A slender and beautiful woman, wearing a blue printed cheongsam, looking out the window with a complicated look, with uncertain thoughts in her eyes, the surrounding scenery is all foil, only the woman's bright but deep image is presented on the big screen.
This scene is like the texture of the film oil painting to impact the audience's literary and artistic heart, at that moment, you can understand what is the classic lens, what is the beauty of the film, and why the film is summarized into the category of modern art, you may have some feelings between the ignorance.
This is wong kar wai's greatness.
20 years ago, when I watched "Fancy Years", I didn't understand the complexity of human nature at that time, and my simple heart was that Zhou Muyun and Su Lizhen were uneven, why couldn't two people who loved each other be together?
If you had one more ticket, would you come with me?
This is Zhou Muyun's confession, both obscure and straightforward, with a low magnetic baritone, so that many years later I remember "Fancy Years", I remember this line most clearly, such as the magic sound through the ear, through the feeling of a married middle-aged woman's lateness, and finally from that confession I heard Zhou Muyun's bravery and affection, and also heard the hopeless reluctance and abandonment of love.
20 years later, I watched "Fancy Years" again, saw two introverted people, two men and women who were both betrayed by feelings and suffered, saw the secret and complexity of human nature, and saw the bravery of a man and the cowardice of a woman in this obscure and unrequited love.
Su Lizhen, played by Maggie Cheung, has created a classic image, with a variety of styles in appearance, and her posture and her rational restraint of human nature form a particularly strong image conflict, but the language of the lens gives us many hints.
People are often seduced by the appearance of the first glance to capture, Su Lizhen always wears a gorgeous and fitting cheongsam, that is the 60s of Hong Kong, women wearing qipao is a kind of common wear, the landlady Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Gu, two middle-aged and elderly women also wear qipao, but Su Lizhen's qipao fits to cling to every inch of the body from the neck to the calf, as if the layer of clothing is not worn on the body, but from her body grows out of the wonder, while covering the shame, vividly showing the curves and beauty of the owner's body.
The beauty and mystery of this body when she went alone to buy noodles, the director spared no effort to portray, the dark shots, the background and the characters are blurred, in yumeji's Theme's music, the swaying back of the swaying posture exudes a unique female beauty on the big screen, making people praise from the bottom of their hearts, "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" Elena also has a wonderful posture, but the director describes the beauty of the female body through the perspective of a teenager's mood surging admiration, Therefore, it is inevitable to have strong desire and eroticism, but Su Lizhen's posture is often difficult to make people think of sex, because the director presents beauty at the same time, let people feel not Su Lizhen's temptation at the same time, but her coldness, alienation and loneliness.
There is a close-up of Su Lizhen when waiting for the face, in the smoke of life, you can see the impatience on the woman's face, she is dissatisfied with the status quo, but she does not have the desire to jump out of the status quo, the only vent is also under the usual cold and polite expression to reveal some impatience and irritability.
Su Lizhen's human nature is stoic and restrained, her hair is always high and coiled, meticulous, her cheongsam collar is tightly and tall to wrap the neck tightly, her calves are tightly wrapped, not revealing a trace of spring color, and she contrasts strongly with Mrs. Zhou, combing a fashionable loose hairstyle, the clothes are sexy dresses that expose a third of the back, Mrs. Zhou on the screen has no face, but it is also a beautiful and charming woman, and the natural attributes in Mrs. Zhou's humanity are stronger and more self-sufficient. From her dress and her love affair can be inferred, such a person does not hesitate to release their charm to the opposite sex, from the perspective of human nature, which is superior or inferior is a problem that cannot be judged and compared, but from the perspective of men, the same beautiful women, to choose a more easier to chase the target, why not enjoy it?
Su Lizhen's rational restraint can also be clearly seen from the work, her position is the secretary, so the boss's business and private affairs are within the scope of her work, such as helping the boss to make the wife and lover things well organized, absolutely not any wrong, in Shanghainese, Su Lizhen is a clear woman, you can't imagine her emotional excitement, will yell, drop things and lose her temper.
Restraining herself has become an instinct in Su Lizhen's bones, even if she knows that her husband Mr. Chen is in Mrs. Zhou's room, she does not rush in to confirm the impulse to confirm everything; even if she confirms her husband Mr. Chen's secret affair, she is crying bitterly in the bathroom, instead of using more extroverted and fierce methods to deal with her lover's betrayal.
Or to put it another way, Su Lizhen has a timid temperament.
From the back of Mr. Chen, is a tall, lean, good temperament of the man, such a man because of the Japanese business reasons will always be asked by a variety of women to bring something back, Mr. Chen invisibly with many women have contact opportunities outside the work, he himself is a warm and generous man, the landlord Mrs. Sun's mahjong table is compact and lively, the space is small enough, four young men and women gathered in such a confined space, Mr. Chen and Mrs. Zhou's extramarital affair is not unexpected.
Zhou Muyun and Su Lizhen are two introverted people, after they confirmed the betrayal of their lover, they did not confront the wrong party for verification at the first time, asking for a clear statement, but each was silent, each suffering, and then swallowing and chewing this pain in a strange and strange way.
You don't come home so late, your wife doesn't say anything about you?
It was so accustomed that she didn't care about me. What about you? Doesn't your husband say you?
I think he went to sleep a long time ago.
Don't go back tonight.
This is a simulation of how Zhou Muyun and Su Lizhen got together, and after both of them clarified the betrayal of their lovers, they simulated how the two parties who stole love began an unruly relationship.
They keep meeting in this paradoxical way, they play the party of stealing, ostensibly experiencing the feeling of stealing, but in fact, the affection has grown unconsciously between the two.
Human nature is complicated after all, we do not imagine whether Zhou Muyun and Su Lizhen have digested the pain of betrayal through this paradoxical way, from Zhou Muyun's words, this is a man who can afford to put down, his human nature should have freedom, but he is willing to accompany Su Lizhen again and again to perform this kind of role swap of the secret love drama, what is the purpose?
In fact, he had already been touched by Su Lizhen.
When Su Lizhen is still lamenting the complexity and dissatisfaction of marriage, Zhou Muyun's dialogue is an excellent description of his human nature, and it is also a kind of cryptic confession to his own woman.
It's not my fault, so why ask yourself every day what you're doing wrong? Why waste time, I don't want to go on like this.
Zhou Muyun is a brave man and an action faction, but he has his cultivation, and he can see Su Lizhen's retreat and timidity, and narrow the distance between them in a way that is acceptable to both people.
Su Lizhen knew in her heart that she was a Shanghai woman who could carry it clearly, and she naturally had a secret affection for Zhou Muyun, but she was also trapped in her de facto marriage with Mr. Chen, and she had not yet come out of the pain of betrayal, so she faced Zhou Muyun's emotions and kept withdrawing and restraining. When Zhou Muyun hoped to give the two of them a relatively safe environment to be alone, Su Lizhen refused.
Why waste money? In fact, you wrote it yourself, don't count me in.
Even when Su Lizhen couldn't help but go to see him because she missed Zhou Muyun, the words she gave were still restrained.
We won't be like them.
From here, we can see the complexity of Su Lizhen's human nature, restrained, suppressed, withdrawn, and often can't help it.
In the private space of the hotel, they find the most appropriate excuse for each other's coexistence by writing martial arts novels together, but it is not the only content, and the reason why Zhou Muyun is willing to accompany Su Lizhen to analyze Mr. Su Lizhen's cheating is because he likes her, and Su Lizhen has not let go of it at all, nor has she come out of this pain.
Therefore, her impulse and involuntary love will be particularly moving.
The first time he fell on Zhou Muyun's shoulder and cried because of the pain of his betrayal, and the second time he cried because of the imminent separation and the pain of love.
When portraying Zhou Muyun's heart, the camera always gives the actor a close-up of the facial expression, Liang Chaowei's face and expression can withstand the harsh requirements of any shot, and the half-yellow and half-dark close-up, you can read Zhou Muyun's complex mood, and even feel his emotions.
Zhou Muyun's bravery finally decided to give up because he saw through Su Lizhen's retreat, and he confessed his love to Su Lizhen on a rainy night, confessed his feelings for Su Lizhen, and also informed the other party of his plan to decide to go to Singapore.
Even so, at the last moment of leaving, Zhou Muyun still called Su Lizhen and said the classic line, if there is one more ticket, will you go with me?
This is Zhou Muyun's bravery, Su Lizhen did not answer the phone, this is Su Lizhen's timidity, this is their different attitude to love.
Zhou Muyun will not think that the love he pursues is a love that is not a love, it is wrong, this is determined by Zhou Muyun's human nature; Su Lizhen believes that her love with Zhou Muyun is invisible, taboo, and unrequited love, which is also determined by Su Lizhen's human nature.
After Zhou Muyun left Hong Kong, she sat alone in the hotel, tearful, and finally understood that she was in love with this man, but she only issued a brave word in her heart that she wanted to say, if there is one more ticket, will you take me with you?
This secret and unspeakable love is missed with time after all, even if it is heavy and unforgettable in the hearts of Zhou Muyun and Su Lizhen, and has become a secret of each other's lives.
In the fancy years, Zhou Muyun met Su Lizhen, which was destined to be a sad song that could not be loved.
It is undeniable that Wong Kar-wai's work presents a delicate and profound feature, although it is not so grand and profound theme, but in terms of describing the love in the eight sufferings of life, Wong Kar-wai handed over a wonderful work.