After 6 years of preparation, it has whetted the audience's appetite, this adaptation of the Mao Dun Award's award-winning literary work of the same name, Douban 86。
Starring Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan, Xin Zhilei, Dong Yong, Wu Yue, Chen Long, Yu Entai, Yang Haoyu ......
The cast lineup is very strong, full of sight, and the explosion is expected.
Some people say that Wong Kar-wai has set a ceiling-level benchmark for TV dramas.
Who would have thought that at the beginning of 2024, there will be a Cannes director + Oscar photography to save my eyes.
Watching "Flowers" is like watching a movie, and every frame is very Wong Kar-wai's characteristics.
I believe that almost everyone is going to Wong Kar-wai and Hu Ge, but when you look at it, you will be firmly attracted by one person.
I have to say that Wong Kar-wai's casting is really amazing.
As soon as he appears, even if Hu Ge is in the formation, he will be slightly inferior.
He is the seemingly low-key "uncle" in the play, but he is actually full of aura.
As Mr. Bao (played by Hu Ge) commented on his uncle:
If business is an art, this man is definitely an old mage. ”
Shanghainese's "uncle" is the name of the person who admires, every group, every ethnic group has a "grandfather" town, and the "uncle" who is highly respected, knowledgeable, noble and broad-minded is the "rank" that Shanghai men like to pursue.
And he played his uncle naturally.
After watching his performance, many people understandCo-ordinate and grasp the overall situationThe meaning of these two words.
In the first episode, after Mr. Bao was hit by a car and everyone was in a panic, he rushed to the scene calmly, waved his hand, and only said five words: He can't die.
One sentence directly stabilized people's hearts and calmed the field.
At that time, he didn't even show the front face shot.
But the aura of the whole person can be felt through the screen.
Many people claim that looking at Uncle Grandpa seems to have the feeling of looking at Marlon Brando's godfather, but he has a touch of oriental subtlety and Zen taste, which is a unique feeling of Chinese.
Yes, he is not only showing every wrinkle, but also acting skills.
Even, even his back and bald head are plays.
You know, the one who plays the uncleYou BenchangTeacher, in reality, he is 91 years old.
But looking at it in the play, it looks like a spirit in his sixties, with a heavy texture, the lines are clear and neat, calm and powerful, not hurried, like a needle in the sea.
His voice is neither slurred nor shaky, and it is a pleasure to listen to.
The audience claimed that he was the finishing touch in "Flowers", the biggest surprise.
One of the performances of the gods in the play is that the uncle instructed Ah Bao to be reborn and send the tailor away, looking back and seeing that Ah Bao had put on a suit and shook his head in the mirror, looking back at that moment, You Benchang's eyes were full of drama.
At that moment, he seemed to see himself when he was young, recalled his past for a moment, and thought of the characters who used to be the people who called for wind and rain in Shanghai, but experienced all kinds ......of ups and downs in the world, and the flowers will eventually fall apart
Eyes open and close, emotional transformation.
There is not only the relief and nostalgia that the character itself should have, but also the relief and calmness of the actor himself after going through thousands of sails.
If you know You Benchang's past experience, that look is not for Bao, but for You Benchang himself.
You Benchang is not as lucky as Hu Ge, on the road of being an actor, Hu Ge does not seem to have a trough, and when he was young, he had the work "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" that he could eat for a lifetime.
The middle-aged man then starred in big hit dramas such as "The Pretender" and "Langya Bang".
Nowadays, there are also high-quality works such as "County Party Committee Compound" and "Flowers".
Hu Ge's acting career seems to have always been surrounded by luck.
Before he was 51 years old, he ran for more than 20 years and played 79 "harlequins" before he came to the role of "Jigong".
But Hu Ge and You Benchang are extremely similar in the underworld, they have both experienced life and death.
Hu Ge's car accident made him look down on fame and fortune now and live calmly.
And You Benchang was born in the 30s, his hometown is in Taizhou, Jiangsu, and he has 5 sisters, and he is the only boy in the family.
You Benchang has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and some people say that he will not live to be 13 years old.
By chance, a monk passed by the door of his house, looked at You Benchang, who was only 6 years old, and said: "This child has a bumpy fate, but there is a glimmer of chance, take refuge in my Buddha, and get good results." ”
In this way, his parents sent him to Shanghai Fazang Monastery to worship Master Xingci as his teacher, and his Dharma name was Chengpei.
After crossing the 13-year-old hurdle, his parents picked him up when he reached the age of 15.
Therefore, he has formed an indissoluble bond with Buddhism since he was a child, so it seems that the role of "Jigong" is also his destiny.
And his fate with drama is also fate, although he has lived in the temple since he was a child, he has a great love for drama in his bones, and even read a lot of books and ...... about Jigong
After being picked up by his parents at the age of 15, he actively participated in the school's troupe activities when he went to high school, and also entered the art troupe with his excellent acting skills and was sent to the Shanghai Theater Academy.
After graduating from the opera, You Benchang was assigned to Beijing and became the first batch of young actors trained in New China at the ** Experimental Drama Theater (now the National Theater of China).
As we all know, drama is a place to hone people, and if you can hone your temperament, you can succeed.
If you are eager for quick success, you are destined to not go far on the road of drama.
And You Benchang's appearance and height are different from the aesthetics of a righteous face and thick eyebrows and big eyes that everyone liked at that time, so most of the supporting roles he played in the troupe were dragon sets.
This performance is in recent decades.
But he is not discouraged, in his heart, there are only small actors, no small roles.
Because they are all living people.
Even, he is obsessed with mime.
At that time, mime was still a new category, and few people knew about it and even fewer people watched it, but You Benchang, who was obsessed with acting, said:
(I want to) show what no one has shown, what no actor has done, what no one has written
His persistence also allowed him to appear on the 1984 Spring Festival Gala and starred in the pantomime sketch "Shower".
It was this appearance that Zhang Ge, the director of "Jigong", found You Benchang and wanted him to try "Jigong".
That's it, the right time, place and people.
Jigong finally met the right person, and You Benchang and Jigong became one from then on.
For many people, You Benchang is not only an old drama bone, but also a pioneer.
In the last century, when there was no mime in China, Mr. You Benchang made Chinese mime under difficult conditions.
The foreign Chaplin was also a mime, but at that time, he was focused on solving the problem of food and clothing and developing the economy, and the mime was not taken seriously and buried.
However, it is the artistic skills of mime that made him successful in playing Jigong at the age of 52.
In Jigong's interpretation, Mr. You Benchang combined it with the performance of mime, so that Jigong was closer to Jigong in the hearts of the people.
There are thousands of Jigong, and only Mr. You Benchang's version of Jigong is one of the best classics.
Even after nearly 40 years, Brother Hippo still can't forget the time when he burned his house, he was full of joy and sorrow, half of his face was crying, half of his face was laughing.
This "textbook" expression can be called the pinnacle of interpretation.
Jigong "has created a ratings myth, and even the crime rate has decreased a lot, for which the Shanghai Public Security Bureau also sent a special letter to praise.
Until now, the sentence "shoes are torn, hats are torn, and robes on the body are torn......"It's still sung by everyone.
I don't know if you have this illusion, in our memories, we always feel that "Jigong" is a long-form film and television drama with dozens of episodes.
In fact, the 85 version of "Jigong" only has 8 episodes.
Yang Jie's version of "Jigong" in 90 has only 4 episodes, but it is such a short number of episodes, but it has accompanied our childhood.
Jigong" was elongated, probably because Mr. You Benchang's acting skills were too exquisite.
Every frame, every second, is also textbook-level acting.
Until now, he still hasn't stopped, he paid out of his own pocket to shoot "Mr. You Smiled Dumbly", "The Story of Lifan", and rehearsed the drama "Master Hongyi".
In order to promote pantomime, for art, and for the sake of having a clear conscience.
Just like he taught Mr. Bao in "Flowers":
Don't think about climbing to the sky one step at a time, take one step at a time, and work steadily.
Over the years, he has been walking step by step, even if he has been playing tricks for many years, and even bankrupt his family for it, he doesn't care.
Because he loves acting.
Everyone else aspires to win an award, which is a title and a famous brand.
But Mr. You Benchang had the trophy in his hand, but he said that the trophy was a burden.
What a lofty realm this is, looking down on all fame and fortune, revering the stage and the audience.
He said that as long as the audience needs it, he will live until he is old, learn it, and work until he is old.
Today, he is 91 years old, but Mr. You Benchang is still like Jigong, wandering in the world and continuing to shine for drama.
There is a plaque in his room that he has to look up at every day, and he gives him to the young actors of today:
"Guide people's hearts with literature and art. ”
These 7 short words are his heartfelt words to young people. Although the words are short, he has practiced the purpose of his life.
For him, this is his belief and pursuit.
Reverence for the audience is You Benchang's artistic conscience.
In this era, we can still see his performance, which is really blessed.