sunset boulevard

Rebekah 2022-03-20 09:02:01

Wong Kar Wai's five-year-old film.
That mysterious man. He doesn't use a script to film, he writes his own script, and the whole story is only framed in his own mind. He can dispatch stars who are already big names at will, and they are willing to drop big-paying jobs for his films.
Always wear sunglasses and don't say a word. Cool gesture.
That mysterious man.

And the man I have always admired, Tony Leung. They have cooperated for more than ten years, and their compatibility with each other has reached the highest level.
It was still Zhou Muyun. It is still the prosperous world in "In the Mood for Love". Stunning cheongsam. The perfect carcass under its wraps. An ambiguous woman smoking a cigarette. The record player is filled with dusty old music. alley. A strange wind. People who come and go. pass by. stop-and-go. do not expect each other.

There are so many beautiful women in the film.
Gong Li belongs to that era. That dim age. She is an untouchable animal, stubbornly guarding herself in a deceptive way. But she and Zhou Muyun were destined to be unable to escape each other. Maybe just because of that name. Su Lizhen. When scratched on the glass with a finger, the name of the crack even appears. Her lipstick was melted by tears at the corners of her mouth, looking particularly tragic. There is so much hopelessness, helpless grief in it. Heartbreaking. She is as much a mystery as the glove that won't be taken off. But no mystery.
Carina Lau always has a special status in Wong Kar Wai's films. Just like the peach blossom without a line in "Evil in the East and Poison in the West", Lulu is just a symbol. She has her own memories of her past, but it doesn't fit into reality. She is the abandoned one, living outside the prosperity.
Fei has the most beautiful collarbone in the world. I like her name is Jingwen. It reminds me of the days when she sang "I Do", "Obsessed" and a lot of vulgar songs. She is no longer a young woman, but still beautiful and elegant. I haven't seen her in a movie for a long time. She always has her own taste. Her loneliness, her indifference, and her indifference, is a temperament that no one else can match. She is a stubborn person, independent, and useless around her. The reality is the same as the movie. The shot of her heels circling the ground is something I will never forget. Too classic. speechless.
Zhang Ziyi's beauty is dazzling. No matter how much criticism there is, I have always admired her. Compared with "My Father and Mother", she has indeed grown up and has a sophisticated taste all over her body. A frown and a smile are enough to scare the soul. The way she was leaning against the wall lazily was a gesture, but not pretentious. She was that extraordinarily brave. From the beginning, she took ten yuan from Zhou Muyun's hands and forced herself to say that when I sold it to you cheaply, she was completely defeated by this man. Even if she is strong and refuses to admit defeat, she is powerless. Maybe she poured the most, so she lost the worst. A complete mess.

I don't really like the story of 2046 written by Zhou Muyun. It's meaningless because it's bizarre. Real life is bizarre enough.
But firmly remember the Chinese characters played at the beginning of the film.
All memories are damp.
Like a firework. After the splendor, there is no trace to be found. There was only a helpless turbulence left.
Just like love. All noble, cheap love.
There are many heart-warming scenes in the film. However, every scene is so decisive that there is no power to breathe.
It's just that vast area of ​​desolation and uncertainty. Desperately venting.

The process of finding memory. 2046 train.
Kimura's desperate eyes. Fei's uncontrollable smiles and tears.
a lie.
There is no beginning and no end, so forget it.
Still love that word. Prosperity is over.
Full of sighs.
But enough.

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Extended Reading
  • Cassandre 2022-03-23 09:02:16

    Rewatch. Wong Kar Wai's long farewell, like a burial relay, a funeral for a love affair. It took 13 years from Ah Fei's isolation to Zhou Muyun's "although I can't get it, but what does it mean?" Letting go of one person is a clear decision. In fact, the important thing is not to heal, but to live with the pain.

  • Aliza 2022-03-28 09:01:05

    Zhou Muyun's Repentance

2046 quotes

  • Tak: Do you know what people did in the old days when they had secrets they didn't want to share? They'd climb a moutain, find a tree, carve a hole in it, whisper the secret into the hole and cover it up with mud. That way, nobody else would ever learn the secret...

  • Mr. Wang: Our cabin attendants are superbly designed... But there's only one problem : when they've served on so many long journeys, fatigue begins to set it. For example, they might want to laugh, but the smile would be slow to come. They might want to cry, but the tear wouldn't well up till the next day...