Among the film and television drama directors I interviewed, Chen Jialin, who shoots historical dramas, is a heavyweight. On April 15, 1988, at the tv film creation conference of the famous Chinese book "Jin Ping Mei" held in Changchun, Jilin Province, I got into close contact with him for the first time. A black hair fluffy, a pair of staring eyes hanging blood, live and come out like a restless male lion! Chen Jialin appeared at the forum in this image. People call him the "Desperate Sanlang" in the film industry, and it seems that not only because he did not die when he made a film, but also because his appearance was also in line.
"I just finished directing the TV series "Yuan Chonghuan" in Liaoning, so I came to this meeting, and to put it bluntly, I wanted to direct "Jin Ping Mei."" Chen Jialin's speech was straight to the point and immediately attracted the attention of the participants. Everyone is very eager to hear his high opinion, and he is not polite: ""Jin Ping Mei" must be moved to the screen, sooner or later it will be filmed, shooting is better than not shooting, early shooting is better than late shooting." Ever since I heard that Qi Tiexiong and Fu Jijun had finished writing the script, I began to think about it. So someone asked me what I was going to shoot next, and I said: Shoot "Jin Ping Mei". People who listened to it talked about the discoloration of "Gold" and said: Beware of making mistakes! I am a bold person, not afraid, I am a stupid boy sleeping in the cold kang, all rely on firepower. Of course, people's fears are not unreasonable. "Jin Ping Mei" has been regarded as an obscene book for hundreds of years, and there are indeed some obscene descriptions in it. These things don't go on camera? Filmed, however, not at all not filming is not "Golden Plum Bottle", it is difficult! "
As far as I know, there are several film and television blockbusters waiting for Chen Jialin to direct: "The Conspiracy of the Far East" in Liaoning, "The Overlord of Western Chu" in Shanxi, "Baise Uprising" in Guangxi... Why did he pay tribute to the extremely difficult "Golden Plum Bottle" and direct it? His reasons are: First, "Jin Ping Mei" is a precious heritage of the treasure house of Chinese national culture, not only in China, but also in the world, such a film is worth spending efforts to shoot: Second, there are not many classical masterpieces in China that have not been put on the screen, there are fewer famous works and more directors, and "there are more monks and more porridge": Third, he believes that "Jin Ping Mei" can be put on the screen, which will mark the further development and opening up of our literary and artistic situation and will also have a good impact in the international community.
Talking about how to shoot "Jin Ping Mei", Chen Jialin said bluntly: "Famous works are difficult to shoot, success is less and more failure, just right is not easy." When a novel is adapted into a TV series, it is necessary to turn readability into visibility; it is necessary to retain the appearance of the original work, but also to infect the audience and make the original more glorious. However, there are some things in "Jin Ping Mei" that cannot be read and not seen, how to grasp it? I tend to focus on literature, supplemented by drama. This is a work that reflects the secular customs of the Ming Dynasty and the life of the city, and it is necessary to dig out the subtleties of the characters and depict the psychological characters delicately. These need to be reflected by actors, but Pan Jinlian has not been found yet. Her performance should eliminate sexual movements and retain sexual psychology. "
For "Jin Ping Mei", Chen Jialin has his own unique views. He believes that for more than three hundred years, "Jin Ping Mei" has been forbidden to carry the black cauldron of "obscene books", in fact, the essence of this famous work is definitely not sexual description. He advocated standing at the height of today's times, correctly understanding and analyzing sexual depictions in classical literature, seeing whether they served the character of the characters and whether they served the plot, and whether they were retained, otherwise they were discarded. This proposition coincides with the opinions of experts. The clean copy of "Words and Sayings of the Golden Bottle plum" published by the People's Literature Publishing House only accounts for 1% to 2% of the entire book, which does not affect the literary achievements of the original work at all.
As we all know, Chen Jialin's filming efficiency is high and fast, but the quality is not low. Previously, his films "Flying Crane" and "Tan Sitong" had won the Ministry of Culture's Excellent Film Award, and the TV series "Nurhaci" and "The Absurd Prince" directed by him were also well received by experts and audiences. But this time he said: "If I can direct "Jin Ping Mei", I will never fight fast fists, I must calm down, think carefully, and have a further breakthrough in art than the films I have made before!" "
Time is like an arrow, 32 years have passed. As far as I know, Chen Jialin's wish to shoot "Jin Ping Mei" has not been realized. However, after that symposium, he was busier and made more fruitful achievements in the field of film and television: the historical drama film "Baise Uprising" directed in 1990 won the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television Excellent Film Award, and the historical drama "Tang Minghuang" directed in 1992 won the 11th Popular Television Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding Long-form Series and the 13th Feitian Award for Long-form Special. In addition, he directed the historical drama "Wu Zetian" in 1993, the historical war drama "Helan Xue" in 1995, the costume palace fighting drama "Han Palace Feiyan" in 1996, the historical theme drama "Han Wudi Emperor", the historical love drama "Famen Temple Conjecture" in 1997, the historical military drama "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" in 1998, the TV drama "Liu Ruru", which revealed the fate of famous and talented women in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties in 1999, and the costume historical drama "The Costume Historical Drama" with Liu Dayin in 2001. Kangxi Dynasty", directed by "Kangxi Dynasty" in 2011 won the "100 Excellent TV Dramas" award in the Chinese television drama industry for 20 years, directed the historical theme drama "A Hundred Years of Canghai" in 2004, co-directed the historical theme drama "Great Qing Fengyun" with Jinggang in 2005, directed the historical theme drama "Great Dunhuang" in 2006, directed the anti-Japanese love drama "A Lifetime of Women" in 2007, the emotional drama "Good Man Is In Charge", and directed the family ethics drama "Governor Qiao and His Daughters" in 2008. In 2009, he directed the military drama "Elevation Angle", in 2010 he directed the modern revolutionary drama "Torrent", in January 2011 he directed the TV series "Gada Merlin", in 2012 he directed the TV series "Red Rock Soul" based on the classic revolutionary novel, in 2014 he served as the director of the youth love inspirational drama "Angel's Smile" focusing on the theme of nursing, and in the same year he served as the general director of the TV series "The Legend of Lao Tzu".
Chen Jialin, 77, who, judging from the photos on the Internet, is already full of silver hair and serves as the chairman of the TV Drama Director Working Committee of the China Radio and Television Association.