Text: Overnight flowers
Zhao Jing was a popular actress in the Shanghai Film Studio in the 1980s, and the role of Qi Wenjuan she played in the movie "Pen in Love" was dignified, virtuous and rich in oriental women's classical beauty, which became an unforgettable screen image in the hearts of the audience. In fact, Zhao Jing's screen image is by no means limited to costumed characters, from Ai Jinghua, who is capable and bright in "Traffic and Water", to Fang Hua, a teacher whose appearance is warm as water and the heart is hot as fire in "Shining Color Balls", Zhao Jing's interpretation of contemporary women is even more unique. The role of Tao Xing'er in "Popular Red Dress on the Street" is also one of the most important screen images in her early days.
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In 1984, the film "Popular Red Skirt on the Street" was produced by Changchun Film Studio, directed by Qi Xingjia, and starring Zhao Jing, Jiang Lili, Wang Baosheng, Ge Cunzhuang and so on. Qi Xingjia has starred in films such as "White Haired Girl" and "Zhao Yiman", and the director's debut "Ji Hongchang" won the first Hundred Flowers Award for Best Feature Film in the new era for Changchun Film Studio.
The movie "Popular Red Skirt on the Street" focuses on several young female workers in textile factories, reflecting the changes in the aesthetic concepts of society in the transition period through changes in their aesthetic orientation and ideological concepts. It has a large number of fashion elements like the Shanghai Film Studio film "Black Dragonfly" starring Chen Ye, Wu Gang, Song Jia, Wu Junmei and others in the same period, so it is also considered to be the representative of the fashion film of the early 80s.
Like the fourth generation of well-known directors Lu Xiaoya's "Girl in Red" and Shi Shujun's "Female College Dormitory", the film highlights the spiritual impact brought by the changes in material life through the image of young women with distinct personalities and their emerging aesthetics. The film as a whole presents a cheerful and bright tone, which is the joy brought by the development of the times; at the same time, the film also does not shy away from showing the new value choices and confusion in the spiritual life of people in the transition period, which undoubtedly makes the film have a deeper practical significance.
While keeping the story close to life and full of humanity, the film is as idealistic as the films of the same period, and this simple and clear optimism and passion are typical characteristics of the films of the early 80s.
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The contemporary beauty pursued by the film is concentrated in Tao Xing'er, played by Zhao Jing.
Tao Xing'er as a model worker, she has the traditional female gentle, affinity characteristics, work with dedication, but her enthusiasm and friendliness, to help others have not been enough respect, on the contrary, caused by others misunderstanding and cold eyes. When the era when men, women and children wore gray, yellow and blue became a thing of the past, the red color, which symbolized enthusiasm and unrestrainedness, broke the dull and boring old-fashioned aesthetic. Tao Xing'er also began to reflect on her own way of working, at this time, Tao Xing'er became more energetic and modern women's intellectual and confident.
Therefore, compared with the passion and competence in "Traffic and Horse Dragon" and the elegance in "Pen in Love", the image of Zhao Jing in this film is a perfect combination of classical beauty and modern beauty. In the image modeling of the movie, Tao Xing'er's modeling is dominated by the colors of pink, lilac and white, which is also in line with the heroine's simple temperament.
In the same period of film, there are also many masterpieces that reflect the old and new concepts and aesthetic conflicts, such as the famous female director Dong Kena's "Golden Deer", which reflects the understanding and pursuit of beauty by women in the new era from one side. Wang Shuxian, played by Shi Jianlan, who has a stereotypical style and old-fashioned concepts, always has a lot of criticism of Jin Minglu, played by Leng Mei, and has a preconceived preconception about her words and deeds.
In the late 1980s, films exploring popular culture and aesthetic trends in the new era showed an increasing trend in number with the rapid development of commercial society.
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In addition to the core theme of modern aesthetics and personality pursuit in the new era, the film also has many potential story lines. As a result, the film will also be considered by some critics to be a sloppy story. In fact, many films of the 80s were by no means a single theme, and the story of prose culture, de-drama, and non-monolithicism was reflected in many masterpieces.
In this film, Ge Jia, played by Jiang Lili, is sharp but frank and frank, and is a very personal image. Ah Xiang, played by Song Yining, is from the countryside, and in the process of gradually integrating into the city, she strives to get rid of the label of "countryman" and desires to gain dignity through hard work, but there is a gap with colleagues that is difficult to bridge.
The lonely old man played by Ge Cunzhuang was snubbed by his children and had to play ancient songs with a corner of the city all day long. The self-employed man played by Wang Baosheng is also groping for a new life. These changes in modern lifestyles have brought new spiritual difficulties to people's lives, and the communication of these people who constantly adapt to the times and their own efforts constitutes a new energy, and their working life is also the most real and moving humanistic picture of urban life.
The film is adapted from the stage play of the China Youth Art Theater, so in the process of imaging, how to dilute the sense of stage has become a problem that creators need to think about. In this film, from the textile factory, the urban elevated to the alley, the film has a comprehensive presentation of the urban appearance of Shanghai in the development of the 80s, the multi-level living space is interlaced with rank and rich in the beauty of life, and the enhancement of the color composition in the lens language makes the film have a more unique style.
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