Actually I just want to act

Chapter 884
Entering May, Yanjing's prostitutes are increasing.

Fang Jiming also understood that this month was an account, and he didn't want to do anything else.Not only colleges and universities are closed, but all schools have entered the stage of suspension.Depressed, Fang Jiming began to write another movie script.This is a very wise choice. Anyway, there is nothing to do now except stay at home.

The movie Fang Jiming chose was "The Judge".

The original version of "Death Judge" can be said to be the pinnacle of Zhou Xingchi's nonsensical comedy, and many people have underestimated this movie.It is precisely because of this movie that Johnnie To and Stephen Chow planted the seeds of a breakup.Johnnie To is a very strong director, for example, he is more than that.As for Stephen Chow, he often has unconstrained ideas, and his ideas are the best choice for movies.

It's just that Zhou Xingchi's ideas are directly above the director's. Johnnie To is not like Li Lichi or Chen Jiashang. He is a director with his own ideas.It's a pity that Johnnie To couldn't control Zhou Xingchi.Under the pressure of the management, this "Death Judge" can be said to be a model for Zhou Xingchi to play as he wants, and the film effect is not bad.

But hidden dangers have also been buried. When To Qifeng collaborated with Stephen Chow for "Jigong" for the second time, the two of them were almost like fire and water. As a result, the quality of "Jigong" was really anticlimactic, which was embarrassing, and the box office also surprised everyone. It didn't reach Stephen Chow's usual level.You know, "Death Judge" had a box office of 4988 million in Xiangjiang that year, while "Jigong" only had 2100 million.

It is not difficult to see that Stephen Chow has a more thorough understanding of comedy movies.

It's a pity that Johnnie To couldn't let go of the director's "dignity".

Fatty Wang Jing, who is also at odds with Stephen Chow, once commented that Stephen Chow's acting skills are the best among the actors he has worked with, better than Chow Yun-fat, and more than one grade higher.You know, Wang Jing is notoriously bad-tempered, the kind who leaves when she disagrees with her.But Wang Jing and Zhou Xingchi have the most cooperation.

Fang Jiming chose this "Death Judge" because he actually felt it.

Fang Jiming is very shameless for the behavior of some officials who whitewashed the peace and led to the rapid spread of codes and even endangered the entire country.If it weren't for China's good physique and self-correction function, then this time it is really hopeless.Guan Li's incompetence was once again manifested.

Fang Jiming wanted to satirize this phenomenon, so naturally he couldn't be so straightforward, he just wanted to "satire the present through the past".

"Death Judge" is such an excellent subject.The protagonist Song Shijie in it has a prototype in history, which is taken from the protagonist Song Shijie in the traditional Peking Opera drama "Four Scholars".And "Song Shijie" is just a homophony of "Song Shijie", which praises a litigator with a conscience who has the people to make decisions and redress injustice.

A litigator is an ancient lawyer.But some litigators specialize in exonerating the wicked, so they are also called "litigators".

In fact, Mao Peng and Yang Suzhen were the protagonists of the traditional Peking Opera drama "Four Scholars" at the beginning, and Song Shijie was just a small supporting role.After continuous evolution, Song Shijie became the protagonist in the play.In addition, there was Song Shijie, a celebrity in the late Qing Dynasty, who was a martyr who joined the League, so combined, it became a widely circulated image of "Song Shijie".

As for "Death Judge", the original version was also shot based on the image of Song Shijie that has been circulated among the people in Guangdong in recent decades, so the background is set in the Qing Dynasty. Song Shijie in the play was originally a shameless lawyer who was mercenary and helped the evildoers in the Qing Dynasty. Specializes in litigation for the wicked, twists and turns, and is good at making arguments, known as "even death can be turned back to life".Later, when he realized his conscience, he turned to plead for the people, but was immediately persecuted by the government.

For the same reason, "Fang Tangjing" in Zhou Xingchi's "Nine Grades of Sesame Officials: White Bread and Blue Sky" is also a real person in history. "Master Twist", with an iron mouth that can turn black and white, reverse right and wrong, so it is nicknamed "Absurd Mirror".As a villain, he naturally has an opponent. Legend has it that there were four major litigators in Guangdong Province in the late Qing Dynasty, and the leader Chen Mengji was Fang Tangjing's opponent.

Of course, that's a story for another movie.

Speaking of Song Shijie, this is a hybrid character, so it is natural to use the original version as a reference.

Therefore, Fang Jiming wrote the script very quickly.

In fact, the script is very simple. It is nothing more than Song Shijie defending the villain at the beginning and earning unconscionable money, which made it difficult to raise more than ten sons.His wife forced Song Shijie to seal his pen and stop being a litigator and no longer go to the yamen to handle cases so that the Song family would not be left behind.But later Song Shijie met a widow who had been wronged through the ages, so he was forced to come back out of the rivers and lakes again, and used his abilities to make her wronged.

Good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil, which is the theme of this movie.

Is it simple?

Very simple.

But it is definitely not easy to shoot well.

Stephen Chow won his first Best Actor Award for Best Actor at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival with "The Judge of Death". tears.

Yes, this scene is also the most difficult to act.

It is difficult to reflect the inner struggle and helplessness of a person with a conscience after doing something bad, which is difficult to reflect in acting.

I have to say that Zhou Xingchi is a genius, and Fang Jiming thinks that he can reproduce [-]% of it, which is shocking enough.

Now many comments say that Fang Jiming is a comedy genius.Fang Jiming wanted to say that the genius was not him, but Zhou Xingchi, whom they had never seen before.

Only one who truly loves movies, has aura of acting skills, and extraordinary hard work can reach this realm.It's a pity that Fang knows it, but he only knows the shape and doesn't understand it.In other words, just act accordingly, and others will think you are a genius.

Zhou Xingchi's peak acting skills should be the scene of eating dog food in "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier". There are tears in his eyes while eating, and the endless sadness and regret are really beyond words.

It's a pity that the outside world has always misunderstood Stephen Chow, and it was not until "Shaolin Soccer" was released that Stephen Chow was awarded the Golden Image Award for Best Actor.

However, at that time, Hong Kong films had not lagged behind, mainland films had already risen, and Hong Kong films only had their last glorious moment.

Fang Jiming himself is not very sure whether he can perform this effect.

This is a kind of understanding of the inconsistency of the world and human nature, which non-geniuses cannot fathom.Fang Jiming is not a genius, he is just lucky.

"The more I make movies, the less I know how to make movies."

Fang Jiming said helplessly to himself, this is also human nature, as if the more you study, the more you feel ignorant.Only when you really think about your acting skills can you come up with such an idea.

(End of this chapter)