Bowl

Nick 2022-03-25 09:01:07

That was Hong Kong in 1962. Everyone lives in a bustling old house, coming and going, speaking fluent Shanghai dialect and Cantonese, and playing mahjong all night. They met in the corridor of an old house in Hong Kong, passed by countless times, and politely said hello to each other. Neither Zhou Muyun nor Su Lizhen could fit into the hodge-podge atmosphere. They were walking in and out of the crowd, but they were indescribably lonely. Su's cheongsam looked aloof, and Zhou's suit was clearly written with melancholy. The aunt next door asked Su Lizhen to drink soup together, and she always politely said next time. All emotions, all ambiguity, and all turbulence are contained in the sentence "Hello". The landlord's aunt murmured, "Eating wontons and wearing so pretty." Inadvertently, she revealed all the ambiguity. He asked her to write martial arts novels. He buried his head in writing, she looked at him in the mirror and smiled softly; she pondered, he stared at him madly, with a cigarette in his hand, the smoke ring was vague, everything was dazed and dreamlike. He had a fever and told people that he wanted to drink sesame paste. She hurriedly burned a big pot full of her worries and love, all hidden in that bowl of sesame paste. Later they met, and he thanked him, saying that it was a coincidence that day, he was just about to drink sesame paste. , she smiled slightly, and said yes, what a coincidence. It was Hong Kong in 1962, and many feelings can only be hidden in my heart. Zhou Muyun called Su Lizhen to come to the hotel, and she came. He said, "I didn't expect you to come." She said, "We are not like them." She wrapped her feelings in cold words, she resolutely left, but stopped after walking a few steps and couldn't see her The expression, all the emotions are looming behind the back. Su Lizhen's caution was inevitable in that era. She and Zhou Muyun often met secretly for a while, and the aunt next door told her to pay attention and not go out too often. Hearing the grievances in her stomach, she turned around and stood in the doorway crying. She called him and told him not to contact him recently. Zhou made some money by writing novels and rented a new place. He said to Su that he invited her to write novels in his new place. Su Lizhen said why waste money? ...... Actually, you wrote all of them yourself, Why bother? After all, she still couldn't escape the eyes of the world, and sometimes she couldn't even tell whether she was waiting for her husband to turn back or whether she was waiting for Zhou Muyun to take that step. She asked herself in the hotel where he stayed: if you had an extra ferry ticket, would you take me with you. She never asked. Zhou Muyun called Su Lizhen and wanted to ask her if you would come with me if there was one more ticket. He called, but she didn't answer. Don't dare, or don't want to. He didn't fight a second time, because he was afraid of being rejected, because he was afraid of being unbearable, or because he was afraid of knowing the answer. I didn't think you would really fall in love with me and I didn't leave, a kind of temptation. or revenge. They rehearsed his departure, and he wanted to give up on himself, but looking at Zhou's back, Su cried a lot. Zhou turned around and hugged her to comfort her, saying that it was just acting. Take revenge on a hesitant woman by leaving. Sometimes love is too deep, love is too desperate. He had asked her if you were not leaving your husband, were you. Su Lizhen did not answer. What Su wants is complete love, she doesn't want to repeat them. Later Zhou went to Singapore, and one day, Su also came there, he was not there, she hesitated, but she walked into his room, pulled out a cigarette, left a lip print, took the red shoes, casually Lying on his chair to feel his breath, he used his home phone to call his company phone, but he got through, but he didn't speak. Zhou fed twice, he knew it was her, so no one spoke. Not that I have nothing to say but I don't know where to start. Those passing years can be seen but not grasped through a piece of dusty glass. He has been thinking about the past, and if he can break through the dusty glass, he will go back to the years long gone. In 1966, when she returned to the old house, she stood on the balcony at the beginning and looked next door, her emotions flooded all of a sudden, tears filled her eyes, and her voice was choked up, but it was still as if nothing had happened in front of her. In 1966, Zhou returned to his original residence and inquired about the story he had missed. He knew that everything had changed, so he quietly exited the corridor. I went to a far away place, told the secret to the stone cave, and then carefully buried it with grass, leaving a whole piece of loneliness. An era is over, and everything that belongs to that era ceases to exist. From 1962 to 1965, it was a full 5 years; from 1999 to 2004, it was also a full 5 years. Sometimes it was unclear whether Zhou Muyun was Tony Leung or Wong Kar Wai, those who refused to talk and refused, and those who were ambiguous in their behavior were Su Lizhen or Maggie Cheung. . Zhou Muyun later figured out that maybe there is a time for love, and it is not good if they meet too early or too late. If they meet at different times, maybe the ending will be different. This is talking about Su and Zhou, or Liang and Zhang. Life is like a drama, drama is like life.

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  • Sister 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    Wong Kar-wai seldom describes how a person falls in love with a person, because this is an unconscious thing.

  • Jacynthe 2022-03-26 09:01:04

    hmm the audiovisual is beautiful, the atmosphere is good, but I think the movie itself is a bit hollow and the music is too full

In the Mood for Love quotes

  • Chow Mo-wan: It's me. If there's an extra ticket... would you go with me?

    Su Li-zhen Chan: It's me. If there's an extra ticket... would you go with me?

  • Su Li-zhen Chan: Am I hopeless?

    Chow Mo-wan: Not really.