Not to mention that I rarely go out in person and write film reviews by myself. Even at film festivals, I rarely go out in person.
This time comes.
It can be said to be very exceptional!
But it doesn’t work without exception.
Dai Chengbi is the next generation director that he is very optimistic about and thinks he is expected to succeed Zhuang He.
The name alone was worth traveling thousands of miles away to witness!
Cheng Zhiqing is also a well-known veteran actor in the industry. Whether his scenes are in movies or TV series, Chen Lin basically never misses them——
Every movie and every character played is worth exploring!
This is one of the very few movies in so many years in which he plays the leading role.
They even played a couple with Xia Yu——
This is a rare collaboration!
Finally, there is Xia Yu.
Since the comeback, each of the three movies, not to mention today, even ten years ago, is a classic and will have its place——
Such a combination of a new generation actor, a powerful director, and a veteran actor with gold medals.
It's hard for Chen Lin not to look forward to it.
Given the opportunity to watch it in advance, how could he hold back and wait until it was released?
That's totally inconsistent with Chen Lin's character.
After receiving the invitation from Great Wall Film and Television, she immediately put aside her work - "Conscience of heaven and earth, I, Chen Lin, definitely didn't come here just for the tea money!"
Maybe this time I will have to write another film review after a few months.
You know, after watching "The Cure", the price of one of his film reviews has already reached a sky-high price - this is the reason why he temporarily stopped writing. It's not that he doesn't want to make money, but he doesn't dare. It's too popular.
Kill that smell.
When we entered the giant screen auditorium, people were already sitting upright.
Chen Lin thought.
"Looking at the posture, it should be full."
As for the entry of these two parties, more than a dozen people, especially Zhuang Ling, were too eye-catching.
As soon as I came in, I was discovered by some Chinese students studying abroad, as well as domestic "netizens" who were traveling in Europe this time.
"Shua!" His eyes came over.
The next second, their eyes quickly moved to the side, to someone who was no shorter than Zhuang Ling, wearing a black peaked cap, a black sweatshirt, and sunglasses, who thought he was "very low-key".
The audience laughed secretly, 'Don't you know how dazzling the person next to you is?'
In the entire screening room, no one exclaimed, but there was a lot of excitement and a little more noise.
What else could Xia Yu do? He could only take off his sunglasses and say hello to most of the audience——
He didn't say anything, he just waved his hand and said, 'Hello everyone!'
Afterwards, Xia Yu and his group of more than a dozen people sat in the best viewing area of the theater, occupying two rows of seats.
Xia Yu and his party sat in a row, six of them.
Chen Ning was originally standing next to her. When she saw her, Chen Ning was so excited that she couldn't speak and couldn't stand up.
Meng Dong simply changed their seats and sat outside - she could understand Chen Ning's excitement.
...She even cried at first!
It was Xia Yu who greeted her with a smile, "Has your work been going well recently?"
"Okay...okay!" Chen Ning said "yes" three times in a row before she plucked up the courage and asked, "Has Yu Bao recovered from his physical training?"
She got part of the news from Meng Dong. She was very worried about Xia Yu's health during the filming of "Trafficking Crime".
"Almost!" Xia Yu nodded.
Both of them spoke in a low voice. There were only three to five minutes left before the movie was released.
At the same time, audiences continued to come in from outside the theater. About one minute before the screening, the entire theater was already full.
Chen Lin turned around and took a quick look, and found that more than half of them had oriental faces, and they had obvious Chinese looks.
From Chen Lin's perspective, half of the remaining foreigners are ordinary audiences, and the other half are media, as well as film producers from Europe and even other continents participating in this film festival - after all, the films shortlisted for the main competition are all somewhat...
level.
We have reached an agreement, bring it back to China, and make a name for it as a Venice Film Festival, and we will definitely make money without losing money.
If it can win one or two awards, film producers like them might be able to make a fortune from it!
anyway.
"Thum thump~ thump thump~ thump thump thump~!"
The familiar "Dragon" title appeared on the huge screen.
After the China International Film Festival, she had stopped writing for nearly a year. Chen Lin was so honest that she brought a special notebook to the scene.
As soon as Long Biao's voice sounded, he took out his glasses case from his bag, put on his glasses, and was ready to start working.
At the beginning of the movie, a car drove by on the road, and the camera briefly flashed, showing a family of three in the car, enjoying themselves.
Even with just a brief glance, Chen Lin could tell at a glance that the family of three was Zhang Yuqin played by Xia Yu, Liu Changdong played by Cheng Zhiqing, and his son Binbin played by the young actor Jiang Tong...
After going through makeup, Cheng Zhiqing, who is in his early fifties, plays Liu Changdong, who is in his early thirties, and there is no pressure;
Xia Yu's makeup in this movie is relatively mature, and the most rare thing is that it's natural.
The image of a thirty-year-old married woman is lifelike and has no sense of disobedience.
There is still a big gap between her and the makeup photos and movie posters. She is not particularly good-looking at the moment, but she is still beautiful among ordinary people.
After all, the plot hasn't started yet.
In fact, for Xia Yu, let's not talk about Lin Dan in "Painting the Ground as a Prison", which is a "gorgeous and sickly" image. Even "The Cure" gave up the advantage of appearance. Chen Lin felt that she had already broken her own appearance.
The comfort zone has entered another level;
But what surprised Chen Lin, and what drove him to come here, I have to say, was the credit for the final makeup photo of "Trafficking Crime"!
That is not just stepping out of the comfort zone of appearance, but "fragmentation!"
It's completely incomprehensible, how can a girl in her twenties be so courageous?
And it has to be said that this may be the charm of Xia Yu's "hot search for buying a house".
And because he has the final makeup photos, some news from the press conference, and the name of the movie, Chen Lin, as a veteran professional film critic, has a high probability of guessing the direction of the movie. He also knows how happy the family was in the early stage.
In order to set off the later tragedy...
But even if he knew, he still patiently waited, waiting for Dai Chengbi to give himself a surprise!
"Director Dai Chengbi"
"Leading Starring Xia Yu"
"Leading Starring Cheng Zhiqing"
"Leading Starring Jiang Tong"
…
"Adapted screenwriter·Xia Yu"
…
The names of the main creative staff appeared on the giant screen.
Until a name appeared again after starring in the lead role, Chen Lin couldn't help but frown in surprise - "Did I see it wrong?"
Adapted screenwriter Xia Yu?
However, this name disappeared in a flash, making Chen Lin really unsure whether he was dazzled or not.
Chen Lin lowered his head and glanced at Xia Yu, who was in the front row, wearing a peaked cap and still "low-key".
"Who cares?" I murmured in my heart, "We'll find out when the movie is over, right?"
Not only him, Chen Ning also noticed it.
And she didn't just flicker, but her eyes were fixed on the screen, looking at that name for three full seconds.
at the same time.
This car is not particularly new. It can be seen that it is just an ordinary small bridge car. It enters the underground garage.
As soon as the camera went dark, a time was marked on the corner of the movie screen, 2001.
…
The movie officially starts.
In the early morning, the heroine prepares breakfast and wakes up the hero and his son Binbin who are lying in bed. The hero is not very considerate in words, but he is also busy cleaning up the housework while the heroine is washing, but his attitude is not very good.
.
Waiting for the heroine to finish her work, then send her wife to work and son to school. Should she still be happy?
"The happiness of ordinary people?" Chen Lin couldn't comment.
After all, my son is already seven or eight years old, and love and passion have long been obliterated by the trivial matters of life and the rush for life.
The seven-year itch was nothing more than that. Chen Lin also experienced this period. After being in a daze, he turned his attention to the movie again.
In the evening, when a man gets off work, he drags his tired body to pick up his wife and children.
The unchanging life gradually eroded Liu Changdong's ambition.
On the way, the two people in the car were talking about their lives, "Is your salary going to be paid soon? Is it enough to give you two hundred this month?"
"Where's the cigarette money?"
"Also...and you should smoke less, it's not good for your health, and it's not good for your children either!"
"...I know, I know!"
"After the car loan is paid off, there are still 25 years left on the mortgage loan - by the time Binbin is sent to graduate from college, our mortgage loan will almost be paid off!"
Every time he heard Zhang Yuqin say this, Liu Changdong became even more irritated. He took a long puff of cigarette and exhaled. The smoke filled his body and he felt much more relaxed. However, Binbin, a child, couldn't stand the stimulation and smelled
Smell of smoke, straight cough.
"Can you please stop smoking in the car? Can you bear it, can the child bear it?"
"Besides, you should smoke less and save the money to pay off the mortgage. What's wrong with that?"
As Zhang Yuqin rambled on, Liu Changdong had a hint of disgust in his eyes and stubbed out the remaining half of his cigarette.
In three to five sentences and a few shots, the current situation of this ordinary family is laid out!
"The rhythm is faster than before." Chen Lin crossed his legs and held his waist with one hand, which was a little sore. He pressed the notebook with the other hand to prevent it from falling.
In the evening, the car parked outside the vegetable market. Liu Changdong stood outside the car and lit a cigarette. He glanced at several well-dressed young women passing by, looked at them, and hid behind him.
From a perspective that was blocked by a car, he also secretly made some gestures - this shot was described in detail, but it passed by in a flash.
"Restless."
Chen Lin’s second impression of Liu Changdong.
Zhang Yuqin packed up in the car, took the grocery bag, opened the coin purse and glanced at Liu Changdong dissatisfiedly, "I went in to buy groceries, Binbin is in the car, Liu Changdong, you look at
Point, don’t let him run around!”
Liu Changdong's face was obviously impatient, "I know, I know!"
He didn't even bother to look at Zhang Yuqin, who had become a yellow-faced woman, and even ignored her words...
Chen Lin looked at Liu Changdong and his wife and recorded, "The husband and wife have never quarreled, only the boredom behind the scenes, endure it!"
"This small family seems to be 'happy', but it also gives people the feeling that it is crumbling and may be overturned at any time..."
"This is the tragedy of most families."
…
When Zhang Yuqin entered the vegetable market, Liu Changdong glanced at his son, the impatience in his eyes finally softened a lot, and his voice became softer, "Little bastard, you stay in the car, I'll buy you something delicious.
Don't run around, you know?"
The son obviously wanted to go, but he stopped him, "You stay and help dad look after the car!"
Then we walked into a convenience store on the corner.
As soon as he came in, his eyes were glued to the proprietress of the small supermarket. She was not very good-looking, but she had a good figure and a pair of eyes that could arouse men's desire. She glanced at Liu Changdong and smiled meaningfully, "Here? Buy today.
Which brand is it?”
Liu Changdong lowered his eyes and blatantly looked at her deliberately exposing a large area of her beauty, and pointed to the smoke cupboard——
The camera turned and followed Zhang Yuqin into the vegetable market, but when he turned around, he could still see the corner of the car. He watched Liu Changdong light another cigarette and glanced at some women passing by. Zhang Yuqin glanced at his son in the back seat of the car.
, took a deep breath.
Then a few more shots were used to describe Zhang Yuqin's image as a petty citizen in the vegetable market, facing the aggressive, picky, and petty gain of the vegetable sellers - that kind of tone and body language, people can't help but recall the scene in the vegetable market.
experience.
In just a few dozen seconds, the image of a man who had to swallow his anger for the sake of life and his son was established.
What's even more surprising is not the change in Xia Yu's figure, but her voice——
At first, Chen Lin thought it was dubbing.
Although it is similar to Xia Yu's voice, it is different from her real voice. It is deeper and hoarse - as if she is bit by bit overwhelmed by life and filled with the baptism of time.
Slowly, he discovered that it shouldn't be the original voice of Xia Yu.
Because the series of noises, combined with the hawking sounds in the vegetable market, were so smooth!
What a surprise!
Did Xia Yu deliberately learn dubbing in order to fit the role?
Chen Lin couldn't help but like it.
Then start recording.
The film takes three minutes to introduce the foreground. Regardless of the lens or texture, you can tell at a glance that this is a "Dai's movie!"
In the eyes of ordinary viewers, this seems a bit bland, "These shots don't seem to show much, are they just an ordinary well-off family, an ordinary family of three?"
But in the eyes of an old filmmaker like Chen Lin, he couldn't help but think about it again and again -
Those performances that are completely relevant to life are very much like "us" in the past.
In just a few minutes of footage, people slowly become immersed in it unconsciously.
In the vegetable market, Zhang Yuqin was carrying the vegetables she had just bought, with a smile on her tired face. She had just bargained with the boss. Not only did she get a small change, but she also gave the boss a small bundle of onions and a head of garlic.
Money, but for Zhang Yuqin, who is very careful about everything in life - this is one of the few people who can feel that it is time to make progress in life!
Then she passed by a fish stall, squatted down, chatted with the boss, and got started.
A lock of hair suddenly fell from her forehead. She didn't show any pretense. She picked up her hand and shook the water. She smelled it and found that her hand was a bit fishy. She just frowned and brushed it back.
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