"In all fairness, I can't actually see your acting skills in this movie!"

"What?" Brother Hu, who had just relaxed, was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and he instantly exploded: "Why?"

Ding Cheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Of course, it's not that you have a bad performance, it's not that you don't have acting skills, and even the actors are not to blame." In my opinion, this film is not a container that can accept the acting skills of the actors. ”

Seeing that the other party was confused, he analyzed: "The director and the cinematographer show an almost paranoid use of light and shadow, and each shot is a meticulously crafted exhibition display driven by perfectionism." ”

Although it reflects his strong desire for control, under such a dictatorship, the actor has little room to play. ”

Ding Cheng said with a serious face: "The beautiful name is called an actor, but it is more like a chess piece placed by the director to achieve a certain purpose, that is, the model in the movie that Bresson said." The effect of the show is said to be for hunting, dressing up as a prey, making it easy to approach, and protecting itself from detection. ”

"For example, the so-called wild goose pond created in the movie is the main place where the plot takes place, and most of the time it is at night, right?"

"Enclosed in an enclosed area that dulls the senses, with low light, dilapidated, pitch black, and full of shackles, it is difficult for the actors to perform in such an environment, and it is difficult for them to perform only by sound and movement, relying on instinct to act, no different from an illuminated animal......"

"It's a man, and it's a trapped beast. ”

"I've worked with Gui Lunmei, and I haven't even seen her acting skills, because under the director's extremely stylized audiovisual language, the audience's attention will not fall on the actors' acting skills. ”

"The damp rainy nights, the loud ambient sounds, the neon glow, the whole space becomes thick, dirty, and dark...... The passage of time has also slowed down. ”

"The factors outside of these characters are infinitely magnified, and the only thing that the actors can give back to the audience is body language, even the lines are very few, and micro-expressions are not omnipotent!"

Seeing that Brother Hu was thoughtful, he continued: "What are you doing most of the time in the movie? Running...... In the ...... of resistance In the ...... of the shooting, Riding a motorcycle...... Bandaging the wound alone ......"

"Even the picture of holding a gun gives you a first-person perspective, and you can't even see your expression. ”

"A lot of times the camera even abandons the actors altogether and turns to your shadows?"

"Maybe in the director's opinion, because in the dark night, the shadow is a more expressive existence than the real person?"

"You're right!" Brother Hu muttered to himself: "This approach is exactly what the director wants, and he often says on the set: I don't want the actor to have too many psychological things, as long as the action is presented." ”

Ding Cheng nodded and said: "Going back to the story of this movie, I don't think the director's mind is on portraying the characters." ”

"A man who has been hiding from his family for a long time, regardless of his wife and children, has embarked on the road of escape after accidentally killing people. Unexpectedly learned that his bounty was as high as 300,000, so he came up with a plan: let his wife report him, and then leave the money to his family?

"Isn't the character's motivation too arbitrary?"

"This ......" Brother Hu was taken aback, recalling that the director once said that the original intention of creation was an accident?

"It's just a story, superficial, with no desire to tell it on a deeper level. It may involve the self-expression of some directors, such as the tragic process of realizing the self-worth of marginalized people, or the sense of powerless fatalism, as well as the natural distrust and mutual betrayal ...... among people at the bottom."

"But the weakness of the story makes the stylized audio-visual language a burden, and I only have eight words after reading it......"

"More than showing off skills, not enough emotions!"

Ding Cheng took a sip of tea and said that this would make Brother Hu think calmly, and shared: "This script is a bit similar to the Yellow Sea, but the background is a little different. ”

Although the entry point is all the little people at the bottom, the former is caught between two countries, and even the historical hatred that has never been in touch with each other, and that natural pathos can be felt by the audience at the beginning. ”

Then there is the motivation of the characters, Huang Hai is desperate for an obsession, from the first step into South Korea, the whole environment is dangerous for him, no one will help him, like a beast in a desperate situation, can only struggle desperately. ”

"Speaking of the scene in the mountains," Ding Cheng said with a smile: "What I play is only one aspect, and more importantly, the oppression of the environment, I am a foreigner, in a foreign country, in the face ......of an unfamiliar environment, the sense of substitution is naturally not something you can understand when filming in China." ”

I see!

Brother Hu was like an initiation, and he instantly understood a lot.

"So what I appreciate about this work is not the story, nor the performances of the actors, but the restoration of the market rooted in the soil of magicalism under the strong audiovisual language. ”

From "Fireworks in the Day" to "The Party at the Southern Station", the director has once again built a run-down, dangerous, and romantic town. ”

"Although the film is realistic, the sense of absurdity in it is almost everywhere, not just a simple list of symbols or critical consciousness, it seems that it is all about daily life. ”

"Those who dance in fluorescent shoes square dance look like fireflies scattered in the dark......"

"The pink color of the advertising sign fills the room......"

"Violence can come from any person, any ordinary food, and it can come so suddenly that it can't be prevented......"

"A dagger is hidden in a pile of bills, an umbrella can be a sharp blade, a motorcycle's U-lock can be a weapon, and even a forklift can be a guillotine......"

"Cramped streets, old residential buildings, lascivious and vulgar hotels, and an underground world with a clear division of labor......"

"And it's real!"

Ding Cheng agreed: "While presenting these urban low-level spaces, we always focus on people and pay attention to the changes of people in these spaces. The various states of living beings in this series all point to the loneliness and aphasia of people in this era. ”

"I love these ......"

"It's not the plot and acting!"

Brother Hu sighed and looked at Ding Cheng, he hadn't seen him for two years, and the other party was no longer a person from the same world as himself!

is not only acting, but also thinking and vision, it is no exaggeration to say that even the director himself understands what is needed?

Ding Cheng waved his hand and concluded: "So you ask me why the box office can't go up?"

"Your so-called neo-noir film is fundamentally different from crime genre films, if the audience wants to watch a thrilling scene, the tension and excitement of the police and bandits fighting each other, then they can directly withdraw. ”

"Got it?"

"Understood!" Brother Hu nodded, was silent for a moment, and still asked, "What is my acting skills?"

"It's a bit hard!" Ding Cheng commented seriously: "Compared with Wan Qian and Liao Fan, you can still see the traces of acting!"

Seeing that the other party was a little painful and confused, Ding Cheng was ruthless and said: "The details are still not enough, such as dialects, compared to other people's fluency and naturalness, yours is still too deliberate." ”

"There's still a lot to ponder!"

"Hey......"

"Lao Tie is pierced in the heart!"

Brother Hu sighed, took a sip of tea, and finally relaxed, looked at Ding Cheng and scolded with a smile: "It's too ruthless, right?"