Chapter 880: The Quiet Premiere
"The Grandmaster" should be the most awkward movie after Meng Qingzhou started again. At least for Ning Hao and Zixuan, who have already seen his works, they all have this feeling;
"Director Meng, why do I think you are not very excited?" Huang Bo stared at the light host Liu Yan who had just walked in after walking the red carpet, and said with a stingy look on his face;
"What's the excitement about the premiere? I haven't done it before?"
"Hey, this is such a big scale!"
The grandson suddenly sighed, which made Xu Zheng and Lei Jiaying look at him inexplicably;
Meng Qingzhou was thinking about Wang Jiawei. "The Grandmaster" was considered the last masterpiece of King of Sunglasses, but it still had mixed reviews;
The Wang family is not sure that they are extremely talented.
But if you really want to say that he is a top director, it must be an over-profit.
He has no scripts when filming, not because he is a genius. He knows everything clearly and naturally does not need scripts. He is really not sure what he is going to film, so he has no scripts.
He spent a lot of energy and time filming a person's scenes, and the final film was cut for no more than a second, which itself shows that the director was confused about the direction of the entire plot when filming.
He asked the actor to repeat it over and over again, but couldn't tell why, not because he was not satisfied, but because he didn't know what he wanted.
He doesn't know what he wants, so how could he direct an actor?
So the actor can only start over and over again. Every time the actor is asked to perform in a different way, what he does is to collect enough materials and then select one according to the final needs when editing.
One shot was taken more than 40 times, and the first version was selected during the final editing. This is not too much in the Wang Jiawei movie.
So I think Liang Jiahui has seen him the most thoroughly. Liang Jiahui saw that the Wang family did not look straight, and he would not flatter or flatter any big director with unique vision and nowhere to be better than us.
Liang Jiahui said it very directly. Wang Jiawei didn’t know what to shoot, but was just wasting time.
In Liang Jiahui's interview, this is what he said:
The Wang family has been in Hong Kong for a long time and has been depressed in the shed. They even asked a Korean press team to shoot a documentary.
Wang Jiawei is a very good at publicity. Everyone thinks he is very tasteful and has a great truth.
I described him at that time. If you were a photographer, you would ask me to take photos today. If you asked me to pick one of 100,000 photos a day, you wouldn’t be able to pick one out?
If you can’t even pick one of 100,000 photos, what kind of photographer are you?
In one shot, my highest record is 49 take, and Liang Chaowei has more than 60 take, but in the end he used the first take, didn’t he waste our youth and waste our time?
I don’t tell you how to act. “Is this OK?” “Do it again.” I did this more than a dozen times. After that, he used the first one. Do you think you are angry or not?
But I won't turn against him, I have no mood or time at all. I'll have the next set after finishing the filming.
Wang Jiawei only has the only picture to tell stories, cheat money, cheat the boss’s money, cheat the boss’s time, and cheat the actors.
He has a great mouth, no matter what he cheats, everyone will cheat! We joked that he is a big liar!
In fact, many mainland directors have always praised and criticized Wang Jiawei's level, and many people believe that the national teacher's level is more than one level higher than his;
Because Lao Touzi's ability to discover new people and cultivate new people is top-notch;
There is a saying in the film and television industry. I forgot specifically. It probably means that the movie is the most famous, which does not mean that the movie is the most professional, but that the movie actors are the most professional. Tang Wei is an example.
Movies are the art of directors. Movies can be edited and can be used for many post-production methods. Therefore, as long as you are a good director, you can also produce good results when shooting ordinary actors.
Many big directors like to find young actors who are not famous to film. One is to like amateurs’ aura, and the other is to like amateurs’ obedience and many schedules.
For example, Zhang Yimou discovered Zhou Dongyu and went directly to the big screen, becoming the highest-end movie star. This does not mean that Zhou Dongyu's acting skills were very good at that time...
Zhang Yimou said that she could just let her play freely in front of the camera. If she took an hour of shooting, she would always cut out dozens of seconds of wonderful things.
Li An discovered Tang Wei as well. He said in a very gentle tone in the interview: Tang Wei, like Wang Lihong, can’t act at all.
The Wang family has no timidity. He doesn't dare to use newcomers, but uses celebrities or even superstars as Zhou Dongyu in his amateur age...
As celebrities' income increases and business opportunities increase, this method of production is no longer applicable today.
On the other hand, the answer is right, the current actors are not qualified.
The reason for lack of style is that the current media methods and star-making logic have changed. In film and television dramas, the public likes approachable funny people rather than unruly superstars.
Jay Chou is one of the last group of superstars. When he first debuted, he was also a stellar route. After 2010, he also changed to be funny, while Xie Tingfeng turned into a warm man...
The new generation of young and handsome guys have all kinds of mother fans. It is indeed difficult to show their melancholy style when facing mothers.
One of Wang’s favorite female characters: Maggie Cheung, who now has no such character among the first-line actresses;
"Hey, Lao Meng, it's time to go in." Mimi, who loves walking on the red carpet the most, gave up this opportunity today. She dressed like an urban elite and was always by Lao Meng's side;
"My sister is staring at me, don't worry, where are Zixuan and the others?"
"I've been in a long time ago, Reba and Xiaoyuan Face are both beautiful and are on the red carpet!"
"Haha, if you like it, let them go. Have you forgotten how many years ago you were talking about walking the red carpet every day?"
This is considered to be Boss Yang's dark history. He glared at Lao Meng in a hidden way and went to the door to wait for Reba and the others;
There are many guests coming tonight. The cast of "The Grandmaster" plus the directorial strength that Meng Qingzhou can trust, and the popularity of Donnie Yen's series, many film critics and academics also want to know the difference between the two movies;
At 7:30, the movie was officially screened;
The fierce fighting in the rain at the beginning made the professionals in the audience very excited;
"As a famous scholar, I didn't expect that Meng Qingzhou could take pictures so smoothly and freehand!"
Jiang Wen and Chen Kaige sat next to each other, and the opening of the show in just five minutes gave him a desire to watch the movie;
Everyone watched it very quietly, as if only tranquility could enjoy the fun of watching the movie and experience the helplessness and bleakness in the movie;
As the movie ended nearly two hours ago, Meng Qingzhou and the main creators came on stage, and then warm applause came from the audience;
At the same time, there were several major domestic directors, Lao Mouzi, Kai Ge, Jiang Wen, Ning Hao, and Feng Dapao;
"Thank you, thank you everyone!"
Dou Wentao was on the interview mission, which was his first appearance after leaving Phoenix TV;
"Director Meng, at the end of the movie, I couldn't hear many experts in the industry saying that this movie is completely different from the style of your previous works, so why did there be such a big change?"
"What kind of style do I have? I just want to shoot this story. And I would like to thank Mr. Xu Haofeng for his special thanks to him. Without the creativity he provided, "The Grandmaster" would not have been released so soon!"
"Do you think that in the movie, several starring actors fulfilled your requirements for them?"
"It's very perfect. Whether it's Wei Zai's Ip Man, Ziyi's Gong Ruomei, as well as Teacher Wu Gang, Zhang Zhen, and Mr. Ren Dahua, their performances far exceeded my expectations!"
After a few simple questions about the actors, the highlight of this evening came;
"Director Chen, what do you think of Director Meng's movie?"
Chen Kaige leaned against the chair, held the microphone and thought for a while before saying;
"The movie is wonderful, and to be honest, I didn't expect Director Meng to be so tolerant, tolerant and moving, and the director's mind and perseverance in his mind. This kind of persistence is thin, simplicity, eyes, dialogue, and of course, it is also in every move, especially in that button."
"Especially at the end of the movie, Gong Er had passed away. In his later years, Ip Man kept recalling Gong Er, and then he had a brief moment of action. Ip Man did go to the Northeast and wandered around the door of the Gong family, wearing the robe he said he had not had time to put on. This brief moment was the affection between him and Gong Er, and it was also the turn that the two masters chose to choose."
"In this movie, people sighed at the calmness of Director Meng's handling in the early stage, people felt the forbearance of the characters in the middle stage, and finally moved the protagonist's will and perseverance."
"That sentence that never forgets will echo, and it is about love that does not need to be said, you cannot see each other again, and you will never give up. To put it in a big way, it is also the martial arts world, the master's hardship, vast and evergreen belief."
Jiang Wenlai was extremely direct, and he praised Zhang Ziyi's performance in his words, and said bluntly that Liang Chaowei's performance was not as good as Ziyi;
In fact, in all the film reviews on the next day, the one-sided people praised Zhang Ziyi's superb acting skills in "The Grandmaster";
Poor Gong Er, she became as successful as a fairy in the sky, and was defeated by the high place and was invincible.
The reputation of her mother's family, her stubbornness, and her choice of single-minded marriage made her try to make the girl's generation a soft light.
So, Gong Er found that he had not had much life, so he went to confess to Ip Man. But Ip Man replied to the face of playing cards, which extended to the psychological description: I just wanted to learn business with her, and she insisted on having feelings for me. Besides being able to pretend to be stupid, what else can I do? Besides, I am a wife...
Gong Er is a smart woman with Bingxue. Before she died, Fuxing asked her to pass a message to Ye Wen: "I have known each other for most of my life, you don't know me, I don't know you."
What does it mean?
That is, you never know why I, Gong Er, liked you, I already know that you don’t like me. Unfortunately, I thought I could get to your heart, but I thought too much...
With the excellent quality of the entire crew, her performance is very restrained, touching and gradually getting better.
She is not as good as I thought in the play, but it is only 95% and 100% different. Her temperament is very unique, I don’t know if it is because she has learned dance or the director’s craftsmanship.
I saw her perfection before, almost despairing at her. "The Grandmaster" is a turnaround in her performance, which well interprets the feeling that simplicity is beauty.
The whole movie has a unique rhythm. The impressive scenes include her and Liang Chaowei sitting opposite each other before the competition, and the row of women behind them resemble a famous oil painting.
There were two people looking at each other in the air, with only one centimeter between their noses. At that time, she thought that this was not a war. In the end, she was doing boxing alone outdoors when it was snowing, enjoying the happiness of the moment.
Zhang Zi is so suitable for the role of Gong Ruomei because her brute force just fits Gong Er. They all have a twisted temperament that wants to reason with unreasonable fate.
Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's camera is also, Qiu Ju, "my grandma", Feng Wanyu in the return, it's useless to tell them that "the world is like this", they only recognize the truth in their hearts.
People with brute force usually have no big picture. So Ip Man can say "In fact, the world is more important than the north and south. It is equivalent to being self-confidence" in this kind of CPPCC member-style speech. Gong Er would only raise his head and ask her father, "The Gong family has no defeat, and you are here again, why should he stand out?"
So Gong Er fought to take revenge. He retreated, followed the way, took back the Gong family's things, and fell ill. Her life was standard peak type, with the highest point being revenge (it has nothing to do with Ip Man), and then she burst into trouble, and was dragging her life to live.
She is so stubborn, asking whether it is worth it is abrupt.
In her last meeting with Ip Man, Ip Man was thinking about the 64th hand of the Gong family. He was still thinking about the "martial arts world" and regardless of whether the political situation could be concentrating on the competition. Unfortunately, Gong Er did not want to lower his eyes to see all living beings, and she lived in her own grudges.
But this is the awkward and awesome thing about this movie. In the big picture, Ip Man, who reorganized the mountains and rivers and waited for the back mountain, was not as good as Gong Er, who had no desire to survive, was touching.
This is how those with brute force are like a brush, flushing out all the virtues of adults such as decent, restraint, and tacit understanding without saying anything, and presenting your firm thoughts directly to you.
"Forty years, the country, three thousand miles of mountains and rivers." Whether it is the coat to go to the northeast or the button that may have been rubbed and covered with slurry, there is no word that is almost troubled - it is just troublesome, she knows that there is not much time, so she doesn't give Ye Wen the chance to dodge - there is no word that "I have you in my heart" that can hit people's hearts.
The peaceful and generous "reunion of old friends" in Ip Man's expectation was shocked by her sentence "I have had you in my heart". She did not allow him to pretend to be confused, she didn't mind that he laughed at her stubbornness, nor did she care about the inheritance of martial arts. Faced with Ip Man's regret for the 64th hand of the Gong family, her answer was almost provocative - "We have seen few things that have disappeared for thousands of years, so why can't the Gong family be defeated?"
Life is impermanent, and there is really nothing to regret. This is really something that only people with too high talent can say. You think it's a pity that she won't marry for the rest of her life, and it's a pity that she has lingered in her illness after revenge. This is because we ordinary people have limited qualifications, so we feel that every genius needs to be used for the best, just like poor people always feel that they are better at managing accounts than wealthy accountants and spend every penny more properly.
"It's a pity" is a very utilitarian word. No one in the world "should" live like what kind of life.
Gong Ruomei is very much like a silver needle. It is so sharp and cannot be rotated. The needle can only be used once in a lifetime. She used it on the most unprofitable revenge. But there is nothing to be a pity, talent, status, and carefree life... all ended abruptly. "The most rush to leave the temple day, and the Jiaofang played the farewell song solo."
But even if you have lived with such a pessimistic attitude, you still can't help but sigh. On a southern night, you can't help but say to someone who knows that you won't respond positively:
"I have you in my heart."
Chapter completed!