Author: Green Stream
Considering it an Easter egg, Xu Zidong, the consultant of "The First Burning Incense", made a cameo appearance as a guest at Mrs. Liang's banquet, looking at the sentient beings expressionlessly, as if to think: I will see how you play Zhang Ailing.
In the interview, he said that Aunt Liang is the soul of this novel, and the relationship between the characters in "The First Incense" is the old-style Qinglou novel: a family-style brothel, a brothel-style family. The novel of the New Qinglou is a female redemptive intellectual among the people at the bottom.
In "Xu Zidong's Perusal of Zhang Ailing", Chapter 1, "Orientalism and changsantangzi", aunts and Ge Weilong were also analyzed. No more repetition, it is recommended to go to see what he said, I will no longer analyze the role, or to see the interpretation of the big guy to be in place.
Tell us about the role of aunt:
When she was young, her aunt, who had a bit of a posture, despite the opposition of her family, married Mr. Leung, one of the richest old men in Hong Kong, to be a child, only to wait for Mr. Liang to die early to inherit the family property, but Mr. Liang died a few years late, and although Mrs. Leung received a lot of money, she was not young. Mrs. Leung held banquets from time to time in her mansion in the Mid-Levels, socializing with wealthy merchants and celebrities, using the beautiful maids under her command to attract young men and then recruit them to her bed. There were also restless among the maids, and Jing Wei secretly went out to accompany Sir Qiao Cheng several times, causing Sir Qiao Cheng not to go to Liang Mansion in person. In order to get out, the little girl privately received customers and broke the rules, so she was driven back by Mrs. Liang. It happened that at this time, Ge Weilong was begging her aunt for financial support to study in Liang Province, and Mrs. Liang started Ge Weilong's idea to cultivate her into a new social flower, and also coveted Ge Weilong's college male classmates.
The original work is as follows:
Mrs. Liang heard that Miss Niece was coming and hesitated. She has always been careful about the silver money transaction, this time she plans to break the big bag on her niece, she still can't make up her mind, I don't know if this little girl has a chance, is it worth investing?
What about the aunt in Ge Weilong's eyes:
Looking back at my aunt's house, I still faintly saw the yellow and red edge of the window ledge, and the green glass window reflected the sea color. The majestic white house, covered with green glazed tiles, is a bit like an ancient imperial tomb.
Wei Long himself felt that he was a scholar in "Liaozhai Zhiyi", and after going up the mountain to visit his relatives, in the blink of an eye, the noble family mansion had turned into a big tomb mountain; If the liang family's white house had changed into a grave, she might not be surprised. She saw that her aunt was a skilled woman, holding the giant wheel of the times with one hand, retaining the lascivious air of the late Manchu Qing Dynasty in her own small world, and closing the door to be a small Empress Dowager Cixi. Wei Long thought like this, "As for me, since I have walked into this ghostly world with my eyes open, if I am caught in the evil, who do I blame?" But in the end we are aunts and nephews, she is bound by face, as long as I do the right thing, stand upright, not afraid that she will not treat her with courtesy. Outsiders gossip, do what they say, and I read my books. In the future, when I meet someone who really likes me, I will naturally understand and will never believe those boring rumors. ”
Ge Weilong was indeed a pure student, but her depravity was not all Mrs. Liang's means. She was simple, but she wasn't stupid, she had her own ideas and plans, and she could see her aunt's crooked intestines clearly. There is even one that is:
Mrs. Liang made the knife cut the cold cow's tongue in her hand, and just smiled at the cow's tongue. After a while, she picked up the glass to drink and smiled sheepishly at the glass. When he reached for the pepper bottle, it seemed to touch some kind of memory again, and the smile marks at the corners of his mouth deepened. Wei Long sighed darkly and thought, "Women are really pitiful! The man gave her some good colors to look at, and she was happy to look like this!"
After Ge Weilong first met the life of her aunt's voice and color dog and horse, she was not without yearning, the beautiful clothes in the wardrobe, various textures, the dance music downstairs, and various melodies were all intertwined in her dreams. However, Ge Weilong did not look at the men around her aunt, either pompous young people or old men, and she wanted to find a decent child among the boys in the choir. Anyway, meeting with Georgie Joe in the narrow road, I will not be spared in the end.
He stretched out his arm and rested on the chair behind Veron. Wei Long said busily, "Let's still talk." Georgie said, "You must speak, I will speak Portuguese for you." At the moment, Wei Long turned his head sideways, hugged his knees, listened for half a moment, and smiled: "I don't understand what you are talking about." Most likely you're cursing me!" Georgie said softly, "Are you cursing you when you hear my tone?" Wei Long suddenly blushed and lowered his head. Georgie said, "I'm going to translate it into English and tell it to you, but I'm afraid I don't have the guts." Wei Long covered his ears and said, "Who wants to listen?" Then he stood up and walked toward the crowd. By then it was already dark, and the moon had just come up. Yellow, like a jade satin, a little incense ash bounced off during embroidery, and a small piece of paste was burned.
Georgie is a man that her aunt did not get her hands on, and the conquest of Georgie also has the meaning of demonstrating to her aunt. Not to mention his pale face, green eyes, with a pulse of affection, love words, and the way he buried his head in the crook of his arm was the most heartwarming. (I dare not describe it again, the original is too well written, I describe it too vulgarly). Such a charming mixed-race boy, I don't know whose face you will think of, but at least it will not be Peng Yuyan.
In the film, Liang Luoshi just said that "the mixed-race boys are a little gloomy, and a little bit of handsomeness", a living tiger full of dark tendon flesh Peng Yuyan jumped out. The sunny handsome boy full of grumpy words is very popular, but this is not Georgie Joe.
Peng Yuyan is the appearance of an American big boy, no bullying face, the appearance is not like. And the way of acting is even less to stick to The character of José Jo. Weakness is there, but gloom is not, and that is one of the killer skills that motivate a woman's pity.
This has to mention Lipes. To say that the appearance, he himself is strong enough in life, bearded slag, rough Texas old farmer selfie after photo.
But when he played the elf king in "The Hobbit", he was immortal and arrogant, and he did a lot of work in both styling and acting.
Not to mention the transgender person played in "Obsessed with Hormones", beautiful out of the skyline, far from the Buddha-figure.
So, the appearance is not like a problem, but whether the whole crew has worked together to make him like. There is no modeling, no performance, not even costumes, and the difference in the material of Georgie Joe's clothes is completely unlike Brother Gongzi under the enlargement of the big screen.
Ma Sichun was student-like, but the depth behind was not enough, and Ge Weilong's city government and the complexity of his thoughts were not performed. It's not that it's not acting, it's on the surface. Maybe it has something to do with the actor's understanding of the character.
Compared with Zhu Qing, played by Lian Yuhan in "A Handful of Qing", he was also a pure student when he appeared,
Later, it was also reduced to a social flower. The transformation of the characters is handled very convincingly, and there are layers in the performance, which can completely carry the audience's emotions away, rather than bring the audience to laugh.
The same flaw exists in the "Golden Age" Tang Wei played by Xiao Hong, in the case of a large number of historical materials to refer to, or did not perform Xiao Hong's background, playing the surface.
Xu Anhua is still too kind, knowing that the actor has not reached that height, or let him pass. It's not going to torture actors like Wong Kar-wai. Therefore, when she meets co-production actors, she can often add icing on the cake and collide with such a classic as the Tin Shui Wai two-parts, and when she meets an inappropriate actor, she can only get by. "Half-Body Edge" is also adapted from Zhang Ailing's original work, which is acclaimed, because Mei Yanfang and Wu Qianlian fit too well with the characters in the book, and even Dawn, who has a slightly weaker acting skill, is naturally similar to Shen Shijun's temperament. The counterexample is "Love in the Fallen City", Liao Jian and Zhou Runfa were excellent actors, but the temperament of the characters did not match, coupled with the backwardness of the costume at that time, resulting in an awkward way to watch the film.
Xu Anhua will next shoot Bai Xianyong's "Forever Yin Xueyan". At the beginning, Wong Kar-wai wanted to shoot and let Lin Qingxia out of the mountains, Lin Qingxia began to lose weight for the role, and as a result, within a few years, Wang Glasses went to tinker with "Flowers". What went through in the middle, I also want to know. "Forever Yin Xueyan" is now spent in Xu Anhua, I don't know if I can meet a co-production actor. Bai Xianyong is a writer who cares about his own works, and the requirements for film and television adaptation are very strict, hoping not to disappoint him.
Aunt Liang played by Yu Feihong is of course extremely beautiful, but it is too beautiful, dignified and elegant, not like Aunt Liang, but like Yin Xueyan, and sometimes like Song Meiling.
I also want to draw up a list of actors in my heart: Aunt Liang, Liu Jialing; Situ, Jiang David;
Georgie Joe, Qiu Ze
Or juvenile Huang Sheng.
There are also unforgettable actors in the sense of praise in "The First Incense", Liang Luoshi is clear and detached,
Bai Bing glanced at it in amazement.
There are also good clips in the film that are beyond expectations. Such as Georgie, Wei Long, Ji Jie climbed the mountain and bought yellow peel fruit this time. Leaving the imperial mansion, to the place with mountains and seas, encountering the simple working people (here you see the familiar Xu Anhua), the picture composition is beautiful, the color scheme is beautiful, the performance is not too strong, although the lack of tension between the actors, but also the performance of the sense of fragility, not to attract people to hate.
The handling of the scene of Ji Jie's renunciation is also very good, appearing in the corner of the Wedding Group Photo of the Qiao family, which is not the protagonist of the picture, but the dress of a nun has successfully attracted the attention of the audience, and the camera slowly shakes up to confirm that it is her. A sigh.
There are also many waste pens, and the scenes of marrying into the rich and sending funerals in my aunt's memories are unnecessary, does it need to be so traced back to the psychological analysis of what she did here? You don't have to.
Again, Georgie raised a snake, the original did not, some people say that Georgie was originally afraid of snakes, the screenwriter changed it this way, it is deliberately disgusting grandma, I personally think it may be because Viron is a small dragon, the little dragon is a snake, here is the use of snakes to allude to the relationship between Viron and Georgie. This is true. Painting snakes is enough.
The film's last sentence: "I love you, you have no conscience." "The most thunderous thing is that a tragedy ends so stunned that people laugh out of internal injuries." What do you think, this scene is obviously:
The car pulled into a dark and dreary street. Georgie didn't look at her, he couldn't see it, but he knew she must be crying. He took out his free hand for the cigarette clip and the lighter, and the cigarette roll was in his mouth and lit the fire. As soon as the fire lit up, in that cold night, his mouth seemed to open an orange-red flower, and the flower immediately thanked, and it was cold and dark...
The movie version of "The First Incense" is not too bad as a feature film, but neither Anhua nor Zhang Ailing is allowed. The absurdity of the characters is ridiculous and sad, not expressed, the subtle darkness of human nature, only the surface effort, not meticulous, no precipitation, no sad background. Why shoot so long, what is the role of enlarging the defect? Diapers are highly recommended for movies longer than two hours.
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