Beauty or the director's explanation.

Female directors Juan, a Chinese who has made great achievements in the United States for many years, successfully broke into the domestic market and became a household name in China with a "peep show". After a period of silence, Juan intends to make a nostalgic, Leng Yan and smart female film-Beauty Still. Juan is a director with great personality. The combination of Chinese and western education background makes her director style both passionate and unrestrained in western culture and gentle and charming in oriental charm. Juan has been looking for favorite subjects since the beginning of "peep show", and the topic of women is the focus of her attention, especially Zhang Ailing's works. Director Juan once filmed Zhang Ailing's "The First Pot of Incense" and "Lust, Caution", and made a precise and delicate analysis of Zhang Ailing's carefully constructed female world, but failed to do so for various reasons. After several years of precipitation, Director Juan still pays attention to the female world, and she has always wanted to make a film that truly reflects the mental journey of women.

Beauty is a woman's story. Nostalgia, romance, Leng Yan, flowers and an unforgettable soul. The contest between two women is inextricably linked with family and love. After things have changed, perhaps, the scenery is still beautiful and the scenery is difficult!

Juan said that she wanted to make this film into a work to analyze hue and women's psychology, but she stressed that color is not sex, and women's charm is a deeply humanized content.

In the cast, Juan thinks that Wang is an excellent candidate for the leading actor in the film. This man with vacillating emotions and ambiguous personality has a lot of performance space and is a figure worthy of interpretation. Wang himself accepted the invitation of Director Juan. As for the female number one in the film, a woman who had to give up love when she was growing up, she was beautiful, stubborn, persistent and fragile. Juan thought, this character must belong to Zhou Xun. Zhou Xun himself was deeply interested after seeing the script, so he gave up other movie appointments and concentrated on playing the role of Phillips in the film. Another female character "Zhang Zi" in the film is "Woman among Women", which will be played by Vivian Wu, a famous Chinese actress in Hollywood. In addition, according to Juan, some celebrities in the entertainment circle will also play guest roles in this film, such as China movie star Lisa Lu who entered Hollywood for the first time, and domestic movie stars Yang Lixin and Ju Xue. The film also hired excellent American photographers and artists, because it can break some traditional visual laws of China films and bring a brand-new visual experience to the audience. Director Juan stressed that this film will be soul-destroying for Leng Yan.

Once the news of the preparation of "Beauty Still" was disclosed, it attracted the attention of many shooting agencies and media at home and abroad, and everything is progressing smoothly at present.

On June 5th, 65438+ 10, 65438+ held the launch conference of the movie Beauty Still, in Wang Fu's former residence. The golden wind is rustling, the chrysanthemums are full of autumn fruits, and both Wang and Zhou Xun appear, which makes people look forward to this film.

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Sisterhood by Vivian Wu Zhou Xun

Vivian Wu and Zhou Xun, who came back from Hollywood, played sisters: the former was a social butterfly "Zhang Zi" with various amorous feelings, and the latter was a stubborn little sister "Xiao Fei" who suddenly returned to the extended family from the slum. They entangled with the same man one after another and staged a love-hate relationship.

The story sounds a little crazy, but Vivian Wu and Zhou Xun get along well in life. They chat on the set after the play. Compared with Zhou Xun, who just experienced emotional changes and didn't want to say much, Vivian Wu is more like a "pistachio". From time to time, I can hear her clear voice laughing, even when filming, I don't forget to joke. In the scene of "Xiao Fei and Mr. Huang were caught by Zhang Zi when they kissed goodbye", Vivian Wu in the camera looked gloomy. When the director shouted "Guo", she simply continued to pretend to "catch the rape" and shouted at Wang in front of the window: "Say, which room do you two live in!"

The last "big outbreak" was in Wang.

Although wandering between the two sisters, Mr. Huang, the casino owner played by Wang, is by no means a "playboy" in the ordinary sense. In the front of the film, his character and personality have not been very prominent, just shuttle through it. Wang said that although the relationship between "Miss Huang" and the two sisters is reminiscent of 10 years ago, he played "Lao Pu" in "Red Powder", but the two "are definitely different. 10 years later, I have another understanding of this relationship, and I hope to show the special feelings of people when the old and new times alternate. "

For film directors, Wang is quite satisfied: "The perspective of American screenwriters is different from that of China films. The scenes they describe and the relationship between people give people a sense of marginality, and the script is good. Director Juan is a straightforward person and does not drag his feet. " Wang stressed that he attached great importance to the novelty of working with the new director. His words are obviously not aimed at "beauty" but have another meaning. "What I care about now is not the result of my work but the process. Even if it is painful in the middle, I will stick to it, because I will fulfill my promise to you and I will bear my unhappiness."

Speaking of filming Beauty and practicing boxing, Wang is full of enthusiasm. He said with a smile that practicing boxing can cultivate a person's desire to collide with others. After practicing for more than a week, he found himself suddenly willing to provoke others, and he did have such an opportunity to show his face in the film. In the last game, the boxer in the gambling game set by Mr. Huang didn't come, so he had to go to the ring himself. It is said that this unusual boxing match is full of dramatic conflicts, which has turned the image of Mr. Huang, who has always appeared as a gentle face, upside down. "In fact, the slow rhythm before was paving the way for this scene. His peace has long given birth to personal strength! "

Film evaluation

Still Beautiful is a woman's story. In Juan's own words, it is "women watch the door, men watch the fun". Nostalgia, romance, Leng Yan, flowers and an unforgettable soul. The contest between two women is inextricably linked with family and love. Things have changed, the scenery remains the same, and the scenery is hard to come by. Memphis blues jazz, which was popular all over the world in the mid-20th century, runs through the whole film, and an erotic beauty arises spontaneously. The scenery of the ancient costume is luxurious, not inferior to In the Mood for Love, which reproduces the decadent atmosphere of the media in the 1940s.