"snow labyrinth" has come to an end. what is the response to zhang yimou's debut web drama?
2024-09-21
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last night, "snow labyrinth" ushered in the finale. this northeast suspense drama produced by zhang yimou, directed by lu xing, and starring huang jingyu, zhang yu, wang ziqi and others won the national ratings championship in the same period on the first day of its broadcast on cctv. in the end, it also won the popularity of over 10,000 on youku, and ranked first in the popularity list of suspense dramas, drug-trafficking dramas, and satellite tv dramas. after "the undocumented crime" and "the long season", the category of northeast suspense dramas has become a golden signboard in the minds of the audience. on youku, "snow labyrinth" is the successor to the highly acclaimed suspense drama "bianshui past" produced by cao baoping. with such a good example, how did it win the hearts of the audience?
unique film texture
the play tells the story of a seemingly ordinary murder case in the northeastern city of halan at the end of 1997, which implicated a hidden and cunning large-scale drug trafficking organization. in order to concentrate police forces to eradicate the crime, the halan public security bureau set up a drug control task force headed by criminal police captain zheng bei, and finally wiped out the criminal chain.
when the audience first saw the label "zhang yimou's producer", their reactions were mixed, with some expressing anticipation and others expressing skepticism. netizen "plain and profound" ultimately gave the series a high score of 9, saying, "i thought it was bad when i saw zhang yimou, after all, he hasn't made any good movies in recent years, but this one is pretty good. the opening fight was neat and tidy, the transitions were smooth, the actors didn't feel out of place, and the anti-drug theme was also very meaningful."
when it comes to "high-end smooth transitions", we have to say that it may be the unique film texture that zhang yimou, as a film creator, brought to this series. the film texture of this tv series is just right. it does not use showmanship and special effects to break the rhythm of the tv series itself and dazzle the audience. instead, the actors appear almost without makeup, plus carefully designed details, to achieve the so-called "blockbuster texture". at the beginning of the tv series, from the close-up of the watch on the hand of drug dealer song wen who was driving, to the blood-stained watch on his hand that was hanging on the window sill before his death, this transition shot is different from the "ppt-style transition" design of ordinary tv series, which made many viewers exclaim "high-end smooth". in addition, the non-linear narrative method of zheng bei and drug expert gu yiran in 1993 and 1997 in parallel gives the audience a sense of time and space confusion and suspense, which is also a more commonly used expression method in film works.
rich breath of life
the fact that it was able to "carve out a path" among many excellent predecessors and receive good responses is largely due to the untypical suspense drama style of "snow maze", which can also be seen from the discussion direction of audiences on major platforms. compared with the high-intensity analysis of the plot direction of general suspense dramas, more people in the comment section of "snow maze" focus on the daily life of the task force that reflects the unique humor of northeastern people, as well as the collision between northern criminal policeman zheng bei and southern expert gu yiran, one literary and one martial, one north and one south.
the play has put a lot of ink on character creation. although zheng bei is the core of the plot, it has to be said that the play has very detailed portrayals from the five members of the special task force, to zhang yu, who is both good and evil and whose true identity is not revealed until the end, as well as jiang yingzi, liang jiaju and others. for example, the seemingly weak zhang xueyao is the real ceiling of martial arts value, and the source of such strength is also the past of "wanting to hold an umbrella for others after being caught in the rain". there is also guodong, who seems to be a big guy but has a gentle and kind personality. xiaoguang seems to be unconvinced by anyone, but he becomes a fanboy after seeing gu yiran's true ability. these vivid presentations allow the audience to see the flesh-and-blood side of the drug police. therefore, some people say that the title "snow maze" reveals not only the cold climate characteristics of the northeast, but also the plot development of tracking down the new drug "snow angel", but also deeply reveals the complex, changeable, cold and profound human nature of the characters in the play.
in addition, the daily life with strong northeastern characteristics has also become the charm of the show to capture the audience's psychology. huang jingyu, who plays zheng bei, once said in an interview: "i can eat too much, i keep eating." the pork stewed with vermicelli when welcoming gu yiran in the play, zheng bei's parents' signature northeastern chicken rack, and the lively birthday banquet for zheng's father at the end of the story, all let the audience see the authentic northeastern fireworks through the "daily eating broadcast of the task force" while nervously solving the case. at the same time, the crew also made full use of the strong performance tension brought by the northeast dialect. in the process of rescuing his companions, zheng bei stopped the criminals with a northeast folk proverb "playing with fire and peeing on the kang", which brought the rhythm of the plot while reflecting the humorous and passionate personality of the northeastern people, which was very enjoyable to watch.
of course, the flaws of "snow labyrinth" are also obvious. the sometimes childish fighting scenes, the not-so-difficult-to-guess behind-the-scenes masterminds, and the case-solving process that cannot withstand the scrutiny of true logic-oriented audiences should have been the flaws of a suspense drama. fortunately, this drama chose to avoid the edge of the excellent predecessor, not "rolling" suspenseful reasoning, and present the story in a more stylized way. facts have proved that this choice has earned it a good report card. (xinmin evening news reporter wu xuying)
