Author|Xie Minghong
Editor|Li Chunhui
Audiences who have watched Deng Chao's performance of "Moving Like a Rabbit, Overflowing the Screen" at the Spring Festival Gala may not be used to his role as Dai Minjia in "Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back". Such a happy person, suddenly deep and restrained, the meritorious coach of the national table tennis interpretation into three points.
There is a scene in the movie where Dai Minjia, played by Deng Chao, sits in the office. In the dim light and shadow, Dai's wife Wang Ying, played by Sun Li, went to find him. Although you can only see the external outline of the character and have no lines, you can feel the anxiety and contemplation on the character for a second.
In the past, praise actors liked to use micro-expressions to control something, and then upgraded a little with eyes. According to this idea, in "Chinese Table Tennis", Deng Chao has reached a "sketch silhouette" performance. Just showing the audience a black shadow is full of dramatic tension, this unique job, there is really nowhere to reason. The profession of actor really depends on talent.
He always seems to succeed casually, but he has also suffered painful failures. Perhaps, Deng Chao in the public's field of vision has always been like "Shadow" like "two-sided one". He is very affinity for being active in variety shows, and his identity as an actor is quite convincing, and he has shown amazing perseverance and determination in several challenges to his directorial career.
Deng Chao, an actor who is introverted and hides his edge, Deng Chao, a variety show MC who is "We are logging tired", and Deng Chao, the director who came out of the trough to complete the Jedi counterattack, will these three people talk to each other at night? If "Chinese Table Tennis" is another adventure of Deng Chao, then has he succeeded in "crossing the robbery"?
This is the answer we desperately want to know, and it may be an irreproducible actor's apocalypse in the future.
Chinese table tennis, double advanced
"If he can better balance his control with explosiveness, I believe he will become a 'big actor'." The message of Liu Heng, the screenwriter of "Young Tianzi", is still outdated now.
If we talk about the Shunzhi Emperor 20 years ago, it was the young Deng Chao who first emerged with his amazing talent and perception. Then Dai Minjia 20 years later is a new start after the actor Deng Chao has washed away the lead hua for many years.
Whether it is actor work or director, "Chinese Table Tennis" is an advancement of Deng Chao. In terms of acting method, he abandoned the extremely tense performance system of the past, and instead collected his energy and interpreted the role in a more subtle and delicate way; In terms of director, "Chinese Table Tennis" not only successfully challenged high-difficulty sports movies, but also showed Deng Chao's excellent directing ability.
Dai Minjia in the movie is a character full of charisma. Speaking high-profile, doing things with many ghost ideas, and being very resolute in his heart, what kind of presentation method to use has become Deng Chao's primary thinking question. He once panicked, when he saw his teeth in Shanghai, he found that the dentist was very familiar with the legends of that year, which made Deng Chao's heart fight - at first I gave up, I said I can't do it? I probably can't do it because the characters are so legendary!
You see, even the tried and tested super brother will have self-doubt, and our usual fear of difficulty is normal. The result is obvious to all, Deng Chao has achieved insight into the characters from words and deeds to their inner world. He can boast about winning the Sweslin Cup in two years during the campaign, or he can coquettish the leader like a daughter-in-law for the sake of equipment: "You chose me, I can't manage my life and care." While the chicken thief is cute, while giggling and unpredictable, it is the degree to which the old fans of the national soldiers for decades have seen it and called it wonderful.
In order to shape the character, Deng Chao changed his habitual hand and practiced every day to ensure that he entered the state. In the movie, the fight between him and Huang Zhao under the onlookers of elementary school students is quite exciting. Where do the dolls know the few scribbled beats on the cement table, and Deng Chao has been practicing for months. According to his own recollections, the peak of physical strength and technical and tactical thinking on the day of the finale was the moment when his personal table tennis level was the highest.
At the same time, the proficiency of the lens language and the richness of the expression techniques of "Chinese Table Tennis" can make people clearly perceive Deng Chao's intentions and progress. The film creates a strong 90s atmosphere, and the typical environment and characters are captured with great precision. The narrative chain revolves around the troughs and successes of the protagonist Dai Minjia, while depicting a group portrait of characters with distinct personalities.
If the early 90s during the trough of the national table tennis is regarded as a banquet, Deng Chao is undoubtedly the master of carefully cooking each dish behind it. "Movies have dramatic methods, there are cinematic techniques, and how to lay out the key games is not easy." In the movie, Deng Chao creatively solved the problem of key balls in slow motion, and the presentation of duel scenes, movement trajectories and the capture of characters' micro-expressions can quickly drive the audience's emotions. Even spectators who don't know much about national football can hold their breath, hang their hearts, and shout for that little ball.
Facing criticism squarely is medicine
"When one day you figure this out, you open the door and you find that criticism is the best medicine." In the face of criticism of past directing works, Deng Chao's attitude has always been very impressive. Although those pains have always been there, he has also looked at Yu Baimei countless times like a dead trough. But judging from today's finished product, Deng Chao, who found the "prescription", finally succeeded in crossing the calamity.
Deng Chao has a bit of a fate with comedy, and most of his heroic dancing and self-free expression management can be found in the drama "Cuihua, Sauerkraut" starring him in 2001. The predecessor of "We are logging tired" is the mantra "IS MY style" of "heroine" Jiuer. So much so that in his film debut "Breakup Master", there can also be a cameo appearance of "Jiuer".
Of course, he also paid for his misunderstandings. Deng Chao secretly went to the cinema to observe the audience's reaction, and if the audience smiled, he felt very satisfied. But the voice of criticism will still destroy Deng Chao's confidence as a director in the first place.
Just as "Chinese Table Tennis" tells the legend of "how to face failure", Deng Chao's directorial career is also a story of "getting rid of the aura and starting from the heart". "It hurts when I fail myself, but how do you solve this pain? You have to get up and step out. Then I have to continue shooting, to capture photography, lighting, editing, costumes, categories, step by step. ”
It should be said that from "Breakup Master" to "Villain Angel", from "Galaxy Cram School" to "Chinese Table Tennis", it is a director's advanced history. Deng Chao, who has a good reputation in the actor industry, is obviously "asking for trouble". However, being able to maintain his love for directing work after experiencing group ridicule is indeed what sets him apart.
On the road of actor, Deng Chao is also constantly breaking and reinventing himself. In fact, Deng Chao's performance in "Li Mi's Conjecture" is already worth a movie star, but Cao Baoping still put forward the ultimate expectation - "Deng Chao still has a feeling on the 5% red carpet".
7 years later, in "Scorching Sun", Deng Chao finally erased that 5% and became a purer actor. Deng Chao stayed up late to get Xin Xiaofeng's poor eyes, and also stayed up for himself the Golden Rooster Award Best Actor. Deng Chao is a deep experiencer, and will arrange a room for each character in his heart. In the interview, he confessed: "The doors of these rooms will often be opened, and I seem to have dreamed of Xin Xiaofeng recently." ”
Whether talent appears early or late bloomer, Deng Chao will leave an impressive role on the audience every few years. Before the word "drama throwing face" was coined, Deng Chao was "drama throwing the script", and you don't want to find the slightest trace of his previous role from the next role.
He is the uncontrollable Shunzhi in "Young Tianzi", the young and vigorous Zhao Erdou in "Rally", Xin Xiaofeng who is tormented by good and evil in "Scorching Sun", Ziyu and Jingzhou in "Shadow", and Dai Minjia, who is a maverick in "Chinese Table Tennis". He is an adventurer who walks between "acting" and "directing".
Deng Chao crossed the robbery, Sun Li protected the law
Not competing with yourself and staying in your comfort zone is indeed a non-troublesome choice for many successful actors. Especially Deng Chao and Sun Li, if they are willing to watch the trophy at home, Noh has not finished remembering a day.
There is a classic ridicule in the entertainment industry: "Deng Chao has been mentally retarded for many years, and Sun Li will not give up." As soon as the performance of Deng Chao's "Good Luck All Comes" at the Spring Festival Gala ended, Sun Li posted a Weibo complaint: "This year, the director has experience, so he can't give Deng Chao a close-up shot." "It seems to be mutual fear, but it is actually full of dark sugar. Every time there is an additional Deng Chao in this world, there will probably be a Sun Li who protects him.
Another surprise of "Chinese Table Tennis" was given by Sun Li. With her own efforts, she killed the blood road in the scene of the partial male group portrait, which enhanced the spiritual charm of the entire movie. Under the "siege" of so many legendary figures, Wang Ying, played by her, still makes Hard Candy Jun "wow" from time to time in watching movies.
Unlike the step-by-step technique of the series, Sun Li in the film conquers the audience through the extreme grasp of several key scenes.
Sun Li's first effort was Wang Ying's play of finding her husband's apprentice Bai Minhe. It is not the enthusiasm of pulling the apprentice, but the firm eyes that Bai Minhe looked ahead after getting off the car, and the sense of strength of this character came out at once. The master-apprentice relationship, which was disconnected because of the contradiction in training, was quietly continued by Wang Ying.
The most explosive play is when Wang Ying confronts the leader who came to the house to ask for guilt, and Sun Li vividly shows Wang Ying's determination to protect her husband through the clever tone of the Shanghai dialect. The treatment is not good, and it can be tolerated, and if public opinion does not understand, it is okay, but who wants to slander the heart of the husband who has done his best for the sake of the country, the king of heaven Laozi will not be able to come. Sun Li put the noodle bowl away, and then crackled and output, so that people should not be too angry.
Sun Li's down-to-earth interpretation of Wang Ying will make people forget Huan Huan's deep affection and Mi Yue's domineering, but that trivial but not trivial life atmosphere is different from Fang Rujin. When Dai Minjia took out the bonus, Wang Ying would exclaim: "To die, why so much." He would also play homophonic terriers with his husband to boost morale, "My name wins, you just hit a foreigner and marry me." ”
Still water flows deeply, with affectionate veins. In reality, the relationship mode of Deng Chao and Sun Li is similar to that of Dai Minjia and Wang Ying in "Chinese Table Tennis". In the movie, Wang Ying silently supports Dai Minjia's career, obviously expecting her husband to lead the team to win, but she dare not say it bluntly, and can only pray secretly outside the court. In reality, Sun Li also plays the role of a virtuous helper, letting go and support all of Deng Chao's adventures. Deng Chao said of Sun Li in order to protect herself: "How many times can she discuss, but she does not discuss for you." ”
What makes people even more envious is that Sun Li seems to have obtained everything and managed everything very well. "Jade Guanyin" shocked, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" became a masterpiece, and after marriage, she won the Feitian Award for Outstanding Actress with "That Year the Flower Bloomed and the Moon Was Full", and "The Legend of Hot Mother" and "The Legend of Miyue" won two magnolias. While taking care of the wait, etc. and the little flower, he can also "control" the imaginative husband.
If there is a realistic and cool article in the entertainment industry of male and female double strength, Hard Candy Jun will vote for Deng Chao and Sun Li and his wife. 12 years of married life turned out to be the best sequel to "Happiness Like a Flower".