I'm the director, I'm not bad

Chapter 552 550. Sleepy
With mental preparation, at least Xu Xin didn't feel fluctuating about the attendance rate of the first "Hawthorn Tree".

Less than half.

This is the number of people from the beginning of admission to the opening of the movie.

It also includes the "last minute" link.

Not many people came in.

The entire auditorium itself has more seats than ordinary movie theaters, and the space is also larger.And at this moment, the people who have done less than half of it made the sense of emptiness of the space more and more prominent.

And among the less than half of the people, there are about [-] or [-] Asian faces.

There are reporters, and there are people from other crews.

And someone saw Xu Xin and the others.

But everyone didn't mean to say hello.

They sat in their seats and watched quietly.

After the movie started, everyone's attention was focused on the screen, but Xu Xin's eyes were a little empty, and he even yawned lazily.

I tossed 15 hours on the plane, although I also took a break in the middle.

But jet lag and the exhaustion brought about by the long-distance flight made him inevitably sleepy.

Not to mention he stuffed a margherita pizza in his belly.

What's more, he has seen the hawthorn tree many times.

So, after yawning, he suddenly didn't want to move.

Although the chairs in the auditorium are not the kind of particularly comfortable movie theater seats, it is better to make do with them.

So, at the beginning of the movie, he had already closed his eyes.

The melodious tune of the accordion version of "BELLA CIAO" lingers in my ears like weeping.

And when the melody of this song sounded, the ears of many local Italian audiences at the scene also perked up.

Especially the audience who watched the last "Love Triangle".

Everyone's exhausted spirit was suddenly lifted up in this famous tune, which was famous in the Yugoslav movie "The Bridge", but it is an Italian guerrilla folk song...

"This is……"

Among the audience, Sun Youcai also showed a look of astonishment.

It's not that he hasn't heard this song, but because... this song is really special.

The Italian song became the background song when it was screened at the Venice Film Festival in Italy.

Director Xu, is this... on purpose?
It is calculated that this movie is going to participate in the Venice Film Festival, so this method is used? ...Shouldn't it be?
He didn't know if he was thinking too much.

But after thinking about it, I was still in the dark, and wrote in my diary, "The opening song "Oh, Goodbye, Friend" → flattery is possible."

He knew that he might not be right to think so, but as a reporter, a piece of news really needs to be broken.

If the movie was good, he wouldn't have written it like that.

But for his own work, he does not rule out various possibilities.

It can only be said that he will try his best to calculate all possibilities rationally to evaluate this movie.

But at this moment...he heard Lin Dong next to him say:

"Liu Yifei's match with this Russian song is really amazing!"

"..."

The corner of Sun Youcai's mouth twitched...

But he didn't correct it either.

Watching movies is more important than correcting Lin Dong's misunderstanding.

So, in the melodious accordion version of "BELLA CIAO", a minibus slowly stopped at the dilapidated coach station.

Liu Yifei's figure also appeared in front of the bus station for the first time.

He looked dazed, shy and out of place.

For people of Sun Youcai's age, this kind of scene is all too familiar.

Because that's the way they grew up in the city.

And although he doesn't like Liu Yifei, he is still paying attention to her.

After all, she is the main character in this movie.

In all honesty, it might be because of the song "BELLA CIAO".

The familiar melody temporarily pulled Sun Youcai's spirit from Liu Yifei's prejudice, and brought back his childhood memories.

Looking at Liu Yifei in plain clothes at this moment, he didn't feel that there was any meaning of acting.

On the contrary, like many other viewers, the first reaction when seeing Liu Yifei was...

She has found the right way to play!

Sure enough, no one is more suitable for the two adjectives "pure and clean" than her.

Even if she is no longer a girl.

But for her to wear clothes of an inappropriate size and stand in the world of that era...it's just too appropriate.

It's like the pure white flowers that rarely existed in that pale age.

Even its white color is so monotonous... But it still can't conceal the fascinating beauty.

And some foreigners present obviously thought so too.

At least there were quite a few people when Liu Yifei appeared among the bus station crowd who were busy getting off the bus, and everyone locked her at a glance.

Even with aesthetic differences.

But some beauty knows no borders.

The team leader was talking with Captain Zhang played by Li Xuejian. This version of the Italian subtitles was not made by Zhang Mo, but the translator found by Xiying Film Studio is definitely not bad.

Local audiences don't feel much pressure to watch.

But Sun Youcai kept his eyes on Liu Yifei during the movie.

As a reporter, he certainly knew that Liu Yifei's lines were not good.

Not to mention the dubbing of the TV series. Although the original sound is used in "The King of Kung Fu", it was also dubbed in the later stage, and Sun Youcai's line skills are also very poor.

So, he kept waiting for Liu Yifei to speak.

It's a pity I didn't wait.

In the camera at the coach station, there are only the voices of the team leader teacher and Li Xuejian.

Jing Qiu, played by Liu Yifei, stood there out of place from the very beginning.

Then with Li Xuejian's solid voice:
"Since everyone is here, shall we go?"

When the film crew turned the camera, a scene of a group of people walking in a snake field appeared.

"Color continues Zhang Yimou's style."

After seeing the picture, Sun Youcai quickly wrote in his notebook again.

Because of the dark light, his handwriting is generally a bit large and crooked.

After two lines of writing, there is no room for a page.

He lowered his head and took a quick look, and he turned the page directly.

After thinking about it, I added another sentence:

"But also has its own style. Not strong."

With a pack of cigarettes in his pocket anyway, his report will do as much justice as possible for the movie.

In the picture, after the rapeseed field, the camera switches to a close-up view, and Li Xuejian takes the lead, with the most luggage on his body.But he performed the powerful demeanor of Kong Wu, the captain of the rural production team, quite vividly.

Then a row of students followed.

In Xu Xin's camera, these students have different expressions.

Boys generally have more luggage than girls, and even if girls carry a little, their foreheads and temples are covered with sweat.

Obviously, this road is not close.

In this way, in the fixed shot, after one, one, and another person walked out of the shot, the whole scene was empty for about a second.

As soon as Sun Youcai's wondering thoughts appeared, he saw Liu Yifei holding a basin in his left hand and a "triangular cloth bag" in his right hand, which young people basically don't know what it is. Into the camera.

She has more luggage than all the girls, but less than the boys.

In addition to the vacancy of that second just now, all of a sudden, the feeling of being out of place with the whole team came out on her body.

And when she walked past the camera, Sun Youcai lowered his head and wrote quickly almost at the exact moment:
"Trackers on the Volga!"

After writing, his interest finally came.

In this movie, Xu Xin hardly hides that old style...

Although the scene is still very short and the movie has just begun, it is enough to grab people's minds.

Liu Yifei, who has been treated unfairly, has continued Zhang Yimou's thick and colorful style but his own style of picture composition, as well as the technique of mobilizing the passive "interpretation" of the protagonist's psychology through the arrangement of the lens...

In less than 1 minute of the opening of this short movie, all of them are mixed into this movie.

Interesting...

It's normal for a director to want to express something in a movie.

But the difficulty lies in how to not be so high-spirited, this is the difficulty.

Sun Youcai has been a reporter for more than 20 years, and has seen many directors whose works may be so clearly expressed in the hidden meaning of shooting shots...

Xu Xin was the first.

You can't say that he is shallow... On the contrary, "Trackers on the Volga" is obviously a classic masterpiece, why can't others use it?Or use it to make people unable to understand, but others can?
This is the gap in strength... or talent.

In just 1 minute, with a few shots, the interpersonal relationship of the characters in the group and the classic painting are paid tribute to.

Express clearly and clearly.

But the visual effect is not bad at all.

"Tsk..."

Unconsciously, he also sat up straight.

And there are many people who have the same reaction as him.

The professional filmmakers who can come here are definitely not fools.

Experts will know if there is any.

Xu Xin used this 1-minute shot to let all of them understand one thing...

That is, regardless of the overall quality of the movie, although the producer of this movie is Zhang Yimou, the director...is Xu Xin!
Soon, the picture freezes in front of a crooked tree.

The people who had climbed the mountains stopped to rest.

When Xu Xin took this shot, it actually took a lot of time.

Because he wants a feeling of ink landscape painting.

The weather is too good to be clear and cloudless.

The weather was too dark, and it was impossible to see the clouds and mist-covered mountains in the distant view.

The crew waited for nearly ten days before finally finding the meaning of fog staining the mountains in the background like ink in the early sunshine after a rain.

In order to meet the shooting schedule, everyone was holding towels and paired with two huge electric fans, blowing it for nearly 10 minutes before blowing the green grass under the tree into a "sunny" appearance.

Therefore, the mountains at this moment, in the eyes of everyone, is the feeling of a standard splash-ink landscape painting.

It's like a fairyland.

And according to the romantic feelings of the people of the Celestial Dynasty, at this moment, no matter whether it is composing a poem, expressing love on mountains and rivers, or even cooking green plums and talking about heroes, it is in line with the environment and mentality at this moment.

After all, this picture is really beautiful... so fairy.

However, a brown filter was added to the whole picture, which made it look slightly yellowish.

All of a sudden, the natural harmony of the mountains and rivers in this picture is a bit inferior.

Some people frowned slightly...

Why add a filter at this time?
Wouldn't it be good to express this natural misty cloud deep, the feeling of the clear stream and clear smoke in the mountains?

It's really superfluous.

But the next second, they were stunned...

Because after freezing in this beautiful scene, Captain Zhang, played by Li Xuejian, pinched his waist, pointed to the hawthorn tree and said:
"This is our famous hero tree."

This sentence is actually not bad, but after hearing Captain Zhang’s words, the team leader stood in the middle of the camera, pointed at the hawthorn tree, opened his mouth, and a "smell" came out:
"I know this hero tree...Students, the reason why this hawthorn tree is called a hero tree is because in the era of the Anti-Japanese War in full swing, it witnessed countless heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives for our motherland and people. ! An epic scene!"

Along with his…… almost high-spirited and eager words, many people subconsciously began to look through their backpacks.

Begin to record the words of the leader.

Although Jingqiu was the last to climb the mountain, she was the fastest to take out the notebook.

At this time, Captain Zhang said:
"The devil is under this tree..."

Before he finished speaking, the team leader spoke again:
"Since the first anti-Japanese hero was shot and killed by the invaders under this hawthorn tree, countless anti-Japanese fighters have sacrificed here one after another under this tree. Their blood has watered this land... As you all know, the hawthorn tree was originally It has white flowers, right? But this one is different. Because it was watered by blood, it turned into red flowers in the end..."

The team leader is talking, and a group of people are taking notes.

That look... These people who grew up in the Celestial Dynasty are too familiar.

It's the same reason that when you went out for an outing when you were young, there was always a link to teach you lessons.

Especially the leader's tone, and the concentration of the people around him.

In this place, which was originally created by nature, Zhong Lingxiuyu, a "craftsmanship" that does not belong to this place, and the clichéd tone were all washed away.

And after dispelling the atmosphere, Sun Youcai discovered that Xu Xin didn't seem to stop there.

On the contrary, there was another blow like a patching knife.

Captain Zhang, who was interrupted before he finished speaking, opened his mouth... He nodded in a tone that was not surprising, but also tacit, and looked at the hawthorn tree, as if he had seen it for the first time, observing carefully Generally speaking:

"Yes, that's what you say..."

It's a bit of fun.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Sun Youcai understood the purpose of adding filters.

But...a bigger question popped up in my heart:
"What is Director Xu expressing with this shot?"

The confusion expressed by young people about the era they have not experienced?
Or……

He was puzzled.

But anyway, in just a few minutes of the opening of the film, everyone who knows Xu Xin has already understood... The reason why this film can be shortlisted for the main competition is that its "artistic content" is definitely not low.

And it is.

From staying in Captain Zhang's house to getting acquainted with the third child.

Throughout the first half of the movie, a sense of separation gradually began to appear in the hearts of domestic and foreign audiences.

For domestic people, the rhythm of this section is a little flat.

Or... they felt that Xu Xin was showing off his skills more.

Let everyone see "how I trained Liu Yifei".

Sometimes distant view, sometimes close view.

Sometimes close-ups, sometimes horizontal shots...

It highlights the style and appearance of the entire Qinglong Village and the original ecological beauty of the mountain village.

It has become the embellishment of "quiet autumn".

Let everyone see how suitable Liu Yifei is for this kind of play.

It can be said that her every frown, smile, and every move can be beautiful into the appearance of a painting.

She would play with the children in the flowers, wash clothes by the river, and write at the desk, as if she was the class flower in your class who worked hard on the questions in that summer...

Beautiful.

Many people are muttering in their hearts... You Shuangwei are really unscrupulous in order to push Liu Yifei to the top...

But what about foreigners?

But it's totally fresh.

In their cognition, Chinese movies are always equated with suffering, great hatred and deep hatred.

Indeed, even Muhammad said that although learning is far away in China, one should seek it.

The sacred place in Marco Polo's heart is, to the Italians, an ancient civilization that is still active on the stage of the earth under the guise of a country.

They have so much to write about...

But the question is... since you people from the Celestial Dynasty are living that kind of miserable life, how did you survive?
If you guys aren't living in dire straits every day, why not shoot something... less dark?
We have seen your critique of the marriage system in feudal times.

I have seen how magnificent a male Peking opera actor in your country is on the stage, but how miserable he is off the stage.

I have even seen that you guys can make films that are no less than ours, discussing the sexes...but can also make people blush...

But what is not surprising is that each of your works seems to express the pessimism of how miserable the world is and what a difficult time we live in.

But what is this now?
COUNTRY LIVING OF A BEAUTIFUL!

And the era is still the era when you kept secrets.

Although I don't know what the story of the movie's ending is... But this relaxed style really refreshed many foreigners.

It turns out that apart from kung fu movies, you can still make less uncomfortable movies?

And the emotional process of the third child and Jingqiu in the movie, from being ordinary at the beginning to gradually warming up, the feeling that although the age is different but very real, it makes many people unconsciously smiled.

After ten minutes of footage, everyone present began to enjoy the comfort brought by the movie.

But the comfort didn't last long.

Jingqiu is going back to the county because the school has to rehearse the show.

For the young men and women whose relationship is still in its infancy, their relationship has just begun...but it seems to be coming to an end.

According to common sense, the entanglement between the two would definitely not end so simply.

So everyone doesn't panic, but regards it as a dividing line to enter the second stage.

But before that, Xu Xin also prepared a "gift" for everyone.

"Then... before we go back to the city, let's go see a movie, shall we?"

"Movie?"

"Yes, the projectionist has come to the village tonight and is going to show a movie at the south end of the village... Then people from our mine will also come. Haven't you heard me play the accordion? Let me play for you?"

The blunt invitation did not result in a response from the shy girl.

But at night, she still came as promised.

Next, what Xu Xin showed was an excellent camera control ability.

In the screen of the movie, the acting skills of the people under each shot are extraordinarily sincere and natural.

Especially those young people who are always hit by the captain's pole...

After a young man with short hair was beaten three or four times in a daze, the theater burst out laughing seeing Guo Fan's innocent expression.

But this is just a warmup.

The climax of this gift is in the song sung by the people in the mine after the movie.

On the humble platform.

The third child was sitting on the bench, holding an accordion, looking at Jingqiu with shy but affectionate eyes.

But Jingqiu's response was to dodge her eyes.

And the fingers that kept pinching and tearing the corners of the clothes.

Ambiguous, began to spread.

then……

A familiar melody sounded.

The relaxed and lively accordion once again played the immortal song of the Italian guerrillas against the Communist Party.

"Goodbye friend, goodbye friend, goodbye friend..."

"BELLA CIAO, BELLACIAO, BELLA CIAO CIAO CIAO~"

At some point, the people on the screen were singing the Chinese version of the song.

But in the theater, the local audience in Venice sang the original Italian version.

The song is about one minute long.

It was cut to less than 54 seconds in the movie.

In the 54-second shot, Lin Xunxin's hand shape was completely matched by hard training. With the music dubbed by the teachers of the Xi'an People's Orchestra in the background music, and the girl's shy to happy smile, it perfectly blended in took a piece.

And when the 54-second dance shot ended with emotion in the bonfire, the audience who were still unsatisfied did not know who took the lead...

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

There was a burst of small-scale applause.

Next, there is Xu Xin's textbook-like, montage method of separating the third child and Jing Qiu.

After the full set of interpretation, the screen plunged into darkness.

A subtitle slowly appeared:
"The third child made an appointment with Jingqiu. When she comes back, he will go to the county to pick her up."

Does this mean that the first phase of the film is over?

call……

Sun Youcai let out a long sigh of relief.

Looking at the sentence recorded in the notebook, "Excellent camera mobilization, Liu Yifei, Lin Yuxin, and acting skills are just right-causing the audience to sing together."

tsk...

He checked his watch.

17 minutes.

From the beginning to the present, the movie is only 17 minutes.

The 17-minute movie clip mobilized the audience's emotions...

Even if it was motivated by this song...but it's really amazing.

Besides...

Looking back at the ten-minute movie, he suddenly showed a strange expression.

Because he recalled a very speechless detail.

I don't know when, looking at Liu Yifei... he didn't show up anymore?
She is Jingqiu.

Not Zhao Ling'er, not Xiao Longnv.

It's Jingqiu!

This……

Thinking of this, he turned his head and glanced in the direction of Xiying Studio.

Originally, I wanted to see Director Xu's expression at this time... Even though I couldn't see clearly, I still wanted to see it.

It's okay if you don't look...

When the subtitles of the movie disappeared, a fixed shot of a stage appeared, and the light on the screen was fed back to the audience... He suddenly saw a person with his head up, leaning on the seat as if he was sound asleep...

And look at that man's green stubble...

Isn't it Xu Xin! ?
Dude you slept through your movie "premiere"?
You... why are you so NEWBEE! ?

With a bit of absurdity, and the noise of the singing show on the screen, Sun Youcai thought about it, and wrote a line in his notebook:

"In the middle of the movie screening, everyone else was watching with gusto, and Xu Xin had already fallen asleep."

After writing this passage...he still seemed to be puzzled.

At the end, I added another sentence:
"And snoring."

　551 went directly to review, and I don't know why, let's see it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)