At the beginning of the movie, the breathtaking scene of the nomination for Best Supporting Actress in "Beijing Event" at the film festival was presented, which lifted the spirits of the audience who came to attend the premiere in the IMAX theater.
"I know that every time you come back, you want to watch Guangde Building's performance of "Beating Yan Song", so I have prepared it."
The man who spoke did not show his face. The camera only showed the flattering man following Doukou under the heavy drizzle.
Her high heels made loud sounds when they stepped on the stone floor. The splashes of water with every step she took seemed poetic at this moment. Her voice was gentle and elegant, and perhaps because of the weather, it was a little cold.
After she entered the opera house, she seemed to be isolated from this lively place.
The waiter from the opera theater led her to where she usually sat. There was usually no one else there, and someone had already opened an umbrella, protecting the tables and chairs firmly so that they were not wet by the rain.
Lin Xiwen used a very long shot to present this segment with a slow rhythm, successfully whetting the audience's appetite.
Only after she came in did Doukou put away her umbrella, revealing her face that was as beautiful as a lotus blooming in clear water, with a faint expression, no smile, her eyes slightly lowered, and her hair tied up in a simple bun.
She was not wearing any sparkling jewelry or fancy clothes. Her cheongsam was very plain, and there was not even a trace of heavy makeup.
She is like a lady from a scholarly family, and every move she makes is unique.
Even though Tao Tao knew that the actress who played Doukou was Jiang Se, she inexplicably felt that the woman in front of her was difficult to associate with the several roles that Jiang Se had played in her memory. She seemed to be the living Doukou, a real person who appeared in front of her.
In the premiere theater, the audience sighed in admiration when they saw Doukou's true appearance.
The layman watches the excitement, while the expert looks for the details.
When Shu Payne saw this, he nodded and a smile appeared on his face.
In the first few minutes, Lin Xiwen made good use of the camera, using different editing methods according to people's psychology.
His shots represent the audience's psychology and capture the atmosphere very tightly. From the tense and bleak opening, in addition to showing it through Scholz's escape, it is also shown through different editing shots.
When Doukou appears, the long shot, close-up and even close-up are used to the extreme, which has already revealed Lin Xiwen's control over the film.
Even Shu Peien felt that Lin Xiwen's "Beijing Events" was an underrated film. The reason why it did not win the Best Director Award this time was not because he was not good enough or worked hard enough, but because there were so many good films at this film festival.
Even if he watched "Beijing Events" again, Shu Peien was still drawn into the plot. In his opinion, the most rare thing about Doukou, played by Jiang Se, was not because of how well she acted, but that there was no trace of acting in her character.
It was as if Jiang Se was already a young girl, without any trace of herself at all, which was very rare, and was also the reason why Shu Peien voted for her in the Best Supporting Actress award.
Doukou is not the socialite that people imagine. When she first appeared, it was a rainy season. During the filming of the movie, dry ice was used to create fog, which, combined with the rain, further highlighted her untainted coolness.
Lin Xiwen first presented the image of Doukou, who was as pure as a drop of water, very early on, and it deeply rooted in people's hearts. So later, after listening to the play, when the servants came back and reported that the captured Xiao Zi had escaped, people suddenly realized that Xiao Zi's embarrassment at the beginning of the movie was caused by her.
The change in her image in that instant was particularly shocking and unbelievable.
She stood up, her expression changed from sadness to calm, and she ordered people to chase Xiao Zi in an orderly manner. Shu Peien had watched this change in the character's expression twice and still found it very interesting.
Doukou's image when she first appeared was too beautiful, so in the later part, as the movie unravels, people feel pity for her when they see her laughing and scolding with others, and dealing with men.
Although we know that she is An Jiuyu's woman and that she helped An Jiuyu deal with Xiao Zi, it always gives people a regrettable feeling that a pearl is covered in dust.
She brought to life the complex woman created by Hou Xiling, with her own unique characteristics.
Shu Pain had heard that Lin Xiwen's initial candidate was Ye Yingfei, and afterwards Shu Pain had even gone to look up Ye Yingfei.
He had also thought about what it would be like if Ye Yingfei played Doukou, but he was sure that if Ye Yingfei played Doukou, she might be able to portray the sexiness of this beautiful woman who was famous in Peking and even attracted the attention of An Jiuyu, but it would be difficult for her to portray the sensuality of this woman.
Jiang Se did not show Doukou's charm through her appearance, but instead showed this charm in the way Doukou captured Xiao Zi and played with him like a cat and mouse several times, carelessly.
One side door of the cinema quietly opened, and a figure appeared on one side of the door, but the audience's eyes and minds were almost all attracted by the movie, and no one noticed it at all.
Everyone was moved by Xiao Zi's patriotic enthusiasm, and was also touched by his meeting with Hongdou. As the main characters appeared one after another, An Jiuyu's cunning and the Japanese invaders' ambitions were presented to everyone bit by bit through the camera.
The person who came in walked quietly towards the VIP seat. When he sat down, no one around him even turned to look at him.
The story has reached its climax. Doukou's cruelty is hidden under her beautiful appearance. Such a contrasting character has a great impact on people.
Her actions were so hateful that she ruined Xiao Zi's plans several times and even nearly killed him several times.
Just because of an unintentional remark by Xiao Zi, she helped An Jiuyu to become Xiao Zi's enemy, and many people even thought of her as a femme fatale.
You are a beautiful woman, but you associate with bandits. It makes people feel sorry and sigh.
At this point in the film, everyone's curiosity about Doukou has been aroused, and Lin Xiwen begins to dissect her life experience.
When they found out that she came from a scholarly family, but her family suffered a misfortune, her family was broken up, and she wandered to Peking, looking for her fiancé, and was abducted and fell into prostitution, many people could not help but close their eyes.
She was lying in the carriage, and when she passed by Xiao Zi, Nie Dan couldn't help but blurt out a curse word.
She was captured, locked up and beaten by the police. Even though the scene was not shown in the camera, it was still very distressing when the obscene man entered the room where she was held.
Only then did people realize Lin Xiwen's cruelty.
When Doukou first appeared, she was so beautiful, so pure and elegant, and so spotless. But when you see what happened to her, you can feel the cruelty of this world.
Nothing is more heartbreaking than destroying a beautiful and perfect object.
In the same insulting scene, when Miss Jiangkou was humiliated in "Rescue Operation", her screams were heartbreaking, but Doukou was like a lentil leaf, submerged in the water, spinning, and slowly sinking to the bottom of the lake. (To be continued)