In fact, it had been screened internally in major studios a long time ago. After collecting some opinions, the official edited version has also been released nationwide.
When it was released, it had been released for more than three months, and the popularity had faded a lot. However, the impressive results it achieved shocked studios across the country. No one thought that a movie could have such a major impact.
results.
Li Lianjie, who played the role of Jue Yuan in it, became famous all over the country overnight. At the same time, the film was also released in Hong Kong, which also caused a huge sensation. Now a film company has approached Li Lianjie with a check in hand, hoping to invite him.
He participated in the filming of the movie, but now Li Lianjie can only look at the check and sigh.
Although there are no official statistics on the domestic box office, an estimate shows that it must easily exceed 100 million yuan, and the salary and subsidies of the leading actor Li Lienjie add up to 600 yuan!
The first place to be screened was naturally Shanghai and other places. Due to the particularity of its subject matter, it first attracted many self-employed people to watch it. It is said that after the movie ended, many people came out with tears in their eyes.
Found resonance in the movie.
After that turbulent era came out, they returned to Shanghai, but what was waiting for them was that they lost their job opportunities and could only become idle members of society. However, they did not give up their lives and relied on their own hands.
Became self-employed.
But even so, they are still looked down upon by people in society, thinking that they are a destabilizing factor in society.
Feng Xiao is a self-employed person in Shanghai. After coming out of the movie theater, a man in his twenties also shed tears. He thought of the person his family introduced to him two days ago. When the person heard that he was self-employed,
, she refused without even meeting her, which shocked him. He obviously earned more than her and more than most working people, but the other party just thought that being self-employed was not honorable enough.
When he was setting up a stall in the alley, he was often criticized by people for not doing his job properly. However, he has always been law-abiding. Isn't he better than those young people?
He has never understood why this society treats him like this. There was a time when he thought about giving up, but when he watched the movie, he gave up the idea instantly.
Gao Zhihua and Qin Nan inside are so steadfast. Qin Nan's life has been so miserable, but she never resents her and is still enthusiastic about making clothes for everyone. The same is true for Gao Zhihua, he is optimistic,
Be firm, we make money with our own hands, what’s wrong with that?
This sentence also became what Feng Xiao wanted to tell the people around him.
I rely on my own hands! What's there to be ashamed of?
It soon exploded in many cities in the South. Every day, many self-employed people went into the theater to watch this movie. At the same time, due to the lack of entertainment items at this time, some people also went into the theater to watch this movie.
First of all, they were attracted by Qin Nan played by Gong Yin and Gao Zhihua played by Wu Jianye in the movie. One is so beautiful that it makes people feel distressed, and the other is so handsome that it makes people's hearts beat.
Then they were attracted by the plot in the movie. The audiences of this era are different from those of later generations. They are not so picky. They watch whatever movies the country shows, but this movie is obviously right for them.
They spent a lot of money on the movie tickets, and the plot is real and simple, especially as many things happened around them, which gave them a different understanding of the self-employed group.
Subsequently, it was screened across the country, and it became the second film to arouse heated discussions across the country.
Ordinary viewers only watch the plot of the movie.
But what professional film workers see is something deeper.
The film depicts the theme of ordinary citizens at the bottom of society enduring humiliation and burden in adversity, finally defeating fate, rising up bravely, and fighting for the right to life and happiness. This is the true reflection of the director's own personal life experience in the bottom society in the past 30 years. It is worth mentioning.
What's surprising is that Comrade Bai Chen is over 60 years old, but his film is about what is happening today, "new things in the south of the city" in Shanghai. It is so timely and synchronized with our lives today to reflect our
A generation of young people, which illustrates the director's love and understanding of today's era, life and youth. Bai Chen is not an "unearthed cultural relic" or an "old antique", he is young at heart, so he is admirable.
At the same time, what is even more admirable is that the screenwriter of this movie, Comrade Wu Jianye, a classmate who is still studying at Yanjing Film Academy, was able to write such a simple and unpretentious movie, write about life, and write about the history of this era.
Life, I believe that if he did not experience life in depth, he would not be able to write such a script.
In terms of artistic expression, it has the documentary style of Italian neorealism. The atmosphere of ordinary people's lives under the Suzhou River Bridge in Shanghai is breathtaking. It can be seen that they are all shot in real scenes on the street. As a Shanghainese, I feel particularly kind when seeing this - and
Aren't the two male and female protagonists just a pair of "street angels" on the Shanghai beach in this era? According to Western film critics, neorealism should first come from Chinese progressive films in the 1930s before World War II. Comrade Bai Shen said that he tried to express
It is the "chamber drama" style of Mr. Zhu Shilin. I think he mainly means to focus on writing the ethical conflicts within citizen families. It should be said to be a citizen family ethics film, but it should be said that it has deepened into social ethics, especially
It is through the beautiful images of the two sisters, Xiao Yun and Gao Yinghua, who are full of vigor and courage to fight, that the film brings a bright social color and a freshness of the 1980s era. This is a step higher than the expression of peasant family ethics.
place.
This is a report by China Daily. It also reports on the structure of the plot and the characterization of the characters. For example, here is a paragraph:
The performances of Wu Jianye and Gong Xue, who play the male and female protagonists, embody the psychological documentary style of the film - rich emotional connotations in the elegant life style. The success of the film director's selection of actors is closely related to the accuracy of the actors' performances. , marking the beginning of a new era for my country's film performing arts.
Gong Yin is the well-deserved soul of this drama. Her performance is natural and real, and she really brings Qin Nan to life. The double nomination for the Golden Rooster Award and the Hundred Flowers Award is the greatest affirmation for her, and has been remembered by many great directors.
There is such an actress living in China.
As for the major studios, it's different. Now that Gong Ying has been officially seconded to the Shanghai Film Studio, it's useless for them to even appreciate it.
But Wu Jianye is different. Before this, Wu Jianye caused quite a sensation in the industry because of his movie. Everyone knows that students from Yanjing Film Academy can direct, write, and act. They are almost a
All-round talents.
For such talents, the major studios paid even more attention to them than Gong Yin, so at this time almost all the major studios in the country found the Yanjing Film Academy, hoping to get Wu Jianye!