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Wong Kar-wai's TV series "Flowers", which he claims to have sharpened for ten years, has finally started.
didn't expect that the famous director didn't get praise for his new work.
On the contrary, Guo Jingming, who couldn't beat him with eight poles, received unprecedented praise because of his works, and was whitewashed overnight.
Are the ratings of "Flowers" real or false?
According to statistics, starring Hu Ge and Xin Zhilei, Ma Yili, Tang Yan, and You Benchang are supporting roles.
As soon as it started broadcasting, the ratings immediately exceeded 2.
has reached an unprecedented height, and even the drama invested by CCTV can't be compared.
It can be seen that Wong Kar Wai's treasure knife is not old, and it is Wang Bang as soon as he makes a move.
But I didn't expect that in stark contrast to the soaring ratings, it was netizens who complained.
Many people say that Wong Kar-wai is destroying the real Shanghai Tang.
Although Wong Kar-wai was born in Shanghai, he grew up in Hong Kong.
The Shanghai he depicts in his works is entirely based on his imagination and is a derivative of Hong Kong at the same time.
Especially in the drama Flowers, we can find the shadow of "In the Mood for Love".
On the whole, it is not grounded at all, only aesthetic and extravagant.
For example, if you don't talk about the outdoor scenery of flowers, can you see that it is a story set in the 90s?
Completely impossible.
Because judging from the background, there are no poor people in Wong Kar-wai's shots, there is no market life, only upper-class people wearing well-fitting clothes.
You must know that the real Shanghai is full of life.
There are "camel xiangzi" pulling rickshaws everywhere, and these large numbers can truly represent Shanghai.
Therefore, with the first few episodes, we can conclude that Wong Kar-wai's flower, which was filmed and broadcast in the mainland, is the fantasy of the big director's dream of being a hero in Shanghai.
A good work must be bordered by the land, and the people are the land.
Although Shanghai is indeed developing relatively fast, there are still class divisions.
If Fanhua has always focused on the upper class, it is completely detached from the bottom of the public.
How can the photographed works be three-dimensional, they will only be said to be flashy and soulless.
Judging from Wong Kar-wai's current age, this TV series is not only his test of the waters.
It's more likely to be his finale, and it's a pity to be filmed like this.
You must know that the labels attached to Wong Kar-wai include a series of enduring classics such as "Chongqing Forest", "The True Story of A Fei", "In the Mood for Love", and "Springtime".
If you take out a single film, it may be a height that other directors cannot reach in their lifetime.
But what is appreciated is that Fanhua has a Shanghainese version, which is enough to prove that this is a good drama for Shanghainese.
I hope that this work can keep going high.
In contrast, Guo Jingming is also a director who likes to portray stereotypes of Shanghai.
He received more scolding before Wong Kar-wai, but it was all whitewashed overnight.
Guo Jingming jumped up from Shanghai Beach
Speaking of Guo Jingming, his most famous label is youth pain literature.
But after he presented his works on the big screen, he was pompous and extravagant, and completely replaced the word "writer".
Many people scolded him for being unrealistic and ungrounded.
Is that really the case?
Compared with Wong Kar-wai's works, the lens expressions of the two are similar.
Both directors like the atmosphere of life at the highest level of Shanghai and express them to the fullest.
But Guo Jingming's story, characters and background are more delicate, because he presents three-dimensionality.
For example, small times.
The Little Times series is about love, but it is interspersed with the growth of people from different walks of life.
and the stark personality contrast of their growing up.
Only differences can spark and connect.
Guo Jingming shows this very well, and the city of Shanghai is also difficult and difficult.
Or maybe the sadness flows backwards.
Guo Jingming's work, whether it is in the form of text or film and television presentation, completely revolves around the Shanghai well.
It is written that two different families living in the same alley, under different education, collide and soothe.
The whole is refracted by the small story and the big background.
It's a good way to present the three-dimensional view of Shanghai.
Because there are indeed many parents like the male protagonist in Shanghai, who invest all their resources in their sons, and want their sons to become Chan.
There are also many heroine families who can't give their children a good education, and they need to go through some means that are difficult to get on the table in order to support their children.
But their children can win a different life for themselves through the same path.
If grief flows backwards into a river, there is no school bullying in this drama, and the ending will be he.
But Guo Jingming, who came to Shanghai to study at university, could not beautify any city in his writings.
Because Shanghai is indeed a perverted place, there are rich people who buy luxury goods with their eyes closed, and ordinary people who have to spend every penny.
For the ordinary students represented by Guo Jingming, they can only blend in.
They were kept out of the crowd by invisible glass.
Later, Guo Jingming moved out of the school, unable to integrate into the collective life, and could only devote himself to the fantasy story.
The difference in class and the rejection formed have made Director Guo Da to a certain extent.
But there is a high risk that many more ordinary students will not find a sense of community, and will be frustrated as a result, making life impossible to go uphill again.
So no matter how much sunlight Shanghai gets, there are shady places.
No matter how many heroes Shanghai has achieved, there are ordinary people.
This is the real Shanghai.
Wong Kar-wai doesn't understand this, he only knows how Hong Kong has become a hero under the culture of the old boy.
Turning his head to photograph Shanghai, he took the same approach, but he didn't know that Shanghai, which is inland, is more complicated.
It can be said that Wong Kar-wai doesn't know about Shanghai at the bottom, so he doesn't dare to touch it
Guo Jingming, who has lived in Shanghai for many years, was carved by others with the impression of revenge in Shanghai because he was poor and white.
Therefore, this kind of extravagance is vividly expressed in the work, telling everyone that Shanghai is not easy to mix.
However, Guo Jingming's works are not blindly showing off their wealth, and his characters also have people who grew up in low-income families.
Guo Jingming knows Shanghai, and his works are not exaggerated.
In contrast, Wong Kar-wai's vision is much simpler.
Even if he adopts the single-shot method of making movies to present his works, no matter how delicate the picture quality is, the storyline is too thin.
If a good work wants to resonate with everyone, it must be able to allow the audience to find their own refractive object in it, but it is also indispensable for the audience to imagine it.
So Wong Kar-wai was compared with Guo Jingming this time and failed miserably, and he was not wronged at all.
I only hope that the big director can be sober when he shoots this drama passionately.
Epilogue:
A good work can fit the values of the current times;
A classic work that can resonate with the audience.
Judging from the current situation, Wong Kar-wai is likely to encounter Waterloo when filming a TV series this time.
Fortunately, he found an actor with good acting skills and good looks.