Others say that a first-class novel cannot produce a first-class movie. With tens of millions of sales and pan-Asian influence, Chen Yingying took on the impossible task in the face of the popular "Norwegian Forest". Last year in Venice, Chen Yingxiong was still defending everywhere, saying that the international version had flaws, which affected the judgment of critics and refused to admit defeat. As a result, a year later, regardless of whether it was released internationally or released in Japan, the film failed to achieve the set goal. Chen Yingying understood the taste of it.
Basically, "Norwegian Wood" is a beautiful looking movie. Of course, in the past, the reason why Chen Yingying became famous in one fell swoop was the beauty of photography, the beauty of Jingmei people, and the beauty of the camera lens. This kind of thing is well represented in "Norwegian Forest". Photographer Li Pingbin is a track-controller. He uses long shots and sports shots to the extreme. It is difficult for outsiders to slander it from the beauty of the picture. In the indoor play, which Li Pingbin is good at, in the weak natural light, Reiko played "Norwegian Forest" for Watanabe and Naotan. The flowing light and shadow, the soft guitar sound and the Japanese-English singing, suddenly felt nostalgic came out. It was only at that moment, when the characters in the film sang a song called "Norwegian Woods", that I deeply realized that I was watching "Norwegian Woods".
The strengths and weaknesses of the film are so obvious that there are many narrations in the film, taken directly from the original. The four characters of Watanabe, Naoko, Midori, and Reiko are completely retained and the structure remains unchanged. From this point of view, Chen Yingying is very faithful to the original work. In the general direction, the original characters have not changed. Chen Yingying is almost paranoid, like the beginning of Mu Yue's suicide in the car, which can easily confuse viewers who have not seen the original work. Compared to the full-fledged original, the movie is seriously lacking in detail. Why Naoko committed suicide and why Watanabe was anxious, including the description of Midori, were not in place. These characters do not exist independently of each other, they interact, and even have a relationship and contrast of fate. In the movie, many transitions appear to be particularly blunt and broken, and only those who have read the book will understand why. In the original book, why Naoko had a mental breakdown, and why there was an interpersonal barrier, was the death she witnessed one after another.
If the details in the book enrich the whole, then the details in the film are used to lubricate and eliminate the jerky and tired audience. No wonder some people joked that the tragedy of Naoko lies in the lubricant, and the tragedy of Chen Yingxiong is also here. You said it was made for fans of the original book, and no one would pay for it. You say it's a youth film, and passers-by can appreciate it and watch it, but the style of the film is fixed there, and it won't come down. Chen Yingying saw the interweaving of lust in the long pages, and used nostalgic techniques to express the pastoral style in the forest, but he did not see the profound life and death, which passed by the protagonist. 【Beijing News】
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