saw the tidbits released by Zhang Yimou's "Article 20" on February 6, and only then did I know that Fan Wei is the real "boss" in this play!
Teacher Fan Wei jokingly said in the interview: Although he knew from the beginning that many people from the crew of "The Long Season" would come to "Article 20", he didn't expect that when the crew was in a meeting, six would come at once.
He was also excited, he met Chen Minghao at the door and the two of them hugged each other happily, this is outside the universe of "The Long Season", and returned the brotherhood of Wang Xiang and Ma Desheng?
I, a fan of "The Long Season", was also very impressed when I watched it! In addition to Fan Wei, there are also Chen Minghao, Jiang Qiming, Liu Yitie, Yang Yiwei, Shi Pengyuan, everyone may not have many scenes, but they are eye-catching enough.
In addition to the cordial respect for Fan Wei by the junior characters of this crew, Zhang Yi in this film group also mentioned Fan Wei in the interview.
He said that after watching "The Long Season", he regarded Mr. Fan Wei as his idol, and knew that he was going to be in a movie with him, so his heart was thumping.
In addition to these two, Zhao Liying also broke the news in the tidbits that the first image of her debut was with Teacher Fan Wei, and Teacher Fan Wei also responded: At that time, Zhao Liying was still young, and she was playing an equestrian rider, which was particularly handsome.
Although the actors in this movie are strong, I was not very interested in this "Article 20" produced by the national teacher at the beginning, and I always felt that Zhang Yimou was a little used to squeezing the Spring Festival stalls in the past two years.
So in the second half of 2023, I suddenly came to the inspiration to make a criminal law type movie "Article 20", which took only 43 days from July 1, when the official start of filming, to the completion of the entire filming, post-production began in October, and the Spring Festival schedule was determined in January 2024??? It took almost six months to create, shoot and review!
You must know that there are special requirements for the Spring Festival file, and under normal circumstances, the post-production of the film will take at least six months to ensure that the film is slow and meticulous, but "Article 20" did not operate like a conventional movie, and it took half a year to live, striding into the Spring Festival file, and from the current point of view, the box office of the movie is at least the top three.
The production of this movie is a bit like "This Killer is Not Calm" in the 2022 Spring Festival, it is also a movie that will be officially launched in June 2021, and it was officially announced on the first day of the 2022 Lunar New Year on the day of start-up, and it was filmed purely for the Spring Festival.
It took almost eight months for the movie to create, shoot, and review and squeeze into the Spring Festival stalls, and the box office was very good.
But I've always thought this movie was rough, as for why it has so much box office? I thought it was purely because of the atmosphere of the New Year, and because Ma Li won the award that year.
So I don't have much confidence in the same rush "Article 20", and I always feel that the movie relied on the name of the national teacher Zhang Yimou to enter the Spring Festival file, and finally the quality ......It's very hehe!
Especially the preview of the finalized version on January 12 this year gave me a very average impression, and I always felt that these good actors were wasted, so when I wrote the content in the early stage, I always said that this year was a "boring Spring Festival file".
But with the trailer of "Article 20" and the release of various versions of tidbits, I began to feel like a slap in the face.
The trailers and tidbits released after more than ten days are very exciting, and I can't help but wonder, is it possible that the national teacher has worked overtime and night in these ten days, and has "finely decorated" the movie? Why is it that it is obviously the same movie, and I can see the two feelings of sadness and joy?
There are also many netizens in the comment area who are as reversed as me, and in my heart, "Article 20" is no longer a stereotypical criminal law movie, but a light humorous reality story worth looking forward to.
For example, at the beginning of the trailer, the couple played by Lei Jiayin and Ma Li were anxious because their son was fighting, and Lei Jiayin asked his son: How many people beat you?
The son replied softly: Four.
Lei Jiayin naturally said: Four people fight? Hit so lightly?
And Ma Li next to him raised her head and threw him a look and said: Animal, you.
There is no need for jokes, the light dialogue between the two people has mastered the comedy atmosphere, I must say that Ma Li and Lei Jiayin play against each other, it is really feeling, and they are strongly asked to form a cp.
The sad side depends on Zhao Liying, who plays the role of Hao Xiuping, the relevant person in the case, with a little daughter, facing all the malice around her.
In order to play this role well, Zhao Liying has not spoken on the set, and the observant Zhang Yimou discovered her state, and after a little thought, Director Zhang knew that this girl was looking for a character state, and she agreed very much with her seriousness.
Lei Jiayin also had a deep impression of Zhao Liying's state, and jokingly said in an interview: Usually Zhao Liying doesn't speak, but once during a gap in filming, she suddenly opened her mouth, which really scared me.
Although I haven't seen the feature film yet, the tidbits of the ending song "You Also" of "Article 20" sung by Zhang Bichen recently are a lot of scenes of Zhao Liying, really, without a single line, you can also feel the discomfort and sadness of her hoarseness.
Because of these teasers, I took back what I said earlier and began to look forward to the coming of the Spring Festival.