Directed by Leung Lok-min and starring Wang Dani, Gu Tianle, Lin Jiadong and Miriam Yeung, the film "Mui Yanfang" will meet the audience on November 12.
On November 9, the film released two videos through the official social platform, namely the behind-the-scenes interviews of directors Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang after watching the film, and the two people recalled Mei Yanfang and revealed the "story" between them and Mei Jie.
Zhang Yimou: I was the last director she wanted to work with
In Zhang Yimou's post-screening interview, the first thing he said was: "I am the last director she (Mei Yanfang) wants to work with." ”
Then Zhang Yimou recalled that at that time, Mei Yanfang was already very ill, but did not tell the outside world, just Zhang Yimou was filming "Ten Faces Ambush", and felt that a big sister Behind the Flying Knife Gate in the film, Mei Yanfang, was very suitable. So Zhang Yimou contacted her through Jiang Zhiqiang, president of Anle, and Mei Yanfang was also very happy and readily agreed, and then the two sides began to negotiate the schedule to determine that Mei Yanfang entered the group today and so on.
As a result, in September 2003, Mei Yanfang announced that she was ill, and it was also reported that Mei Yanfang really had physical problems and would quit Zhang Yimou's new martial arts film ("Ten Faces Ambush"). But Zhang Yimou and Jiang Zhiqiang are both people with great affection and righteousness, and they announced at the time that they would wait for her forever.
In fact, in the end, Zhang Yimou also knew that he could not wait for her to enter the group, but in order to encourage Mei Yanfang to cheer up, Zhang Yimou still wanted Mei Yanfang to know that he and Jiang Zhiqiang were waiting for her, hoping to give her a little strength and courage at the end of her life.
To this end, Zhang Yimou also wrote a letter to Mei Yanfang overnight, which read: "The role of 'big sister' is all literary drama, and the time required is not long, please rest assured." Although I can't fully understand the situation of your body, I look forward to your participation in The Ten Faces Ambush. I hope that this little cooperation is just the beginning, and I hope that we will have bigger and more important cooperation in the future. I would like to write this letter to express my blessings to you and to express my support and expectations for you! One more thing: I'll always be waiting for you! ”
But in the end, Zhang Yimou waited for Jiang Zhiqiang's phone call, saying that Mei Yanfang could not come, and then came the news of Mei Yanfang's death, Zhang Yimou not only mourned Mei Yanfang on the set with the "Ten Faces Ambush" crew, but also paid tribute to Mei Yanfang at the end of the film, writing a sentence such as "I would like to use this movie to remember Miss Mei Yanfang".
Feng Xiaogang: Mei Yanfang is a glass of spirits
Feng Xiaogang also recalled Mei Yanfang after watching the film, saying that he no longer remembered when he met Mei Yanfang. However, after Mui Yanfang was diagnosed with cancer, she was also the president of the Hong Kong Performing Arts Association. To this end, Mei Yanfang went to Beijing with an illness and wanted to ask Feng Xiaogang for dinner.
Feng Xiaogang could not get out of the filming, Mei Yanfang went to the crew to visit the class, sat in front of the monitor for two hours, such a move made Feng Xiaogang and Ge You very moved, after the end of work, the three people also went to sing together. Mei Yanfang told Feng Xiaogang that she had become the president of the Performing Arts Association, and when she came to Beijing this time, she hoped to promote cooperation between the Hong Kong performing arts industry and the mainland performing arts industry, and hoped that everyone could be a big family.
The party lasted until late at night, Feng Xiaogang sent Mei Yanfang back to the room, the two people hugged and said goodbye at the door of the room, at this time Mei Yanfang told Feng Xiaogang that she had cancer, and said that she did not know how long it would take, but she wanted to seize the time to do more, hoping that Feng Xiaogang could help her more.
At the end of the video, Feng Xiaogang said that if Mei Yanfang had not left so early, the two people might have collaborated on a film, and he also commented that Mei Yanfang was a glass of spirits.
Through the memories of the two directors, it is not difficult to find that Mei Yanfang has always been positive, optimistic and upward, even if she already knew that she had cancer at that time, she still wanted to do more for the show business.
Finally, I would like to say that although Jiang Zhiqiang, the president of Anle, was unable to complete the film cooperation with Mei Yanfang before her death, he always wanted to make a movie for her after her death. On November 8, Jiang Zhiqiang and "Mei Yanfang" starring Wang Dani and Yang Qianwei went to Shenzhen roadshow and held a media conference, in an interview he revealed that as early as 2009, he had planned to make a biographical film for Mei Yanfang, but at that time, two screenwriters were not ideal, and finally the project was stranded, and in 2015 he decided to shoot a movie again, which lasted six years and finally met the audience. Yang Qianwei also said in the interview that if she can turn back the clock, she would like to continue to debut in Huaxing, and she will cherish the time she spent working with Mei Yanfang, and told her to protect her body, take care of herself, and protect her if she is next to her.
The movie "Mei Yanfang" with more than two hours of time, from The age of 4 when Mei Yanfang began to sing on stage, until Mei Yanfang put on the wedding dress for the last time in the Red Pavilion concert, the film is delicate, warm, well-made, but also conveys the concept of Hong Kong entertainers helping the younger generations and promoting newcomers, it can be said that it is the first choice during the file period, the film will land in the national theater line on November 12.