Seeing the big sister Tao on the screen, I thought of Xu Anhua. She is the same age as Ye Dexian, both of them are sixty-five years old. Age spots have begun to appear on their faces, and they are still working and beautiful. Impressed by her persistence. Xu Anhua is Sister Tao. She has served in Hong Kong movies for 40 years. She has reviewed her resume, from the tail of Shaw Brothers, to the rise and fall of the new wave, all the way to the era of co-production, regardless of the changing circumstances and material desires. Keep her clear and light heart, compassionate and compassionate, with no complaints and no regrets. Until now, the Hong Kong directors I admire the most are the people from the New Wave, especially Tsui Hark and Xu Anhua. I often feel that they are the ones who truly love movies, and Xu Anhua is even more so. She even married the movie and dedicated herself to it. After all the years of his life, he is still alone, and he does not ask for anything old to depend on.
Sister Tao in the movie is very particular about her cooking. In fact, the recipes are very simple. The only difference is whether or not she put her heart into it. Xu Anhua has never been a technical director. If you go off the beaten track, you can also make a martial arts film that is "dull". It is wrapped in the stare of life and the realization of the years. Sometimes people say that it is boring, but it is actually a kind of persistence. A movie is a dish. It is better to put a little bit of truth in it with too many condiments. Xu Anhua doesn't want to use too much force, because it will be false because of doing it. Even if it is a real story, put it in Ma Liwen's "The person who loves me the most in the world." There is the cruelty of uncovering scars, while Xu Anhua filming "Sister Tao" only heals the wound slowly and smiles, which is painless at all.
"Sister Peach" also belongs to Ye Dexian. Like Xu Anhua, she has spanned most of the time in Hong Kong movies since Shaw Brothers. She is also most qualified to hunched her back to interpret a stare who has experienced vicissitudes of life. One day, their bodies will eventually become rigid. The eyes became dull, but I believe that Yi always grows old with happiness. Even though this era is full of show-like charity shows, virtues will be inherited in a harmonious family. In the movie, the Liang family is well-cultivated, and the old lady will fly back to China to cook two pots of bird's nest for the old servant and help her. Staggering, Andy Lau played Liang Shao, who is very frugal and low-key. He wears clothes similar to those of an air-conditioning repairman every day, and carries a schoolbag, which is incompatible with his status as a producer of a famous film company. They are all very kind and thrifty. Even if they emigrate overseas, they can keep those ancient virtues like Sister Tao. They can still hug their old servants and express their gratitude in the hearts of four or five generations.
This is also why so many movies have people to praise Xu Anhua, come to this movie, like a flowing feast, a few big names will pop up in just a few minutes, this feeling is far more used to watching "The Founding of the People". Even Bona's boss, Yu Dong, also played in person, and was played by Andy Lau, Tsui Hark and Sammo Hung in the opening sequence. The premiere where Zou Wenhuai and his wife and Roland appeared was "Heaven's Mouth" supervised by Andy Lau. Xu Anhua used Andy Lau to laugh at himself. In fact, only she was qualified to do so. Andy Lau is her junior. She directed the first film in his career, "Fight to the Furious Sea". It can also be said that he was brought up by her in disguise. She is the peach sister in his life. The movie that sells looks is not an example, but is just gratitude and repayment. As a result, the sincerity and sincerity of the reverse performance are hidden in layers, and they won a golden horse actor inadvertently.
On the other hand, Ye Dexian is really good at acting. That old-fashioned inertia turns into a sad and lovely girl in Sister Tao. The story of a beautiful woman and a handsome guy is completely natural. There is absolutely no suspicion or doubt in her eyes, even if she treats Uncle Jian. Such a playboy, who is still an old man, always smiled rightly, and occasionally panicked, but he did not want to implicate her, and even insisted on paying for the nursing home by himself. Sister Tao is also an overly picky person. She blocks her nose when she enters the bathroom, whisks dust when she enters the room, and only cooks healthy food, but has a cheerful disposition and can live in harmony with her unsupported residents. Sometimes she lives and sometimes she dies. Sister Tao is very free and easy. Even though she occasionally grieves over the death of a resident, she can bravely step onto the operating table with the prayers of Mr. Liang Shaohe. All the emotional transformations are inextricably linked in Ye Dexian's performance, as if they had experienced it. In fact, this is also a fact. Andy Lau and Ye Dexian are old friends in cooperation. From "Falcon" to "Inside the Law", from "Prince of Dark Horse" to "Sister Peach", the cooperation is almost double digits. Please" The two were very close at that time, and Andy Lau recognized Ye Dexian as a godmother, which was also a real thing in life.
To this day, I can still think of Andy Lau wielding the sword of love and concubine, and Ye Dexian wielding the sword of adulterers and prostitutes in "Peerless Double Pride". At that time, Hong Kong films were very young, but now they are all old. Xu Anhua used to be a melancholy-looking young woman. She was pretty when she was young, but now she is old. Seeing the growing number of elderly homes on Hong Kong Island, they couldn't help but face the growing social problems, but she also It is just presented lightly, without comment, just as indifferent in "Days and Nights in Tianshuiwei". At the end of the film, Xu Anhua read Li Shangyin's "Untitled" through the mouth of an old man, just like reading Su Shi's "Hou Chibi Fu" in "Forty Men", leaving people with a sense of relief.
Ye Dexian is also a well-known singer in a certain era. Among all her songs, her favorite is "Children". The lyrics and songs of Lin Xi and Luo Dayou are well written. Speaking of which, in fact, this world is nothing more than far and near, high and low, Broken, broken, stumbled, sensual, warm and cold, close and distant, the important thing is that when the world is too cold, who will stretch out a hand to surround you and create warmth.
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