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The film tells the story of Bi Chao, a little actor played by Bao Beier, who got the chance of being a villain by chance. But because of an accident, I lost my memory and thought I was the villain. In the story of a play in a play, I began my journey to find myself.
Judging from the plot outline, the film more or less makes Bao Beier form some kind of intertextuality inside and outside the play.
The film is still his good comedy form, but compared with the pure "funny" in the past, he is about to turn 40, and his works have more self-expression. "I hope I can bring a better life to my family through my career."
Just for the expectation or evaluation of the outside world, Bao Beier will sigh at the camera of the 1905 film network, "I will be nervous and anxious."
Today, his focus is still on making the film well. "I know that I still have many shortcomings, so I will be anxious. I think a good film is the result of everyone’s efforts, but a bad film, as a director, is definitely the biggest responsibility. "
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In recent years, Bao Beier has been working outside for a long time, lacking the opportunity to accompany his family. "I have always felt guilty and want to make a movie about family and desire."
So, he started the creation of the film "The Great Anti-Faction", hoping to warn himself through such a work, "What is the most important thing in life." It took him and the team a year and a half to write a single script in the early stage.
There is a line in the movie, "Desire is endless. When I have a Casio, I want a Rolex. When I have a Rolex, I want a more expensive watch." With the growth of Bao Beier’s age, "I feel that desire is not so important, but more important is family, affection and friends."
Therefore, in the film "The Great Anti-Faction", the career and work faced by the character Bi Chao became the main story line of the film development. "This is also an exposition of my present age. Everyone has expectations for his career and hopes to bring a better life to his family through his career."
However, after the pre-editing, Bao Beier spent a lot of time making post-adjustment.
After two rounds of film testing in the later period, after listening to the audience’s opinions, Bao Beier deleted a role — — A talking dog, "Dogs can bark and interact with actors, and we also have subtitles for its barking."
This interest has not been recognized by the audience, but it feels very "second". After all, "The Great Anti-Faction" is a family movie. Although Bao Beier’s heartache is deleted, "everything is still based on the happiness of the audience."
After watching the rough cut version, the director felt that the film still lacked certain content, "the family drama was not thoroughly played."
Therefore, Bao Beier revised it again, called the original team, and made up the scene of bichao arguing with his wife Wu Wen (ornaments) after returning home from the red carpet. "Everyone can help the audience understand the idea of bichao."
In addition, Bao Beier’s films also incorporate many emotional projections of his family.
In the movie, Bi Chao and his wife are eating instant noodles in the basement; Bi Chao saw the birth of a child for the first time. "It’s all because he can flash back to the best bridge in his memory after amnesia. If I want to say what is the most important moment in my life, I may think of the birth of a child and the hard life I had with my wife. "
Whether it’s creative ideas or self-projection, for Bao Beier, "the premise is to make a complete story, describe a group of interesting people and create a distinctive role."
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Bao Beier regards the film "The Great Anti-Faction" as his primary school graduation work, because in the drama "Happy Detective" directed as a director for the first time, he wrote "First Grade Primary School Work" at the end of the film.
But later, someone told him that the work was personal and the film work was everyone’s. After that, he never used the word "work" in the films he directed.
This time, he was originally in the movie, and the word card of "Director Bao Beier" was written as "Ordinary Director Bao Beier". However, after reading it, the director suggested that he take off the word "ordinary", otherwise others would pay too much attention.
"For me, I am just an ordinary director, just like how many points can this work get? If I can pass, I will be very happy. " Or if the score can be higher than his previous score, "I think the efforts these days have not been in vain."
In the whole interview conversation, the word that Bao Beier said the most was "effort".
"I still know that I still have many shortcomings, so I will be very anxious." Both actor Bao Beier and director Bao Beier have tried their best. "Maybe the aesthetics or knowledge at each stage are not enough. I hope I can read more books and watch more movies to make myself better than one."
At that time, Bao Beier chose to try to be a director, largely because he wanted to have more possibilities. Admittedly, hard work is more like a footnote for the past 40 years of his life.
Like many boys, Bao Beier had a rebellious youth, worked as a waiter in a disco, sold chewing gum and met all kinds of drunken people. It seems that from a very early age, he was used to all kinds of social activities. These experiences also made him have a lot of understanding of acting, and also made him a top student in his class while studying in Beijing.
When studying, as long as there is a big drama, he is the hero; After graduation, he seldom acted. In those years, he played a drama with Mahua FunAge, acting as a partner and waiting for others. But at that time, he felt inferior. Mary has been the "queen of the stage" who has played thousands of games, and Wei Xiang’s sense of the scene is even more full of house color. "I didn’t play as funny as them, and each of them applauded much more than me when the curtain call was over."
Bao Beier still works hard to get close to these people and get more works. No matter what role he plays, he will take it whenever there is an opportunity. Later, he and Mary acted in the director’s "Battle of Shama Town", which is a relatively large commercial film.
At the beginning of this year, he and Mary made a new film together, and suddenly found themselves working with Wei Xiang and Li Jie many times in the past few years. Instead, they haven’t worked with Li Jie for a long time, but they feel very subtle. "She has always taken care of me and helped me, just like going back to the age when everyone has to chip in to eat hot pot, and there will be more than ten hours in the rehearsal hall a day."
"At that time, the process of creation was very happy, and the result was always full of expectations and yearning." Bao Beier used to set himself a "next five-year plan", hoping to achieve his goal and really become an actor.
Now Bao Beier doesn’t care so much. "Make a living first." He is no longer an individual actor, he has to consider family life and keep the whole company and team running behind him.
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Bao Beier sometimes misses making movies.
In the past, when the film was released, he would walk into the cinema and observe the audience’s reaction. "Like, when you leave the cinema, you are already very happy to hear the audience happy."
Only now that he has become a director, he has become more anxious. "I have to worry about the box office, worry about word of mouth, and worry about more and more things."
Compared with his controversial comedies in the past, his short film "Nezha" with realistic style directed on a variety show was quite recognized at that time.
Why not continue this creative state?
Bao Beier thought about this problem, only from the perspective of the management, but also hoped that he could create a family movie. "And from a personal point of view, I am not a very happy person in my life, so I hope that comedy will bring some joy to people who are full of pressure in their lives."
In the past few years, Bao Beier has been given a lot of time to think, and he knows all the controversies or criticisms from outside. He sometimes thinks, do you want to come out and explain, or in some form, let everyone know a more comprehensive and complete Bao Beier.
But he knows that after explaining a question, more questions will appear. "I can’t make people who don’t like me like me." If one day someone who doesn’t like me sees that my things are getting better, he may not change his attitude. He can only choose not to talk. "
Perhaps it was those experiences in adolescence that made him understand the ups and downs of the world earlier. "I can’t explain to everyone what kind of person I am and whether I am a good person."
For the filming of "The Great Anti-Faction", my wife and daughter gave unconditional encouragement; In addition to Xú Zhēng and Zhang Luan, Zeng Zeng and the team helped. All this support made Bao Beier understand that his efforts were still seen.
"since I am an actor, I will speak with the role; Since I am a director, I will talk about my works. If the audience feels bad or doesn’t like it, as long as I can shoot, I will try to make it better little by little; If no one voted, I will vote for it myself. If I can leave my work in the galaxy of this era, I am happy and can’t stay. I have been engaged in my favorite career, which is also a very happy thing. "
