On May 9, the famous actor Qin Yi died at 4:08 a.m. in Huadong Hospital. The "People's Artist" is in his old age, and the "Most Beautiful Strivers" are celebrating their lives.
Ishikawa, vice chairman of the Shanghai Filmmakers Association and professor of the Shanghai Theater Academy, mentioned in an exclusive interview with the surging news reporter that in his impression, Qin Yi's beauty is through the times, "I have seen her on many occasions." Even in her later years, when she attended events, she was never seen on crutches, always looking radiant. ”
In 2017, in the Lounge of the Shanghai Film Museum, Ishikawa (right) and Qin Yi pose for a group photo
Jump in, "like a stop-motion shot in a movie."
In 1938, Qin Yi, who was 17 years old, ran out of the house alone. "She's going to the rear, to Wuhan to join the field ambulance team." By the moment we got to the dock, the boat's springboard had been removed and the ship was offshore. She ignored it, ran a few steps, and jumped... This moment, like a stop-motion shot in a movie, is too rich in symbolism! Not only did she leave the life of a lane girl behind, but she also began a long and colorful artistic life. Ishikawa said.
There is no distinction between the north and the south of the land, and no one is old or young, and all have the responsibility of defending the land and resisting the war. In Chongqing, Qin Yi actively starred in many progressive dramas such as "Grass and Trees Are Soldiers" and "Drama Spring and Autumn". At that time, she was called the "Four Famous Dans" together with Zhang Ruifang, Bai Yang and Shu Xiuwen. Among the four Dans, Qin Yi was the youngest and was especially famous for his beauty. "However, Zhou Gong's statement that she was 'the most beautiful woman in China' and that her second husband, Jin Yan, was a 'Chinese donkey' must have been invented by posterity." Ishikawa recalled that after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, a large number of literary and art workers returned to Shanghai, and Qin Yi really began to emerge on the big screen.
Poster of Distant Love
In 1947, "Distant Love", directed by Chen Liting, can be compared to the Chinese version of "Lady Miao", which is also a famous work of Qin Yi's films. "Chen Liting and Qin Yi can be described as inseparable friends, and they cooperated in rehearsing dramas together during the 'Anti-Japanese War Drama Movement', and Chen Liting was her behind-the-scenes promoter. When we return to Shanghai to make movies together, we will naturally think of old friends. "Distant Love" is about a modern woman who has grown up in the big era, and there are some commonalities between the image of the maid Yu Zhen and Qin Yi's own experience. ”
Ishikawa said that xiao Yuanxi, a university professor played by Zhao Dan in the film, is a traditional machismo image, he admires Yu Zhen's beauty and wants to transform her according to his own ideas, "but he did not expect that this and this just contributed to the awakening of the maid's personal consciousness and female consciousness, but more and more 'can't hold' mrs." This is very similar to Qin Yi's growth path, when she first stepped into society, she was an ignorant girl, a teacher and leader next to her, and it was the real society that made her gradually mature. ”
In 1949, after the founding of New China, Qin Yi, like many Shanghai actors, faced the transformation of her personal screen image. "With so many film studios and so many actors in Shanghai, everyone was once faced with a state of no drama to act in and at a loss." Ishikawa said, "Most of these actors are from the Kuomintang district, and they have never been in contact with workers, peasants, and soldiers. The first is the problem. Can you act well? It's all about the luck of the script. ”
The times call for transformation. Examples of success and failure can be enumerated: in the 1950 movie "Female Driver", Shu Xiuwen starred as Sun Guilan, the first batch of female train drivers in New China, which was difficult to satisfy; in the 1960 movie "Dongmei", Bai Yang played a female cadre of the Red Army, "taking the tone", and it is difficult to say that he was successful. In 1955, Shangguan Yunzhu starred in "South Island Storm", and the image of the female nurse she played won a lot of applause; and in the 1954 "Reconnaissance of Crossing the River" directed by Tang Xiaodan, Sun Daolin changed his white-faced student, successfully shaped Li Company Commander, and gave our army soldiers a wise side.
Good as water, transformation "unique brilliance"
Ishikawa recalls that in that era, everyone was trying to catch up. In 1951, Qin Yi co-starred with Wang Renmei in the drama film "Two Family Spring", playing a child daughter-in-law from the northern countryside. "This is a typical story of a big daughter-in-law and a little husband. Qin Yi's interpretation is not ideal, and he has even been criticized as a 'petty bourgeoisie dressed in peasant clothes'. Her appearance is too good, no matter how she looks, she does not look like a simple village woman. But she is a particularly strong person, the stimulation of this matter made her heart cross, back cover rolls, follow the crew to live in the countryside of Laiyang, Shandong, in a broken house full of cow dung, living in one breath for more than half a month. ”
Lose in hake, but gain in herring. "Without the disadvantages of "Two Springs", there would be no Fang Lin sister-in-law in the 1955 movie "Railway Guerrilla". Like? Three points of sample. Let's see the image of Qin Yi in it, the hair in the front and the bun in the back, which is exactly the appearance of the shandong village woman in those years. The floral cotton jacket was not worn on the body, but draped on the body, and walked a few steps, which was also the local gait. These details, without life, can not be played out at all. Qin Yi has finally completed a successful transformation of her personal screen image, of course, her role in this man's play is not much, but it is not contrary to it, and it has no glory. ”
Stills from "Railroad Guerrilla"
"That generation of actresses is facing a big challenge, whether it is social trends, aesthetic concepts, or film content are facing a huge transformation, which requires actors to transform." Qin Yi not only turned around, but also achieved a very high level. If you want to find an explanation in the subconscious, I think Qin Yi is like water. Water is invisible, but it is the most malleable. Taoist speech, good as water, water good to benefit all things without dispute, which is why she has endured hardships in the future and has always been able to survive tenaciously. ”
In Ishikawa's view, the final achievement of Qin Yi's status in the new Chinese film industry is still the representative work of domestic sports films "Women's Basketball No. 5" (1957), "It can be said that in this movie, Cao Qiwei, who was born as an athlete, is mainly responsible for 'basketball', and the suffering couple played by Liu Qiong and Qin Yi, two old actors, supports the 'play'. ”
Poster of "Women's Basketball Five"
"Then again, Qin Yi's most glorious role is to return to those city women who wear cheongsams and perm curly hair." When filming "Women's Basketball No. 5", Qin Yi was 34 years old, with a bit of a lucky figure, and did not play basketball very well. But that didn't bother her. When she was in school, she would play with some boys' projects, horizontal bars, parallel bars, and pole climbing. All of this works, why can't basketball? At that time, the actor's training base was in the Downtown Jing'an Gymnasium, not far from her home. She changed into her jersey and pants and ran and jumped with the athletes. ”
Stills from "Song of Youth", Xie Fang played Lin Daojing, and Qin Yi played Lin Hong
Lin Hong, an underground party member in the movie "Song of Youth", released in 1959, is another unforgettable screen image of Qin Yi. Qin Yi lacked self-confidence at first, Lin Hong was locked up in prison, suffered so many punishments, like she was so white and fat, how to act? Director Cui Wei told her that the key is to have a sense of faith. The role is tangible and more divine, as long as the actor has a full inner life, how he looks is not important. This sentence seemed to wake Qin Yi up. ”
Recalling Lin Hong's line before the uprising, "A revolutionary should not be said to be in prison, even if it is to sacrifice her own life, she not only does not feel wronged, but also feels honorable." "It's worth revisiting. Similar to Jiang Jie, played by Yu Lan in "Eternal Life in the Fire", and "Zhao Yiman" starring Shi Lianxing, in similar plots, their acting methods and states are not the same.
"Lin Hong, played by Qin Yi, is not a heroine who crawls and fights, she carries the book volume of the city on her body, and before leaving, she has to sort out her hair and give her beloved red scarf to her inmates... So just like the Sun Daolin I just mentioned, the times have given them an opportunity, and they have also enriched the connotation of the times with their own talents. In Ishikawa's view, there is no lack of this unique temperament in the old movies of the 50s and 60s, "it's just that we are too impetuous today, and if we have the patience to taste it, we can feel a lot of flavor inside." ”
Post-90s beautiful girl wow? Thank you!
In 1979, after the reform and opening up, Qin Yi returned to the film world and successively played roles in "Overseas Naked Son" and "Distressed Laughter". In the early 1980s, she began working as the deputy head of the Shanghai Film Actors Troupe. Ishikawa recalled that Qin Yi's most impressive role during this period was to star in the film "Thunderstorm" directed by Sun Daolin. "To say that Teacher Qin is placed everywhere is 'big green clothes'. I listened to her recall the past, earlier in the drama "Thunderstorm", she played Xuan Yi and Si Feng, but she did not expect that she changed her role to 'Lao Dan' Lu Ma in the movie. It was a big leap forward for her. ”
The 1984 Shanghai version of "Thunderstorm" and the 1961 Hong Kong version of "Thunderstorm" can be described as the double sisters of this classic drama on the big screen. The Hong Kong version of "Thunderstorm" is also a more representative Hong Kong left-wing film, in which Lu Mama is played by Gong Qiuxia, who was also a big star in Shanghai Beach. But compared with Lu Ma, played by Qin Yi, it is obvious that the latter can achieve a traceless life performance. Ishikawa said.
Stills from "Thunderstorm", Qin Yi (first from the left) as Lu Ma
What moved Ishikawa the most was that Qin Yi's body had not been very good, and he had undergone several major surgeries and his gallbladder had also been removed. "But I never saw her sick and crooked, and I never heard her joke about her illness." She always said that she was a 'fearless hero'. ”
The years increase the longevity of people, and the years never defeat the beauty. Recalling the interaction with the elderly Qin Yi, Ishikawa thought of celebrating her 90th birthday with her, "At that time, everyone called her 'post-90s', at first, she did not understand what post-90s meant. And then it's nice, you know? She immediately accepted this statement, very willing to be called a beautiful girl after 90, you talk to her like this, she also has to reply first, 'thank you', a smile. I think it is the strength of this life that supports her, and she radiates this positive energy to the people around her. ”
After the death of his son "little brother" (Jin Jie), Qin Yi could not hide his grief, and soon returned to work. Tong Ruixin, the current head of the Shangying Actors Troupe, once recalled, "I have always remembered a sentence from Teacher Qin Yi, my age is not determined by me, but my life can be decided by me, as long as I live, I have to work, and work is better than not working." ”
Ishikawa is also unforgettable is the 2008 film "My Strong Boat" directed by Peng Xiaolian, in which the relationship between ah niang and xiao sun sun played by her is very sincere. There is a scene in the film, Qin Yi points to the golden flame photo hanging on the wall and traces the past to Sun Sun. Do you say that Qin Yi was acting at that time, or was she playing herself? She's already extending her life naturally onto the screen. ”
Stills from "My Strong Boat"
In front of the camera, "She is a beautiful landscape"
Ishikawa emphasized that in a series of works in Qin Yi's later years, she wrote and acted in the self-financed film "Qinghai Lakeside" at the age of 93, which is particularly sincere. "We all thought it was incredible at the time, but the old man said that the moving story of the female meteorological engineer Mei Xinyishe's small family for the country has been in her mind for ten years, and she must write this story down." She can't use the computer, we see her writing a text in the movie, not satisfied, so we tear down the page, tear it down and throw it away... In reality, she completed the script in this way. ”
The filming of "Qinghai Lakeside" is even more difficult. At that time, some people thought about the health of the elderly and advised her to build a set in the shanghai studio, and Qin Yi insisted that artistic creation cannot be separated from reality, "I must personally live and go to the plateau for field shooting, in order to come from life, higher than life, in order to move the audience and be worthy of the audience." ”
Recalling this past, Ishikawa's mood was also very sad, "I really gave up my life to shoot." I don't know if this is a Guinness Book of World Records, but it does have an impact on the old man's body, where she used to walk very steadily. ”
In the 2017 "Legend of the Demon Cat" directed by Chen Kaige, considering Qin Yi's physical condition, her role was only three days. "The old lady she played sat there, and without a few lines, the poetry came, which was written in Yuan Shu's "Palace", 'The white-headed palace girl is here, sitting idly and talking about Xuanzong'. She doesn't need the word 'acting' at all, as long as she is in front of the camera, it is a beautiful landscape. I think that was the most glorious role she had in her later years. Ishikawa said.
Stills from "The Legend of the Demon Cat"