Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Photography major - Behind-the-scenes story of bride with white hair: Yang Ziqiong missed the heroine, and Brigitte Lin took the biggest picture.

Behind-the-scenes story of bride with white hair: Yang Ziqiong missed the heroine, and Brigitte Lin took the biggest picture.

April 1st, which was supposed to be April Fool's Day, was different because one person left. He was Leslie Cheung. Unconsciously, my brother has been away from us for nearly 17 years. Recently, South Korea is going to re-release the restored version of Farewell My Concubine on April 1, but due to the epidemic, it will be postponed to May.

The Korean premiere of Farewell My Concubine has been postponed, but the 4K restored version of Leslie Cheung's bride with white hair will be put back on the big screen in Hong Kong on April 1st, which is also a big surprise. At the same time, another classic of Leslie Cheung's "Night Singing" will also be released on April 8th.

"bride with white hair" was released in 1993 and produced by Oriental Film Production Co., Ltd. in Huang Baiming. The lineup behind the scenes is extremely strong: producer Yu Rentai and Gao Zhisen, director Yu Rentai, martial arts director Guo Zhenfeng (Guo Zhui), photography director Bao Dexi, costume designer Emi Wada, and Leslie Cheung composed and sang. Starring Leslie Cheung and Brigitte Lin, supporting roles include Bao Fang, Luo Lelin, Lan Jieying, Kaohsiung, Wu Zhenyu, Elaine Lui and Tang Ning (childhood Zhuo Yihang).

"bride with white hair" presents a lingering legend, which is another monument of the new martial arts film. It was released in Hong Kong that year and earned HK$ 19.86 million, ranking 14th in the annual box office list. After 27 years, what are the wonderful behind-the-scenes stories of bride with white hair?

1. Yang Ziqiong missed the heroine

At first, Gao Zhisen read the original novel of Liang Yusheng, and then thought it was ok to shoot it, so he found Yu Rentai. Yu Rentai wasn't interested at first. After all, he had never been involved in martial arts films before, and he was good at ghost films, with the title of "Ghost King", and his representative works were "Intimidation" and "The Devil jumps over the Wall".

Then Gao Zhisen and Yu Rentai approached Liang Yusheng and asked him if he was willing to authorize a major revision of the original work. Liang Yusheng readily agreed. After the script was finalized, Huang Baiming was found to invest, and there was a lack of actors below.

Yu Rentai has the absolute right to direct. He first chose Leslie Cheung to play Zhuo Yihang, the leading actor, and greatly changed the characters in the book. Zhuo Yihang in the original work was an indecisive person, which made him eccentric and more attractive in comparison.

1993 was hailed as the year of Hong Kong film martial arts, and everyone rushed to shoot martial arts films. In addition, Hong Kong films were good at action movies, so at first the heroine chose Yang Ziqiong and wanted to arrange a lot of acting for her. However, in 1993, Yang Ziqiong was busy, with Jet Li having tai chi zhang sanfeng, Anita Mui having heroic trio, Modern Hero Biography, New meteor butterfly sword and Seven Princess Martial Arts.

Later, the crew wanted to find Brigitte Lin. At first, Brigitte Lin didn't have time, but when he heard that he was working with his brother Leslie Cheung, he immediately agreed. Originally, the script was based on martial arts. Later, because of Brigitte Lin's joining, the elements of martial arts were diluted and the love story was strengthened.

2. The crew spent two months in the daytime and went out at night

The shooting time of bride with white hair is a bit long compared with 92 happy events, Gunfire, East into West, and Banquet of the Giants. Shooting started in May and was completed in July. Because it's early summer, the weather is hot, and the second is that director Yu Rentai wants a special light and shadow effect. Therefore, the crew spent two months in the daytime and went out at night, and most of them were filmed at night, all of which were artificially polished. Under Bao Dexi's photography, it has produced gorgeous effects, making people wander in the martial arts world between reality and imagination.

3. Design more than 2 sets of clothes: The new shirts are washed to the old ones

Emi Wada is the fashion designer, who won the Oscar Award for Best Fashion Design. Often, the clothes she designed can always serve the film better from the character's personality. She has participated in many Chinese films, such as Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Dominating the World and so on.

In "bride with white hair", she designed more than 2 sets of clothes, mainly in ethnic minority styles, and the fabrics were selected from all over the country. In order to strengthen the flavor of life, she specially washed the new shirts and made them old. In order to highlight the character, her dress was mainly in white tones, while in Zhuo Yihang, it was mainly in dark tones such as black, purplish blue and dark gray. One reflected innocence and the other reflected loneliness.

4. Interesting things on the set of Leslie Cheung and Brigitte Lin

Yu Rentai said in an interview that he and Leslie Cheung cooperated like good brothers and were very interactive. Because we have to catch up with the Brigitte Lin schedule, we have to shoot for 72 hours in a row, and the three groups shoot together, but Leslie Cheung never complained. One night, Yu Rentai said to Leslie Cheung, I still need a song, I must have a song; Brother said, a song, oh, I haven't thought of it yet. I will think of it soon. Then one night, Leslie Cheung found Yu Rentai and asked him, Are you ready? I'll hum a song for you now. Yu Rentai just listened to two sentences and said that there was no problem, because he believed that Leslie Cheung's creation was more emotional.

Later, this song was "Beauty with White Hair". Leslie Cheung incorporated Zhuo Yihang's infatuation into the song, which was very suitable for the film and became a classic.

There is also about Brigitte Lin. One day, Yu Rentai said to Leslie Cheung: Don't shoot that scene so fake, don't just touch hands and kiss. I really want the audience to feel the passion and love between these two people, so I really need to be tight. Leslie Cheung said: How can the meat be tight? Yu Rentai said just put your hands around. Leslie Cheung said that the other party is Brigitte Lin. Can you put it around?

After that, they went to discuss with Brigitte Lin. Before they spoke, Sister Qingxia said: Do you want to talk about the scene? What "scale" do you want to shoot? Then Yu Rentai explained the lens to her and how to shoot it. Brigitte Lin was surprised and asked if it was serious. Then my brother said to Brigitte Lin, You believe me, and it doesn't matter if you really touch it.

The funniest thing is that almost after the negotiation, Brigitte Lin suddenly said, Don't push so hard. I have to say, what a lovely sister Qingxia, it's still Dong Fangbubai, the leader of the domineering side leakage we know.

5. The biggest scale of Brigitte Lin's filming

bride with white hair is the biggest scale film since Brigitte Lin's filming, and the touching scene in the water with Leslie Cheung is unforgettable, which also adds luster to her performance experience. Before "bride with white hair", Brigitte Lin and Leslie Cheung collaborated on "East into West", and the two sides also had a tacit understanding and trust. Even when Brigitte Lin was filming the scene of bathing in the water, she asked Leslie Cheung to watch it for herself, because she was worried that she would "goof off".

It's been 33 years since bride with white hair in 1993. My brother Leslie Cheung left us, so did Bao Fang, the expert of Jin Yong's martial arts drama, and Lan Jieying, who was absolutely beautiful in Wutai Mountain. After all, the departure of three actors has become a memory!