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The TV series "Flowers" broke out of the circle as soon as it was launched, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Hu Ge, You Benchang and others, the whole drama revolves around the story of Ah Bao (played by Hu Ge), telling the life story of him becoming a rising star in the business world and transforming from Ah Bao to Mr. Bao.
Judging from the plot, "Flowers" has a certain legend, but the whole drama is not a one-man show of Ah Bao, on the road to success, Uncle Gao (played by You Benchang), Lingzi (played by Ma Yili), the proprietress of Night Jingdong (played by Ma Yili), Miss Wang (played by Tang Yan) of the Foreign Trade Building, and the mysterious woman Li Li (played by Xin Zhilei) are all nobles who he grew up in.
And in such a TV series with men as the protagonists, the charm of female characters is also brilliant and unforgettable.
In the background of the story of "Flowers", the drunken Shanghai has the psychedelic charm of the Oriental Paris. It's sexy and dangerous, with a strong period flavor and Wong Kar-wai's aesthetic filter.
And under such a lens, the charm of the actress is also magnified.
37-year-old Xin Zhilei, so beautiful that it gives people goosebumps, she is elegant and charming, bold and straightforward, according to the role setting, Li Li played by Xin Zhilei is a Qingdao native from Shenzhen, she came to Huanghe Road, took over the Golden Phoenix with 30 million, and successfully opened within three months, which amazed Shanghai's business district and rich circle.
When Xin Zhilei first appeared, she was wearing expensive fur, wearing a pair of sunglasses, her figure was plump and rich, her tight long skirt wrapped her figure, and the fur shawl loomed to reveal her slender neck or smooth beauty back, and her gestures were all the temperament of a modern girl.
What's even more amazing is Xin Zhilei's courage and ambition.
In the face of various business district bosses, Li Li played by Xin Zhilei is at ease, she is charming and unaware, and she obeys all kinds of thorns to appease in the staggering. When Xin Zhilei struggles to play the role of a boss lady, she often inadvertently shows her ambition.
When Wong Kar-wai's camera focused on Xin Zhilei's face with thick makeup, she raised her face slightly, her clean and neat jawline was even more atmospheric, and the ruthlessness hidden in her eyes showed the character's city government vividly with a glance.
Xin Zhilei's beauty in "Flowers" is too flamboyant, and when others ask her if she will be too flamboyant, she hooks the corners of her mouth and responds simply, "What I want is flamboyance".
Such a femme fatale, how can the audience not love it.
It's just that it is precisely because Xin Zhilei's beauty is too heavy on the screen that Ma Yili, as one of the heroines, is always almost tasteful.
47-year-old Ma Yili, 10 years older than Xin Zhilei, the character she created Reiko, softer, more sophisticated, the role of Reiko itself does not have a particularly sharp personality, and even a little sleek philistine, but Reiko's image gets rid of the routine of female characters on the screen, and her story line and character are full of charm and highlights.
It's a pity that the 47-year-old Ma Yili did not meet the role of Reiko in the best condition.
In the lens, Ma Yili's sense of age can't be concealed at all, Wong Kar-wai prefers depressing color lighting, but the audience can still see the traces of time on Ma Yili's face, her eye sockets are sunken, fine lines are obvious, the mature temperament of the whole person has a bit of a maternal halo, and the irrepressible sense of age is incompatible with Ma Yili's efforts to concave the style of Shanghai young women's paintings.
What's more, Ma Yili plays a big boss, and there will also be times when the makeup is particularly luxurious, but no matter how bright the clothes Ma Yili wears, she does not have Xin Zhilei's charm, from figure to appearance, from temperament to makeup, she has been robbed of her halo by Xin Zhilei.
In addition to Ma Yili's authentic Mandarin, I really don't know what special blessings she can have in this drama.
Of course, Ma Yili's problem is not only reflected in "Flowers".
Although Ma Yili in "Flowers" is not so brilliant, it has been her most outstanding portrayal over the years.
In the TV series "Cheongsam Beauty Detective", Ma Yili's makeup is qualified, but her acting skills are split, and the Shanghai socialite Su Wenli portrayed is quite exaggerated and contrived.
Ma Yili's problem is that she is too Shanghainese, because she understands the portraits of Shanghai women, so she portrays the characters accurately and hard, and this delicate and self-aware mentality directly leads to the final effect becoming greasy.
And in "Dragon City", Ma Yili began to challenge a rebellious and cutting-edge woman, big waves, bangs, red leather jacket and all kinds of crazy operations, not to mention how she handled the details of her acting skills, just because she was five years old but wanted to play the 26-year-old young beauty in the original book, it was enough to make the audience bow their heads.
Moreover, many of Ma Yili's performance details are also failures. She prefers to magnify the details of her acting skills, and when she performs, it is like performing the punctuation marks on the script, which is necessary on the drama stage, but on the screen, it will make people feel too forceful.
Of course, Ma Yili also has a successful representative role, Luo Zijun in "The First Half of My Life", has a cute personality, full of charm, her hypocrisy comes naturally and harmoniously, but as the years pass, Ma Yili's age is no longer suitable for playing some roles with too much image charm and too delicate personality.
That is, the drama "Flowers" found Wong Kar-wai to train the actors, otherwise the presentation effect of the role of Reiko can be completely referred to "Cheongsam Beauty Detective" and "Dragon City".
To put it bluntly, the years are ruthless, 47-year-old Ma Yili and 37-year-old Xin Zhilei show the difference between bone and skin beauty.
Ma Yili's bones are more prominent, just like most Europeans and Americans, the more obvious the bone phase, the faster it will age, and when she gets older, the collagen on Ma Yili's face is lost, and her sense of age is rising gradually.
On the contrary, Xin Zhilei has never been in the ranks of great beauties, but the flesh on her face is very strong, when Wong Kar-wai shoots with a single lens, Xin Zhilei's facial fat is very full, and the problem of insufficient three-dimensional bone phase is completely harmonized under light and shadow.
It can only be said that in the film and television industry, the heyday of female stars is different, like Ma Yili was more popular when she was young, but like Xin Zhilei, the older she is, the more charming.
Finally, what do you think of the portrayal of female characters in "Flowers"? Do you prefer Ma Yili's state or Xin Zhilei's state? Participate in the discussion in the comment section.