"Well, "Mei Lanfang", I and Yan Geling, the author of "Heavenly Bath", created according to Mei Lanfang's life deeds, it can be regarded as a biographical movie, but because of the needs of the movie, some fictional characters have been added, the whole film is divided into three sections, the first of which is the young Mei Lanfang, here I designed an opponent for Mei Lanfang, the prototype is Gu Xinpei's Thirteen Yan, Thirteen Yan is an old artist who has three generations of love with the Mei family, Mei Lanfang's appearance shook the status of Thirteen Yan"

Lin Yuquan listened to Chen Kaige's narration, and gradually frowned, in fact, filming Mei Lanfang's life deeds should be a good subject, with the help of Mei Lanfang's strong influence in the hearts of the Chinese people, the film is bound to receive a lot of attention, and as long as the film is not so bad, it will get good box office results, but the director should not be Chen Kaige, because Chen Kaige already has the distinctive symbol of "Farewell My Concubine", and filming "Mei Lanfang" will inevitably make the two unconsciously form a comparison, which of course has a positive side, But more of it is an adverse effect, it is really "Farewell My Concubine" that occupies a high position in the hearts of too many people. ∽ ↗ Top ∽ ↗ Point ∽ ↗ Small ∽ ↗ Said, www.

For Chen Kaige, unless his filming of "Mei Lanfang" can be compared to the classic of "Farewell My Concubine", it will inevitably be attacked by film critics and the public.

But where is the classic so easy to create, anyway, in his opinion, if it is really made according to Chen Kaige's current script, the film will definitely not become a classic, because there are too many things to find fault with.

Of course, this is not to say that "Mei Lanfang" conceived by Chen Kaige is destined to be a bad movie, to be honest, if it is made by an ordinary director. Maybe you'll be praised by everyone. But Chen Kaige can't. Who made him Chen Kaige? People expect too much from him.

"What do you think, Yuquan?" After talking about the idea of the film, Chen Kaige waited for Lin Yuquan's answer anxiously, and he couldn't help but do it, because the meaning of the new film to him was too important.

"Senior, what is your real purpose in filming "Mei Lanfang", is it to shoot a good work sincerely, or do you just want to sweep away the credibility crisis brought by "Wuji" with this movie. Let the public and film critics gain confidence in you? Lin Yuquan did not directly say his opinion, but asked rhetorically.

"Both!" Chen Kaige hesitated for two seconds and sighed softly, from a director's point of view, his motives are indeed not so pure.

"Okay, if you just want to prove yourself in front of the audience, then this "Mei Lanfang" is more than enough, because as long as it is filmed well, it will be a good, even barely excellent movie. But if it is a good work made with sincerity, then this work is far from it. It's not that easy to shoot either, and my opinion is to let someone else shoot it. Lin Yuquan said slowly.

Chen Kaige's face suddenly showed a look of loss. He didn't doubt whether Lin Yuquan's opinion was correct, in this regard, who else in China was more authoritative than him, and after thinking about it, he said with difficulty: "If I insist on making it myself, will Shuguang Film invest?"

"Of course, why not? As long as you shoot carefully, this will be a good work, and with the dual influence of senior you and Mei Lanfang, the film will definitely get good box office results after its release, this kind of movie that is almost certain to make money, there is no reason why Shuguang Films should not invest. However, from the standpoint of my junior brother and friends, I hope that you can hand it over to other directors to shoot, because senior, your "Farewell My Concubine" has left too much impression on people, which will greatly hinder your filming of "Mei Lanfang". ”

Lin Yuquan said with emotion, this is the sadness of top directors, the aura brought to Chen Kaige by "Farewell My Concubine" is too dazzling, because the audience's expectations for him are too high, even mediocrity is a sin, so once Chen Kaige shoots "Mei Lanfang", unless it is comparable to the classics, it will be considered a failure by most people, and Jiang Lang is exhausted.

What's more, it is a new movie after "Wu Ji", at this time, too many people are very critical of Chen Kaige because of "Wu Ji", and it is precisely "Mei Lanfang" that there are many places that can be picked.

Maybe Chen Kaige can use "Mei Lanfang" to change people's bad impression of him because of "Wuji", but at the same time, both Peking Opera movies and Chen Kaige shoots, people may regard "Mei Lanfang" as a failed copy of "Farewell My Concubine".

Chen Kaige smiled bitterly, how could he not know the possible impact of "Farewell My Concubine" on "Mei Lanfang", but he really needs a movie that can prove himself now.

"Yuquan, can you tell us more about the problem with my script?"

Lin Yuquan sighed secretly in his heart, he knew that Chen Kaige had not given up the idea of directing "Mei Lanfang", and was still thinking about how to improve the script.

"There are a lot of problems, such as the film is divided into three parts, but according to your story, there are almost no Mei Lanfang's singing segments in the last two parts of the film, and the excessive entanglement of Mei Lanfang's love triangle makes the film top-heavy; For example, the film seems to beautify Mei Lanfang too much, if it is a commercial film, it should indeed do this, but in a literary film, it seems that Mei Lanfang's three-dimensional image is not fully explored; Another example is a film about the master of Peking Opera, but the artistry of Peking Opera is not excavated enough in the film; The most important thing is senior, are you sure you can find an actor to play Mei Lanfang? If you don't have a character like Leslie Cheung played by Cheng Dieyi in "Farewell My Concubine", you won't be able to create a classic Tsing Yi, the classic Mei Lanfang. ”

Lin Yuquan shook his head and said, the first few points may be changed, but it is too difficult to find an actor who can fully interpret Mei Lanfang, not to mention, "Farewell My Concubine" has almost reached the point of a stunning swan song, he doesn't think that "Mei Lanfang" has any possibility of surpassing, and if it can't be surpassed, it is repetition. From the perspective of a friend, he really doesn't want Chen Kaige to shoot "Mei Lanfang", which will seem that Chen Kaige has exhausted his talents.

And there is a very important reason why he doesn't want Chen Kaige to shoot "Mei Lanfang", that is, he can't find the practical significance of filming "Mei Lanfang", promoting traditional culture, bringing entertainment to the audience, and remembering Mei Lanfang's artistic achievements, these are pure nonsense, and the only reason worth filming may be that he can borrow Mei Lanfang's influence to make money, which is justified. But he didn't want Chen Kaige to do such a thing.

He hoped that Chen Kaige could bring something fresher. Actually, I don't care if it's a classic. As long as the film is exciting, isn't what the audience wants to see is a wonderful and engaging movie?

Chen Kaige was silent, Lin Yuquan almost hit the nail on the head and pointed out the problem of his script, especially the last point about Mei Lanfang's actor selection has been bothering him since he had the idea of filming "Mei Lanfang", he also understands that Lin Yuquan's construction is for his good and the most correct choice, but if he doesn't shoot "Mei Lanfang", what should he shoot?

"Rain springs. What movie do you think I should make? ”

Thinking about it to no avail, Chen Kaige couldn't help asking.

"Senior, what kind of movie do you want to make?" Lin Yuquan asked rhetorically.

"I don't know." Chen Kaige shook his head, now he was troubled and clueless.

Lin Yuquan shook his head, knowing in his heart that Chen Kaige was lost himself, to be precise, he began to be lost after "Farewell My Concubine", on the one hand, the huge success of "Farewell My Concubine" made him have a strong pursuit of artistry. On the other hand, the increasingly popular mainland film market has made him full of desire for the box office. And the consequence of wanting to instill artistry and satisfying entertainment is that his movies have become nondescript, but they are not pleasing to both ends, and they can't have both, in this regard, Chen Kaige is far less clear than Zhang Yimou and Feng Bigang.

"Senior, if you had to make a choice between artistic and entertaining films, what would you like to achieve more success now?"

Chen Kaige exhaled and said with difficulty but certainty: "Entertaining, I hope my movies can be accepted by more audiences." ”

Hearing Chen Kaige's answer, Lin Yuquan was not surprised, the whole person began to fall into contemplation, entertainment, entertainment, what kind of entertainment movie is Chen Kaige suitable for?

Although it can't be generalized, in fact, directors generally have their own directing styles, like Zhang Yimou, in recent years, he has mainly focused on costume martial arts commercial films, but what he is best at is art films with rural themes, focusing on the style of realism, the film is simple and touching, and the early "Red Sorghum", "My Father and Mother", and "No One is Missing" all belong to this category.

Feng Bigang is good at grasping the entertainment psychology of the public, and his works can not only achieve commercial success, but also resonate with audiences, such as his previous films "No Thieves in the World", "Big Names", "Mobile Phone" and other films.

As one of the three major directors in the mainland before Lin Yuquan's rise, Chen Kaige's films broke through the norms of traditional narrative, strongly expressed self-consciousness and aesthetic ideals, were full of speculative color, added symbols or metaphors to the traditional story level, and created a unique visual style with poetic film language.

Speaking of entertainment, naturally you have to watch "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin" and "Wuji", although these two films belong to the category of failed films, but Chen Kaige's picture beauty, scenery, costumes, photography and other aspects are definitely the top level among domestic directors, and its failure is more because Chen Kaige deliberately pursues the clumsy plot of symbolic and allegorical guidance, if you abandon the symbolic and allegorical things mixed in it.

The corners of Lin Yuquan's mouth are slightly upturned, then Chen Kaige can make a wonderful historical costume movie, maybe doing so will make the film lose some of its distinctive characteristics like Zhang Yi's "Hero" and "Ambush on All Sides", but it depends on Chen Kaige's choice, and you can't have both fish and bear's paws after all.

"Senior, if you can leave it to me without participating in the script creation, I think I can help you."

After Lin Yuquan finished speaking, he quietly waited for Chen Kaige's answer, if Chen Kaige was willing to accept it, he would naturally go all out, if he couldn't accept it, then he might not be able to do anything, because through Chen Kaige's recent films, it can be clearly seen that Chen Kaige wants to integrate his ideas so much that the plot is a mess, there is no good script, no matter who shoots it, how to shoot it, it will not make a good movie.

"This." Chen Kaige hesitated a little, it was not that he had never filmed a script created by others, but he was more accustomed to and preferred to participate in person, but thinking of his own situation and Lin Yuquan's ability to be completely trusted, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I promise you Yuquan." ”

"Okay, I'll operate the script, specifically, I'll discuss it when I return to Kyoto, oh, by the way, you send me the script of "Mei Lanfang". Lin Yuquan had a smile on his face.

"The script of "Mei Lanfang", didn't you let me shoot it?" Chen Kaige wondered.

"But I also said that I could give it to someone else to shoot, I think we need to find someone to take it over." Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Okay."

"Script, script, oh, am I just doing it myself?" As soon as he put down the phone, Lin Yuquan immediately smiled bitterly. (To be continued......) R527