"Balzac and the Little Dressmaker" participated in the Best Foreign Language Film competition at the 60th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards, and failed as expected. Because this film represents France and is a big hit in this category.
It was the National Master's "Heroes". He Xin, Zhou Xun, and Chen Kun all had the good sense not to attend this event.
But as the saying goes, "Heroes", which had high hopes from the Chinese people, also lost in the competition for the best foreign language film. The Spanish film "Speak to Her", a small-production art film, won the award.
How should I put it? Maybe it’s because they despise the chain, and even though they talk about democracy, freedom, and human rights all day long, in fact, deep down they still have that sense of superiority. This is especially true in the United States, which shouts slogans most vigorously.
He Xin actually missed last year's Golden Horse Awards ceremony. Although he didn't have any works shortlisted this time, as the last Best Actor, he was invited to attend as a guest as usual.
However, last year's Golden Horse Awards ceremony was held in a certain independent base camp, which has always been very unfriendly to the mainland, so almost all the invited guests from the mainland, including Zhou Xun, a finalist, did not attend.
He Xin is actually very grateful to the Golden Horse Award in his heart. After all, this honor has brought him a lot. But he is helpless because some people in Wanwan are really annoying and ignorant.
The general trend of the world is that Sunchang will perish and will be reunited after a long period of separation. Why do you think you are still fighting?
Li Miaoxue likes the city of Qingdao very much. In her words, when you look at Qingdao through the lens of a camera, it looks like an oil painting in a frame from any angle.
She comes here to stay for a while almost every year, and the filming location of "Landscape of Love" was chosen on her favorite Yushan Road.
This road can be summed up in seven words: old city, old streets and old buildings.
This small, not wide road is built along the mountain, with undulating heights. On both sides, there are most old buildings, former residences of celebrities and various small cafes with petty bourgeoisie decorations. It feels particularly literary and artistic, and can especially attract literary young women like Li Miaoxue.
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Even two literary young men, Guan Jinpeng and Zhang Shuping, were filled with admiration after walking around this street. Zhang Shuping also said that this place is very similar to Hong Kong, but Hong Kong does not have the profound cultural heritage here. Moreover, it is very cultural.
Here’s a sentence: Walking on this road is like reading a history book.
Not far along this road is the sea, Qingdao's famous Huiquan Bay. The beach on the seaside is called the No. 1 bathing beach by the locals.
The crew stayed at the Huiquan Dynasty Hotel by the sea, which was the hotel where He Xin and his girlfriend checked in that day.
However, He Xin did not stay in the hotel with the crew. He still stayed at his girlfriend's house. When he was filming "Chinese Divorce" a while ago, the reason why he stayed in the hotel of the crew was mainly to establish a tacit understanding with Zuo Xiaoqing as soon as possible.
At the same time, he also knows the principle of far away fragrance and near smell. Going back once in a while can not only continue to communicate with the future father-in-law and mother-in-law, but also maintain a certain distance appropriately.
But this time was different. It was rare for his girlfriend to be at home free of charge. Of course, he was reluctant to give up the short-term opportunity to live under the same roof. Even if there were two old policemen at home, he couldn't go too far.
During this time, he was interning at the post office on Yushan Road. In fact, the postman's work was more cumbersome and harder than he imagined. There are about a dozen postmen in a post office here, and each one has his own designated area.
After the mail truck arrives every morning, it first starts sorting. Many units order newspapers, and the volume of letters is relatively large. The newspapers and letters of each unit must be sorted and put together, and then there are also newspapers ordered by private individuals.
And letters and stuff.
A 51-type heavy bicycle, with green canvas mail bags hanging on both sides of the bag rack, which is the standard equipment of the postman. After sorting the newspapers every morning, the mail will be delivered around 8:30. I will go out with the master and deliver it in a circle
After finishing the mail, we returned to the office just in time for lunch. After lunch, we sorted the second batch of newspaper mail that arrived and set off at around 2:30. After the second batch of newspaper mail was delivered, it was time to get off work.
This happens every day, over and over again. Moreover, this area of Yushan Road is built against the mountains. Going downhill is okay, but going uphill will kill you. I can only keep my head down and pedal as hard as I can.
The master he followed was an old postman who had been working for more than 20 years. He knew almost everyone in this area, from the workplace to the residents. He was also very gossipy, ranging from leadership changes to couples.
Contradictions, when it comes to them, are really rare.
In his words, he can touch this area with his eyes closed, and any disturbance will not be hidden from his eyes and ears.
The so-called experiencing life is the creative basis for actors to go from rational script analysis to truly entering the character's life, and then deeply feeling the inner world of the character.
He Xin remembered that this was what the textbook said.
In layman's terms, before an actor experiences life, the actor will have various reveries and conceptions about the character's image, personality, external actions, habits, communication methods, etc. But this play is just a fantasy and a rationality.
Guesses are all just talk on paper.
An actor can only truly go to the place where the character lives, enter the character's living space, eat the food the character likes to eat, read the books the character likes to read, play the games the character likes to play, and do what the character likes to do every day.
Things, contact with the people the character comes into contact with every day, and fully enter the character's life, only then can the actor truly understand the character, feel the character, and begin to become the character.
It is said that art comes from life and is higher than life. To put it bluntly, experiencing life is the creative basis for actors to complete their creative roles.
To take the simplest example, Robert De Niro is recognized as a "Godfather" actor. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for his role as a taxi driver in "Taxi Driver". And he starred in this
Before filming this film, I spent a whole month driving a taxi for twelve hours a day, experiencing the daily life of a taxi driver in depth for a long time.
Therefore, he no longer needs to deliberately make the habitual movements of a taxi driver when performing, and show the attitude and reaction that a taxi driver should have. Because he has become a taxi driver, he will instinctively produce a
What the taxi driver should do, think, and feel at the moment truly achieves "I am the character."
For another example, Wu Jing stayed in the special forces for fifteen months in order to film "Wolf Warrior", which he directed and starred in. He ate, lived and trained with the special forces soldiers every day, and finally completed a movie with a box office of over 500 million.
, and then "Wolf Warrior 2" amazed the Chinese people and set a box office record for domestic movies.
Therefore, Wu Jing’s success is not accidental, and don’t always say that Wu Jing has no acting skills. Even if he really has no acting skills, at least he used fifteen months of real and in-depth military life experience to create a
Created an image of Leng Feng that convinced and shocked the audience.
Of course, He Xin had only experienced the daily life of a postman for a week, and he was not yet able to reach this level. But at least he understood the daily work process of a postman and knew that at noon every day, the postmen from each area gathered in the cafeteria for lunch.
, will talk about all kinds of gossip about the area that each person is responsible for, such as which unit has changed its leadership, which family's husband cheated on his wife and was caught and beaten up, etc.
And each of them is very familiar with the route. Just as the master who took He Xin to experience life said, you can touch the streets and alleys with your eyes closed.
Returning to the character itself, I have to say that when Li Miaoxue created the character, it was extremely accurate to portray Xiaolie as a postman.
Xiao Lie got to know the heroine Man'er when she asked him for directions, then he got to know him by saving Man'er from gas poisoning due to temporary loss of smell when delivering a letter, and finally he helped Man'er find the girl in the painting wholeheartedly.
Falling in love with the scenery. This is a complete narrative line, and the script has a strong storyline.
In fact, before a movie is completed, there is a limit to what an actor can do to judge whether the movie is good or bad, or whether it is a bad movie. Unless the lead actor's acting skills are very poor and the audience will be put off at the first sight, then absolutely
It's just a bad movie, like "The Fortress".
Many times actors perform conscientiously, but the final effect does not satisfy the audience. The actor should not be solely responsible for this. The problem is multifaceted and may be due to the script, director or editing.
What actors can control is not only their own performances, but also the script.
When He Xin entered this industry, the first two dramas he received, "Bicycle" and "Lanyu", were completely unlucky, but they brought him extremely high honors and established his foothold in the industry in one fell swoop.
The foundation also gives him a certain right to pick and choose the scripts.
In addition to "Jade Goddess of Mercy", "Conquer", "Chinese Divorce", and "Escape with Wings", which were some of the most impressive TV series he had watched in his previous life, "The Little Tailor", "Purple Butterfly", "
"Incense" and "Landscape of Love" that is currently being filmed. The reason why he will star next, apart from the salary and favors, the most important thing is whether the script has a strong storyline and whether it is a complete story.
He didn't like the boring and lengthy hometown trilogy made by Chief Jia Ke, because that kind of storyless performance would make him confused.
Another reason is that when he was lingering in the hospital bed in his previous life, he used his mobile phone to check the membership once and watched the last movie called "The Last Night on Earth".
Because at that time he saw that the movie was starring Tang Wei, and based on the name, he thought it should be a disaster movie, but it ended up taking nearly two hours. After watching the movie, he was confused and didn't know what to watch.
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When I think about it now, I only remember the dark and cold long streets, the continuous drizzle, the too frequent long lens captures, the storyline that can easily make people go crazy, and the fact that most of the male protagonists are almost dreaming.
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Coincidentally, he actually met the leading actor on the set of "Landscape of Love".
"A Xin, this is Huang Jue who plays Xiao Wu!"
"Huang Jue, this is He Xin."
Li Miaoxue introduced the two of them, and He Xin carefully looked at this young version of the nervous male protagonist in "The Last Night on Earth". He was about the same height as himself, with still some bumps on his face, and short, slightly curly hair.
The hairline is not as worrying as in "The Last Night on Earth".
But this guy does look cool, the kind of coolness that especially attracts young and artistic women. No wonder Li Miaoxue always felt a little confused when she looked at this guy when she introduced him.
In fact, before he came to the set, Zhou Xun called him and told him that the man in front of him was the leading actor in her next film, and that he was a friend she had known for several years, and asked him to help take care of him.
He heard on the phone that brother Xun introduced that this guy started out as a dancer. When he first came to the capital, he often worked in dance halls, and he met her who was singing in the same dance hall at that time.
Brother Xun even joked that she was attracted by his coolness at that time. If he didn't already have a boyfriend at that time, maybe she would have been with him.
He Xin secretly complained in his heart at that time, saying how dedicated and pure he seemed to be, not just falling in love with everyone he met!
But this thing is quite strange. If you count the number of boyfriends Brother Xun has had, there may be almost half a dozen. If there is any actress like her in the future, it will definitely be
She is a scumbag, or a licentious womanizer, just another Elva Hsiao.
But Brother Xun is not disgusted when seeing someone fall in love with someone else. Not only is he not disgusted, but the audience is not disgusted either. Maybe it’s because of her straightforward character who dares to love and hate!
It makes people feel that every relationship she has is devoted to her true feelings and she is pursuing the true meaning of love. But sometimes He Xin will also wonder, who knows whether she is really giving her feelings or is she just greedy for other people's bodies?
Let’s talk about this cool guy in front of me.
It is said that in his previous life, he watched "The Last Night on Earth" mainly for Tang Wei. Who would pay attention to the name of the male protagonist who often talks in sleep? Even if he saw the name, he would probably forget it in the blink of an eye.
He didn't expect that the Huang Jue that Zhou Xun was talking about was him!
"Congratulations..."
Obviously, this cool guy looked quite honest. He extended his hand, but he didn't even think about how to address He Xin.
Since Brother Xun greeted him, He Xin immediately held his hand enthusiastically and said, "Brother Huang, please call me Xiao He or A Xin, everyone calls me that."
"A Xin, hello!" This guy was very kind.
The Xiao Wu played by Huang Jue in the play is of course not the thief in Elder Jiaco's house, but Su Jin's ex-husband. He is probably the third male lead besides him and Zheng Yijian. It's a pity that there is only acting in the whole process.
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In this film, Li Miaoxue depicts a total of four loves, the love between Lin Jiaxin and Zheng Yijian, and later the love with him as a postman, and the love between an old couple next door to the hotel opened by Su Jin and the love between her and Huang Jue.
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In fact, the love between Su Jin and Huang Jue in the script is very touching. They were childhood sweethearts and got married very early. Unfortunately, they divorced after three years of marriage. However, Xiao Wu, played by Huang Jue, can never let go and often hangs out in hotels.
, seeing that Su Jin had made a new boyfriend, he rushed up to fight with him without hesitation, until he drove him away.
When He Xin saw this paragraph, he felt it was a bit funny, but looking back, if he married his girlfriend, but Cheng Hao insisted on divorcing him, would he let it go?