Speaking of popular films, the old Beijingers are no strangers, it is the magazine that everyone is most familiar with in the early eighties, and the portraits of young actors seem to have a strange and fresh atmosphere in the eyes of ordinary people in that era
The May 1983 issue of Popular Cinema published stills from the Beijing Film Studio's Beijing-style film Xizhao Street, some of the most authentic, extensive, and typical social scenes in Beijing that year
The director of this "Xizhao Street" is Wang Haowei, who was popular in Beijing after its release that year, and the Beijing natives who grew up in Beijing as children expressed deep feelings after watching this movie, and the life of Beijingers at that time was exactly the same as the characters in the play
Cramped alleys, crowded courtyards, a group of ordinary people who can no longer be ordinary, repeat the simple and ordinary parents every day, people can't help but recall those sunny days when they once lived in the hutongs
In the interview, I heard Wang Haowei say that when selecting actors for "Xizhao Street", he deliberately did not look for men and women who were particularly outstanding in Peugeot's appearance, but they should have characteristics
To put it bluntly, it is a group portrait in the Beijing hutongs, but people have to remember him at a glance, so the director found Chen Peisi to play the male protagonist in the play, and it is precisely because of the previous "Look at this family" that Chen Peisi officially stepped into the show business circle and let more Beijingers know him
There are many costumes in the play that look very ordinary now, but it was really difficult to buy at that time, especially the few Hong Kong-style costumes worn by the heroine, it is said that the director entrusted someone to borrow them, such as red dresses, pants and tops
This film is the first film independently directed by the director, and it is also a comedy, and it is not easy to portray every unit, every Beijing family, and every Beijinger so vividly in that era, and it also presents the spiritual outlook, work style, and attitude towards life of Beijingers at that time
Let the audience see the different changes of each role, not conventional but real and vivid, so that the most impressive beijinger is Chen Qiang's grandfather, that is, Chen Peisi's father, the acting skills are really good, relaxed, very natural, the scene of the flowers blooming is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, a sentence of merit to the natural success of people left a deep impression
In the unit, he is a workshop director, the size of the management officer is also a leader, and his daughter is also working in the factory, so in the unit he is the daughter's direct boss, when working one yard to one yard, the attitude towards the work is particularly serious
Many viewers said that this role was portrayed more or less exaggerated, in fact, it was not, Beijingers from that era knew that the old Beijingers at that time treated work in this way and never ambiguously, and it is no exaggeration to say that work is always ranked first, followed by family
Therefore, Mr. Chen Qiang did play the old Beijinger of that year, and after many years, he is still not conventional, just like many old movies, now he has a different charm, it is interesting that he does not smile in the unit, and he is also solipsistic when he returns home
A word disagreement with the daughter-in-law began to break, had to figure out this matter to be finished, straight temper, knife mouth tofu heart, there are a lot of old Beijinger characteristics, followed by the role played by Chen Peisi is also very important, because he undertook all the comedy parts of the film, it is said that the director did not let Chen Peisi to play at the beginning, found a lot of actors in the end are not suitable, so Chen Qiang's grandfather recommended his son Chen Peisi to the director
According to the director's recollection, Chen Peisi has made a lot of efforts for the role, the dormitory wall is plastered with posters, and he has made a table of all the actions and emotional development of the characters, so Chen Peisi can portray this role so successfully is not accidental, but inevitable
There is a scene in the play where the old man tested his English, directly read J as a hooker, and read A as a tip, this paragraph was shown by Beijingers when they read it, it was really funny, and this "Look at This Family" was popular all over the capital after it was released that year
When it came to the filming of "Xizhao Street", Chen Peisi mainly proposed to play the role of the second son, although there were not many scenes in the play, but it was also very colorful, especially the scene of feeding pigeons and releasing pigeons in the courtyard was really too memorable of the times, which evoked the memories of many old Beijingers
The movie "Xizhao Street" is a comedy on the surface, but in fact it is a positive drama with the attributes of the times and full of interest in life, and the humor in the play is mainly reflected in the father and son of Chen Qiang and Chen Peisi in the play, and the little character interpreted by Chen Peisi is a Beijing grandfather who has no bad eyes and is very grounded
The film "Xizhao Street" is undoubtedly a masterpiece from the current point of view, not to mention the plot is relatively scattered, but it integrates the fragmented memories of old Beijingers, not only many characters, clues, but also workers, street activists, and many unemployed young people are presented
The Beijingers of that era expressed their respective bitterness and yearning, although each family had its own difficult scriptures, but everyone helped each other and supported each other, to put it bluntly, this is the human touch of old Beijing, and this is also an idea that this movie most wants to convey to the audience
It is worth mentioning that "Xizhao Street" is a film shot out of complete live action, and the hutongs in Beijing have disappeared for a long time, so "Xizhao Street" is a complete film shot in a few courtyards found in a ruin
The movie "Xizhao Street" carries the common memory of a generation of Beijingers, it is difficult for Beijingers who were born and raised to watch this movie and not to miss the old Beijing, and every grass and tree in the hutongs in the play can evoke the memories of the old Beijingers, because the warmth of the hutong courtyard and the human touch of the old Beijing are something that many old Beijingers cannot forget in their lifetime
Especially for the Beijingers who grew up in Xizhao Temple, Chongwen District, it is even more touching, and the Beijingers who have lived in this area for generations are inseparable, because the old neighborhood is nostalgic for the big family life of the past, and in a way, "Xizhao Street" has become a thought in the hearts of old Beijingers!
"Xizhao Street" is not only an old Beijing hutong, because it reflects the life in the old Beijing hutong, accompanied by the growth of countless Beijingers, just like the narrator said, xizhao street is a good place, how good a name, how to listen to it is permeated with a poetic, permeated with a sense of intimacy!
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