In 2008, Chen Kaige returned to the familiar drama drama, wanting to regain his glory and wash away the identity of bad films, but he not only lacked a Zhang Guorong, but also lacked a good screenwriter.
Although the above screenwriters are very good, for the screenwriters in "Farewell to the King", they always feel that the taste is a little bit worse.
The failure of the movie "Mei Lanfang" cannot be attributed to the actors and screenwriters, of course, and the director should also be responsible.
But it is precisely because of this movie that it also gives Chen Kaige a great comfort.
At least Chen Kaige did not reproduce the greatness of "Farewell to the Overlord", but he could also get rid of the crime of "Wuji" by relying on this film.
This cannot but be said to be a great piece of good news!
We can't be too harsh on Chen Kaige because he has the pearl jade of "Overlord Farewell".
We must understand that the film is actually a kind of collective work, which requires everyone's wisdom. It is wrong to attribute collective wisdom to one person.
As far as the movie "Mei Lanfang" is concerned, after I finish watching it, I always give people a feeling: it is not very real.
Dawn plays Mei Lanfang
It cannot be said that this Mei Lanfang is a hundred percent tall and complete image, but it is definitely a "Mei Lanfang" after being reorganized.
Leaving aside the contemptuous struggle he suffered as a servant, Master Mei became a celebrity from the beginning, while the world-class performances that were extremely important to him personally were hurriedly brushed over. It seems that such an honor is not worth mentioning.
In terms of Master Mei's beard and Mingzhi, the director has a large close-up, but has a large section of ink, in order to highlight master Mei's national integrity.
In the actual marriage of Meng Xiaodong, it has become a hazy emotion of affection and etiquette.
In this way, the whole story looks at a glance, in the pursuit of art, in the national integrity, in the personal life, Mei Lanfang has become an irreproachable "tall and complete".
It seems that in the eyes of directors and screenwriters, the master of art must become a master of life, and cannot be criticized in any way, is this not the idea of shaping the character image in the past movies?
Imagine that even if the director filmed his true side, could he really affect the status of the master?
So I personally think this:
Real characters, like ordinary people, have seven passions, sometimes brave, sometimes cowardly, and the screenwriter must know that the audience can allow an ordinary person to show self-transcendent morality at a certain moment, but cannot accept an irreproachable character image. In a mottled world, people expect perfect characters to satisfy personal psychological deficiencies, but exaggerated beauty is equivalent to deception.