Text | Imperfect little treasure
The movie "Journey Through the Moon" is more sincere than everyone imagined.
First, it received a lot of praise from the industry after it was screened at the Beijing Film Festival, and now it has won a lot of praise from the audience after its release. When Lin Xiushan and Wang Rui in the movie stepped on the green train again and again and went in both directions, a love story that happened in 1996 was laid out on the big screen, and the epitome of history followed.
Some viewers said that this movie was filmed like a romantic but unpretentious prose poem, how can there be so many ups and downs in life, hunting and detachment, and it is as simple as daily life. Some viewers also said that this movie shows the subtle emotions of ordinary people wonderfully and vividly, and integrates life and imagination just right, and will become their own movie-watching white moonlight. There are more curious audiences who are walking into the theater and want to feel this "trip".
What is surprising is that post-00s actor Zhang Zifeng also broke through the limited imagination of many audiences in this movie. This time, she is a dumpling factory worker living in the 90s, who loves to laugh, be kind and sincere, but the newlywed Yan'er is separated from her husband. Through her, we can get a glimpse of the faces of all living beings in that era, and we can also feel Zhang Zifeng's determination to challenge the role of the era.
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Lin Xiushan, who loves to laugh
Since his debut, many of the characters played by Zhang Zifeng have been out of the circle because of crying scenes, such as Xiao Fangdeng, who was crushed under the ruins in "Tangshan Earthquake", the tears that fell when he heard his mother "choose a younger brother";
Even in "Chinese Doctor", Zhang Zifeng portrayed a confused and pitiful girl who lost her parents with only one shot. The sentence "Uncle, I want to know how a person should live without her parents" has brought countless viewers to tears and moved them.
After crying scenes repeatedly came out of the circle, Zhang Zifeng grew step by step into a new generation of powerful factions in the minds of the audience with his excellent acting skills, #张子枫哭戏好绝 ##张子枫古希腊掌管哭戏的神#等热搜话题备受瞩目. However, Lin Xiushan in "Journey Through the Moon" is different from most of the roles played by Zhang Zifeng in the past, this is a role that is truly "smiling out of the circle".
In the movie, Lin Xiushan always has the corners of her mouth curled and her eyebrows and eyes curved. She laughs when she misses Wang Rui, laughs when she calls Wang Rui, and even laughs when she sees Wang Rui. Through Lin Xiushan's laughter alone, the audience can already appreciate the love and sweetness of this young couple.
When Wang Rui saw Lin Xiushan for the first time, she was also smiling. At that time, when educational resources were not very developed, many young people had to leave the ivory tower early and join society. But when Wang Rui returned home dejectedly, he saw Lin Xiushan, who had also dropped out of school, running in the field full of vitality, and at that moment, it was Lin Xiushan's smile that brought Wang Rui the strength to face life again. Wang Rui also fell in love with Lin Xiushan at first sight because of this bright smile.
It can be said that Zhang Zifeng's deep grasp of Lin Xiushan's role is especially reflected in her expression of Lin Xiushan's sense of age smile.
When she was a girl, Lin Xiushan looked very cute when she smiled; after starting a family with Wang Rui, Lin Xiushan's smile took on the attitude of a little woman; hearing the innkeeper ridiculing her and Wang Rui, Lin Xiushan's smile unconsciously became naïve. After watching the movie, some viewers commented: "Zhang Zifeng's smile in the movie is really like my mother's appearance in old photos." ”
Maybe there were people who habitually regarded Zhang Zifeng, who debuted as a child star, as the sister next door who didn't grow up, but after knowing Lin Xiushan, Zhang Zifeng has gotten rid of the shackles of "sister", and used one bright and infectious smile after another to convince everyone that Lin Xiushan was born in the 70s and grew up in the 90s.
Zhang Zifeng, who was smiling out of the circle, once again integrated the performance into the real environment.
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Sunflowers, harmonicas and the moon
In addition to smiles, Lin Xiushan's other character keyword should be kindness.
At the beginning of the movie, in the crowded train station, Lin Xiushan finally squeezed into the front row and grabbed a window seat. But when she caught a glimpse of a woman holding a child standing in the carriage, Lin Xiushan did not hesitate to give up her seat to them.
Later, Lin Xiushan met the police escorting the prisoner on the train. When the other passengers saw the shackled prisoner, they all chose to flee immediately, but Lin Xiushan still sat opposite the prisoner in a daze. By chance, Lin Xiushan found that the prisoner was staring at the harmonica she was about to give to Wang Rui, and she decided to lend the harmonica to the prisoner to play first, helping him realize his last dream before the execution.
Zhang Zifeng's performance gives plausibility to this episode. At first, when she saw the prisoner's shackles, she was a little scared and hesitant, but when she felt the prisoner's desire to play the harmonica, and knew that this might be the last time he would play the harmonica, her kindness overcame her apprehension. Xiu Shan, with sincerity in her eyes, just wanted to help him fulfill one last wish, and finally shed a tear in the sound of the piano, full of emotions and smooth. There is no need for antecedents and no follow-ups, because Xiushan is such a person who releases kindness to people passing by, and such a touch is the power of sincerity.
If the green train is the epitome of that era, then Lin Xiushan is the audience's eyes looking at that era. Even if there are greasy big bosses occupying seats on the train, and middle-aged couples suspected of cheating, all kinds of passengers, evil or good, always have a warm side, making the scenes form the faces of all beings in the 90s.
Zhang Zifeng mentioned in an interview that she once had a whim and did an MBTI test for all the roles she played, and the result of the test was: Lin Xiushan is the only E person. And E is not synonymous with extroversion, E means that Lin Xiushan is a high-energy person who can always bring energy to the people around her.
As Zhang Zifeng said, she thinks that Lin Xiushan is a sunflower, the color is yellow, but it is not as dazzling as the sun, but it is always towards the sun and always warm.
Including in the relationship between husband and wife, Lin Xiushan has always been the one who supports her emotions. She and Wang Rui have been separated from each other for a long time, and they can only communicate their feelings on the public phone, and they can only meet once a month. All this can be called a huge obstacle and setback for a newlywed couple who have just fallen into sweetness, but Lin Xiushan can use her tenacity and gentleness to overcome these obstacles and setbacks.
Even if it was the end of the "trip", she decided not to wait for Wang Rui to return. When hearing Wang Rui's grievances and collapse, although Xiushan's eyes were full of tears, she was still the one who calmly made suggestions. She suggested that the two of them take the slow train with a similar time, "we can definitely meet in the middle, and we can take a good look at the slow train when we meet."
She will remember that Wang Rui loves to play the harmonica, saying that the public telephone booth is "our phone booth"; she will also put on full makeup when she talks to Wang Rui on the phone, as if she wants to meet a real person; she will not sleep all night on the night she meets Wang Rui, carefully feel the warmth between husband and wife, and wait to wake up Wang Rui with the alarm clock; after getting the Mid-Autumn Festival gift issued to her by the factory, she almost instantly thought of reselling the gift and saving money to buy a new harmonica for Wang Rui, because the harmonica is a testimony of the love between the two of them. She is an ordinary little person in an ordinary life, but she still has her own sense of ritual.
At the end of the movie, Lin Xiushan and Wang Rui finally ran to each other in the moonlight, and before they hugged, it was Lin Xiushan who saw Wang Rui first and shouted Wang Rui's name loudly. Some people say that at this moment, I understand why the title of the film is "A Journey Through the Moon", because "under the moon, the two trains went opposite again, but both of them had the joy of seeing each other on their faces, and that scene was like a fairy tale shining into reality, which was so beautiful."
As the actor of Lin Xiushan, Zhang Zifeng delicately handles the kindness and optimism of the character's character and the innocence of love, whether it is the communication with the passengers on the train or the interaction with Wang Rui, it is vivid and vivid. Lin Xiushan brought the touch to the audience, but it was not the success of Zhang Zifeng's role. Her performance, like the movie itself, gradually flowed into the hearts of the audience.
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Between the character and the "I".
It cannot be denied that Zhang Zifeng's role as Lin Xiushan is a very bold attempt in the eyes of outsiders, after all, it is not easy to interpret a character who is completely out of touch with the background of his own times and his own character. In order to play Lin Xiushan well, Zhang Zifeng has already begun to work hard to figure out the role before joining the group.
In the movie, Lin Xiushan works in a dumpling factory and can make 1,100 dumplings an hour, which makes leaders and colleagues look up to her. Outside the movie, Zhang Zifeng not only deliberately learned to make dumplings and knew the different ways of making dumplings in the north and south, but also stayed in the hotel to practice how to make dumplings quickly and well.
In addition to the dumpling making itself, Lin Xiushan can do the same thing day after day, still so firmly love life, love everything, and discover beauty in the process, which also deeply touched Zhang Zifeng.
On the other hand, Zhang Zifeng, who was born in 2001, actually did not have any opportunity to put himself in the shoes of the 90s. So, before joining the group, she watched and read a lot of movies, documentaries, photos, and texts about the 90s, trying to understand Lin Xiushan through these materials.
Zhang Zifeng also mentioned in the roadshow that in the process of getting to know Xiushan, she saw a lot of builders like Xiushan Wang Rui, who came to the city from their hometown to work hard, and worked hard for a better life for everyone and their small family. From them, Zhang Zifeng captured the spirit of the builders in the 90s, always staying focused and always vibrant.
Facts have proved that Zhang Zifeng's efforts have paid off, and Lin Xiushan, who has red lips, small heels, and a small backpack in the movie, has just the right sense of age. With the leader's smiling demeanor, the orderly manner of carrying the ledger and alarm clock, and the shrewdness of calculating the fare and hotel accommodation expenses, they are all very similar to the pragmatic factory workers in the 90s, so vivid that I forgot that this is Zhang Zifeng.
In addition, the personalities of Lin Xiushan and Zhang Zifeng are very different, and how to find and perform the little and delicate characters in Lin Xiushan's character is also one of the difficulties in acting. Fortunately, Zhang Zifeng is an actor who is willing to open himself up for the role, and does not mind putting himself among the characters and becoming a complete "community of destiny" with Lin Xiushan. Therefore, after the release of "Journey Through the Moon", many viewers will be surprised that Zhang Zifeng's portrayal of Lin Xiushan is so real, as if she did exist in the 90s.
For Zhang Zifeng, the process of playing Lin Xiushan is a process of illuminating himself. She once said that after playing Lin Xiushan, her way of looking at things is also developing in a better direction subtly, and it seems that Lin Xiushan's warmth is soothing her in real life. It is conceivable that the reason why Zhang Zifeng chose to play Lin Xiushan may also be related to Lin Xiushan's values of treating people, and she hopes to convey some beautiful and profound feelings to the audience through her role.
Lin Xiushan, who is like a sunflower, not only moved the audience but also gave Zhang Zifeng energy, which is the best state of an actor for the role, and it is also the most sincere answer that an actor can bring to the audience.
Looking back at Zhang Zifeng's more than 20 film and television works in the past, disasters, history, ancient costumes, suspense, campus and other themes have been involved, and it is precisely by relying on solid works that Zhang Zifeng has become one of the most popular flowers in the new generation. In the final analysis, these roles that have been played all secretly contain the beliefs of the actors that Zhang Zifeng wants to express, and they naturally witness Zhang Zifeng's more and more immersive creative energy.
Today, the movie "Journey Through the Moon" continues, and Zhang Zifeng's next "Lin Xiushan" is of course still ongoing. On this path of an actor, she is like a perpetual motion machine full of creative passion, moving forward firmly. And we, just witness.