As Tears Go by

Colt 2022-04-09 08:01:04

"Mong Kok Carmen", such a Hong Kong-flavored title, actually has such a literary English name. Wang Jiawei's literature and art probably started here.
I just watched "Fallen Angels" last night, and I feel that all the inheritance of Wong Kar Wai's style I have seen before is the kind of blurry eyes and image shaking that I like. But the plot of "Mong Kok Carmen" may be the earliest in the director's work list, but it is not at all in the style of the later. If I haven't watched this one, maybe I'll always think that Wong Kar-wai is the Wong Kar-wai from "Sweet Spring".
So, actually, I don't really like this movie.

However, it is very enjoyable to see the kings and queens when they were young. Nowadays, they are full of elegance, and they are also so young.
Especially Andy Lau and Maggie Cheung, the two eternal superstars who are now invulnerable to all kinds of poisons. At that time, even the baby fat was not completely removed. No delicate makeup, no restrained expression.
20 years.

Some time ago, I watched Liu Tianwang on "Kangxi is Coming", and said that he has worked with the sexiest female star. He said without hesitation that it was Maggie Cheung in "Carmen in Mong Kok". At the time, I thought it would be very charming like "In the Mood for Love", but I didn't expect that, in fact, Maggie Zhang has been deeply rooted in this kind of style, and it seems that it is connected with her debut. Even when she was really young. But very real.

In fact, I have also liked Jacky Cheung for many years. But I don't like it so madly, I haven't watched every movie of him, I haven't listened to every album of him, I haven't paid attention to every news about him, I am a child even when he gets married. You only know when you are born. I like to be very low-key, because he is very low-key.
Now Jacky Cheung has a happy family and a happy career. Compared with the other three heavenly kings, at least everyone can see it. Yesterday, I saw a post comparing the four "Sisters of Heaven", except for the uncertain scandal, Mrs. Guo Xiong Dailin, and the other three women who are already very clear about the Heavenly King, and they all envy Luo Meiwei, who has been out of the film and television circle for many years but still maintains her beauty. Among the four heavenly kings, he is the most stable. Of course, I personally think Liu Tianwang should give his Miss Zhu Liqian a name.

But when Jacky Cheung was young, some of his performances with exaggerated expressions were really very appealing. Of course, he first recommended the Shandong dialect "cousin" and "cousin" in "East and West", which made people faint with laughter. .

Until the end of the movie, I was still thinking, how could this be a Wong Kar Wai movie. Thinking about it again, it's been 20 years, and this is not bad for the first film. Later, after all.
Many people, the director only uses it once, and some people use it many times.
So, when I saw Wan Ziliang's oily face, I wanted to collapse a little. Oh, I don't like him, but he actually acted in Wong Kar Wai's films!

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As Tears Go By quotes

  • Wah: People like us don't have tomorrows

  • Wah: I did a lot of things for our godfather too. By the age of 14, I was already getting paid to kill. I've got more guts than most guys, right? But look at me now. I'm just an ordinary guy!

    Fly: At least you were a hotshot for a while! But what about me? What about me? Everyone looks down on me. Does that make you happy? People think I'm nothing, like some stray dog just following you around! Did you know that? I'd rather be a hero for one day than go on being a fly all my life!