"I always felt like I owed her a movie, and every time I heard her song on the radio, I felt as if she was urging me." At the Scene of the Hangzhou Roadshow on November 2, Jiang Zhiqiang, executive producer of the movie "Mei Yanfang", lamented that this time, he finally paid off his debt!
It is reported that on November 12, the movie "Mei Yanfang" produced by Anle Pictures, produced by Jiang Zhiqiang, directed by Liang Lemin, and starring Wang Dani, Gu Tianle, Lin Jiadong and Yang Qianwei will be released nationwide.
This 2-hour and 17-minute film vividly interprets the rich twists and turns of Mei Yanfang's short 40-year life experience: After taking the stage in Liyuan at the age of 4, she gradually became the stage queen who swept Asia.
Some of the audiences watching the movie are remembering Sister Mei, some are knowing Sister Mei, and some see themselves from the corner of this woman's trademark stubborn mouth.
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Giving back to her fans with movies, he is "unashamed"
In 1984, Jiang Zhiqiang was still an obscure small publisher. At that time, Mei Yanfang was already a generation of divas. Mei Yanfang is very righteous and often does roadshow platform publicity for the films he releases.
In 2003, Mei Yanfang approached him after she fell ill and said she wanted to make a movie, a film that could stay. At that time, Zhang Yimou's "Ten Faces Ambush" wanted to find Mei Yanfang to perform, but Mei Yanfang's condition deteriorated rapidly, and until her death, this wish could not be realized.
Since then, this matter has been lingering in Jiang Zhiqiang's heart, and he always feels that he owes her a movie.
In 2015, Jiang Zhiqiang felt that he was mature enough to have the creative impulse to conceive the whole story with director Liang Lemin.
From the script of the story to the shooting, it is not easy to restore the scene well.
For example, behind the scenes of the film shooting of Mei Jie's last concert, hereby painstakingly borrowed the Red Pavilion, which rarely borrowed to shoot the scene, Jiang Zhiqiang recalled: "After asking a lot of people, I gave us 5 days. "So persistent because he knows that this concert is the most important thing for Mei Jie and her fans, so we must do our best to restore and do our best."
After the film was filmed, Jiang Zhiqiang wanted to understand: "In fact, I later thought that she was preparing for the final concert to bid farewell to her fans, and finally came to me to make this movie, hoping to give back to the fans who liked her." Therefore, in the end, Mei Yanfang in the movie is more like the part that Mei Yanfang hopes to present to everyone, there is no dog blood gossip, and there are few obscure shades, but more of her positive, hard work, and dedication to society.
Jiang Zhiqiang said: "She loves the country, Hong Kong, and her relatives, and always puts others in front, and she is not very important. She conveys to us the spirit of great love. "The film "Mei Yanfang" is to show the spirit of Mei Yanfang and show Mei Yanfang's love for the world.
Read through the information, just to "carve" the soul of Sister Mei between the eyebrows
The newcomer actor Wang Dani, who plays Mei Yanfang in the film, was selected from all over Asia over a period of three years.
Jiang Zhiqiang said that he did not want to find a well-known actor to play Mei Yanfang, and he was worried that the audience would be difficult to enter the play and it would be easy to play. "So, we found a new face that the audience hadn't seen before. After training, she was able to play Mei Yanfang in the script. ”
Similar appearance is important, but "appearance" similarity is by no means the most important.
Wang Dani knows this well, and in the 6-month-long special training, she is trying to chase every day: "I hope to get closer to the role a little more, even if it is only a little, even if there is a misunderstanding, it is already very happy."
Wang Dani also shared her efforts to figure out The tone and movement of Mei Jie's speech: "For the filming of this movie, I collected a lot of information, and my favorite is to watch Mei Jie's interview program, so that I can see how Mei Jie's personality is, she raises her hands and throws her hands and feet, the tone, and finds these details by constantly watching the interview program." ”
Singer Huang Ling also came to the Hangzhou roadshow site, and she shared her viewing experience with the audience. She said that when watching the movie, her mood was very complicated, because she was sad and wanted to cry but remembered Mei Jie's words - I hope that everyone will not be sad because of their departure, so they hold back tears.