A literary film with personal overtones, an entertainment film with a small-town flavor, a feature film with a human temperature
Frequent awards! This summer's most unmissable nostalgic movie "Free Range Times" August 20th Summer Finale! Li Mengnan said: After beating and scolding, I now realize that our body is full of my father's shadow!
Li Mengnan is a first-class actor of the National Drama Theatre, debuted for so many years, no agent for many years, no fan base, never hyped, calmly faced all the joys and sorrows, and did not "touch porcelain" with other leading actors, always just acting in a down-to-earth manner. He cherishes every opportunity to perform. Every movie, every performance, is his "little luck".
Indeed, there is always an encounter is mutual liking, until one day, Li Mengnan and director Wang Jun drank tea and chatted in their own courtyard, both studied art so that the two old Wenqing had too many topics, and there was the pleasure of the first cooperation "All the Way Crazy", the love for movies made them talk about the past together, talked about unforgettable childhood and the eighties, talked about skipping school to watch movies and even affected the fate of two people, Li Mengnan patted his thighs, did not look at anyone's face, let's make a movie of his own.
In order to play the small town's film projectionist A Gui, Li Mengnan used all his life experience and accumulation, during the filming of the "Free Range Era", Li Mengnan just happened to be performing dramas in Shanghai, every day the crew's car was waiting for him at the backstage door of the theater, and immediately after the break, he drove for more than two hours to the Jiaxing film shooting site, and the next afternoon he had to rush back to the theater on time, this rhythm was maintained for more than ten days, he said that it was very good for the characters, the sense of exhaustion was natural, learning to paint from an early age, cultivating his good habit of observation, The drama school taught him the way to observe life, paying attention to the wonderful and vivid moments of life everywhere, even recording at any time, he once recorded his feelings: "Today, the steamed locust flowers that have not been seen for many years, the children gather under the plane tree to grab the trumpet flowers, tear them open, and lick the honey that is possible, happy to be tireless, throw the rotten flowers that have been torn apart, the smaller children do not care, or lick all the rotten flowers thrown on the ground again, spring and autumn, this scene is constantly repeated, now it is gone... "What a beautiful picture, small details that others do not think, after his clever processing and use, immediately played the effect of finishing touch, for example, the son and the father in the cinema hide and seek each other, not only the process of finding, he designed a very interesting, dance hall fight, writing inspection for the son, giving wine to the principal, the result to the door to be broken, etc., let people feel real funny and sad, Li Mengnan was sent to Luoyang with his parents when he was a child, and the suffering of the bottom life experience made him have more extraordinary endurance and imagination , actor's belly, grocery store, these are his future continuous source of creation. He believes that many actors now lack traces of life too much, too lack of fireworks, put themselves on the shelf, and tie their hands and feet. The characters created have no sense of immersion, and lack the strength to penetrate the back of the paper!
Whether it is playing a good person or a bad person, whether it is a protagonist or a supporting role, what he plays like, he can always portray the vivid image of the character personality, the role makes people unforgettable, this is also the success of Li Mengnan, just to let himself be able to enter the depths of the role of A Gui, from the soul to merge with the role, in an era where idols are in charge and traffic is king, Li Mengnan's efforts to shape the role are rarely seen. This seems to affect his popularity to some extent, but he has a very light view of fame and fortune, "it is good to know what I do, to know my role, and really good actors should hide actors behind the roles." There is no difference in size of the role, there is no difference between high and low in the movie, he will not be complacent because of the achievements he has achieved, nor will he be arrogant because of the likes and dislikes of the market. It's not like the hype.
This is not the first time that Li Mengnan has dedicated textbook acting skills, before that, he has created amazing classic roles in many film and television works. The big villain Cui Dake in "Man is Iron Rice is Steel" let the audience really know his acting skills, Zhao Ximei, the militia captain who is honest and grounded in "Militia Ge Er Egg", General Hu Lian in "Armageddon", the big villain Of "Rouge" Wan Station Manager has feelings and righteousness, the calm criminal police captain in "Nowhere to Hide", etc., the presentation of "Free Range Era" deep into the bone marrow makes him win the Best Actor Award at the 13th San Diego International Children's Film Festival, "Li Justice's Winter Warm summer cool" The tearful police officer won him the crown of Best Actor in the Chinese Section of the 36th Miami International Film Festival in the United States.
Put on the costume, he is a pure actor, take off the costume, he is an ordinary person who loves life, Li Mengnan has always been not used to being chased as a star, nor can he adapt to the staggered socialization, rational and low-key, leisurely but calm, broad and indifferent, Li Mengnan is an actor.