Li Chengru broke a shocking truth in the latest "Drama Confucian Life"! That is, the director can no longer freely choose actors, because the current entertainment market has been occupied by capital, and the director cannot choose actors according to the film script, but chooses actors according to the market script, that is, the director himself is wrapped up in capital.
In this issue, Teacher Li Chengru did not continue to talk about the selection of actors' roles. In a film and television drama work, a role, which actor should be hired, used to be the director's final say. Nowadays, with the development and expansion of the film and television capital market, the director's right to speak has been reduced, and there is indeed a problem of film and television investors and even platform parties deciding on actors. This new phenomenon deserves an in-depth discussion.
Later, Li Chengru said that as long as capital occupies this literary and art market, there will be many strange circles and strange phenomena. Capital first looks at who is a small fresh meat and who is an internet celebrity among the young actors, and then it will invest in it. The producer and director are shouting to prepare to start, preparing some vehicle arrangements and accommodation, and the matter of selecting actors can rarely be grasped in the hands of the director.
Because of this, when the news of "Agarwood Crumbs and First Incense" being adapted into a movie appeared two years ago, it has been highly anticipated by book fans. From the perspective of the production team, the film is directed by Hong Kong's most famous female director Hui Anhua, written by the well-known contemporary writer Wang Anyi, the award-winning gold medal photographer Du Kefeng photography, and the soundtrack of Japan's hall-of-fame music master Ryuichi Sakamoto, so that the top team of superstars also makes the audience's expectations for the film continue to soar.
But now the hottest is also the most controversial. Yesterday, the topic of #How toxic is the first incense in the movie# was on Weibo hot search, from the official cast to the earthy marketing to the release, "The First Incense" has become the focus of netizens' complaints.
"This is Xu Anhua's 'First Incense', not Zhang Ailing's." Someone wrote in the Douban comment area. From the perspective of audience evaluation, "The First Incense" is indeed not a successful adaptation. As a very prestigious writer in the history of modern Chinese literature, Zhang Ailing's novels are difficult to adapt in film and television for a long time, and even if the big directors shoot, they frequently fail.
Then why the big director Xu Anhua will also lose, to know that Xu Anhua is the first female director among Chinese directors, and has successfully filmed two novels by Zhang Ailing, then why did this one fail. In fact, some netizens have pointed it out.
That is, "the casting of the protagonist is not suitable" and "the actor's acting skills are poor". In the original work, Qiao Qiqiao is a gloomy little white face who eats soft rice, but Peng Yuyan's face is clearly sunny and self-improvement; the heroine Ge Weilong is even more ruined, and the thin and tender little girl has become a tiger's back and bear waist. Not for the actors, but for really inappropriate. Audience member Ms. Meng said. Many viewers also commented, "This is not "The First Burning Incense", it is more like "Camel Shoko".
The audience can see it, why can't the director see it? Thinking about what Teacher Li Chengru said, I think everyone will understand! Do you agree with Li Chengru's point of view? Don't forget to meet teacher Li Chengru on Baidu APP every Tuesday and Friday!