Gong Li can be said to be a well-known screen goddess, and the various roles she has played are very deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but there is a movie that is the largest performance Gong Li has participated in since she entered the industry, and she also made great sacrifices in the film.
And because the scale of this movie is too large, it was directly deleted 40 minutes before its release, but it still became the box office champion of the year, but few people have seen it now.
Gong Li has always given people a sense of tenacity and pride, which is also related to her family education, even though she is the youngest child in the family, no one has ever spoiled her.
So she has had a dream since she was a child, and she also relied on her own efforts to enter Jinan People's Radio Station at a young age and participated in the school's art team.
Although her parents never spoiled her, they all showed great support to her when they saw that she had such a talent, and with the support of her parents, Gong Li was more confident and dared to pursue her dreams.
Although she failed the college entrance examination several times, Gong Li did not give up, and her family still supported her, but the reality is that she has to go out to earn money to support her life.
So she found a job in a publishing house, and it was this job that allowed Gong Li to meet a noble Yin Dawei, who saw that Gong Li was very talented, so he simply accepted him as an apprentice and taught her carefully.
So, when she took the art exam in 85, Gong Li left a very deep impression on the teachers.
When the teachers saw Gong Li, they all thought that she was talented, and she was full of artistic atmosphere, and even felt that she had a bit of a face-to-face with Yamaguchi Baihui, and her appearance was very exquisite.
It's a pity that after the results of the cultural class came out, she was still 11 points short of the admission score line, and she could not be admitted according to the regulations, but Yin Dawei didn't want a seedling like Gong Li to be buried, so he wanted to help her.
After Yin Dawei found a lot of people and dredged up various relationships, Gong Li was finally admitted to the school and successfully entered the ** Drama Academy.
She has just entered the school, she is young and simple, giving people a very gentle feeling, and her facial features are very atmospheric, which is an eye-catching existence in the whole school.
It is precisely because of her outstanding appearance that she was soon taken by the director, and this director is Zhang Yimou.
At that time, Zhang Yimou was not famous, he was just a rookie director, he was casting for his new play, and after coming to the Chinese opera, he was directly attracted by Gong Li, whose eyes were full of living creatures, and he thought that this was the "Jiu'er" he was looking for.
Gong Li not only has clear and tough facial lines, but also has a full mouth, giving people the feeling of a stubborn and unyielding image, which is the characteristic of "Jiu'er".
So even if the original author disagrees, even if Gong Li is still a newcomer, Zhang Yimou still decided to choose her, and Zhang Yimou's vision of choosing a girl really can't go wrong.
Red Sorghum was very successful after its release, and won various awards at home and abroad, and Gong Li became famous and became a hot actress.
"Red Sorghum" not only achieved Gong Li, but also Zhang Yimou, and since then the relationship between the two of them has undergone subtle changes.
After that, Gong Li participated in the movies directed by Zhang Yimou one after another, the supporting roles in "A Generation of Demon Queens", the women in "Ju Dou", and the young aunt and wife in "The Red Lantern Hangs High".
More and more works have made Gong Li famous, and she has won various awards for Best Actress.
After that, she also cooperated with Chen Kaige, participated in "Farewell My Concubine", and also cooperated with Stephen Chow to participate in "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance".
After that, she received a very large-scale movie "Painting the Soul", directed by Huang Shuqin.
When Huang Shuqin found Gong Li with the script, she told her that there were large-scale scenes in this movie, so she was prepared.
But after reading the script, Gong Li said that she didn't care, but wanted to interpret this role perfectly, she was shocked that the heroine in this drama, although she was in the ** whirlpool, but she could make a great achievement.
So Gong Li was completely impressed by this script, she didn't care how much sacrifice she had to make, she also thought that it was worth it for the sake of art.
In the movie, the female advocate Yuliang played by Gong Li is a woman in a green house, but through various efforts and opportunities, she finally became a famous painter, and Yuliang is also a real painter in history.
Zhang Yuliang has been very unfortunate since he was a child, he lost his father at the age of 1, his mother at the age of 8, and his sister died when she was two years old, and finally she could only live with her uncle, but unfortunately her uncle was a gambler and sold her to the top brand in the Red Mansion when she was 14 years old.
Zhang Yuliang's main task is to be responsible for serving the daily life of the top brand Chitose Hong, and Chitose Hong has also become Zhang Yuliang's mentor, teaching her a lot of skills, and telling her that she must find a man to help her redeem herself.
But her life mentor soon died on the street, because she offended the famous local Master Lu, she was directly thrown away like a pig, seeing such a scene, Zhang Yuliang was directly scared stupid.
It was only after this incident that Zhang Yuliang realized where she came, and she finally understood the meaning of Chitose Hong's words: "If you recognize a man, entangle him, let him redeem himself, and leave here." ”
So, soon Zhang Yuliang met that man, Pan Zanhua, who had just become the governor of customs, and fell in love at first sight when he saw Zhang Yuliang.
And Zhang Yuliang also seemed to see a life-saving straw, and after being sent to his house, she cried and begged Pan Zanhua to stay with her, and she was willing to do anything for him.
Fortunately, Pan Zanhua is an upright person, he thinks that everyone is equal, and he likes Zhang Yuliang, he hopes to have a true relationship with her, so he chose to keep Zhang Yuliang and teach her to read and write.
And Zhang Yuliang is also very obedient, in addition to studying at home, he will also help his subordinates work, Pan Zanhua's love for her is even more jumpy, even if everyone accuses him of hiding prostitutes at home, he doesn't care.
Pan Zanhua directly announced to the world that he was going to marry Zhang Yuliang as a concubine, and resigned and took Zhang Yuliang to Shanghai with him, and changed his name to Pan Yuliang.
After coming to Shanghai, Pan Zanhua still advocated letting Yuliang study, and under the daily edification, Yuliang also learned a lot of knowledge and became more dignified and decent.
Pan Zanhua also introduced his painter friend Hong Ye, who studied in Japan, to Yuliang, and she began to learn painting with him.
Later, through his own efforts, he was admitted to the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, and at that time, one of the courses taught in the school was human body sketching, but this art was not accepted at that time.
Many people could not understand and could not accept this explicit thing, and even thought that it was immoral, and then they broke the statue of Venus and tore up the students' paintings.
They sarcastically and insulted again and again, these are all obscene things, why not draw something else!
In the face of these opposition, Yuliang fell in love with the course, because she deeply remembered that the teacher had told her: "The human body is the most beautiful and spiritual thing." ”
Yuliang felt that she was deeply attracted by such beauty, so she found a way to find a model herself, such as a bathhouse.
But there she was still found, beaten and even pushed into the bathhouse.
Since she couldn't paint others, Yuliang decided to paint herself, so she went home and painted herself in the mirror.
But even so, she was spurned by everyone, who treated her as if she had lost her virginity, and kept insulting her.
Determined to learn, she was eventually sent to France by Pan Zanhua, where she was no longer looked at in a strange light, and finally devoted herself to her studies and won an international award through "The Bath Girl".
After returning to China, she became the director of the Western Painting Department of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, but she was still pointed at by everyone, and even when she wanted to hold an art exhibition, some people scolded her in the newspapers, and some even destroyed her art exhibition.
In the face of everyone's madness, her husband Pan Zanhua, who loves her deeply, has always chosen to support her, and even stood up to denounce those who come to cause sabotage.
However, it was useless, in the social environment at that time, this kind of art was completely unrecognized and accepted, so Pan Yuliang still decided to return to France, continue to pursue her dream, and keep her husband away from infamy.
In the movie, Pan Yuliang dedicated himself to the art he was pursuing, and Gong Li also dedicated himself to this movie, in the film, Gong Li had a lot of large-scale shots, so it was deleted 40 minutes before the release, from the original 130 minutes to 90 minutes.
At the end of the movie, Pan Yuliang returned home from abroad again, and was finally understood by the domestic public, and she and Pan Zanhua could enjoy their old age in peace.
"Painting the Soul" was very successful and was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival, and the success of Pan Yuliang in the movie also represents Gong Li's success, after which Gong Li continued to cooperate with Zhang Yimou and won numerous awards.
Regardless of whether the image of the characters is ** or gentle, flamboyant or introverted, Gong Li can perfectly interpret them.
Gong Li is not only successful at home, but also has a high reputation abroad, such as "Memoirs of a Geisha", "Miami Vice" and so on, so that she successfully stood on the international stage.
Therefore, whether it is Pan Yuliang, a painter who escaped from the world, or Gong Li, an actor who boldly dedicates himself to art, they are all people who have made great sacrifices for their dreams and art, and their spirit is worthy of our respect.