On November 1, 2007, one of the most controversial films in Chinese history was released.
This is a movie that the audience wants to see the most but can't see, and many viewers are frantically looking for the source of the film, just to see the wonderful performances of Tang Wei and Liang Chaowei in the film.
This film has a good reputation, the score on Douban is also very high, and the box office should also be very high, but the result is very disappointing to investors, and the film is not released in the mainland, but only released in Hong Kong.
Even if it was only released in Hong Kong, it was only released for three days before it was hurriedly rolled off the production line.
Although the theater can not be released, but many people especially want to see, in the case of the theater can not watch, choose to watch online.
Even if you watch it on the Internet, it is not possible to watch it if you want to, because the film has a lot of clips that are not suitable for viewing, resulting in major websites taking down the removal mode of this movie, if you want to watch, you can only avoid the regular website and watch it on some small websites.
To be sure, the film was well received, a well-crafted film that won Venice's highest Golden Lion Award. This film is based on a novel written by Zhang Ailing, and the stories in it are all derived from real history.
This movie is Ang Lee's "Color Ring".
The reason why "Color Ring" is a sensation is not only because the film is well-made, the content is ups and downs, fascinating, and there is also an unsolved mystery that has aroused tens of millions of netizens - whether Tang Weiliang Chaowei really did it when filming?
To know the real answer, we must first briefly understand why the film was banned by the whole network.
The film is based on Zhang Ailing's novel of the same name, The Color Ring, which is based on the Republic of China heroine Zheng Pingru and the traitor Ding Mo Estate.
Zheng Pingru's father, Zheng Yu, was a patriot who studied in Japan, married a Japanese woman, and changed his name to Zheng Huajun after returning to China.
Zheng Huajun is Zheng Pingru's mother, to be precise, it is a Mixed Chinese and Japanese child, because she lives with her Japanese mother, Zheng Pingru is also very good in Japanese, and can communicate normally with Japanese people.
Zheng Pingru, who grew up, became a famous lady in the Republic of China society, smart and beautiful, and good at sociability. Under the influence of her father Zheng Yu, Zheng Pingru has been very patriotic since childhood.
At the age of 19, Zheng Pingru, who hated the Japanese to the bone, secretly joined the Central Command and engaged in intelligence work. The main task of the work is to use beauty to communicate with high-ranking Japanese and pseudo-officials, discover intelligence from them, and do everything possible to obtain intelligence.
In 1939, the traitor Ding Mo Estate made his debut, defected to the Japanese, and established the No. 76 secret service organization on Shanghai's Jisfell Road to bloodily suppress the anti-Japanese heroes.
As Ding Mo Estate was a traitor to the KUOMINTang intelligence agencies and was well aware of the laws of action of the KMT intelligence agencies, he easily removed several secret strongholds set up by the CENTRAL Command in Shanghai, and the Agents of the Central Command were either killed or plotted against.
Therefore, Ding Mo Estate has become a thorn in the eye of the Central Unity, a thorn in the flesh, and this person must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise it will suffer greater losses.
The governor of the Central Command District, Tan Po Wah, accepted the task of removing Ting Mo Estate, as Ting Mo Estate was a cautious man who was uncertain and had no place to live, and could not get rid of this person through assassination. In desperation, Chan Po Wah decided to take advantage of Ding Mo Estate's lustful weakness and sent Zheng Ping to seduce Ding Mo Estate and perform a beauty trick to rape.
On 21 December 1939, Zheng Pingru lured Ding Mo Estate to a Siberian fur shop in Shanghai on the pretext of buying a fur coat, where the agents of the Central Command had ambushed him in advance.
As soon as Ding Mo Estate entered the store, he was immediately shot and killed.
Therefore, Zheng Pingru deliberately grinded and rubbed to choose a coat to buy time for the agents who were ambushed here. Suddenly, the highly vigilant Ding Mo Estate took a stack of money out of his pocket, placed it on the counter, hurried out of the door, jumped into the car and fled.
The stunned Zheng Pingru looked at the scene in front of him and did not know how to be good.
It turned out that when Zheng Pingru was choosing clothes, the cunning Ding Mo Estate saw two suspicious-looking men in the reflection of the window glass.
Although he was not sure of the identities of these two people, he was suspicious in his heart and quickly left the dangerous place.
The assassins who were ambushed outside the store were not mentally prepared, and did not expect Ding Mo Estate to hurry away and forget to shoot.
By the time the assassins reacted, Ding Mo Estate had already sneaked into the car to flee the scene.
The angry agents hurriedly opened fire, bullets hitting the bulletproof glass of the car window, and Ding Mo Estate was unharmed, sitting in the car and flying away.
Obviously, Zheng Pingru had been exposed, and her superiors ordered her to evacuate immediately, but Zheng Pingru was not reconciled, and called to test Ding Mo Estate, and the other party seemed to have nothing happening, and was still gentle with her, and did not seem to have discovered her identity.
In fact, the old and slippery Ding Mo Estate has determined that the fur shop assassination incident is directly related to Zheng Ping, but he did not make it clear on the phone that the purpose of this is to stabilize Zheng Pingru.
However, Zheng Pingru thought that Ding Mo Estate would not suspect her, and did not evacuate with his accomplices, but decided to stay and wait for the opportunity to plan a third assassination.
Three days later, on Christmas Eve, she went to Yoding Mok Estate at 76 for the holidays, but was held in 76.
In the face of interrogation, she always denied that the assassination was related to her, but there was no way to completely wash herself away from the incident.
Ding Mo Estate naturally did not believe what she said and decided to end her life.
In February 1940, Zheng Pingru was secretly executed by Agent 76 at the age of 22.
There is no doubt that Zheng Pingru is a patriotic heroine who sacrificed her young and precious life to resist Japan and save the country, which is worthy of our eternal remembrance.
Ang Lee's "Color Ring" was a success and received rave reviews, but it was still banned for the following reasons:
1, the scale of the film content is large, and it is not described in detail here.
2, because the role of Wang Guizhi is a heroine who can sing and cry, she should hate such a traitor as Ding Mo Estate to the bone, but Wang Guizhi in the film fell in love with this big traitor, which runs counter to the heroic image we praise, which is not conducive to the cultivation of patriotic sentiments of the masses and will naturally be banned.
"Color Ring" is a spy drama directed by Ang Lee and starring Liang Chaowei and Tang Wei. In the Douban Top250 movie ranking is extremely high, second only to Xiao Lizi's "Blood Diamond".
Ang Lee once confessed that this film is the film he has devoted himself to the most deeply and with deep affection. The lead actor in the play, Liang Chaowei, could not afford to be ill due to the play, and Tang Wei, who "dedicated himself" to the play, was tragically banned and returned to the screen many years later.
Director Xu Ke: "If you pick a Chinese romance film from ten years ago, "Color Ring" should be on the list. ”
Director Feng Xiaogang: "This is not a simple love film, Ang Lee has more artistic pursuits. ”
The reason why "Color Ring" has become a classic that netizens talk about is because of those three large-scale scenes.
Ang Lee once said in an interview with the media:
Without the three wonderful segments in the play, "Color Ring" is not "Color Ring", and it will not succeed.
Decades ago, Zhang Ailing spent thirty years to write "Color Ring", which she once called writing this novel, almost exhausting her energy and emotions.
"Color Ring" is difficult to shoot, not only because of the color in it, but also because of the rich emotions, which is very demanding for the director, and it is a laborious but thankless job, so few directors dare to challenge Zhang Ailing's work.
However, the famous director Ang Lee wanted to challenge Zhang Ailing's work.
Actors are the soul of a good movie, Ang Lee naturally knows this, he thought a lot of actresses, and finally chose Shu Qi.
But Shu Qi, who read the script, refused Ang Lee's invitation, and she confessed that she could not take off the clothes she wore back one by one.
Li An also invited Liu Yifei, but at that time, Liu Yifei was already a "fairy sister" in the eyes of the audience, and because the role did not match his own personality, he refused.
Zhang Ziyi, who had worked with Ang Lee, wanted to participate in the show, so he took the initiative to find Ang Lee and hoped that the other party would consider himself.
Ang Lee recognized Zhang Ziyi's acting skills, but felt that her various conditions were not in line with the role of "Wang Jiazhi", and wanted to reject her, because he could not find a suitable candidate, he had to treat her as a "candidate".
If the obscure Tang Wei did not come to audition, Ang Lee was ready to enable Zhang Ziyi.
At that time, Tang Wei was 27 years old, graduated from the directing department of the Central Academy of Drama for just two years, and had worked part-time as a model, and his figure and temperament were very much in line with the standards of director Ang Lee.
During the audition, Li An saw Tang Wei wearing a cheongsam and couldn't help but be dazzled, and decided to play the role of "Wang Jiazhi" to her.
In fact, Tang Wei also paid a lot for acting in "Color Ring", including hard-won love.
Before the filming of "Color Ring", Tang Wei's parents strongly opposed her acting in this humiliating movie, and Tang Wei tearfully consulted with his parents: "I am 27 years old, and I have no chance if I am not red, I want to try!" ”
Tang Wei's father was a painter, and he turned his back silently and stopped talking to Tang Wei. The mother sighed and said, "What you will gain and lose because of this, you must think clearly, and you must make your own choices!" ”
In fact, at that time, Tang Wei had a hard time making decisions, not only because of her parents, but also because of her boyfriend, Tian Yu.
Tian Yu is the actor of "Teacher Wang" in "Charlotte Troubles", and Tang Wei is also in love because of the drama, and the relationship has always been very stable, and it has reached the point of talking about marriage.
Although Tian Yu is also an actor, he can't accept his girlfriend's dedication to art, and he said to Tang Wei: "As a peer or an audience, I may appreciate your courage, but as a boyfriend, I really can't accept you to shoot this play!" ”
However, Tang Wei was determined that even if he broke up with Tian Yu in pain, he would gamble for his career once.
Screenwriter Wang Huiling later recalled the filming process, she said that from the beginning of the original adaptation, to the screenwriter, actors, directors and other links, almost all the main creative staff at that time were taking their lives to die.
From the day Tang Wei entered the group, she threw herself away, and she tried to become Wang Jiazhi. Suzhou bomb evaluation, Shanghai sparrow, qipao wearing, celebrity etiquette, seven days a week training is never stopped.
Art director Park Ruomu is responsible for giving Wang Jiazhi a body, while Ang Lee is responsible for giving Wang Jiazhi a soul. Under the almost "devilish" training, the lustful and pure Wang Jiazhi came back to life from the novel.
It is said that Zhang Ziyi, who was not selected by Ang Lee at the time, was very jealous of Tang Wei, but after seeing wang Jiazhi, who she played, she was quickly impressed. It can be seen that Tang Wei has paid a lot of money to act in this movie.
At that time, Tang Wei had no way back, and if she failed, she would not only be unable to face her relatives and friends, but also lose her dreams and career.
Tang Wei gave everything for this drama, and Liang Chaowei, who was regarded as a god-level actor by Wong Kar-wai, also paid a lot.
In order to shoot this drama, Liang Chaowei decisively gave up the idol image and exercised to lose 8 kilograms. Not only did he draw eye bags and nasolabial lines, but even the hairline was pushed up a few centimeters. All this is done in order to meet The Mr. Yi in Zhang Ailing's pen.
Of course, the hardest part is the three large-scale scenes.
Every movement, eye look, and degree of damage to the clothes was carefully designed and repeatedly filmed under the guidance of Ang Lee.
Especially when the key parts are filmed, the director will also ask for "clearance", leaving only the director, actors and photographers on the scene.
Only in the case of fewer people, Liang Chaowei and Tang Wei can relax their mood and repeatedly run into each other until the two empathize and shoot the best picture and state.
In order to shoot the best effect, the whole crew fought hard, and several of the scenes were filmed for seven days and seven nights.
Especially after filming three large-scale scenes, Liang Chaowei and Tang Wei couldn't help but cry.
Liang Chaowei recalled: "I don't dare to think back, now we all have demons in our hearts." It can only be said that at that time, everyone in the crew was open-minded. ”
Ang Lee recalled, "For the sake of thousands of generations, there is no way to force the staff to die." ”
After Ang Lee finished filming "Color Ring", he did not watch this exhausting work for a long time.
Once, Ang Lee sat in the corner of the crew brooding, and actually cried out alone, and Liang Chaowei ran over to comfort him for a long time.
Liang Chaowei's feelings for this play are definitely no less than Ang Lee, although he finished filming the play, he has not been able to walk out of this play, and even quietly returned to the set several times, touching the room where Wang Jiazhi once lived in the play, touching the bed sheet and secretly crying.
It is precisely because of the efforts of this group of people that to this day, "Color Ring" is still a classic film in the history of Chinese film.
Although it did not have a box office, it won word of mouth.
The most controversial part of "Color Ring" is the three large-scale plays. The audience has always been unable to avoid the question: Is it necessary for such a large-scale play to exist?
Ang Lee was later asked this question, but he only said one sentence: "Without those three scenes, "Color Ring" would not be called "Color Ring"." ”
Indeed, Ang Lee didn't want to shoot like this, but he had to shoot it.
In fact, wang jiazhi and Mr. Yi's three large-scale scenes are actually quite connotative, all the shots are very challenging, in order to leave the best shots to the audience, each large-scale scene was rehearsed several times before the start of filming.
In the first scene, Mr. Yi, out of professional instinct, has always been defensive about Tang, fearing that she will hurt herself by hiding a weapon.
In the second scene, the two can already hug each other, which means that Mr. Yi begins to trust Wang Jiazhi, and there is a subtle emotional change in him.
Until the last scene, the two let go of their doubts, and only a strong friendship and attachment were left to each other.
Without these three scenes, the audience will not understand why Wang Jiazhi, who tried to assassinate Mr. Yi, finally gave up everything to protect him, and why the head of the secret service could let Wang Jiazhi stay by his side.
In order to shoot "Color Ring", the two lead actors used almost all their emotions, and because of this play, they paid a lot of price.
Tang Wei suffered more hardships, not only lost his love, but also was tragically banned because of this large-scale drama.
Seeing the situation that Tang Wei suffered, Li Anxin was too unwilling to go, so he recruited Tang Wei to his company and provided her with the opportunity to study abroad. After a few years of returning to the film world, the career is also smooth.
For the play "Color Ring", many viewers have a question in their hearts, whether Tang Wei and Liang Chaowei are really doing it in this play. When both were interviewed by the media, they inevitably asked about this topic, and in the face of this extremely embarrassing question, both of them answered very cleverly.
Liang Chaowei said: When the bodies collide with each other, it is indeed like a fake drama! He also said that Liu Jialing did not mind this, because everyone knew that it was filming.
And Tang Wei's response was even more absolute, Tang Wei said: We are just doing the thing of having children.
As for whether there is a fake play or not, it is still a mystery, but intimate skin contact is naturally inevitable. As for whether the fake drama is really done, I am afraid that only a few parties know best.
For the filming of the passion scene, the audience may think that the fake play is really done, and may also think that the fake play is fake. But as the professionals say, no actor likes to play a bed scene, because it can be tiring to do a bed play.
Regardless of whether there is a fake play or not, this play is always a classic, and everyone appreciates it as a work of art.
"Color Ring" is a great work of art, and the bold performance only adds a shining point to this art.
Tang Wei and Liang Chaowei's performance of almost "sacrificing" themselves in the film eventually bought the opportunity for the two to be able to win in film history.
As for whether Tang Wei and Liang Chaowei are fake or not, it does not matter, what matters is their spirit of dedication to art.
Whether a film is good or not, the audience has the most right to speak, and the movie that the audience likes to watch is a good movie. Obviously, the film "Color Ring" has done this, and it has remained in the hearts of every moviegoer, until the vicissitudes of the sea.