This Spring Festival, when everyone was talking about Jia Ling's inspirational case of successful weight loss, we found that Shen Teng had also quietly changed. After five years, Han Han and Shen Teng's "Flying Life 2" landed in theaters on the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, and we found that this is not only a movie with 100% "content", but Shen Teng also has a trend of "tough guy". 
Throughout the history of world cinema, many actors need a racing movie to prove themselves at the "critical point" of their acting breakthroughs, such as Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Clark Gable, Stallone ......Directors of different genres will also show technical or conceptual innovations through racing films, such as Howard Hawks, Sidney Pollack, John Frankheimer, ......What's more, various types of movies, such as comedies, black *** song and dance films, science fiction films, ......It can also be integrated with "racing" elements. 
Cast, first row from left: Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Clark Gable, Stallone, Shen Teng. Director's team, second row, from left: Howard · Hawkes, Sidney Pollack, Don Siegel, John Frankheimer, Han Han. Genre film group, three rows from left: action film "Crowd Roar" (1932), science fiction film "Running for Death" (1975), Black *** Wealth Horror (1964), song and dance film "Pink World" (1964), genre "Flying Life 2". Therefore, when we put "Flying Life 2" into the macro perspective of film history, we can clearly feel that Shen Teng is exploring the changes in his acting skills. And the "author director" Han Han, the identity of the director of the "technical stream" this time appeared, allowing the audience to experience the sincerity of the image technology behind the film while looking for the "content" of the film. Luo Tuo's middle-aged young man was angry to see how Shen Teng became a "tough guy".
In 1963, there were still 16 years before Shen Teng was born. On the other side of the ocean in the United States, a Hollywood actor known as a "tough guy" starred in a literary comedy called "Stranger Love", and since then he has begun his exploration of the drama path to break through the framework of genre films. The actor's name is Steve McQueen. Eight years later, he starred in a midlife crisis and a frustrated racing driver, whose previous image as a tough guy was even more different, in a film called "The Rush". In 1966, 13 years before Shen Teng was born, in France on the eve of the "New Wave", another actor known for his comedy starred in a racing movie called "Thunderbolt Kamikaze", contributing the most tragic and colorful driver image in film history. 
The wonderful intersection of Steve McQueen (top left), Yves Mondang (bottom left) and Shen Teng: the tough guy faction began to act in comedy, and the comedians also tried tough guys. All three are transforming in middle age. Pictured are stills from "The Furious" (1971), "Thunderbolt Kamikaze" (1966) and "Flying Life 2". Coincidentally, when Steve McQueen starred in "Extreme Hurricane", he was 40 years old when he starred in "Flying Life 1". And Yves Mondang was 45 years old when he starred in "Thunderbolt Kamikaze", just as Shen Teng starred in "Flying Life 2". The reason why we take "methodist" actor Steve McQueen and character actor Yves Mondang as examples is because Shen Teng also contributed rich acting skills to us in "Flying Life 2". If it is not regarded as a comedy, "Flying Life 2" can also be an inspirational film, or even a hot-blooded tough guy movie. the middle-aged embarrassment of falling into a driving school; Crying in the car late at night when you failed to try again; Sprint through the snow storm on the Bayingbrook Mountain Road, and perseverance ......Is this still the Shen Teng we are familiar with? The helplessness of people who are no longer brilliant in middle age; For the sake of life wronged by the humility of idealism; Rekindling the fighting spirit and returning is still the strength of the youth; We can explore Shen Teng's acting skills to get a glimpse of the inner world of the characters, just taking the subtle changes in facial expressions as an example-
Shen Teng's "micro-expression" hides the various forms of middle-aged life. Laughing with tears revealed a lot of helplessness. The embarrassing age is not too high or low; The long night was long, and he also bowed his head and wept; The frost teases the snow and does not realize that the temples have been spotted; Rekindle your heart and there are still stars in your eyes.
We can feel that Shen Teng surpasses his own intentions, not only laughing and "poking his lungs", but also tears and "poking his heart", which is a serious exploration of acting. Shadows can also be found in the actors of the "New Hollywood" generation. Al Pacino's 1977 "Sunset Love" starred as an over-the-top racer who filled the audience with his micro-expressions, giving the film a poignant atmosphere; James Kane also contributed acting skills comparable to the image of "superfluous people" in literary works in "Dragon and Tiger Speed" directed by film master Howard Hawkes in 1965; In the 1975 sci-fi movie "Deadly Running", Stallone vividly showed the irascible and irascible driver with a perverse personality. The predecessor of the acting school, Zhuyu, is in front, and the "back wave" Shen Teng is not far behind. 
Acting school "Elimination": Al Pacino (top row) in "Sunset Love" (1977), every smile and smile is a play, and the acting skills are all contained in the eyes; James Caine (middle row) makes good use of body language in "Dragon and Tiger Speed" (1965); Stallone (bottom row) in "Running for Death" (1975), the play is all in the corners of his lips, showing his psychological state one by one. As an aside: In "The Godfather", James Caine played Al Pacino's "Grumpy Big Brother"; And Stallone, who finished playing the racing driver, wrote and acted in "Rocky" by himself, starting his own legend. Midlife crisis, how many ways to open it for racers? Put "Flying Life 2" into the long river of film history, and you can join the "middle-aged" racer club. In "Flying Life 2", if Zhang Chi, played by Shen Teng, can't prove himself through the competition, then the end of countless Zhang Chi's lives may be a driving school or a car repair shop. Let's take a look at what mid-life crises Shen Teng's foreign counterparts have encountered - in "Flying Car Treasure Hunt" released in 1950, the racing driver played by Clark Gable was also banned like Shen Teng, and could only be reduced to the circus and play with his life by driving a fire and flying car performance; In 1964's "Black *** Wealth Horror", the race car driver played by John Cassavetz was unable to drive because of an accident and became a temporary worker at a school for the deaf. This is not the bottom, in Howard Hawks's 1932 "Crowd Roar", the racing driver played by James Cagney lost his income after a race failure**, and even went hungry, so he almost beggs. In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, the mid-life crisis is really miserable. In the dangerous occupational group of racing drivers, it is the extreme externalization after the magnification of the midlife crisis, which has profound practical significance. 
In Treasure Hunt (1950), Clark Gable (pictured above) plays the exhaustion of a middle-aged racer when he is frustrated; In "Fortune Horror" (1964), John Cassawitz (pictured in the middle) shows the devastation of a racing driver as he reaches middle age. In "The Crowd Roars" (1932), James Cagney plays the hot and cold world of the racing star, which is even more heart-wrenching. As one of the professions that eat "youth rice", how fresh and angry you are when you are young, and how difficult you are when you are middle-aged. (A little gossip: Mr. Lu Xun is a fan of James Cagney, and he loves to watch him starring in the black *** alternative "father and son file" and the funny "big financier": Fan Chengcheng and Jia Bing joined "Flying Life 1" five years ago, Zhang Chi and his adopted son Zhang Fei had a lot of warm and funny rivalry scenes. In this year's sequel, the warm drama is relayed by Li Xiaohai played by Fan Chengcheng, who is the son of the factory director played by Jia Bing, the "golden father" of Zhang Chi's team. After being entrusted to Zhang Chi, the relationship between master and apprentice and father and son created a different kind of spark in the play. echoes the warm theme of the Spring Festival family carnival. The family elements of father and son, there are many successful precedents in racing movies, and the double blessing of acting and traffic responsibility continues the inheritance of the life of the drama dream - in 1969, in "Victory" starring "Methodist" superstar Paul Newman, he partnered with Richard Thomas, who was 18 years old at the time, as a stepfather and stepson, and the racing driver father played by Paul Newman also passed on life experience when his son taught him driving skills; In 1973's "Speed Car Hero", Jeff Bridges, who later became an "old actor" in Hollywood, played a son who raised money for his father to get out of prison by racing cars. Racing is the life-saving relay of father and son. 
In Winning (1969), Paul Newman explains the structure of racing to his stepson (pictured above), and Richard Thomas, who plays his stepson, later starred in famous films such as "Return of the Joker" and "All Quiet on the Western Front", becoming a mainstay of Hollywood's Mesozoic actors. In "Flying Car Hero", Jeff Bridges plays a son who takes on family responsibilities early (in the picture); In the future, he starred in classic movies such as "** Green Toes" and "Earth Thunder", and now he is an evergreen acting tree in Hollywood. Coincidentally, when Jeff Bridges starred in "Flying Car Hero", he was the same age as Fan Chengcheng when he starred in "Flying Life 2" (below), both of whom were 24 years old. In addition to the rivalry with Shen Teng's father and son, Fan Chengcheng's growth route in "Flying Life 2" is also very clear. Fan Chengcheng, who debuted as a singer, did not sing and dance in the film, but showed a simple and mellow image with faded lead. does not play the advantages of singing and dancing in the movie, and it also tests the acting skills even more. In 1966, the pop singer Frankie Avalon (then 27 years old) in "The Rider", conservatively, used a lot of singing and dancing to undertake the plot. and the 1967 "Death Prix" idol Little Fresh Meat Fabian (then 25 years old), added a lot of action scenes. 
Pictured above: Frankie Avalon in "The Racers" (1966); Pictured: Fabian in Death Racer (1967); Below: Fan Chengcheng is only 24 years old in "Flying Life 2", younger than the previous two idol predecessors (25 years old, 27 years old), and the future is terrifying. Recently, Jia Bing, who was "out of the circle" again in the cooking variety show "Let's Go Now", played a "golden father" who was strapped for funds in "Flying Life 2", and enthusiastically supported Shen Teng to form a team. Returning to the old business of "president" once again makes people laugh at the case, and also shows the status quo of private entrepreneurs. The "boss" also has to face the problem of contradiction between ideals and reality. In the history of world cinema, there are two equally domineering characters who have played the superstars of racing cars - Ronald Reagan, the former ** of the United States, and Toshiro Mifune, the royal male protagonist of Akira Kurosawa. 
Reagan, Toshiro Mifune, and Jia Bing's "Golden Master Quotations" can be used as emojis. The picture shows Reagan in 1964's "Black *** Wealth Horror", playing the role of the gold lord of "tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall"; Toshiro Mifune plays the role of a rich and willful financier in "Thunderbolt Kamikaze" (1966) directed by film master John Frankheimer; The picture below shows Jia Bing playing the funny gold lord in "Flying Life 2". Of course, the trio of "Flying Life 2", as well as the thunderous mechanic and navigator - Jixing played by Zhang Benyu and Sun Yuqiang played by Yin Zheng. As the "hardcore alliance" and "reassuring backing" around Zhang Chi. In the sequel, the roles of both are very heavy, and their images are getting a lot fuller. In the history of world cinema, the roles of racing car navigators and mechanics are rarely performed, because they are basically green leaf characters. But there are exceptions. "The Most Handsome Navigator of All Time" and "The Most Domineering Mechanic of All Time" were claimed by rock superstar Elvis Presley and black *** regular James Cagney respectively. 
In the 1964 song and dance film "Pink World", the "down-and-out driver" Elvis Presley worked as a mechanic (pictured left), playing cool with his pockets and meticulous hairstyle. Zhang Benyu (above right) In "Flying Life 2", the pocket is calm and the hairstyle is also cool. In Howard Hawks's 1932 "The Roar of the Crowd", James Cagney (pictured below left), who always played the gangster boss, was reduced to a navigator and also had the temperament of a big man; Yin Zheng (pictured below right) can claim "the most charming navigator in history". As an aside, Mr. Lu Xun, a movie fan, wrote a film review in his diary to "call" James Cagney. When "author's film" incarnates "technology flow", how to break the circle?
In the process of film industrialization in China, the application of the latest technology in films. It reflects the director's creative attitude. Director Han Han's incarnation of "technical flow" this time, how did he complete his visual aesthetics and authorial expression? Throughout the history of world cinema, there is no shortage of "technical stream" film masters, such as John Frankheimer, in his 1966 science fiction masterpiece "Second Life", he was the first to use the newly born Nikon fisheye 8mm lens to express the alienation of human nature. In the racing movie "Thunderbolt" filmed in the same year, Frankheimer first applied the widescreen stereoscopic film technology that was born recently, and created a visual effects look and feel that is not inferior to today's Hollywood industrial blockbusters in the 60s.
Can you imagine that in the 60s of the last century, you could shoot today's Hollywood special effects to complete the look and feel of a blockbuster? Pictured John · Frankheimer's 1966 stills from "Thunderbolt Kamikaze" have a bit of a sense of time-travel, even today, they are not inferior to computer special effects wallpapers. Pictured below is the hero behind Frankheimer's technological innovation, two-time Oscar-winning Chinese photographer Huang Zongzhan on the set of Second Life (1966). In order to make the visual spectacle of "Flying Life 2" live up to the audience's eyes, Han Han tried a lot of "firsts" - the latest technology high-speed drone with a traverser to shoot; On the movie scene, you have to compete with the world's most wonderful car rally; The collision, flipping, flying, and jumping of the racing car are all filmed in real time; The vehicles that collide at high speed are all modified cars with racing engines and racing suspensions, and the parts will be visible at a glance under high-speed upgrades; It took 100 days to build the largest studio ...... in China with a total area of 10,000 square meters
Flying Life 2In terms of soundtrack, Han Han used the original soundtrack of A Kun, a member of the Chinese Association and a producer, and invited musicians from the Philharmonic Orchestra in Beijing and London to record in collaboration between China and Britain, reaching a scale of three or four thousand tracks. Han Han's emphasis on ** also reflects his aesthetic expression. Listening to the history of world cinema, there are many famous songs born in racing movies, such as the 1964 song and dance film "Pink World", Elvis Presley successfully sang the theme song "Viva Las Vegas" into a chart-breaking hit song in the sixties of the last century; The theme song "Thunder Alley" of the 1967 B-movie "Death Prix" and the theme song "I Got a Name" of the 1973 "New Hollywood Movie" "Flying Car Hero" not only became the best-selling singles of the year, but also was used by later generations of ghost director Quentin Tarantino in "King Kong is not bad" and "Django Unchained" respectively.
The 1964 theme song "Viva Las Vegas" (pictured above) is one of Elvis Presley's classic songs in the 60s; The 1967 "Death Prix" theme song "Thunder Alley" and the 1973 "Speed Hero" theme song "I Got a Name" were discovered by the millennial post-00s because of Quentin. Having said so much, we still have to go into the theater, "Flying Life 2", as a strong team in the Spring Festival file, Han Han and Shen Teng's "author movie", let us think deeply in laughter - about plump ideals and cold reality, about hot-blooded middle-aged and dream-chasing teenagers, about you and me, about our "flying life", everyone set off together! **10,000 Fans Incentive Plan