"Editor's note"
Director Li Han-hsiang (April 18, 1926 – December 17, 1996), master painter Xu Beihong, later entered the film company, eventually becoming so famous. His of the diao CHAN, the Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, and the Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai and other works, leading the trend of 560 Hong Kong huangmei Opera movies of the last century, for the Taiwan film's rise has nurtured many a newcomer actor and Director. The 1980 's, Li Han-hsiang came to the Mainland, photograph of the yuanmingyuan, the throne, and became the first woman allowed to enter the forbidden city for location shooting in the field Director.
Released in 1977, the watermei: a dream of Red mansions, Li Han-hsiang's work is not high, but by the influence of Chinese classical literature, he moved to the big screen this masterpiece and change Taiwan prevailing at that time, rough poor adaptation of red wind. At the beginning of shooting, Li Han-hsiang temporary Sylvia Chang Lin Ching-hsia and the roles were reversed, Brigitte was also found later playing potential. Before the watermei: a dream of Red mansions, Li Han-hsiang was twice adapted the story of chance, but he refused. What was that for?
Last in 2016, are the 20 anniversary of the death of the 90 anniversary of the birthday of Li Han-hsiang, his memoir of the 30-year retrospective by wave publishing company has recently published in the Mainland for the first time. In the book, he go back to the beginning, stories, folk culture has at various film festivals. About the dream of the film adaptations, there are detailed in, surging public information authorized to extract the relevant parts.
Han hsiang Li
See the dream of performing more and more enjoyable
In fact, I took before Brigitte Lin and Zhang Aijia watermei: a dream of Red mansions, twice Director of the dream of the chance, have asked me to push away. Shanghai Yue Opera troupe to perform in Hong Kong for the first time when performing plays in Wang's, Wang Wenjuan of dream of the Red Chamber, Jin caifeng, the Jade Hairpin and Liu Ruiying playing golden bough (that is, of the banding delicate) as a Deputy. Current production quite a sensation. I is the standard fans, but do not understand Cantonese for Cantonese Opera in addition to any other operas and quyi, are each required to. Shaoxing opera and storytelling could not understand, Hangzhou wife translated, but there is a, listen to a few times, it is all clear. While watching a dream of Red mansions, to Wang's and Wang Wenjuan they show more and more fun, singing more and more fascinating. Wang's appearances and some unacceptable total gem weight, age and is much too large for some, but a fall three jade show down, forget all about them, think she is described by Yu Cao Xueqin. Her vocal melodies, sometimes bold, forceful, sometimes polite, soft; Kuling is a sad, sad "sister Lin I'm late! "Touching, moving, under" when you first come over to my house, "a large section of the Qing, speak softly sing to, drop-like silver beads, frustrated significant, clear light and shade. Po hing off stage, adjacent to the quiet even the audience breath sounds were audible.
Opera singer 1962 film a dream of Red mansions, starring Wang's, Wang Wenjuan, Fan Cen Director.
Wenjuan Wang Daiyu burn version of singing elegant mild flavor and mellow. On Dai-Yu's character concept is logical and exquisite performance accurately, really when it comes to the point of perfection. See her wholeheartedly into the role performance, few suspected that the stage is really progressed.
Her funeral flowers and burned draft looming dark tears, violet cuckoo, after she died of a "girl", and the jewel at the Kuling "sister Lin", the wailing of the world, they are able to perform aptly when appropriate.
Her funeral flowers.
Cry of life, is coming from the sad, compulsive, naturally a teary crying tears up and never know care less attitude rhyme is not beautiful, good is not good. But stage Shang of cry is through has skills of performances, instead of to cry have really, more to cry have beauty, also to side cry side sing; sing and yin and Yang points have clear, weight listening to have ming, feelings excited Shi, as rivers blew out, but mountain loop turned, dang urgent is urgent, dang sustained is sustained; adjustable door also sometimes high can cloud, sometimes and low Harbour, tone high, is difficulty big, but tone low, sometimes more bad sing, Wang's Kuling Shi of "now is, urging called not return" of "return" Word, and Wang Wenjuan burn draft Shi of " Boudoir with the poetry of my life partner "," partner ", one high and one low, they played, all right, tepid.
Before she died, hearing joy gongs and Misty seem to see the gem, one sentence: "she ... ... Hello...... "and then stumbled and fell to the ground. "Hello" here may be more than words can express, omit not too simple, as the Chinese pay attention to, "hide" and "show," the truth. The so-called "good hiding there was nothing else showing nothing, good show there was nothing else does not hide" is to express the higher realm of art is omitted. "Three inch vertical painting, when you climb high, cross-inking several feet, Barry back", this aftertaste is endless!
Went home and awake, I really want to play this on screen. Then I have just the diao Chan and the Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, results are far from satisfactory, especially of the Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, is broke and always film box office records. Xin Zhang Xinhua cinema reconstruction at that time, long queues at the box office back from Nathan Road to bypass the Shaw building, all surrounded by a circle, up to Xinhua and then removed before the phenomenon that has not. So many people sing to my costume and more confident, but never imagined, the Phoenix company's Director, Mr Zhu Shilin, call me, say I eat and CUI Ying, and know several times I've seen Opera dream of the Red Chamber, it is also about the Wang's and Wang Wenjuan!
Never participate in a dream of Red mansions
And Mr Zhu Shilin at Wing Wah after the company broke up, because left-right relationship for many years, has not seen. Tracy and I had conferred with the British, she thinks maybe Zhu wanted to know me on a dream of Red mansions (Shaoxing opera) or another, only that of the art Exchange an exchange of views, there won't be any political elements. Zhu, senior figure in quezhibugong, so we scheduled appointments.
It is regrettable that Wang's relationship because of the cold that day failed to come and Wang Wenjuan, but Cui Lin under the British think sisters should be satisfied. She hasn't make-up, accustomed to looking at our Lady's mascara to draw hair, blue eyes, red lips, but think she's particularly elegant and pleasant. Wenjuan Wang has not been talking, I was always a slip of the tongue, issued a strong enough, Mr Zhu Shilin said the troupe at the right time, mny Zhu suddenly asked me, "have no interest in the dream of moving to the big screen, a piece of stagecraft like? "I first heard this is a e, long I do not know how to answer it. Although knowing that Phoenix company produced the film, issued by Singapore and Malaysia copyright mostly Shaw Brothers company, but in terms of production, but never worked in public. Though the dream of the Red Chamber is a masterpiece of Chinese classical literature, there is nothing political, but Phoenix managed to a left-wing company, if not only Taiwan's theaters have been problems, even holding one systemic cause other unnecessary trouble.
Perhaps Mr Chu see truth I silently for a long time, he came up with a compromise solution, said to be by me and Xiaofeng Hu Co-Director, I was just doing the scenes planning work. Even so, I still due to Shaw's contractual relationship must advance consent of the six, Mr Zhu Shilin also think it should be.
Wenjuan Wang go after dinner, leaving my wife, and Mr Zhu talked casually troupe staged the event in Hong Kong, and also referring to Wang's and Wang Wenjuan two accomplishments on stage. It suddenly occurred to me, while eating, discover Wenjuan Wang edged two gold teeth, on the stage, audience distance was not clear, but the close-up on screen will clearly see, little Lin Daiyu is inlaid with two gold teeth total. Mr Zhu believes that it is very easy to handle, up to install it all over again. I and Mr Shaw said after the conversation, he didn't say anything, just smiled and shook her. So, although I also attended Liao Yiyuan, Xiaofeng Hu and Han Xiong flew several Po hing, Mr Gao Hua restaurant upstairs held a preliminary discussion of filming the story of the talk, but I didn't participate in the red curtain behind the scenes.
Knows the dream of clear water Bay Studio set construction took more than a month, because Xu Wang two sets, clothing, and so on are not satisfied, just stopped, came back to Shanghai again after shooting, the Director changed the secret history of Qing, Deputy Director of CEN fan.
This is John Buckingham, in Taiwan to loudly said to be copied from the media sample. As for it inside he did not know, because at that time practically in June on behalf of Xiamen, in his play. Han Chin also did not participate in the film industry.
Companies who take advantage of
Shaw to prepare for the production for the first time when the dream of the Red Chamber, behaves in a very mysterious, probably was the Executive producer of the mean. I went to Japan the Imazu area of Kyoto, shooting the Yang, Wang Zhao, Wu Zetian, three films before, heard Yuan Qiufeng to make a costume of singing called autumn chicken, have not threatened to take the story of, until the Ext team, began to collect the singing, take the set. I was in Japan by sending newspapers, and they knew that Hsia yan Lin, Ren Jie yan Jia Baoyu, singing behind the scenes is Jing-Ting and June.
Shaw first remake of a dream of Red mansions, Hsia playing Lin Daiyu, Ren Jie yan Jia Baoyu.
Cao Xueqin, author of the dream, death for nearly 200 years, to no one on screen it's production company held copyright, nor any company and any patent, so it can be adapted into a movie. Although I have made plans to film the story of, but told me that other film producers could justifiably have not yet ended, has been submitted to the Director, why such sneaky? Really hard to understand!
Was not clear until after I left Shaw, this is someone's long-term plan to force a tiger to jump over the first. Because my boss on the Shaw Trust, loved by people under, is really the wind was wind, rain rain, then almost the entire Shaw Brothers Studio schedule, was planned by me (so far waiting tables, is still the one that I designed). While filming of four groups of huangmei Opera movies (Yueting Wang's romance, Gao Li Fung also nest, He Menghua of Yang naiwu and Xiao ', of the Su Tang Chun Hu), hung and I jointly on behalf of the Director. Companies, so there is already a small circle of people, secretly worked, waiting in the wings, so I said the dream of shooting, they take advantage of diversionary first.
I always act, all Ming Laiming, absolutely save any word, straight talk, there is a say a, no entrainment try. Between two points, not in a straight line is the shortest? So why bother twisting?
Waiting for me from Japan back Yuan Qiufeng of dream of the Red Chamber has already begun shooting. Autumn maple man is modestly to my jiaduolishandao of mountain-building, a few times, just personal views on dream of the Red Chamber, raised a number of questions for discussion, after I finish this movie was invited to watch the raw footage. Reportedly six was not satisfied, so her brother Chang Cheh some supplement views of the play, jumped well play back photographed Gold Bracelet (Chang Cheh Shaw wrote at that time, haven't even started directing).
No perfect the dream of the film
The second time I refuse the chance is all I dream of returning to Hong Kong from Taiwan, and again when I joined the company. After the Director signed a two-year contract, six hopes that the first play I take the huangmei Opera dream of the Red Chamber, because mountain classic preparation for a while, singing also took part, playing of Jia Bao-Yu's choice also determines the hours, he thought the huangmei Opera is right up my alley, limbo is the co-host, thoroughly at home should be easier. But I don't think it does.
Grounds used to be my racket huangmei Opera movies, singing in the collection already there shooting before expected, others accept singing, is not applicable to me and played limbo Baoyu's age, anyway. I had just seen of the genre, I still have deep, I said that if I took the dream of or wish to film of the genre, so the play between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu's age should not be too far away from the original.
Released in 1978, the new mansion, directed by John Buckingham, practically played Jia Baoyu.
The illusion of a lot of people, when she entered the House is a lovely girl, when she was just six years old boy, Wei Jia Bao-Yu is a child, and playing partner, is a noble class of girls, one is "the poem Rite hat and ornaments of the clan" by Playboy. Movies like stage show, Gai jiaotian as stage play more than 80 years more than 20 years of Valor gongjia, gestures still acted powerfully, but the close-up on the silver screen, not audience jump, where thought an old eunuch!
Grand View Garden of Cao Xueqin's fictional realm of art, Jia Zheng Jia Baoyu lived in since childhood father and grandmother in a conflict environment. Father wanted him to be taught the habit of the aristocracy loyal son, lishenyangming, live up to the Emperor enzude; grandmother is blindly being pampered, spoiled, one day didn't favor dear heart! So pamper him cheek by jowl, in order to escape the discipline of Jia Zheng. Baoyu in sister, sister, cousin, cousin of a group of girls and grew up a crowd of servant girl woman, led him to develop the so-called "secular man" contempt and hatred, obtained an outright violation of "patriarchal" conclusions of the feudal order: "daughter is made of flesh and blood water, mud man flesh. "" Fine show clock in daughter of the mountains and the Sun and moon, xumeinanzi mere scum muddy mo. "This is of course contrary to class in a very confusing thoughts.
Jia Baoyu of this indignation and discontent, led to he in thought and action Shang on series feudalism of suspected and denied: he disgust nobles class of red tape, disgust dead of decency dogma, disgust he father forced he efforts pursuit of that "career economic"; he put specifically run fame, and hunting Cyril of people scolded for "ludu"; he Centerless Yu feudal scholar climbing of must of road of imperial system. Now, it's nothing short of a rebellious character.
So, I think playing in the classical literature of Jia Bao-Yu, and folktales of the legend Liang Shanbo are two different things. Butterfly as long as his unswerving, sincere and competent, and Yan Jia Baoyu is much more complex. Although the actor is not necessarily a dream expert, like Zhou ru-Chang said to research within the school and outside school, but at least to see the dream of the understanding of Jia Bao-Yu and Jia Baoyu's life, surely it is not too much, but is not the actor can do.
Although hundreds researcher experts at home and abroad, which has a number of so-called "learned", "outside" monographs, coupled with various versions, and previously inexplicable Suo Yin, is simply dazzling. Despite some good storytelling and drama, but so far there is no perfect the dream of the film.
I don't like the usual minced his ban la filled the entire Goody's dream of the Red Chamber (stage play, and Yuan Qiufeng, and I took the form), don't like vulgar description of Grand View Garden of licentious lives of dream of the Red Chamber (like Shaw of the erotic dream of the Red Chamber). I think it should be with the real faithful to the original path, one belongs to the story by Cao Xueqin, dream of the Red Chamber.
Leslie starred in the erotic dream of the Red Chamber, posters reading "unsuitable for children".
Turned the great warlords of reason
Film length is limited, of course, can be divided into: "dreamland" "Wang Xifeng make ningguo House", "red b" "Qing Wen" "Xiangyun" "miaoyu" ... ...
Never do the Jia Bao-Yu's first sexual intercourse has also been painted in the "hide" and "show": "hidden" laryngeal not too much to stomach, "dew" too much and is ungainly. No one filmed the homosexual tendencies of Jia Baoyu. Coke: "pahui pahui, husband's brother-in-law. "The real truth, it is hard to talk. But how will er fu Rong Ning the moral face of festering, mean messy relationships between men and women, through the movie language to describe them?
Growing up because of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu in this environment, careful and accurate description of the situation around them, how about gem indignation rebellious character of discontent? How can we explain her narrow, stingy, crying, Miss temper for no reason, rather isolated, others disgusted?
All this because they hate Rong Ning two House gaoliangjinxiu live under the guise of, profligacy, debauchery. The water is dirty in the garden, why she spent for flower arrangements for a view to be on his deathbed, tells violet cuckoo: "tell them to send me back somehow, and my body is clean. "
These are words I do not dream of the Red Chamber instead of the major warlords of the cause. To participate in discussions with six and Miss Mona Fong, have agreed to my views, not to dream of the Red Chamber, but didn't give up shooting the story of will. This may be later took both a dream of Red mansions (the watermei: a dream of Red mansions and the erotic dream of the Red Chamber) reason. Not what I imagined a dream of Red mansions. If one is a donkey, another is called non-horse. Jin Daoling played a part because haven't seen, and therefore not wantonly criticize. But later, because I'm the third contract, anyone want to ask me to make a melodrama of the late Qing dynasty, Taiwan commissioned Jiang Shufan and I talk about Taiwan copyright issues to know two of the dream of Red mansions in Taiwan hit on the inside.
Directed by Li Han-hsiang eventually watermei: a dream of Red mansions, played by Brigitte Lin Jia Baoyu and starred Sylvia Chang Lin, when two people have just taken part in performing nobody of course.
People still use "two-part dream, Taiwan battleground", this is the dream of the Red Chamber intend John Buckingham explained. To Mr run run Shaw's Shaw publicity release is only to promote itself, even if the promotional words pointed nose shouting on the other, he is not in favor of a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye. Jin Daoling's dream of the Red Chamber, even more so. They not only confusing in terms of publicity, and resorts to get the sympathy vote, advertisers notice requirements on them such as Shaw of dream of the Red Chamber, make use of the relationship for this purpose.
Jiang Shufan Mr is participation gold guide of dream publicity of, he told I he see had Shaw of jade marriage dream zhihou (with he of original Word): "I finished has on silly has eye has, shocked has, immediately back on open has a will, told they to play than play on are don't on, even door are no, quickly trying to's! "
Call ways, do? Don't have time to make up a play? ' Tweaks, of course, what is best? Learn the "handicap" the truth, said Li Han-hsiang to great pressure, said Shaw of bullying. Advertising phrases have been to Virago scolds degree. Extremes meet, she feared a unilateral offensive to the audience, and made Li Han-hsiang called John Buckingham is "Shandong sold bread", and then win, Shandong people's sympathy, said some wrote and directed, and also give the impression that "the two sides both" reasons.
Of course, where there's smoke, once at the time of filming, had just returned from Taipei Gouldian told me that Liu Weibin said: "John Buckingham how foolish, overconfident, so many friends advised not to listen to, be sure to yiluantoushi, compared to Shaw, Li Han-hsiang, suddenly selling bread you've ever seen the publication of a book, right? "I was not even laugh laugh, fence, how to upload other people's ears, how my words, ask the writers Sir or Madam!
Of the 30-year retrospective, Li Han-hsiang/a, Beijing Union publishing company, February 2017. Editorial guard personal information was blackmail
