Director Er Dongsheng has recently been in hot search for his remarks in "Actors Please Take Place", leaving an impression on his sharp professional comments on the show from decades of filming.
Turning to the collection of director's works, there is such a film that highlights his directing skills, and the film truly restores the lives of drug addicts through realistic film language, which is considered to be a film like an anti-drug textbook.
It is:
The Disciple
The movie "Disciple" is a drug-resistant film directed by Er Dongsheng and supervised by Chen Kexin, in order to reflect the authenticity of the work as much as possible, Er Dongsheng's team rushed to the drug rehabilitation center and prison to conduct research.
In this film, Er Dongsheng also personally played a policeman.
In addition, the starring team of "Disciple" is also very strong, and stars such as Andy Lau, Zhang Jingchu, Wu Yanzu, and Gu Tianle have contributed wonderful acting skills in the film.
The film tells the story of the anti-drug police played by Wu Yanzu who went undercover for 8 years to destroy the drug organization, and during the narrative process, Erdao constantly used the language of the camera to expose the harm of drugs to the audience.
The story unfolds from the perspective of the anti-drug policeman Ali (Wu Yanzu).
In order to destroy the drug organization led by the big drug lord Kun Ge (Andy Lau), Ali went undercover to approach Kun Ge, and after 8 years, he became Kun Ge's most powerful "disciple".
The cautious Kungo is very cunning, although optimistic about Ali, but during the 8 years, Kunge has never leaked important information such as the drug warehouse.
In life, Ali often helps Ah Fen (Zhang Jingchu) mother and daughter next door, and after discovering that Ah Fen is a drug addict, the kind Ah Li is even more trying to help her quit drugs.
But under the constant drug seduction of her ex-husband (Gu Tianle), Ah Fen, who resisted at first, finally failed to resist the temptation.
Half awake and half chaotic, she gradually sinks...
On the other hand, Kungo was eager to find a successor due to physical reasons, and after Ali withstood test after test, Kunge finally let go of his guard against him, and Ali gradually grasped the evidence of Kunge's guilt.
As the undercover mission was about to be completed, Ali returned to the rental house and was surprised to find that Affen had died of a drug overdose.
The tragic death of Affen brought a great shock to Azu.
At the end of the story, the police complete the charges against Kungo with the evidence provided by Ali, and the drug lord chooses to commit suicide in the toilet.
And Ali, who completed the task, returned to the rental house in a decadent manner, and the shadows of Kungo and Ah Fen flashed in front of him, and Ali sighed with emotion...
Released in February 2007, The Disciple grossed $65 million at the mainland box office, ranking fourth in the Chinese film of the year, after "The Gathering Number", "The Letter of Submission" and "Sex-Ring".
The film received as many as 15 nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards the following year, and won two awards for Best Supporting Actor (Andy Lau) and Best Editing in the environment of many strong films.
Whether in terms of word of mouth or box office, "Disciple" has achieved very good results, and the reason is that the excellent acting skills of the stars and the director's profound portrayal of details are undoubtedly key factors.
First, the stars performed hard, and the audience on the same stage was enjoyable
1, 27-year-old Zhang Jingchu sacrificed his appearance to subvert the camera, the image is too real
In "Disciple", Zhang Jingchu gave a very wonderful performance, she opened the scale on the screen, and performed the tangled feeling of the drug addict Ah Fen.
When Ah Fen woke up, he would be in pain for the sake of taking the poison, and even would not hesitate to self-harm his body to remind himself.
But after the addiction came up, she was like a different person, And Zhang Jingchu perfectly restored the character's feeling of being addicted to drugs and being difficult to extricate herself, and regretting and tangling afterwards.
Zhang Jingchu, who was 27 years old at the time, did not hesitate to self-destruct the image, and presented the ugliness of drug addicts in the film, rolling like a white ghost with every move.
At the end of the film, Ah Fen convulsed due to drug overdose, and Zhang Jingchu performed the feeling of the drug addict's exuberant entrainment struggle before his death, which made the audience shout directly: Too real!
2, Hua Tsai played the drug lord AB face, the best male match deserved
Andy Lau's portrayal of the big drug lord in this film is also very distinct, and he plays the multi-faceted nature of the character.
In the bridge section where Kun Ge gets along with his family, Hua Tsai's interpretation is very lifelike. Stealing food for fear that the wife will know, getting angry because the eldest daughter smokes, and introducing the object to the sister-in-law, just looking at these plots, the audience only sees a man who cares for the family, not a drug dealer.
But then the style of painting changed, and Hua Tsai became a big guy who was proficient in drug production, proficient in drug negotiations, and would be angry with his subordinates.
No matter what kind of painting style, Hua Tsai's interpretation is very good.
At the end of the film, the convicted Kun Ge kneels down and begs Ali to save his family, and this scene Hua Tsai performs the sad helplessness of an end-of-the-road tyrant.
With the wonderful performance of this play, Hua Tsai also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the opponents he defeated included Fa Ge, Zhang Jiahui, and Gu Tianle of the same crew, and this award is also a major affirmation of Hua Tsai's acting skills.
3, full of star flavor! The stars are on the pitch
Although Wu Yanzu's role is not as tense as the roles of Zhang Jingchu and Andy Lau, Azu's performance is still worthy of some recognition.
Whether it is his sense of admiration for Hua Tsai's wariness, or the helplessness that Zhang Jingchu mixed in sympathy, Wu Yanzu has played a very level.
At the end of the film, he saw the collapse scene of Zhang Jingchu's character after his death from drug use, which further improved the fullness of the character.
In addition, whether it is Gu Tianle, who plays Zhang Jingchu's selfish ex-husband, or Yuan Yongyi, who plays the tangled wife Yuan Yongyi, who is reluctant to Hua Tsai, all the stars will be interpreted very fully.
Second, the real method + based on the details, the main creative team has a deep intention
1. Professional methods present the most authentic life of drug dealers
There is an impressive scene in the film, where the gangster played by Hua Tsai personally purifies drugs late at night, and the skillful technique and step-by-step tight process are surprising.
In response, he had visited drug dealers and anti-drug police before filming, and he wanted to make the witnesses think that this was true, and it was not difficult to understand that these scenes looked so real.
In addition, the scene of Affen's final death is also restored to the real story, and in order to make the plot realistic, the "Disciple" director team let the real mouse go up.
There is a related report about this film, the drug dealer uses "Disciple" as a "reference textbook" to find inspiration, which also reflects the authenticity of this film from the side.
2. Based on the depths of the plot, deeply portray the impact of drug trafficking/drug abuse on people
In the film, the main creative team also portrayed some cruel details from the perspective of drug dealers and drug addicts.
In the process of the police destroying the warehouse, the director portrayed such a scene, the pony boy who had nowhere to retreat became extremely vicious, and in order to prevent the police from opening the door, he took an axe and cut off the policeman's hand.
From the perspective of drug addicts, the film is almost everywhere the negative impact of drug use, Gu Tianle plays the role of giving up the custody of his daughter for a pack of white powder, and Zhang Jingchu's role reflects the harm of drug use all the time.
The seemingly exaggerated plot seems quite natural in this movie, and the director team also exhorts people to stay away from drugs with exaggerated techniques in the depths of details.
3. Is emptiness more terrifying or is drugs more terrifying?
Through Azu's mouth, the film throws out a question at the beginning and end, "Is it empty terror?" Or drug horror? ”
For this question, ErDao showed his attitude with a back-and-forth lens.
At the beginning of the film, the little girl unplugs the needle that her mother has inserted in her arm.
At the end of the film, when the policeman played by Azu tries to inject the needle with curiosity, the little girl pushes open the door and snatches Azu's needle, and the film ends with the two embracing each other.
Through the detailed lens language, the director exhorts the audience that what is more frightening than the drug itself is the emptiness of the human heart. This two shots, one after the other, deepen the theme and reflect the idea of the director's team.
Under such a profound theme, and stars such as Andy Lau and Zhang Jingchu contributed wonderful acting skills in the play, and it was their hard performances that supported this good play.
The main creative team led by Er Dongsheng took the initiative to learn from life materials, truly restored in the lens through various techniques, and conveyed positive values, which is also what an excellent creative team should look like.
In general, "Disciple" is a realistic style, starring crazy drama, the main creator pays attention to details, it has stood the test of time and become a boutique.
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