Recently, Zheng Xiaolong and Liu Lian Zier have become hot searches.
This group of old partners in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" will work together to film " Dream of Red Mansions ". It is shocking to hear this news. Have they forgotten the 2010 version of Li Shaohong ?
Filming "Dream of Red Mansions" can be regarded as the Waterloo of Li Shaohong's career. The audience she had accumulated earlier with "Ci of Daming Palace" was completely lost.
Red scholar Liu Xinwu once angrily criticized the drama as "The Comedy of Red Mansions" . He was particularly dissatisfied with the happy ending of the TV series based on Gao E's sequel, believing that it violated the original author Cao Xueqin's creative wishes.
Nowadays, "New Dream of Red Mansions" still only has a failing score of 5.8 on Douban. After this disastrous failure, Li Shaohong can no longer produce an influential work.
In 2021, " Song Dynasty Palace Ci ", which she filmed based on the popularity of her previous work, was a complete bad drama, with only 3.8 points on Douban.
The pinnacle of Zheng Xiaolong's career as a director is undoubtedly "The Legend of Zhen Huan", and there are also masterpieces such as "Beijingers in New York", " Golden Wedding " and " Red Sorghum ".
However, the quality of his directed works has obviously declined in recent years. The 22-year-old "Happiness to Ten Thousands of Homes" scored 7.1 on Douban, and this year's "South to North" scored 7.2.
As a successful director, Zheng Xiaolong, should he think twice before confirming to officially start filming "Dream of Red Mansions"?
Maybe he will say: Why can’t I give it a try if Liu Lianzi, the screenwriter of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", is not there to help out.
There is huge controversy surrounding this female writer, and her participation may still be a negative point. We will mention this at the end of the article.
When shooting "Dream of Red Mansions", you can never avoid the 1987 version. Anyone who knows the magical creative team of that year is enough to be intimidated. Let alone surpassing it, I am afraid that even getting close is a luxury.
1, The lineup of immortals is hard to reunite
There are six to seven hundred characters written in the original work, with the rise and fall of the four families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue as the background, and the emotions of young people such as Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai as the main line to outline the changes of the times. The fate of the family and characters in it.
When it comes to showing the grandeur of the times and the depth of human nature, no other work can compare to "A Dream of Red Mansions".
At the end of 1981, the "Dream of Red Mansions" TV series project was officially established. In February 1983, the core creative team with Wang Fulin as the chief director was established.
began writing the script in the same year. Screenwriters Liu Genglu, Zhou Lei, and Zhou Ling, under the guidance of red scholar Zhou Ruchang, conducted in-depth research on the original work and adapted it. It took more than two years to finalize the script.
In order to combine the strengths of hundreds of schools, Wang Fulin invited many famous people from the cultural world, especially the red academic circle, to serve as consultants. This group of consultants can be described as extremely luxurious.
Famous writers Shen Congwen and Cao Yu, red scholars Wang Kunlun and Zhou Ruchang, calligraphy master Qi Gong, drama master Wu Zuguang...
The above are just some of the members of the advisory group.
On April 6, 1984, the advisory group participated in a study class for actors in Red Mansions to provide them with literary support in shaping their characters.
Talking about "mobilizing a large number of people" just to make a TV series, Wang Fulin believed that "Only with awe can you have a classic."
As early as the preparatory stage of the crew, casting was conducted nationwide, striving to find the perfect Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu in the hearts of the Chinese people.
Chen Xiaoxu seemed to come from the clouds. She was like a fairy who did not eat the fireworks of the world, and she stood out from many auditioners.
How to choose Jia Baoyu, whose "eyebrows are like ink paintings, face is like peach petals, and eyes are like autumn waves" . "Thousands of emotions in his life are piled in the corners of his eyes"?
Ouyang Fenqiang, who was shortlisted at that time, was very close to the crew's favorite, but the director always felt that his chin was a bit awkward.
At that time, there was a teacher at the Sichuan Theater Theater who was proficient in plastic surgery, but he had to inject silicone into the actor's chin to reshape it. In the end, the operation was successful.
However, Ouyang Fenqiang would have to bear the sequelae of the surgery many years later. He was open-minded, "It's worth giving everyone a copy of the Red Mansions classic."
Except for the protagonist, the casting of "The Twelve Beauties of Jinling" has been carefully selected, and no one can make up for it.
Wang Xifeng, the "heroine in the powder pile", was played to perfection by Deng Jie. Jia Mu, played by veteran drama star Li Ting, is still a role model for parents.
Actors such as Xue Baochai, Xi Ren, Shi Xiangyun, etc. also seem to have stepped out of the book. The reason why this drama is a classic is because of the impeccable portrayal of the group characters.
This drama traveled to more than a dozen provinces, and took more than three years to shoot more than 100,000 shots. It was the work of all the creators in front of and behind the scenes. It premiered in 1987, and has become an absolute classic after many years of broadcasting. .
Douban netizens called it "the treasure of mainland TV series" , and it is indeed well-deserved.
This drama has become popular in recent years, and part of the "credit" can be attributed to Li Shaohong's version of "A Dream of Red Mansions".
The disastrous reputation of this drama when it was broadcast led the audience to dig into the 1987 version of "A Dream of Red Mansions". After some "archaeology", they admired the old literary and artistic workers of the 1980s.
2. Are big-budget costume dramas out of date?
In recent years, few large-scale costume dramas have been released.
The last part of the Da Qin Empire series, " Da Qin Fu ", has been aired for 4 years. In addition to losing the popularity of the past, the reputation of this film has finally been pulled down from the altar.
"The Alliance of Military Advisors Sima Yi" In order to innovate, it chose to retell the story of the Three Kingdoms from Sima Yi's perspective. Seven years have passed since then.
The fictitious historical "Nirvana in Fire" is considered by many to be better than the main drama. This is due to the excellent original novel and the strong adaptability of Noon Sunshine, and it has been on the air for 9 years.
The reason why "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is so good to watch is that Zheng Xiaolong made a revenge drama in the form of a drama, and it was actually made 13 years ago.
Not to mention ancient dramas such as "Ming Dynasty 1566", "Yongzheng Dynasty" and "Zhenguan Reign".
The popular costume dramas in recent years are "Celebrating More Than Years", "Saurus Love" and "Mo Yu Yun Jian". These works add time travel and fantasy elements to the imaginary ancient stage and have firmly occupied the broadcast of the drama. Highlands.
In the current environment, who has the patience to read an "old story" that the Chinese people have long been familiar with?
Looking at the phenomenal dramas "Flowers" and "The Long Season" in the past two years, the grand historical narrative has been reduced to a background, and the works pay more attention to the fate of small people as the times change.
Can such a tragic tragedy as "A Dream of Red Mansions" be accepted by the current audience?
However, it must be photographed before it is accepted. Whether it can be photographed close to the 87 version seems to be an impossible task. You must know that the 10th version was also prepared with great enthusiasm.
3. Why did "New Dream of Red Mansions" fail miserably in terms of reputation?
When preparing for this drama, Han Sanping spent 50 million to invite Zeng Nianping, the photographer of "Daming Palace Ci", and Ye Jintian, the art director of the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", to help out, and the screenwriting team included as many as 9 people. people.
The original director of this version of "Dream of Red Mansions" was Hu Mei. Coincidentally, she and Li Shaohong were still classmates. The former left due to differences, and Director Li came to the rescue.
Hu Mei may have been unwilling to give in. Later, with the support of Bona, she filmed the movie "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage", but unfortunately she chose to change the schedule a few days ago.
The "Red Mansion Draft" that year was a sensation, and it is said that there was a problem with the operation of this "draft" that led to Hu Mei's departure.
With more than two hundred actors to choose from, the room for manipulation is indeed huge, and how to select and use actors will directly affect the success or failure of this work.
Let me tell you a joke. During the preparation of this drama, the target was the European and American markets. The attempt to go overseas to earn US dollars naturally came to an end as the quality of the drama collapsed.
When this drama was aired, the large-scale classical Chinese text directly copied the original work to persuade passers-by, and the filter of the underworld gave many people the illusion of watching a ghost movie.
There are so many narrations that it makes people very dramatic (it is impossible to film and rely on this to make up the plot). The most annoying thing is that the ending of the series continues Gao E's version of "the dog's tail continues the mink".
This drama seems to want to please everyone, but ends up not being human inside and out.
Looking back at the fiasco of this version of Red Mansions many years later, there is a lack of awe or core factors for literary works. In addition, this drama uses the model of operating a commercial drama to shoot classics, which is also destined to lack polish and cultural richness.
If director Zheng Xiaolong really wants to restart "Dream of Red Mansions", he must not repeat the same mistakes and learn lessons. In particular, he must not lose his right to speak between capital and work.
Summary
The opening chapter talks about the talented woman Liu Lianzi who is a writer, teacher, and screenwriter. Her reputation on the Internet is really difficult to describe in one word.
In the early years when she was still writing female videos in Jinjiang, she was notified by the site and asked to apologize for excessively "carrying" her colleagues' content. However, she chose to quit Jinjiang forever and refused to apologize.
Her most well-known works are "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", which were questioned by writers on the Internet as "plagiarism".
What’s funny is that the real reason is that this talented woman was not picky about food during the “transportation” and took away the wrong words and typos together.
html Wang Fulin, the chief director of the 287 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" once said, "To put it bluntly, 'the talent is exhausted', we used our talents, sweat and best efforts to build a high wall with the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" - not for Let future generations not be able to surpass, but let future generations see it is not so easy to surpass, let future generations see a benchmark, even if they do not do well, they should move closer to the 87 version of Dream of Red Mansions, hope is always in front.” Whether the two will work together on "Dream of Red Mansions" is still in the early stages, and the result is not yet known. I think Director Zheng should still be cautious when choosing a screenwriter.
The "sole screenwriter" of "Dream of Red Mansions" is listed in the hot search, which is really shocking and puzzling. I think we should have more respect for the famous book. (Written by Mu Weizhou)
