Each city, like a puzzle, is made up of countless landmarks and roads.
Mong Kok and Chungking Mansions were once important pieces of Hong Kong's big puzzle. These two unique landmarks have their own personalities, and they have all had their own strong strokes in the movie.
Just this year, these two former Hong Kong landmarks are facing rectification due to urban planning problems, and their faces are no longer there.
Our impression of Hong Kong and Hong Kong movies seems to remain in that golden age forever.
There is the gangster jianghu of "Across the Sea", there is the lifelong obsession of "Rouge Buckle", and there is the laughter and loss of "Journey to the West". But Mong Kok and Chungking Mansions, which were sentenced to death, seem to announce that Hong Kong cinema has entered twilight.
Their departure, it seems, is also gradually fading away with the era of Hong Kong films that once had unlimited scenery. While we can't deny the fact that that time gave birth to countless classic Chinese films, we also regret that today's Hong Kong film scenery is no longer there.
Under Wong Kar-wai's lens, in the summer of 1994, the killer passed through the alley, and a golden glow shone brightly. Walking quickly through the colorful lights, being chased and killed by people is hurried and racing against the clock.
All the stories take place on the most authentic street, and the background of the story is neon lights.
When Hong Kong cinema started out ignorantly, filmmakers were struggling, and they naturally chose to shoot night scenes in brightly lit streets without lighting sets. Neon lights have naturally become the most photogenic star in Hong Kong movies.
Among the photographers and filmmakers, neon lights are undoubtedly the best background walls in a movie, setting off countless mysterious, ambiguous, and psychedelic scenes.
Similarly, in the movie "Chongqing Forest", the neon lights become an intractable halo in the film, especially in this story with the interpretation, the interweaving of light and shadow is particularly brilliant.
The use of handheld lenses makes the realism of running more breathtaking, and also allows the light in the background to flow quickly, with a unique "Hong Kong-style feature".
This "flash mob" shooting method exposed the flash mob relationships in urban life at that time. In the steel forest, the pace of life is always fast, and as a product of life, love is more like catching the wind and catching shadows.
The killer, who "doesn't know when it's going to rain and when it's sunny" and "every time I wear a raincoat, I wear sunglasses," meet Police No. 223, who likes to ask people if they like to eat canned pineapples.
The story between them has come to an end before it has even begun.
That night, after a gunshot, she threw away her blonde wig and disappeared into the heavy rain of the night; but she remembered the blonde woman forever because of a "happy birthday."
The film once described the uncertainty between urban people: "Every day there will be opportunities to pass by others, you may not know anything about him, but maybe one day he will become your friend or confidant." 」 ”
Perhaps at the moment when the lights flicker on and off, the relationship between people begins to become delicate.
When it comes to "Chongqing Forest", in addition to the "expired canned pineapple", the first thing that comes to most people's minds may be the "California Dream" in the film and hers.
There are almost no people who don't pay attention to being a diva in the singing world, but few people notice them as actors. So far, she has only acted in seven films, but she won the Swedish Stockholm Film Queen Award for her performance in the film "Chongqing Forest".
He once said: "Actually, it is the most special of all my actresses, because she does not use force, acting does not need to be forced, she is very talented." What you tell her to do, she has a way to make this character a part of herself. She did it without any concern. However, when you look at this part of her, you will feel that you want her to act. ”
It is precisely because of her authenticity that her entire performance in the film seems natural and pure.
The story of the waitress at the fast food restaurant is brought out by the actor: "When I was closest to her, the distance between us was only 0.01 cm, I knew nothing about her, and six hours later, she fell in love with another man. ”
His favorite song, which he likes to put on the radio very loud, is the single "California Dreaming" released by the American rock band group in 1966. Every time she hears this song, Ah Fei always can't help but shake her head, sing and dance, and people can't help but fall in love with it.
Later, after learning about 663's thoughts, he often sneaked into his house and seemed sleepwalking and cute: helping him clean up his room, watering plants, feeding goldfish, changing old towels and toothbrush cups, and deleting the telegrams sent by his ex-girlfriend...
He also admitted frankly: "When filming "Chongqing Forest", I didn't know what I was doing, I was confused, and then I was confused and won the award. ”
If you use two words to summarize the acting skills in "Chongqing Forest", it is the word "nature", which is very good.
In douban movies, "Chongqing Forest" scored better than 97% of romance films and 95% of drama films.
There are a lot of monologues and self-talk in the film. According to statistics, there are a total of thirty-five monologues in the film, including fifteen police, two female killers, fifteen police officers, and three times.
In contrast, there is very little dialogue. On the other hand, this also shows the loneliness of the "dumb people who are eager to communicate" in this "forest".
Every inch of the street could be a movie set, and stopping a pedestrian at random could be a talented actor.
At that time, Hong Kong labeled all elements as "Hong Kong flavor", and Hong Kong at that time could be cautious, sad, senseless, roaring, and not lonely.
From April 1, 2002, when it floated down the hotel like a butterfly, many smells evaporated and dissipated in the air...
After filming "Step by Step"; acting in "Living Buddha Jigong"; and walking into "The Biography of Zhen Huan", no one can taste the taste of Hong Kong in these works, and soon, the taste of Hong Kong has become a historical vocabulary.
We finally said goodbye to Hong Kong films.