Every night when there is nowhere to solve the depression, is a night of longing for Hong Kong movies.
Du Qifeng's filming of police and gangsters is also very romantic. From the beginning andy to the rooftop, the sound of the wind and hunting bgm is looming, which can be said to have opened his own 90-minute highlight moment.
There are a lot of blanks in this story, the experience of Peter's father, the consignment between father and son on his deathbed, He Shangsheng's previous career setbacks, the ending of the bald villain, the last side of the hero and heroine, and Peter's parting gift... Many blanks It is easy to make this story absurd and nonsensical if it is not filmed well, but To Qifeng is so good at controlling the rhythm and mobilizing emotions. The whole story is rationalized and fatalistic, but mixed with freedom and ease.
Whether it was the moment when Peter put Li Wanting's headphones on the bus, the BGM went from radio to stereo, Huang Sir said to Inspector He, who was stealing the limelight, "The lights in the corridor are broken, please fix it." Peter mocked He for being led by the nose However, at the last second, his police dog persuaded him to let him go and continue the game, and Peter's "sorry" after coughing up blood twice. All kinds of short pitch changes in the rhythm of fast travel, making people suddenly mute when they laugh, and suddenly relieved when they are nervous, this is the brilliance of the director and screenwriter.
The fast-forward at the beginning and the fast-forward at the end have changed the protagonist, but they are walking on the streets of Hong Kong in a hurry, making the story in the middle more like an episode in a hasty life, but the sapphire on the girl's neck is witnessed. This encounter and "the regret of not being able to send you to the police station" are always remembered.
Now, 20 years later, many people say that the technology and aesthetics of To Qifeng are outdated, and they can't learn new things, so the films they shoot begin to be nondescript. But I never think that new is good. If the same story is shot today, it must be added with some causes and consequences or dog blood settings, which will last for two and a half hours. But this finished film does not rely on the long close-up shots that literary films like today to render the emotions of the characters, nor does it rely on the magnificent scenes created by commercial films with thousands of special effects at every turn. Just relying on the movement and stillness of the actors, the coherence and pause of the background music, all atmospheres and backgrounds, is enough.
Andy Lau won the best actor with this movie. Indeed, even if he is a single man or woman, I think To Qifeng is better than an actress when he shoots an actor. All the actors in the Chinese film industry are extremely lucky to meet such a role, or to meet to.
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