"Chongqing Forest" is a unique and special movie. It tells the subtle transformation of the feelings between two pairs of modern urban men and women in the bustling city, bringing a glimmer of hope in the lonely urban life. The style of the whole film continues the consistent narrative style of director Wong Kar-wai, the unique portable shooting effect, the unique selection of background music, the ingenious cross-editing, the use of colors, and the unique composition method, which make this film a classic. The beginning of the film is a shaking scene. In a dark and noisy environment, the heroine played by Brigitte Lin walks into Chungking Mansions. The foreigners around are full of hostility to her arrival. The strange background music creates an uneasy and unstable atmosphere. Ambience. Then there is an empty shot, the blue sky, the fluttering of clouds, accompanied by the sound of thunder and music, contrasting the previous shaking shot. Immediately afterwards, the monologue of the male protagonist A Wu was ushered in. With another shaky scene in the monologue, A Wu appeared in the camera. He collided and met the heroine in the process of chasing the prisoner. Then the camera cuts to a panoramic shot of Ah Wu talking on the phone outside the fast food restaurant. From the words, it can be understood that Ah Wu broke up, but he resisted the breakup. After that, the camera came to the heroine's side. Under the dim bar lights, the heroine received the task given to her by the bar owner. She found a bunch of Indians and took them to change their faces to complete the task given to her by the hero. The whole picture was crowded and messy. The urgency of the characters' words and the quick transition between shots, coupled with the Indian-style background music, made the whole scene. The picture is full of tension and unease. An overhead shot seems to show Ah Wu's loneliness after the breakup. Another scene where the camera changes quickly. The person who sews the clothes and the person who makes the shoes put drugs in the clothes and shoes respectively. The heroine distributes the drugs, then hides the drugs in different items, and then comes to the airport. But the group of Indians disappeared. In the drug stashing episode, where the shots are switched quickly, the Indian music before it is followed, and the environment is crowded, suggesting that what they are doing is a shady thing. After the heroine discovers that the Indians have disappeared, there is a brief screeching sound, which is full of tension and panic. Then the heroine came to the bar and got a date, May 1st. Every day after the breakup, Ah Wu buys a can of pineapples from the convenience store on May 1st. At this time, there are a lot of Ah Wu's monologues, full of Ah Wu's inner sense of helplessness about love. Then the heroine began to look for the lost drugs and the group of Indians, gradually increasing the pace, the clack of high heels, the camera followed the heroine's back all the way, as if acting as a voyeur, allowing the heroine to escape. The framed composition, the shaky pictures and the quick switching of the pictures are full of anxiety and despair. At the moment when May 1st arrived, the heroine was killing people. In this scene, the camera shakes more strongly, adding a sense of urgency to the process of chasing and escaping, and making people wonder whether the heroine can get rid of it. Pursuit pinched a sweat. In Ah Wu's home, Ah Wu ate canned pineapples that he had saved for a month by himself. In the cool atmosphere, he successfully expressed Ah Wu's inner loneliness and loneliness. When Ah Wu went to the fast food restaurant to talk to his friends on the phone one by one, different people used different ways of expressing the camera. The most special thing was the oblique composition, which made people feel sympathetic to Ah Wu. Afterwards, the two met in the bar. The dim warm colors were full of ambiguous and decadent atmosphere, but the dialogue between the two was full of distance. In the hotel, two lonely and lonely people seem to have found their home and warm each other in their own way. Then they are separated in blue tones. Awu left a pair of clean high heels for the heroine, while the heroine gave Awu a pair of clean high heels. All that remains is a happy birthday. Canned pineapples are interspersed with the first half of the story, which is a metaphor for people's feelings. In this fast-changing world, they become vulnerable and are in danger of being expired at any time, and expired things are like pieces being thrown all over the floor. , flooding the world. Canned pineapples are also an important clue to the film. And May 1st seems to be the day when two people start a new life. Ah Wu started a new life full of vigor, while the heroine took off the wig she had been wearing and started her real self. The beginning of the second half of the story is led by Awu, the hero of the first half of the story. Along with the song "California Dream", a lens from far and near makes the hero 663 meet the heroine A Fei. In the sound of music, A Fei's body shakes and the voice of the little girl shapes us. A quirky little girl figure. Later, 663 asked the owner of the fast food restaurant for a vegetable salad, but the owner of the fast food restaurant asked him to change his taste. In this scene, there was a scene of A Fei from time to time, which made people realize that she was interested in this paragraph. Those who are interested in the conversation also correspond to what Ah Wu said before that she fell in love with another man. The second and third time 663 came to buy things, the shots were all placed on A Fei, which also paved the way for the next plot. The shot of the plane taking off suggests the beginning of the relationship between 663 and the flight attendant. The background music at this time is like jazz music from a record player. The shot tilts and rotates a lot, showing the spark of love, full of passion and immersion. I don't want to run away from this relationship. After that, the one between Afi and 663 was no longer separated by a counter, but two people had contact. 663's ex-girlfriend put the letter of breaking up in the fast food restaurant. This letter was also read by everyone in the fast food restaurant. When A Fei read the letter, her heart also changed. With the "Dream of California" "The song sounded again, and A Fei danced to the music, implying her little joy in her heart for the breakup of 663. After a fixed shot, the silhouette of the crowd quickly passing by contrasts sharply with the two people in the fast food restaurant, and another background music of "Dream Man" plays. Then the camera shifts to 663's home, where 663 speaks alone to various objects in the home. The cool blue tone makes the whole picture full of loneliness and loneliness. A close-up of the clothes the flight attendant wore, as if she was still in the room, also seemed to suggest the end. Afterwards, the two people in the market met, making the distance between the two further, and giving the clue to the address provided a hint for the development of the next important plot. A Fei secretly came to 663's home again and again, and remodeled the 663's home, showing her unique character in "Dream of California". The last time A Fei met 663 at 663's house, A Fei exposed his inner thoughts, and 663 seemed to understand it, and asked A Fei to go out. After that, 663 sorted out the items at home and began to welcome a new life. However, the bar in California did not wait for A Fei's arrival, and waited for another letter, A Fei went to another California. 663 finally got a boarding pass, but he didn't know the location, he decided to wait for A Fei to come to the appointment. With the recollection of the music of "California Dream", A Fei and 663 met again, and between the two, one became a flight attendant and the other became the owner of a fast food restaurant. The same music was played in the store. When the boarding pass was taken out again, it drew a perfect ending to this crush. The four young people in the film have different personalities, but they all live alone and strong in this huge world. In the first half of the process, the hero and heroine of the second half of the story appeared, so that there is an inner connection between the whole film. They are the most ordinary men and women in the city, full of desire for love, and have the most real experience of loneliness. Loneliness and anxiety seem to be their common characteristics. The film uses a lot of monologues, so that people can better understand the inner thoughts of the characters. The classic monologue lines have become an important factor in the success of the film. The monologue also explains the development of the story and promotes the development of the plot. The film also uses a lot of motion shots, the use of cool colors and the unique neon lights of Hong Kong at night, presenting a unique visual experience. "Chongqing Forest" is a movie that can be watched at different stages of life and can resonate with the audience. The unique shooting method and the emotional expression presented also make it one of Wong Kar-wai's masterpieces.
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