"There is no dream lover at all."
In a movie, there is such a line.
I don't believe it when I'm in love. Later, I believed it, and my heart had long been pierced into a sieve.
This movie, even after so many years, still has a big vote of people missing it online.
Use it as a benchmark for domestic love movies.
Fans have gone to the director's Weibo to ask for a sequel/remake.
This movie is— [Waiting Alone].
[Waiting Alone], Douban's 180,000 people scored a high score of 8.2
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"This is the most fun Chinese movie of the year!"
In 2005, as soon as Wu Shixian's "Waiting Alone" was released, the laughter did not stop from the media field to the general audience.
Not the kind of comedy that is now popular, which is made up of pieces, [Waiting Alone] is a love film with a sense of humor.
The male protagonist Xia Yu played a der, der Beijing second forced youth Chen Wen.
What do you mean by der or der, you ask? At that time, a popular Internet saying, "thief, very stupid" means.
Chen Wen this person, "der, der" hanging on the lips, the opening is in the clubbing, and the buddies bet, and then the bubble girl action heroic fiasco.
The rapidly failed pursuit of the girl in the opening scene, which determines the goal of setting the goal - going forward to talk to each other, is almost a microcosm of the second half of the movie.
Unfortunately, at that time, Chen Wen did not know that he would usher in the biggest Waterloo of his love career.
After all, he was successful in every other way.
There is a large group of buddy friends (Gao Qi, Wu Chao, Gao Yalin, etc.); there is a family that is not rich and noble, but never worries about food and clothing.
Run a small business that can pass the time and have a lot of fun – an antique shop;
There is also a girl who has been looking at herself since school, and can sincerely boast about the pile of bullshit horror novels she has written, Li Jing (Gong Beiyuan).
Unfortunately, Chen Wen treats his sister as a "buddy", but instead licks liu Rong (Li Bingbing), the "dream lover" who is far away.
It is said that "lick the dog lick the dog, lick to the end of nothing". At that time, although there was no such sentence.
But the process of this guy also basically belongs to: love at first sight - goodbye confession - three times on Waterloo.
The first time they met, at the door of the bar, Chen Wen won the "honor" of sitting with Liu Rong by virtue of the cheeky and hard-pulled relationship of his base friend.
Unexpectedly, the two chatted very happily, and Chen Wen even quickly got the other party's mobile phone number.
Liu Rong is an unknown little actor in the North Drift, in the words of the old man in the family who later advised Chen Wen:
"Who do you think she is?" Heavenly Immortals? She's just an actress. ”
But in Chen Wen, who was crazy on the one hand, this is not a "goddess" descended from heaven.
Everywhere fits into his 17-year-old list of "ideal women":
Warm and cheerful, have a sense of humor, accept AA, chat a little der, don't be narcissistic, don't stink, have some weird ideas, and like children.
This looks like everything on people's bodies is an advantage, and it is a perfect match with themselves!
However, the "goddess" played the role of "imminent departure". Don't refuse, don't say yes.
And the buddies around Chen Wen are not optimistic about this "love", and they are helping to come up with some bad ideas.
"Leave her alone and wait for her to take the initiative to find you." Now the girl is that the more you value her, the more she ignores you. ”
"That's the game. The first to confess his feelings has already failed. ”
"Unless you can arouse her jealousy, then she will definitely chase you in turn."
Men are together, talking about or talking about women. The idiom is like a solitaire, taking turns in a circle, expressing high opinions one by one.
But it's just "mouth hi". When it's done, it should be licked and licked.
In 2005, at that time, no one said "spare tire", let alone "green tea" and "dick silk".
But [waiting alone] has already told the love story between "Di Si Man" and "Green Tea Woman" clearly.
It can be said that it is not a segment at all.
After listening to Chen Wen's passionate confession, the "goddess" only smiled lightly, "It's not that tomorrow will disappear."
After Chen Wen's elaborate romance, the "goddess" even became angry: "Do you think that I have to be crazy obsessed with you after doing a bunch of cute things?" Mature! ”
If you don't refuse your kiss the night before, you can lean on another "grandpa" the next day, and you will be caught by Chen Wen on the spot.
The "goddess" can also coldly defend herself: "I just want to live a little better." ”
Yes, I would rather be right. In the end, it is also licking the dog's own.
Man, this is the virtue.
I can't see the good in front of me, I always stare at the "white moonlight" that I can't get in the distance, but I miss the warm and warm "cinnabar mole" around me.
It was not until the second half of the film that Chen Wen was as enlightened as the audience, knowing Li Jing's long-term intentions for him.
But the person who may be more worthy of love has already "slipped away" in Chen Wen's circle of tossing.
Forget who said that:
"Fuck money. Fucking love. They will always make you miserable at the end of the day. ”
So, it's also a chicken-and-egg story.
It is also a story of love and nothingness, and can only wait alone for a long time to come.
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After 15 years, watching [Waiting Alone] is still a lot of fun.
Let's just talk about the plot, nothing more than the love of men and women. But it's amazing how it was shot.
When the film was released that year, the media praised it as "Kyo Wei'er Woody Allen" and "an invasion of the romantic comedy territory of Woody Allen and Nora Aphron".
But look at It, not only Woody Allen, But Also Wu Shixian has a little bit of Kevin Smith-style black humor.
Kevin Smith, the dude, made cameos in his movies like "Crazy Clerk", and assigned himself the role of the most B-shirt and coolest brother, Silent Bob.
He didn't say a word, cherished words like gold, coldly watched others fool around, he just stood there smoking, frowning, and occasionally saying a sentence or two that was the golden jade good words that pointed out life.
In [Waiting Alone], the role of Wu Shixian is quite interesting.
As soon as he appeared, he imitated Uncle Cage in [Changing Face], with large sunglasses, black coats, and a red T-shirt lined with slow motion and dynamic rock music.
Next, he also contributed the classic self-spit "Sino-foreign joint venture product" (Wu Shixian is of Mixed Chinese and American descent).
At the end of the movie, Wu Shixian's character went to the streets of the United States to sell and sing (and was robbed of money!). )。
This scene is even more visual sense of Jay & Silent Bob wandering in front of the convenience store!
The whole film is dotted with such lazy but thrilling black humor.
For example, at that time, the famous rock musician Gao Qi (the lead singer of the overload band) played a rock musician in this film, and in the bathroom between performances, he met Chen Yufan (Chen Yufan cameo) of the Yuquan group.
When he opened his mouth, he asked everyone the same concern, "What about the spring?" ”
Two big names in the music world had a friendly meeting on the eve of peeing.
It can be said that the unique taste of comedy language is vividly played by Wu Shixian in this film.
No wonder so many people are still nostalgic [waiting alone].
Because it really uses a seemingly absurd sense of humor to write about the emotions and daily lives of a generation of young people.
Rock music, tape recorders, discos, pirated discs, young people's clubbing and love, this theme was really not much in the domestic movies at that time.
Not to mention that it can be so fun to shoot. Not only self-confession, but also music praise.
Chen Wen imitated [love to the depths], holding up a large radio to confess to the girl, and the flower band's "miss you" sounded at the right time.
This scene dreams back to [deep in love]
Although there is no rainstorm and no sea of stars, the bravery, childishness and clumsiness of youth are all rushing towards them at once, which is very moving.
Now, 15 years later, open [Wait Alone].
Listening to Xu Wei sing "Blue Lotus", watching the protagonists use Nokia, one of the buddies to make a living by selling pirated discs.
At that time, there were vendors in beijing's second ring road pulling donkey carts to sell fruit, and taxis on the street were only a few pieces.
Then see the end line of the subtitle "Dedicated to the man who slipped away from you."
It was even more touching.
I can't help but wonder, what were we like 15 years ago? Have the people who "waited alone" waited?
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In this film, Chen Wen is a fool, and Liu Rong is a vain.
The most beloved character is actually Li Jing, played by Gong Beiyuan.
As a buddy sister, he accompanied Chen Wen for many years until he finally left.
Chen Wen will wait alone in the years to come, why not Li Jing?
This cheerful and sincere girl who pays silently for love is destined to make many viewers remember.
Remembering that in the movie, she appeared in a dirty braid, threw off the cigarette that Chen Wen took out, and murdered him for "smoking less and will die."
Proper Beijing girl, cool and sassy.
Chen Wen introduced herself to people as her "dearest classmate in high school", and she hid her heart and accepted the identity of a buddy.
Not only did he grin and talk about his love life with Chen Wen, but he also helped him assist the "dream lover".
Chen Wen lost love, bought drunk and cried in Di Bar, and she silently took care of it on the side.
Li Jing's love, as quiet as her name.
And it is through Li Jing that the audience met the actor Gong Beiyuan.
Writer Wang Shuo praised Gong Beiyuan, saying that the feeling of her performance with Xia Yu was too real, like the brothers and sisters in life.
In fact, Gong Beiyuan played this role almost in her true colors.
Not only that, Gong Beiyuan added a lot of his own ideas to Li Jing.
For example, the avant-garde dirty braids when she appeared on the scene made Li Jing look like a rebellious girl. This was Gong Beiyuan's idea.
Whether Li Jing's "alone waiting" person will eventually wait, the movie can't tell us the answer.
The sequel promised by director Wu Shixian is also far away.
But Gong Beiyuan waited for her person, and Wu Shixian fell in love with each other, and walked together for 20 years.
In her career, Gong Beiyuan also "waited" for one good role after another.
Cheng Yong's ex-wife in [I am not a medicine god], Fu Rong'en's teacher Liu Ruyi in "Ruyi Fangfei";
Lead starring in the new crime film [A Knife Paradise] (produced by Jia Zhangke and directed by Huang Chaoliang);
And in the [Hannan Summer] who won the prize and won the soft hand, one person played two roles.
Busan International Film Festival Fei Bisi International Film Critic Award, Pingyao International Film Festival Fei Mu Honors and Judging Honors...
The "Hannan Summer" of the theme of girlish youth is really looking forward to.
Among them, Gong Beiyuan, who contributed two completely different roles from personality to life state, has ushered in a new stage of her career.
This is the first time she has challenged filming in Wuhan dialect, and of course, it is also the first time that one person has played two roles.
Gong Beiyuan also designed a lot of small details of the character in it. For example, the design of wearing silk stockings to expose the edges of the stockings is from Gong Beiyuan.
15 years have passed. It seems to be Gong Beiyuan [waiting alone] at that time.
But it is also the actor Gong Beiyuan who grows, moves forward, and never stops.
If Gong Beiyuan was allowed to choose a love movie to share, what would she choose?