There are people who have acted in hundreds of movies in their lifetime, but no one knows who he is.
Some people have only acted in one movie in their lives, and they have been remembered by the audience for many years, and they are still mentioned until now.
A fan friend has left messages many times, telling his love for the old movie "Dead Wood in Spring".
also told the memory of Mr. Xu Zhihua, the actor of "Brother Dong" in the play, which is still fresh.
Xu Zhihua is a "filmmaker" who has only one role in his life.
Before "Brother Dong", he was a college student with a key major in a prestigious university.
After "Brother Dong", he is an unknown scientific researcher who embellishes the depths of the mountains of the motherland with his youth.
Tell me the story before and after "Dead Wood in Spring", and also tell the story related to Xu Zhihua.
Let fans learn more about their favorite actors, and let more friends focus on the stars of the times with us.
It's a difficult problem to find the actor in your heart
Speaking of which, the theme of "Dead Wood in Spring" is somewhat similar to our current social background.
It was a sudden illness that disturbed the peace of one side; It is also a strong life that fights against a harsh disease.
When the China Film Archive Art Cinema resumed business on July 24, 2020.
In the museum, the "treasure of the town" "Labor Love" and "Dead Wood in Spring" will be used as the first feature film after the re-screening.
Not only did the more than 100 spectators who came that day feel the charm of the classics.
The encouragement and spiritual encouragement are self-evident.
The older generation may still be impressed by the film.
Wang Lian. "Dead Wood in Spring" was originally a drama script written by Wang Lian of the Shanghai People's Art Theater.
In the 50s, I met the crowd on stage.
Later, director Zheng Junli took a fancy to him, and he found Wang Lian and earnestly asked him to change it into a movie script.
The complete eradication of schistosomiasis in rural Jiangnan is a miracle, and it is a real story that people all over the world are shocked。I want to memorize it in the form of a film to reflect the strength of the Chinese and the greatness of life. ”
Stills from the play. Zheng Junli was a smash hit actor in the 30s.
Stanislavsky's The Actor's Self-Cultivation was translated by him for the first two chapters.
Later, the translated version spread, and this book on the theory of the performance system became a "must-read" for actors entering the industry.
Later, he also translated and published books such as "Six Lectures on Acting".
Acting and directing are excellent, and Zheng Junli, who is a director, is even better.
A River Flows Eastward", "The Crow and the Sparrow", "Between Our Husband and Wife", "Glorious Creation", "Song Jingshi", "Nie Er" and ......
These movies have been canonized to this day, and even if some have no lines, they are deeply remembered by the times.
Zheng Junli. The filming task of "Dead Wood in Spring" was formulated, and Zheng Junli, who was strict in casting, began to select actors.
Shangguan Yunzhu and assistant director Qian Qianli were set to serve as the husband and wife "Mother Fang" and "Father Fang" in the play.
found Zhong Xinghuo to play "Uncle Li", Liu Hongsheng and Jiang Tianliu incarnated as "Luo Shunde" and "Li Genxiang".
Second Aunt Zhao" and "Qin Wenpei" were given to Zhi Shiming and Wu Yunfang, and the other supporting roles were all in place.
But the young "bitter girl" and "Brother Fang Dong" are not found.
Zhong Xinghuo. found a lot of young actors to audition, according to Zhong Xinghuo.
Zheng Junli feels that the traces of the actor's "acting" are too heavy, and there is always some "pretense" in the expression of his true feelings for suffering.
In this way, instead of finding professional actors to change their acting habits in the later stage.
It is better to find a "blank paper" who has not been in contact with the film industry for on-site teaching.
It just so happened that Qian Qianli brought the news that a Shanghai college was going to cooperate in organizing a theatrical performance.
Bringing a few leading actors to sit in the audience together, Zheng Junli asked them to take a good look and write down the students who felt that they had a sense of character.
Just from the beginning to the end, most of the answers given by each person are people - You Jia and Xu Zhihua.
Yuga. The girl You Jia is one of the performers of the Shanghai Normal University team.
In the poetry drama "Before Graduation", she is full of emotion, although she is still young in singing and acting, the little girl's posture between movements and stillness is very in line with the image of a "bitter girl".
Xu Zhihua, a student of the Department of Science and Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was not very outstanding in the skit performance that day.
But the boy from Jiangnan has an elegant and decent temperament.
may be because of the major he studied, he still has a calm taste in his generosity.
fell in love with these two actors at a glance, and then Xie Qianli went to contact them.
You Jia is very interested in acting in movies, but Xu Zhihua wants to bury his head in learning.
Seeing that the young actor insisted on himself, director Zheng Junli "drew salary from the bottom of the kettle" and directly found the leadership of Shanghai Jiaotong University.
I signed a letter of guarantee for this little actor to the school, saying that he would definitely bring people back with all his beards and tails, also won for him to get it after returning to school, and the teacher made up for it. ”
The actor with a blank sheet of paper draws thick ink
The actors are in place and the filming will begin.
A large number of people carried their bags on their backs and set off with the staff pulling equipment and equipment.
The following pressure is put on director Zheng Junli and the old actors.
We hadn't dealt with young comrades with zero experience before, they were young and enthusiastic, and they were easily driven by the storyline and showed the state we wanted. However, in performance, it is difficult to make a natural transition of this state with the best image and posture
Fortunately, the main event is pressed on the body, and You Jia and Xu Zhihua are also very self-regulating pressure.
In the face of senior actors, he is not afraid of them, and he is very willing to learn from them and listen to their suggestions and guidance.
Sometimes several people played with him on the side, and when he felt the position, the film was immediately put on and filming.
But the acting is uncontrollable, and if a film goes wrong in the middle of shooting, a roll will be considered a waste.
In this way, it becomes a very big problem to build funds.
College students, very polite. I felt guilty when I didn't do a good job, and I said I'm sorry. What can be said? We need to be tolerant of these growing people, after all, they also want to do well
It's just that the cost issue cannot be ignored. At this time, the courage of director Zheng Junli was revealed.
Nowadays, when filming, a scene is divided into many shots, and there is a problem that only one of them is reshot, and the work efficiency has improved a lot.
And in 1960, Zheng Junli was the first director to do so.
After discussing with the camera and post-production staff for a long time, I felt that this method was feasible.
He divided the shots of You Jia and Xu Zhihua into small shots within one minute, or even 30 seconds.
There are mature actors watching each scene, helping to guide and explain it.
From his hometown to the bloodsucking plague, the second elder of the Fang family dragged his son "Brother Dong" and his child daughter-in-law "Bitter Sister" and fled to Shuangta Township, Zhejiang.
The new place of residence was also covered with schistosomiasis, the head of the family died tragically, and the others were scattered.
"Bitter girl" uses the word "bitter" throughout the first half of her life.
The difficulty of surviving under the ** fall, missing relatives I don't know how many people's hearts have been touched.
And in order to live, she married herself. It's hard to catch up with the good time, and you can create new life with labor.
The shadow of schistosomiasis has never been shaken off, her husband has died, she is also infected, and her life seems to be vulnerable.
When the "bitter girl" who is sick and the "Brother Dong" who has just been transferred here to drive a tractor meet again.
You Jia's tears of joy are real and true feelings, and Xu Zhihua's joy is also from the heart.
The two used their eyes to look at each other and the smiles on their faces to bring out the atmosphere of reunion after ten years of absence.
Shangguan Yunzhu, who was standing not far away, couldn't hold back her tears and muttered, "It's not easy, it's so good!" ”
But after this scene is filmed, it will move on to the next scene.
Shangguan Yunzhu, who was still moved just now, was possessed by "Mother Fang", and first hugged the "bitter girl" with tears and pain.
The relief of a family reunion and the joy of a knot were soon shattered by the illness that accompanied them.
On one side is a "bitter girl" who begs a doctor to treat her illness.
On the one hand, he is healthy, and he still loves "Brother Dong", the son of the "bitter girl".
The tearful "Mother Fang" persuaded her son to leave for the sake of her son's health.
But even if his sweetheart later performed a scene of refusal at the request of his mother, the affectionate and righteous "Brother Dong" was still unwilling to leave.
Don't look at Xu Zhihua's polite and gentle writing outside the play, and he also looks like he plays "stubborn".
Fortunately, with the joint efforts of all parties in the country, the disease was eliminated by treating both the symptoms and the root causes.
People in the Jiangnan area use their lives to compose war songs, and the lovers of "Bitter Girl" and "Brother Dong" eventually become married, and their lives are happy from then on.
The whole film took a little longer to shoot, and the main cast was very impressed after filming.
Later, You Jia said: "I finished the character's life by acting in movies."Record the imprint of the times, transmit energy and hope to the audience。This is the most valuable thing that this film has taught me, and I want to continue and be an authentic transmitter. ”
Create a classic and remember the classic collision
In 1961, after post-production, the movie "Dead Wood in Spring" was officially released.
Industry insiders commented that this movie is Zheng Junli's most mature work in art.
Because of the service, the actors, and the ** in the whole play, it is a perfect interpretation of traditional Chinese literature, painting, and music.
The oppressive black clouds echo the fact that the refugees are forced to advance in columns in blocks, and a sense of oppression comes to the face.
The escape under the capture of the strong man and the crawling and dodging of the people are more sad under the backdrop of **.
And the good times are coming, the water is moving, the flowers are blooming, and the fields are in rowsEven in black and white, people can feel that the dead wood is really spring
No matter what people in the industry say, just look at how many viewers cried with the "bitter girl" after it was released in 1961.
How many viewers laughed with the reunited family to know that this movie was successful and loved.
And at the end of the play, people are separated.
The actors who were transferred from all over the country returned to all places, acting in the drama that should be acting, and acting in the drama that should be acting.
The two newcomers and young comrades became famous, and some film studios and theater troupes came to the door to prepare for recruiting talents.
After Yujia returned to school to report, she worked part-time and cooperated with Tianma Studios.
Although Xu Zhihua also has a lot of interest in acting, he is more interested in his studies and hopes to use what he has learned to serve the country.
returned to Shanghai Jiaotong University and became a celebrity, refusing to ignore the onlookers and conversations of the people around him.
After canceling the leave, he found the teacher to bury his head in the class.
The news about Xu Zhihua's later days only stayed at his departure from Shanghai, giving up the prosperity behind him and the once walkable path of an actor.
Like countless patriots, embrace the barren places of the motherland with passion.
In the former state-owned Jinjiang Machinery Factory (5057 Factory) in Xiaba Town, Jiangjin County, Chongqing City.
In that still remote, sparsely populated mountain forest, he became a steelmaking engineer in a secret unit.
With his youth, he swayed his own songs, and worked silently without a name in the "peach ditch" among the local population.
After careful calculation, Xu Zhihua should be 80 years old now.
A "Dead Wood in Spring", after more than 60 years, is still singing slowly on the screen.
A story that still reverberates in the memories of the audience to this day.
A flower and a leaf in the movie have feelings; A beam of light and a cloud have the deep meaning of the creator.
People are not in front of them, but no matter how time passes, the friendship that has always remained the same is more and more precious.
People who can perform movies that make people can't stop remembering, and people who can recall the movies of the past over and over again, are all lovely people......