Zi Ling's filming process

Yuanye is not only a masterpiece, but also has been criticized.

Zi Ling said they were very careful during the filming. "At that time, I filmed a tryst between Liu Xiaoqing and Yang Zaibao. The director group held a meeting at the scene to discuss how to show that the two had made out. Some people say that Liu Xiaoqing has unbuttoned both buttons, while others say that they can't. The final decision is to only unbutton the first button and then widen the collar a little. " Huang Jiaming, deputy director of Far Field, told the reporter of China Newsweek.

The film started at 1979 and ended at 10 and 12, which lasted for 3 months and finally cost 230,000 RMB. "At that time, I was not allowed to say more than 200,000, and it was a big production." Zi Ling laughed.

After the shooting is completed

Zi Ling once again invited Cao Yu to go to the movies. After repeated invitations, Cao Yu came to the North Film Factory to watch the samples that have not yet been synthesized. "The old man was very happy after reading it. He invited all his friends to watch it, and watched it seven times in a row at the North Film Factory. "Zi Ling said.

Later, Cao Yu hosted a banquet for vilen's crew at home. During the dinner, he said to Zi Ling, "I tell you, I don't know what you want, Miss Ye Da. I was criticized once in vilen, and I dare not speak from the bottom of my heart. You have to show it again, shake it out later and criticize it again. So I dare not ask about it, and I can't stop you. "

Zi Ling asked Mr. Cao Yu: "After reading it, did you feel that you lost your original intention?" Cao Yu said: "It is more concise and better than the original."

Can only be exported, domestic sales are prohibited.

After the feature film was completed, Wujiang invited Liao Chengzhi, then president of China News Agency and then director of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, to watch the film. Liao Chengzhi instructed on the spot to take the film abroad to attend the film festival.

Zi Ling recalled.

"At that time, Liao Gong said that Hong Kong people were particularly concerned about the evaluation of foreigners. If there is a little movement at any film festival outside, it will be very different to return to Hong Kong. " At that time, China News Agency mainly released news to Hong Kong and Macao, so Hong Kong people were one of the important audiences of this film.

1980, Hong Kong filmmaker Rong Nianzeng saw a copy of this film and recommended it to Asian filmmaker Marco Müller of Venice Film Festival. Marco Müller is the current president of the Venice Film Festival. He is a well-known "China hand" in the international film circle, and has introduced China films to the world for many times. At that time, Marco Müller came to China and stayed in the film bureau for a week. After watching all the films submitted by 13 Studios, he didn't select them. Finally, we decided to send vilen, who was filmed by China News Service, to participate in the competition.

In order to compete abroad, the film will be sent to Toyo Imaging Research Institute in Japan for post-production. The film crew sent photographer Rodin to Japan to deal with it. Before he left, Rodin borrowed a bag of Japanese yen from his company. "At that time, there were no credit cards and traveler's checks, and Rodin went to Japan with that bag of money. Walk around with this bag. " Zi Ling said.

Everything's fine.

Zi Ling recalled that when all the visas were processed and the cast members were ready to go to Venice, they were suddenly told by the Film Bureau that they were forbidden to go to Venice, on the grounds that the film could not represent China. Because Zi Ling's work unit is China News Service, and the Film Bureau has no right to interfere, she was the only one attending the 198 1 Venice Film Festival.

Zi Ling still remembers that at the film festival, as soon as she entered the restaurant, the performers would play Japanese songs. "They all thought I was Japanese." Yuan Ye is the first film to be made in Chinese mainland.

Vilen won the honorary award of the world's best film recommendation at Venice Film Festival.

After returning

According to the normal process, "Yuan Ye" began to enter the review and premiere. But the answer is that this film can only be exported, and domestic sales are prohibited. "Just don't let play. The Film Bureau said that China News Service is a foreign country, so it cannot be performed in China. " Zi Ling said. Later, Zi Ling was dubbed as a "foreign director" in the circle, because the film bureau said that the film could not represent China and was not allowed to be shown in China.

According to Zi Ling's memory, at that time, the relevant departments invited the trade unions, the Communist Youth League and the Women's Federation to hold a symposium, and the conclusion was that the hero and heroine were fooling around, abetting crimes, promoting adultery among married people and promoting violent revenge. Zi Ling remembers that in order to win a domestic screening, Liao Chengzhi called Situ Huimin, then vice minister of culture. "They quarreled on the phone", but in the end they could only export, not sell at home.

There were many rumors about vilen at that time. It is said that there are nude scenes of Liu Xiaoqing in the film, which is divided into two versions at home and abroad. Liu Xiaoqing, the star of the film, wrote in his memoir Journey, "I was told that I took a nude scene in bed, and later someone said that it actually appeared in China's Great Reference."