"Preach in the text." --Tang Tears"
Aaron Kwok began to officially focus on the film industry after Lianzhuang Golden Horse Film Emperor in 2006.
At this time, he showed a strong interest in film.
So the following year, when he was shortlisted for the Golden Horse Awards again with "C+ Detective", he even called out to Ang Lee, saying that there was no limit to his filmmaking.
Between the words, it reveals an actor's yearning for a famous director.
If the adjective "top" is used as the standard.
There are three people on the mainland, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang, Hong Kong has a luxurious lineup of Tan Jiaming, Yan Hao, Xu Ke, Du Qifeng, Hui Anhua, Wong Kar-wai, Chen Kexin and Lin Lingdong, and Taiwan is headed by Hou Xiaoxian and Li An.
This is the pyramid spire of the Chinese directorial world.
The great help of famous directors to actors need not be denied. For example, The Emperor of a Thousand Faces, Liang Jiahui, the first play is the director Li Hanxiang's "Hanging Curtains and Listening to the Government", which is a golden statue of the emperor in one fell swoop, if it falls into the hands of an ordinary director, it is likely that there will be another encounter. The above-mentioned famous guide groups are all outstanding in battle and have won countless awards, and several of them can be called "empress" manufacturing machines.
Therefore, at that time, Aaron Kwok, whether based on awards or acting skills to improve the purpose, eager to cooperate with famous directors, in fact, there is nothing wrong with it.
At that time, among the above-mentioned famous directors, only Tan Jiaming and Du Qifeng had cooperated.
His first Golden Horse Film Emperor Trophy came from the second cooperation with director Chen Musheng, and he was also the only film emperor in Director Chen Musheng's career, both of whom were very excited, which was also a very fate, and a few years later, they cooperated with the science fiction theme of "Whole City Alert", and another agreed musical was permanently stranded due to the death of Director Chen.
The direct effect brought by this "Three Forks", in addition to the first seal of the film emperor, the greater value is to attract the attention of director Tan Jiaming, who ignored the opposition of investors and hand-picked him to star in "Father and Son". This time it is even more reborn, whether it is from the degree of entry, empathy and performance level, or from the emotional tension and character creation, it is completely impeccable.
Off-topic, a puzzle about acting.
Many people are confused as to why some actors are always praised for their excellent acting skills, while others are difficult to get professional recognition.
For example, The acting school of Leung Ka Fai, Wu Zhenyu, Liu Qingyun, Zheng Zeshi and Zhang Jiahui, Lin Jiadong, but also including Chow Yun Fat, Liang Chaowei and Aaron Kwok, who are also strong and idols, other golden supporting actors are not listed, their performance in the film is particularly easy to get professional and industry praise, while other actors are the opposite.
In fact, just like the commercial and literary classification of films, acting ability is also divided into two types according to this.
One is called "acting" and the other is called "creation."
If you talk about the level of "performance", the first is the degree of naturalness, the second is the audience feelings and preferences brought by the actor's own charm, so in the conventional commercial films, the so-called level of acting skills is generally difficult to distinguish, which is what many people like to say "see the wisdom of the people", it is mainly related to the proficiency of the performance, as well as the characteristics and charm of the actor himself.
If you enter the field of "creation", you can't "see the wisdom of the people", because it involves the depth of entering the play, the height of empathy ability, the level of emotions, laying the groundwork and the beginning and ending, for the actor is a result that requires some effort and painstaking effort to achieve, for the audience, it is very likely to be affected by the emotional pulse.
Distinguishing the levels and differences between these two acting abilities, it is actually very simple to judge the level of an actor's acting skills.
For example, take the movie "Peerless" as an example, the performance of "Burning Painting" in the script is like this, "Li asked: true or false, the remaining one can not be sold, is the best proof, I will not do it." Nguyen Van: What are you going to do? Are you going to go back and paint fake pictures? Lee asked and smiled at Nguyen Van, Nguyen Van: I'm sorry... I. Li Qing lit the canvas with a lighter that had finished lighting a cigarette, and the painting instantly lit up."
The script of commercial films will not have too many emotional twists and details, how to perform depends on the actor's understanding, thinking and play, and Aaron Kwok's performance we have seen, a few words, into about a minute on the big screen "up and down".
From hearing Nguyen Van's self-respecting and lethal words, "He first responded with the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes, then lit a cigarette, his eyes were self-deprecating, and then gradually faded, became cold (cheng), ignited the painting, had no emotion in his eyes, completely became a stranger (turning), retreated away, turned around, and ran through the street, the subtext of body language was lightness, teasing and cynicism.
The audience sees Lee asks the character's inner world, why he was injured and why he changed, which paves the way for Lee to join the counterfeit money group below, while Aaron Kwok completes his task in the "Deception" chapter, which makes people believe in the confession, and the objects of deception include "the police, Xiuqing after plastic surgery, and the audience in front of the big screen".
Combined with the reversal at the end of the play, it turns out that Li Qian is only in a crush on the "neighbor female painter" Ruan Wen, and under the combination of the two, you can't help but marvel at the rich imagination of Li Qian's character and his self-deception and deception, so that the character appears particularly three-dimensional and vivid, and extremely layered.
Therefore, director Zhuang Wenqiang will say, "Aaron Kwok's performance exceeds his own needs."
This is called "creation", but this level of performance generally only appears in literary films.
If you take the actors in the current Hong Kong film industry, there are three people who can easily cross between business and literature, which means that no matter what type of film they are in, they can achieve "creation", not just "performance".
One is called Liang Jiahui, using "Cold War" as evidence; the other is called Liang Chaowei, based on "Infernal Affairs"; and another is called Aaron Kwok, who is listed with "Peerless".
As far as the current state is concerned, Aaron Kwok has gone further than the "big and small beams", and he has begun to pursue roles in any film (such as the commercial film "Sweeping Drugs III"), which is itself an extreme "creative" mentality.
Let's talk about the problem of the name guide and the new guide.
Aaron Kwok has been working with directors since 2007, including Peng Shun, who has made small-budget horror films, Yao Shuhua, who has only made one film, and directors such as Chow Hsien Yang, Chen Musheng, Gu Changwei, Chen Guohui, Lu Jianqing/Lem Lemin, Zhang Yibai, Yang Caini, Fei Xing, Zheng Baorui, Weng Ziguang, Chen Kaige, Wu Zhongtian, Lian Yiqi, Zhong Shaoxiong, Zhuang Wenqiang, Huang Qingxun and Wang Xuan, Chen Zhengdao, Lu Ke and other directors.
Thirty films, such a long list of names, of which Chen Musheng, Gu Changwei and Zheng Baorui, Zhuang Wenqiang, Chen Zhengdao are the backbone level of directors, Chen Kaige is a famous director, and nine directors are the first time to direct films.
Combining it with another piece of data may be more intuitive. In terms of first directing, Leung Ka Fai has made 120 films and cooperated with ten new directors, only "Gua Sha" and "Cold War" are outstanding, Andy Lau has made more than 150 films and cooperated with eight new directors, only "Lost Alone" and "Carmen in Mong Kok" are of good quality, Liang Chaowei has not cooperated with the new director at all, and Li Ming has only cooperated with one new director, that is, ShiQing, who directed "Yang Guifei".
Aaron Kwok is a total of 60 works including unreleased films, and has cooperated with eleven new directors, including "Silver Empire", "Murderer", "Cold War", "Blood And Plum" and "Mai Luren", which can be described as outstanding in acting and word-of-mouth, as well as a "Secret of June", which was shelved for two years after filming, and then restarted editing, the quality remains to be seen.
This is already a super high yield rate.
Combined with the "top" level of famous directors mentioned in the opening paragraph.
Andy Lau has cooperated with Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang in the mainland, and the famous Hong Kong directors except Tam Ka Ming and Yan Hao, the other ones have not fallen behind, and the two in Taiwan have not intersected. Leung Ka Fai has no intersection with the three famous directors in the mainland, all the famous directors in Hong Kong have cooperated with Hou Xiaoxian, and Leung Chao-wai has cooperated with other directors except Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang.
In contrast, Aaron Kwok has only cooperated with tan jiaming, Yan Hao, Du Qifeng and Chen Kaige.
Although this is related to his short time in the film industry and the small number of concurrent films, it also reflects the fact that although he has also won the blue-eyed sum of the two Hong Kong New Wave celebrities and rejected Xu Ke and Chen Kexin, he has indeed not been favored by more famous directors.
Therefore, Aaron Kwok is like this, walking alone on a shadow road that lacks famous directors. In the field of acting, it is more dependent on their own movie-watching experience, stealing teachers from opponents, and the ultimate degree of drama and thinking to push themselves forward.
Such a road is actually not easy to follow, which can be concluded by observing most idol actors in the Chinese film industry.
Aaron Kwok may be able to be said to be the most successful actor in the entire Chinese film industry, starting from the identity of "idol", transforming into a "powerful faction".
And its film resources have always been "hellish" treatment, mostly new director productions with only scripts and uncertain futures.
The highly acclaimed "Peerless" is the personal invitation for Director Zhuang after his acting strength is recognized, just like the act of Director Tan in that year.
For example, there are five works to be screened, in addition to two Hong Kong film productions "When the Wind Rises Again" and "Sweeping Drugs III.", the other is a "Disconnected Net" that continues to cooperate with new director Huang Qingxun, a new director's debut work "The Secret of June" that has been filmed for two years, and one is "Daddy is Wangcai" with mainland director Lu Ke, while Lu Director, who has only two works before, is still a newcomer.
In other words, Aaron Kwok is an actor with a serious reversal of the situation of coffee and resources.
But even so, it also gave him a bloody path, and even called it a "new guide touchstone".
Perhaps, this is the true meaning of "heavenly reward for hard work".
And his dream of "famous director" may have long since faded.
Famous or not.
For him, in fact, it is no longer important.