Shu Penn was completely aroused by the movie, and he pulled his clothes tighter.
The air conditioning in the cinema was already quite sufficient, and the calm yet sinister face of Zhang Yuqin, played by Jiang Se in the movie, added a bit of chilliness to the effect.
He couldn't wait to see the wrestling between the two leading actors. Up to now, Jiang Se's performance in "The Devil" was not inferior to Liu Ye at all.
Liu Ye's performance appears more dynamic after breaking the constraints of previous positive characters, while Jiang Se's breaking of the image is far more thorough than Liu Ye's.
She did not just interpret the role of Zhang Yuqin, but made Zhang Yuqin come alive in the eyes and hearts of the audience.
Her body is so thin that she seems to stagger when she walks, and her eyes are empty. She does not just talk about Zhang Yuqin's boring life after losing her daughter, which is like a 'walking corpse', but shows it to the audience through her actions.
Luo Shen opened a small tailor shop in an old neighborhood not far from his home.
His mother is very old and sick, and relies on Luo Shen for care.
This is the news about Luo Shen that Zhang Yuqin found out. How can he go to Zhuzhu to take revenge? Zhang Yuqin chose to rely on himself.
Police actions always follow regulations and procedures, and she also gained some understanding of the law in the process of searching for the real culprit.
If Luo Shen was caught, even if he was found guilty or executed, it would be too easy for him.
The scene when Zhuzhu's body was discovered appeared in front of Zhang Yuqin from time to time, making her restless.
She found a temporary job and carefully suppressed the resentment in her heart, even though this resentment and waiting tortured her beyond recognition.
During the day, Zhang Yuqin found a job that could support her living. She also needed to stay alive to avenge Zhuzhu.
Shu Payne could see her determination in her eyes.
This is really a wonderful process, to be able to play a woman who is heartbroken and has lost hope so vividly, with hatred in her heart but stability in her eyes.
Jiang Se didn't behave in a bitter and resentful manner, but her frustrated feeling was revealed in her every move.
She mechanically ate big mouthfuls of food and was lifeless when working. These details enhanced the persuasiveness of her acting.
When Zhang Yuqin was finally fully prepared and found Luo Shen as Shu Pei'en had expected, the two leading actors appeared on the big screen together for the first time.
This moment was truly one that people were extremely looking forward to. Shu Payen even heard quite a few people in the cinema exclaiming involuntarily.
I felt a little worried for her, but also a little relieved.
Worrying about her proves how deeply rooted Luo Shen, played by Liu Ye, is in people's hearts. His evil is hidden in his droopy and wrinkled eyelids. He is hunched over, wearing an apron, and his gray hair has obviously not been trimmed for some time.
The reason why the audience felt relieved was that it also reflected Jiang Se's previous acting skills. It was her performance when she lost Zhuzhu that made the audience truly happy for her when she found her enemy.
This situation is a bit like playing table tennis.
The protagonists in the play are opponents standing on one side of the table, and the audience seem to be opponents standing on the other side of the table. They mobilize the audience's emotions with their superb acting skills. This feeling is like feeding the ball to the audience, and the audience receives this emotion and then feeds their own feelings back. This back and forth captures the audience's psychology.
The tailor shop where Luo Shen works is not spacious, but rather narrow. It is an old house built decades ago, and the lighting is not very good.
When Zhang Yuqin came in, he stopped what he was doing, pulled up the apron around his waist to wipe his hands, raised his eyelids slightly, and looked at this special "customer".
Although there were no fierce movements or aggressive words between the two people at this moment, the tension between them made the hearts of every audience in the cinema rise to their throats. Shu Payen was so excited that he held the armrests of the chair in the cinema tightly, savoring this moment of the duel between the two leading actors in the movie who had a deep hatred for each other.
Jiang Se was not suppressed by Liu Ye's aura. The two leading actors' unique despair collided at this moment. Even though the picture was silent, in the hearts of the audience, it was like a pot of hot oil exploding, igniting the audience's emotions.
"Luo Shen?"
She spoke in a trembling voice, sizing up the man in front of her.
Jiang Se's ability in delivering lines should not be underestimated. Her voice sounded like crying but not crying, with a slight nasal tone, and was a little light, but she intentionally stretched out each word, with a sigh and resentment. When she spoke, she even took a deep breath, and the collarbone exposed at the collar of her clothes was deeply sunken because of her breathing.
The devil Luo Shen sat there steadily under her gaze. When he heard her calling his name, he raised his head and moved his lips. After a long time, he forced a smile and slowly responded:
"I am."
Zhang Yuqin slowly stepped into the "devil's" territory. Her shoes made tiny sounds as they stepped on the ground. She approached step by step. Her eyes were not ferocious, but the feeling of danger was overwhelming, making her whole body tense.
Luo Shen obviously realized that something was wrong. He let his arms hang down and watched Zhang Yuqin's every move vigilantly. When her eyes met Luo Shen's, Shu Payen's heart rose to her throat.
He subconsciously leaned forward, his eyes widened, and even reached out a hand to hold his glasses, not wanting to miss any of the performance between the two.
The two people in the movie grasped their respective limits very well. The madness hidden under Zhang Yuqin's forbearance and the cruelty under Luo Shen's honest appearance were intertwined at this moment. The moment their eyes met, Zhang Yuqin laughed out loud.
Luo Shen also smiled along. At this moment, Shu Payne strangely understood Zhang Yuqin's smile. She had lived until now just to find and catch the "devil". Now when she saw the murderer sitting in front of her, she should feel relieved, as if she had completed the first journey of a long journey. She should also feel filled with emotion.
There was so much in her smile that it was too much for anyone to explore. At this moment, Shu Payne had only one thought in his mind: it would be a shame to watch the movie "Devil" only once.
Many of the things that the leading actors want to express cannot be fully appreciated if you watch it hastily for the first time.
He remembered Jiang Se's eyes at that moment firmly in his mind. He saw the rivalry between Liu Ye and Jiang Se. The two of them were interacting with each other, and even this mutual wrestling and chasing was far better than when the two leading actors had performed separately before.
Luo Shen did not panic after the failure. A person like him had no interest in living. To him, killing someone was no less than killing a chicken. He did not even have the slightest remorse. When the victim's mother came to his door, he did not feel frightened at all, but rather excited.
When talking about Zhuzhu, it feels like talking about a piece of art that I have carefully completed.
He even lit a cigarette and exhaled quietly with some enjoyment.
At this moment, the image of the "devil" was infinitely magnified in the eyes of the audience. Zhao Rang successfully created a terrifying "devil". At this moment, Liu Ye's expression when lighting a cigarette, in the hearts of the audience, was the real theme of the movie. (To be continued)