Chapter 102 The long train
Just like someone eats an apple, eat the small one first and then the big one. The closer to the end, the better. The same goes for Jia Zhangke. He likes to schedule his favorite scenes to be filmed last, so during the first filming, Zhang Jun left
The scene ends, so the second shooting naturally ends with the scene where everyone sees the train for the first time.
This is probably the most exciting scene in the entire movie.
For children in today's big cities, it is simply impossible that they have never seen a train. Even if you say you have never taken a plane, some people will say: Huh? It's not like there are hundreds of dollars when you catch a discount, no.
As for not being able to take it out?
Oh, this is natural, but it had to catch up with that time, and it was many years later - not to mention the 1970s and 1980s, even now in 2000, there are still many places without trains.
There is none in Fenyang.
So everyone had to take their equipment to a coal-carrying line dozens of kilometers away. Gu Zheng had already found out that the train passing by this place every 20 minutes would definitely allow the filming to be completed smoothly.
At that time, Lin Hao remembered that this was Shanxi, a major coal-producing province. There were rumors that coal bosses drank Lafite like beer and paid with cash. But now it seems that many places are more scarce than imagined.
The crew tried their best to contact the driver of one of the buses in advance. They wanted to film a scene that the actor proposed, but it was only one chance. After all, this thing did not have a filming permit, so even if the driver was asked,
He also pretended not to know. He just judged the road conditions at that time and chose to slow down.
...
At dusk.
No, it's from sunset to before it becomes completely dark.
The skylight during this period is actually very rare, and it only lasts for half an hour at most. At this time, the sky will take on a gray and cold color, which is completely set off by the three almost bare mountains behind.
The place is desolate and silent, lifeless.
The bridge is right in front of these three mountains. The first one covers the second one, and then the third one spans at the end, as if it is endless. Gu Zheng is waiting here, not using a shelf, but carrying it on his shoulders.
camera.
This is an excellent perspective.
The former river bed under the bridge has dried up, exposing white sand and gravel, and there are even some traces of being run over by cars. It has obviously been dry for a long time and has been severely weathered. Right here, everyone has finished taking pictures of the people who got off the Jiefang Car.
Scene, everyone will rush up from here to chase the train.
"My heart is waiting, always waiting, my heart is waiting, always waiting..."
The sound of a train whistle was heard in the distance, and with an order from the other side, several actors began to rush up, shouting.
"Train, there's a train!"
"ah!!!"
Photographed from here, in the riverbed in front of the three mountains, a group of young men and women ran upwards screaming. They had never seen a train, and the train also connected their entire story.
The story of youth.
"Woo..."
The train got closer and closer, and then a black locomotive slowly appeared. It was emitting white smoke and pulling one carriage after another. Two of the carriages in the middle were wrapped in cloth, but most of them were just open.
"Why!"
This is the trip! If you contact the master, this is the trip!
...
Jia Zhangke was watching from a place not far from the railway track. Yu Liwei was also carrying a camera on his shoulder. Tao Yong had returned to the group after filming and he was carrying another one. The train speed was indeed not very fast, but it was certainly not too slow either.
So as the rear of the car was approaching, a group of young people finally rushed up.
“Frame cut frame cut frame cut!”
The train passed by, and a group of people chased the rear of the car, so Yu Liwei and Tao Yong also joined in carrying cameras. Lin Hao was at the front, Liang Jingdong followed, Yang Lina and Zhao Tao also shouted and chased, and
The companions behind. Everyone tried their best to catch up, but they were all lagging behind Lin Hao.
Yu Liwei ran wildly after Lin Hao.
The scene in his camera was shaking violently as he was running, accompanied by his breathing. But what was shaking in the camera was Lin Hao chasing the car. Then he reached out and climbed onto the last carriage with his hands and feet.
.
"ah!!!"
So everyone stopped, and Yu Liwei also stopped. They looked at Lin Hao who got on the train and waved to everyone, and then the train turned slowly and went away.
...
"ah!!!"
So they started shouting again and waving their hands, as if desperately encouraging the man hanging on the train. The train took Cui Mingliang and actually left the endless mountains. No one knew anything, and they all felt
It's like breaking out of this cage.
Because they thought they would never be able to get out of this mountain, they could only choose to wait in despair, at a non-existent platform, waiting for a Mercedes-Benz train to take them out of this dreary world.
But at this platform, Cui Mingliang got on the bus.
"ah!!!"
They may be regretting, fearful, or confused.
But the cold train ignored the remaining young people. For more than ten seconds, Tao Yong's patting sound gradually faded away, leaving them standing there blankly. The railway became silent again, as if no train had ever come.
Same.
After a while, he turned the camera again.
It was still quiet and desolate, and then a figure suddenly appeared. Lin Hao limped over in the distance. He walked very slowly and with difficulty, for dozens of seconds, and every second he stepped heavily on everyone's feet.
on the heart.
The people who left came back again. The two groups met and looked at each other in silence, as if to say:
Why are you back?
No one spoke, and then Lin Hao slowly moved his lips: "I... I have something to do tomorrow." Then he limped off the bridge again, and everyone slowly turned around and went down.
It's getting dark.
So later, when everyone saw Cui Mingliang singing "Platform" very well in the greenhouse, they felt indescribable again.
...
The filming of "Platform" has finally been completed, and all the shots have been shot. Since it was edited while shooting, Jia Zhangke will have to finish editing the rest in three days, and then let Ichigo Shangzo rush over.
As for the actors, everyone finally relaxed, started partying and even started crying, but they didn't know why they were crying. Maybe it was because this drama was too difficult, tortuous and painful. Many of them still had no acting experience, so it was actually stressful.
It's not small either.
They started cheering.
Lin Hao was also relieved and felt a lot of melancholy. He couldn't say how he felt about making this movie. The first time he filmed it, he felt like he was slowly groping. It was not until the second time that he really figured out some ways and came up with some ideas.
idea.
The moment he climbed on the train, he had a feeling that this kind of thing could really be done. Although the speed of the train was indeed not fast, he felt that his heart was flying.
It seems that I am finally leaving all this.
So when he looked back on all this, did he do well in his film "Platform"? He didn't know very well, but at least he was very satisfied just now. It seemed that he had really found something in this film.
But there was no time to lament.
On the 20th, Cannes will announce the shortlist of films. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" unexpectedly and reasonably withdrew from the main competition. Its copyright has been sold to the French, so it probably didn't participate because it didn't want to lose money.
Chapter completed!