Each artist's personality is unique, and even those who are related by blood rarely communicate with each other. Xie Tian and his son Xie Gang were like this. Two grandfathers, one humorous and witty, one delicate and delicate; One behind the strategize, one in front of the charge, one move and one quiet, complementary and mutual help.
Author: Hua Rong
Tim Xie: An old kid who giggles
The Xie Tian I saw in life was a hip-hop, casual person. Wherever he went, he took the laughter to wherever he went, so people called Xie Tim a happy salesman. In the laughter, people forgot his age, saying that he was naïve in his old age, so he left an "old child" reputation.
In life, his funny words do not leave his mouth, and often "see the scene and make love", and even come to an impromptu performance, which makes everyone laugh and laugh. But he is serious, and after you have laughed, he will laugh loudly. His outstanding personality, whether he himself is in the show or outside the screen, can be felt at any time. Once a reporter went to interview him, he made an impromptu introduction to himself: I like green, green represents peace and youth. Someone asked me what flowers I liked, and I said, I like flowers, especially tianjin cannabis flowers. Someone asked me about the style of my work? I said: No fixed style is my style.
▲ Stills from Xie Tian's "Lin Family Shop"
So, none of my works are the same. Someone asked me the secret of the way to maintain the body, and I said that there are six words: heart, nutrition, and activity. I said that the heart is wide is not to want chores, not to worry about trivialities; nutrition is not the same as eating roast duck all day long. I am afraid of tobacco and alcohol, that is, sugar and fat meat can not be avoided; the activity is to see the stitches, everyone is asleep, I put on headphones to listen to music and dance disco, jump for 20 minutes, sweat, take a shower, lie down and fall asleep...
In life, his comedy "performances" are everywhere. His creed was: let the nobles show their stupidity; make the lowly show their cleverness; and lash out at the ugliness and hypocrisy in laughter.
However, when he is in the director's position, you will see a very serious, serious, meticulous Xie Tian.
▲ "Lin Family Shop" work photo
As a director, he has a deep knowledge and has directed more than 20 films. "Spring and Autumn on the Water", "Honghu Red Guards", "Flowers and Blossoms", "Little Bells", "Icing on the Cake", "Sweet Career", "Seven Sesame Officials", "Tea House" and other films are popular among the population and fully reveal his extraordinary artistic talent. When he entered his old age, he turned to directing TV series. After directing the TV series "The Five" and "The Runner-up of the Gold Medal", he wrote and directed the 4-episode TV series "Lamentations" last year. As soon as the play was finished, he rushed to Nanchang with Cheng Zhi, Liu Qiong, Comfort and others to raise funds for a charity performance for the China Film Foundation, and performed until Chinese New Year's Eve before boarding the car and returning to Beijing. Looking at him so mentally, you will never believe that he is already a 78-year-old man.
▲ Promotional poster for the movie "Honghu Red Guards"
As an actor, people praise his wide play path, it can be said that both literature and martial arts are complete, positive and negative. "He can play the positive characters with awe-inspiring and awe-inspiring characters; he can also play the villains vividly and vividly." From the two anti-horns Zhang Jinlong ("The Legend of the New Children's Heroes") and Ma Jinlong ("Gate Six") in the early 1950s, to Boss Lin ("Lin Jiapuzi") in the late 1950s, and zhang Adjutant Zhang ,an underground party member ("Honghu Red Guards"), his acting talent was fully demonstrated. Especially the image of Boss Lin, even contradictions and Xia Yan expressed satisfaction.
"It is better to be true and false than to be false; it is better to be complex and simple than simple and complex; it is not only what is not available in other people's works, but also what is in the hearts of millions of audiences." These are the three principles of creation that Xie Tian summed up for himself in his long-term artistic practice. Because of this, in April last year, the China Film Performing Arts Society awarded him a "special honor award" for film performance.
Xie Gang: A polite student
▲ Xie Gang
Xie Gang looks different from Xie Tian, like a polite student, without his father's "unique skills". But his intelligence and true character are recognized. Xie Tian said: "I love to move, he is so quiet, I don't like to read, he reads endlessly." Xie Tian said: "Xie Gang grew up in Tianjin when he was a child, and he would dismantle it when he bought him a toy. When I grew up, I loved to study machines, tinkered with bicycles, radios, tape recorders and other things when I had nothing to do, and I loved to play 'thoroughly' everything. Finally, Xie Tian added: "The place where he is like me is that he belongs to the 'amphibian' - the actor and director are all dry." ”
Xie Gang is indeed an actor and director, and he is usually very busy, and it is rare to find him for an interview. "Say what? There is nothing good to say. I didn't like literature and art since I was a child, I only liked mathematics, physics and chemistry, but I didn't catch the opportunity. At the age of 16, he left Beijing to go to the Northeast Mishan Construction Corps, where he worked for eight years, and was later recruited by the Guangzhou Military Region Repertory Theatre to become an actor. After working for another seven years, I was transferred to the North Film Studio, that's all. ”
▲ Xie Gang stills in the TV series "Tea House"
In his speech, he seemed to be very touched by the eight years of life in the corps, he said that he had opened a tractor there for two years, and then entered the propaganda team, and soon after arriving at the propaganda team, he germinated the idea of taking the professional examination, and several times the literary and labor troupe failed, because his father was still squatting in the cowshed at that time. Later, after entering the Guangzhou Warrior Repertory Theatre, for eight years, he performed dramas such as "The Song of Ouyang Hai" and "Autumn Harvest Thunderbolt" on the stage.
In 1986, he was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama's Special Training Class for Performing Cadres, and performed dramas such as "Mulberry Plain Chronicle" and "Tiger Rune". The former caused a sensation in China, and the latter caused a sensation in Singapore. The performance of the two plays, the biggest gain for him is the improvement of performance. Bayi Factory filmed "Armageddon", and he was also specially invited to play the role of Jiang Weiguo. After that, he was also invited by director Chen Jialin to serve as an assistant director in the crew of the 50-episode TV series "Tang Minghuang".
▲ Xie Gang stills in the movie "The Wind rises"
Whether acting or directing, Xie Gang remembered a famous quote from Qi Baishi that his father once said: "Those who learn from me are born, and those who are like me die." He said, "It doesn't matter if you look the same, but things can't be the same." Xie Tian also admitted: "We are not interfering with each other. As my son, I let him develop on his own, and he really didn't follow my path. ”
These two grandfathers, one humorous and witty, one delicate and beautiful; one behind the strategizing, one in the front charge, is really a heavenly grandfather.
(This article is from Contemporary Television, No. 8, 1992, with slight deletions.) ）