Chapter 2 Chapter 1 From Idol to Actor

The craze for Korean movies has passed, and the only thing that motivated me to watch this movie was the news about the leading actor Bae Yong Joon. I wanted to know how he could go from being an innocent idol in "Winter Sonata" to a playboy in his debut film. Image transformation.To be honest, I am not interested in whether he can achieve a successful transformation, but I am more concerned about the topic of transformation.Because after reaching a certain level, performers hope to achieve the sublimation from idol to actor. I generally divide celebrities into two types, not the idol group and the powerful group, but the foreign group and the domestic group. This is not because I have any ethnic complex, but the huge difference between the two groups.The foreign school takes Hollywood as the main body, and most of its stars can be called actors.Although many people criticize Hollywood's star-making system as McDonald's hamburger assembly line, most of the hamburgers it produces are qualified hamburgers.Please count those stars, their performance in the movie is commendable, Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, Tom Hanks, Russell Crowe, Katharine Hepburn, Nicole Kidman Wait, mentioning anyone can make a series of vivid three-dimensional images flash before your eyes, making you forget that he exists as a star, but just the character in the play.Like Russell Crowe, he can be the general fighting for freedom in "Gladiator" or the dull and schizophrenic math genius in "A Beautiful Mind", except Russell's face , I really don't see any connection between the two characters.The situation in China is just the opposite. Every time we mention many celebrities, what we perceive is that plane.For any movie, you can guess its general plot just by looking at the leading actors, that is to say, they will not give the audience the kind of expectation that foreign actors can give the audience.Therefore, it is easy for domestic actors to establish their own brands, and everyone will have their own labels written on their faces.

The appearance of an actor is a kind of restraint to a large extent, and the appearance can easily position the actor as an idol and a brand of strength.Therefore, an actor with a handsome appearance can easily become popular and be recognized by the audience, and the audience will tolerate his acting skills and give tolerance because of his handsome face.It is relatively difficult for an actor with a bad appearance to walk on this road, but his acting skills are worthy of scrutiny, and his charm will last longer.So from this aspect, the beautiful shell has become the biggest obstacle in the transformation from an idol to an actor.Take Tom Cruise as an example, because no one will think that his appearance is bad, but his role does have some suspicions of type, and Oscar is still "clear" on this point, you just see His performance in front of the veteran actor Dustin Hoffman shows that Cruise still has a long way to go if he wants to win the Oscar!Wasn't someone joking, saying that Tom cruise divorced her in a fit of rage because he couldn't compete with Nicole in "Eyes Wide Opener", of course it was just a joke.It's just that, for an idol star, it is really not an easy task to let the audience ignore his existence as an idol, and it is also a dangerous thing at the same time.

After a lot of foreshadowing, I finally got to the topic. In fact, what I want to talk about is the movie of my brother Leslie Cheung.Because he is an actor that cannot be defined in the two factions I divide, an actor who can give the audience a series of specific and vivid images that can be flashed, and at the same time successfully break through the handsome appearance and successfully achieve the sublimation from an idol to an actor. My brother's movie is defined by "Days of Being Wild" as the watershed, divided into two periods before and after.Although in the early stage and "A Chinese Ghost Story", you can't ignore his acting skills, but the overall feeling is that the vividness of these two characters still largely utilizes his brother's beautiful appearance.Just like the playboy Twelve Young Masters, Ning Caichen who is cute but stupid and infatuated, if he only uses his acting skills to ask not to be restricted by his appearance and frame, then there will be many actors who are qualified for this role.The reason why these two images still shine in the history of movies is that he borrowed the appearance of his brother, making these two characters unrepeatable classics.

I haven't seen all of my brother's early movies, but to be honest, apart from a few classics such as "Youth in Fire" and "The True Colors of Heroes", most of them have no strength and depth. This can be regarded as my brother's idol period.However, regardless of whether my brother is willing to be an idol or not, he is still very successful in being an idol.Just look at "Lemon Cola", where the 26-year-old can still play a teenage student without being obtrusive, and he will admit that the idol of brother is very good. I privately regard "Days of Being Wild" as the watershed of my brother's film, not because it allowed my brother to win the Academy Award, but because my brother's successful transformation began with A Fei, although the previous "True Heroes" had already allowed him to find The feeling of acting. "Days of Being Wild" was produced when my brother quit the music world, and the period when his brother's movies shined was precisely the period when he quit the music world. One after another, the classics gave the audience overwhelming surprises. East Evil and West Poison".However, when my elder brother put on red dancing shoes and returned to the stage to perform his peerless classic "Red", he became the most eye-catching singer on the stage again. Zha Xie became the end of the classics, and although the subsequent films were of a high level, there was still a gap between them and the classics.

The elder brother's peerless beauty was completed in the later period, to be precise, after he fulfilled Cheng Dieyi, Cheng Dieyi also bestowed him with peerless elegance.There are too many comments and too many details, so I won't repeat them.In "Evil and West Poison", the elder brother successfully concealed his appearance and created the most unusual Xidu, but the flickering eyes made you unable to tell whether it was Xidu, Wang Jiawei, or the elder brother. . The pampered, capricious and idle He Baorong in "Happy Together", it is his elder brother who endows He Baorong with sensitivity and pity.

In addition to these three classics, my brother's later movies are New Year's films and some movies that are not easy to classify. The New Year's film can be described as "the flowers are similar every year". There is really nothing to say, and my brother himself said that he has a lot of helplessness when making a New Year's film.However, among these, there are still a few that are worth watching. People have a soft spot for it.My brother's acting level in the film is average, neither extraordinary nor abnormal, but seeing my brother's proficiency in comedy can also show that his acting skills are broad.The reason for the success of these films is that they caught up with the prosperity of Hong Kong movies. By the way, the episode "Shuangfeiyan" in the movie "East and West" is still worth reviewing frequently.

Then there are those films that are difficult to classify. In short, after "Days of Being Wild", except "Evil, West Poison", and "Happy Together", these films are full of flowers, and there are all kinds of genres. There are all kinds of characters, but it is these characters that enrich the screen image of the transformed brother and make it fuller.I have to say that "The White-haired Witch II" is really misleading under the banner of starring Leslie Cheung. However, in the end, brother Lightning appeared on the stage, just that one look is enough to calm your anger, just that one look, tormented for more than 90 minutes, it is worth it!I have to admire this brother director, he has firmly grasped the psychology of the audience, and brought out his brother's charm to the fullest, otherwise, the audience will not buy it after the movie is over.I also have to admit that my brother is an actor who is very good at performing with his eyes, and he can achieve the desired effect without exaggerating body language.Others have been discussed in many wonderful articles.

In the end it's the director.The director is definitely the soul of a film, and it is easy for a director to imprint his own mark on the film, so some people say that a film is the product of the director's style.When a director creates excellent movies, he can also create excellent actors.The relationship between a director and an actor is like the relationship between Bole and a Chollima. Even if you are a Chollima, you still need to be discovered by Bole. It's still my brother's movie. The outstanding parts of his movies are all done in cooperation with excellent directors, such as "Youth in Fire", "The True Colors of a Hero", "Days of Being Wild", "Evil in the West", "Happy Together" ", even "A Chinese Ghost Story", produced by Tsui Hark, is completely a product of Xu Daxia's style.The cooperation between my brother and these outstanding directors sparked a spark.Wu Yusen, the violent aesthetics leads the trend of a generation, and has created his own world in Hollywood; Wong Kar-wai, the most individual director in Hong Kong history, every film has an olive branch from various awards; Chen Kaige, let alone Having said that, the core figure of the fifth generation of directors, his cultural background and atmosphere are unparalleled.It can be said that Wu Yusen made his brother an actor, Wong Kar Wai made his brother an official actor, and Chen Kaige made his brother an excellent actor.

In fact, in the later period of his elder brother, he was also constantly changing, cooperating with new directors, resolutely not repeating himself, and trying to find breakthroughs, but none of these films achieved comparable effects to the classics, because the directors in these films were telling stories. Sometimes, there are always some heroes who are short of breath and lack the ability to control the overall situation.Fortunately, my brother's introverted acting style didn't make the film his own one-man show, and his director-oriented concept didn't let him override the director.This series of films also includes "Feng Yue" directed by Chen Kaige. This film is like Chen Kaige directing Du Kefeng to shoot a photo album for his brother. After careful analysis, his performance in it is still very good; "Erotic Men and Women" Looking at the first half alone, it has the strength to become a model of erotic movies, but it is the inability to justify the second half that makes it one step away from the classic existence.

Wu Yusen once commented on the four most capable actors to enter Hollywood, including his brother, but his brother had his own persistence and did not step out.Is this a pity, or, if my brother goes abroad, he will get more room for development.After all, there are a large number of all-powerful and touchstone masters in Hollywood. They often wonder what will happen when my brother meets Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, or Roman Polanski. It's worth looking forward to!Practically speaking, there is still a big gap between domestic films and foreign films, and many problems are clearly in front of us. After joining the WTO, wolves are coming, and dancing with wolves is what we look forward to, but that is also in the short term. impossible in time.If the elder brother also stepped out, he should be able to achieve great development, but is that elder brother still our elder brother?One thing is for sure, even if he goes out, he will use his own unique footsteps, he will not follow the route of other people who ventured into Hollywood, just start by playing the negative Chinese role, relying on his personality would not accept it.Perhaps the most ideal state is to let the elder brother direct himself, so that he can fully tap his own potential, just like Mel Gibson and Kevin Scotner, as far as the strength of the elder brother is concerned, there should be no problem .

From this point on, we are full of expectations. Have you booked the movie tickets for Paradise Cinema?