As the movie with the greatest stamina in this year's Spring Festival, "Nameless" not only makes the audience who have seen it remember it with its ingenious suspense, but also makes the audience worry and scratch their ears.
For example, this netizen can't help but check in the same "Napoleon" of "Nameless", and behind the 1600+ likes and collections, there is an urgent wish for more netizens to look forward to tasting.
And this, lunch "steamed ribs" have been arranged, which must be quite beautiful in the heart and mouth.
There are also netizens who moved their index fingers at the drunken shrimp in "Nameless", "I, who has never dared to eat any living things, have the urge to challenge the drunken shrimp." Heaven and earth can be seen, is "Nameless" a food film or a spy war movie?!
In fact, netizens who have seen the movie know that there are indeed many delicacies in "Nameless", such as the aforementioned Napoleon, steamed ribs, drunken shrimp, etc.
But just like director Cheng Er's consistent style, no shot in "Nameless" is superfluous, and all the food that appears in this spy war film has its role, or the introduction of the plot, or an important clue to an event, or a metaphor that points directly to people's hearts.
Let's talk about Napoleon first.
The Napoleon that appeared in the film is not small, and the famous publication "GQ" wrote in an interview with director Cheng Er:
"The dessert Napoleon defeated rice cakes, butterfly crisps and grape biscuits and became important props in the movie. In order to ensure the state of the cream and the crispy taste, it must be freshly baked in the best restaurants in Shanghai, and the crew only bought Napoleon at a high cost. ”
Those who have eaten Napoleon know that puff pastry and the cream in the middle are "incompatible", and their taste and look will be deviated if they are left a little longer, but there are many trivial matters in the filming process, and it is difficult to say that the dessert can be taken immediately as soon as it is placed, so we can imagine that in order to maintain the best state of Napoleon in the film, the crew must have had a lot of trouble.
In the film, Napoleon appears several times.
The first time is when Mr. Ho (Tony Leung) goes to Napoleon's cake shop to buy a box, and takes the opportunity to pass the information to Miss Chen (Zhou Xun). Through this detail, we can also understand another layer of meaning beyond the picture: this dessert shop is the intelligence liaison station of the CCP's underground party.
Sure enough, at the end of the film, Mr. Ho wandered the streets of Hong Kong and saw a shop exactly like the Shanghai dessert shop, and Napoleon was the same as before, so he walked in and nodded to the service staff in the store, which should be regarded as a head-to-head connection, and also indicates that he will continue to work lurking...
"Nameless" completes the darkest plot of the film through a package of exquisite snacks, and Napoleon is the crucial introduction.
The appearance of the dish of steamed pork ribs is also very rich and thought-provoking.
Originally, Mr. Ye (played by Wang Yibo) and Captain Wang (played by Wang Chuanjun) were having breakfast, but at this time, Captain Wang talked about a sensational rape and murder case, making the audience realize that this was a terrifying person.
Immediately afterwards, on the way to the mission, the two sat side by side in the back seat of the car, and Captain Wang complained that Mr. Ye ate the steamed pork ribs he ordered, causing himself to "only eat two pieces", and then, he seemed to be light and breezy and actually said something:
"Breakfast is all for one person, eat your own, not divide it."
He was warning Mr. Ye in Shanghai's local dialect, warning him not to violate the river water from the well, and it was better for the two not to violate each other. Mr. Ye ate Captain Wang's "steamed ribs", which actually means that as a foreigner, he is favored by the Japanese high-level because he can speak Shanghainese + fluent Japanese, which makes Captain Wang feel quite stressed and jealous, so he took the opportunity to warn him.
With only a few restaurant pictures, just a few sentences of dialogue about food, "Nameless" seems to have no word about the dark situation of the chaos of various forces at that time, only a "steamed ribs" is all silent, all the flow. The subtle meaning behind the film also complements the era when traditional culture still has a residual rhyme, and director Cheng Er is really well-intentioned.
Finally, let's talk about drunken shrimp.
Source: Netmap
This is a famous local dish, which is often eaten by people in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. The shrimp must be washed with the freshest small river shrimp, washed and immersed in the rotten milk that is adjusted to a dark red color like plasma, and then poured into rice wine, at this time the live shrimp jumps up and down because of the pickling of the wine, and must be covered with a glass lid. The shrimp are still alive when eaten, so this dish is delicious but also cruel.
The first time he appeared was Captain Wang sitting at home, his father's birthday that day, because he became a traitor, the whole family was looked down upon, no one came to celebrate his father's birthday, and the family was in a state of panic. At that time, Captain Wang also had a dim future, Wang Pseudo fell, he didn't know where to go, he could only look at the struggling shrimp on the table.
The second time he appeared, Mr. Yip had already arrived in Hong Kong, walked into a Shanghai restaurant, ordered this drunken shrimp, and ate it to his heart's content. Compared to the last time this dish appeared, the situation was already a sea of vicissitudes, he was crunching and eating, did he know that this was Captain Wang's family? We don't know, if "Nameless" has a second part, we hope to see the bond behind it.
From celebrities to amateurs, many fans on the Internet who have watched "Nameless" will boast after watching it: advanced!
Think about it, what kind of movie is considered advanced?
"Nameless" undoubtedly tells a very grand story, the director carefully portrays Napoleon, steamed ribs, drunken shrimp and other delicacies, is to convey the meaning of the unspoken, those only understandable, unspeakable details and some extraneous sounds that need to be carefully played and repeatedly recalled, you need to brush two or even three brushes to savor.
This is not premium, what else is advanced? It's just that the director must never have expected that he would have so much delicious food!
It is recommended that everyone have the opportunity to taste these delicacies after watching the movie! When you carefully taste these delicacies, when you enjoy the quiet years, you will experience the precious peace that the martyrs bought with their lives!