There are more than 800 seats in the screening hall, but only dozens of industry insiders were invited to the premiere, including the crew, actors, and film critics. Even with the 100 lucky viewers selected by lottery, the overall number was not very high.
More than two hundred people.
Therefore, when viewed from the stage, the entire seats seemed empty.
At this time, a promotional poster was being shown on the big screen, which was a screenshot from the movie of two boys and girls hiding from the rain under the eaves.
The throbbing of puberty, the rain of apricot blossoms soaking wet clothes, and the design of school uniforms all make people's eyes shine.
As a director, Liao Yuan talked about some details of the filming at the scene: "Miss Lin Weiyin's temperament is my most ideal heroine, so she must be the one for this drama. What surprised me was that on the scene, Lin Weiyin
The young lady’s acting skills also exceeded all of our expectations. It was very natural and fresh, making it difficult for people to tell that she was acting, just like an old actor who has been in the industry for many years. This is probably the benefit of acting in her true colors."
"Qingyi played by Miss Song Baining is a relatively embarrassing character, but she must exist because she is the main character who drives the plot. It is also her first time acting. Miss Song, like Miss Lin, is impeccable in her acting skills...
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"Not to mention Mr. Zhang Ziming, a veteran actor with superb acting skills. He also performed his performance very well in this drama..."
Liao Yuan named more than ten actors in succession, and his complimentary comments made all the actors smile.
"Thank you to the actors for their hard work and all the people behind the scenes. As for the whole story, I think I am quite satisfied. Well, I have said too much. Everyone can enjoy this movie!"
After speaking, Liao Yuan walked off the stage, and the rest of the staff quickly cleaned up the scene.
Soon, the entire screening room fell into darkness.
Then, the big screen lights gradually appeared.
The first thing that appeared was an old piano score, covering the entire screen. Along with the appearance of a piece of pure music called "Opening", everyone immediately got goosebumps.
“The atmosphere is created very well.”
"Damn, this opening song is not simple. This movie may not just be a love movie."
"This music is full of suspense and feels like a Hollywood blockbuster!"
Many spectators at the scene were talking in low voices.
Film critics Chen Changping and Zhang Tianhua looked at each other and nodded.
Judging from this piece of music alone, it is indeed quite good.
It is indeed a work by the great pianist Liao Yuan!
But the soundtrack is only part of the movie. If you just enjoy the music, you might as well go to Liao Yuan's concert, why come to the cinema?
Being slightly picky, Chen Changping took out a small notebook and began to prepare to write down some features of the movie while watching it.
The whole movie uses a very comfortable yellowish tone, which looks very beautiful.
The details are also handled very well, with the mottled walls of the old piano room appearing repeatedly, the wooden floor inadvertently turning into a cement corridor, the portraits of Chopin and his lover George Sand appearing on the wall four times, and the spreading vines.
It's also extremely gorgeous.
At least from a visual perspective, this movie is a success.
But the story...
Chen Changping frowned. Starting from the first twenty minutes, he was about to fall asleep!
In addition to the piano competition, there seems to be something else going on.
Although with his rich experience in watching movies, Chen Changping found that the details of this movie were improved, but he always felt that it was a bit too much, because all the warmth, romance, innocence and comfort at the beginning seemed too bland, but he knew that often,
The more prosaic details may be the foreshadowing of all the answers to the mystery, so every time he comes to a key line, he will think about it carefully and guess the story that will happen next.
Soon, he discovered some characteristics.
The teacher who appears during the four-handed play.
Fifteen apples that no one eats.
Xiaoyu never comes to class.
The wrinkles and sadness in the corners of the mother's eyes, and the lucky bracelet on her wrist.
Two people dance, two people watch the scenery, two people ride a bicycle, and two people listen to "Lover's Tears" in the video store
Chen Changping suddenly felt his scalp numb.
He had a vague guess.
Is all this just a one-man show by you?
Chen Changping stared at Ye Xianglun in the movie.
He subconsciously felt that this was most likely a psychotic movie about a boy who loved fantasy, and the so-called Lu Xiaoyu might not actually exist at all.
"Could it be that at the end of the story, Ye Xianglun is lying in a mental hospital?"
Chen Changping felt that this routine was a bit vulgar.
But fantasy always has a basis, so the heroine should be the epitome of reality.
Soon, Chen Changping discovered that he seemed to have been easily led into an unexpected plot trap by the director, and he self-righteously believed that this was just another sad story about the heroine dying of asthma.
until……
Lu Xiaoyu played "Secret" in the old piano room. Along with the weird melody, the surrounding scene changed rapidly. A tornado quickly rolled around Lu Xiaoyu. The surrounding bookshelves, picture frames, mottled walls, and dilapidated
The floor was gradually blown up by this tornado...
When "Secret" was played, everything around him returned to normal.
Everything seems to have stayed the same, but it seems to have changed again.
Brand new everything!
At this moment, Chen Changping was stunned.
With the same expression as his, there were dozens of film critics present.
Including the audience at the scene, they couldn't help but started to exclaim.
Everyone had goosebumps.
In the first hour or so of the movie, people were suspicious of Liao Yuan and his movie, and even inadvertently despised it.
But this time, Liao Yuan shocked everyone!
The last half hour of the film can be said to be a twist and turn, and all the doubts are solved instantly.
In the process of explanation, Liao Yuan even "naughty" incorporated elements of weirdness, horror, mystery and fantasy.
This is amazing!
It turns out that this is a secret that cannot be told?
An old piano room, an old piano, and an old "seret" sheet music.
As long as you play very fast, you can go back to the past; if you play slowly, you can go to the future.
The faster it is, the more time you have to go back.
The slower it is, the farther away it is in the future.
The director doesn't need to explain why he arranged it this way, he just needs to tell you bluntly but without doubt that this is the established rule!
You are helpless, but you accept it willingly
Because unknowingly, Liao Yuan seems to have completed the transformation from "general" to "craftsman".
Some elements can reveal the artistic plot deep in Liao Yuan's heart. In society twenty years ago, people were indifferent and intolerant of mentally ill people.
Report performance at school graduation.
Bicycles speed past on the long covered bridge.
The small market is crowded and dirty, but full of warm and touching credit.
The mottled correction fluid handwriting reads "I love you" and "Do you love me".
Then he used correction fluid to tap out the heart-shaped pattern vigorously.
Twenty years of time and space have crossed and we are reunited at this moment, but my lover Lu Xiaoyu is slowly dying.
"Crack!"
The moment they saw Lu Xiaoyu lying dead on the desk, some people shed tears.
As the plot is gradually revealed.
While the big hammer roared over Liao Yuan's head in the old piano room, the song "Secret" was played quickly.
It was so fast that he could go back to the past before Xiaoyu got the piano score.
Therefore, Xiaoyu didn't know him at that time, so he saved Xiaoyu's life.
The final photo reveals the happy ending.
Xiaoyu took graduation photos, which means she is not dead
This is the only theme that needs to be expressed in this color graduation photo.
In fact, it doesn't matter whether Ye Xianglun is in the photo or not.
“Great story!”
After watching the entire movie, Chen Changping was confused about where he came from, and then he wrote these three words in his notebook.
"The sudden existence of illusions, the unauthorized collision of consciousness, the sudden shear of different time and space, and the pure love between different eras. No matter from any angle, it is difficult to make such a film well, let alone integrate these elements into one film.
middle."
"First of all, in terms of narrative structure, if the explanation is not enough, it will become an inexplicable plot. If the explanation is too much, there will be no room for fun, and the audience will be treated as a retarded person without the ability to think."
"In a sense, Liao Yuan's "Secret" and some master-level works are in the same line. Is the movie a tragedy or a comedy? This is the proposition left to us by Liao Yuan."
"If you understand the entire movie process after watching it, you will deeply admire how skillfully and calmly Liao Yuan, as a director, handles the details of the movie. It is hard to imagine that a new director can integrate his dazzling skills into the plot so naturally and skillfully.
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"This time, I, Chen Changping, make a call for Liao Yuan!"