Wong Kar Wai: "The boss" of Hong Kong cinema, "acting" Duong Yen filmed a scene 86 times

Wong Kar Wai is a leading male director, screenwriter and film producer in Hong Kong since the early 1990s. He is the first Chinese director to win the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival.

The fear of the stars

On January 16, QQ reported that Wong Kar-Wai's first drama, Flourishing, ended its broadcast with good results, with main actors such as Hu Ge, Tang Yen, and Ma Yili all having well-received roles. appreciate. However, to complete Pho Hoa, it took Wong Kar Wai many years to prepare the background script, 3 years of filming. The actors also shared that they were "maneuvered up and down" by the director, "it seemed like filming will never be finished".

According to QQ, director Wong Kar Wai is famous for unplanned filming. He often writes scripts right on set, changing the character's ending details frequently. Therefore, actress Tan Chi Loi, who plays the role of Ly Ly in Phon Hoa, shared: "I finished filming 4 times, it seemed like I would film this movie forever."

Tan Chi Loi was also worried that even though she filmed a lot, she was not allowed to appear on screen, because director Wong Kar Wai can cut the role of any star he finds unnecessary. Besides, Wong Kar Wai has very high requirements for each actor.

Tan Chi Loi shared that she had to study dancing for 2 years, with all genres at the director's request, to the point where she posted a post lamenting: "I don't want to live anymore." Tan Chi Loi thought that her character would have a dance scene, but in fact director Wong Kar Wai felt that she "lacked a feminine taste" so he asked Tan Chi Loi to take dance lessons to practice her temperament. .

In addition, according to QQ, director Wong Kar Wai is very good at filming narrative mood scenes, however, he does not give specific instructions to the actors, telling them how they need to act.

Actress Ma Y Li shared that she failed to film 30 times in a scene capturing her eyes, which made her doubt her own acting ability. Not only that, Vuong Gia Ve also encouraged: "You have only NG (failed filming) 30-40 times, counting the people who cooperate with me, you are not even ranked in the top 10. The others are still living happily." .

Duong Yen even shared that she had to film up to 86 times for one scene.

According to QQ, not only the actors of Pho Hoa are "victims" of Wong Kar Wai, many famous Hong Kong (Chinese) and Japanese stars have also fallen into a state of doubting their own abilities when collaborating. Collaborated with director In the Mood for Love.

Actress Carina Lau shared that while filming Wong Kar Wai's movie, she was asked by the director to film the scene of cleaning the floor up to 27 times, mopping until the floor was clean but still could not satisfy Wong Kar Wai. Carina Lau was also angry at that time and asked: "How do you want to film it?", but Vuong Gia Linh only replied: "Anyway, it's not okay, you wipe it again."

Japan's most famous actor Kimura Takuya spent 5 years filming 2046. During this time, from an enthusiastic guy, he got married and became a father of two children. However, when he went on screen, his scene was only 7 minutes long. On the first day on set, Kimura Takuya was confused by Wong Kar Wai's acting request: "I'm waiting for someone", the director's failure to clearly state the context, character, and mood made Kimura Takuya feel uncomfortable. find it difficult to act.

Hong Kong goddess Wong Cho Hien also participated in the movie East, Evil, West, but her scene was cut to just one second by director Wong Kar Wai. Luckily, while filming East and West, Vuong Gia Ve took the opportunity to film East and West. In this comedy, Vuong To Hien's acting space is quite a lot.

The world-famous actor Tony Leung Chiu Wai also failed to achieve Wong Kar Wai's filming performance and had to cry many times from the set to home, to the point that Carina Lau had to come "to talk things over" with Wong. Gia Ve.

However, according to QQ, the fact that the director "made things difficult" for the actors many times also helped the artists better understand the role and script, thereby finding the most perfect way to perform. That's why, through Wong Kar-wai's frame, each actor achieves a rare beauty and temperament, which they can't touch when acting in other projects.

Director Ang Lee also commented: "Vuong Gia Wai is a rare talented director who has the ability to train stars to become actors."

Wong Kar Wai: The distinguished old man of Hong Kong cinema

Wong Kar-Wai's film career began after he graduated from the Graphics Department of Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1980. At that time, he participated in a film production training course for TVB television company and was accepted into the film industry. retained as a television screenwriter for the company.

By the mid-80s, joining The Wing Scope as a screenwriter and director, Wong Kar Wai had the opportunity to expose and perfect the unique and characteristic filmmaking style of his later films. . That was the turning point that helped Hong Kong Cinema produce a talented director, who would later be considered one of the pioneers in creating the New Wave Hong Kong Cinema movement, marking a golden period. son of the cinema of Port Thom.

In 1988, Wong Kar Wai made his first film titled Mong Kok Ca Men and achieved financial success. Continuing the upward momentum, in 1991, he made his second film called A Phi Chinh Truyen. The work quickly became famous and received a lot of praise from critics with the Best Film award at the Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA).

Wong Kar Wai himself also received the title of Best Director, helping his name gain a solid foothold in the hearts of film enthusiasts in Hong Kong.

With initial success, Wong Kar Wai decided to collaborate with Liu Zhenwei to establish Jet Tone Films. In 1994, the first film Vuong made for this company was Chongqing Sam Lam and went on to win 3 important categories at the Hong Kong Film Awards that year.

Not leaving open an unfinished ending in Chungking Express, in 1995, he continued to tell the above story with the movie Fallen Angel.

Not only that, Vuong Gia Wai also became known to the international film industry when he became the first Chinese person to be awarded the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 with the film Spring Light. Then, just three years later, he once again attended the 2000 Cannes Film Festival with the film In the Mood for Love.

In 2004, Wong Kar Wai officially ended the series of tormented love stories with the work 2046, turning all three films into an immortal psychological and emotional trilogy of Hong Kong cinema in particular and the world in general. .

Entering the middle of the first decade of the 21st century, Hong Kong cinema gradually lost its inherent identity, but Wong Kar Wai still knows how to create typical works and retain the characteristics of the time. The New Wave of Hong Kong Cinema. Some of his typical works in the past 10 years include: My Blueberry Nights - Wong Kar Wai's first English-language work, The Grandmaster - the work that swept HKFA 2014 with a record. 12 Golden Elephant victories.

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