Coquettish Rebirth

That's right, there are such things as intermediate crises all over the world.Specifically, when a person reaches middle age, he finds that he has not fulfilled his youthful dreams at all, and more than half of his life has passed. Seeing that he will be old in a few years, people must not be happy at this time. Looking at yourself The edges and corners that have been smoothed out by society, seeing my drive and dreams being polished away, and seeing that I am busy all day long for daily necessities, I definitely want to work hard.Under such circumstances, the family is not harmonious, the career is not going well, and after playing the role of a gangster, he finds that his wife likes him, and the children start to respect him and worship him, and his career is also smooth... How about it?Such a turning point should be a little food for thought, right?In this way, it will not be said that the central idea of ​​the performance is too blunt, right?

After thinking about this point, Jia Hongjian felt that it was still feasible in general. Although it didn't dig deeper into human nature, such a film was not meant to dig into human nature!It is the work of the "Batman" series to dig out human nature. This film is just funny and makes people think it is a bit inspiring, but what it inspires is to see what people can comprehend. Jia Hongjian didn't want to preach. .In this way, I don't know if this film can enter the final list of Oscar nominations?Although it seems that such a film is a comedy, it seems a bit inconsistent with the theme of the Oscars, but really speaking, doesn't our film also reflect some things like fate, human nature, and mid-life crisis?Such a slightly bitter setting seems to be good. It can be compared with the later ending, so that the protagonist can finally become an important member of some "imaginary enemy force".The wife and children at home have changed their attitudes towards him for comparison?That's pretty cool, right?In the end, the middle-aged man was promoted because of the transfer of his position, and became a so-called "imaginary enemy force". In other words, through such an incident, he also saw a lot, and the whole person began to change a little on his own initiative.Then the wife and children completely changed their views?In this way, the wife and children won't look too sexy... But the problem is that Liao Fan is too young?Anyway, the last time I worked with Liao Fan on "Crazy Wood", I felt that his face was much younger than Huang Bo's. At that time, he felt like a young man in his 20s.Is it feasible to let him play such a middle-aged man in his 40s?Will it be too tender for the face?On the contrary, if you think about it, Huang Bo's face might be more suitable.Although Huang Bo doesn't seem to have that kind of natural ruthlessness, and he doesn't have the kind of stubborn look that makes people feel that he is stubborn at a glance, but should his acting skills be able to perform?And his face is old enough, at least he doesn't look as young as Liao Fan, even though they are actually the same age...

That's right!In fact, Huang Bo is such an old fritter who has worked hard in the entertainment industry for about ten years, so it is true that he was in the same year as Liao Fan's classmate Liao Fan!Both were born in 74!Even Huang Bo is half a year younger than Liao Fan!It's just that Huang Bo's family came out to work hard after almost graduating from high school, and came out to want to make a career in singing, and Liao Fan went to a university and studied for four more years!Huang Bo has been around for four years longer than Liao Fan, and he has seen more people. As a result, he has many types of characters and images. He has a general example and impression in his mind, and he really wants to play something different Trouble, at the same time, Huang Bo's face is old, and his image is relatively poor. If he plays a middle-aged man or something, it should be easy to catch?

Thinking of this, Jia Hongjian was basically determined to let Huang Bo play the role. If Huang Bo couldn't do it, then he would consider Liao Fan.But at this time, he also discovered a problem because he was thinking about which actor was suitable, that is, he found that in terms of the core idea of ​​this movie, he really considered it from the perspective of American audiences a little subconsciously.Because of the middle-aged crisis and the like, Americans often like to dig, and Chinese people, especially men, have no time to think about their own affairs at such an age!According to the traditional ideology of Chinese gentlemen, it is most worthwhile for a man to pay for his family!There are even some ruffians and hooligans, all kinds of messes before marriage, but after marriage, they are really good to their wives, and they really try their best to spend money at home!Have they considered what their life ambitions have not been realized?Many times for Chinese men, making their wives and children happy and comfortable is the most realistic problem. In the face of such a problem, any personal revenge can be sent to the back!So as long as the wife and children are happy, in fact, the real man is very gratified, and there is no time to think about the dream of his youth!

Even if you have a dream, even if you are not reconciled, you still want your children to help you achieve it!Then it will also feel that the child is a reborn self, so it doesn't matter what happens to his "old" self, the key is to let the new self have a bigger stage!This is a spirit of dedication!And in the United States... this kind of spirit exists, but it is really not as deep as Chinese men!In the United States, more people still think about themselves. Even parents and children may live in the same city, and they rarely communicate with each other. They only communicate during Chinese New Year and holidays. It seems that the relationship is far away. Like some relatives!In this case, isn't it that Americans are more likely to worry about a mid-life crisis?

So if this film is really made for Chinese people, it can't make any mid-life crisis, because it looks hypocritical!Instead, we should shoot some stories about older youths.For example, the protagonist may be an older young man in his 30s, whose parents are worried about him and dislike him, and then the children of relatives do not respect him in various ways.As a result, when such a person played the role of the gangster, his professional and serious attitude immediately captured the heart of the beautiful bank teller. In the end, the policeman who played the role of the gangster not only won the promotion of his position, but also won the recognition and respect of his family. Love... That's right, if you want to make a film for Chinese people, that's how you should do it!But isn't our film going to Hollywood?Even if it is the best foreign language film in Hollywood, what they are looking for is American films that speak foreign languages, and what they are looking for are films that Americans can understand and appreciate. This is their cultural hegemony!

Just like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", in fact, this film was also filmed for Americans. If you compare the box office of China and the United States, you will know that this kind of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is really not favored in China.In addition to factors such as being different from previous martial arts films, the final factor is what is the script of this film, which was actually written by Ang Lee in English at the earliest!That's right!Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ang Lee had already made up his mind at the very beginning that it was going to be filmed for Americans, so in order to remind such a film that it was an American film, he even wrote the script in English, and then translated it into Chinese!As a result, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film!On the other hand, isn't "Hero" based on a script written specifically for the official form of the United States?Wasn't it also made more revisions to make it easier for Americans to understand?

So, if this film wants to have a future in the Oscars, it really has to follow American aesthetics... Wait... But can we make a special version for the United States?In this way, a youth version will be released in China, and a middle-aged version will be released in the United States... Is this okay?