Regarding the relationship between actors and directors, actors Hao Lei said a famous saying:
"The density of cooperation between directors and actors can be raised to love"
She did not call on actors to fall in love with directors, but vividly described a director. How close can you be to the actor?
does have some directors in the entertainment industry. is particularly close to and prefers to use a certain actor, and it is used to the end.
For example, Hu Mei, a female director who has filmed " Qiao Family Courtyard " and " Yongzheng Dynasty ", is the male actor who has worked with her the most frequently.
is not Tang Guoqiang and Chen Baoguo , but Jiao Huang teacher who played their father.
For example, Hong Kong director Johnnie To , from Andy Lau , Ekin Cheng , Ren Dahua to Liu Qingyun , the male protagonist of the flowing water.
But the supporting role of iron is Fatty Lin Xue .
For example, Ning Hao , starting from the theater debut " Crazy Stone ", has made 6 movies, and each of them has Huang Bo , of which 3 are the absolute male lead.
"No Man's Land"
Not to mention that really raised the relationship to love Zhang Yimou and Gong Li .
However, there is also a relationship density in the entertainment industry, which is more solid than love, called breaking bones and connecting tendons, and blood is thicker than water.
The movie " Hidden into the Dust Smoke " that has been popular all over the country recently.
has gone from being ignored after its release to setting off a wave of "tap water", as a literary film, the box office of has exceeded 100 million .
heroine Haiqing With her disfigured performance, she rose in middle age and was praised nationwide. She successfully took off her young wife's work clothes and put on the gorgeous costumes of a mature acting actress.
At the same time as the Haiqing fire, the male protagonist Wu Renlin also stood in front of the public.
He brought the farmer Ma Youtien to life with his impeccable "performance".
At the moment, netizens were searching, who is Wu Renlin, the ? Why is such a good actor just coming forward now?
The stills in the picture above, Hai Qing and Wu Renlin have no sense of incongruity.
But the following photo at the Beijing premiere, exposed the "truth" .
Hai Qing took off her costume and returned to the appearance of a beautiful actress, with a tall figure and outstanding temperament.
Even though Wu Renlin changed into a white shirt with trousers, he still looked like a farmer, and the gap between the two was very obvious.
He is not a professional actor at all, but just a true northwest farmer.
and it is also the director of "Invisible in the Dust and Smoke" Li Ruijun 's uncle .
That's right, relative.
Except for Hai Qing, a professional actor in this movie, 95% of the actors in the film are Li Ruijun's relatives , all of whom are local farmers. The boss who transports grain in
is the director's biological brother.
, the village chief who organized the blood of pandas, is the director's biological father.
The heroine's sister-in-law is the director's biological mother.
"Neudience" has reached its extreme.
Turning forward, there are many things like "nepotism" in the Chinese film industry.
For example, in 2016, Bi Gan 's " Roadside Picnic " emerged, illuminating the decline of the art film market, making film critics excited. The male protagonist in
is director Bi Gan's uncle Chen Yongzhong , a local from Kaili, Guizhou.
Take leave every day to finish filming, and continue to go back and be his security guard.
For example, in 2019 "Herlock on the Plain of ", Super Ying, one of the male protagonists.
is the father of director Xu Lei Xu Chaoying . He has worked as a farmer on a construction site.
0000000000 of the actors in the art film " Spring River Water Warm " are the relatives of director Gu Xiaogang .
The most ruthless person is the sixth generation director representative Jia Zhangke .
Early works are basically relatives and friends, and since I met my later wife Zhao Tao, the heroine has never changed.
Why do these filmmakers "nepotism"?
Behind the popularity of Haiqing this time, also makes people pay attention to an unfair "tightening" in the entertainment industry.
Few people know about a mature and healthy film market . Videos are usually divided into three types, each with division of labor, and are very important.
The lowest level of is also the largest number, which is the commercial movies that we love to watch in the theater.
Like Marvel's superhero.
Such as the main theme blockbuster with stars.
also includes various gun battles, crimes, suspense films and most anime movies.
"Shocking Sun"
The above movies account for more than 60% of the total output of .
They go up the upper layer, which is literary and artistic movie , which accounts for about 30% of . For example, "Insidious in the Dust and Smoke" is a standard literary and artistic film.
includes topical theater movies such as "Assassin Nie Yinniang", "The Big Red Lantern Hanging High", and "In the Mood for Love", all of which are literary films.
is characterized by emphasizing directors’ self-expression and not deliberately please the market.
"Assassin Nie Yinniang"
. The one above art films is art film , which accounts for less than 10% of .
They are also called "pioneer movies", which are extremely rare and extremely precious.
represents Bella Taal. His "Horse of Turin " is not a "people watch" movie .
has a total of 28 shots. According to the "incisive" summary of Douban netizens, it is:
"Look at you to set up a carriage, watch you drive a carriage, watch you unload a carriage; see you wear clothes, watch you take off your clothes, and watch you wash clothes; Watch you cook potatoes, watch you eat potatoes, watch you finish eating potatoes, watch you wind, watch you wind, watch you wind... blow... blow"
these three videos just form a movie The pyramid of the world has a clear division of labor:
art films are responsible for cutting-edge development and discussion of the art of film, producing some great ideas and techniques to feed back down, art films continue to be promoted and polished, and commercial films are finally presented to More audiences.
gives an intuitive example, such as one mirror to the end.
Bella Thar's "The Horse of Turin" has many long shots full of poetry and philosophy.
6 years ago, Bi Gan's long 43-minute shot in "Picnic on the Roadside" was also called out.
further down, not only commercial films use long shots (no need to be awesome), but even many TV series with quality pursuits use long shots.
The most exaggerated thing is "1917", and the whole movie only has one "shot".
《1917》
But Nowadays, the Chinese film market is destroying this pyramid-like ecological balance.
Back to that topic, why is it "nepotism"?
Jia Zhangke complained that at present, everyone rushed up to make the main theme movie.
is easy to make money, and secondly, it is easier to pass review.
"Changjin Lake" two-part series have a box office of 9.8 billion.
The "My and Me" series for the National Day holiday for three consecutive years has a cumulative box office of 6.4 billion.
Even the domestic "shit, pee, fart" comedy group that has filmed " Breakup Master " and " Villain Angel ", has also changed its appearance and started the main theme " Chinese Table Tennis ".
Many main theme movies usually take place in seven or eight months from shooting to release.
And "Invisible Dust" was filmed in 2020 and waited for two years to be approved for release. How many investors can afford it?
Especially for unknown young directors, it is even more difficult to get money.
Bi Gan spent a total of more than 200,000 yuan on filming "Roadside Picnic" that year, and basically it depends on his own pieces.
The "payment" of uncle Chen Yongzhong is a barbecue and wine for his nephew in the evening.
Xu Zhiyuan interviewed Bi Gan and Chen Yongzhong
"Neudience". The lowest logic is ultimately poor, which is a helplessness in the uneven distribution of industry resources.
After all, there are very few first-line actors like Hai Qing who are willing to star in young directors' works at zero pay.
Of course, on the other hand, these amateur actors also provide performances that professional actors cannot reach.
For example, Wu Renlin in "Insidious in the Dust and Smoke", as a farmer, he and horses have rough textures that grow from the soil.
The wrinkles created by the wind and frost on the forehead cannot be reproduced by makeup artists.
Except for the fact that Hai Qing was a little shy at the beginning, the realistic feeling after entering the role instantly killed a group of professional actors.
Jia Zhangke's cousin Han Sanming is a miner who plays a miner in " Three Gorges Good Man ". In the end, won the best actor at the 14th Chile International Film Festival.
"The Good People in Three Gorges"
Bi Gan's uncle Chen Yongzhong once claimed that he and the character Chen Shengrong were one.
Although this security guard is not fully tuned, how many people fall into dreams when singing the song "Little Jasmine".
This is the charm of the movie and character empathizing with .
Small-cost art films are nepotism, but conscientious films are frequently released. Does beat those big stars, big productions, and big movies that often invest hundreds of millions of dollars?
But these cases are all lucky. More directors cannot find such amateur actors around them, nor can they find enough funds, so they can only stop indefinitely.
After Han Sanming won the Best Actor, he said frankly: " My best thing is to mine coal ".
Chinese movies, Chinese literary and artistic movies, Chinese art movies, if you want to continue moving forward, you can no longer expect this kind of amateur genius match with certain chances.
is the most ideal way from investment shooting to release, with system, guaranteed and expected.
's great success in "Insidious Dust and Smoke" also reflects the pain of current Chinese films to some extent.
We should not encounter a horse with iron, we should have a way to find more horses with iron. Although the main theme of
is good, you can't drink it.
text/Fan Xili
(pictures come from the Internet infringement deleted)
