5 years ago, someone described domestic dramas this way
"It's becoming more and more like a small commodity market, like Yiwu's cheap commodity market."
The reporter asked him, what can be done?
He said it couldn't be changed.
but.
"You can't just have that kind of thing, you have to have something else, something that is relatively memorable."
It was he who said this:
Lan Xiaolong.
Gold Medal Screenwriter.
"Soldier Assault", "Life and Death Line", "Good Guys", "My Regiment Leader My Regiment", Department Classic.
In particular, "Soldier Assault" swept through the major awards that year, and won the Magnolia, Feitian Award, and Golden Star Award.
Recently, a 2007 interview he did about "Soldier Assault" caught fire again.
One is the drama classic.
The second is that back then, it can still pierce today's obstacles.
And listen to what he talks about.
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The show is "The Extraordinary Way".
The host, He Dong, is known for his tricky way of visiting, grasping the essence of the interviewees.
One is a host who is good at clichés and dares to ask.
One is a ghostly screenwriter who dares to answer.
The two men met.
Okay, "Thunder stirs fire."
In 2007, Weibo had not yet appeared, when talking about some phenomena on the Internet
Played on the Internet for half a day
Maybe it's a little bit of a needle.com
Just see the tip of the needle and can't see the whole earth
How nice it would be if we were a little more open
So Shawshank had a very big impact on me
And it's very close to my current situation
I used to think that the world was only so big
But in fact, your eyes are covered by yourself
No one else covers you
△ Screenshot source: @ Tinglin Town unemployed youth
Look now and feel even deeper.
As for the differentiation of the crew, it will bring bad influences
He Dong: I know a lot of celebrities, I know how they live (into the group), assistants, agents, nannies, almost moved their homes. I've been questioning, and I'm sure his life will affect his play. I said they were living "days on the clouds."
Lan Xiaolong: It is a great discordant factor in the crew, everyone is the same person, it is impossible for everyone to bring it.
Don't you just get used to it.
It turned out that in the past 14 years, the problems found in that year did not disappear, but on the contrary, they intensified.
But this interview is not just about appearances.
It is more related to the beliefs that are adhered to, such as Lan Xiaolong said:
freely.
For example, the mental space.
Specific to creation, what do these represent?
You have to go back to his work.
Lan Xiaolong, because of his early IP account, was known as 249.
In the eyes of fans, there is a "nother face"
Demons, connivance.
Not only do fans love him, but acquaintances love and hate him.
After filming "The Regiment Leader", there was such a meme:
Actor Zhang Guoqiang launched the "Thorn Dragon Foundation".
Oath of Membership: Oath of Death 249!
Members include Zhang Yi, Duan Yihong, Xing Jiadong, Li Chen and other cast members.
The Organization was formed for:
It is said that the seventh brother once called to "threaten" Lan Xiaolong to add drama to him, and as a result...
Drama, indeed added, such as charging on a steep slope of 70 °, being thrown into a puddle where cows bathe, being tortured to the corner of the eye sagging ...
After that, the "foundation" failed to raise funds because it was not in place. Because a large number of "group fans" and "sudden fans" have joined, they are growing as unofficial fan organizations.
These actors who have worked with him have complained to varying degrees and almost been "abused to death" by him.
Zhang Translation: "I didn't expect that under Lan Xiaolong's pen, scientists are so miserable!" ”
Liao Fan: "Can you make me die in episode 30?" ”
Both the reader and the audience.
People who have seen his work say, "It's like dying once."
The men cursed him and poisoned him, claiming to be "willing to be abused."
Let people fall into it, it is so difficult to pull out.
Who is Lan Xiaolong?
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Lan Xiaolong dared to say.
There is also boldness.
God is there, he speaks to the point, often sweeping a large piece of the ground, but the person who is stabbed will not be embarrassed, but will find this person interesting.
Many directors and actors who have worked with him have said that he has left the deepest impression on people.
That is, this person is very "different".
It seems that he has a kind of magic that goes against the trend and thrives
The era of per capita grabbing traffic.
He didn't want to be too hot.
"Soldier" is on fire, and his first reaction is to be afraid.
I'm afraid I'm being swayed by the audience, I'm afraid of accidents. When something becomes a social phenomenon and is discussed too much, I feel that it is not worth being discussed so much.
When self-selling and boasting propaganda, it is becoming more and more routine.
He was dismissive of bragging.
During the publicity period of "Regiment Leader", when talking about the "scene" of this play, Lan Xiaolong grinned.
He said he didn't want to describe it as "a big scene.".
You do such a subject
You have to get some details in place
That's a minimal thing
The least we can do is not to come up with it
In his opinion.
They go to great lengths to make a play, not to let the audience watch the guns and bullets rain.
Technical cattle breaking, nothing is so rare.
What is rare is the confrontation of people's hearts, that is called fierceness.
We hope to get rid of the conflict in addition to the guns and bullets
There are people in conflict and no conflict
There are various faces
Before filming "Soldier", the audience looked at military themes such as dry seedlings and looked at the rain.
But he didn't do what he liked.
Unlike the imaginary inspirational and chicken blood, the battle scenes in "Soldiers" are not even one-tenth of the way.
He said that this is not a military drama, but a life drama.
Indeed, Xu Sanduo, Shi Jin, Yuan Lang, Wu Liuyi... These real, flesh-and-blood characters, even if they are changed to other environments, are equally impressive.
Found no.
Lan Xiaolong loved to come in the opposite direction.
This style of acting almost runs through his screenwriting career.
When he was a child, he had average grades, but he loved to read.
In my mother's school library, I first read the novels that interested me the most, just like Xu Sanduo read books, "A to Z."
In 1993, he was admitted to the Chinese opera.
This college student, in his own words, "free and loose."
His favorite playwright's script, he would take notes all night, copy (with a pen to copy), when he went to sleep, the sky was bright, go to the classroom to "click", and then continue to sleep upside down.
Before he got his college diploma, he entered the military drama troupe.
After entering the "compound", the connection with the outside world seemed to be broken.
He still doesn't follow the routine.
Every day, he wears a slipper to go out, sits on the table for a meeting, and the drama troupe assigns tasks, and he dares to disobey.
Unwilling to write sketches, saying that they want to "protect themselves".
It is better to leave than to waver in principle.
The sketch follows a theatrical way of thinking
There are indeed two rules
I have to do a kind of self-preservation in this regard
Seeing this, Sir had a question:
How did such a maverick person survive and achieve results?
In a program called Junwu Base Camp, when talking about the development status of domestic boxing robots, he once said this:
Our capital is more enthusiastic
Even if it is a high price to buy some fait accomplis
But if you just grow something
He was a bit of a neglecter
Because I think you're nothing right now
He'll wait for you to make a name for yourself
He'll come back and throw money at you
We were reluctant to plant trees
We are willing to buy trees
New things are accepted, but it is always slower.
But you can see his general life, writing the script of "Soldier" at the age of 27, and making it into a hit TV series at the age of 34.
Anyone who has read his script tacitly acknowledges one thing:
"Lan Xiaolong can write a play well."
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You could argue that he wrote his work with talent.
But many people can't forget his work, because of the enduring spirit in it.
Where does it come from?
Some words may give you answers.
Talk about humility.
Lan Xiaolong said that he envied Wang Baoqiang's days of sitting on the cold bench at Nortel.
One must remember one's own humility.
Talk about defining yourself.
For a while, because Zhang Yi had many fans, he would think about whether he should change or not to meet the requirements of fans.
In this regard, Lan Xiaolong was very rude:
You pay so much for some kind of freedom in your profession, do you take off your military uniform so reluctantly, is it to listen to the orders of your fans? Don't define it on anything, we do our best, we don't dirty. That's enough.
Talk about masculinity.
Mention a concept, the strength of the heart.
A seemingly weak person can be very strong inside; a seemingly masculine person may be very fragile.
Today we are starting to value masculinity again.
But how?
Now the most popular video on the Internet is to take a "mother cannon" as the target of the public, and then use the "rough" image to be specially approved in large numbers.
You found out no.
Our discussion of masculinity is increasingly stuck on the surface
What is not masculine is: beauty, makeup, snorting, femininity...
The masculinity of the performance is: no trimming, five big and three thick...
On the one hand, many people hate "mother cannon", but rarely discuss what is spiritual masculinity.
This is not the masculinization of society.
It's masculine "fast food"
I don't need to do anything, I don't need to be self-reliant.
As long as I scold the "mother cannon" and sneer at them, I will automatically masculine.
If you go to "Soldier", you can truly understand Lan Xiaolong's "strong heart".
Yuan Lang's wisdom, Xu Sanduo's self-control, Gao Cheng's humor, Wu Liuyi's courage, and Shi Jin's tolerance.
Yuan Lang: I am your prisoner
Takagi: Don't give up, don't give up
Meaning is living well
To live well is to do something meaningful
He said that if "Soldier" still has an audience many years later and can feel useful for his life, he will be grateful.
It seems that Lan Xiaolong always emphasizes one thing:
Grab the audience and put it first.
You don't blow it to the audience, you have a story of bulls
That's, that's your self-indulgence
You have the ability to make the audience sit by the TV for an hour or two without wasting it
That's what you really have to do
I think that's the essence of drama
Your performance is for the audience to see
What the writer intends, the director intends
What choreography how
It's all
But in today's market environment, too many practitioners have long forgotten this point.
Too much attention to expression, too neglect of the audience.
And the two could not have contradicted each other.
Lan Xiaolong's greatest respect for the audience is what he wants to say, and he never sticks it out to you.
Instead, it allows you to reflect yourself through the role, and then have your own experience of the role.
Drama is also not about giving the audience a concept, but about shaping a three-dimensional thing so that the audience can get their own understanding.
"Soldier" did not catch fire until the second round.
There are still many viewers who feel lost and look back.
Why?
Because the people here can withstand pondering, many truths are often read and understood by the audience after experiencing the precipitation of time, the polishing of experience, and the tempering of the mind.
The slogan of the Seventh Company of Steel was tremendous, but Xu Sanduo was very passive, and the slogan had no effect on him.
After the squad leader Shi Jin retired from the army, he insisted on his promise. Killed a drug dealer, he immediately collapsed.
What the meaning of a soldier was, he did not understand.
This question was also thrown to the off-screen audience.
Until the end, Soldier did not give an answer.
It speaks of the fundamental dilemmas of life, but does not give a clear answer, or point.
In this regard, Lan Xiaolong said:
Have you solved all your problems and gone to life? No way. We solved all the problems and basically didn't have to live. Living is a problem stacked on top of a problem, and you go to expect to solve it.
Where there is an absolutely ideal environment, where there is no problem life.
This is the truth of life.
To the audience, it is also a great gift.
With unfinished questions, keep alive.
This was Lan Xiaolong's backbone, and it was also his greatest courage and wisdom.
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Editorial Assistant: Brad Tepi