In 2021, in "Wife's Romantic Travel 5", there was a small link where several guests labeled each other.
When the camera was focused on Jiang Qinqin, she said shyly, "I don't want Versailles." There were only two words written on the pink label: Beauty.
The person who "tagged" her was Qin Hailu, who is similar to her age.
Qin Hailu said, who dares to say that Jiang Qinqin is not beautiful?
To everyone's surprise, although Jiang Qinqin covered it up with a smile in front of the camera, she was not satisfied with the evaluation of "beauty".
Almost all female celebrities like to be praised for being "young and beautiful", "exquisite makeup", "great beauty"... Why is it not so popular with Jiang Qinqin? In a later interview with
, Jiang Qinqin explained the reason.
She feels that after so many years, everyone's impression of her is still "very beautiful", "very pretty", "not getting older at all", and she will feel like a failure.
Qin Hailu on the side heard these words, and her face showed unconcealable embarrassment.
Actually, it’s not that Jiang Qinqin is being picky and looking for trouble.
As far as this matter is concerned, neither she nor Qin Hailu was wrong.
The reason why Qin Hailu used "beauty" to describe her was because Jiang Qinqin was famous as a "beauty" from the beginning.
She was the "number one beauty in ancient costumes" at that time. She was the first thing that directors thought of for all the beauty roles in the drama.
For Qin Hailu, who has been deeply involved in the entertainment industry for decades, this has become a fixed impression that lingers.
So Qin Hailu didn’t mean it as a compliment.
But Jiang Qinqin is a little different from other beautiful actresses.
When a person has something, what she wants most is not exactly what she has.
Beauty has become commonplace for Jiang Qinqin.
She has received too much encouragement and praise since childhood, but she hopes to prove herself in business abilities and acting skills.
Therefore, when she was 46 years old and in her late fifties, when she heard others describe herself as "beautiful", she felt unwilling to accept it.
"Am I not good at acting?"
"Can't I be a capable person?"
This was probably the largest number of horses rushing through Jiang Qinqin's heart at that time.
Back then, another actress Hai Qing’s appeal at the First Youth Film Festival paved the way for almost all older actresses to act.
In addition to the mothers and mothers-in-law in urban dramas, the "disfigurement" transformation of actresses has become the only way for them to usher in the second spring of their careers.
Haiqing said so and did so.
"Into the Dust" not only won the Berlin Golden Bear, but also made the name "Hai Qing" a unique phenomenon only for older actresses.
In another movie "I'm Not a Mountain", Hai Qing's performance was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and many viewers liked it from the bottom of their hearts.
In addition to "female star", Hai Qing's current label is already "old drama star" and "powerful actor".
Jiang Qinqin hopes that this may also be the case.
Different paths lead to the same goal. Jiang Qinqin, who is good-looking, experienced and far-sighted, has actually made this change long ago.
In 2014, at the age of 38, at the invitation of her husband, she starred as the village woman Jin Zhizi in "A Spoon".
Although the movie did not set off a climax of public opinion like "Into the Dust", Jiang Qinqin has experienced earth-shaking changes from a beauty in ancient costume to a rural woman.
Brother Pi was particularly impressed by the filming of the documentary "A Spoon".
In the biting northwest wind, Jiang Qinqin wore the unique clothes of local villagers.
wears a headscarf and holds her hands on her chest when her body gets cold. She seems to have become a low-class village woman living in the northwest, rather than deliberately performing.
If we say that Hai Qing brought the disfigurement performance of an older actress into the audience's sight with "Into the Dust".
There is no doubt that Jiang Qinqin is the origin and source of this kind of performance, as well as his true persistence and love for performance.
But is this enough?
may not be enough for Jiang Qinqin.
At least judging from her reaction after praising her "beauty", she still has the ambition to conquer the entertainment industry.
And this ambition has become a real reality in the recently released "The World of Grass and Trees".
Just like variety shows, Jiang Qinqin relies on acting to break out of the industry this time, and part of the credit comes from her husband Chen Jianbin.
In the past two days, a screenshot of the stills has been widely circulated on the Internet. In the screenshot of
, Chen Jianbin is hunched over, clasping his hands, acting extremely frightened, weak and helpless. With a plot like
, you must have seen something extraordinary.
But in fact, this was Chen Jianbin's true reaction on the set.
In other words, Chen Jianbin is really afraid. Who is he afraid of? It was his wife Jiang Qinqin.
He said that he had never seen Teacher Jiang like this.
even doubted, is this still his wife?
Before watching the movie, Brother Pi thought that Chen Jianbin was exaggerating to promote the movie.
After watching Jiang Qinqin's performance in the film, Brother Pi was also impressed and shocked by Jiang Qinqin's acting skills.
I have never thought before that a female star who has always been known for her "water spirit" can erupt with such a strong magnetic field and energy.
This is also the fundamental reason why she was able to win the Asian Film Award for Best Actress.
How good is Jiang Qinqin's performance in "The World of Grass and Trees", and what is so good about it?
Brother Pi might as well discuss it with everyone.
"The World of Grass and Trees" is a work between literature and art and business. It contains both extremely beautiful natural shots and very fierce conflicts.
Under the background of the core issue of "anti-MLM", what "The World of Grass and Trees" wants to express is actually the lack of companionship between children and their parents.
Under Gu Xiaogang's lens, the aesthetics of literature and art and commercial elements are cleverly combined, so that "The World of Grass and Trees" gives people a strange look and feel.
It cannot be classified as a purely literary film, especially the scenes where slogans are shouted, which can be called the second "All or Nothing".
At the same time, its aesthetics and lens language, subtext expression and overlapping of various images are full of rich interpretation space and soothing rhythm, which is very much like a landscape painting.
The two styles that were supposed to be contradictory have unified the opposites in "The World of Grass and Trees".
The key role here is Jiang Qinqin.
Jiang Qinqin plays an ordinary female tea-picking worker in Chongqing named Wu Taihua.
Taihua had a hard life. Her husband ran away in her early years and disappeared without a trace, leaving her mother and son behind. She worked hard to raise her son Mu Lian (played by Wu Lei) to grow up.
In order for her son to be able to establish himself in Hangzhou, marry a wife and have children, Taihua worked in Chashan on the outskirts of Hangzhou, and lived in a rental house in Datongpu, a slum, at night, living in hardship and poverty.
Taihua, who wanted to give her son a better life, accidentally entered a MLM organization by chance.
Under the temptation of money and various fraud techniques, Taihua fell deeply into it. Not only did she sell her home in her hometown to buy the three-no products of the MLM organization, she was also immersed in the dream of "Shangzong", fantasizing about giving 10.8 million to My son is buying a house in Hangzhou.
The son had no choice but to go deep into the MLM organization to carry out a "save his mother" operation.
In the end, as the spring and autumn dream weaved by MLM was completely shattered, Moss Flower's mental state also fell into a trance.
The reason why Jiang Qinqin acted so well is because Moss Flower in "The World of Grass and Trees" is a very contrasting and complex character. In the early days of
, she was an honest and humble rural woman who did not dare to speak loudly to others. Among the sisters, she was not considered the cheerful one.
But in the later period, her body was full of energy, often hysterical, and even fell into madness because of being deceived.
Chen Jianbin is really afraid of her, and you are afraid of her too. In the
film, Jiang Qinqin's acting skills are highlighted in three scenes.
These three scenes progress layer by layer, like a sine function, allowing us to fully understand the entire mental journey of Moss Flower, and also accept the paradoxical style of the movie.
The first paragraph is a conversation between her and her son on the Tea Mountain.
Brother Pi understands that this quiet and restrained performance is paving the way for the highlights in the later stage.
Taihua’s husband has been away for ten years and there has been no news. Taihua’s relationship with the local old man who makes tea is getting closer and closer.
But for a woman, if she wants a second marriage, she must obtain her son's consent.
In this scene, Jiang Qinqin’s dress is no different from that of an ordinary tea picker. Even the stains on his hair turban are clearly visible.
There is nothing in her expression that is incompatible with her identity, especially due to the exposure to wind and sun all year round, her dark skin and messy and yellow hair hint at Moss Flower's malnutrition.
With a little hope, Taihua cautiously asked her son "How is Uncle Qian?" The feeling of walking on thin ice was exactly the same as when an elderly parent wants to do something and needs to ask for the consent of their children.
The moment he saw his son's noncommittal answer, the trace of disappointment flashed across his face and eyes touched people's hearts.
At that moment, as children, the feeling of indebtedness to their parents will instantly flood into their hearts.
Audiences of the parent generation can truly experience the bitterness of life experience, unwillingness and grievances of not being understood.
All of this was perfectly outlined by Jiang Qinqin's calm and gentle expressions.
The second paragraph is about her crazy criticism and madness after her son called the police and was sent to the police station.
There is no exaggeration. Jiang Qinqin’s performance made Pi Ge first think of Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker.
The performances of the two people have different approaches but the same purpose, and their performance skills are also similar.
But unlike the Joker, Jiang Qinqin’s explosive drama was not driven by social injustice or his own suffering.
She even knew clearly that she was experiencing a scam. The reason why
fell into madness was because of the son that Taihua had always loved deeply and who she relied on in her life. When
faced his "career", he stood on the opposite side of himself without any hesitation.
This scene is perfect in terms of details, performance and explosive power.
When Taihua came out of the police station, her eyes were darkened by the fallen eye shadow due to the heavy makeup and the rain, and the lipstick on her lips had turned red. She looked like a down-and-out clown. The image
is actually a metaphor for the moss flower at this moment.
couldn't take care of her son, was rumored to have an affair by her colleagues, and was deceived by pyramid schemes. She was like a "clown" at the moment.
His son Mu Lian did not consider his mother's feelings, and used simple and rude methods to persuade her to leave the MLM, and even called the police. This behavior pushed Taihua's spirit to the edge of collapse.
And the old man who thought he loved her never said a word to her from the beginning to the end, so she cursed: you fucking coward!
All of this caused Moss Flower, who was originally normal, to fall into complete madness.
The ambition she had dreamed of to be the "superior boss" now turned into a twisted inner demon, like a man possessed.
The hard work of being alone for so many years, the grievance of working tirelessly, and the resentment of not being understood by others all became the triggers of her madness.
So, she first pushed her son to the ground and beat him violently.
then climbed onto the cement pier next to it, and staged an extremely crazy self-statement and performance against the dazzling background lights and rain.
"I have lived half my life, and I finally live my life!"
"I use money to buy happiness, do you want it or not!"
"I use money to live on my own, okay!"
Three lines, every sentence Hit the gate of life. The wild laughter after
is not so much the self-pleasure of being immersed in a fantasy, but rather the pain of knowing the reality clearly but not wanting to believe it.
Taihua is not stupid. At this time, she has realized that she was cheated, but when everyone told her that you were cheated, she refused to wake up from it.
In the dream weaved by MLM, there is everything, just like the "Infinite Tsukuyomi" in "Naruto".
After being immersed in it for too long, she no longer had the tenacity of the tea-picking girl before, and instead fell into the longing for the heroine.
Therefore, she hopes to use all her strength to do the actions taught to her by the MLM organization, trying to prove to her son and Lao Qian that this is real and this is not a dream.
Then her whole body twitched and her fingertips exerted force. Jiang Qinqin also transformed the moss flower, whose dream was broken at this moment, into a soul.
Audiences also commented: Doesn’t this look like a female version of Heath Ledger? This highlight of
's acting skills has been the most circulated on the Internet recently. The third paragraph of
is a solo dance performed by Taihua when she encounters a tea bug on the eve of attending the MLM meeting.
The image of the tea bug is very important in the film.
When Taihua was a tea-picking girl, she once saw tea bugs lying on her shoulders. At this time, she didn't feel disgusted at all, but felt excited.
Because the tea bugs are fat, it naturally means that the tea leaves are growing well.
But when she entered the luxurious hotel and found the tea bug again on her exquisite suit, she felt an unspeakable contradiction.
On the one hand, the tea worm is his own past. The moss flower that has been cut off by the tea-picking girl has no regard for creatures like the tea worm.
On the other hand, tea bugs cannot turn into butterflies, and the MLM organization Moss Flower joins is also called "Butterfly International".
Obviously, Moss Flower, who was once a tea bug, can never become a butterfly in "Butterfly International" no matter how hard she tries. This is actually a metaphor for her fate.
found the moss flower of the tea bug, magically placed the tiny bug on his fingertips, and then began to twist his waist and dance a dance full of evil charm.
At the moment of dancing, a figure fell from the window.
Taihua woke up from her dream and looked at the bloody shadow downstairs. She was pulled into reality and realized that something had happened.
This performance has no lines and is a "reduced version" of the climax passage in the middle. However, this "Dance of Destiny" has important meaning at the end.
Jiang Qinqin was able to move freely here, completing an unprecedented duel with a tiny insect. The lonely figure at the end of
has great stamina and lingering sound, which is impressive.
Looking at the entire "The World of Grass and Trees", although Wu Lei is the spiritual image of the title, his acting skills are undoubtedly supported by Jiang Qinqin.
Brother Pi even felt that Wu Lei was a bit unable to handle Jiang Qinqin's scene in the crazy scene.
Because of Jiang Qinqin, the performance was rich in layers, but in Wu Lei, I only saw hysterical roars and explosions.
However, as a son, Wu Lei's performance at the time could only be like that, but because of this, Jiang Qinqin's performance was made even more superb.
Her efforts have also been recognized by CCTV.
Because she was so beautiful, she played Xi Tzu in her sophomore year.
She was taken aback by Qiong Yao and was given the name "Shui Ling".
Yang Jie asked her to play the Peacock Princess in "Journey to the West Sequel".
Mainland China is filming "The Condor", and there is a strong demand for Xiao Longnu to choose her.
Before retreating from the rapids, she successively won the Golden Eagle, Feitian and Huabiao Awards.
is now back, but he relies on a crazy beauty to win back the hearts of the audience.
"Beauty" is just a label for Jiang Qinqin, but it is by no means the most important one.
Because she is too beautiful, many people ignore her acting skills. However, when the halo of appearance gradually fades and strength becomes the hard currency for older actresses,
Jiang Qinqin, who came out for the second time, has taught all actresses a lesson.
Haiqing is like this, and Jiang Qinqin is like this too. She has embarked on another path as an actress.
No one can stay young forever, but the fragrance of acting skills will last forever.
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