Chapter 1,304: The path you choose must be completed even on your knees
"Is this real?"
"Are you kidding me?"
"The key is, how could he play a role like Song Zihao?"
"Can you bend or stretch?"
"A real gangster! But Hong Jiu's performance as Song Zihao really shocked me! I didn't expect this at all!"
"In this new era, there are no more powerful figures in the world. Is it because the iron fist is not strong enough?"
"So, if you think about it, Hong Jiu playing Song Zihao suddenly feels very suitable!"
"Really, they were all big brothers in the past, but they have not been big brothers for many years. They are acting in their true colors!"
Compared to Chen Weijie, Hong Jiu's topic obviously excited everyone more.
After all, if it were really the era of Hong Kong Island, when Hong Jiu was definitely a gangster, who would dare to discuss it like this?
But today is different from the past. It can be said that in this era, you have to control the dragon, not to mention that it is just a big brother of a community in Hong Kong Island.
However, Hong Jiu's role as Song Zihao still surprised many people. After all, everyone knows what it means.
Yes, he may no longer be the big boss he used to be, but even if it is true, he will basically never admit to himself that he has passed away.
Of course, more people were still surprised that Li Yi was able to invite Hong Jiu. One really dared to invite Hong Jiu, and the other actually dared to accept it. This was a bit confusing for everyone.
For a time, Chen Weijie played the villain, and the newcomer played the protagonist, etc., but it was secondary.
Of course, Chen Cong's name was soon pushed to the forefront again, because of his virtues and abilities, not only did he have a superstar in the entertainment industry like Chen Weijie to accompany him, but he also starred with a real big brother like Hong Jiu.
main character.
Suddenly they seemed to see a new star about to rise.
It can be said that countless actors are envious, jealous and hateful of Chen Cong!
It's a pity that they don't know that Chen Cong is just a smoke screen.
Of course, it is precisely because of this that people are even more curious, why is he so lucky?
However, now that the matter is over, it can be said that "A Better Tomorrow" has already been well known to everyone even before filming has officially started.
For movies, in fact, even if it is Li Yi's movie, real money needs to be spent to promote it, so the publicity effect this time can be said to have definitely saved Li Yi tens of millions in publicity expenses.
And the effect is absolutely sufficient!
"A Better Tomorrow" is officially launched.
In fact, when Li Yi makes movies, he usually doesn't take a long time to make a movie like other directors. He is really short-term and quick.
Unless he really needs time to prepare, most of the time, he is quite fast!
"A Better Tomorrow" benefited from several previous waves of big news and received a lot of attention.
However, Li Yi seemed very low-key when he started filming.
Of course, it's just that he finds it troublesome.
Choosing Hong Jiu is really the right choice. There are actually some differences between the Song Zihao he plays and the original one.
But it unexpectedly made Li Yi feel that it was very suitable. Maybe it was because he had really been a gangster, so the effect of Hong Jiu's performance gave Li Yi a more real feeling.
But when it was his turn, he regretted being deceived by Chen Weijie into playing the role of Brother Ma himself.
If nothing else, the biggest reason is the first impression!
In his impression, the original version of Xiao Ma was so profound that at first he subconsciously imitated the original version of Xiao Ma. However, the result was that painting a tiger would not be the opposite of a dog.
After all, different actors have different styles, and Li Yi, as a director himself, naturally knows that imitation is not impossible, but if you blindly imitate some classic characters, it really won't work.
Li Yi summarized and analyzed very carefully.
First of all, it is certain that the image of classic art in movies is indeed presented by the vivid acting skills of a specific actor. However, the reason why it is called a classic is that it is often the most important thing in our lives.
The image of scarcity.
So rather than saying that the actor created this artistic character, it would be better to say that any classic character is actually praised by the audience.
Rather than being an actor, the actor is more responsible for shaping, while the audience is responsible for watching and singing.
So let’s look at the role of Xiao Ma in detail.
No matter in any era, the most scarce characters are generally heroes who incarnate justice. Whether in ancient times or in modern society, people tend to highly respect and praise such characters. It can be said that from a certain point of view,
To a certain extent, he is the spiritual idol of the audience.
As a director, Li Yi understands very well that the protagonist's appearance must be unique. Of course, this is deliberately arranged by the director in order to highlight the character.
Therefore, Ma Ge's appearance in the movie established that he is a "hero", but this "hero" is not the kind of hero who embodies justice that everyone is familiar with.
In terms of Ponyboy's image, sunglasses and smoking are the first scene in which he appears. Why sunglasses and smoking?
In fact, to a certain extent, it is also showing a kind of "loneliness!"
Sunglasses hide a pair of mysterious eyes, while smoke and fire symbolize loneliness, which are the characteristics of a "hero"!
Of course, these are just from a technical point of view, but from the perspective of the character.
Who is Brother Ma?
To put it bluntly, he has never been a hero, and he has never had any great ideals or ambitions.
Xiao Ma's life experience may be wonderful, but it is not rich.
He has always been Song Zihao's brother. The things he does and his thoughts can actually be said to be the same as many little people in reality.
Why does he want to take back everything that belongs to him?
Because he paid too much for it, and also because those things that happened subverted his understanding of brotherhood and loyalty.
He wants to keep the friendship he insists on, what it should be like to be a friend, what it should be like to be a brother, and what he wants to prove is actually just these.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So, in the end, he could obviously leave, but he came back again. Why?
Because in his world, this is how brothers should be. Although he didn't finish talking about what being a brother should be like in the end, his actions already explained everything.
He said it and he absolutely did it.
Everyone has their own views on the role. The director has his own views, the actors have his own views, and the audience has his own views.
At this moment, Li Yi has the director's opinion, but how to view this role from an actor's perspective and how to interpret this role is still a little bit behind.
Because the director is actually a bystander, and the actors are participants!
However, Li Yi quickly got into the mood. Just as Chen Weijie said, no one understands Brother Ma better than him, at least until this movie is released, that must be the case!
There are many famous scenes of Ma in the movie, but Li Yi found the most difficult scene to act in was the scene in the bar.
At this moment, "A Better Tomorrow" is preparing to shoot this scene.
Being both a director and an actor is actually quite tiring.
However, who told Li Yi to choose this?
The difficulty of this scene lies in the emotional change that started when Brother Ma said someone pointed a gun at his head!
"Every department is in its place!"
"The twentieth scene of "A Better Tomorrow", the first shot, the first action!"
Tan Cheng played by Chen Weijie, Mark played by Li Yi, and Song Zihao played by Hong Jiu were sitting together.
Light a cigarette and bite the match!
Li Yi has practiced these moves countless times, so he can easily master them.
There are no problems in the front, of course, the key part will come soon.
"Have you ever had a gun pointed at your head?" Li Yi held a cigarette in his hand and tapped the temple of Tan Cheng, played by Chen Weijie.
"no?"
"Twelve years ago!" Li Yi chewed the matchstick.
Then he raised his eyebrows at Brother Hao and said, "It's been twelve years, right?"
Hong Jiu nodded slightly with a faint smile.
"Brother Hao and I took goods to Indonesia for the first time. The boss there invited us to go to a nightclub to meet us. I made a mistake and offended the boss there!"
"Two guns were pointed at my head!" Li Yi's voice suddenly became louder, and the smile on his face completely disappeared.
"You're going to force me to drink the whole bottle of wine!"
"I was so scared that I peed my pants. I really peed my pants!"
"Thankfully, Brother Hao drank it all for me! It's impossible not to drink, but it will be even more troublesome if you drink!"
"Follow them and point four guns at our heads!"
"Do you know what they are going to make us drink?"
"Drink urine!"
"Drinking piss in a nightclub!"
"Study? This is called learning!"
“This is how we got our first business deal!”
"Let's not talk about the past again!"
"No, I have never cried in my whole life. That was the first time I shed tears. I swear I will never let anyone point a gun at my head again!"
"cut!"
As Zhuo Yixiong shouted stop.
Li Yi quickly walked over and watched the replay.
When an actor is acting, unless he makes a big mistake, it is difficult to feel his own state.
At this moment, Li Yi was watching the replay of the performance he had just performed on the monitor.
His brows soon furrowed.
On the whole, there seems to be nothing wrong with it, but Li Yi always feels that it is not enough.
To be exact, it’s not hard enough!
Especially when he said that to Brother Hao, that was the first time I cried.
Li Yi felt that his feelings were not brewing enough.
This scene seems to have no action scenes or big scenes, but in fact, this scene is indeed difficult to perform.
Because even though it was just a piece of talk from Brother Ma, in fact, the mood changes during the period were very frequent, and at the same time, when speaking, he was also accumulating emotions.
All the dialogue is actually foreshadowing the last sentence.
At this time, Chen Weijie and Hong Jiu also came over.
"You guys should also take a look!" Li Yi said.
Then he played it back again.
"How is it?" Li Yi asked.
Chen Weijie thought for a while and said, "I think it's pretty good!"
Hong Jiu, on the other hand, shook his head and said: "I don't think it's exciting enough. Being forced to drink urine in a nightclub. For a gangster like Xiao Ma, let him say it himself. For Tan Cheng, it's
A kind of showing off, but for him, it was just throwing his face to the ground and stepping on it a few times!
So, I feel like my emotions are not enough!”
"You have never been in the world, so you don't understand. For someone like Xiao Ma, being forced to drink urine is more uncomfortable than killing him directly!"
Li Yi nodded.,
It is not difficult to understand why Hong Jiu knows more than Chen Weijie.
"I'll be brewing for a while, and everyone will rest for half an hour!" Li Yi said and asked the crew to rest for half an hour while he closed his eyes and brewed.
In this scene, Xiao Ma's initial disdain for Tan Cheng's so-called study, then his frustration at being forced to drink urine, and his last words, are in three stages!
However, these three stages are not three coherent stages in one step.
When he mentioned that the business was done, he was happy because his efforts were rewarded.
The part where he said he was forced to drink urine is the most complicated. On the one hand, some Versailles actually told Tan Cheng that they had to go through this kind of humiliation to get where they are today, but on the other hand, it was something that he had always remembered in his heart.
The most unforgettable period of humiliation.
So at this time he was angry and unwilling!
Because this is something he has experienced before, he understands the feeling of humiliation, so he said the following paragraph.
Thinking about more of the subsequent plots, he actually repeated that humiliation once again, being called around and humiliated by Tan Cheng, a "little role" that he once looked down upon!
He endured it all and even smiled in response!
In fact, it echoes the humiliating drinking of urine in order to complete the business, to get ahead, and to save one's life.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Because, the same is humiliation, but the same is patience!
In fact, to a certain extent, he is also expressing his dissatisfaction to Song Zihao. What dissatisfaction?
It was Song Zihao who decided to stop after completing this order for the sake of his younger brother!
Although Xiao Ma is not the kind of person who likes to force his friends to do things they don't like, he is still a human being and has his own emotions.
Therefore, he also used this sentence to express his attitude!
Half an hour passed quickly.
Take it again, again, again, again!
Li Yi took the trouble to correct, rest, and shoot again.
Grind over and over again!
In fact, he hates this way of filming, but he has no choice but to shoot a scene that he is satisfied with, but this is necessary.
When he was just a director, he might be able to vent his anger, but when he was both a director and an actor, he could only endure it.
However, the result was beyond Li Yi's expectation.
I don't know if it was a mistake, but because he had been holding it in and enduring it, he had accumulated a burst of energy, which happened to be in sync with the mood of the plot. As a result, Li Yi felt that his performance was a little extraordinary during the last time.
"Bah bang bang bang!" Chen Weijie and Hong Jiu couldn't help but applaud.
In fact, the only one who felt uncomfortable in this scene was Li Yi. The two of them didn't have many scenes, and their lines were even more pitiful.
So they are more like bystanders and spectators.
Hong Jiu is actually okay. Chen Weijie is also an actor himself, so he naturally knows that if he was on another crew, this scene would never be like this.
Because both directors and actors will have tempers. Actors will naturally become irritable and angry if they are tortured over and over again.
The same is true for the director. After so many takes, the performance is still not good, and the director will also be angry.
But here, Li Yi is both a director and an actor, so he is the only one who feels uncomfortable!
But there is no way, Li Yi has to walk the path he chose on his knees!
