New Age Artists

Chapter 479 What is the standard? Ip Man is also excellent (33)

The plot fell apart in the second half of the movie.

Refusing to act for the characters in the book, Shen Santong frowned: "You're trying to find non-existent humanity in the book again!"

Tang Yan advised him: "Don't be angry."

Shen Santong sighed: "I will definitely be angry!"

"You see, in the movie, this Japanese officer, Major Tanaka Ryuichi, said, 'If you want to conquer China, you must first conquer Chinese culture; if you want to conquer Chinese culture, you must first conquer Mei Lanfang.'"

"This was during the Japanese occupation. It was an invasion!"

"The person who designed this character is very knowledgeable about art. He watched Mei Lanfang perform in Japan when he was 15 years old. Besides 'conquering' Mei, he also has the utmost respect for him."

"Why add respect? Even if they are worried that killing Mei Lanfang will trigger public opinion and affect international perception, it is better than setting up the officer in the book to subjectively understand art and have good intentions!"

Tang Yan saw him getting angry and patted his arm.

Shen Santong calmed down.

Chen Kai’s aesthetic taste is fine, but the problem is that he does not understand the meaning of sacrifice and glory.

In order to praise my son, I made a white porridge meteor.

"The Volunteer Army" was made into "My Director Father", also known as "My Son Arthur".

Chen Kai directed two films about the Volunteer Army, the first one about the Battle of Songgufeng and the second one about Who is the Most Lovely Person in the Newspaper.

This shows that he probably knew what kind of unit the 38th Regiment of the 335th Army was.

But in order to promote his son, sacrifice, honor, family and country all became creative elements and could be changed in any way he wanted.

志愿军第38军112师335团下的3连，在松骨峰之战打退米军5次冲锋，毙伤其500余人，全连300多人牺牲，只剩7人。

Everyone who survived was seriously injured.

The company was awarded a banner with the words "Capable of Both Offense and Defense" by the Volunteer Army leadership, and was awarded collective special merit. The 38th Army awarded the company the title of "Heroic Unit."

In order for his son Arthur to appear in the second film, Chen Kaige fictionalized a soldier named Yang Huaiyu.

This warrior must be his son's subordinate, but he cannot have traveled through time and space from other troops.

Therefore, Chen Kaige planned to make Yang Huaiyu cowardly when he was bombing the tank in the Battle of Songgufeng, and secretly escape from the battlefield.

The reason given is that the volunteers are human beings with flesh and blood and will be afraid.

It sounds high-sounding, but there is no fear in history!
Fictional fear!
Throwing dirty water on the brave and fearless 3rd Company in history.

A non-existent deserter plot was created for the more than 3 martyrs who died in the 300rd Company.

Driven by personal desires, they have no sense of awe or even conscience.

The movie plot advances.

After Tanaka Ryuichi failed to persuade Mei Lanfang to perform, his boss directly detained Mei and humiliated him in an interrogative manner, saying things like "You're just a woman on stage" and so on.

Mei calmly countered: "I am a man off the stage."

Then there are the plots about Qiu Rubai releasing the news of Mei's comeback and Mei holding a press conference.

What is even more dramatic is that Tanaka Ryuichi struggled painfully between the country and art, emotion and orders, and was unwilling to continue forcing Mei Lanfang, and eventually committed suicide by shooting himself.

Shen Santong was disgusted by what he saw: "It's just like in Lu Chuantaro's Nanjing, where he tried to find human nature in the book and fabricated non-existent regrets. It's fucked up!"

Shen Santong laughed.

really interesting.

It is said to be flesh and blood, making the soldiers fearless and daring to commit suicide. It also fabricates the non-existent regret.

They also said that they were flesh and blood, and let the volunteers beat them to death and escape. They fabricated fear that did not exist.

For the same "death".

The book is about a glorious death with humanity, but where is the cutest person?
Can't think too much about it.

Similarly, when it comes to dealing with "death", it seems that there is no standard, but in fact there is a standard.

Under normal circumstances, when Tang Yan heard him mention "Nanjing", she would want to bring up the topic of "Nanjing" and talk about Gao Yuanyuan.

Seeing that he was angry, it was hard to say: "It's just a movie." Shen Santong shook his head and said: "It's mainly inconsistent with history. History is much more serious than this."

"Mei Lanfang didn't suffer too much, it was the nature of the incident that was serious."

"During the Japanese occupation, Mei Lanfang first fled from Shanghai to Hong Kong Island to escape the Japanese occupation. After returning to Shanghai, he grew a beard, refused to perform, and sold paintings to make a living."

"The incident of being detained by the Japanese has never happened."

"Mei went to Japan to perform twice before the war, and actually had a very good relationship with the people of this country."

"In 23, when the Great Kanto Earthquake occurred in Beijing, Mei Lanfang held a charity concert in Beijing and donated 1 yuan to Beijing."

"Basically no Japanese military officer dared to detain Mei Lanfang."

"It's not that Mei Lanfang has any moral flaws, but the script is very beastly."

"The Great Kanto Earthquake was not the only cause of donations from Mei Lanfang."

"31 years later, eight years later, what happened was 918 and the subsequent invasion."

"This is a very serious matter and is worthy of our attention. It's just that it wasn't shown in the movie, and the script was embellished in this way."

Tang Yan said: "Maybe he is Mei's descendant, and he is too close to Benzi to be filmed."

Shen Santong nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Chen Guofu is also one of the screenwriters of this play. It is also possible that he, a native of Wandao, may have played an influential role."

"However, Chen Kaige is definitely responsible."

The film ends with the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and Mei Lanfang's comeback performance.

On October 1945, 10, the curtain of Shanghai's Majestic Theatre opened amid thunderous applause, and the movie "Mei Lanfang" came to an end.

After watching the movie, Tang Yan laughed.

Pulling Shen Santong to wash up, Tang Yan was still thinking about the movie: "The second half of the plot is a bit far-fetched."

Shen Sandong said: "The whole movie only shows a few plots."

"One is Mei Lanfang's change of play under the influence of Qiu Rubai or the times, and the other is the battle between Mei Lanfang and Shisan Yan."

"Then it tells the story of the relationship between Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong, and how he traveled to the United States with Peking Opera and refused to perform for the original performers."

"Overall, the plot is thin, with the three chapters of 'Parting in Life', 'Parting in Death' and 'Parting in Reunion' being independent and incoherent."

"The image of Mei Lanfang is also very stiff. Although it revolves around Mei Lanfang's life, it always emphasizes the influence of various environments on Mei, which greatly reduces Mei Lanfang's personal charm."

"To put it bluntly, there is no personal charm, no subjective initiative, and it has lost the essence of a biographical film."

"There is only one stage shot of Mei Lanfang's comeback performance at the end of the movie, and the grand scene at that time was not shown. It would have been better to show the grand scene."

Shen Santong just washed himself and went to bed.

Tang Yan still needs to take care of herself.

"Doesn't that mean that Mei Lanfang can't beat Ip Man?"

Shen Santong shook his head and told the story of the prototype of Ip Man.

"Compared with the Ip Man movie, both the prototype and the movie of Mei Lanfang are as good as they come."

Tang Yan only watched the movie promotion and thought Ip Man was a national hero. She was shocked and worried, "If you reveal his past, people will hate you to death."

Shen Santong didn't care: "Choosing this kind of person is problematic in itself."

"Sun Honglei is right. Our industry is rotten enough. There are a lot of people who are self-deprecating and have no dignity or sense of morality."

"Looking around, snobs are considered good people. There shouldn't be more people of all kinds."

Tang Yan was amused. She hit him and put on a facial mask. She smiled and wrinkled her face: "Aren't you also in the industry?"

Shen Sandong said: "Yes, this is the painful point. "Mei Lanfang" is an excellent student, better than "Ip Man". "Ip Man" is qualified and better than art films."

"At least for the money, I'm willing to shoot something with some national spirit."

“I don’t know the original story of Ip Man, but it seems better than this art film that just complains without reason.”

(End of this chapter)