1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 14 "Farewell My Concubine" became a hit and moved to a new home!

1993, May 24.

The movie "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Cheng Kaige and starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi and Gong Li won the Palme d'Or, the highest gold medal at the 46th Cannes International Film Festival.

This is also the first and only time in the history of the Cannes Film Festival that a Chinese-language film has won this award.

The appearance of "Farewell My Concubine" put Cheng Kaige on the altar. After winning the Palme d'Or, he left his fingerprints on the Palais Royal in Cannes. An overseas Chinese shouted to him: "Thank you Cheng Kaige, you are so great!"

Hearing this, Cheng Kaige pursed his lips and almost cried.

The only fly in the ointment is that Leslie Cheung failed to win the Best Actor.

There are two main reasons for this: one is that "Farewell My Concubine" has already won the Palme d'Or, the highest honor at the Cannes International Film Festival, and the jury hopes to award other important awards (Cannes Best Actor) to other outstanding films;

The second was an Italian judge named Claudia Cardinale who deliberately voted for Leslie Cheung for the Best Actress award.

Although Leslie Cheung missed out on the Best Actor Award at Cannes by one vote, his performance in "Farewell My Concubine" was still highly recognized by the judges.

Film star Gary Orman, who serves as a judge for this year's Cannes International Film Festival, rushed to shake hands with Leslie Cheung as soon as he saw him. Gary said that his performance was so wonderful. Louis Malle also kept saying "Wonderful" when he saw Leslie Cheung.

to evaluate him.

When the film "Farewell My Concubine" received the award at Cannes, Hou Hsiao-hsien also faced the reporters' cameras and said excitedly: "Chinese movies are like the solar term of spring, and a hundred flowers are about to bloom!"

Unfortunately, due to various factors, Leslie Cheung did not receive any nominations at domestic film festivals.

Although "Farewell My Concubine" is a domestic film, due to various factors, it cannot participate in the selection of awards such as the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers.

In Taiwan Province, "Farewell My Concubine" is classified as a mainland film and cannot participate in the selection of the Golden Horse Awards.

In Hong Kong, "Farewell My Concubine" is not banned from screening, but it is not considered a Hong Kong film and cannot participate in any selection of the Hong Kong Film Awards.

It is simply a black humor for an epic domestic film to fail to obtain industry review qualifications in its own country.

Jiang Wen, who is preparing for the movie "Sunny Days", originally also participated in the epic movie "Farewell My Concubine".

Because Cheng Kaige had invited Jiang Wen to play the role of Duan Xiaolou at that time, but Jiang Wen felt that playing Duan Xiaolou was not a challenge and wanted to play Cheng Dieyi. Cheng Kaige refused without even thinking about it.

Jiang Wenze said: "I have played Li Lianying before, and I better understand the psychological state of characters like Cheng Dieyi. How will you know if I can't do it if you don't try?"

In order to convince Cheng Kaige, Jiang Wen even used rubber bands to tie his hair into a bun and a middle-parted hairstyle. The middle-parted hairstyle in front could just cover his big face.

After finishing the look, Jiang Wen also asked someone to take a black and white photo and sent it to Cheng Kaige. When Cheng Kaige received the photo, he was so shocked that he almost poisoned him to death. He was even more determined not to use Jiang Wen to play Cheng Dieyi.

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Zhang Yimou, another famous director in China, recently obtained the copyright of the novella "Alive" from the writer Yu Hua, and is preparing to be the director of the film adapted from the novella of the same name by the Shanghai Film Studio.

The director of the feature film "Alive", the famous movie star Gong Li, and the comedy star Ge You play the leading roles.

Since the main actors all have filming appointments, the filming of "Alive" will not start until July. It is planned to finish filming in November and meet the audience in the first half of next year.

June 3, morning.

Jiang Xiaofeng was called to Dadi Records and was about to enter the recording studio to record his original song - "Those Flowers". Gao Xiaosong also came with him.

Gao Xiaosong came here mainly because he wanted to wait and see what the level of Dadi Records' adaptation of the songs was.

As a result, when Gao Xiaosong and Jiang Xiaofeng entered the recording studio and listened, they both felt very happy and surprised, because the arrangement of "Those Flowers" was so good.

The arranger of "Those Flowers" is Lin Hai, who graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music. He is the first Chinese to be shortlisted for the semi-finals of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition in the United States and is also a very outstanding composer today.

, musicians, performers, and music producers.

After listening to the finished arrangement of "Those Flowers", Gao Xiaosong wished that his work could be arranged earlier.

When Jiang Xiaofeng entered the recording studio to record a song for the first time, when he put on the headset and heard his own voice, he felt very strange. I thought, is this my voice? Why is it different from the voice he usually hears?

In addition, Jiang Xiaofeng is not a professional singer and needs to improve his singing skills. He is very inexperienced and does not have a good grasp of pitch, breath, etc.

After one morning, Jiang Xiaofeng sang it more than ten times, but still failed to meet the requirements of producer Huang Xiaomao.

Of course, Jiang Xiaofeng was not without gains. He also learned a lot of experience and some singing skills.

Under the patient guidance of producer Huang Xiaomao, Jiang Xiaofeng's pitch, breath, and vocal position are all up to standard, but there are still many flaws and require repeated practice.

Huang Xiaomao did not rush Jiang Xiaofeng, but comforted him and said: "Xiao Feng, don't worry, we will treat today as training. You go back and rest today, and we will continue recording in two days."

"Okay, Teacher Huang, Teacher Lin... thank you all for your hard work!"

After bidding farewell to Huang Xiaomao, Lin Hai and others, Jiang Xiaofeng and Gao Xiaosong left Dadi Records together.

Since the last time we said goodbye, the wealthy Gao Xiaosong has been looking for an opportunity to treat Jiang Xiaofeng to dinner.

Seeing Gao Xiaosong's enthusiasm, Jiang Xiaofeng did not refuse and readily agreed.

Gao Xiaosong was quite generous. He invited Jiang Xiaofeng to a high-end restaurant for two people to eat. He ordered a table full of fish, meat and wine.

When Gao Xiaosong learned that Jiang Xiaofeng was still living in a small shabby house in a courtyard with a monthly rent of 30 yuan, he immediately sent an invitation to him: "Why are you still living there? If you can live with me in the Asian Games Village, just stay at my place.

One person lives in one room, and there are four other rooms that are unoccupied, so you can stay wherever you like."

Jiang Xiaofeng thought it was too troublesome. Even if he had to move out of the courtyard, there was no need to live under someone else's roof. He was fully capable of renting a better house, so he declined politely: "Xiao Song, forget it, I won't trouble you anymore!"

Gao Xiaosong hurriedly said: "It's not troublesome. I live alone in such a big house, and it's very scary and boring. If you go to live with me, we will have someone to take care of you. We can eat, drink, talk about music, and have fun together."

Picking up girls..."

Under Gao Xiaosong's sincere persuasion, Jiang Xiaofeng was also a little tempted, because his living environment in the courtyard was nothing compared to Gao Xiaosong's Huiyuan Apartment.

However, Jiang Xiaofeng always likes to be alone and does not like too noisy and noisy environments. He is worried that after he moves to Gao Xiaosong's place, he will not have a peaceful life.

Because in Jiang Xiaofeng's impression, Gao Xiaosong was a libertine who liked to hang out with friends, play music every night, get drunk now, and have no restraint.

After much deliberation, Jiang Xiaofeng still declined Gao Xiaosong's kindness, but with Gao Xiaosong's help, he rented a house with 2 bedrooms, 1 living room, 1 bathroom, and a balcony in the Huiyuan Apartment in the Asian Games Village. However, the rent was a bit expensive.

It costs 300 yuan per month.

Jiang Xiaofeng dares to live in such an expensive house mainly because he has just sold two songs to Dadi Records and accepted the movie "Sunny Days", so his finances are relatively comfortable for the time being.

Although Jiang Wen has not paid him a penny so far, Jiang Xiaofeng firmly believes that the credibility of a big shot like Jiang Wen is still guaranteed.

ps. Here is an Easter egg stamp of Jiang Wen’s makeup test photo for everyone to enjoy.

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