In his previous life, He Xin's impression after watching "The Promise" was that the picture was extremely dazzling, Zhang Baizhi was so beautiful, Chen Hong was not good-looking at all without eyebrows, a stick and a devil, and a murder caused by a steamed bun...
Apart from these, I don’t seem to have any impression, including what the plot is about.
In fact, the plot of "The Promise" is really simple, it is a polyamorous love story. The human society depicted in the film is also extremely simple. The three elements of political power, army, and slaves are omitted, even the ordinary people.
At the same time, the characters are extremely concise and capable, such as General Guangming, Duke Wuhuan of the North, Qingcheng, Kunlun, and Ghost Wolf.
The character setting is roughly as follows: General Guangming was first given the attribute of God of War, and his actions and subsequent narration by Wu Huan are enough to show the general's proud, ruthless, and cunning character traits.
In the director's revenge process, Duke Wu Huan of the North reflects his perverted personality of being sinister, violent and jealous.
Slave Kunlun is gifted with running skills and has gone through the process from chaotic obedience to self-awareness. Loyalty and kindness are his background.
Beauty Qingcheng exchanged the right to be loved for glory, so she was torn between longing to be loved and avoiding being hurt.
Ghost Wolf struggled to survive. He suffered genocide and lived in guilt and fear most of the time.
If light represents the glory, pride and masculinity of men, then Wuhuan represents the more complete jealousy, violence and viciousness of men. What the two share is hypocrisy and cunning. In contrast, the slave Kunlun's loyalty and sincerity
, Qingcheng, the Qing Dynasty, is uniquely beautiful, but when she was young, she was in a difficult situation of survival and gained glory at the expense of the right to be loved.
The plot revolves around the relationship between these characters. Because the generals Guangming and Qingcheng are both responsible for the prophecy of the gods, Guangming's failure process and Qingcheng's process of getting loved have become the absolute main line of the film.
Once other characters lose their connection with Guangming and Qingcheng, they will become branch plots. For example, Duke Wuhuan of the North becomes a key figure by taking revenge on Qingcheng and removing Guangming; the slave Kunlun also plays a role throughout as Qingcheng's savior and ultimate lover.
The most unfortunate thing is of course that the ghost wolf played by He Xin has a weak relationship with Guangming and Qingcheng, so he becomes a supporting role in Kunlun.
Fortunately, the script fully describes the formation process and personality transformation of Ghost Wolf. Compared with the four main protagonists, his character and story are more comprehensive and three-dimensional.
Ghost Wolf is a snow countryman who is afraid of death. He is fatally injured and can only rely on a magic robe to survive. The robe gives him the ability to fly and travel through time, at the cost of his own dignity and being imprisoned in the robe for his whole life.
He traveled through time, saved Kunlun's life, and started Kunlun's awakening process through his thoughts of desire, running and speed. He cared about friendship and asked for flowers and armor for Kunlun; under Wu Huan's pressure, he had to make a choice between the armor and the black robe.
The choice is about friendship on the one hand and the dilemma of life on the other.
Finally, before taking off his black robe, he realized that he had not sorry for anyone, but the one he felt most sorry for was himself.
The pitiable thing about Ghost Wolf is that he is just afraid of death and greedy for life, but he bears the burden of annihilating his clan. This kind of moral pressure makes him feel apologetic even when facing the people of Snow Country.
The sad thing about him is that his robe, conscience and cowardice made him struggle between escape and struggle, unable to break free. It is also such a tangled character who has a pursuit of the meaning of running and a more profound reflection on survival and hope. This
It also gives the Ghost Wolf the function of enlightening Kunlun.
From the perspective of the integrity and logical self-consistency of the character, this is far from comparable to Guangming and Qingcheng, who were pre-given characters, and it is even more far-fetched than Wuhuan's far-fetched reason for attributing his mistakes to being deceived by Qingcheng in his girlhood.
However, the relationship between Ghost Wolf and Kunlun in the script seems to have a hidden emotional line. Because he has filmed "Lan Yu", He Xin is particularly sensitive to this kind of vague ambiguity.
If we simply understand it literally, Ghost Wolf shows his compatriot love to Kunlun out of his inner guilt for his fellow humans, rather than lustful love.
But this kind of love is described in a vague and ambiguous way, especially the line that Ghost Wolf said when he said goodbye to Kunlun at the end: It's like you don't know when you will fall in love with someone.
This sentence can be understood as what Ghost Wolf said to Kunlun, saying that Kunlun fell in love with Qingcheng; at the same time, it can also be understood as what Ghost Wolf said to himself, saying that he fell in love with Kunlun.
When discussing the script before starting the filming, he asked Director Chen this question, but Director Chen just smiled at him weirdly and asked him to understand.
When he heard this answer, he almost replied on the spot: You are the screenwriter, you are the director, and then you let me understand it myself? I understand your sister!
At first, he really thought that Director Chen was making a fool of himself. Thinking about it, he became famous with "Lan Yu" back then. In the past two years, he was often called "rotten fish, rotten fish" by movie fans in Europe.
"The Promise" has investment from overseas film producers to pursue overseas markets. At the same time, MLGB is popular among white leftists these days. Since Director Chen chose to play the role of Ghost Wolf, he wanted to include some elements of male-male love.
But as he studied the characters more and more deeply, he became more and more confused. Did Ghost Wolf treat Kunlun out of love for his compatriots, or did he really fall in love with Kunlun, or was the boundary between the two kinds of love blurred to begin with?
Seeing that this scene will be filmed tonight, he still hasn't figured it out. But if he wants to understand, there is a way to act. If he doesn't understand, he can also act. If he puts his own emotions into the characters, maybe he will die.
I haven't thought about this problem either.
In tonight's scene, although King Xie's performance was not good in the first two scenes, after Director Chen's patient training, King Xie finally improved and gradually got better.
Especially when Zhang Dongjian was photographed showing up to rescue He Xin from his hands, knocking him to the ground, grabbing his throat, and forcing him to let go of He Xin and hand over the flower armor, we saw this guy calmly
He put his finger to his mouth, raised his eyebrows, and said in his usual coquettish manner: "Do you still need to say it?"
It was a comedy effect that was very characteristic of a stage play. Even Director Chen couldn't help but stand up and applaud. This may be the first time he has received heartfelt applause from a director since filming. When he got up from the ground, he was obviously overjoyed.
The look of the eyebrows.
In fact, the way King Xie Bi smiles is quite pleasing to the eye. The originally cool and unruly look has disappeared without a trace, and instead he looks like a big boy next door.
Speaking of showing off, in He Xin's eyes, Mr. Chen, Mr. Xie's good friend, is definitely more fresh and refined than he pretends to be, and looks even more unruly.
Perhaps it was because of this that Zhang Baizhi later added some environmentally friendly colors to his head.
"Wow, it's so lively!"
Just as everyone was following Director Chen in applauding King Xie Bi, a voice with a male duck voice sounded.
Zhang Bai Zhi Clear Soup Noodles, with long hair shawl, a tight white T-shirt on the upper body, a pair of red cropped trousers on the lower body, and a pair of flip-flops on his feet walked in from the outside. At the same time, he smiled at them and said: "I'm here.
See if it’s okay?”
"Welcome, Cecilia!"
Of course, Director Chen welcomed her cheerfully, because this was the first time she appeared on the set without her own role.
Then, Director Chen announced: "Everyone will rest for ten minutes and prepare for the next scene."
As he spoke, he winked at He Xin and said, "Xiao He, the next step is up to you."
The next scene that Director Chen mentioned was probably He Xin's most important scene in the entire film. It was a scene between him, Zhang Dongjian, and Xie Biwang, but the scene in this scene was...
When it comes to him, both Xie Biwang and Zhang Dongjian are just helping him play the role.
"Wow, Brother Xin, I've never seen you act before. What a coincidence, it just allows me to see the style of the best actor!" Zhang Baizhi heard Director Chen's words and walked over with a smile.
Usually when we are on the set, this woman is more likely to be with Xie Bi Wang, after all, it is Feng Zhi Lian right now!
But at this moment, Xie Biwang was busy changing clothes. She was not familiar with Zhang Dongjian, so she had no choice but to come to him.
Although the two met and chatted quite speculatively for the first time, they had almost no scenes opposite each other and there were not many opportunities for contact. Today, it was rare to see her without any costume.
He Xin glanced at her. Although she was thin and small, she was quite big.
In fact, after this period of observation, He Xin clearly felt that the rumors about her from the outside world were not groundless, and there must be some big names. Just like when she walked over now, she smiled at the crew member who greeted her with a smile.
She treats her as if she is nothing. In addition, she often makes various requests to the crew, and the staff also criticizes her privately.
"White juice, sit down!"
He stood up and gave up the special seat with his name written in white paint on the back.
Although everyone on the set was accustomed to calling her by her English name Cecilia, one person He Xin found it awkward, while the other still felt that calling her Bai Zhi was more cordial.
However, although this woman likes to show off, her true nature is certain. For example, when she saw He Xin giving up her chair, she would not be hypocritical and polite at all, and she would just sit down without a care in the world.
At this time, Lu Xiao was very smart and quickly let his little horse out.
The chair has different heights, but when He Xin sat down, he was eye level with the woman in front of him, about the same height.