【A Thousand Old Filmmakers Trace (87)——Wei Wei】
No.1
Among the veteran performing artists in the Chinese film industry, there are several living artists in their 90s, such as Qin Yi, Tian Hua, Yu Yang, Yang Jing, Huang Zongying, Lan Tianye, Guan Zongxiang, Liu Bingzhang, Zheng Rong, etc., but those over 100 years old are rare. Wei Wei, who entertainment entertainment and entertainment today wants to talk about, is an old artist who is more than 100 years old, and she is already 102 years old.
Speaking of Wei Wei, I am afraid that few people now know her, because she became famous in the 40s of the last century, and the golden period of acting was in the fifties and sixties, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a "living fossil" of movies.
The film in which Wei Wei participated and became famous was "Spring in a Small Town" released in 1948, directed by Fei Mu and starring Li Wei, Wei Wei, Shi Yu, Zhang Hongmei and Cui Chaoming, in which she played a young woman in a small city, Zhou Yuwen.
Zhou Yuwen, played by Wei Wei, is the wife of the squire Dai Liyan (Shi Yu), and the war has caused Dai Liyan to lose his family property and his faith in life, in which case the couple lives a life of great interest.
The arrival of the doctor Zhang Zhichen, played by Li Wei, broke the life of life, he is not only Li Yan's friend for 8 years, but also the old lover of Yuwen. Zhang Zhichen's health, vigor and enthusiasm have made a huge wave in the heart that has been "dead" by The jade pattern, the two people frequently date, the love emotions are constantly cut, and the rationalization is still chaotic.
"Spring in a Small Town" had a huge impact after its release, and was considered to be "a strange flower that secretly spits out a fragrance", even decades later, in 1995, it was selected as one of the 10 classic works in the 90-year history of Chinese cinema; in 2005, it was rated as the first place in the top 100 films in the century by the Academy Awards.
No.2
Wei Wei, born in 1918 in Zhongshan, Guangdong, was originally named Miao Mengying. When she was a student, she loved acting, and was admitted to the Shanghai Hard work troupe founded by Huang Zuolin, and once starred in dramas such as "The Great Circus", "Three Thousand Gold", "Begonias", "Xiangfei", "Wen Tianxiang", "Under the Eaves of Shanghai", "Home" and so on.
Why did she change to Wei Wei? Originally, the female drama actress of that year had the custom of taking two homophones as stage names, such as Lan Lan, Xia Xia, Ying Yin, etc., so she also had a sample and gave herself a stage name of "Wei Wei".
In 1947, directed by the famous director Huang Zuolin, Starring Shi Hui, Tong Zhiling, Zhang Fa and Zhou Xuan, the movie "Nightclub" began filming, Wei Wei played an inconspicuous small supporting role in the film, thinking that he could act but failed to play the main role, Wei Wei showed a heavier pride and resentment, Huang Zuolin was very annoyed, once a line let her reshoot more than 30 times in a row, Wei Wei quit.
The owner of Wenhua Film Company asked the famous director Fei Mu to come forward to persuade him. Fei Mu severely criticized Wei Wei, but promised that "I will give you a chance in the future to make people think that you will act!" ”
Wei Wei originally thought that Fei Mu just casually said it, and did not take his words to heart, but he did not expect that when Fei Mu was preparing to shoot "Spring in a Small Town", he really asked her to serve as the female lead of the film - the young young woman Zhou Yuwen.
Wei Wei lived up to the director's expectations, and through his acting skills, he interpreted the resentment psychology of a bitter young woman Si Chun very well. Wei Wei also used her actual acting skills to prove that she was indeed "an actor who can act".
No.3
After the filming of "Spring in a Small Town" in 1948, in order to escape the "labor mission", Wei Wei went to Hong Kong to shoot a film. That year, he also returned to Shanghai to shoot "The Reunion" starring Shi Yu, Wu Yin and Sun Daolin.
In the 1950s, Wei Wei starred and participated in films such as "Children of jianghu", "Sister Song", "Lightning Love", "A Year's Plan", "Between Water and Fire", "The Mystery of The Young Grandmother", "The Legend of the Wife", "Wind and Dust", "Unmarried Mother" and so on in Hong Kong.
Among them, Luo Xiangqi in "Begonias", Lu Zishan in "Sister Song", Feng Xiuzhen in "A Year's Plan", and Zhang Shufang in "The Legend of Mrs." have all left a deep impression. In particular, the film "A Year's Plan" won the honorary award of the "1949-1955 Excellent Film Award" of the Ministry of Culture in 1957.
In the 1960s, Wei Wei successively starred in and participated in films such as "Grass and Trees Are Soldiers", "Men and Women", "False Son-in-law Riding the Dragon" and so on. Around 1964, Wei Wei disappeared.
On the contrary, around the age of 80, Wei Wei was invited by relevant directors to play the role of an old lady in some film and television dramas, such as "I Want to Live", "Concubine Sail", "Anna Madeleena", "Truth", "Little Kiss", "Happy Birthday", "Fire Dragon Showdown", "Drunkard" and so on.
In 2010, Jia Zhangke's documentary "Legend of the Sea" was released. The film invited Wei Wei, Chen Danqing, Yang Xiaofo, Du Meiru, Zhang Xinyi, Wei Ran, Fei Mingyi and other 18 interviewees who had connections with the old and new Shanghai, and told some stories after the opening of Shanghai.
In his later years, Wei Wei lived in Hong Kong. Although he is old, from the relevant photos, the centenarian is full of silver and radiant. She has witnessed the grandeur of Chinese films and has long become a "living fossil" of Chinese films.
Wishing Wei Lao artists health and longevity!
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