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In 1982, when 19-year-old Mei Yanfang won the first rookie singing contest, Huaxing Company was going to give her a record, and the manager let her go to the office of fashion designer Mr. Liu Peiji.
As soon as he entered the door, Liu Peiji walked to Mei Yanfang's eyes, only to see him carefully looking at the girl, with two hands on her shoulders, his eyes shooting sharply from top to bottom, and gently took off her coat, saying in his mouth, "Too thin, do you have no food?" ”
A trembling Ame watched him pick up the cloth ruler and measure her three circumferences, very embarrassed but embarrassed to say anything.
Immediately after, Liu Peiji solemnly took out a pen and paper and asked her to write a few of her favorite lyrics.
Mei Yanfang said: Wouldn't it be good if I sang it to you?
Liu Peiji refused: No, I want to see how well you write. Whether a person's writing is good or not represents her taste and touch.
Mei Yanfang's heart palpitated: Dead, my words are very poor! ......
This is the encounter between Mei Yanfang and her best friend Liu Peiji in the movie "Mei Yanfang", and Mei Jie's cute and straightforward little wit is impressive. They knew each other together, and he designed countless suits for her, giving her the reputation of "Queen of Change". At the end of the movie, Mei Yanfang said that she had no father since she was a child, and Liu Peiji was her father in her heart, he listened, helped her gently wipe away her tears, and watched her go on stage to say goodbye to the audience.
"Mei Yanfang" will be released nationwide on November 12, Guangdong region has opened the screening, the viewing process can see countless people around the tears and choking, there are many small details in the movie quite touching, vivid and three-dimensional show Mei Jie's life in the world.
If you only evaluate the movie itself, there are still no small flaws. After all, Mei Yanfang's 40-year legendary journey is too grand, even a fragment is enough to write a big book, and it is not easy to condense it into a 2-hour screening.
Director Liang Lemin chose some more well-known details, which helped the younger generation to understand the legendary diva of the music industry, but the excessive interspersed video data also caused a sense of separation, making it impossible to link Wang Dani's performance with Mei Jie herself, which is also a major regret of the film.
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"Ever since I saw you on the banks of the Acacia River
It's like the spring breeze blowing into the heart
I'm going to tell you gently
Don't forget me..."
In the 60s, Mei Yanfang, who was only 4 and a half years old, took her sister's hand, and the two slowly sang the old song "Acacia Riverside" on the stage, and there was a sweetness that did not match the age in the song.
The place where they sang was called Liyuan, because her father died very early, her mother could only make a living by running the "Jinxia" song and dance troupe, and the sisters performed here at a young age, and Mei Yanfang's stage career began.
In fact, Mei Yanfang was not very happy when she was a child, she once said with emotion in a radio interview: "The people who used to sing were not respected, they were called 'singers', and their families prevented my classmates from interacting with me and watching my classmates play, but I was always alone." "Since she was a child, facing various complex environments and bearing the burden of the family, Mei Yanfang's mind is far more mature and sensible than her peers, which is also an indelible brand brought to her by her original family." There is such a scene in the movie, during the time when Mei Yanfang "escaped" to Thailand, she saw a performance, a little girl singing English songs on the stage, she seemed to see herself as a child, and she burst into tears for a moment.
In the film, the scene of Lai Yuen is vividly recreated, from the 60s to the 80s in Hong Kong's streets and buildings, there are all kinds of stalls on the streets, as well as billboards, private cars and taxis on the road, and the Lee Stage where Mui Yanfang once performed... A look of old Hong Kong slowly appeared in front of everyone, making people feel infinite emotion.
Biopics are difficult to make, not to mention the plot itself, the film's era texture and Hong Kong film charm are still very sufficient, and the familiar songs in the movie are really evoking our collective memories.
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The whole movie does not choose to intercept The fragment of Mei Yanfang's life to expand in depth, but tells the story of her life in a sequential way.
Mei Yanfang was only 4 and a half years old when she and her sister Mei Aifang appeared on stage to sing together, and at the age of 19, she participated in the first rookie singing contest held by Huaxing Records, won the championship, and since then has formed an indissoluble relationship with the stage, with the spirit of dedication and extraordinary talent, slowly grew into a generation of superstars, and was awarded the title of "Changing Queen of Heaven". In 2003, with a "Sunset Song" and a custom wedding dress, she chose to marry herself to the stage.
Director Liang Lemin used the method of chronological records, selected some past events from each special year, and strung together the legendary life of Mei Jie, some of which are very interesting.
For example, before participating in the rookie singing competition, her vocal cords were long and cocooned, she could not sing the high-pitched part, and she thought of no longer singing but to find a job in peace, but she thought clearly about her life direction before the recruitment advertisement.
For example, she returned to the music scene after announcing the "sealed mark", and also participated in a lot of charity and public welfare work, and was questioned by the media "is it to attract everyone's attention", and her answer is also quite interesting.
Mei Yanfang once felt inferior to herself and did not read many books, and Liu Peiji comforted him: "How about reading more books?" Aren't there many Sven scum in this world? ”
In the last year of her life, she worked hard to prepare for the 1:99 concert, and when she set the theme for the fundraising concert, the apprentices asked her to choose a name, and she said "1:99, that is, 1 hit 99, Jin!" "The kind of freedom and cuteness between the words jumps on the screen." When the event was rejected in the Red Pavilion, she decided to move to the stadium to hold it, but the place was still worried about the noise disturbance, Mei Jie said: "It starts at 5 pm and ends before 10 o'clock, if there is a complaint, I will go door to door to apologize!" In just a few words, a responsible Mei Yanfang came out!
These small details present Mei Yanfang is vivid and three-dimensional, Wang Dani showed mei jie's newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger's cuteness when she first debuted, but the calmness after the later vicissitudes of the experience is weak, perhaps the lack of life experience, so that she is not enough to support Mei Jie's magnificent life.
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In the movie, Mei Yanfang's several emotional pasts are unfolded, but she herself said that the most regrettable Zhao Wenzhuo is not involved. It is more of a love story with Ben and Japanese singers, which also adds a grudge, but the filming is not very good, lack of rationality.
Liu Junqian plays Zhang Guorong
Playing Zhang Guorong is the male newcomer Liu Junqian, who has previously been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Newcomer, and his acting skills are very spirited, but the presentation is somewhat abrupt, which is also related to the fact that there is too little ink to show the friendship between the two.
Because the film chooses to progress in chronological order, it is naturally indispensable to speed up the rhythm, so it can only intercept some of the major events in Mei Yanfang's life, showing the ups and downs of her experience, portraying different aspects from her career, feelings, friendships, etc., but the overall appearance is a bit of a jujube, and some highlight moments are only presented like dragonflies.
Wang Dani's charm is very close to Mei Jie in some places, but her temperament is still too immature, and the shot that finally says that she is reluctant to leave the stage is not convincing. The overall performance state lacks changes, and mei jie's temperament in the later period does not come to performance.
The high frequency of the film interspersed with real image data makes the whole movie viewing fluency poor, after all, biographical drama and documentary are two completely different forms of presentation, so the high frequency interspersed will make people a little dramatic, compared to the real image fragments, you will find that the movie is lower to watch.
The story of promoting the younger generations was completely deleted for some reason, so several "apprentices" also became symbols in the film, making the completeness of the story also discounted.
The film opens with a wedding dress and ends with a wedding dress.
Liu Peiji asked: Who are you going to marry?
Mei Yanfang replied: I want to marry the audience, marry the stage!
Despite the flaws, the movie still cried into tears, not because the movie was moving, but because Mei Yanfang was too moving.
With that brilliant "Sunset Song", who can not sigh the legendary life of Sister Mei? The interpretation in the movie reminds us of them at that time, and all this can never go back, so we will be moved to tears.
Before Mei Aifang died, she told Mei Yanfang: "To be a person, you must have a head and an end and an explanation!" ”
With these words, she took to the stage in a wedding dress.
"If there is another life, you will continue to hurt me, I will soon be gone, will you remember me?"
"I hope you will never forget this friend who once brought you a little happiness!"
Yes, we will never forget you, always miss you, Mei Yanfang!