On August 9, actor Yu Yuexian unfortunately died in a car accident. When the news came, there was a sudden sigh on the Internet. Yu Yuexian played "Xie Bigfoot" in the TV series "Country Love", because of his excellent acting skills, he left a deep impression on the audience. The movie "Loyalty and Love Without Words" that she once starred in has touched countless people, and the story prototype of the movie is in Liaocheng Xinxian County.
Yu Yuexian was filmed on the scene of "Loyalty and Love Without Words". According to Tan Yi's personal Weibo
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > two hours, she decided to star in the film</h1>
"There is no 'Bigfoot' in the world from now on, and there is one more immortal in heaven today!" On August 9, Tan Yizhi, the director of the movie "Loyalty and Love Without Words", wrote on his Weibo. When he learned the news of Yu Yuexian's death, it was difficult to accept it when talking about it. "It was too sudden, too shocking, too sad, and when I heard the news, I really hoped it was a fake news." Tan Yizhi told reporters.
In 2016, when Tan Yizhi filmed the movie "Loyalty and Love Without Words" (formerly known as "The Old Man and the Dog"), he met Yu Yuexian. On March 16, two days before the start of "Loyalty and Love", the role of the older brother-in-law in the film had not yet been determined, and Tan Yizhi was very anxious. At this time, a friend recommended Yu Yuexian to him. "My first thought at the time was that she was already a household name, I was only making a small-budget movie, and this role was not the protagonist, would she be willing to play? Even if she wants to, I'm afraid I can't afford to pay the film. "Talk about it.
With the idea of trying it out, Tan Yizhi contacted Yu Yuexian and sent her the script. Two hours later, he received an echo: willing to participate, the film is paid according to the crew budget! This made Tan Yizhi very surprised and very excited. Later, Yu Yuexian told Tan Yizhi that after getting the script, she read it in one breath. She was very touched by the story of the old man and the dog, and although it was only a small role, she was willing to participate.
"An unknown director, a small-budget film, a character who hasn't even taken a name yet, she works actively without pay. And after joining the group, I was particularly dedicated and cooperative, and I had never met such an actor who was so considerate of the crew. "Talk about it. During the filming of the movie, Yu Yuexian, like everyone else, ate a box lunch of more than ten yuan and stayed in an ordinary hotel. Animal scenes are more difficult to shoot, and she never complains or loses her temper. Tan Yizhi said that after the film was completed, he gave the puppy who played the "little two goods" in the movie to Yu Yuexian, and then Yu Yuexian often sent him some photos of the "small two goods".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36" > insisted on ten years, he brought the story of loyal dogs to the screen</h1>
Stills from the movie "Faithful Love Without Words".
On June 9, 2017, the public welfare film "Loyalty and Love Without Words" was released nationwide. This movie tells the story of a Labrador dog accidentally meeting a stubborn and lonely disabled old man, a man and a dog from incompatible, fighting each other, to the same disease, day and night, and finally rely on each other for their lives. In the movie, the disabled old man "Lao Yu" is played by actor Gao Qiang, and Yu Yuexian plays Qiu Hong, the younger daughter-in-law of "Lao Yu".
Many viewers commented after watching the movie: This is the Chinese version of "Loyal Dog Hachiko", even more moving. This film is based on the true story of the old man in Yuzhuang Village, Dawangzhai Town, and is also the result of Tan Yizhi's ten years of perseverance.
Yu xueshu can be regarded as a "celebrity" in the local area. He was paraplegic and spent his days lying on a pallet, supporting himself by repairing electrical appliances. Before he didn't have an electric scooter, in order to facilitate his movement, he trained five dogs to pull the car for himself. For a long time, the old man of Yuxueshu, the scooter and the dog pulling the cart became a touching scenery in several nearby township markets, and also became a classic shot in the film "Loyalty and Love Without Words".
At the age of 18, due to cutting reeds in cold water for a long time, Yu Xueshu suffered from severe arthritis, because the treatment was not timely, it developed into abscess sepsis, which eventually caused high paraplegia. Unwilling to become a waster, Yu Xueshu began to learn to repair radios from the radio, and then learned to repair watches, locks, and television sets. By chance, he saw someone else's wheelchair, was inspired, and asked his family to make a special scooter for him, and then trained a dog to pull a car for him, and in this way, the old man of Yuxueshu began to go out of the house and was able to travel between his home and the market on his own. Locals know that Yuxueshu is very good for dogs, and they will give dogs what they eat. "I can't forget my dog, it saved my life." Yuxueshu said. Once, when there was a sudden rainstorm on the way to the market, the board car flipped into the ditch, and the puppy pulling the cart desperately broke free of the chain and ran to the village to attract people, so that Yu Xueshu was able to get out of danger.
In June 2007, director Tan Yizhi saw a video news on the Internet "Puppy Pulls Paralyzed Master to Catch the Market", was deeply moved, and immediately came to Xinxian County to visit Yuxueshu. After that, the "Old Man and the Dog" series of videos was produced, and the number of hits reached more than 1 million times in a few days.
This trip to Xinxian deeply touched Tan Yizhi's heart, and with professional sensitivity, he wanted to put this story on the screen, but no one was willing to invest. "The most common response I get is: The story is touching, but it has no commercial value." Talk about it.
Be sure to make this story into a movie! Relying on this belief, one of the ten-year talk is to insist on it. In 2017, the movie "Faithful Love Without Words" experienced many difficulties and was finally successfully released.
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Before encountering the Yuxue Book, Tan Yizhi knew very little about dogs, and even the breed of dogs could not be distinguished. The story of the old man yuxueshu deeply touched him and made him start to pay attention to the theme of dogs.
After filming the movie "Faithful Love Without Words", he immediately followed up with "Faithful Love Without Words 2", which tells a touching story between another person and a dog. "The next film, "The Adventure of the Faithful Dog," has been approved, and this will be my third film on the canine genre." Tan Yizhi told reporters: "The story of lao yu is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and a really good story may affect people's lives. ”
Telling good stories, especially good stories of ordinary people, has always been the standard for the creation of Tan Yizhi. Facts have also proved that for good works, the audience will naturally extend an olive branch. When "Faithful Love Without Words" was released, because it was a public welfare film, there was not enough funds for pre-publicity, and on the day of release, it only accounted for 0.6% of the country's schedule, and the national box office on the first day was only more than 100,000 yuan. Fortunately, three days after its release, "Loyal Love Without Words" triggered a hot discussion on the Internet with its anti-heavenly reputation and the super high attendance rate of stable first, forcing theaters to increase the schedule. Although the film's final box office was far lower than that of large-scale films, it won the reputation of the audience.
After the successful launch of the movie "Loyalty and Love Without Words", many dog-themed film projects found Tan Yizhi to seek cooperation, but he declined. "Because those stories can't move me, even I can't move myself, how can I impress the audience?" When Teacher Yu Yuexian first cooperated with me, it was also because of the story of the old man and the dog that touched her. "Talk about it.
In addition to "The Adventure of the Faithful Dog", Tan Yizhi's currently established film "Brother", as well as some projects being planned, tell the story of the positive energy of ordinary people, and he will successively put these stories on the screen to tell more mortal stories for the audience.
Source: Liaocheng Daily reporter Pu Erli