Xia Tian simply told the story of "Farewell My Concubine", then looked at Chen Kaige with a smile and asked, "How about it, Director Chen, what do you think of this story?"

"Well..." Chen Kaige hesitated and didn't seem to like this story very much.

Seeing this, Xia Tian was stunned.

You should know that "Farewell My Concubine" is one of the most classic works in Chinese film history, both storytelling and artistic, and can be regarded as a top-notch work.

But looking at Chen Kaige's current expression, he doesn't seem to be optimistic about this story. He just felt embarrassed to say it because of his own face.

"Why, Director Chen, do you think this story is not good?" Xia Tian asked directly.

"Uh...Mr. Xia, please forgive me for your confusion. I think this story is too cliché." Chen Kaige nodded awkwardly, "A man is too immersed in the role and falls in love with another man. He commits suicide if he doesn't love him. I think this story is very cliché, and I don't support homosexual love."

When Xia Tian heard this, he rolled his eyes speechlessly.

Although "Farewell My Concubine" has elements of homosexual love, it has nothing to do with homosexual love. Cheng Dieyi is not homosexual love. He is just too immersed in the play and cannot survive without being crazy, and has played himself into the role of the play.

The whole play actually interprets the story of "individual struggle with destiny" through the tragic life of two Peking Opera actors (Cheng Dieyi, Duan Xiaolou), and a firework woman (Chrysanthemum Fairy).

Cheng Dieyi's mother was a kiln sister. When he grew up in the kiln until he was five years old, he could no longer stay, so his mother had to send him to the opera troupe to learn skills and cut off his sixth finger for this.

Cheng Dieyi longs for maternal love, but unfortunately, she is destined to be separated from her mother.

After entering the opera troupe, he longed to be a "male man", but he was destined to play the role of a young actress, so after being taught a lesson by his senior brother, he was forced to become a "female girl".

After becoming famous, he sang opera for eunuch Zhang, warlords, and Japanese opera. Under the influence of the times, he turned against his senior brother and made up his mind... He decided to sing a lifelong opera with Duan Xiaolou, the senior brother who played Chu Bawang.

But in the end he realized that he had lived in the play for the rest of his life. In fact, he was not the real Yu Ji, so he drew his sword and committed suicide.

...

Duan Xiaolou played martial artist and a domineering king, but he was not a real domineering king. So when facing Eunuch Zhang, Master Yuan, the Kuomintang, the Japanese, and the Red Little Soldier... he first fought, but in the end he surrendered to fate;

...

Juxian is the top brand in the prostitute and is very popular among customers, but she herself doesn't like it and wants to live a normal life.

But in the end, he was unable to change his destiny and had to choose to commit suicide.

...

In movies, the elements of homosexual love only take up a little, and they are not the main objects portrayed by the movie.

To be honest, if you only regard "Farewell My Concubine" as a homosexual love movie and think it is just a love story between two men, it would really ruin the movie.

...

"Director Chen, do you really think of this story like this?" Xia Tian confirmed again.

"Well, I think there is something wrong with it." Chen Kaige nodded.

"Since you don't like it, then forget it." Xia Tian thought about it and waved his hand. Unexpectedly, Chen Kaige was so ignorant and used shark fin as a fan, which was really a waste of resources!

No wonder he made so many movies in his previous life, but he could watch so few. After taking a look at his works, he found that except for a few movies such as "Loess", "Farewell My Concubine" and "Search", Chen Kaige did not have many commendable works.

On the contrary, he has made many bad movies, such as "The Promise", "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", "Orphan of Zhao", "Fengyue", "Jing Ke Assassination of the King of Qin", etc., which do not stand out as the best name for his fifth-generation directors.

In comparison, although Zhang Yimou has also made some bad movies, such as "The Great Wall", "The Ambush on Ten", "Three Guns", "The Surprise of the Case", "The Golden Armor All Over the City", etc.

But there are also many excellent works, such as "Ju Dou", "Red Sorghum", "Big Red Lantern Hanging High", "Autumn Ju Fighting", "No One Can Leave", "Speak Well with Something", "Alive", "The Flowers of Flowers of Jinling", etc.

"By the way, I remember, Xu Feng, the boss of Tangchen Film, once said that Chen Kaige's ability to select stories is very average. When he was filming "Farewell My Concubine", he was unwilling to do so. She forced him to shoot it, so he was willing to shoot it." Xia Tian suddenly thought, "It seems that what she said makes sense."

In his previous life, the movie "Farewell My Concubine" was invested by Xu Feng, the boss of Tangchen Pictures.

Xu Feng was Hu Jinquan's official actress back then, starring in "Dragon Gate Inn", "The Legend of the Mountain", etc., and is known as Xu's female hero.

Although Tangchen Pictures is not famous, it is famous in Shanghai, Tangchen Yipin, which sells more than 300,000 yuan per square meter, is the same as it.

After Xu Feng received the story of "Farewell My Concubine", she felt very good, so she found a director from the mainland to shoot. Because Chen Kaige was the most famous among the young directors in the mainland film industry at that time, except for Zhang Yimou, he was selected.

After Chen Kaige received the story of "Farewell My Concubine", he looked down on this story as he told Xia Tian. He was extremely fond of it and was unwilling to shoot it at all.

Xu Feng was frightened and finally forced him to surrender. Then he found Lu Wei screenwriter, the top Hong Kong male star Zhang Guorong, the top mainland male star Zhang Fengyi (at the time to film "Blue Kite", "Seduction Monk", "The Murderer Tang Zhan"), and Gong Li, the top mainland actress, played the protagonists.

In addition, Ge You, Jiang Wenli, Lu Qi and other acting stars were invited to help. Gu Changwei was invited to serve as a photographer, and Zhao Jiping was invited to help the movie soundtrack...

Such a creative team can be called a fantasy lineup. Even if the director is a young man, he will be able to shoot according to the script honestly, with the cooperation of these big names, he can make a good work.

Therefore, the success of "Farewell My Concubine" cannot be counted as Chen Kaige alone.

After "Farewell My Concubine", Chen Kaige himself advocated filming "Fengyue", which made Xu Feng realize Chen Kaige's real skills and no longer cooperate with him.

Now it seems that her decision is really wise.

Because most of the works Chen Kaige's filmed afterwards were both box office and reputation.

No wonder there are rumors online that "Farewell My Concubine" was not filmed by him, but by his father helping him.

Of course, this rumor is a rumor. Because when "Farewell My Concubine" was filmed, hundreds of people were watching it on the set. If their father and son really had such a "fake-in-law" scene, they would have been exposed that year. Don't forget that in the 1990s, the paparazzi were already very arrogant.

However, Chen Kaige cannot tell the good or bad of the story. It is an indisputable fact that he uses fans as shark fins and shark fins as fans.
Chapter completed!