director Wang and Tianhou not long ago is only 1 minute. In contrast, this 3 minutes and 39 seconds of "10,000 Cups Like First Sight" is particularly precious. Could it be that the souls of these two top-top literary artists are right in the eyes, so that the "terrible" scissors can't bear to put down the scissors?
The color, light and shadow, waiting, numbers, and lonely people in the short film, these classic labels of Wang Dao, combined with the master's unique lens language, create the ultimate aesthetic atmosphere. And Xiao Zhan's own sense of story, as well as his eyes and micro-expressions are also a must, the speculation and pinching of the role is appropriate, flexible and delicate, a raised eyebrow and a low eye can convey a three-dimensional multi-level temperament and emotional expression. Every frame of the short film is mellow and sweet, the aftertaste is endless, and it is really impossible to cut it!
This warm story of 10,000 cups of coffee that took place by the West Lake in Hangzhou perfectly combines coffee culture, light and shadow art, and Hangzhou's heritage, and conveys the original intention and concept of using coffee to connect the goodwill between people. At the same time, it also contributed to the surprise cooperation between Wong Kar-wai and Xiao Zhan, one is a film master who is well-known in the international film industry, and the other is a young actor who represents the image of this era, and also has the soul of literature and art, a mellow sense of story and a mysterious sense of atmosphere, and hopes to see more cooperation between the two in the future.
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