In "It's Not Worth the Trip", Hu Ge plays Wen Shan, a down-and-out screenwriter who is forced to rewrite his eulogy because he can't write a script
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Recently, Hu Ge went to Guangzhou to perform a roadshow for the new film "It's Worth the Trip", and in the face of the audience's concern, he replied. Some time ago, Hu Ge frequently confided his heart on Weibo, triggering rumors of "withdrawal from the circle". In Guangzhou, he did not respond positively to whether he was really ready to leave the front of the screen for a short time, but he said that in the past he had lived his life as an "idol drama", and now he wanted to do something truly meaningful.
Late at night on August 29 this year, Hu Ge posted on Weibo: "I try, I try, I try to stay calm." I'm sorry for so many people, and I hope it's worth this short life. He also took a selfie with messy hair and a sluggish beard, and the scar on his left eye was clearly visible.
On August 29, 2006, Hu Ge suffered a car accident in the Jiaxing section of the Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, and Zhang Mian, the female assistant who accompanied him, died after ineffective rescue, and Hu Ge himself underwent several hours of surgery. Many netizens speculated that Hu Ge's Weibo was related to this past.
On August 21 this year, Hu Ge posted on Weibo: "If I don't film in the next five years and do something more meaningful, you should support me, right?" The Weibo sparked rumors that "Hu Ge wants to withdraw from the circle", making fans both worried and sad.
On August 29, Hu Ge posted on Weibo, saying "I'm sorry for many people."
"You said you might not film for five years and do something more meaningful. What exactly is this thing? During the Guangzhou roadshow of "Worth the Trip" on September 10, an audience member finally raised his hand to ask Hu Ge a question.
"Actually, for me, there are many meaningful things." Hu Ge did not answer positively. He paused and continued: "I found that in the past ten or twenty years, I have been on the fast track of life, and I have even lived my own life as an 'idol drama'. ”
He said: "I missed a lot of precious bits and pieces of life that should have belonged to a real 'Hu Ge', and the 'small luck' that I should really feel every day." For a person's life, it is precisely these 'small lucks' that are the biggest driving force. ”
On August 21, Hu Ge posted on Weibo: "If I don't film, you should support me, right?" ”
"Many times, people may only reflect when they are over forty, to look back at the road they have traveled, and to see the hidden dangers and shortcomings left by the past." Hu Ge said that this kind of reflection may be exactly what Wen Shan brought him. Wen Shan is a character he played in "It's Not Worth the Trip", a down-and-out screenwriter who was forced to rewrite his eulogy because he couldn't write a script. But in his conversations with the families of the deceased, he began to think about the meaning of life and eventually healed himself.
In this movie, Wu Lei, who once co-starred with Hu Ge in "Langya List", plays a mysterious role - "Xiao Yin". This boy, who only appeared in Wen Shan's house, turned out to be just a character in the latter's mind. At the end of the story, Wen Shan, who reconciled with himself, was finally able to pick up the pen again and continue the story of the boy.
Hu Ge said: "At many moments, the 'little Yin' in my heart would jump out and say to me: 'Be brave and make your own choices and do what you think is more meaningful.'" ’”
He did not say what he planned for the next five years. But at the end of the Guangzhou roadshow on this day, he said to the audience: "Don't worry, I will be fine." He believes that his current self is like Wen Shan in the film, and he has also come out of the haze of his mother's death in 2019: "From the first moment I read the script of "It's Not Worth the Trip", Wen Shan has been warming me. I've reconciled with my former self—at least we've had normal communication with each other. ”
"I want my experience to happen to everyone who sees the film as well," he said. ”
At the roadshow on this day, a Guangzhou female audience member handed Hu Ge her joy candy: "I'm going to have a wedding next month." Hu Ge, who had been serious for a night, smiled, and he happily stepped forward to take the candy: "I took it all!" I share it with the crew, so that everyone can be dipped in your joy. ”
"It's worth the trip" director Liu Jiayin
The director elaborated
In May this year, Hu Ge won the "Best Actor" at the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Goblet Award for "It's a Worthwhile Trip". The film's director, Liu Jiayin, won the "Best Director".
Like Wen Shan in the movie, Liu Jiayin, the director and screenwriter of "It's Not Worth the Trip", also encountered difficulties when writing the script. "There was a 10-year gap between the start of the script and the completion of the script." "I think it's always been hard to create, not just for me, but for all creators," she says. ”
But she believes that the so-called anxiety of creation is just a metaphor in the movie, "it is the same as the anxiety in the lives of ordinary people."
How to deal with anxiety? "What I want to convey through this film is that there is not only one way to go in life. It's not just that path that makes you feel 'worth the trip'. Liu Jiayin said, "As long as you take life seriously and treat your relatives and friends around you seriously, the meaning of your life will be different." ”
She specifically mentioned the theme of the film - kindness. "I've been helped in my own life and felt the power of that kindness, so I wanted to tell it in this story." She said, "Although Wen Sun in the movie is withdrawn, he still has friends, so even if his career is not so smooth, he is actually a lucky person. ”
And his friend's kindness to Wen Shan was also passed on by him to the families of the deceased who entrusted him with writing his eulogy. Liu Jiayin said: "Wen Shan communicates with each client through wholehearted listening. Because of this, he can slowly take the communication between the two parties to a higher level, and even affect the client's emotions and thoughts. ”
After the release of the film, some viewers asked, why did a movie with the creator of the eulogy as the protagonist not show a complete eulogy? On September 10 in Guangzhou, Liu Jiayin responded that this is because the kind of "real communication" she wants to show has been completed, and as a eulogy as a result of communication, she feels that it can become a kind of "white space", leaving it for the audience to imagine for themselves. Reporter Li Li