"Chongqing Forest" is a combination of two seemingly unrelated units, "Chungking Mansion" and "Midnight Express", but in fact they are not two completely independent entities. In the first unit, the broken-hearted 223 yelled and ran on the escalator that had stopped, and a brief elevation shot of 663; the mysterious blonde and 663's ex-girlfriend waited for the car on the street side by side, and walked out of the toy store with a cloth tiger Affy met by chance. These three coincidental encounters of time and space seem to be casual, but in fact serve to explore the theme of "indifference" and "alienation".
"Every day you have the opportunity to pass by someone, you may not know anything about him, but maybe one day, he may become your friend or acquaintance." This is the narration of 223 (Kanejo Takeshi) at the beginning of the film. Introduced in the passage from "Chungking Mansions", from passing by a stranger to becoming a friend by chance - 223 Passing by a mysterious blonde (Brigitte Lin) while chasing a fugitive: When I was closest to her, I The distance between me and her is only 0.01 cm. After 57 hours, I fell in love with this woman; it echoes the above-mentioned coincidence of time and space - the protagonists of the two units once appeared in the same time and space, but they did not know each other. People and people, stories and stories, only the union but not the intersection.
The theme of the film is ready to emerge under the unique arrangement. In the high-speed urban life, people constantly pass by each other every day, but they are all in a hurry and indifferent. Everyone is so focused on themselves, devoted to love, busy to live, that few people pay attention to everyone else's every move. Alienation is the cause of indifference, alienation is the result of indifference, alienation is the climax of indifference, and alienation is the whole process of indifference.
The stars in the sky are crowded like a crowd, and the crowd on the ground is as alienated as the stars. The alienation and indifference of the open city lead to the loneliness and loneliness of the claustrophobic mind. 223 seeks solace by making constant phone calls after falling out of love; 663 habitually talks to the furnishings at home that symbolize emotional state. They all hope to express their emotions through these actions and relieve the loneliness, loneliness, depression and loss in their hearts.
In the crowded city, the distance between hearts is getting farther and farther, but the desire to communicate and communicate is getting stronger and stronger. 223 takes the trouble to communicate with the mysterious blonde by asking her if she likes pineapples in four languages. He relentlessly collides with people through language and is eager to communicate with others. Here language is only the means, and dialogue is the end. In the form of "dialogue", emotions try to communicate.
The love in the film is time-limited again, and the special date of May 1 is used to cut off and block love. May 1st is 223's birthday. He insisted on buying 30 cans of canned pineapples that expired on May 1st, showing that he couldn't let go of his past relationship. He subconsciously hoped that love would turn around. In the film, there is a scene where 223 kicks a Coke can under his girlfriend's window after a breakup. This scene was taken from the window. His loss of power and his insignificance in his girlfriend's heart are fully revealed in the angle mirror. In other words, in the heart of his girlfriend, May
, he is a can of pineapple that has expired on April 1. Pineapples are Ah May's favorite, and the infatuated 223 borrowed canned pineapples that were about to expire to buffer the fact that they were brokenhearted.
The indifferent and numb blonde was moved by 223's actions to take off and shine her shoes, and left a message to wish him a happy birthday on his birthday. Blonde may seem emotionless, but all her emotions are hidden behind a cold surface. The act of using the raincoat and sunglasses together exposed her underlying fear and insecurity, fear of being hurt, and a desire to be protected. Many times indifference is just a disguise. Every heart is actually sensitive and fragile. The desire and need for love will never be reduced because of the indifferent appearance and the increasingly desertified heart. Surrounded by warm care and love, a hidden nerve will be touched. As long as you sincerely open your heart, I believe that the desert will also become an oasis. Blonde's message shows that 223's attempts and efforts to communicate with people have not been in vain.
"On May 1, 1994, a woman told me 'Happy Birthday', because of this sentence, I will always remember this woman. If memory is also a can, I hope this can will not Expired; if I had to add a day, I hope it would be 10,000 years." The two lone stars met at midnight and disappeared in an instant, but the light emitted by each other when they meet can illuminate a lifetime. 223 takes comfort from unexpected birthday wishes, materializes memories into cans that never expire, showing his optimism and persistence. Although the love fails, he is still not discouraged in love, and is full of passion and thirst for life.
"When I was the closest to her, the distance between us was only 0.01 centimeters. I didn't know anything about her. Six hours later, she liked another man." 223 finished in a completely stopped shot. The last narration is a link between the previous and the next, making a transitional connection for the two stories. As soon as the voice fell, the screen switched to six hours later - 663 (Leung Chiu Wai) coolly took off his police cap and calmly walked into the California Dream of Midnight Express and A Fei (Faye Wong).
A Fei secretly likes 663, sneaks into his house to help him clean the room, and resets his food and clothing expenses according to his own preferences. 663 was blindly immersed in the pain of lovelorn, completely ignoring the changes of closely related things at home, and even regarded "California
Dreaming" as his ex-girlfriend's favorite song. In fact, unknowingly, he had mixed A Fei with his old girlfriend and couldn't tell the truth from the false. This confusion is a prelude to Affy's invasion of his life. No matter what 663 thinks, A Fei just blindly indulges in the beautiful emotions created by herself, and begins to fall in love by herself. Because you don't know the attitude of the other party, you can roam freely in the self-made dreamland, enjoy it freely, without being disturbed, and not afraid of being rejected. She and 663 both sleepwalk in California
Dreaming.
A Fei communicated with 663 through stealing objects, one of which was peeping, peeked at him, studied him, collected his emotions, liked him, and approached him without a trace. This is the secret lover's heart, hoping to silently enter a life connected with him and become an indispensable part of his life. In the mysterious game of secret agents, Affiliated her inner excitement, hiding behind the curtains and yelling at 663 who patrolled the escalator outside the window. The bottom-up process of the escalator is tilted, reminding me of Lin Yilian's "Tilt": Tilt Rain/Tilt You and Idiot/Tilt Mirror/Tilt Upside Down Shirt/Tilt Stealing Object, one of which peeps at me ...
663 drank coffee outside the counter thoughtfully, while A Fei lay lazily on the counter. The superficial metamorphosis and the melody of "Dream Man" created an MTV-like visual effect. This group of flashing stream of consciousness fragments symbolizes the emotional loss of the two. A love ends, a love begins. At the same time, this group of shots also shows the disorder of life and the gameplay of destiny. The background music of "Dreamers" and the theme music "California
Dreaming" complement each other, implying that 663 is the indispensable male protagonist in A Fei's dream, and he is inextricably linked with the continuation of A Fei's dream.
Under the leadership of "California
Dreaming", A Fei turns the people and things she thinks into reality step by step. When the dreamer 663 sent her an invitation, the sudden happiness made her unable to distinguish the truth from the false, so she fled from the battle and flew to the reality of the dream to identify the false and the true of the dream. A Fei is immersed in fantasy, but she is sensitive. Her escape is an instinctive reaction to being sensitive to damage.
The California dream became 663's new dream. A Fei returned as scheduled to complete the unfinished California dream, and reunited with 663 who landed in love in the "Midnight Express". The California dream came to a successful conclusion, and "California
Dreaming" retired. "Midnight Express" is a light comedy of love, and the love that everyone is happy is an anomaly in Wong Kar Wai's films.
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