The Golden Age of China Entertainment

Compared with Liu Xiaoqing, Jiang Wen's performance in the film is unavoidably eclipsed. He basically fails to show the characteristics of the characters. It is almost a hodgepodge of his previous roles, especially when he is walking on the street wearing a robe and a hat. , Yi Qing's feeling is that he saw the young "Li Lianying", the only thing missing was the braid.

Fortunately, there is Liu Xiaoqing at her peak, she alone is enough to support the whole movie.

The main highlight of the whole movie is the character Chuntao. In terms of plot, it is very simple. It simplifies all the branches and branches, and focuses on the main line of the story: Chuntao and Xiang Gao had a good life, but the ex-husband who broke his legs suddenly came back. Facing two men, how should Chuntao choose?

This has also become the main conflict in the story, but this kind of conflict lies not in actions, but in emotions. When Chuntao proposed that the three of them pass together, Yi Qing suddenly thought of Wang Quanan's "Tuya's Marriage". There are indeed some similarities.

However, the movie "Spring Peach" is not just to tell the story of such an unreasonable and vulgar deformed family to entertain the public, but to explore the inner cultural proposition.

The original movie was released in 1988. The upsurge of reform and opening up is stimulating the Chinese people one after another, and has had a wide and profound impact on Chinese society.

The gongs and drums of the market economy have been sounded in various places in the motherland. While people are facing the benefits brought by the economy, the traditional values ​​are like a building that is about to collapse.

Just like Chuntao in the film, people are faced with difficult and painful value choices.

On the one hand, the ex-husband who has worshiped the world and received the dragon and phoenix card represents tradition, while the other side is the lover who has lived together for three years and also loves each other, which represents love.

Chuntao's choice has gone beyond a simple choice between two men, but a choice between reason and love, tradition and modernity.

This kind of choice is undoubtedly painful, but it is unavoidable for the protagonist, because it is impossible to have both, just as it is impossible for two men and one woman to live together, it is deformed and abnormal , and at the same time, it is not permitted by society.

Chuntao’s painful choice is the same as the pain of Chinese people in the 80s when facing the transformation of modern society. On the one hand, people hope to enjoy the joy and excitement brought by the opening of the market, and on the other hand, they try their best to restore the gradually collapsing tradition. values.

This is just like what Chuntao said in the film: "I can't abandon you just because you are disabled, but I can't bear to leave him."

It is in this kind of contradiction and entanglement that people's thoughts naturally fluctuate and struggle.

However, it is worth pondering that the ex-husband, as a representative of traditional culture, is set in the film as a disabled person who lost his legs in the war, while Xiang Gao, a representative of modern culture, is not only physically strong, but also a handsome man , which undoubtedly implies a certain tendentious understanding of traditional culture and modern culture.

Especially at the end of the film, when Chuntao walks out of the door, the two ends of the alley are her ex-husband and Xiang Gao.This opposition just confirms the opposition between traditional values ​​and modern values.

However, what is interesting is that Chuntao's expressions on the two are extremely subtle and full of meaning.

When facing her ex-husband, Chuntao showed a natural and relaxed mood, but when facing Xiang Gao, she wept with joy, which undoubtedly implied a certain tendency.

Although the story leaves people with an open ending at the end, and Chuntao's choice is not clearly given, but from these details, people can also feel a strong hint and tendency.

Just like the current society, when people are in a period of social transformation, when faced with a choice between tradition and modernity, they tend to tend to be more realistic.

This proposition is a bit deeper. It is different from "Two Sons Opening a Shop", which has a little taste of social reality, and is also different from "Children of the Eight Banners", which ridicules a special period with tears. The thinking elicited by "Spring Peach" is obviously more There is depth.

Two. The issue of sex, the choice between two completely different social values, it is not that no movie has touched this part before, but most of them are light, and it has never been pierced so hard like "Spring Peach", which is directly exposed to in front of the audience.

When Yi Qing finished writing, it was already dark, but he didn't notice it at all. It has to be said that when he started writing "Children of the Eight Banners", all he wanted was to complete the task and change the camera with the script. He was really distracted by the script of "Spring Peach".

After his adaptation, the story became simpler and more direct, and the rhythm was faster. It completely abandoned the established pattern of the current film and television dramas that are more popular. When the rhythm speeds up to a certain level, it suddenly slows down. Give people a chance to breathe.

"Who do you think Chuntao can play?"

Suddenly someone behind him spoke, Yi Qing was taken aback, turned around and realized that Fu Yiwei had come back at some point, standing behind him, listening to what she said, it seemed that it had been a long time, even the whole The script is all over.

Yi Qing slowed down and separated himself from the story. There is no such thing as a madman or a life with him. Work is work and life is life. This is the correct model.

"You are not suitable!"

Of course Yi Qing could guess what Fu Yiwei meant by that question, but Fu Yiwei couldn't play the role of Chuntao. In his opinion, there are only two actresses who can handle this role in the current Chinese film industry. One is the original Liu Xiaoqing, and the other is Pan Hong. However, from the image point of view, Yi Qing still prefers Liu Xiaoqing.

"Why, how do you know I can't act?"

Fu Yiwei immediately became anxious, his eyes widened, and he was aggressive. As an actor, now he was told that he couldn't play a certain role. How could this be tolerated, especially when the person who made the judgment was her other partner? half.

"The image is not suitable, the experience is not enough, and there is not enough acting skills, so there is no way to control the character of Chuntao well!" Yi Qing was not polite, and directly explained the reasons, and finally added, "I can let Are you shirtless for others to see?"

puff!

Fu Yiwei, who was still angry after hearing Yi Qing's previous words, couldn't help laughing when he heard Yi Qing's sudden words.

"Sister Ye is right, all men are selfish!"

Yi Qing accepted this comment as a matter of course, what's wrong with men being selfish when it comes to women?This is not a very normal thing!Is it normal for the kind of person who sits behind the monitor and watches his wife and other men act in a passionate scene?

"Okay! I won't make it difficult for you, but I really like this story, but ~~~~~ Are you sure you can shoot it?"

Yi Qing looked at Fu Yiwei and said, "Anyway, I wrote it, I don't care if I can shoot it, dare to shoot it or not!"

Chapter 172 Why Are You So Awesome

"You wrote all this yesterday?"

Holding two scripts in his hand, Meng Shi looked at Yi Qing with disbelief.

Although he is not a writer, he also knows how difficult it is to create a script, which not only requires rich life experience, but also requires extremely high literary skills.

An inspiration alone would kill most playwrights.

Even with inspiration, it is still a long process to complete a mature script.

First draft, second draft, and then repeated revisions. Even after the final draft, it may not necessarily be shot according to this version, and it needs constant deliberation and research.

Beijing Film Studio has writers who are writing, and there are many well-connected playwrights. Meng Shi holds meetings with these writers almost every month. At the meeting, he can come up with a lot of ideas, and there are some who sound reliable, but No script to turn in.

Yesterday he told Yi Qing that he didn't have too much expectation when asked Yi Qing to change the camera with the script, he just thought of multiple ways, but he never expected that Yi Qing not only came with the script today, but also Brought two at once.

But it's only one day!

Two scripts were written in one day, who would have believed it if they hadn't encountered it in person.

The last time Yi Qing and Chen Xiaoer came over together, when Chen Xiaoer said that Yi Qing wrote a script in one night, Meng Shi didn't really believe it, but now he couldn't tolerate it.

It can be seen from the manuscript paper and the handwriting on it that it is newly written.

But how could he be so awesome!

"Director Meng, isn't the script in your hands?"

Meng Shi was startled, and smiled embarrassingly: "Xiao Yi, sit down first, and I'll take a look."

The script has been obtained, but the quality still needs to be carefully studied. What if Yi Qing casually creates a script to fool things in order to borrow the camera smoothly.

You have to look carefully!

Yi Qing naturally knew what Meng Shi was thinking, but it was only natural for him to inspect the goods.

Meng Shi first picked up "Children of the Eight Banners", and he was very interested just by looking at the title.

I have also filmed a lot of period dramas in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, such as "Tea House" adapted from Mr. Lao She's original work, and "Shen Whip", both of which are good works.

Meng Shi was very curious about what kind of story this brat Yi Qing could write.