Film: [Ruan Lingyu]
Director: Kwan Kam Peng
Writers: Qiu Gangjian
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Wu Qihua, Liu Jialing, Leung Ka Fai, Ye Tong, Qin Han, Li Zixiong
Genre: Drama, Romance, Biography
Release Date: 1991.11.29 (Taiwan Premiere)
Reason to commemorate: The 26th anniversary of the premiere
In terms of artistic standards and groundbreaking, it is not an exaggeration to say that [Ruan Lingyu] is one of the best biopics in Chinese.
But for film history lovers, its most eye-catching part is not necessarily the director's set of layers of intertextuality, the superb acting skills of the stars.
Instead, it is a republic of China shadow person that appears inside, which is simply a number! star! star! yes!
The film's portrayal and restoration of the generation of filmmakers of the "Lianhua Film Company" at that time, or both form and god, or informative research.
This is a book of characters living on film in the golden age of the Republic of China film industry.
The countless lines and details in the film are simply an Easter egg-like existence.
Li Minwei: I haven't been a big brother for a long time
"When I was on the Northern Expedition with Dr. Sun Yat-sen, I wasn't carrying a gun, I was taking a camera."
"But I'm in my post now, and I'll still take a gun... I guess it's not the right time yet. ”
After the "9.18" incident, Li Minwei (Li Zixiong) responded to the patriotic student's request to lead the anti-Japanese activities
These few words were spoken by Li Zixiong's non-standard Chinese, or outlined Li Minwei's stability and courage.
After all, the historical Li Minwei is not only a filmmaker and a businessman.
▲ His secondary school was in Hong Kong. Sun Yat-sen, Chen Shaobai and Liao Zhongkai were all his classmates
In 1911, he committed a great deed against the great sin of killing his head:
The theater-loving member of the League hid a batch of guns in the prop box of his troupe and followed him from Hong Kong to Guangzhou.
At 5:30 p.m. on April 27 of that year, these dozens of guns spewed out tongues of fire in front of the gate of the governor of Liangguang in Guangzhou.
The Huanghuagang uprising was started by the sound of gunfire sent by him.
After [Zhuangzi's Wife Trial] and [Rouge], the young father of Hong Kong cinema followed Sun Yat-sen and "took the camera" to document the National Revolution.
Grateful for the contribution of this disciple, Sun Yat-sen gave him the four words "The world is just".
▲ Sun Yat-sen wrote many "the world is public" in his lifetime, and there are 39 cases that can be investigated, which is one of them
Perhaps because of the courage of too ordinary people, or because of the creation of the founding miracle, Li Minwei was later almost the "protector" of the "Lianhua" company.
What difficulties are encountered in shooting and operation, everyone first thinks of this "social person".
The night Ruan Lingyu committed suicide, her boyfriend Tang Jishan took her to various small hospitals to hide the news, but she was tired of returning to the sky.
This selfish man, the first person who wanted to ask for help, was Li Minwei, director of the first factory of "Lianhua".
As soon as the phone call arrived, Li Minwei hurriedly got up in the middle of the night and hurried to arrange everything.
In the end, although she failed to save Ruan Lingyu, she still contributed to her future innocence:
That day, Li Minwei took the camera and filmed the whole process of Tang Jishan and Ruan Lingyu's continuous transfer.
For his own reputation, Tang Jishan, a "negative man" who disregarded the life and death of his lover, finally failed to escape the eyes of the public.
Artist Wu Yonggang
Wu Yonggang, played by Xiao Rongsheng in the film, is undoubtedly one of the face values of the whole film.
▲ High neck sweater high waist pants, now also very fashionable
Among them, in the footage of Fei Mu shooting [City Night] in 1933, Guan Jinpeng restored a scene on the set:
When filming the rain scene, our director Wu Da, with a group of field staff, squatted on the roof, took a watering can to pour water down, and "pretended" to be raining.
▲ "Stop the rain!" Hurry up and stop! ”
——No way, because Wu Yonggang's occupation at that time was "Lianhua" artist.
He loved to paint since he was a child, and despite his father's obstruction, he ran from Suzhou to Shanghai and worked as an apprentice all over the world.
Entering "Lianhua", he became good friends with the soundtrackist Nie Er and the actor Jin Yan, drinking and hunting every day.
Fight back the hare pheasant, cook the wine, quite a cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle, a drink of three hundred heroic spirit.
▲ "Lianhua" hunter group, from left: Wu Yonggang, Nie Er, Jin Yan
Once drunk, Wu Yonggang was happy, and he picked nie er upside down and circled it, causing people to "rub and rub" on the ground, almost breaking the picture.
But "work is work, play is play", Wu Yonggang has taken on the vast majority of jobs in Lianhua:
Be a cutscene, run through the dragon set, write the story outline into a script... Except for photography and printing, it has been done.
As a result, his career as a "miscellaneous artist" soon ended.
Because the year after he stood on the roof and poured water on Ruan Lingyu's head, his directorial debut [Goddess] came out.
Bu Wancang's good temper
Bu Wancang in [Ruan Lingyu] patiently talked to Jin Yan on the set, smiling and listening to the actor's advice.
Even if he rushed to work, the shouting was full of gentleness: "Everyone have a good time, Allah strive for a success!" ”
Rushing to the fire, it's all in private.
▲ The film restores the shooting scene of [three modern women], the leftmost is "Bu Wancang"
This is really the good temper of Bu Wancang in real life.
According to the famous director and well-known gossip maniac Li Hanxiang in the film industry, Bu Wancang has always been slow and rational on the set, as stable as Taishan.
His mantra goes like this: "Slowly servant (shoot), one day the servant (shoot) will finish." ”
In Yangzhou dialect, "pat" is pronounced "servant".
In this regard, Li Hanxiang complained: Fortunately, director Bu Da does not make Cantonese films, after all, "servant" is not a good word in Cantonese.
The "servant" came to "servant" every day, and Rong Yi gave him the whole street to finish! Big Luck is.
▲ In li Hanxiang's eyes, Bu Wancang is called a "big" director: the physique face plate and facial features to the voice, are one size larger than others
Sun Yu and Zheng Junli
In the cast list of [Ruan Lingyu], there are two non-professional actors, but they are proper "special actors".
One is Sun Dongguang, who plays director Sun Yu, who is Sun Yu's son.
▲ The left is Sun Dongguang, who plays the father in the film, and the right is Sun Yu himself, and the grandfather and son are also too similar
The other is Zheng Dali, the son of Zheng Junli, who "served in the army for his father" in the filming scene of [New Woman] in the film.
▲ The second from the right in the picture above is Zheng Dali, the son of [Ruan Lingyu], and the second from the right in the picture below is the father Zheng Junli in [New Woman].
Although these two are also engaged in film and television directors, there is really not much acting.
To be able to invite them to play their own fathers, [Ruan Lingyu] to restore the era, but it is really a hard work.