In China, actors with professional backgrounds prefer to appear in literary films, and the education they receive in art academies is what they learn and figure out every day is the classic literary films of all countries in the world.
The idea of the supremacy of literature and art has taken root in the depths of their hearts.
Chen Daoming and Wang Zhiwen are both from professional classes, one is a drama school and the other is a film school.
The two have a deep feeling for this script, not only the emotional entanglement of the characters in the play, but also the feelings that linger in the middle.
For them, the Spring in the Small Town is more like a reminiscence of a bygone time, when the era of traditional knowledge practitioners has disappeared into history, never to be returned.
The time of the story is set at the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the country is broken, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt.
However, the war destroys not only small towns, but also people's hearts.
In this small closed city, the old things are destroyed, but they are reluctant to throw them away, and they still want to repair them, and they have longing and hope for new things, but they can't make up their minds, and the future is uncertain, and they are panicked.
This is probably the thinking of some traditional knowledge people of that era.
In terms of character setting, Dai Liyan is an old-style literati, who never forgets his family and traditions, and lives in memories.
The servant Lao Huang is the maintainer and executor of traditional morality, guarding the duty of a servant and being conscientious.
Zhang Zhichen, a young doctor, has been to big cities, studied Western medicine, and longed for Western culture.
Zhou Yuwen is a woman who has been educated by the new culture, but at the same time, she is also bound by traditional thoughts, wandering and depressed, unable to find a way out.
The younger sister Dai Xiu was born in a traditional family but actively accepted Western ideas and was an optimistic and progressive young man.
Through a simple story, five people are connected, showing the life choices of the traditional knowledge of that era.
The dead and silent town represents traditional culture, and the outside world represents modern civilization, and the two collide together in this undisturbed story.
Each story stands from a different perspective and will have a different interpretation.
As for the Spring in a Small Town, some people think it is an elegy for traditional culture, some people think it is a love affair that is affectionate and polite, and some people think that this is an ordinary love triangle.
Literary films are often open and offer a variety of possibilities, and the audience can interpret them according to their own understanding.
Chen Daoming read the script several times, and after thinking about it carefully, he thought that this was a book that was on par with life.
Alive describes the life of the protagonist Fugui, with a huge time span and many historical events.
The Spring of a Small Town only captures a fragment of life, and the story that happened in a certain spring is extremely short.
If being alive is a serious historical drama, then Spring in a Small Town is an elegant essay.
It's hard to say which of the two is better, and there is no uniform measure of art.
From an actor's point of view, being alive is more like Ge You's one-man show, and there are three main characters in Spring in a small town, and the emotional interaction between these three characters is the most exciting part of the script.
Especially the heroine, if she plays it well, is likely to create a classic image.
The first thing that Chen Daoming thought of was Gong Li, whether it was fame or acting skills, Gong Li was the best candidate.
Gong Li has experienced emotional twists and turns, and has life experience in playing the role of young woman Zhou Yuwen, the only thing that is inappropriate is that Gong Li is a northerner, with the atmosphere of a northern woman, and lacks the gentleness of a southern woman.
But for actors, that's not a problem.
Just as the fifth-generation director has a preference for Gong Li, the male actors of the same era also hope to play with Gong Li, and a good opponent is more likely to stimulate the actor's performance emotions.
Chen Daoming called Lin Zixuan and recommended Gong Li to him.
"Gong Li, her salary is too high, I can't afford it."
Lin Zixuan explained, "Brother Ming, the cost of our play is low, the budget is only three million, I can't take one million to invite Gong Li, even if she is willing to reduce the salary, we can't afford 500,000." ” As an international movie star, Gong Li's salary for filming in Xiangjiang is about 1.5 million, and in the mainland, it is between 800,000 and 1 million, which is double Ge You's salary.
Therefore, she can only take on the kind of big productions with an investment of more than 20 million, and the general crew has no money to invite it, and she doesn't dare to invite it.
If Gong Li is willing to reduce her salary to 300,000, as a producer, Lin Zixuan can consider it, after all, the European filmmakers have recognized Gong Li, as long as Gong Li starred, the film will not be sold.
It's just that this is unlikely, the two don't have that friendship, and Lin Zixuan doesn't think he has so much influence.
"Who is Zhou Yuwen then," Chen Daoming asked.
"Xiao Yu, I gave her the script, and she agreed yesterday."
Lin Zixuan responded, "Xiao Yu is a southerner, it is easier to grasp this role, and I have confidence in her." ” "She's too young, her acting skills are okay, and she is not very easy to master emotionally."
Chen Daoming said worriedly, "Let's do this first, I will take the role of Dai Liyan, and sue me when I find all the actors." ” "Almost, five roles, Wang Zhiwen plays Zhang Zhichen, Xu Jinglei plays Dai Xiu, the servant Lao Huang has not yet been determined, Brother Zhang said two days ago that he was interested, and he hasn't replied to me yet."
Lin Zixuan introduced.
"I kind of understand, you're moving the characters from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to Spring in a small town."
Chen Daoming suddenly said, "It's a pity that Guo Li plays Lao Huang, there is not much room to play, that's okay, it's very interesting, take some time to talk about it." ” In the Spring of a Small Town, Dai Xiu and the servant Lao Huang belong to supporting roles, and there are not many scenes.
Dai Xiu is in school, she is an optimistic and cheerful girl, the opposite of her brother Dai Liyan's personality, full of longing for the outside world, and falls in love with Zhang Zhichen, a young doctor who has returned from the big city.
Dai Liyan originally wanted to marry his sister to Zhang Zhichen, and asked Zhou Yuwen to talk to Zhang Zhichen about it, but Zhou Yuwen refused.
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Later, Dai Liyan learned about Zhou Yuwen and Zhang Zhichen's past, so he gave up.
The character of Dai Xiu has a simple personality, and the only inner drama is the love for Zhang Zhichen, which is not difficult to grasp.
Lin Zixuan asked Xu Jinglei to play this role, mainly to let her learn that an actor can only grow up quickly if he plays with a group of high-level actors.
Besides, showing her face in this film will help her future acting career.
Zhang Guoli watched the spring of the small town, and originally wanted to play the role of Dai Liyan, but after knowing that Chen Daoming took the script, he had to choose the servant Lao Huang, but he was still thinking about it.
As Chen Daoming said, Lin Zixuan just wanted to use the actor of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to interpret the story of Spring in a small town. t1706231537: