Rare 89 Dream of the Red Chamber: Liu Xiaoqing plays Wang Xifeng, Zhao Lirong plays Liu Grandma, Tao Huimin plays Dai Yu Gap One: The story structure is refreshing and compact, but the plot is slow, and it seems dull Gap Two: Compared with the 87 version, the selection of actors is not very similar, and the discrimination rate is low The gap is three: The end follows the Continuation of Gao Osprey, the tragedy is weakened, and the overall is still a warm conclusion

The opening credits of the 89th edition of the movie Dream of the Red Chamber

The 87 version of the TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. But few people seem to know that just two years later, there is a "catch-up" 87 version of the movie "Dream of the Red Chamber", which is the film "Dream of the Red Chamber" shot by the Beijing Film Studio with an investment of 20 million yuan.

89 version of the Dream of the Red Chamber poster

The movie "Dream of the Red Chamber" is directed by famous directors Xie Tieli and Zhao Yuan. Unlike 87's "Dream of the Red Chamber", which all enabled newcomers, the movie "Dream of the Red Chamber" at that time can be described as "a gathering of big coffee" and a shining star: Wang Xifeng was played by the popular film and television star Liu Xiaoqing, played by Liu Grandma is the comedian Zhao Lirong, played by Lin Daiyu is Tao Huimin, Xue Baochao is played by Fu Yiwei, Shi Xiangyun is played by Ma Xiaoqing, He Saifei plays Miao Yu, He Qing plays Qin Keqing, Chen Hong plays You Erjie, Li Lingyu plays You Sanjie; the most interesting is Jia Baoyu, who is backstory by a girl - Xia Jing, a Yue opera actress from Shanghai. At that time, Xia Jing was only 18 years old. She was surprised to receive the news of playing Jia Baoyu, but quickly integrated herself into the role of "boy", not only cutting her hair short, but also changing her name to "Xia Qin". The successful anti-string Jia Baoyu made Xia Jing once popular across the country and became an idol in the hearts of many movie fans in the 90s.

The 89 version of The Dream of the Red Chamber has two protagonists: Tao Huimin and Xia Jing

The 89th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" was shot in 1986 and filmed for two years. At this time, it is also the "post-production" of the filming of the TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber". 87 "Dream of the Red Chamber" originally had the intention of using "well-known actors", but after learning about the appearance fees of Liu Xiaoqing and others, the 87 version of the crew, which only invested more than 6 million yuan, gave up this plan and turned to the country to seek new people. And Liu Xiaoqing and other popular stars then "defected" to the more "well-funded" movie "Dream of the Red Chamber" crew, which also has the meaning of "competing" with 87 'Dream of the Red Chamber".

Liu Xiaoqing's version of Wang Xifeng

"Dream of the Red Chamber" is a long classical novel of more than 1 million words, with many characters and complex clues. There is still room for "maneuver" to be interpreted by a TV series. But to reflect the story of "Dream of the Red Chamber" through a movie is "very challenging". Because of this, the movie "Dream of the Red Chamber" was filmed in a total of 6 films, with a total of more than 700 minutes, which is also the scale of a TV series.

Tao Huimin plays Lin Daiyu

Unlike 87's "Dream of the Red Chamber" in which it was replayed continuously, it was difficult to find its trace after the 89 "Dream of the Red Chamber" was released nationwide, so most viewers did not know that there was such a movie. In 1990, the film "Dream of the Red Chamber" won the "Golden Rooster Award for Chinese Cinema", Xie Tieli and Zhao Yuan won the Best Director Award, Lin Moyu, who played Jia Mu, won the Best Supporting Role Award, and the costume design and prop makeup also won awards and nominations. It can be seen that although the 89th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is not as well-known as the 87th edition, it is also a high-level work.

Baoyu and Daiyu

The filming of the movie "Dream of the Red Chamber" is almost at the same time as the TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber", so it is not possible to talk about who imitates whom, nor can it be said that it is a kind of "remake", it can only be said that two flowers bloom on a tree, and the flowers are different in degree of delicacy, but each has its own beauty.

Xue Baochao, played by Fu Yiwei, has a really good temperament

First of all, the "narrative structure" of the movie "Dream of the Red Chamber" is very successful, starting from "too illusory" and ending with "too illusory", which is very complete. Xie Tieli's use of the aesthetics of the film picture can be described as free, if nothing else, only this "too illusory" lens, it is much stronger than 87 "Dream of the Red Chamber", and there is basically no in-depth portrayal of the "too illusory realm" in the TV series. "Too Unreal Realm" was filmed in the largest studio of Beiying at that time - but also the largest studio in the country at that time - in the absence of digital equipment and computer special effects production, the crew beautifully restored the "Too Illusory Realm": at the beginning, it was white clouds and mist, and the cranes flew up, like an ancient painting of the Song Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, and gradually, Jia Baoyu and a monk came from afar.

Too unreal to open the film

Then the monks dispersed together, and Jia Baoyu entered the illusory realm.

Jia Baoyu's divine tour is too illusory

The fairy was surrounded by a group of fairies and came in a BMW car.

The police fairy came out to greet Jia Baoyu

At that time, the fairy who played the too illusory realm was an actor in the Gansu Song and Dance Troupe, and the picture arrangement was based on the Dunhuang murals.

Too unreal architecture

Therefore, in today's view, this scene still looks majestic, elegant and thick, with a strong Chinese classical style.

Too illusory

The movie "Dream of the Red Chamber" intercepts several parts of the novel: Bao Dai meets (up and down), Dai Yu funeral flowers, Feng Jie pours vinegar, Er You tragically dies, Qingwen dies, and Bao Yu fossils (up and down), a total of 6 parts and 8 episodes. Basically "restored" the storyline of "Dream of the Red Chamber".

The police fairy feasted on Jia Baoyu

Strictly speaking, the artistic standard of the 89 film "Dream of the Red Chamber" is still very high: the love story of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, and the development process of Jia Fu from prosperity and decline, complement each other, and cut off the branches, looking very refreshing. In addition to the success of the "narrative structure", it has also reached these 3 high standards:

Wang Xifeng and Lin Daiyu first met, and the picture was quite exquisite

First, it successfully shaped the aesthetic mood of "Dream of the Red Chamber", such as the shaping of the "too illusory realm", the shaping of the Grand View Garden, and the shaping of scenes such as Daiyu's funeral flowers and Yuan Fei's provincial relatives, all of which have its own unique charm, reflecting the director's humanistic feelings and spiritual pursuits.

Second, the actor's "acting skills" are remarkable, Liu Xiaoqing and Zhao Lirong Tao Huimin Xia Jing, etc., are trying to create a good character image and show the true city nature of treating art. In fact, the success of any kind of art requires "sincerity", and the reason why 87 "Dream of the Red Chamber" is successful is that the screenwriter is sincere, the director is sincere, and the actor is sincere. The same is true of the 89th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber", where the crew and actors strive to shoot a "boutique". It has indeed achieved such a purpose, otherwise it is impossible to win the Golden Rooster Award for Chinese Films!

Zhao Lirong plays Grandma Liu

However, anything is afraid of contrast, just like the saying: "Not afraid of not knowing the goods, afraid of goods", compared with the 87 TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber", the error in the 89 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is revealed.

He Qing played Qin Keqing

<h1>Gap 1: The story structure is refreshing and compact, but the plot advances slowly and appears dull</h1>

The most successful place of 89 "Dream of the Red Chamber" is the editing of the plot, like a "combination cabinet", one cabinet after another is arranged and installed, which seems to be not chaotic, which reflects the "ingenuity" of the screenwriter and director. But one drawback of this "choreography" is that the plot moves very slowly. Taking the "too illusory realm" at the beginning as an example, in order to perfectly present this "artistic conception" in "Dream of the Red Chamber", the picture appeared for 15 minutes: how Baoyu entered the too illusory realm, how the police fairy came out to greet, how Baoyu flipped through the "Jinling Twelve Chao" book, how to drink and feast, all depicted in great detail... After narrating this "incident", Bao Yu suddenly woke up, and it turned out to be Nan Ke's dream, in Qin Keqing's bed. Then Jia Baoyu returned to the Rongguo Mansion, just when Lin Daiyu came to Beijing, Jia Baoyu first met Lin Daiyu and entered the second storyline. "Bao Dai First Meeting" was performed for more than 10 minutes.

Female version of Jia Baoyu

89 "Dream of the Red Chamber" strives to respect the original work. But the unruly plot lacks jumpiness, and overall feels like "warm swallowing water", which is dull. This point happens to be the biggest difference between 87 "Dream of the Red Chamber" and 89 "Dream of the Red Chamber". When director Wang Fulin tells the actors about the play, one of the most basic requirements is: the actor's performance cannot be like "warm swallowing water", you are either like a cup of boiling hot water, scalding people, or like a cup of cold ice water that penetrates the bone marrow, freezing people fiercely, in short, your performance should make the audience remember you! Therefore, we see that the interpretation of the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" generally gives people the feeling of "singing and crying, swinging and intestinal", which is deeply rooted in people's hearts and stimulates the audience's strong feelings and resonance, but in the 89th edition, this feeling cannot be found here.

Tao Huimin version of Lin Daiyu

<h1>Gap two: Compared with the 87 version, the selection of actors is not very similar, and the discrimination rate is low</h1>

The actors of 89 "Dream of the Red Chamber" are still good on the whole. Many actors have a high degree of similarity with the characters in the play. For example, He Qing, who plays Qin Keqing:

He Qing also played the role of a police fairy

Fu Yiwei, who plays Xue Baochao:

Xue Baochao

Ma Xiaoqing, who plays Shi Xiangyun:

Shi Xiangyun

He Saifei, who plays Miaoyu:

Myo Yu

Li Lingyu, who plays You Sanjie, etc.:

You Sanjie

It can be said that "God restored" the characters in the play. Not only the appearance image allows the audience to recognize, but the performance can also be remarkable.

Liu Xiaoqing's version of Wang Xifeng is too gentle

However, compared with the 87 version, the overall "recognition" of the 89 version of the actors is still slightly inferior. As an example in the following picture, if we don't look at the name, we can still see what character this is in "Dream of the Red Chamber".

89 version of the Dream of the Red Mansions characters

However, the biggest feature of the 87 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is that the actor's "recognition" is very high, as long as there is a character, even if it is a minor character, or a character who only appears a few times or even 1 time, we can also identify it at a glance, which is several grades higher than the 89 version as a whole.

The characters of the 87 version are very iconic

When evaluating the 87 "Dream of the Red Chamber" and the 89 "Dream of the Red Chamber", a friend said: The audience thinks that the 87 "Dream of the Red Chamber" is good because "the pearl and jade are in front" and have "preconceptions"! This view is also correct. But not the main one. The casting of the 87 version is really good. Wang Fulin's criteria for selecting actors are: excellence, never ok! For example, Ouyang Fenqiang, who plays Jia Baoyu, has not been found until the start of filming, Wang Fulin said: If Jia Baoyu cannot be found, "Dream of the Red Chamber" will resolutely not start! The criteria for casting are: you can't perform, but you have to be like this character. As long as it's like 7 points, then your performance only needs 3 points! Therefore, we see that the actors in 87's "Dream of the Red Chamber" behave very naturally, because most of them are not "performing", but "the embodiment of their true character"!

The characters of the 87 version are distinct

The 89 version of Wang Xifeng is Liu Xiaoqing. Liu Xiaoqing tried to surpass the role played by Deng Jie, but regrettably did not do so. First, the appearance and image mismatch, when Liu Xiaoqing was almost 40 years old, she played Wang Xifeng was very old-fashioned, so she was ridiculed by the audience as the most old-fashioned Wang Xifeng:

Liu Xiaoqing's version of Wang Xifeng is slightly inferior in temperament

Playing Liu Grandma is the old drama bone Zhao Lirong, but compared with Liu Grandma played by Sha Yuhua, Zhao Lirong's version does not look like a countryman, lacking that rustic atmosphere:

The character performance of the 89 version is more dull

Xia Jing, who opposes Jia Baoyu, has a remarkable performance and can be said to have played at the highest level. But after all, it is a girl, and every move of the hand and the foot are the actions of the girl, and the traces that cannot be erased:

Jia Baoyu of girlish temperament

Lin Daiyu, played by Tao Huimin, has a very melancholy temperament, but her body bones appear to be very strong, lacking that kind of weakness, and her performance is not too into the role, which is relatively blunt.

Dai Yu funeral flowers

<h1>Gap three: The ending follows the Continuation of the High Osprey, the tragedy has weakened, and the overall is still warm</h1>

Every time there is a "remake" of "Dream of the Red Chamber", the director wants to "innovate the old". The ending of 87 "Dream of the Red Chamber" did not follow Gao's continuation, but adopted the results of the red scholar's research and tried to restore Cao Xueqin's original appearance. This point was done more successfully in the 87th edition, and the tragedy of "Dream of the Red Chamber" was fully explained from beginning to end: after raiding the family, the descendants of the Jia family were scattered, and the land was really clean.

The tragedy of the 87th edition is consistent

The 89th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is much milder: the Jia family was copied and then returned the family property, Jia Zheng still became an official, Jia Baoyu became a monk, and went to the "too illusory realm" with a monk, Jia Baoyu saw the Daizhu fairy, the fairy transformed into Ganoderma lucidum grass, Jia Baoyu transformed into a large stone, the stone was carved with "Stone Record", and "Dream of the Red Chamber" ended.

The 89 version of Jia Baoyu's ending, tragically weakened

Overall, it is still warm water.

Wang Xifeng and Madame Wang

<h1>epilogue</h1>

It is not easy for classical masterpieces to be "new". Because the storyline is familiar to the audience. When the audience watches the "remade" TV series, in fact, it is mainly not to look at the story, but to see these 5 aspects: 1, whether the work can convey the artistic conception and give the audience an immersive feeling. For example, the old version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", portraying the section of zhangjiao uprising, the artistic conception of the shape is very good, majestic atmosphere, very Chinese classical charm; 2, look at the acting skills, is not a profound restoration of the characters in the play; 3, look at the ability to structure the story, the complex storyline can be expressed in a concise and ingenious way; 4, see if it is sincere. 5, see if there is "moderation", not to understand what they "can do", but to understand what they "can't do", that is, to "do subtraction", reduce some unnecessary ideas, than adding "superfluous" things will work better!

Wearing two green turbans was Xue Pan

Author's Note:

We have already made 3 "Dream of the Red Chamber": 87 version, 89 version, 10 version. A trend can be seen: investment is getting bigger and bigger, and the level is getting lower and lower!

The characters in the 10th edition of the Dream of the Red Chamber are all alive and well, and the copper coin head is the highlight

It can be seen that when filming a GOOD TV series, money is not the main thing!

The 10th edition of The Dream of the Red Chamber is either copper coin head or shawl distributed

Now, the film "Dream of the Red Chamber" directed by Hu Mei has been released in September and is likely to be released next year.

Hu Mei modestly disclosed the news that the new movie "Dream of the Red Chamber" was completed

I wonder what is the situation of this version of "Dream of the Red Chamber"? It is currently known that the person who plays the Yuan Concubine is Guan Xiaotong:

Hu Mei's version of the Dream of the Red Chamber, filming the scene of the Yuan Princess's provincial relatives

All in all, let's wait and see!