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Big Black Superman Wong Kar-Wai went to Hollywood to direct his first English-language film. As before, he will continue his consistent big-name cast And the live screenwriting habit of drafting on film. Judging from the leftovers and the inherent temperament of Wong Kar-wai's films, it seems that this blue-toned film will spread a mysterious atmosphere of Jarmusch and David Lynch's style, like "Three Blue Moons", "Three Blue Moons", "Three Blue Moons" Like Blue Velvet.
Let us guess that in such a tone, the petty bourgeoisie will no longer play with loneliness, but will be submerged in loneliness in the paragraph-style stories of road films. Jazz diva Norah Jones will hit the road alone, across America, with a blue moon above her head, draped in blue velvet, and munching on blueberries in her screen debut. This time, Wong Kar-Wai was completely possessed by a blue soul, and almost forgot that the Italian team that made the idea of soul-possession popular is also blue.
Blue Soul Possession - Conjecture of Wong Kar-wai's Hollywood work "Blueberry Night"
Script conjecture: Soul Possession of a fragmentary road
movie ) meets many different people on a journey across America, trying to find the true meaning of life and love. Shooting scenes will span major cities across the United States. The film is named "Blueberry Night" because the story takes place at night, and the heroine is a woman who likes blueberry pie.
It seems that every director outside of Hollywood likes to express the impression of America as a "country on the back of a car" in the form of road films, such as Wenders' "Paris, Texas", Terry Gilliam's "Fear of Las Vegas" Garth", Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain", Wong Kar-wai is no exception. As far as we know, this film will be shot in New York, Memphis, New Orleans, Las Vegas and other places at least, which will be very different from Wong Kar-wai's previous films. "Island Movies" based only on Hong Kong. It can be guessed from the disclosed outline of the story that the film will use Nora Jones's road journey to connect independent stories, and finally drift a cold sense of alienation on an American road map. Whether Nora Jones is the witness or the protagonist of the story depends entirely on the brainstorming of Wong Kar-wai and screenwriter Lawrence Bullock during the filming. This is also the first time Wong Kar-wai has hired a screenwriter, and the two of them have been in touch for more than two years on script exchanges.
With Nora Jones going from one place to another, ending one story and starting another new one, it's safe to assume that Blueberry Nights will be a piecemeal road movie with completely independent characters in each story. , it will not set up a fate-like coincidence like "Evil in the East and Poison in the West". In this way, it will be more like Jarmusch's works that are full of fading techniques, especially "Broken Flower", where the protagonist with a specific purpose hits the road, encounters different people in different places, has a different story, and ends. It is also vague, the protagonist has not found anything.
Atmosphere conjecture: The souls of Jarmusch and David Lynch are possessed by
Wong Kar-wai, Jarmush, and David Lynch. The common feature of the three film masters is the loneliness of marginal characters. More stern, David Lynch is more bizarre, and of course Wong Kar Wai is much more petty than his two American counterparts. According to the outline of the story, it can be guessed that Nora Jones met with different characters one after another in different cities, but she has always maintained a vaguely ambiguous relationship with people. If Wong Kar-Wai is willing to abandon his voice-overs that are often passed down as classics and express love, then perhaps a psychedelic atmosphere that is not too far from reality will be achieved, which is really the soul possession of Jarmusch and David Lynch .
Photography Conjecture: The Soul Possession of Du Kefeng and Robbie Muller
In order to invite Nicole Kidman to star in "Woman from Shanghai", Wong Kar-wai had to promise Nicole, break the golden combination that he has partnered with photographer Du Kefeng for many years, and use Iranian-born photographer Darius Gandhi. Gandhi will start taking pictures for Wong Kar-wai in "Blueberry Night". He has served as the photographer of "The Seven Deadly Sins", "Wimbledon", "The Biography of Chidane" and other films. Nicole's level of photography was so praised that Nicole didn't show any mercy to her fellow Australian, Du Kefeng, in order to push him. Will Gandhi's darkened photography style be changed in Wong Kar-wai's American road films? According to the story and characters, we tentatively guess that he will inherit the fine tradition of Du Kefeng's swing and follow shooting and the road film photography master Robbie Muller (wen Dess, Jarmusch, David Lynch, Lars von Trier and other famous directors have used the photographer) of the cold blue spectrum mantle, he is not shooting alone!
Soundtrack conjecture: Elvis Presley and jazz soul possessed
who went to Memphis not to be possessed by Elvis Presley? Jarmusch has paid homage to Memphis, the hometown of the great Elvis, from the title of the movie to the role of a Japanese admirer in Three Blue Moons. In this Wong Kar Wai movie, Nora Jones is no exception. As one of the filming cities, Memphis' Elvis Presley's musical soul is calling Nora. Don't forget the same city's musical soul and country singer Wang Qiang Ni Cash. It is conceivable that this road trip in the movie is also a pilgrimage to the music predecessors for Nora Jones. Not far east of Memphis is Nashville, the country music capital of Tennessee, dancing the Tennessee waltz. Down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, the home of jazz, Louis Armstrong's soul has called to her in Storey Village. The voices who followed her on the road in search of true love might also include Duke Ellington of New York's Cotton Club, and the year-round champion dance song "In the Mood" at the Las Vegas Ballroom.
Role conjecture: The soul-possessed
dancer, policeman, drug dealer, flight attendant, knight, prodigal son of Wong Kar Wai's classic characters... These are all common characters in Wong Kar Wai's films, and they all live on the fringes of society, like the innocents in "The True Story of Ah Fei". Like a footed bird, the only time it touches the ground is death. They always appear to be out of place in the surrounding environment in the camera, which may also be related to the geographical features and cultural conditions of Hong Kong.
However, when the scene is transferred from the isolated island to the United States, will the characters be Americanized or will they be possessed by the souls of classic characters such as Zhou Muyun and Su Lizhen? Let's go down and use the theory of soul possession to guess and analyze these Western characters in "Blueberry Night".
Nora Jones - Maggie Cheung
, a queen-level singer who was discovered by Wong Kar-wai for her acting talent, should have been compared to Faye Wong. But from the perspective of character weight and the need for story development, only Su Lizhen, Maggie Cheung, who has interpreted the roles in "The True Story of A Fei", "In the Mood for Love" and "2046" is the most suitable for the protagonist of "Blueberry Night". Su Lizhen met and fell in love with Ah Fei (played by Leslie Cheung), and then had an affair with Zhou Muyun (played by Tony Leung). This may be the American dream that Nora Jones needs to chase on the road.
Jude Law - Leslie Cheung
The British prodigal son Jude Law has the feisty temperament of his brother. The rehearsal scene of him and Nora Jones in front of the dim sum shop in Soho District, New York, is immediately reminiscent of The classic scene of Leslie Cheung teasing Maggie Cheung at the soda shop in the opening scene of "A Fei Zhengzhuan".
Kevin Spacey - Tony Leung
is an absolute acting superstar. Even if Kevin Spacey is not as handsome as Tony Leung, he can still be as powerful as his eyes. In Wong Kar Wai's past movies, Su Lizhen met Zhou Muyun played by Tony Leung long after Ah Fei's death, who was her neighbor. In "Blueberry Night", I don't know which city Nora Jones will meet Kevin Spacey in.
Ed Harris - Jacky Cheung
From some perspectives, Ed Harris does look like Jacky Cheung. I don't know if Wong Kar-wai will assign him a reckless and straightforward role like Jacky Cheung in his previous works, such as the bewitched boy in "Mong Kok Carmen" who "would rather be a hero for a while than a black fly for a lifetime", and in "Evil in the East and Poison in the West" Hong Qi, who decided to take a woman to the arena.
Rachel Weisz - Faye Wong
I don't know what kind of supporting actress Wong Kar-wai will use with Rachel Weisz, who has just given birth to her life. Is it to continue the role of Faye Wong before? Faye Wong in "Chongqing Forest" has always had a California dream. How about a story for California this time? Or, like 2046, Rachel Weisz is also a sentient robot and, terribly, a pregnant robot.
Natalie Portman - Yang
Caini Portman will also play a supporting role in "Blueberry Night". Considering that Wong Kar Wai's movies have never cultivated child stars, and there are few actresses with pure temperament, she is guessing Nata Li Boman was possessed by someone, so she had to reluctantly use Yang Caini, who had a little role in "Evil and Poison in the West".
Director's style conjecture: The soul of Hollywood's rhythm is possessed by
three years of filming "In the Mood for Love" and five years of filming "2046". Wong Kar-wai has already become a benchmark for art films with slow work and meticulous work. Now this "Blueberry Night" with an investment of 10 million US dollars is only ready to be completed in three months, which makes people guess if it is not the rhythm of Hollywood or the soul of John To's speed.
Will Wong Kar-wai, who has changed his pace, also change in the style of his works? From the title, "Blueberry Night" still continues the tradition of his four-character title, but it will also be an end. His next work will be called "Women from Shanghai". This end may also herald his transformation, such as saying goodbye to the sweet and greasy petty bourgeoisie, disappearing those mysterious and beautiful voiceovers, and reducing the use of empty shots of people and things. In fact, in 2046, he had let those characters from the past follow the train and say goodbye to Shudong after pouring out their secrets. Now, they have gone west on the crane and become American idiots, which is a smart rebirth. The oriental mood of wanting to welcome and yet to refuse is believed to be retained. After all, this is an inseparable part of culture. Perhaps all the elements of Wong Kar-wai in the past will be reincarnated in "Women from Shanghai".
Europe has always welcomed Wong Kar-wai, and he can still sweep the major European film festivals with this film under the new package. On the American side, Sundance and the Golden Globes have always cherished this independent film full of stars. The absolute status of the Asian film industry, it seems that he is really ready to embrace the world.
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