Very good, the road is long

In 2023, “The Long Season” will be a good work with overwhelming reviews for the “general” film and television drama audience in mainland China. I will also talk about some of the things I saw from my perspective during the process of watching the drama thing.

I should have been attracted in the first two episodes. The whole case basically “copied” the “Nanda Corpse Case” that has become an urban legend. Similar eyewitnesses, the identity of the “dead” and the way the body parts were handled, it is hard not to be attracted to those who are familiar with Nanjing or this case. In my impression, I haven’t seen any literary and artistic works adapting this case before.

In reality, more than 20 years have passed since the case. Although the case has not been closed in a real sense, no one should have illusions about the truth of the case. I have to say that the screenwriter’s misappropriation of the “Nanda Case” is indeed bold, and it has received very good results.

To be honest, this is the most dispensable background setting in the whole play in my opinion. If you put him in Nanjing, it can also be established. I don’t think the whole “Northeast” story background is very meaningful except for the “Dema Marshal” series. The whole country is being laid off. There have been heavy industrial factories in big cities, and there have been trains in Bengbu. Of course, there is nothing wrong with being placed in the Northeast. Many “comedy” plots are not in the Northeast. It is indeed a lot of color, but for this drama, “Northeast elements” should not be a highlight.

In addition, apart from Northeast humor, it seems that there is really no good alternative to the current design of domestic comedy plots.

To my death, I never imagined that a contemporary film and television drama could use so many works of post-rock/rock bands as episodes. Frog Pond’s live this year is definitely going well. In addition to Hippenson and Fats, there is also a post-punk band “Solid Li Kui”. I know this band because they just opened up for the Ligot Quartet last month. . It’s a decent post-powder indeed, but it’s a real shock to me to be able to do a soundtrack for a “mainstream” TV series, maybe because I’m ignorant. Of course, the entire selection is this year’s work, and there must be a request from the employer, but if it can achieve this level, it is still a pioneer in domestic dramas.

Here I refer to photography, editing, and service as team quality. The quality of these items is indeed far beyond the average quality of this year’s TV series. The transitions discussed by many people, the switching of multi-era timelines, special effects including props, took a lot of effort and money. Of course, these burning money can be obtained, but burning money alone is absolutely impossible.

It can be seen that the investor has indeed given very generous financial/resource support Only by fully trusting the director team can we come up with such a high-quality work. Some traces of the game can still be seen: the selected songs are almost all current pop bands, so it is natural to expect a part of resource replacement, but at the same time the director can have part of the freedom to choose; the same is true for the choice of actors, the director is not completely free The right to speak.

Any commercial film and television work will have a trade-off between artistry and commerciality.

In fact, the final season of “Better Call Saul” is a very “fairy tale” example. The management let you complete a final chapter that can be said to be close to performance art regardless of the cost. I understand that part of the reason is out of trust in the entire team. and thanks.

So it is quite gratifying to see similar situations happening in China. If more high-quality teams appear and burn the money well, it will be a happy thing for domestic audiences.

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