31 years ago, the movie ticket, about only 3 cents a piece, people at that time, the economic living standards are not high, the movie has not yet been popularized, to go a long way to the town, or even the county seat, in order to watch the movie. It can be said that watching movies is a very luxurious entertainment activity.
But I didn't expect that in the era of material scarcity and film scarcity 31 years ago, there was such a film that received 130 million box office, directly creating a box office myth, and this movie was "Jiao Yulu" starring Li Xuejian.
31 years later, "My Father Jiao Yulu", starring Guo Xiaodong, also created a brilliant achievement, with a cat's eye rating of 9.6.
What is the magic of the role of Jiao Yulu, and why can it win the hearts of so many viewers?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > Jiao Yulu 31 years ago</h1>
In 1990, Emei Film Studio wanted to adapt Jiao Yulu's deeds into a movie, and looking at the only person in the entire show business circle at that time who could be competent for Jiao Yulu, that is, Li Xuejian. Li Xuejian is from a peasant family, has experienced life and death, and has the same axis as Jiao Yulu in his bones, and also has the simplicity of Jiao Yulu, so the director threw him an olive branch.
After learning that he wanted to play the role of Jiao Yulu, Li Xuejian was very excited, he found a lot of books, and also went to Lankao to experience life, in order to be able to play Jiao Yulu better. However, before the start of filming, Li Xuejian was somewhat "instigated", and he was worried that he would not be able to act well.
So Li Xuejian went to visit Jiao Yulu's widow Xu Junya, who said that Li Xuejian was too short and too fat to look like him at all. Li Xuejian was devastated when he heard this, thinking that he was simply not up to Jiao Yulu. The director said that he could think of a way to be short, and fat let Li Xuejian solve it by himself.
Li Xuejian was greatly encouraged after hearing this, he only ate water boiled vegetables every day, experienced Jiao Yulu's life during the day, stayed up late at night to ponder the role, ate some melon seeds when hungry, and lost 20 pounds a month. When everyone saw Li Xuejian, who was so thin that he didn't look like an adult, they were all shocked by him.
Li Xuejian fought so hard, and Jiao Yulu, who played out, was also very convinced. Just a small clip is enough to show his superb acting skills.
At that time, Jiao Yulu was ordered to go to Lankao to solve three harms: wind and sand, salinity, and floods. Xiao Wei, a major in agriculture and forestry, could not stand the suffering of Lankao and prepared to leave by train alone. Jiao Yulu wore clothes after knowing this, endured liver pain, and chased after him, he did not blame, nor did he go to save, but to send off.
Jiao Yulu said: "Xiao Wei, you are in a hurry, I am too late to prepare, I just grabbed a bag of sand in the paulownia soil as a parting gift for you, and I hope that you will help us study this soil in the future, no matter where you go, don't forget that there is still Lankao on the map in the future." ”
After saying that, Jiao Yulu sent Xiao Wei to the car, and as soon as the car drove away, he squatted down because of liver pain, and when he barely got up and stood up to go back, he found Xiao Wei.
Seeing that Xiao Wei had stayed, Jiao Yulu's face went from shock to happiness to touch, his forehead was covered with sweat left by the pain, and his eyes were also moist, without any words, just looking at Xiao Wei with a slight smile. At that moment, it was really tearful.
There are also many details in the film that reflect Li Xuejian's acting skills, such as drinking porridge in circles and drinking, often wearing clothes. Li Xuejian said that he had experienced the difficult times when the Yellow River Ancient Road escaped from the wilderness and asked for food, the saline land did not grow crops, and the bark and leaves were eaten, so he understood the difficulties of the common people and the greatness of Jiao Yulu, and he completely substituted himself into Jiao Yulu.
Li Xuejian's "Jiao Yulu" invested 1.3 million yuan and grossed 130 million yuan, at the beginning it was to organize everyone to watch, and then everyone watched it spontaneously. Eventually, the film became a box office myth.
Li Xuejian also won the Golden Rooster Award and the Hundred Flowers Award for the double film emperor with the role of Jiao Yulu, and when receiving the award, Li Xuejian said a sentence that touched the audience: "Bitterness and tiredness have made a good person Jiao Yulu suffer, and fame and profit have let a silly boy Li Xuejian get it." ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="62" > Jiao Yulu 31 years later</h1>
31 years ago, Jiao Yulu, played by Li Xuejian, was a classic in the hearts of the audience, and it was difficult for anyone to surpass it. However, 31 years later, there are "new people" who have appeared to bring everyone a new feeling, and this person is Guo Xiaodong.
Guo Xiaodong and Li Xuejian have a lot in common, they have also suffered hardships, suffered from frost, and lived a hard life since childhood, so they will have a deep feeling for the role of Jiao Yulu.
After Guo Xiaodong knew that he was going to play this role, he made a lot of preparations. He spent half a year experiencing life, visiting all the places where Jiao Yulu lived, picking up the farm work he did when he was a child, and listening to many courses to improve his thinking. In 3 months, he lost more than 20 pounds, just so that he could be closer to the role of Jiao Yulu.
In addition to appearance, Guo Xiaodong made the greatest effort to get closer to Jiao Yulu, and spent a lot of thought on acting skills. In the film, many details have vividly interpreted the role of Jiao Yulu.
One of the most memorable scenes is Jiao Yulu, played by Guo Xiaodong, who goes to visit the homes of the famine-stricken villager Sibao. Si Bao saw that there was a person coming up above, and smiled and hid the fact that he had no food to eat. Jiao Yulu saw that he was not telling the truth, and asked him to pour out the contents of the basket on the roof, only to find some gray-white solid things.
Villager Sibao said that it was big goose, and when he was hungry and had nothing to do, he would fill it with hunger. Jiao Yulu couldn't believe it, he picked up the big goose and put it in his mouth and chewed it, shedding tears while chewing. Unable to imagine that he could not swallow the big goose, but the villagers took it as a treasure, the more he thought about it, the more sad he became, and his eyes were full of heartache.
Guo Xiaodong's crying scene in this section is handled very well, he is not the kind of crying, but silently crying, he does not want to be seen by the people who are inspecting his peers, nor is he willing to let the villagers see his heartache, but chooses to turn his back and cry silently.
The most touching part of the film is Jiao Yulu, played by Guo Xiaodong, who is ill to the end of liver cancer. He lay weakly on the bed, his face long gone of life, described as withered. The pain from liver cancer made his tough guy almost collapse, and he picked up a cigarette butt and burned it on his arm, trying to divert the pain.
His wife saw that Jiao Yulu was in such pain and wanted to give him a pain relief injection, but he refused: "Lankao is so poor, don't spend money on me." When he said this, Jiao Yulu was already in pain and sweaty beads, his lips were also white, and the green tendons on his face burst out. Guo Xiaodong brought Jiao Yulu's pain, stubbornness, forbearance, and persistence to the fullest.
Jiao Yulu 31 years ago and Jiao Yulu 31 years later, although they are played by different generations, they both perform their own characteristics. Li Xuejian's Jiao Yulu has a little more vicissitudes and forbearance, while Guo Xiaodong's Jiao Yulu has a little more stubbornness and majesty. They are willing to experience life deeply for the role, and they are more willing to boldly dedicate themselves for the role.
Although Jiao Yulu passed away, Jiao Yulu's spirit will always exist, and the people will always remember the great man who gave everything for the people.