Although the movie is the art of Yangchun Baiyue, the audience is still vulgar. There are many such audiences, such as the editor himself.
If we judge this, the highest achievement in Chinese movies is "Farewell My Concubine". To be honest, neither the ordinary nor the elegant audience can deny that this movie is good. After all, it is the only Chinese-language film that has won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival, and it is also the highest award for Chinese-language films today.
Douban movie top 250, Farewell My Concubine ranked second, the only Chinese-language movie among the top ten movies, and the only Asian movie in the top five, with a rating of 9.6, second only to the first place "The Shawshank Redemption".
When it comes to this movie, everyone can think of many things. Because of this movie, many viewers will repeatedly forgive Chen Kaige for his "unable ability" after ; because of this movie, everyone knows the story of the talented screenwriter Li Bihua ; because of this movie, everyone loves his brother Leslie Cheung more; and because of this movie, everyone knows that we also have good stories and we can also make good movies.
From director to photography to screenwriter to actor, everyone praised it, but there was a very important person who would habitually miss it. This person is Xu Feng . It can be said that without Xu Feng, there would be no "Farewell My Concubine" later.
Who is this Xu Feng? She is an actor and has won the Golden Horse Best Actress Award twice. She is a producer and has produced dozens of excellent movies.
When she was an actor, she was a martial arts master Hu Jinquan Muse goddess. He made 18 movies in his life, and the heroines were all Xu Feng. When she was a producer, she was also one of the most successful producers of Chinese films. In 1998, Xu Feng won the "Most Contact Producer Award" at the Cannes Film Festival. She was the first Chinese to win this honor.
In 2005, among the "hundreds of its own movies in global history" selected by Time magazine in the United States, two of which were related to Xu Feng, one of which was "Farewell My Concubine", and the other one may be unfamiliar with it, called "The Legend of the Concubine".
The former was produced by her, and the latter was starring her. Do you think the two are not many, but the selection scope is global, and there are a total of 4 shortlisted in Chinese. Speaking of Xu Feng, her experience is as legendary as the name of that movie.
At the beginning of the story, the script Xu Feng got was the same as many people. In 1949, Xu Feng's parents and their families came to Taiwan, and the following year, Xu Feng was born. This is an ordinary and somewhat poor family, but even so, Xu Feng still has an ordinary and happy childhood.
But this happiness came to an abrupt end when Xu Feng was 5 years old. This year, Xu Feng's father died of illness, and his mother took her to remarry. Unfortunately, Xu Feng's new family also has nothing to do with wealth, and is even more poor. It is in the poorest time to pawn quilts and pawn fans in the winter.
What’s even more sad is that Xu Feng’s stepfather is not good to this stepdaughter, which can be said to be very bad. Especially after the children born to their mother and stepfather were born, there was no extra friendship between Xu Feng. He experienced the hardships of losing his father and remarrying his mother at a young age. Xu Feng, who was young, learned to act according to people's faces very early.
When eating, you don’t even dare to pick up a bite of your favorite dish. Every time you eat, you have to look at the stepfather’s wink. Once you see that the stepfather’s wink is wrong, you will take back the chopsticks that stretched out to the dish. Since coming to this new home, Xu Feng has been living a trembling life. And in the eyes of the stepfather, this stepdaughter is just a servant who cleans for free.
But this kind of life does not give Xu Feng all the pain, but also gives her the perception of life. After becoming successful and famous, Xu Feng also said in an interview that he had no hatred for his stepfather. Although he had resentment at that time, he had no hatred, and even felt grateful later, because without his stepfather, he would not have played the joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness so well.
poor children started their own family early, so Xu Feng worked odd jobs at a very young age. In 1965, 16-year-old Xu Feng originally planned to work as a female worker in the electronics factory, but it was only because before becoming a female worker, Xu Feng was attracted by Hu Jinquan and starred in "Longmen Inn".
Who is Hu Jinquan? The masters of contemporary martial arts films, "The Children of the Earth", "Yu Tangchun", and " Drunken Hero " were all guided by him, including the later "Longmen Inn".
When the movie "Longmen Inn" was being prepared to be filmed, only 12 actors were recruited in Taiwan. However, more than 4,000 people came to the scene, and Xu Feng was one of the more than 4,000 actors. However, Xu Feng didn't understand what acting was at the time. In addition, seeing so many people went to the scene, Xu Feng had no confidence at all.
But she still went to audition because there was no formal clothes, and Xu Feng even stole his mother's cheongsam just to look more important. I don’t know whether it’s important to you or not. Anyway, this cheongsam has made her several years older. During the interview, Hu Jinquan gave the actors a vulgar and classic title, "Looking at the wedding photos of the man you love and other women."
Although Xu Feng can’t act, her life is hard, so she doesn’t need to worry too much. Just thinking about her own life experience can make you cry. As expected, Xu Feng got the highest rating. "There is light in her eyes." This is what Hu Jinquan'er said of her.
That's it. Xu Feng, who was fifteen or sixteen, starred in his first movie in a confused manner. Although Xu Feng has not many scenes in this movie, being able to star in Hu Jinquan's movie has already had a very highlight.
However, the fate between Hu Jinquan and Xu Feng is not over. Hu Jinquan only directed 18 movies in his life, and 6 of the heroines are Xu Feng. The highly acclaimed "The Legend of the Goddess" collaborated on the two, and Xu Feng also became the hero in the contemporary world because of this movie.
"The Heroine" is the most important work in Hu Jinquan's life. It took a total of 4 years to shoot. The aesthetics inside are still the object of imitation of many martial arts films.
The previous life Xu Feng lived a very hard life, but compared to acting, she actually couldn't say which one was a little harder, after all, both psychological and physical pain were both hard. When filming, not only do you have to wear three layers in hot weather, but you have to wear wigs in a wig, but because it is a martial arts film, it is normal to fight and kill with a wire hanging on it.
More importantly, the director even curses him if he doesn't like him. In a certain scene, Xu Feng was cut to his forehead by his opponent's knife and he kept bleeding. But hard work brings rewards. Under the high standards of Hu Jinquan, the Golden Horse Awards and the best art design awards were also won. After
, "The Legend of the Goddess" won the Best Technology Award and Visual Award at the 28th Cannes Film Festival. The award at that time was taken by Hu Jinquan and Xu Feng. After the premiere, their appearance was warmly welcomed. This was the first time Xu Feng experienced the shock from the movie, and this was the respect they earned with their efforts.
also affected Xu Feng because Hu Jinquan's strict attitude towards the movie, so Xu Feng has always set super strict standards for himself in his subsequent work. In later work, although the director had already called it, Xu Feng would habitually ask if he wanted to do another one. For her, Hu Jinquan is also a mentor.
Although Hu Jinquan had the greatest influence on Xu Feng, his movie did not win the award. Instead, in 1976, Xu Feng won the Golden Horse Best Actress Award twice for "Assassin" directed by Tu Zhongxun and "Source" directed by Chen Yaoqi in 1980.
At that time, the actresses in the entertainment industry were either sexy or beautiful, but Xu Feng was heroic. There were many people pursuing her at that time, including male stars and rich people, but Xu Feng unexpectedly chose an ordinary businessman. Xu Feng actually didn't like this person much. This marriage had nothing to do with love, but because of his mother's love, he wanted to see his daughter's marriage before he died.
A hot-headed marriage means that she regretted it on the 8th day of marriage, but after her honeymoon, Xu Feng joined the crew and stayed in the crew for a year and a half as soon as she went there. The newlyweds joined the crew shortly after they got married, which was actually a relief for Xu Feng. But she didn't keep relaxing. One day, Xu Feng, who was filming in South Korea, received a call from her younger brother and sister, saying that her husband borrowed money everywhere in her name.
When Xu Feng actually returned home, he realized that he had owed huge debts without knowing it. The debt collector had come to him, but her husband was missing. Later, in order to let her husband appear and sign a divorce agreement, Xu Feng had to promise to pay off all the debts. At that time, the actors received all their salaries, and no matter how good they were, they were all their salaries, so Xu Feng had to work hard to film and get the pay and hand it over to the creditor.
And once I was forced too tight by the creditor, Xu Feng rushed into one of the creditors' home (you also said to be the office). I put down a harsh saying to the creditor: I am filming every day now. If you chase me too hard, I will be arrested and went to jail. It will not be good for everyone. I will pay off the debt, as long as you give me time.
However, this passage did not make the creditor feel a little offensive, but when the creditor saw that the person who owed him money was so beautiful, he immediately felt excited and immediately started pursuing. The two were together a year later. Is this script very romance? Is there any boss? Yes! some!
This boss is the founder of Tangchen Group Tang Junnian . Tang Junnian is from Shanghai, but he went to Hong Kong at a very young age. In the 1960s, he made his fortune with wallpaper and curtains in Taiwan, and then entered the real estate industry.
For example, Tangchen Yipin, which set a record of sky-high price in China's luxury houses at a price of 110,000 yuan per square meter in 2005, was developed by Tangchen Group. The Longmen Department Store and Keda Department Store in Taipei are also owned by their homes.
Tang family is a very traditional wealthy family, so they are very dissatisfied with Xu Feng, who is an actor and has divorced once, but in the end they agree. However, the Tang family also made a request to Xu Feng, which was to leave the entertainment industry after marriage, which was not difficult for Xu Feng. After all, in the later stages, acting was just a debt repayment for her. Now she doesn’t have to pay back her debts, so it doesn’t matter whether she filmed the scene or not.
At first, she thought it was the condition of the Tang family to withdraw from the entertainment industry, but later she realized that it was the Tang family's compromise. Because many years later, Tang Junnian's mother told Xu Feng that if she did not agree to her entering the door, she would lose her son. This truth shocked Xu Feng and made her love her husband even more.
The relationship between the couple is becoming more and more confident, and even time has not faded. Many years later, the two children, Tang Zijia and Tang Jiacheng, were already very big. Xu Feng asked her husband, "What is the most important thing in your life?" And Tang Junnian didn't want to answer "You!" (God-like love)
After getting married, Xu Feng gave birth to two sons, which could be considered as living a rich wife's life with clothes and food. But Xu Feng was born as a poor child. She was not used to this kind of life that although she was comfortable, she would seem useless, so she tried every means to reflect her value, because in her understanding, only valuable people would not be disliked or even abandoned.
This kind of young grandmother's life that everyone envies actually makes Xu Feng feel treacherous. Yes, she was afraid of the days of this "parasite". Because she didn't want to make her beloved wife uncomfortable, Tang Junnian took Xu Feng to the company and arranged for her to go to the financial department to ask her to do some stamping and stamping work.
Although I understand my husband's painstaking efforts, Xu Feng discovered over time that the most reflects his value is still in the movie. But after she expressed this wish, she was opposed by her in-laws. After all, Hao was still very concerned about the entertainment industry people who showed up in public. It was the biggest compromise that the Tang family made when promised Xu Feng to get started. Now it is absolutely impossible to let her go back.
Although he knew that refusal was taken for granted, Xu Feng was still unavoidable. In order to balance and relieve his depressed wife, he waved his hand and gave Xu Feng 4 million, asking her to buy jewelry or houses, as long as she was in a good mood, everything would be fine.
But unexpectedly, Xu Feng, who got 4 million yuan, did not buy jewelry or houses, but instead invested in becoming a producer. Yes, actors can’t do it, so don’t let people be behind the scenes? Although it no longer appears on the screen, Xu Feng transformed himself into a different way of returning to the film industry with another identity, which is considered a different end.
However, Tang Junnian, who has rich business experience in his wife, was not optimistic about his career as a producer. So at the beginning, Xu Feng wanted to use the name "Tang Chen" as the name of his own film company, but was strongly opposed by Tang Junnian. After all, Tang Chen had his lifelong efforts.
After all, he still has no confidence in Xu Feng's career. However, in the end, Tang Junnian could not resist Xu Feng and finally agreed to let her name her own film company after "Tangchen Pictures", but at the same time he also said: "If you use the name of the little "Tangchen", you cannot go bankrupt."
I thought my wife would give up, but who would have thought that in just two years, Xu Feng made Tang Junnian look at him with admiration. When the company was first established, Xu Feng hung a world map in his office. She once told "One day my movie will be staged in cinemas all over the world."
But no one listened to it at that time, just listened to it as a joke. But who would have thought that Xu Feng, who was once regarded as a joke, succeeded, and all the bold ambitions he once gave up succeeded.
The work that made everyone admire her was the release of " Good Boy " in 1986. At that time, the Taiwanese film industry was not very prosperous, but "Good Boy" sold a very considerable box office, becoming the third place in Taiwan's box office that year. Because of this movie, learning Taekwondo and nunchao became popular in Taiwan at that time (I don’t know who Zhou is, so did Helun learn it at that time?).
also relied on this movie that Xu Feng fulfilled his initial promise. The copyright of the "Good Boy" series was sold to more than 50 countries and regions, and because of its big sale, 7 films were filmed in a row.
may be an actor, so Xu Feng is very sensitive to the unique temperament of an actor and can easily explore the temperament that an actor has but not others. For example, the literary and artistic characteristics of Maggie Cheung were discovered by Xu Feng.
The movie "Yellow Story" directed by Zhang Ai Jia was invested by Xu Feng, and it was also Maggie Cheung's first literary film. Later, " Hongdu " won seven awards and eight nominations for the Golden Horse Awards. This movie also made Brigitte Lin (Maggie Cheung also participated), and won the Golden Horse Best Actress Award.
But behind the glory is more of unknown hard work. Because of the filming of this movie, Xu Feng became sick and suffered from depression and pain for a long time. For a long time, Xu Feng lived by relying on psychologists to relieve the problem and medicine.
But I have told Xu Feng all my life that it is easy to cure the disease, as long as you don’t make a movie. Although Xu Feng agreed on the surface, she immediately started working again after her illness improved slightly.
But her most powerful work should be "Farewell My Concubine". At that time, Xu Feng was the first investor to take a fancy to Chen Kaige's talent. When he first saw the original work of "Farewell My Concubine", he bought the film and television adaptation rights of the original without even hesitation. Later, Xu Feng spent a long time persuading Chen Kaige to make this movie.
So later some people questioned that "Farewell My Concubine" was not written by Chen Kaige but directed by Chen Kaige's father Chen Huaiai , Xu Feng directly denied it, saying that Chen Huaiai only had guidance to Chen Kaige in Peking Opera, and it was before the filming of the movie started. After the filming started, Chen Huaiai had never even been to the set.
It can be said that it was Xu Fengcheng who saved Chen Kaige. Even the starring actors, including his brother Leslie Cheung, were determined by Xu Feng against the public. There is also a short story here. It is said that Xu Feng, the character of Cheng Dieyi, thought of Leslie Cheung at the first time, but his brother's agent , Chen Shufen made some mistakes.
happens to be Zunlong (also a person who amazed the memory of a generation) recommends himself. Xu Feng originally thought that if Leslie Cheung couldn't handle it, then Zunlong would be fine. But when he really saw Zunlong himself, Xu Feng felt that Zunlong was more handsome but not soft enough. The outline on his face was too sharp and was not suitable for Cheng Dieyi.
And that coincidence, Zunlong became popular with "The Last Emperor". He made a move before he even joined the group. He asked his dog to be called the first class of the airline with him, and required pets not to wait for three days for customs quarantine.
It just so happened that Xu Feng felt that Zunlong did not meet his requirements at this time, so he simply gave up Zunlong and came to Leslie Cheung again. It can be said that without Xu Feng, there would be no perfect "Farewell My Concubine" that everyone saw later.
After "Farewell My Concubine", Chen Kaige and Xu Feng collaborated on the movie "Feng Yue", but did not continue the glory of the former, but were very good in terms of reputation and box office. There were also rumors at that time that Xu Feng and Chen Kaige broke up because of this defeat.
, but later was denied by Xu Feng. She admitted that at the beginning, she and Chen Kaige did have some different opinions on whether to film "Feng Yue", but they did not break up. Moreover, the two families lived together in Las Vegas in the millennium.
Although "Fengyue" was criticized at that time, it felt different after many years. However, everyone was blinded by the victory of "Farewell My Concubine", and the audience also compared "Fengyue" and "Farewell My Concubine" under the same framework, which made the reputation at that time plummet.
But now I watch it again, it is still a good movie. The aesthetic value in it alone can be difficult for later filmmakers to surpass it.
However, in 1996, her husband Tang Junnian, Ho Hongshen and others were caught in the "Tang Chen case", so they temporarily focused their work on family career and assisted their husbands. Xu Feng, who is good at socializing and beautiful, settled many things for Tang Junnian, and even had a good relationship with the royal family of Monaco. So there were rumors at that time that Gong Li and almost married into the royal family of Monaco, and Xu Feng was a mediator.
Xu Feng once said, "People will die, but movies will last forever." This is true. The movies she invested in were praised, but in 2004, her husband Tang Pinnian died of illness and was only 56 years old when he died.
After the two got married, the love between the two was deeply rooted for 20 years, so the blow to Xu Feng by her husband's death was fatal. She almost made an impulse behavior after depression. For Xu Feng, Tang Junnian was not only a husband, but also a confidant, a spiritual pillar, her redeemer, and a faith. After
, with the support of his family, Xu Feng spent two years getting out of the pain, and then returned to the mall with a tired heart, supporting her husband to keep Tangchen Group. Xu Feng is now 70 years old, but she is still a well-deserved chivalrous woman in the hearts of the audience.
