At the media meeting of the international jury of the main competition unit of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival" "Temple of Heaven Award", Gong Li, chairman of the jury, almost became the focus of the spot. After that, #Gong Lishengtu was hotly searched, "there is plenty of emotional atmosphere when you shoot it", "dazzling", "beautiful", "the most suitable for naked lip color"... A crowd of affectionate reviews confirm the undiminished charm of the 56-year-old actress.
Since then, the "Temple of Heaven Award" Gong Li master class has begun, she and the closing film of this film festival "Lyceum Grand Theatre" (the film is scheduled to be released nationwide on October 15) director Lou Ye, starring Zhao Youting, Zhang Songwen and other creators to share film shooting experience, chat about the entry story, talk about performance skills, once again by the hot search, become the veritable topic queen of this year's North Film Festival. Referring to the word "acting", Gong Li said that "actors do not need skills", which was surprising and hot searched again; when it comes to being withdrawn from the play, she encourages young film practitioners to "come back and continue to practice".
From "Red Sorghum" to "Lyceum Grand Theatre", from being withdrawn to the multi-material film, as the chairman of the jury of this Beijing International Film Festival, what "impact" has Gong Li brought in addition to creating topics?
Actors don't need skill? And then what......
With the opening of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival, the various activities of the jury have become the focus of the media and film fans, among which the Gong Li Master Class held on the evening of the 24th has attracted a lot of attention.
At the scene of the master class, Gong Li, chairman of the jury, and the main creators of the movie "Lyceum Theatre" started from the film, and each guest sent a dry share of dry goods for film shooting, performance, entry experience, harvest, etc. Several filmmakers continued to talk about the topic, triggering a climax on the scene.
Because of the "Nine Children" in "Red Sorghum" became famous in the war, opened a fifteen-year cooperation with the fifth generation of directors, to play the Chinese women's volleyball spiritual force Lang Ping in "Win the Championship", Gong Li continued to create classic roles on the big screen, and almost every character she played can leave a deep impression on the audience at different times.
This year's Beijing International Film Festival has a "Review of the Works of Gong Li, Chairman of the Temple of Heaven Award", where fans can relive the classic works starring Gong Li in the cinema, such as "Red Sorghum", "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit", "The Eight Parts of the New Tianlong Tianshan Tongmao", "Zhou Yu's Train", "Shake Ah Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge", "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang", "Win the Championship" and many other classic works starring Gong Li, and feel the performance tension and actor charm she shows through different roles.
At the Gong Li film master class with the theme of "Film and Us", she shared with everyone how she embarked on the path of acting and was "withdrawn" from the drama when she was a student. She said her mother had hoped that she would have a stable career and become a teacher, but the repeated failure of the relevant teachers' colleges to make her miss the profession. Later, at the suggestion of others, she tried to take the entrance examination of the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama, and finally passed, taking the first step on the road of acting.
Participating in the movie "Red Sorghum" and making her debut was not overnight for Gong Li, during her studies in Chinese opera, she once participated in the audition interview of a TV series filmed in Chengdu, and the result ended in being withdrawn, when she was somewhat frustrated, and she had an inferiority complex for herself with a Shandong accent. Today, she shares this story on the spot while encouraging young filmmakers and people with film dreams: "It doesn't matter, just be returned and continue to practice [lines]." ”
Referring to the understanding of acting skills, Gong Li said: "Actors do not need any skills, and it will be very blunt to use skills to shape characters; when the role has special identities and skills, they should be prepared in advance." No matter how many presentations there are in the film, this skill needs to grow on itself. Such a statement quickly appeared on the hot search list, and triggered a wave of netizen discussion, some people expressed their agreement that "immersive performance is more impressive than skillful performance", and some people are skeptical that "the acting skills of the experiential school must have high self-understanding, and ordinary people still honestly learn acting skills", no matter what kind of hot discussion seems to be beyond reproach, a thousand layer theory also responds to Gong Li's consistent and straightforward speech.
In addition to the "heart" trick of acting, Gong Li also shared some of her own performance "methods", using her own filming experience in "Memoirs of a Geisha" and the upcoming "Lyceum Theatre" as an example to illustrate. During the filming of the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha", the director communicated that it was important for her to have a fan-flicking action, so she practiced for several months in advance;
When filming "Lyceum Theatre", director Lou Ye arranged a scene for her to secretly load bullets, so Gong Li repeatedly practiced for this, even if the scene was eventually deleted, she still felt that repeated practice for this skill that should have been on the character was the basic quality of the actor, and it did not matter whether it finally appeared in the film.
Zhang Songwen, an actor who also participated in the master class, also shared a story about Gong Li, a powerful actor who was called a performance textbook with wonderful acting skills in the hit drama "The Hidden Corner", the drama "Detective Chinatown" and "Revolutionary" and other works, saying that he was influenced by Gong Li for 20 years, and told the little secret behind this influence. It turned out that Zhang Songwen had looked over the film shooting diary of actor Liu Peiqi on the movie "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit", which recorded in detail Gong Li's experience of life for the role, observing the details of life, and finally perfectly presenting the seriousness and persistence of a rural woman's state, saying that these experiences made him "greatly increase his skills".
In addition to the "revealed" of the past, director Lou Ye shared the hard but very happy mood of filming "Lyceum Theatre", and in his view, "good acting skills are to forget acting skills"; actor Zhao Youting expressed his hope that his performance can become inclined from mild to strategic, and shared the mental journey of being "regarded as an idol" to "recognizing acting skills" by the outside world. No matter which angle of the "story", the audience present benefited a lot.
The first female jury president to be stress-free? Looking forward to the unveiling of the "Temple of Heaven"
As the first female jury chairman of the Beijing International Film Festival "Temple of Heaven Award", in addition to the wonderful sharing of the master class, Gong Li also frequently said in the jury meetings and various interviews. At a previous jury meeting, she said: "I have always believed that the epidemic is temporary and our films are eternal. Therefore, I think we filmmakers should make our own efforts for the cause we love, "to send a dose of strengthening agent to Chinese films and filmmakers under the epidemic."
As Gong Li, who has experience as a jury member of many film festivals at home and abroad, was asked how she felt about serving as the chairman of the jury of the Beijing International Film Festival, she used "give me a feeling of home" to describe, and said that "the Beijing International Film Festival is very international, there will be many excellent foreign films to participate in competitions and screenings, its internationalization attracted all our judges, we treat each work with a relaxed and serious, serious and professional attitude." "And being the chairman of the jury is not a stressful thing, and working with other judges seems to her to be enjoying and learning a lot."
With the arrival of the closing ceremony of this film festival, the "Temple of Heaven Award" has attracted much attention. At the second meeting of the judges, Gong Li mentioned the selection, the whole jury lasted for 8 hours, and the on-site judges (Beijing) and overseas judges reviewed and discussed together. Director Urshan, actor Chen Kun and other members of the jury also shared their feelings as judges, director Urshan said: "It is a great honor to be a judge with everyone, and it is a very enjoyable process to openly discuss the views on the film, the feelings and evaluation of the film during the meeting, and I also cherish this opportunity, we have improved our understanding of each other." Teacher Gong Li is my idol, if I can cooperate with Teacher Gong Li, Song Wen and Kun Er, I hope to create good works together. ”
Actor Chen Kun also shared the influence that Gong Li brought to his performance: "When I knew that I wanted to be a judge with her some time ago, I re-watched "Qiu Ju Fights the Lawsuit" and my previous works, and I was deeply moved. In fact, each stage will have a different understanding, and when I start to read her performance, start to appreciate her performance, and respect her performance, I am already after the age of 30. I would be very happy if I could work with her now. At the same time, he called for more opportunities for older actors, hoping that creators can write more good roles for these actors to shape.
This year's Temple of Heaven Awards is about to be announced, and the time to witness the filmmakers' efforts has come, and the final 15 films shortlisted have 3 domestic films and 12 overseas films.
They are: Chinese film "Everything About My Mother", Finnish film "This Time this love", Japanese film "Life's Parking Lot", Argentine film "School in Vessel Hill", Russian film "Siege Diary", Chinese film "If One Day I Will Leave You", Chinese film "Above the Clouds", Swiss/German co-production film "Caged Bird", Russian/Estonia/British/Italian co-production film "Conference", Indian/French co-production "The Last Film Screening", The Australian film "Distant Moon Rock Walk", the French/Côte d'Ivoire/Canada/Senegal co-production "King's Night", the Romanian film "The Old Woman Who Cannot Rest in Peace", the French/Belgian co-production "The Snow Girl", the Danish film "Oath".
At this moment when filmmakers at home and abroad are celebrating their grand event and exchanging hard work and sweat for glory, in front of and behind the scenes, they work together to produce light.