Chapter 440: New Movie Script
When he returned to his home, it seemed a little deserted at this time, but fortunately, Lin Youmin was used to it, and when he and Park Hyomin's new home was renovated, and then let Ning Meng and Xu Meila's family move in, it must be a lot more lively, Lin Youmin looked forward to it.
Pacing to his desk, there were piles of papers and materials scattered around, Lin Youmian couldn't help grinning helplessly, he was this problem, he usually had very little time at home, so unless there were guests, he generally didn't like to clean up, like this kind of music score, adapted scripts, learning materials and the like, he might throw them around.
Quan Baolan has now gone to T-ara's dormitory, so naturally he will not continue to live in Lin Youming's house.
Suddenly, a folder attracted Lin Youming's attention, and he carefully pulled the folder out of a large pile of materials, smoothed out the folds on the top, and on the cover, there were several names written in Korean - the undertaker.
Lin Youlu suddenly thought about it, and suddenly realized, isn't this the script that I met Yojiro Takita and Kaoru Koyama when I went to Cannes, and then suddenly became interested and got a script?
It's just that after getting the script, I was busy with the Cannes Film Festival, and then I was preparing for Park Hyo-min's birthday, and for a while, I left the script of "The Undertaker" behind.
Seeing that Xiaoshan Xuntang was still thinking about himself, he was afraid that he wouldn't understand, so he chose a Korean version by ingenuity, even those who had to use the original Japanese because of the expression of words and sentences, and specially marked it out for Lin Youming.
I have to say that Koyama Kaoru is very attentive and sincere. This made Lin Youyang more or less embarrassed. Bring in a chair. Taking advantage of the fact that it was okay at this moment, Lin Youming calmed down and carefully flipped through the script of "The Undertaker".
"The Undertaker" observes all kinds of death from the perspective of a novice undertaker, gazing at the loving people around the deceased. Everyone will have a time to "give away" and "be given", which is the most common theme about "people", which shows friendship, family affection, love, and work dignity by describing the story between a husband and wife. In laughter and tears. The story of an undertaker will lead the audience to experience all the true feelings and true love in the world.
The so-called undertaker is the person who sends the body of the deceased on the last journey, his work includes beautifying the body, changing clothes, entering the museum, etc., this profession is a profession that many people stay away from, the reason goes without saying, but the protagonist of this film, Daigo Kobayashi, has realized a lot of truths as his name suggests, and fell in love with this profession.
One of the top three things that Lin Youmeng hates the most is: talking about life perceptions, but what "The Undertaker" wants to tell is life perceptions about life and death. So when I first read the script of "The Undertaker", it really gave him a headache.
This is not because Lin Youmeng has a lot of experience. How brilliant is the wisdom to be disdainful of these things.
It's just because he has always felt that the only thing that is not different between people is birth and death, and as for the process in between, he believes that there are no two lives that are exactly the same, and it is precisely because of this difference that people are human beings and have the so-called meaning of life.
Compared with the empty perception of life that is not replicable, Lin Youmian is more willing to take a deep dive into the warm details full of humanism in this script that deeply attracted him.
When I heard the name "The Undertaker" from Yojiro Takita, I didn't think anything about it, it was just out of interest in this special profession, but now it seems that Lin Youming is very glad that he didn't miss such a script.
After reading it, I feel like finding an out-of-print old book on a roadside bookstall that I can't get what I can't seek, and in the quiet touch, there is also sober thinking, you must know that in this era of commercial blockbusters, it is already remarkable to be able to do one of the two.
The movie has not yet been filmed, but just from the sub-shots in the script, Lin Youyang has already realized many things, what is a good script, this is a good script.
The story is a very ordinary story, and the person is also a very ordinary person, just because he did a very unusual job, everything becomes different.
People are prejudiced from birth, and people who live in groups will fix this prejudice, which is taboo.
Death is an inescapable end for people, but almost all of them are taboo to talk about it, let alone take on the work themselves.
The protagonist Daigo, who turned from a failed cellist to an undertaker, was also discriminated against and incomprehensible by people without exception, and his former friends, his wife, and even the relatives of the deceased felt that it was a shameful job, and they chose to stay away from him without exception.
This is the sad thing about human nature, habitually choosing to conform to the traditional view of things that you don't understand, never willing to change positions to feel others, and when things happen to you, you suddenly realize.
For a long time, the education and values of this world have only taught people how to understand the world and how to fight while they are alive, and it has never talked about what happens to people when they die, and it is precisely this question that is crucial to people.
"The Undertaker" has achieved the ultimate in this regard, as the last journey of a person in the living world, the process of entering the funeral is the ultimate care of this friend of life and death.
In the storyboard script, as the protagonist of the mortuary, every step from wiping the face, changing clothes, combing hair, and makeup is done perfectly, in the words of Dawu in the script: be gentle, leave the deceased's best face at the last moment, and leave with dignity.
The protagonist in the script, Daigo Kobayashi, realizes the truth, which is also the theme that Yojiro Takida intends to express.
What surprised Lin even more was that the themes contained in this film were so large and rich, including the philosophy of life and death, the relationship between husband and wife, the relationship between parents and children, humanistic care, the meaning of life, and so on.
And the clue content that runs through the stories behind these themes is the growth process of Kobayashi after becoming an undertaker.
A person's life and death is nothing more than whether a shell carries life, and life is a very abstract thing.
Therefore, at first glance, the living and the dead are nothing more than immovable and immovable, and when a person dies, he may no longer have any meaning to himself, but he is bound by the feelings of the living.
Therefore, the last side is very important for the living, looking at the description bit by bit in the script, whenever Kobayashi and his president respectfully dispose of the corpse neatly and beautifully, it is a psychological comfort for the deceased's relatives that cannot be replaced by other means.
Lin Youming still remembers the script processing of several shots, when the mortuary finished burying the body of an old man, the family looked at the corpse as if they saw the old man asleep as usual, and even jokingly kissed the lipstick mark on the old man's face.
When the main character, Kobayashi, first became an undertaker, he knew that it was a sensitive and controversial profession, so he hid it from his wife and did not tell his neighbors what he did.
But as time goes by, sooner or later, this matter will be known, and when his wife Kobayashi Mika knows about it, she is extremely disgusted with the job of an undertaker, and she goes back to her parents' house in a fit of anger.
Under heavy pressure, the protagonist Kobayashi did not give up his profession as an undertaker, and perhaps at that time, he already understood that he was engaged in a sacred job.
The story is so far that it is actually still developing, when he got his wife's understanding, Lin Youmian turned the script back and forth several times, and initially understood that the protagonist's wife could understand him, precisely because she understood that the protagonist Xiaolin had the courage to engage in extremely "dirty" work in her eyes, completely for her to live happily.
One day after he was recognized by the people around him through the relatives in the neighborhood, Kobayashi suddenly got the news that his father, who had abandoned him for more than 30 years, died.
After many persuasions, Kobayashi decided to see his father for the last time, and when he and Mika arrived at the scene, it happened that two people from the funeral home wanted to "simply" dispose of Kobayashi's father's body, and Kobayashi pushed them away.
His wife, Mika, explained, "My husband is an undertaker. When burying his father's body, Kobayashi found that his father was still holding a pebble he had given to his father when he was a child before he died.
Objectively speaking, this film tells the story content on the premise of life and death, which belongs to a type that is extremely difficult to interpret, Lin Youmian doesn't know why he suddenly got into his mind, he always feels that there is a voice in his heart telling himself: can't miss it.
But autosuggestion can't solve Lin Youmeng's confusion about this huge topic, and he doesn't know if he can control it, maybe.
However, he believes that the movie made by such a script will definitely move many people, just by reading the script, Lin Youmian has already triggered such emotion, and even stepped on the plane to Japan without hesitation, life and death itself is a theme that can be sympathized with by the audience.
Therefore, even if it is just a script, it is inevitable to be moved, but it is the essence of the film to be able to express emotions vividly through life and death, in other words, if you are invested enough to watch it, it will be a film that can move people from the inside out.
Lin Youmiang's expression was slightly dark, as if there was a strange mind that was breaking through the inner prison and breaking out - that was the desire for performance.
His fingers gently rubbed the slightly rough paper of the script, and for a while, he suddenly liked the script and couldn't help it.
Wu sighed to himself, Lin Youmeng picked up his mobile phone and dialed a number, "Brother Encan, help me prepare a ticket to Japan." (To be continued......)