Wen | Shan Qing
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Zhang Ailing once said, "There are three hatreds in life, one hates begonias without fragrance, two hates anchovies that are thorny, and three hates "Dream of the Red Chamber" that is not finished." ”
The 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is an "unfinished" Dream of the Red Chamber.
Unlike the 120 times of the passage book, the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" only retains the first 80 times of Cao Xueqin.
He gave up 120 times the ending of "Jia Fu, Mu Huang En, Yon Shi Ze, Jia Dao Fu Chu, Lan Gui Qi Fang".
The ending of the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is a complete tragedy:
Jia Fu was raided, Wang Xifeng fell ill and died in prison, and the body was buried in the deep mountain wilderness. Shi Xiangyun became an official prostitute,
The glass lamp left by Daiyu was shattered... The illustrious home that once bells rang and ate, and in an instant it seemed like a mansion falling.
The 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is the best Dream of the Red Chamber.
But what no one ever expected was that in 2010, Li Shaohong, one of China's fifth-generation directors, remade "Dream of the Red Chamber".
With the investment of large funds, the actors also invited Yang Yang, the first generation of top artists at that time, but after the release of the new version of "Dream of the Red Chamber",
No one paid the bill, the Douban score was 5.9, the ratings were also high and low, the feelings were killed, and finally it was swallowed.
Why is the gap between the old and new versions so large? This should not only be a matter of adaptation, but also met with a lot of controversy when the 87 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" changed its next 40 times.
Zhou Ruchang believes: "The 87 version of Dream of the Red Chamber broke the shackles set by Cheng Gao for the first time in more than two hundred years, creating a new essence that is closer to Cao Xueqin's original work.
However, there are also scholars including Cai Yijiang, Zhang Qingshan, Li Xifan, etc. who oppose the rewriting of the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
It was the era of "a hundred schools of thought", but it turned out that the 87 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" passed the test of the times and the audience.
But why are 12 years old? This 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" has gradually been "forgotten", what is the difference between the 87 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" and the 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber"?
12 years later, when we look at the "Red Chamber", we will objectively talk about the difference between the old and the new from the difference between the play itself and the background of the times.
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01: Time differences
1987's Dream of the Red Chamber was born in the era when Chinese thought was most active and colliding.
When CCTV handed over "Dream of the Red Chamber" to the head of the first generation of TV drama director Wang Fulin, it clearly demanded: under the historical landscape of the main theme, it is necessary to restore the novel and be loyal to the original work.
The 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" emphasizes realism, abandoning the original parts related to mythology, dreams, monasticism and so on.
In order to shoot this version of "Dream of the Red Chamber", as early as February 1983, a shooting preparatory team and a screenwriting team were set up, and in 1983, Shen Congwen, Wu Shichang, Zhou Ruchang and other red scholars and masters were invited.
In 1984, before filming, the crew arranged for actors to hold an actor's study class for "Dream of the Red Chamber" in Beijing's Yuanmingyuan.
After three years of filming, it was broadcast on CCTV in 1987. According to incomplete statistics, the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" spent about 6.8 million yuan, in order to create a pure artistic environment, refused any advertising implants, and all the expenses of the crew relied on the budget.
Therefore, the 1987 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" followed the principle of art, and the crew made it as an art film.
The 2010 edition of Dream of the Red Chamber was born in the era of postmodern mass culture and consumer entertainment in China.
The shooting cost of 6.8 million yuan for the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" only occupies the three integrated copies of the 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber", while the investment behind the scenes is a joint investment, and the right to execute cultural creativity and the right to choose between investors collide.
Huan Xuan, an actor who has experienced several times before the series was screened, the general director changed hands, including the play consultant is also a red scholar, playwright, literary and art critic, Li Xiaohong also said that every shooting must be subject to consultant consultation and review.
In the end, the screenwriting team consisted of 9 young people, one was a film critic, one screenwriter, two web editors, one planner, one freelance writer, and three students in school...
It is conceivable that the elite consultants of the 87th edition of the University of Literature, the screenwriters of the 2010 edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" are mostly young people, their life experience and literary background in changing "Dream of the Red Chamber" may not be a little reluctant, many plot monologues skipped....
In terms of casting, it is not satisfactory. The original director of the 2010 version, Hu Mei, was dissatisfied with the actors deduced by the investors, and was eventually forced to leave the class, and Li Shaohong, who took office, could only take a compromise approach, picking some by himself and some by the investors.
In the end of the farce, the actors of the 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" were actually selected by the audition, voted by the judges and the audience online, and the "draft" was selected as "show" instead of "true", so Hu Mei refused to direct.
The 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" has had a market-oriented tendency from the beginning and has been deeply branded with the mark of entertainment.
02: Theme differences
Theme: The 1987 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" deleted the "too illusory" content and downplayed the tragedy of love.
The theme chose the feeling of home and country, that is, the tragedy of the rise and fall of Jia Province symbolizes the rise and fall of the feudal system.
The 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is positioned as the "Youth Edition" focusing on youth and growth, and its theme is still "the love of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu" and the joys and sorrows of the growth of the daughters of Daguanyuan.
Li Shaohong once frankly admitted: "The new "Dream of the Red Chamber" is for the post-80s and 90s. The young screenwriters chose the "dream" in "Dream of the Red Chamber" from the beginning, describing a large number of myths and dreams such as too illusory.
03: Plot differences
The 1987 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" was deleted, and a large number of illusory and green content, mainly based on the two sets of lines of family tragedy and Bao Dai love, found in the love story of family and individual.
In the eleven episodes of the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber". Aunt Zhao conspired with Ma Daobao to make Feng Jie and Bao Yu crazy, and finally invited a doctor to acupuncture to heal, and in the original work, she saved Feng Jie and Bao Yu through the psychic gem.
By the time the 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" film and television industry has already made progress, the masterpiece has also retained a lot of environmental colors, such as Nuwa patching the sky, too illusory, although respect for the original work, but did not combine the main clues.
The biggest problem with the 2010 edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is that nothing has changed, nothing has even been given the opportunity to even retain a large number of ambiguities between Baoyu and Qin Zhong, as well as the school "Qin Zhong and Xiangyu biting their ears", with various fantasy shots...
Although these shots are in line with the original work, they do not actually help to promote the relationship between the characters, have no basic character characteristics, and have no external people and things' motivation, which leads to the 2010 version retaining the original form and losing the original core.
A big reason why the 1987 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" was successful was that it followed the original book in character shaping, and these actors were actors from opera, who practiced every day before filming.
The actors of the 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" have too many modern aesthetic influences: the actors are all white and thin, and the male actors are also somewhat exaggerated, especially Lin Daiyu, Lin Daiyu is importantly "decadent".
The 2010 version of the "Dream of the Red Chamber" character has a harmonious and unified picture color, but it has lost decadence, the picture is very exquisite, but it is too exquisite, so that the characters and the environment are cut.
In addition, it is difficult to imagine that the new version with exquisite pictures will actually use vulgar lenses.
At the time of "Daiyu's Death", the 2010 version of the processing time is to directly open the camera from Daiyu's hands and move to Daiyu's bare legs. Li Shaohong's explanation is that "for the sake of insurance treatment Ben Jie comes, Ben Jie goes." ”
But in fact, in ancient times, when people died, they must not let the body be exposed outside, especially in front of their immediate family. Therefore, the treatment of the 2010 version of "Death of Daiyu" is not in line with the original work, nor is it in line with the historical and cultural background.
04: Costume prop differences
The person in charge of the costume props of the 1987 edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is Shen Congwen, who is a great writer who wrote "Border City", and he is also a famous chinese historical and cultural researcher, author of "Research on Ancient Chinese Costumes".
Because Cao Xueqin's original work did not explain the dynastic and historical background of the occurrence of the "Red Chamber", under the guidance of Shen Congwen, it was finally determined that the 87th edition of the "Red Chamber" was mainly designed with the costumes of the Song and Ming Dynasties, and the details of the Qing Dynasty costumes were also added.
However, Shen Congwen clearly demanded that in terms of clothing, the dress of each character is consistent with his fate, and the color of the costume is also the temperament and fate of the character. For example, daiyu's plum blossoms, Baochao's pink peonies...
From the overall point of view, the costumes and props of the 1987 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" are dignified and elegant, while the 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" continues the freehand makeup of the opera, and the costumes and props are all artistic.
The costumes and props of the 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" are all made by the masters of the old life, and each character's clothes are unique, but unfortunately, although unique, it is still contrary to the original work.
Xue Baochao in the original work often wears home-made civilian clothes and is not always luxurious and glamorous. In addition, the daughter of the Red Chamber in history did not 'patch the film', the patch, that is the performance of the theatrical stage....
05: The scene is different
The scenes of the 1987 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" are all built on solid filming. The 87th edition of Ningguo mansion and Rongguo mansion, as well as the Daguan Garden, were built in Hebei and Beijing 1:1 after joint discussions between red scholars, landscape architects, and ancient architects.
The entire 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" has more than 10,000 shots, and the framing range covers 10 provinces and cities in China, 219 scenic spots, so all the scenes and pictures are real scenes, full of colors, strong sense of realism, forming a fresh and elegant sense of reality.
The scene of the 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is the studio photography. In Beijing's oversized studio, a 5,000-square-meter Grand View Garden was created, which was once the one used by Zhang Yimou for "The City Is Full of Gold".
In this huge studio, every detail is luxurious and well-designed, and any ornament is worth hundreds of thousands of real supplies, so the nobility of "Rong GuoFu" is far more than the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
The 2010 edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is also an oil painting color, the artistic conception of ink painting, and the national style route in terms of color grading, and the lens language and shooting method are also full of poetry, but the problem is also here.
The new version is too much pursuit of the ultimate beauty, but this ultimate beauty is different from the real person, the picture and the performance of the person are separated, so the picture is good-looking, but the person inside appears to be fake...
3. Summary
If the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is realistic, then the 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is a dream-making, the former is a profound reflection of social reality, and the latter is a kind of romantic Taiping whitewash.
I'm not saying that there is no need for this kind of Taiping whitewashing, in fact, the 2010 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" has also put a lot of effort into the picture, at least it is better than many costume props in the 87 version of that year, but why is there still a gap?
The reason may still lie in the contemporary interpretation and the spirit of the original work, the new version of the utilitarian consciousness is too serious, money is needed, word of mouth is also wanted, but in the end it still fell to the bias of the market, ignoring the mission of inheriting culture.
Whether it is a TV series or a story, although the drama is very good, don't forget that it starts because of "truth".