What kind of movie is Sweet Honey as a whole?

"Sweet Honey" is a microcosm of the downstream soul in the background of the great era before Hong Kong's return, and it is an excellent work describing bitter love and the fate of the world. This is the vagrant life of new immigrants in Hong Kong at the end of the 20th century, which was described by director Chen Kexin on the occasion of Hong Kong's return. Teresa Teng's song "Sweet Honey" runs through it, and the English name "Comrades are almost a love story" means "basically a love story between friends".

Why is there a movie "Sweet Honey"? Because of an idea about fate prediction.

The film began to show March 1, 1986 train arrival time. This is the time and place when the two protagonists meet for the first time, and the secret is revealed at the end of the film. Chen Kexin originally wanted to make this film because of an idea. If two people knew each other a long time ago and had such an encounter, then this encounter is a preview of the fate of two people in their future communication. The sweet story is derived from this concept.

Why did the clip of 1986 use black and white overexposure photography? In order to highlight the sense of time and ambiguous effect.

1986 the director chose to use black and white scenes to deal with it, obviously to highlight the sense of time. At that time, photographer Ma Chucheng used overexposure in some black and white photos. He used these overexposures to create an ambiguity in the film, suggesting the uncertainty of fate. Is it a happy ending? Or a sad story? Is unknown and confusing.

Why did you come to Du Kefeng as an English teacher?

It has been reported that Du Kefeng played a foreigner who taught English for free in Hong Kong. Why did he ask Du Kefeng? It is said that it was difficult for Chen Kexin to find a foreigner who could perform so well in Hong Kong. Although there were foreigners in many martial arts films in Hong Kong at that time, they only knew martial arts but could not act, and the role of Du Kefeng as an asshole was still very close to his temperament. Du Kefeng came to Hongkong from Australia to make a living, but he was not invited by the director Yang Dechang to ask him if he could become a feature film photographer, so as to become a film photographer. But because of Maggie Cheung, he starred in Sweet Honey. At that time, he was a photographer and was famous for his infatuation with Maggie Cheung. He made this play to chase after Maggie Cheung.

The scene of "learning English" shows director Chen Kexin's scheduling ability. From TV to the classroom, and then to the outside of the classroom, everyone's movements and the noise inside and outside the classroom are rhythmic, and Du Kefeng's teaching is as rhythmic as conducting.

Why is this movie a textbook? Because there are almost no waste lenses.

A lot of processing in the film is very direct, and the meaning is expressed directly through the lens, which can almost be described by the word clean. For a new director or film writer, the lens handling of this film is worth learning, so it can be called a "textbook-style" film. The scene of Li Qiao and Li Xiaojun breaking up for the second time is very classic. Li Qiao wanted to break up with Brother Bao and ran to the dock. The director's handling here gives everyone the feeling that Li Qiao is really just going to return something, and she will definitely come back. She even turned around step by step. This is the design. Coupled with Li Xiaojun's smile, she seems to be full of confidence, which is misleading the audience. She will definitely come back.