Recently, I was watching the variety show "Actors Please Take Place", in which the clip of "I Am a Passerby" directed by Er Dongsheng was unanimously praised. This segment is performed by comedian Zhang Haiyu and new vocal actor Zhang Qian, and the performances of these two actors have also been unanimously recognized by the mentors.
But what I want to say today is that Er Dongsheng's "I Am a Passerby", it is a surreal movie, which lasted three years and was released in 2015, based on the real events of 1,000 group actors, the main actors of the film are in Hengdian 'Horizontal Drift", these are not actors, with their own real experience to impress us. In my opinion, it is not a simple inspirational movie, it is more a true record of the life of a group of young people who are trying to drift in Hengdian. The protagonist of the story, Wan Guopeng, was influenced by his father since childhood and had a strong interest in acting, and after speaking through his father and mother, he embarked on the road to Hengdian, Zhejiang With a dream. In Hengdian, he met countless young people who shared his dreams, and here he met Qin Peijun, Shen Kai, Xu Xiaoqin, Wang Zhao, Wei Xing, and Wang Ting, who had the same dreams as him. In this way, his ignorant life of drifting began...
Qin Peijun, whose life is bitter, still insists on his dreams
Why is it said that he is suffering? Qin Peijun lost his mother at the age of five, the departure of his father at the age of ten made him a complete orphan, he followed his compatriots to Henan, Shanxi and other places to dig coal, because he was too young to work and was not skilled enough, he was often injured in the coal mine, and he traveled to many places before he came to Hengdian as a mass actor.
Why do you say that others are not bitter? He who is not outstanding in appearance will be transferred to the back of the faceless position when he wants to actively perform in front of the camera, but he still has a great interest in acting, and he is always so enthusiastic about life and the people around him. In the case of poor conditions for eating, wearing, living and traveling in Hengdian, I can calm down to buy books and read books, so that my spiritual world is not barren. He also encouraged Wang Zhao, who has good looks, to work hard down-to-earth, and there will always be a chance.
Mao Dun once said, "I never dream, I'm just trying to understand reality." ”
He has dreams, and he is trying to get closer to his dreams. Fate is so unfair to him, but he infects everyone around him with warmth, this person is Qin Peijun, a mass actor who strives to drift.
Shen Kai, who was doomed to failure by "going too deep into the drama"
Shen Kai is in the play, removed the makeup is still in the play, the real self is not good. In the eyes of the new horizontal drift, he is a warm and responsible big brother image. He will lead a group of people to talk about ideals and talk about life, and he will encourage others to stick to their dreams. Help others socialize and celebrate the new drama.
However, regardless of his wife and his family, his wife Xu Xiaoqin followed him at the age of 17, raising money to open a hotel for his dream of being an actor, and while managing the hotel, he also had to be a special actor, but these were taken for granted in Shen Kai's view, and all he thought about was his own dream of being an actor. So when he was faced with the choice of a pregnant wife and a costume drama role, he chose the role. I wasn't at all surprised that in his opinion his wife's attempt to give birth to the child was undermining his plans, and he was really ignoring what his wife had been giving.
At the end of the movie, Shen Kai lost his wife and role, and finally had a mental breakdown and became crazy.
"Empty shouting slogan" Wang Zhao did not work hard
All day long in front of Gu Tianle's poster to say a sentence "When you are old, the film world will be mine." He has a dream, but he doesn't want to work hard, and as soon as he arrives at the scene of filming, he finds a place where no one sleeps, eats and mixes wages. His image is still better than other extras, but he refuses to work hard, goes to the scene, and plays games and chats where he lives without a play. In the end, a chance to study acting in Beijing was lost because of his lazy sleep.
The arrogant Wei Xing
Wei Xing and his girlfriend are both horizontal drifts, which is different from the general horizontal drift, Wei Xing has starred in the male lead of a micro-movie, and then in Wei Xing's view, he is not a role, he will resolutely not shoot.
On the contrary, the girlfriend often goes out to socialize, finds a role for him, reluctantly plays an officer with less acting role under the introduction of the girlfriend, and treats him differently on the set because the director feels that he is not the main actor, Wei Xing of course can't see it and fights on the spot, the result can be imagined, he is unemployed at home again, and he also dislikes his girlfriend for dragging him back. I want to go to Beijing to study, but I don't have money, and he doesn't take the general role of making money, so he keeps staying up and doing only one thing every day, that is, doing nothing.
Wan Guopeng who studied earnestly and earnestly
The protagonist Wan Guopeng came to the long-dreamed Dream Factory Hengdian Film and Television City without understanding, and with the help of Kaige and others, he found a house and an actor's card, and quickly stabilized in Hengdian. Wan Guopeng not only has a dream of being an actor, he has a great interest in acting, so he will take every scene very seriously, even if he can't show his face without lines, he won't find a place to hide and sleep like Wang Zhao. At the end of the film, Wan Guopeng was given the opportunity to go to Beijing to participate in actor training, which made him more convinced of the path he chose.
Here, he also met another dream of his, that is, the heroine Wang Ting. Wan Guopeng's steadfastness and sincerity made Wang Ting feel relieved of the previous events, and finally chose to be with him.
The male protagonist does not have the same protagonist aura as other protagonists, has a dream to succeed at once through his own efforts, and does not, and the ending arranged for him in the end is only to get a chance to go to Beijing for acting training, whether he can use him is not certain. Such an ending is very convincing to us, and people who work hard in life are not necessarily successful people, so this arrangement is more reasonable.
The film does not have a big ups and downs of the plot, through their simple people, a simple dream, a simple life experience to unfold, so in my opinion is more real and credible. There is no deliberate sensationalism, but such an ordinary scene, ordinary dialogue will still impress us. Although the acting skills of the extras did not convince me very much, the real life experience was still very surprising and touching to me.
Through them, I saw the real life of such a group of ordinary people living in Hengdian, let me see their young and dreamy, and dare to fight and dare to break through, failure or success, what then, the process is the most important.