1905 movie network feature "The brilliance of the neon sign, once the most fascinating and memorable emotion in Hong Kong, is fading away. Let it be the protagonist again, and we actors will accompany it and remember it with a story of losing a loved one." Zhang Aijia,Ren DahuaStarring in the movie "Dim Lights" recently exposed the trailer, shortlisted for the 35th sessionTokyoInternational Film Festival"Asia’s Future" competition section.
The story of the film focuses on the neon signs of Hong Kong signs, telling the story of a woman who travels through the streets of Hong Kong to find clues and learn to burn neon signs in order to fulfill her husband’s last wish.
To know how prosperous a city is, and to see how bright it is at night. Colorful, lively neon signs were once a symbol of Hong Kong, injecting life and vitality into the city.
The neon signs in Hong Kong also provide many Hong Kong films with unique light and shadow, color and line elements in the construction of urban night, becoming a visual aesthetic in the dark culture.
In Hong Kong movies, no one loves neon light more than. "Chongqing Forest",Takeshi KaneshiroWalking through the alleys of midnight neon lights; "What in this world will not expire?" The neon lights of the supermarket illuminated his lonely figure and lonely self-talk.
, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and the crazy men and women who play the role, always stage the blurred and sleepy after the first love in the light of neon lights.
"Our space is a neon space," the photographer said. "It’s an exciting energy space, the way people move, the energy of Hong Kong, and the excitement of meeting on the street."
"It’s a collection of images that assemble space and neon. The film criss-crosses how the special light of neon is presented and shaped, and the film shows the shape of neon in the past and the future."
In the movie, under the neon lights, love and crime, strength and beauty are also brewing. "Dark War",Andy LauThey met a strange woman on the minibus, and outside the car window, the neon billboards of the store reflected on their faces, with heavy light and shadow and ambiguity.
The police mobile unit led by Ren Dahua searched for guns, and the huge neon signs of "Tongli Music Store" lit up their traces of action in the dark, and in the half-light, it was even more suspenseful.
In the red and green of a bunch of nightclub neon signs, you can compete with the crowd in judo, showcasing the beauty of action and shape.
Because of the "cyberpunk" images infused with neon light, the neon aesthetic became a standard feature of future science fiction films.
The blending of neon lights and color movies has given film noir a new upgrade of "neon film noir".
Taste of Cinema, a well-known film review website, has selected the 15 best neon noir films in the world in 2021, and the director and star are among them, making it the only Chinese film on the list.
Under the neon lights of purple, red, yellow, and green, the urban village in "The Wild Goose Lake" becomes a realistic and surreal stage where an outlaw is trapped and trapped.
Diao Yinan is a leader in creating neon film noir in China, and has also exquisitely carved the neon world.
In a barber shop flooded with neon red lights, they raise guns and shoot; and sitting in the car, in the neon red and yellow light and shadow, the two play the lonely detective and the femme fatale, with psychological games intertwined and emotional undercurrents surging…
The use of neon light in movies can be a large area of colorful external space, such as the fire on the other side of the Suzhou River, singing and dancing.
For example, walking in a small town night market, in the lively atmosphere covered with neon lights, it feels lonely.
The new director loves neon. There is a scene in the director’s first work. Pepe and Ah Hao tie their mobile phones to each other in the warehouse, and under the dim light of the neon lights, the mood of the youth story is diffused.
Neon light can also become a single ambient light source for interior spaces.
The director uses neon to the extreme, blending it into the humid southern environment and the violent crime narrative.
The old director also loves neon. Playing with neon images in the new work, the magnificent neon of the modern city is different from his previous monochrome aesthetics.
The stars converge under this neon light, which has more character charm. The beauty of neon lights makes Chinese movies more beautiful!
The neon aesthetic continues to shine on the screen. Do you love it?