Chapter 687, "Infernal Affairs"!
After purchasing the skill book, Li Zhifan immediately chose to use it.
Although there is a plug-in, this is just a cornerstone, when it comes to acting, it has to be your own feeling that is the most important, and sometimes temporary play can add a lot to the movie.
Instead, he read according to the script, and may have lost the unique temperament that Li Zhifan has.
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Hong kong.
Wen Hao's turmoil has not subsided, and a new style has blown in the entertainment industry.
And the leader of the turmoil is Liao Feng.
On an artist's salon.
"Director Liao has been in frequent contact with a large number of actors recently, is he going to make a new film again?"
"Really? I haven't heard of it, what's the matter, looking for you?"
"Haha, how could Director Liao Da fall in love with a young actor like me, I think you have a chance!"
"Director Liao's plays are famous for their men's plays, and there are probably very few female roles. ”
"But one of them is red, isn't it?"
"That's right!"
……
In a brokerage company established by a certain king.
"Did you hear about it? Liao Feng came to find our boss!"
"I've also heard about it, is this the rhythm of filming with our boss?"
"Wow, it would be great if the boss could star and bring a resource from the company with him!"
"If there is this opportunity, I must fight for it!"
"Yes, you are very promising, but you can't play the villain, unlike me, you can play both positive and negative. ”
"Who said that? I've played a lot of villains. ”
"Then it has to be eye-catching, it's not that I haven't acted before. ”
"Okay, you guy, it's superficial!"
"Hehe, you are the same! I heard the news a long time ago, so I told you first!"
"Each other, each other!"
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A restaurant.
"Old Deng is here!"
"Haha, I talked to Director Liao for too long and was too engaged, and I almost delayed our party!"
"It's okay, work matters. Why, Liao Feng is looking for you...... Going to start a new show?"
"Haha, don't guess!"
"Is it true? I've heard a lot of people in the circle say it!"
"Well, it's true, but it's not decided yet! It's just a brief touch, and I don't even know what type of drama it is. ”
"Liao Yingpin, it must be a fine product! What are you hesitating about!"
"It's not me who hesitates, it's Director Liao who hesitates, the choice is not in my hands!"
"It's also ......"
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Liao Feng has contacted too many actors this time, all of them are superstars on the front line of Xiangjiang, but the more superstars like this, the more shocking the city will be if there is a slight disturbance.
Now I am afraid that the whole Xiangjiang performing arts industry knows that Liao Feng may be going to make a new movie.
But looking at Liao Feng's movies for so many years, he has never looked for actors like this once, and every time he filmed, he basically thought about who he wanted to play, instead of talking to the actors one by one.
In fact, this is equivalent to an interview, and Liao Feng is the interviewer.
The boss behind the scenes is not him, but Li Zhifan.
Of course, Liao Feng will not only serve as an interview this time, he will also serve as the executive producer and art director of "Infernal Affairs".
Li Zhifan, who is far away in the capital, has successively received information from Liao Feng, all of which are actor information that Liao Feng thinks is okay after the interview.
Some of these actors are nearly sixty years old, and some are newcomers who have just debuted but their acting skills have been recognized.
Li Zhifan's next job is to select suitable candidates from this pile of information.
Although some Xiangjiang actors have rich qualifications, some have long been sharpened by frequent bad movies, and they are not suitable for appearing in this movie at all, but some still maintain their own characteristics and temperament, such as Zeng Yuanjiang, he is a changeable actor, who can converge on his comedy style in one second, and release the laughing fruit in one second.
There are also many actors in Xiangjiang, all of whom can be used, and with Liao Feng here, they can ensure their full cooperation.
In addition, mainland actors are also a must, and they must account for a large proportion.
Although most of them may be some supporting roles, the two protagonists, Liu Jianming and Chen Yongren, will be mainland actors.
Li Zhifan has already determined that he wants to play Chen Yongren, so the attribution of Liu Jianming's role has also become a difficult problem for him to consider.
The entire three parts of "Infernal Affairs" revolve around Liu Jianming's story, and Chen Yongren is the motivation to advance the story, so Liu Jianming's choice for the role is very difficult, not only to be brilliant, but also to be both good and evil.
First of all, the first major theme of the movie is to talk about Infernal Hell, and in this major theme, Liu Jianming is the most typical representative.
In the first part, Officer Huang was trapped in the elevator, Chen Yongren died in the elevator, and Liu Jianming came out of the elevator. The third elevator that began to gradually descend, Liu Jianming still appeared in the elevator.
The elevator is a tool to get to and from the Infernal Hell, and everyone is in the Infernal Hell.
In this hell, everything seems to survive or die so suddenly, and life or death is not up to you.
Wong Chi-shing, Chan Wing-yan, Han Chen, Yeung Kam-wing, Luk Kai-cheong, Chan Jun...... None of them wanted to die, but they all died very unexpectedly, but Liu Jianming, the only one who wanted to die in his heart, but he didn't die.
The second is good and evil.
"Infernal Affairs" is the most unique, and the difference between it and ordinary police and bandit Hong Kong films is probably the depth of good and evil.
Almost everyone in the Infernal Hell has a different good, evil, and identity from what they seem.
In other words, some people's superficial identity, real identity, inner identity want to become, and even the identification of self-good and evil, there are disagreements.
The most typical is Liu Jianming.
The role of Liu Jianming is the one that best embodies the three words "Infernal Affairs" in the whole movie.
Basically all major events have Liu Jianming's direct involvement.
Kill Ni Kun, kill Han Chen's wife, kill Han Chen, witness Chen Yongren's death, kill Yang Jinrong, commit suicide, all the cases are over.
However, Liu Jianming is a very poor person.
Because he solves every case and arrests everyone, he seems to be righteous, but in fact, he knows in his heart that he is not a good person. This kind of conflict and even negation of one's own behavior and thoughts eventually leads to the complete collapse of one's own good and evil identification.
If such a question is asked, once a person becomes a bad person, does he still have a chance to become a good person?
So this problem is undoubtedly very desperate for Liu Jianming.
When he went undercover in the police station and did all kinds of bad things, everyone thought he was a good guy.
And when he told others that he wanted to be a good person, no one gave him a chance.
When he first came out to mix, he followed Han Chen, entered the police academy, became a policeman, and gradually climbed up, but from the Intelligence Section, the Serious Crime Team to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after getting bigger and bigger and even killing Han Chen, Liu Jianming could no longer bear the established fact that he was still a bad person.
On the one hand, it is for his own safety and needs to be cleared, but at a deeper level, Liu Jianming is not satisfied with being a good person on the surface, he wants to jump out of the infernal hell.
But the more he wanted to get out, the deeper he sank, and the more he wanted to get close to the good guys, the farther he got away.
Therefore, he undoubtedly fell into the deepest part of the Infernal Hell.
At the beginning, he worked for Han Chen, but he fell in love with Han Chen's wife but couldn't get her, and in the end he could only kill her, and he had no way out.
After that, he thought that he could clear his name by killing Han Chen and finding Lin Guoping as a scapegoat, but he was told that there were still a few undercover agents in the police station.
Finally, all the undercover agents except Yang Jinrong died, and they fought wits and courage with Yang Jinrong, but in the end, they were schizophrenic, killed Yang Jinrong, attempted suicide, and suffered infinitely.
Liu Jianming's words are the most:
"I want to be a good person!"
"Scared you?
From the beginning of meeting Mary to being shot to death by Mary in the end, this ending was not cruel, but on the contrary, he was relieved, freed Liu Jianming, who was deeply trapped, and ended this outright "Infernal Affairs" tragic character.
"Infernal Affairs" is a film with a deep meaning, especially the third part that is abrupt for most people, and its significance is far beyond the level of police and bandit films.
Some people may think it's ridiculous, but this is the real intention and connotation of the third part, if you don't see this level, you will definitely feel that Shen Cheng and the mainland public security that appear in the third part are a snake to add to the picture, if you see the pictures in those teams, the photos of the "Queen of England" that appear from time to time will immediately be the director's intention.
There are also red books on Ni Yongxiao's bookshelf, which shows that he has a certain connection with the mainland, but the Interpol who appeared wanted to put him to death, and the British who wanted to make the Ni family completely disappear in Xiangjiang did not want him to take his family's relationship in Southeast Asia to join China, and chose Han Chen as the new agent of the Southeast Asian gangsters in Hong Kong, and the mainland police joined forces with Superintendent Liang to dig a pit for Han Chen, and did not allow Huang Zhicheng to meddle in the arms case, which also has a deep meaning, looking at the fact that there were so many underworlds in Xiangjiang at that time, the mainland chose to play arms with Han Shen, why did the mainland only target him alone?
Since it was decided to make the first and third parts, it was necessary to make a painstaking adaptation on the third part.
The first is to eliminate the "standardism" idea in the original film, and be more positive about the characters in the middle, even if it is the underworld, it must be like Louis Koo in "Underworld 2 is Precious to Peace", otherwise it will be a big problem for the mainland to pass the trial.
The second is the overall feeling of the movie, to meet the standards of the mainland, the first part has no need to worry, because there are two endings in itself, and the changes do not affect the excitement, but the ending of the mainland screening is less embarrassing and compassionate.
In fact, throughout the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy, the most harmless is the second part, the inner struggle and psychological transformation of each character are vividly displayed, and the manager paves the way to the final explosion, completely conveying the concept of "Infernal Hell", and there is nothing to touch the red line.
After getting bigger and bigger and even killing Han Chen, Liu Jianming could no longer bear the established fact that he was still a bad person.
On the one hand, it is for his own safety and needs to be cleared, but at a deeper level, Liu Jianming is not satisfied with being a good person on the surface, he wants to jump out of the infernal hell.
But the more he wanted to get out, the deeper he sank, and the more he wanted to get close to the good guys, the farther he got away.
Therefore, he undoubtedly fell into the deepest part of the Infernal Hell.
At the beginning, he worked for Han Chen, but he fell in love with Han Chen's wife but couldn't get her, and in the end he could only kill her, and he had no way out.
After that, he thought that he could clear his name by killing Han Chen and finding Lin Guoping as a scapegoat, but he was told that there were still a few undercover agents in the police station.
Finally, all the undercover agents except Yang Jinrong died, and they fought wits and courage with Yang Jinrong, but in the end, they were schizophrenic, killed Yang Jinrong, attempted suicide, and suffered infinitely.
Liu Jianming's words are the most:
"I want to be a good person!"
"Scared you?
From the beginning of meeting Mary to being shot to death by Mary in the end, this ending was not cruel, but on the contrary, he was relieved, freed Liu Jianming, who was deeply trapped, and ended this outright "Infernal Affairs" tragic character.
"Infernal Affairs" is a film with a deep meaning, especially the third part that is abrupt for most people, and its significance is far beyond the level of police and bandit films.
Some people may think it's ridiculous, but this is the real intention and connotation of the third part, if you don't see this level, you will definitely feel that Shen Cheng and the mainland public security that appear in the third part are a snake to add to the picture, if you see the pictures in those teams, the photos of the "Queen of England" that appear from time to time will immediately be the director's intention.
There are also red books on Ni Yongxiao's bookshelf, which shows that he has a certain connection with the mainland, but the Interpol who appeared wanted to put him to death, and the British who wanted to make the Ni family completely disappear in Xiangjiang did not want him to take his family's relationship in Southeast Asia to join China, and chose Han Chen as the new agent of the Southeast Asian gangsters in Hong Kong, and the mainland police joined forces with Superintendent Liang to dig a pit for Han Chen, and did not allow Huang Zhicheng to meddle in the arms case, which also has a deep meaning, looking at the fact that there were so many underworlds in Xiangjiang at that time, the mainland chose to play arms with Han Shen, why did the mainland only target him alone?
Since it was decided to make the first and third parts, it was necessary to make a painstaking adaptation on the third part.
The first is to eliminate the "standardism" idea in the original film, and be more positive about the characters in the middle, even if it is the underworld, it must be like Louis Koo in "Underworld 2 is Precious to Peace", otherwise it will be a big problem for the mainland to pass the trial.
The second is the overall feeling of the movie, to meet the standards of the mainland, the first part has no need to worry, because there are two endings in itself, and the changes do not affect the excitement, but the ending of the mainland screening is less embarrassing and compassionate.
In fact, throughout the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy, the most harmless is the second part, the inner struggle and psychological transformation of each character are vividly displayed, and the manager paves the way to the final explosion, completely conveying the concept of "Infernal Hell", and there is nothing to touch the red line.