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Chapter 87
At the beginning of the movie, Su Lizhen, played by Gong Xing, appears.

Seeing that cheongsam, Gong Xing felt that it was difficult to breathe. Thinking of how many cheongsams were worn in this film, he asked curiously, "I've never asked you before, why did you let me wear so many cheongsams?"

“In order to make the space diverse and to remind the audience that time is changing, it is also to hint at Su Lizhen’s mood and situation, and to guide the audience subconsciously into that emotion.”

Huang Ze simply explained the plot to Gong Xing.

"Su Lizhen was negotiating the rent with the landlord. She was wearing a blue cheongsam with red patterns. This cheongsam, as the first cheongsam in the film, actually shows Su Lizhen's living conditions. She is quite wealthy and refined."

"She wore a dark plaid cheongsam when moving. On the one hand, it was because she was moving, so she had to be simple. On the other hand, why did she come to direct the workers to move? Because her husband was not around, and she used the cheongsam color to express her depressed mood."

"It was also while wearing this cheongsam that Su Lizhen and Zhou Muyun had their first contact."

The scene turns to Su Lizhen going to the airport to pick up her husband, and Huang Ze speaks up again, "She changed into a cheongsam, which has a light green base and red embellishments. The red color expresses her joy after not seeing her husband for a few days."

A few minutes later, the first slow-motion shot of the film appeared.

A group of people were playing mahjong, and Su Lizhen put her arm on a man who looked very similar to Zhou Muyun.

Mrs. Zhou Muyun, wearing a bright red cheongsam, walked in. Su Lizhen stood up to make way for her husband, and Mrs. Zhou Muyun replaced him with Zhou Muyun.

"Su Lizhen was wearing a red cheongsam with blue circles as decoration. The red and blue were mixed together, and her arm was on her husband's shoulder. She was very dependent on her husband.

"Mrs. Zhou Muyun was wearing a red cheongsam. She was actually competing for beauty. She wanted to suppress Su Lizhen..."

When Huang Ze saw Zhou Huimin wearing cheongsam, his heart skipped a beat.

I have to say that this little assistant and fan of mine has a pure face and a pretty good curve from the back, and isn't one of those skinny people.

The face is so deceptive!

……

When Huang Ze was explaining the movie to Gong Xing, many filmmakers in the audience sitting below had a different feeling.

"Very special, he seems to have applied a new lens aesthetic to the film." Martin Scorsese was delighted and looked at Huang Ze's position, "This movie and this young man are quite interesting."

“The unique aesthetics and the use of light and shadow are very original. He likes to use a telephoto lens to compress the space, but uses a wide-angle lens to magnify the characters. The colors are rich and confusing.”

A film critic wrote the following words in a notebook he carried with him.

Then he added, "Compared to the young director's last film, Good Will Hunting, the use of light and shadow, structure, and aesthetics have all made great progress. If the whole film can maintain this level, the biggest surprise of this Cannes Film Festival will appear! It will also be a surprise for the film industry!"

He picked up the pen and tapped the word "surprise" several times. He immediately raised his head with interest and stared at the screen with anticipation.

……

Su Lizhen and Zhou Muyun both discovered that their significant others had cheated on them, and their significant others got together.

The picture flows.

Su Lizhen was carrying a lunch box as she walked through the dark alley, when she ran into Zhou Muyun who was walking out of the shadows. The two passed each other. The walls were covered with advertisements, and the light reflected by the street lamps appeared as dense and messy raindrops. Zhou Muyun returned to the eaves to take shelter from the rain.

Su Lizhen subconsciously looked back and saw Zhou Muyun leaning against the wall, with his head slightly lowered, a cigarette in his mouth, and he took a puff of smoke but couldn't spit it out.

A look back.

Many movie fans' eyes lit up.

Although the film uses too many montages and the plot is a bit difficult to understand, this clip is so beautiful that just looking at such a scene can make people feel satisfied!

Taking a deep breath, some of the attracted fans were unwilling to look away for even a moment.

Zhou Muyun and Su Lizhen, two victims, went to a restaurant together.

No need for too many words.

"Actually, my husband has a tie exactly like yours. He said his boss gave it to him, so he wears it every day."

"My wife also has a purse exactly like yours."

"I know. I've seen it."

Zhou Muyun didn't say anything else. He took a deep puff of his cigarette and lowered his head. The camera was focused on the cigarette. The smoke swirled rapidly upwards, indescribably chaotic, just as complicated as Zhou Muyun's mind.

it is more than words.

Although they didn't point it out, the two of them had already determined the truth of the matter.

The two didn't say anything when they left, just walked down the road together, leaving only a pair of backs to the world.

It was so quiet that only the dim light from the roadside and the swaying figure of Su Lizhen carrying her handbag could be heard.

The two then played a simulation game, simulating the scenes when they were with their significant others.

A letter was sent from Neon. The landlord thought it was from Su Lizhen's husband and gave it to Su Lizhen. But it was actually from Zhou Muyun. The moment Zhou Muyun saw the letter, he could no longer remain calm.

When they met again, it was Su Lizhen who took the initiative to speak.

"Your lover went to Neon?"

"how do you know?"

"What was written in the letter?"

"nothing."

"Did you say when you'll be back?" "No."

“What do you think they are doing?”

Su Lizhen knew that their significant others had gone to Neon and had completely abandoned them.

Their simulation could no longer continue. Su Lizhen slowly walked past Zhou Muyun and left. Zhou Muyun was stunned and did not move. Su Lizhen's all-red cheongsam seemed to have no effect.

The two agreed to create martial arts novels together and met each other frequently. The landlord noticed something was wrong and gave Su Lizhen a warning.

In this era, people tended to be conservative, and the two could no longer write and stopped writing.

In the end, Zhou Muyun bought a ticket to leave Hong Kong Island.

The phone at Su Lizhen's house kept ringing, and the voice-over spoke Zhou Muyun's thoughts, "It's me. If there is an extra ticket, will you go with me?"

Zhou Muyun stood in the hotel they often met for a long time. The red curtains in the corridor were very calm. Su Lizhen, wearing a green cheongsam, ran down the stairs in an extremely anxious manner.

When she arrived at the hotel, Zhou Muyun was no longer in the room where they often stayed.

The red curtains in the corridor were blown up by the wind, rolling like waves, and two lines of tears slid down Su Lizhen's face.

"It's me. If there's an extra ticket, will you go with me?"

Time takes away everything.

Su Lizhen has her own child.

Zhou Muyun confided his secrets to the tree hole.

The screen ends.

The whole place was silent for a few seconds, the only sound being breathing.

Just when Huang Ze wondered what was going on, thunderous applause replaced it!
Huang Ze curled the corners of his mouth.

Become!

Huang Ze had a good idea.

When he stood up, some reporters who were watching the movie here had already gathered around him.

"Huang, your film is beautiful, but it's obviously very different from your last film. What's going on?"

"I'm doing an experiment." Huang Ze said.

“I am a contradictory person. I like novelty but also nostalgia.”

“So I tried to film this nostalgic story in a new way.”

"I may shoot more films with different styles in the future. You can think of me as someone who likes to do experiments." Huang Ze gave these reporters and everyone else psychological preparation.

So that they can be mentally prepared.

Don’t say that my style is messy in the future.

I'm doing a movie experiment!
A great pioneer who is committed to opening up new film paths, rather than a suspected plagiarist who copies here and there!
"It's beautifully filmed, I like it very much. You can almost make a fashion show with the heroine's style and cheongsam. But I have a question. When I watched this movie, I felt like I was watching a suspense film. The hero's expression sometimes looks a little strange, even like a villain. Does he seem to be taking revenge on the heroine?" a reporter asked curiously.

"Thank you for liking this movie. As for whether it is revenge..." Huang Ze smiled, "There are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers. You can regard it as a suspense film, and some people may think it is a love film. I won't give a categorization."

"Huang, why didn't the two people in this movie get together?"

"Did the two of them have sex? Was the child at the end the male protagonist's?"

"Did you have a love affair that was unforgettable and that you often reminisce about? That's what inspired you to make this movie."

"The young men who appear in the entire film are the male and female protagonists. Can I know who plays the other half of the male and female protagonists? From the back, I see that Su Lizhen's husband looks like you. What about the woman who is with Su Lizhen's husband?"

Questions were thrown at me one after another.

Huang Ze was in a good mood and answered most of the questions, except for the one about the actress who played the other woman.

While dealing with the reporters, Huang Ze also said goodbye to the directors who came over to say hello from time to time.

"Huang, it's a very good film." Martin Scorsese moved his thick black eyebrows. "This is a film with unique film language, aesthetics and narrative mode, and some ancient oriental charm. I am looking forward to your next work!"

"Thank you. I also like After Hours, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull."

"Huang, congratulations, you have made a special work!"

Huang Ze greeted everyone who came over one by one.

I don’t know how much time passed before Huang Ze freed himself and started the next movie screening.

As time went on, Huang Ze found that the exhibition hall was filling up with visitors at an increasingly rapid rate.

There are a thousand people watching a movie, and after they finish watching it, they will tell others about their feelings about the movie.

In addition, there are many professional filmmakers and veteran movie fans at the Cannes Film Festival, who happen to be the audience of In the Mood for Love. So, word of In the Mood for Love is spreading faster and faster among the crowd.

In Cannes, "In the Mood for Love" created a storm.

Many film critics couldn't wait to write their reviews after watching this movie.

(End of this chapter)