Flowers of Shanghai 海上花 1988 (Hong Kong Movie) BLU-RAY with English Subtitles (Region A)
Flowers of Shanghai 海上花 1988 (Hong Kong Movie) BLU-RAY with English Subtitles (Region A)
Cast : Tony Leung, Carina Lau, Michelle Reis
Director : Hou Hsiao Hsien
Language: Shanghainese
Subtitles : English,Traditional Chinese
Duration : 113 mins
Disc Format : Blu-Ray
System : NTSC
Sound System : Dolby Digital 5.1
Screen Format : 16:9 Widescreen
Release Date : 2020-04-14
Synopsis:
Set in the opulent "flower house" brothels of 19th-century Shanghai, Flowers of Shanghai requires great patience even by Hou Hsiao Hsien's standards of languid pacing, but the reward is equally great. The liaisons of the courtesans and callers fade in and out in a mesmerizing haze of long, luscious shots and luminous cinematography: Wang (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) lingers between longtime lover Crimson (Michiko Hada) and new interest Jasmin (Vicky Wei), Emerald (Michelle Reis) schemes to buy her freedom, Pearl (Carina Lau) tutors a willful young flower.
海上花這部作品是侯孝賢導演與黃金班底廖慶松監製、李屏賓攝影、杜篤之錄音共同打磨而成。侯導精準抓出十九世紀末上海紙醉金迷的眾生相。
本片修復是一件跨國的大工程，由義大利波隆納修復中心負責修復，與日本松竹合作，攝影師李屏賓也親自看光校正，還原影片風華與精神。
「海上花」這部電影是描述十九世紀末，上海妓院裡煙花女的時代劇，由梁朝偉、李嘉欣、劉嘉玲，以及羽田美智子所攜手主演，全劇在攝影、美術、燈光等視覺營造下所呈現的精緻美學，將戲劇的唯美絢爛帶領至最高境界。
電影改編至韓子雲(清)以蘇州話寫成的「海上花列傳」，70年代張愛玲譯成國語版，相隔原著付梓百年後的90年末，朱天文將之改編成電影劇本，由國際名導侯孝賢執導拍成電影。
清末，上海英租界高級妓院「長三書院」，久經風霜的紅倌人各自心有盤算：沈小紅思忖著和恩客王蓮生維持長久關係，卻一時進退失據，白忙一場；黃翠鳳工於心計、勢利精明，在巧妙的應對進退之間，佔盡上風，一手掌握最有錢的恩客為她贖身；周雙珠世故練達，早已看透歡場虛華，雲淡風清，無所欲求。十里洋場酒綠燈紅，彈指煙茶間青樓男女各顯本領，權勢、美貌機關算盡，竟也不免落得一場空歡喜。
改編自韓邦慶吳語小說《海上花列傳》，侯孝賢首度挑戰清裝題材，精緻優雅的場景設計和光影佈局，重現一世紀前上海妓院墮落浮華的迷醉氛圍。一場一鏡、從容徐緩的場面調度，淡入淡出的極簡風格，將你爭我奪的男女角力化為不動聲色的伏流暗湧，盡顯洗練筆觸。
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