The movie "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Good Marriage" directed by Hu Mei will be released nationwide on August 16. Yesterday, the film released the director's special feature "Once Upon a Time in a Dream" and two classic scene posters of "The God Wanders in Taixu" and "Baoyu Becomes a Monk".
Bao Daichai's love story is the main line
As a two-hour movie, "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage" cannot fully contain the content of the original literary work. Its film adaptation must have a lot of choices, and this project has to face The challenges are huge. The director and screenwriter chose Bao Daichai's love story as the main line and unfolded the narrative from the perspective of young people. This not only makes the story more relevant to the aesthetics and psychology of contemporary audiences, but also gives the classic new vitality and a sense of the times.
Hu Mei emphasized that the film more directly explores growth, love, and the conflict and reconciliation between dreams and reality, allowing young audiences to feel the profound connotation of the original work in resonance.
It starts with "Monkhood" and ends with "First Meeting"
Hu Mei believes that if you want to incorporate this kind of emotion into a movie, you must first communicate well with the actors. On the set, she will always be with the actors, carefully observing every tiny movement and expression, and making suggestions for improvement. The actor Lin Peng who plays Wang Xifeng feels that Hu Mei's control of the actor's eyes and body expressions is particularly delicate. Guan Xiaotong, who plays Jia Yuanchun, will also get a lot of help from Hu Mei when she encounters performance emotions that she can't figure out.
"Baoyu becomes a monk" is a classic scene that appears in the 120th chapter of the original work "A Dream of Red Mansions". The movie "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Good Marriage" adjusts the order of the original work, opening with the story of Baoyu becoming a monk and ending with the story of Baodai's first meeting, in the form of flashback. It completes the closed loop of the entire story, compressing and reorganizing the time and space of the original work. Hu Mei emphasized that this kind of adaptation actually strives to reproduce the various characters of different classes woven in the original work through cinematic flashbacks, interspersions, and flashbacks. It is an artistic technique that combines neoclassicism and romanticism.
Building a special effects studio for "The God Wanders in the Taixu"
"The God Wanders in the Taixu" is also a classic plot with an extremely strong fantasy color in the original novel, and it is also the most difficult part of the entire novel to be adapted into a film. The construction of "Taiwan Fantasy" not only requires a lot of imagination, but also requires excellent film production technical support. The crew of "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage" chose to build the "Illusionary Realm" scene in the special effects studio. With a cinematic expression technique and the special effects blessing of CG technology, it not only showed the "fake is real but also real is fake" in the original work The philosophical thought of "there is nothing but nothing", and through dynamic light and shadow effects and delicate scene layout, this classic scene is restored, and it creates an otherworldly and thought-provoking atmosphere.
Director said
The story in the Grand View Garden has haunted his life.
Hu Mei said that the story in the Grand View Garden has haunted her life. In today's fragmented information age, filming a new " Dream of Red Mansions " movie is actually a piece of cake. Very difficult thing. But she firmly believes that the cultural heritage of "A Dream of Red Mansions" can become a bridge connecting the past and the future. The film "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Good Marriage" will not only allow the audience to appreciate the breadth and depth of "Red Mansions Culture" in a visual and emotional feast, but also Stimulate young people's interest and love for classical literature.
"The production level of China's film industry today has proven that China is a big film country and a powerful film country." Hu Mei said that the crew of "A Dream of Red Mansions" has the obligation to use the craftsmanship of film production and modern film and television technology to restore the traditional culture. Bit by bit. Her biggest wish is to make the majority of young people fall in love with "Red Mansions Culture" through this movie, go back to their desks, pick up this literary masterpiece, and let it achieve greater glory.
This article/our reporter Xiao Yang
(Beijing Youth Daily)
