At the end of March, Italian filmmaker Mark Muller came to the capital, and Lin Zixuan and Jiang Wen entertained him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This person has lived in China for several years, and there is no barrier in language and life, and the snacks in the capital are very much to his appetite.

He came this time not only to see the filming process of "Spring in a Small Town", but also to understand the current situation of the Chinese film industry and the films being shot by famous directors in China.

If these films meet the selection requirements of the Venice Film Festival, he will recommend them to the organizing committee of the festival.

During his stay in Beijing, Mark Muller would communicate with domestic filmmakers, including Zhang Yimou and others.

He was very interested in the new film that Jiang Wen was preparing, and spent time reading the first draft of "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", and was deeply touched by the survival power of the individuals in the story in the face of social tribulations.

Xu Sanguan is not a hero in the traditional sense, but a small person with various problems.

He has no great ability, and the only means is to maintain the normal operation of the family by selling blood, and in the face of repeated difficulties, he insisted on not falling.

According to Mark Mill's understanding, the story has a humanitarian feel.

At this time, the Italian version of "Alive" had been released, and Mark Muller felt that "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", like "Alive", was a powerful story, describing the struggle and compromise between the little people and fate.

He has expectations that Jiang Wen and Ge You will partner to make this film.

Not only is he willing to introduce European investors, but he also promised to recommend the film to the organizing committee of the Venice Film Festival next year, provided that the film can be completed on time.

Jiang Wen is thinking about pulling investment around, and he prefers funds from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Investors in Europe urged him to follow the shooting plan, while investors from Hong Kong and Taiwan would be better negotiable, so that he could have more freedom and the right to edit the final edit.

Jiang Wen and Ge You discussed this script, and Jiang Wen's request to Ge You was that he couldn't act like Fugui in "Alive".

In other words, Ge You wants to use a different way to interpret the role of Xu Sanguan.

Be new and don't feel like you're repeating yourself.

Jiang Wen and Zhang Yimou have different ways of directing, Jiang Wen himself is an actor, and he has higher requirements for the actor's performance style.

Although Zhang Yimou has also acted, he is a photography professional, and he can not guide much in actors' performances, but more to put forward requirements and let actors play.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou often cooperates with actors with rich acting experience, and rarely uses non-professional actors as the protagonists.

This is no small challenge for Ge You, whose role as Fugui in "Alive" is a pinnacle of his acting career, and now he has to abandon his previous performances and reinvent the character.

If the role of Xu Sanguan can be successfully portrayed, it will be a major breakthrough, and he will not be far from being an artist.

Ge You has been filming a Chinese New Year film for three years, and the media and experts have lamented it for three years, thinking that Ge You should return to the shore as soon as possible and not waste his acting talent.

made Ge You feel that if he made a New Year's film again, he would not be able to live up to everyone's expectations, and he had to make a literary film quickly.

In fact, the audience still hopes that Ge You can make comedies, after all, most audiences really don't like to watch literary films like "Alive".

Now that he has the book "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", Ge You is riveting enough to play it well, and he has been thinking about it, and even in order to experience the feeling of selling blood, he wants to try to draw blood in the hospital.

Especially in the script, in order to save his son, Xu Sanguan sold his blood four times a month and almost died.

This has no life experience, and it is really not easy to grasp the proportions.

Ge You's idea was persuaded by Sister He, and Sister He was still a little unhappy about this matter, and complained to Mu Shanshan a few words, acting can't put your life into it.

So, Ge You changed his approach and talked to people who had been selling blood.

After the conversation, I will combine my own performance experience to simulate that state.

At this time, there was no system of unpaid blood donation in China, and the publicity of blood donation was not enough, and everyone generally believed that blood was the essence of the human body, and blood drawing was harmful to the body.

Not to mention the countryside, even urban people rarely have the idea of donating blood for free.

Everyone's living standard is not high, and they usually think about how to replenish blood, so they are naturally reluctant to donate blood.

This led to a shortage of blood in hospitals, which gave rise to an industrial chain of blood sales, in which blood traffickers acted as middlemen and organized blood sellers to sell blood to hospitals to make huge profits.

This is a fairly common phenomenon in China, and some economically underdeveloped areas have even become popular in selling blood.

It is a complex social issue that has been reported in the news media, but it cannot be banned at all.

Not to mention that there is no law prohibiting the private trade of blood, and even if there are laws, it is difficult to eradicate this industrial chain.

"Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" reflects this social phenomenon more realistically, but it puts this story in a broader historical context to examine, so that it has a power to touch people's hearts.

There will be many episodes of selling blood in this script, and each time the situation is different, Ge You's performance will be different.

For example, Xu Sanguan sold blood for the first time out of curiosity, in order to prove his physical acquaintance, the second time he sold blood because his son injured the blacksmith's son, and the third time he sold blood to please the female worker he liked.

Later, he sold blood for the family to have no food to eat, sold blood to entertain the captain of the production team, sold blood to save his sick son, and so on.

Some are willing, some are helpless, some are desperate, and every time they sell blood, there are different reasons, so there will be different emotions and reactions when selling blood.

This is a great test of the actor's acting ability.

Don't look at it as just selling blood again and again, which reflects the helplessness of life and the changes in society.

Ge You has to grasp these emotions, not just by pondering by himself, but also by chatting with people who sell blood, feeling the joys, sorrows, sorrows, ups and downs of these people.

There are also some small details of life.

For example, after Xu Sanguan sold blood, when he had money in his hand, he would go to Shengli Restaurant to order a plate of fried pork liver and two taels of rice wine.

This is not only to replenish the blood, but also to treat himself, when he eats pork liver and drinks rice wine, he will have a little satisfaction, feeling that he has supported the family.

Ge You and Lin Zixuan will discuss the details in the script, what the state of this character should be in this situation.

As for the heroine of this play, Jiang Wen has not yet decided, since she wants to take the international route, she must choose an actress who is influential in the international film industry.

However, this is equivalent to a one-man show of Ge You, there are not many roles for actresses, and there is not much brilliance.

It's not too late to wait until the script passes the review and the investment is brought in. (To be continued.) )