People who have seen the movie "Chongqing Forest" remember Ah Fei's favorite song "California Dreamin' played by Faye Wong. The song, sung by The Mamas & the Papas, was at the top of the Billboard charts after its release in 1966 and was eventually shortlisted for Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs" list. The description of the warm California sunshine in the lyrics makes many people yearn for it! Even if "Chongqing Forest" is mentioned today, the little girl in the salad shop played by Faye Wong will unconsciously come to mind shaking her head and humming repeatedly.
When "Chongqing Forest" was still in the preparatory stage, Wong Kar-wai felt that the tone of this film should be like "California Sleepwalking", full of romance and lightness, simplicity and dreaminess. It is rumored that when director of photography Du Kefeng asked how the play should be filmed, Wong Kar-wai did not discuss the plot with him, but only played "California Dreaming" to Du Kefeng: "That's it..."
As soon as the melody of the song comes out, it immediately makes people feel that they have almost entered a dream scene, and there is a sense of flow of time under the comfortable rhythm, there is a kind of mournful cheerfulness, perhaps this is a mirage of youth that appears in the mind after the passage of time! Maybe each of us has a California dream in our hearts, a place that can't be reached, and a person who can't be loved
Then listen to the song, make up for the regrets in reality in the song, and the old tunes can also interpret vivid memories and emotions, so that the romance is as usual
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