"Huh?" Su Ze suddenly heard Ruoyouruowu sobbing. When he looked back, he saw that it was Kong Xue with red eyes?
"It's nothing." Kong Xue held back tears, put down the script and said, "I remembered something."
Su Ze opened his mouth and wanted to ask but still held back. Kong Xue didn't need comfort, maybe he just felt it.
Kong Xue calmed down, but for some reason, the ordinary plot brought back memories of the past.
I still remember the time when my mother was sick and because there was no private space in college, I could only hide in the toilet and cry.
At that time, as long as I didn't go to the toilet to cry, I would make noodles in the dormitory. Because eating instant noodles could be very loud, the sound of crying was muffled.
Fortunately, my mother was fine later, but I knew at that time that I couldn't deal with this kind of thing.
Because this is an association that lasts for a long time, it will make people feel pain worse than death, standing naked at the end of imagination, waiting for you.
"A book that can make the famous Iron Lady cry is amazing!" Su Ze joked.
"Well, it is indeed a good script." Kong Xue said seriously: "This is a type of role you have never tried before."
Su Ze nodded. After so many years, he had read hundreds of scripts, and as an agent, Kong Xue had already become very knowledgeable.
She did it through intuition, she did it through professional analysis, and the combination of various data is more in line with investment standards.
"Even Xu Anhua has changed her gender this time." Kong Xue opened a page of the script and joked: "Are you planning to let Sammo Hung and Tsui Hark join forces to deceive the coal bosses in the mainland?"
"By the way, let Fatty Yu act!"
Su Ze laughed loudly, this is possible.
The character Roger that I play is based on a Hong Kong film producer, and the plot arranges some descriptions of people in the industry.
As for whether Brother Jinbao and Old Monster Xu will make guest appearances?
As the only well-known director who has not compromised with the increasingly flashy mainland film market, Xu Anhua is also the most qualified to make fun of this matter.
Yes, Fatty Yu is the most suitable coal boss!
Kong Xue didn't say anything, but she actually likes Xu Anhua very much. Despite the turmoil all day long, she is actually a young and artistic woman at heart.
Sister Tao still continues the tone of Tian Shuiwei's day and night, weakening the dramatic conflicts, arranging a large number of life details, and restoring the normal life to get closer to the characters' hearts.
But as a fan, I still clearly noticed the changes in Xu Anhua. He did not just immerse himself in the tone of sadness and compassion, and even deliberately created some joy for the audience.
It may be ironic, humorous, or desperate, but it is always some jokes that people can understand, which in turn emphasizes the ultimate warmth and coolness of the film.
It is difficult to watch her work as an ordinary movie, because the touch brought by some things in it is difficult to compare with the tragic empathy effect of ordinary movies.
After reading the script, I felt more of a kind of fear, out of fear of the form of life that everyone must go through and be closest to death.
Although the lens design is very restrained in terms of emotion, it still uses an almost cruel line drawing method to show this living state.
Sister Tao will instinctively reject care from others, even Roger, who shares the same love with her as mother and son. In fact, this is the same mentality as many parents.
She is nostalgic for the happiness of her family, but is unwilling to become a burden to her children. The fear of death is buried in her heart and she faces it alone...
Su Ze also fell into memories. Aunt Hu was at home as far back as she could remember. Sister Tao was as clean and refreshing as she remembered. In the weather after the rain in her memory, if there was water on the ground, she would never let her shoes get wet, just like carrying a basket of vegetables.
Starting from the age of four or five, I became a human ferry machine.
The feeling of hanging in the air is like flying, still in front of my eyes.
Now I still have three meals a day, and when I am over 50, I am still very popular. I have long regarded him as a relative in my heart.
Just like the woman Xiao Fangfang bought the catfish from the street market forty years ago and cut it into three pieces on the chopping board, stewing the head and tail in soup and interrupting the braise, like every housewife who runs a house, she is careful about her budget.
During the day and night in Tin Shui Wai, my neighbor Mrs. Liang fried meat with vegetables for ten dollars. She put the meat first and then the vegetables. The order was meticulous. What was not finished at noon was saved for dinner.
In Sister Tao, the male protagonist obviously eats three meals a day, but Sister Tao blames it and still starts the fire the next day, sautés onions and ginger until fragrant, adds water and oil, sprinkles with spices, and cooks his favorite beef tongue, still doting on him.
Life is like this, eating and drinking, men and women, fireworks in the world.
Xu Anhua has never been considered a technically advanced director. He is not as determined to seek change as Tsui Hark, nor is he as eccentric as Johnnie To. He can also make martial arts films dull, wrapped in a gaze on life and an understanding of time.
Sometimes people say she is boring, but it is actually a kind of persistence. Movies are a dish with too many ingredients, so it is better to add a little truth. She may just not want to work too hard.
After studying Ip Dexian, I understood why Xu Anhua chose her.
Like the director, she has spanned most of the movie history since Shaw Brothers, and is the most qualified to interpret a gazer who has experienced many vicissitudes of life.
In the script, the Liang family is very well-educated, and the old lady would fly back to China to cook two pots of bird's nest for her former servant, and help her hobble around.
Mr. Liang is very frugal and low-key. He wears the same clothes as an air-conditioning repairman every day and carries a schoolbag. He is incompatible with his status as a producer of a famous film company.
They are both kind and thrifty. Even if they immigrate overseas, they can still uphold those ancient virtues like Sister Tao. They have been passed down to four or five generations, and they can still hug their old servants to express their deepest gratitude.
I can also think of the story behind it. Xu Anhua was recommended by Liu Tianwang, and most likely Yip Dexian was also recommended.
The two have collaborated many times, from "Falcon" to "Inside the Law" to "Dark Horse Prince", and even Liu Tianwang privately recognized Ip Dexian as his godmother.
Why doesn't he act it himself?
This is a question that puzzles Su Ze. I must ask it when I have the opportunity to meet him in the future.
A few days later, I arrived in Hong Kong and officially joined the team to shoot Sister Tao. Compared to other well-known director teams, Ann Hui's team was very simple.
Are you actually going to shoot it with a handheld camera?
I also met Liu Tianwang on the set and couldn't help but ask that question.
"I also thought about acting myself, but I'm too familiar with my godmother."
Seeing Su Ze's questioning eyes, Liu Tianwang could only say truthfully: "Okay, okay, I know I can't hide it from you!"
"I can invest or act in it, but in the end Sister Tao will become a so-called authentic Hong Kong film, do you understand?"
"If it weren't for you, I would definitely be able to act, but with you, I think you are more suitable!"
Su Ze finally understood that Liu Tianwang also had good intentions. If Sister Tao was just a Hong Kong film, it wouldn't matter, just appreciating herself would be enough.
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