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Wong Kar-wai's first TV series "Flowers" is about to usher in the finale this week.
However, this perception achievement has reached an unprecedented "polarization".
On the one hand, it was broadcast for ten minutes, and it broke through the ratings of the hit drama "The World",
The popularity is close to the popularity of "Hurricane" abroad,
On the one hand, some netizens complained wildly, "If you shoot it for Shanghainese, don't show it on CCTV!"
"I can't last ten minutes, what else can I do but be pretentious!"
In addition, there are many actors who are deeply involved in the "public opinion war" because of "Flowers", such as the starring role's big name and acting skills.
and Sun Li, a powerful actor who is obviously a Shanghai actor but lacks acting,
There is even the appearance of Hu Ge's wife Huang Xining, which makes people laugh "It's still my husband who marries well!"
Why can a drama make so many famous actors become the center of discussion for the audience?
In fact, in the final analysis, all of this has a deep reason with Wong Kar-wai's "big guide label".
Before the broadcast of "Flowers", a huge publicity campaign had been carried out, and the crew played several labels,
CCTV's first bilingual TV series, starring the male god Hu Ge, powerful actor Ma Yili, candy goddess Tang Yan, Xin Zhilei and others performed,
adapted from Jin Yucheng's Mao Dun Literature Award work of the same name, etc.
But even with this bunch of golden labels, they have not been able to type the three words "Wong Kar-wai".
Wong Kar-wai's fame is not only due to the fact that his films have been nominated and won five times at Cannes, the Venice Film Festival, and the Berlin Film Festival.
and the Hong Kong Film Awards and Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, which have swept for decades.
It also comes from his "strict and cruel" style of directing the set.
Tony Leung once accused Wong Kar-wai in front of the camera many times, "I don't want to make same-sex dramas, he wrote a fake script, tricked me into Argentina, and then went to act in "Springtime". ”
"Springtime" not only forced the straight man Tony Leung to shoot a same-sex theme, but his passion scene is even more staggering.
Tony Leung said that because of this, he had fallen into a "psychological shadow" for a long time.
When filming "In the Mood for Love", Tony Leung was asked to eat a full 26 bowls of wonton noodles, just to shoot a three-second shot.
In the end, Tony Leung vomited directly, Wong Kar-wai said Okay, then you can eat the last bite,
After the end, the first version of the lens was used, and Tony Leung deeply questioned himself, "Do I really not know how to act?"
Tony Leung's wife Carina Lau has strong psychological ability, and she has also wiped the floor 27 times in a row.
"There was a play where I was asked to wipe the floor on my knees, and I took a rag to wipe it from beginning to end, and he was not satisfied.
He said you keep wiping, I don't say stop, you just keep wiping!"
As a result, Carina Lau dragged the floor 27 times like this, and when her hair was messy, her makeup was spent, and her whole body began to heat up.
Wong Kar-wai said, "Very good, I just want you to have this effect, you can continue to wipe it again!"
The star-studded "East Evil and West Poison" selected a number of big names, such as Leslie Cheung, Lin Qingxia, Leung Ka-fai, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung and his wife, and the singer Jacky Cheung,
Not to mention that the movie took three years to shoot, and during the filming process, the actor fell into a desperate situation because of "no character book".
"What am I going to play when I come? I don't know, Wong Kar-wai said you play Western Poison, I'll give you the role of the male number one!
As a result, I was thrown into the desert to drink, and I had to drink every day when I started work, and the film was cut out to become Huang Yaoshi!"
This is Leung Ka-fai's dissatisfaction with Wong Kar-wai, and the male number one Leslie Cheung is grateful to Wong Kar-wai? No.
Leslie Cheung, who was on the show, said, "I'm very serious, I feel that I don't agree with Wong Kar-wai, and it's more dangerous every time!"
Because during the filming, Leslie Cheung, under the strict guidance of Wong Kar-wai, was not only stung by a poisonous scorpion until he was infected with the virus and almost died.
During "The True Story of A Fei", Leslie Cheung and Andy Lau ran wildly on a 60-foot-high roof in the Philippines at the request of Wong Kar-wai.
The locals pointed to the roof and said, "You can't step on it, it's going to collapse!"
Wong Kar-wai is right below with a stick waving and shouting, you have to keep running!
In the end, Leslie Cheung and Andy Lau still completed all the scenes, but they were both resentful.
abused actresses and actors all over the Taiwan Strait and filmed movies in an extreme way, which also made Wong Kar-wai's movies earn the audience's sense of expectation.
So that before his work was broadcast, the sense of publicity was in place.
For this "Flowers", Wong Kar-wai still did not give up his "principles".
According to the start date of "Flowers" is 2020 and the licensed one is 2023, the filming cycle of this 30-episode TV series is "three years".
But in fact, the preparation of the crew was earlier, according to the staff around Wong Kar-wai, "Flowers" began to form a team as early as 2014, and the formation process of this team went for a full six years.
In the past six years, Wong Kar-wai raised funds for "Flowers", and at the same time "grinded" the actor Hu Ge,
"I'll tell him, I don't necessarily have to shoot this drama when, but when filming starts, you must give me time!"
It wasn't until six years later that Hu Ge took over the filming of "Flowers", and it took three years to shoot it, what kind of concept is this?
Yang Mi once revealed his filming frequency in front of the camera, "The highest one is almost a year, and I have filmed 11 films, just go everywhere!"
As a result, the drama "Flowers" has been filmed for so long, it must sound something to look forward to.
Secondly, in the promotional Reuters of "Flowers", Tang Yan also revealed that she had taken a small shot "86 times",
There are many people who don't understand Wong Kar-wai's methods, and they also say that it must be Tang Yan's acting skills are too poor, so they need to make up the shooting back and forth.
But think about it, even an actor like Andy Lau can shoot 70 times, it can only be said that this is not an actor's pot at all!
So inheriting Wong Kar-wai's consistent high-level shooting methods, is the level of this "Flowers" really worthy of its name?
Many people pointed out that from the casting part, it can be seen that Wong Kar-wai likes "concave fan" too much, this kind of style is really not popular in the current film industry!
For example, in the original novel of "Flowers", the theme is the four-character "Shanghai Story".
This book tells the living conditions of Shanghainese from the 60s to the 90s of the last century, especially with the male protagonist and businessman A Bao as the main line.
Unfolded how Shanghai's businessmen turned into business tycoons after the spring breeze of reform and sat back and watched the world of flowers.
In order to grasp the key word "Shanghai", Wong Kar-wai not only released the Shanghainese version of "Flowers", but also carried out the issue of nationality in the selection of actors.
For example, Hu Ge, who plays Bao, is an out-and-out Shanghai man, right?
Ma Yili is directly one of the central characters in the "Shanghai Circle", Tang Yan plays the role of the female No. 2 Miss Wang, who is still a native of Shanghai.
In addition to Xin Zhilei of the female number three, there are also some inconsequential small supporting roles, and most of the actors must be Shanghainese.
And it's the kind of person who was born and grew up in Shanghai.
The original meaning of Wong Kar-wai's selection is that he thinks that these actors are Shanghainese, so speaking Shanghainese must be more pleasant to the ear.
In addition, these actors are all around forty years old, and they have experienced the ups and downs of Shanghai, so they may have a more sense of substitution!
Let's not talk about such selection criteria, is it a bit reasonable, if Wong Kar-wai has to follow this requirement, why can Xin Zhilei, who was born in Hegang, Heilongjiang, be able to achieve the leading starring position?
And many viewers pointed out that Xin Zhilei's coffee position doesn't seem to match Wong Kar-wai's movie, right?
Xin Zhilei, who has been debuting for almost 20 years, has never won any powerful awards, and the public's first reaction when they think of her is also thick lips and a more neutral dress.
So, how can she play a charming proprietress Li Li and compete on the same stage with Ma Yili, Tang Yan and others?
For a while, the voice of bad speculation disappeared from one voice to another, and Xin Zhilei herself said in fear,
"In fact, after receiving Li Li, I really don't have the confidence to play well, I think the role that is most like me is the begonia blossom in "Celebrating More Than Years", how can I play a big beautiful boss!"
Not only Xin Zhilei laughed at herself, but after the Reuters photos were released, the audience also felt that it was not suitable, but Wong Kar-wai said that the role of "Li Li" was not Xin Zhilei, and no second person could play it.
"I once watched Xin Zhilei's performance in "Embroidered Spring Knife", and I will never forget the look in her eyes holding the knife. ”
Xin Zhilei revealed a martial arts temperament, which Wong Kar-wai admired very much,
As for Li Li, who is more amorous in the original work of "Flowers", but still appears as a weak woman, Wong Kar-wai has carried out a new shape,
"The sea of business is the battlefield, if a woman wants to fight a bloody way on the battlefield, she must have a chivalrous spirit,
And Li Li, as the only northerner, you just want to stir up the situation in Shanghai and let the locals see what you can do!"
This is the reason why Wong Kar-wai chose Xin Zhilei to play "Li Li", from this point of view, it is still very convincing.
Then someone pointed out that Xin Zhilei can play "Li Li", as a famous actor Sun Li from Shanghai, why was it not considered by Wong Kar-wai?
In fact, Sun Li did not enter the crew of "Flowers" for several objective reasons.
For example, although Sun Li was born and raised in Shanghai, when it comes to the development of her acting career, almost all of them revolve around the Beijing circle.
For example, "Jade Guanyin", which started his career, was presented by Hai Yan, a famous screenwriter in the Beijing circle, and "Happiness Like Flowers" was directed by Gao Xixi, a second-generation director in the Beijing circle.
"The Legend of Zhen Huan", which made "Zhen Huan" the heroine of the palace fighting drama, was directed by Zheng Xiaolong, the eldest brother in the Beijing circle,
Therefore, Sun Li's career line grew up in the Beijing circle, and after she married Deng Chao, she also set up a 400-square-meter mansion in Beijing, which is indeed not very related to Shanghai actors.
Secondly, Sun Li's appearance is tough, and in the past few years, she has mostly been photogenic as a strong woman and a female leader.
In the end, Sun Li's current coffee position belongs to the first sister of the TV industry, the "female number one" who focuses on the direction of TV dramas, and almost never plays the female number two.
And "Flowers" is unfolded in the direction of the male No. 1 Po, so the route is not in line with the benchmark, which is why Sun Li did not appear in "Flowers".
However, some people pointed out that in the final analysis, the director's selection of actors still depends on personal feelings, he thinks that if he can act, he can be on it, and there is no invitation to do it, which is all nonsense, which is also the most fundamental reason!
So in Wong Kar-wai's carefully selected lineup of "Shanghai Circle Actors", are the performances of several leading actors eye-catching?
First of all, let's take a look at the male No. 1 Hu Ge.
Bao's positioning is courageous and knowledgeable, and he has turned the tide many times in his career and completed his ambitious goals.
In his personal life, Ah Bao is grateful for the help of several women, helping Miss Wang keep her job, helping Li Li tide over difficulties, etc., it can be said that this is a "big male protagonist role".
Although the 41-year-old Hu Ge has already received a score of up to 10 points at the beginning of the TV series, Wang Jing even commented that "it is simply the style of Chow Yun-fat in his heyday!"
But some viewers pointed out that Hu Ge's performance traces are still too heavy, and he has always acted "in a shell".
For example, in the early stage of Bao's ambition, although Hu Ge was excited, he wanted to give the audience a feeling of high spirits.
But the bright "tiredness" and "slackness" are also about to come out.
In the later stage, Ah Bao transformed into "Mr. Bao", which was supposed to show the charm of a mature man, but Hu Ge became a "Mr. Oil" and "Mr. Ba" again, which was a bit too masked.
In fact, Hu Ge is popular in "Sedum" in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and Mingtai in "The Pretender", these roles have brought Hu Ge a fixed way of playing.
That is the kind of drama that always likes to play the kind of little ruffian on the surface, but in fact he is a big male protagonist.
This time, "Flowers" still has the same problem, but Hu Ge's national audience popularity is too good, and it is still deeply imprinted on him!
The female No. 1 Ma Yili doesn't have Hu Ge's good luck, although the image of a shrewd and calculating, but righteous boss lady is not annoying,
But Ma Yili's 8.6 points at the bottom of the whole drama also exposed her predicament, and the role was still too "homogeneous".
In a word, Ma Yili has played too many similar roles, and this performance is still not wrong or brilliant.
Especially compared with the female No. 2 Tang Yan and the female No. 3 Xin Zhilei, Ma Yili's "too stable" loss is even greater.
Tang Yan, who is 40 years old, has always had a label called "Silly White Sweet Master", and if there is an actress who is still acting in romantic dramas until she is 40 years old, it must refer to Tang Yan,
In "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", Tang Yan and Yang Mi both opened up the road with the image of costumed beauties.
But now Yang Mi has not only begun to be a profound character, but also transformed into the boss behind the scenes, but Tang Yan has been "spinning" in place.
Wong Kar-wai's masterpiece this time has high requirements for actors, and it is also a "hurdle" that Tang Yan needs to overcome.
Miss Wang, played by Tang Yan in the whole play, is not a superficial person, she is innocent but affectionate, and she is one of the boosters of the male protagonist Bao, so there are many ups and downs in the plot.
Tang Yan finally proved that she was not just a "vase" through a few monologue scenes and a confrontation with Hu Ge, which was unexpected.
But if you want to say that the biggest winner among the three leading actresses, it has to be Xin Zhilei.
Xin Zhilei, who was pushed by Wong Kar-wai this time, is beautiful to a certain height, and this smiling and swaying pace can always give the audience the greatest shock.
At least the weirdness of the thick lips before has been removed, and Xin Zhilei's acting score is as high as 9.7 points, second only to the male lead Hu Ge,
The calm and calm, strong and wild role makes Xin Zhilei show it to the fullest, it is estimated that after the broadcast of this drama, Xin Zhilei's coffee position will have to go up a few steps!
In addition, there are two people who have attracted public attention, one is the "uncle" played by the old man You Benchang, and the other is the cameo of Hu Ge's wife!
With the role of "Jigong" has become the teaching material of Beiying, the 90-year-old man You Benchang can also star in "Flowers", which makes many people say that they are too surprised!
In this drama, the uncle played by You Benchang is Ah Bao's "nobleman",
It is precisely because of him that he taught Ah Bao to do business and speculate in stocks, and took Ah Bao to inspect the treacherous shopping mall, that he later became "Mr. Bao".
After Bao's successful transformation, Uncle and his eyes are also a touching highlight.
At the age of ninety, he can still win the audience's golden reputation, and You Benchang's superb acting skills are beyond doubt.
In addition, some people have suggested that they are also old artists, and I wonder if the six young children will regret it at the moment they see "Uncle"?
It is rumored that when Wong Kar-wai was looking for an uncle to play, he was ready to choose from the old artists from the age of 60 onwards, especially actors who had played classic roles.
The six-year-old child was originally under consideration, but due to some bad operations over the years, Wong Kar-wai gave up this candidate.
For example, every time someone in China remakes "Journey to the West", the six-year-old child will make some critical remarks, saying that Stephen Chow is changing the Monkey King, and if Jet Li wants to play this role well, it is better to buy a monkey to raise!
And many netizens broke the news that six-year-old children went to school to forcibly sell their own books, and each student must have one copy and so on.
Although the six-year-old children's version of the Monkey King is indeed a classic among the classics, it is indeed biased in terms of these behaviors.
This also made him miss Wong Kar-wai's casting, I don't know if Liu Xiaolingtong himself will feel regretful!
In addition, Hu Ge's wife Huang Xining also made a cameo in the play, I don't know if you have seen it.
In the clip of the first episode, there is a passerby who flashes by, and this person is Hu Ge's wife.
Judging from this clip, Huang Xining's hair is messy, her clothes are plain, and her expression is even more reluctant, I don't know why the director chose such a clip?
An insider broke the news, saying that Wong Kar-wai pulled some people to make a background wall at the scene, but he just happened to see Huang Xining and pulled her up.
But if I want to say that Huang Xining, an amateur, if it weren't for Hu Ge's wife, it would be impossible to get together temporarily!
Besides, since it is a temporary gathering, it means that Huang Xining has always been by Hu Ge's side, and this is a bit vaguely sprinkled with dog food.
There are many fans and viewers who still complain when they see Huang Xining, just because of this appearance, why did Hu Ge marry her?
Some people also say that Hu Ge is not ready to make his wife's debut, otherwise Wong Kar-wai's footage is so "precious", and it is impossible for an amateur to play it!
So what do you think of Huang Xining's flashing shots?
What do you think of the drama "Flowers"?
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