The film was born in Hong Kong in the 1980s. At this time, due to the influence of the mainland's reform and opening up, Hong Kong's economy ushered in another subversive change after the industrialization started in the 1950s. The characteristics of the transitional society can be seen from several details in the film.
Although it is Wong Kar-wai's early works, his creative style can already be clearly seen - the dilute of the plot and the exacting of details. So I'm just going to talk about this movie in a few ways.
The passion and bitterness of the pursuit of dreams:
it was a simple age, and the singers in the festive song and dance troupes were still singing with sincere and sincere early pop songs. When people first entered modern society, they have not completely abandoned the simple feelings of the simple society. . When Wan Ziliang laughed at the flies, he used a sentence, go home and cultivate the fields, which reflects the sense of superiority and satisfaction in modern urban life. Time and time again, Brother Hua relentlessly, staunchly, and bluntly stabbed his opponent in the chest with a wine bottle, knife, and pistol. On the side of the road, being beaten by a group, how bitter and not easy it is. However, his longing for dreams, love, and a prosperous life prompted him to run into casinos, which symbolize profitable places, again and again.
The helplessness of being in the society: Do
you still remember the 5-year wait and the firm vow to break up with her that Brother Hua's ex-girlfriend said, did you remember that Brother Hua heard her say that she took the initiative to leave in the rain after getting married, and Maggie Cheung finally sent her When Brother Hua was walking, he bowed his head silently in front of the car door and raised his eyebrows with worry when he raised his head. Do you remember Wan Ziliang bowing his head to the boss after Brother Hua escaped, and the younger brother's father-in-law's complaint at the fly's wedding, and the younger brother's sincerity to his wife after the fallout Explanation and apology, and what Brother Hua said to Maggie Cheung: I can't promise you anything. . . . . How lowly and hard the marginalized people are in the city.
Are people in mainstream society just fine? Prison guards died in order to escort the prisoners, and they had to protect the "senior criminals" when their own lives were at risk. Are the hurried and firm footsteps what they wanted? When Maggie Cheung's doctor heard that she was with her cousin that night, she smoked a cigarette in silence and then rode a bicycle to where?
Only the "senior criminals" in suits were escorted, but the calm and indifferent smiles showed that big capitalists and big bureaucrats were the "possessors" of this era.
The red of the bus is bright like the blood shed by Brother Hua for his dreams, but the bright red is against the ubiquitous gray faces.
And the precarious relationship:
Maggie Cheung gave up the doctor and chose his beloved Brother Hua, but Brother Hua died. . . The fly went home to visit his mother, but what was the reason for his stepfather's indifference to him, which was not clearly revealed? The fly gave all the money to the younger brother, but when he died, the younger brother could only live a humble life.
This is a sympathetic film, just like its English name "as tears go by", isn't it worth sympathizing with ourselves? Today's mainland China has entered the second decade of the 21st century. The emotional alienation between people brought about by the economic transformation society has become more and more serious. House slaves, cups, snail dwellers, and nail households self-immolation are popular. What does the vocabulary say? With innocence, aren't we in the play?
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