In the Chinese film circle 28 years ago, when these two handsome men and women got together, they were invincible.
The actor's name is Chang Rong.
The thug in "The Price of Madness", Zhang Hai in "The Sword of China", and Mu Yuntian in "New Sword Ma Dan".
178cm tall, the image is tough, because of long-term fitness, debuted with the image of a muscular macho man, playing the role of a fierce man, his unique play path is rare in the mainland, but it is loved by many audiences.
The actress's name is Shi Lan.
Debuted in 1989, as a representative of the sexy actress in the 90s of the last century, Shi Lan's style is flamboyant and unrestrained, which is completely contrary to the mainstream aesthetic positioning of women at that time, but this does not hinder her beauty, and the People's Network once commented on her:
"Shi Lan's sexy stone is a shocking temptation."
How many post-70s young men regard her as the object of youth fantasies.
Although these two represented an "alternative" aesthetic in that era, their high popularity still explained everything, and if they were gathered together, they were invincible.
And they did work together on a film, which was "The Impulse of Youth" written and directed by "Sweeping Monk" Zhou Xiaowen in 1992.
The film is adapted from a real person, and with the consent of the parties, the protagonists in the film use their real names, which is the first time in mainland films.
At that time, Jing Gangshan, who had already released an album, also participated in the role and brought as many as 9 golden songs to the film, and the voices of singers Fan Chunmei and Shi Lan also added a unique youthful atmosphere to the film, and the story was bold and avant-garde.
One
An accidental homicide
The story of the film takes place in a city in the 90s.
Fashion store guide Ai Fei (played by Shi Lan) and taxi driver Gao Dalong (played by Chang Rong) are a pair of close lovers.
Tall Dalong was very good to Effie, because Effie liked to sing, so he equipped Effie's home with a loud speaker that was expensive at the time, so that Effie could sing at home every day.
Effie gradually developed a good singing voice, and at the instigation of the tall dragon, they came to sing in the song hall of the most popular sapphire nightclub at that time.
Effie's good voice attracted the attention of both wu ji (played by Jing Gangshan), the manager of the song hall, and Han Shaoyi (played by Liu Xiaoning), the general manager of the nightclub, wu ji is a musician who has sung a lot, and he invited Effie to their song room to audition.
Teacher Su (played by Zhou Xiaowen) in the song room is very strict about music creation, and when Effie is halfway through singing, he suddenly breaks the song because he thinks that Effie's singing skills are not good.
Han Shaoyi was deeply impressed by Effie, believing that Effie was a rare talent, although her singing skills were poor, but her appearance was high and her image was good.
So Han Shaoyi turned around and fired Teacher Su, and then let Wu Ji be Ai Fei's mentor, so that Ai Fei could receive formal singing training and fitness exercises.
Soon, Effie transformed into a new star in the song world with a perfect image and good singing skills, and became an idol of many young people by releasing records and taking over business performances.
Soon after, Effie quit her job at the fashion store, and Gao Dalong, in order to support her, also became his full-time driver, responsible for daily pick-up and drop-off, and then went to work in the evening.
Therefore, during the day when Effie was practicing dance and singing, the tall dragon would sit and sleep next to him, and gradually he found that the distance between him and Effie was getting bigger and bigger, and he had the idea of breaking up with Effie.
Effie does not abandon the tall dragon, she believes that the relationship between the two can stand the test of time, but fate has given them a big test at this time——
It was an ordinary night, Effie walked out of the nightclub with Tall Dragon after work as usual, and went to the underground garage to pick up the car, but Effie left her handbag in the nightclub's song hall.
The tall dragon left Effie in his taxi and ran back to the cabaret to get his bag. At this moment, there were 4 uninvited guests, led by a man named Jin Sheng (played by Zang Jinsheng), who had a verbal altercation with a person named Liu Peng (played by Yuan Yuan), and when Liu Peng drove away, Jin Sheng wanted to chase him behind him, so he got into The Taxi of The Tall Dragon.
When Jin Sheng saw that there was only one girl in the taxi, Effie, he and his 3 little brothers went around to flirt, at this time, Gao Dalong also arrived just in time, and he and Jin Sheng fought.
Because the enemy was outnumbered, the tall dragon soon fell behind because he could not resist, and was beaten by Jin Sheng and others with a bloody face, and he could not get up on the ground.
Liu Peng, who was arguing with Jin Sheng in front, rushed back to break the siege and kicked a knife that Jin Sheng pulled out to the ground.
The tall dragon who was beaten to death saw the knife on the ground, and actually moved to kill, he picked up the knife and stabbed at the person in front of him desperately, but he accidentally killed Liu Peng, who had nothing to do with him and came to break the siege.
Gao Dalong was caught for killing people, and Effie became depressed, and in order to reinvigorate Effie, Han Shaoyi and Wu Ji racked their brains.
They helped Gao Dalong hire the best lawyer, and with the efforts of the lawyer, Gao Dalong finally escaped the death penalty and was sentenced to 5 years in prison for accidentally injuring someone.
Effie is back in the music scene, and this time she is full of energy, frequently taking orders, and seeing making money as her only goal.
Both Han Shaoyi and Wu Ji felt strange, but the two tried to persuade her to correct her mentality, but she couldn't listen to a word.
In fact, Han Shaoyi and Wu Ji both have love for Ai Fei, but both of them are upright gentlemen, and although they are dedicated to winning the red Effie, they are willing to be her spare tire.
Soon after, Effie suddenly left without saying goodbye, leaving only a letter for Han Shaoyi and Wu Ji.
It turned out that she had already made enough money, so she decided to leave the city and go to the Xitian Laogai Farm where Gao Dalong was located, so that she could visit Gao Dalong every month according to the prescribed time, and her wish was to stay there and wait for Gao Dalong to get out of prison.
At the end of the movie, a paragraph is used to explain the ending of Effie and Gao Dalong.
Effie got a job at a small restaurant near Xitian Farm for 5 years. During these years, she visited Gao Dalong every month, and the relationship between the two did not fade because of Gao Dalong's imprisonment.
Later, When Gao Dalong finally completed his sentence and was released from prison, he did not work as a taxi driver anymore, but stayed on the Laogai farm to work.
Gao Dalong and Ai Fei were stronger than Jin Jian, chose to marry on the Mid-Autumn Festival of that year, and finally lived a stable and happy life.
Two
The story is simple and plain, and although there are some conflicts in the process and people are dead, it is not very heavy.
Director Zhou Xiaowen not only tried to make a crime movie with a youthful atmosphere, but also added popular elements such as song and dance, action, love and other popular elements in the film, and even a very "scientific" discussion of gender relations, which seemed bold and avant-garde at the time.
Pi Ge has mentioned in his previous article that Zhou Xiaowen is one of the directors in Xi'an Film Studio who dared to try new types of film, and Wu Tianming's factory is a favorite general.
He arrived at the Beijing Film Studio and still did not stop the pace of exploration, in Pigo's view, this film has the following distinctive characteristics, are a positive attempt at commercial films.
First, there are a lot of popular songs and dances in the film, and both Jinggangshan and Shilan have performed hard.
The theme song is called "Can You Forgive Me", and the interludes include "Kiss the Bird", "You Say Shyness is a Mystery", "Lonely Patent", "Youth Sound", etc., which are rare love songs in the mainland.
The second is that the film is very bold to deal with gender relations, and even has depictions of premarital X behavior, which was also extremely bold and avant-garde at the time.
Gao Dalong was reading a book called "Women's Body", and was discovered by Effie, and the awkward dialogue between the two now seems very funny, but at the time, it was a topic that many people would avoid talking about.
The third is that a large number of popular elements appear in the movie.
For example, in the karaoke hall of the 90s fire, the whole process of the song is expressed in the film. There are also audio equipment, popular fashion, cakes, champagne, etc., and even many implanted advertisements, such as Coca-Cola soda, coconut brand coconut juice, Marlboro cigarettes, Beijing beer, KFC burgers and chicken wings.
The film is full of youthful atmosphere, Chang Rong and Shi Lan are at their peak from their figure to their appearance, and their image has set a benchmark for Chinese youth. The addition of Jinggangshan also added a lot to the film, and the performances of these three people made the film.
Three
Chang Rong was brought out by director Zhou Xiaowen, as early as 1988, after graduating from the acting department of the Beijing Film Academy, he was selected by Zhou Xiaowen to star in the crime movie "The Price of Madness".
In the film, he plays a brave and unscrupulous villain, Sun Dacheng, who becomes a criminal because of raping a young girl, and is eventually pushed down from the upper floor by the heroine and falls to his death.
Although the character is stupid, Chang Rong's muscles still impress the audience.
To know that in the 80s, when protein powder was not yet invented, muscle shaping required more effort and energy, not a day or two, but a year-round accumulation. Chang Rong was able to cultivate that kind of body shape, which showed that he worked very hard and had a fight with Peng Yuyan now.
In this film, he also shows the beauty of the strength of the type man, although he lost in the fight with the little hooligan, it is the director's arrangement, and he himself still does not lose his macho nature.
The two films "Youth Without Regrets" and "Youth Impulse" are actually specially created for Shi Lan.
In these two films, although she plays a young teenager, her performance methods and images are not the same.
Mai Qun in "Youth Without Regrets" is a sunny, introverted, shy female nurse, she is very brave in her choice of love, but with a reserved, introverted temperament.
Effie in "Youth Impulse" is enthusiastic and unrestrained, and Shi Lan also fully shows her most beautiful side, and these two films are undoubtedly Shi Lan's best masterpieces.
Shi Lan also became famous in one fell swoop and became a hot actress at that time. Even popular film magazine, a well-known authoritative film magazine at the time, asked her to shoot the cover.
But what Shi Lan did not expect was that the cover shot for "Popular Movie" got her into trouble.
When taking pictures, Shi Lan was wearing a swimsuit, and the magazine chose a side photo, and the image was very sexy. It is said that the magazine was snapped up after its launch, but the social atmosphere at that time was still relatively conservative, and Shi Lan's bold appearance also caused criticism.
In the following years, it was difficult for her to receive a good film contract, and it was difficult to win the role of a female lead in "Dahong Rice Shop" directed by Huang Jianzhong, but the film was banned for seven years because of its negative impact on society. With the increase of age, Shi Lan has also been slowly marginalized in the show business circle.
Later, Shi Lan entered the development of the television circle, but she was still grateful, maintained a good relationship with director Zhou Xiaowen, and also participated in the "Tianlong Eight Parts" directed by Zhou Xiaowen.
Jinggangshan was at the peak of his acting at that time, and regarded this film as the best performance stage. He also got what he wanted, receiving more attention after the release of the film, and officially signed with Dadi Records Co., Ltd. in 1993, stepping into a more brilliant singing path.
Chang Rong, Shi Lan and Jing Gangshan are still active in the film and television circle, and their blogs are often updated, although they are all old now, but their style has not diminished in the past.
Chang Rong and Shi Lan once appeared in CCTV's six sets of "Flowing Golden Years" program, talking about the mental journey of shooting this movie that year.
Chang Rong confessed that he once liked Shi Lan in the process of filming, and the tacit understanding shown by the two in the movie may be derived from this.
So today we see that "The Impulse of Youth" can still be deeply moved by the innocent love in it, in this real society of paper drunk fans, this kind of innocence that abandons the material is too precious!
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