On March 20, the theater movie " A Dream of Red Mansions: A Good Marriage " officially announced the content of the trailer and some posters, and informed fans that this version of " A Dream of Red Mansions " directed by Hu Mei will be released in 2024. With the release of more materials, this means that the long-awaited theatrical version of "Dream of Red Mansions" may be available to movie fans around the Qingming Festival at the earliest.
Director Hu Mei has always attracted attention and is very trustworthy in terms of the quality of film and television dramas. Because of this, this version of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is increasingly valued by movie fans. Among previous film and television dramas, there has been a classic TV series version of "A Dream of Red Mansions", but there has never been a classic movie version of "A Dream of Red Mansions". Obviously, this literary masterpiece needs a classic movie version. And this important task falls on director Hu Mei without hesitation.
This time the movie version of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is directed by Hu Mei and written by teacher He Yanjiang. Teacher He Yanjiang has screenwritten and created theatrical film works such as " Confucius " and "Cao Cao". He is very professional in terms of cultural narrative. Of course, because "Confucius" and "Cao Cao" do not meet the established aesthetic tastes of some movie fans, the Douban fan ratings of both films can only be on the passing line.
You might as well take a look at the synopsis of this version of "A Dream of Red Mansions":
The film begins with a flashback of Jia Baoyu becoming a monk on a snowy day. The main plot begins with Lin Daiyu returning home for the funeral, revealing the secret of Wang Xifeng's embezzlement of Lin Ruhai's property to build the Grand View Garden. clues, and finally betrayed the love between childhood sweethearts Bao and Dai, set up a trap, married Baochai, and forced Daiyu to die. In the end, the love was broken up, everyone was sad, and the fate was the main line, completing the tragic ending of the Dream of Red Mansions.
Based only on the synopsis, and based on the content of the trailer that has been released, what is more worrying about this version of "Dream of Red Mansions" is that the movie focuses on telling a story of power and conspiracy, while ignoring the true core value and emotion of "Dream of Red Mansions". The confrontation between the noble souls of the protagonists and the corrupt world. Especially in the trailer, a lot of worldly things are indeed presented, but the noble souls of the protagonists are relatively lacking.
This is actually what most movie fans are worried about. In literary works, the noble soul can be hidden in poems and songs, but in film and television dramas, the nobility of poems and songs is difficult to express through lens language. Without this kind of nobility, it would be easy for "Dream of Red Mansions" under the language of images to become a simple love story. If this is the case, then this "Dream of Red Mansions" lacks real value and significance.
At the same time, the content of the trailer for the movie version of "Dream of Red Mansions" has also fallen into a certain amount of controversy. In this version, there is a picture of a beautiful female body, labeled Qin Keqing. Some movie fans feel that this kind of composition makes "A Dream of Red Mansions" look like "The Plum in the Golden Ping".
In the original novel of "A Dream of Red Mansions", the protagonists such as Qin Keqing do have some gorgeous content, but these contents are not gimmicks, but have their own tragedy. In the trailer of the movie version of "Dream of Red Mansions", Qin Keqing is shown in this way, which pays more attention to the gimmickness of the image language. If a movie focuses on these marketing gimmicks, it may make moviegoers question its artistic sincerity.
However, we cannot rush to deny this movie based on just one shot in the trailer of "Dream of Red Mansions". Perhaps, it just wants to use this soft erotic lens to create a topical effect and attract more non-Red Mansion fans to come and watch. After all, although theater movies are works of art, they are still commercial products and need to comply with the promotional and marketing attributes of commercial products.
For real fans of Red Mansions, there is indeed no classic version of the movie "A Dream of Red Mansions" in recent years. At this time, there is a Hu Mei version of the "Dream of Red Mansions" movie, and everyone is happy to see it. Of course, it has always been difficult for everyone to adapt classic literary works.
I suggest that everyone temporarily put aside their own aesthetic understanding of "Dream of Red Mansions" and enter the world of director Hu Mei to see if her understanding of "Dream of Red Mansions" is also so noble and holy. Of course, it is also possible that in "A Dream of Red Mansions" directed by Hu Mei, the emphasis is not on nobility and holiness, but on power and love. I hope this version will not become an ordinary garden drama. (Text/Ma Qingyun)
