Watching "Return" again, Zhang Yuanjun has a different feeling.

Chen Daoming and Gong Li acted excellently, but he had no sense of surprise when he watched this story.

Zhang Yimou is too familiar with filming that period of history, of course, he can't blame the director for not having a sense of surprise, now is not the time to shoot "Alive", and there is no social condition to reflect on that period of history.

"Some people will definitely say that compared to "Alive", Zhang Yimou has regressed." There is no need to click on the comments, Zhang Yuanjun expected that there would be viewers who would say so.

"Nonsense, how can you still shoot "Alive" now." It is simple for the audience to watch the movie, they will ask Zhang Yimou to be "Alive" every time, and ask Chen Kaige to be "Farewell My Concubine".

"But "Return" is still Zhang Yimou's best movie since "Hero"."

Liu Yifei didn't listen at all, she muttered: "Gong Li acted so well, I feel that Chen Daoming has never played her, that kind of old amnesia is so accurate." ”

"Do you think Emperor Gong is called for nothing?" Zhang Yuanjun also admitted that Chen Daoming did not play Gong Li in the play.

Although the crew temporarily stopped filming, it will not completely stop work, the scenes to be filmed in the future must be prepared in advance, the actors must be good words in advance, and rehearsals will be rehearsed under the organization of the executive director and assistant director.

The crew's work is still steadily moving forward.

The media also took advantage of the director's departure in the past few days, and the crew had a lot of time to come to the door for interviews.

The crew is also happy to arrange more interviews with the actors in the past few days, anyway, there are not many things.

Zhang Yuanjun was not on the set at the hotel today, Liu Yifei came over and was arranged by the crew to be interviewed by the movie channel "China Film Report".

The reporter came to the scene in the morning and saw Liu Yifei holding the script in one hand and a water cup in the other hand and the crew grinding the lines, the reporter said: "I arrived yesterday, I heard that you were here, so I came here on purpose." ”

Liu Yifei didn't eat this set, and said with a smile: "It's too fake." Deliberately set almost. Hehe. ”

Liu Yifei said the right words, and walked out of the studio with the reporter: "You really arrived yesterday?" ”

"Arrived last night." The reporter said.

"Hard work." Liu Yifei said with a smile.

"Let's record an intro and say hello to the audience."

"Okay." Liu Yifei took the reporter's microphone, stood next to an RV outside the studio, and said to the camera: "Hello audience friends of "China Film Report", I am Liu Yifei, welcome to the crew of "Fragments of Women". After a two-second pause, "Okay?" ”

"Alright." The photographer gestured with an OK.

Today's interview format is very relaxed, Liu Yifei took the reporter to chat while strolling around the crew.

is mainly based on reporter shooting: "Let's shoot more today, and we can cut a few more films later." ”

Liu Yifei first walked around the studio with reporters and chatted with some gossip.

The reporter asked her: "What is different about cooperating with director Zhang Yimou for the first time?" ”

"There is nothing particularly different, that is, the director will be stricter with the actors and the crew."

"If the shooting is not good, will the director scold?"

"No, it won't." Liu Yifei shook her head, "Before I joined the group, I also felt that the director was so strict, and his temper might be a little bigger, but Director Zhang Yimou will always talk to you in a good voice and will not put pressure on the actors in language."

"He is very patient and will help you understand the characters and the plot very carefully."

"The director may be reluctant to scold you." Journalists speculate.

"No," Liu Yifei smiled, "he's like this to everyone." ”

Liu Yifei introduced the crew to reporters: "I have been filming in the studio for the past few days, and the director went to Cannes after shooting a set of shots. ”

The reporter suddenly said: "How did you get this face?" It's a bit dirty. ”

"I'll see." Liu Yifei looked at the camera in front of her as she spoke, and the photographer really cooperated with her and brought her closer to use it as a mirror.

"Can you see it? It's sticky to something. The reporter said.

Liu Yifei saw from the camera that her forehead was indeed a little dirty: "Maybe." She didn't care, "I just moved into a position, I ran into it." ”

"Deal with it then." The reporter said.

"Okay." As he spoke, he walked with the reporter to the shed.

Back in the shed, Liu Yifei wiped her forehead with a tissue.

"This is my house in the movie." Liu Yifei told reporters, "I originally planned to shoot in a real house, but after several experiments, the layout of the real house is not easy to put the machine, and I can't shoot the effect that the director wants, so I built a house in the studio." ”

The 25-minute long footage should be kept secret and not told to reporters.

"Isn't Yuan Jun in the crew today?" The reporter asked casually.

"He's doing an interview at the hotel." Liu Yifei said.

The reporter said: "This is the first time you have cooperated with Yuanjun?" ”

"'Master of Hypnosis' is the seventh, and this is the eighth." Liu Yifei smiled, "I don't know if I don't count, it's really too much." ”

"Are you worried that the audience won't want to watch it?"

"Yes." Liu Yifei replied honestly, she did have this worry, the two worked too often, she asked the reporter rhetorically, "Do you have aesthetic fatigue when you watch so much." ”

The reporter did not answer her rhetorical question, but said: "Fans are still willing to watch them cooperate." ”

was taken by Liu Yifei to wander around the crew for a while, and the reporter also filmed what he should have filmed, and went back satisfied.

On the 21st, Zhang Yimou ended his trip to Cannes, and at noon on the 22nd, Zhang Yimou appeared in the crew of "Pieces of a Woman".

Zhang Yimou returned to the crew and began to organize the resumption of work, and only chatted with his crew colleagues about the Cannes experience in the interval between preparations.

I didn't forget to tell Liu Yifei: "I've seen your "Miss Bai". ”

Liu Yifei's eyes lit up, but she was embarrassed to ask Zhang Yimou directly what she thought of the film, but how could Zhang Yimou not know what she was thinking, so he said: "It's very good-looking, this theme is rarely made in China, and it is a very meaningful movie." ”

In fact, from the rough cut of "Miss Bai" to the present, what Liu Yifei has heard the most is that film critics praise the subject matter.

"The subject matter is rare", "very fresh", "very meaningful theme" and so on.

Liu Yifei gradually understood in her heart that "Miss White" is a film with a theme first, and Chen Zhixi told her that after the release of "Miss White", some viewers will criticize the film for speculating on the social issues of family violence and child abuse, saying that the crew has bad intentions.

She was also mentally prepared to face this.

The crew prepared for more than an hour and restarted. The studio is built in the home of Chen Jianyu and Zhou Ning, and Zhang Yimou plans to finish shooting all the materials in this scene first.

This is also the only scene in the studio of the entire "Fragments of a Woman", and the rest of the film's shots are taken on location.

"Okay, ready to turn on, 3, 2, 1, go." Zhang Yimou sat in front of the monitor.

(End of chapter)