Last night, the 29th Shanghai TV Festival announced the Magnolia Award, Hu Ge, who played A Bao in "Flowers", won the best actor, and Zhou Xun, who played Lin Kan in "Imperfect Victim", won the best actress. "Flowers" became the big winner of the Magnolia Award at this year's TV Festival, winning five awards, including Best Chinese TV Series, Best Actor, Best Screenplay (Adaptation), Best Cinematography, and Best Art.
Wong Kar-wai, who was not present, was mentioned the most
As a phenomenal work, "Flowers", which is engraved with the imprint of the city of Shanghai and the times, has caused a sensation since its broadcast at the beginning of this year, and is regarded as a unique piece of art. Under the expectation of everyone, "Flowers" was unbeatable at the Magnolia Awards ceremony, and director Wong Kar-wai, who was not present, also became the most mentioned person at the award ceremony.
Winning the Magnolia Trophy again after eight years, Hu Ge thanked Director Wong Kar-wai for teaching him to act: "Director Wong Kar-wai is the soul of this drama, and he has made this drama and the actors successful. At the award ceremony, a scarf caused Hu Ge to recall. He choked up and told that before the filming of "Flowers" started, he had collected old objects from the whole society as props, and he also sent some clothes, velvet, and sewing machines left by his mother before her death, and the crew knitted some of them into scarves, which is the one that Xuezhi appeared in the play. Hu Ge wanted to leave the memories related to his mother through images in this way, and he thanked director Wong Kar-wai for helping him realize his wish.
From "The First Half of My Life" to "Flowers", Qin Wen, who won the Magnolia Best Screenplay Award twice, explained the creative secret behind "Flowers" in her acceptance speech: "In this adaptation process, we encountered a lot of mountains and rivers and were helpless, and it was Director Wong Kar-wai who used his talent and experience to find the best in our story." During the filming of "Flowers", Qin Wen stayed in the crew, revising the script anytime and anywhere, she revealed that the script written in "Flowers" has 1.02 million words, "I didn't expect to be able to write like this." ”
Tu Nan, the winner of the "Best Art", said that this award should be "shared by everyone", because this is the crew he has experienced the most people participating in "art work", "We collect not only props, but also the lives of Shanghainese." This layered sense of time can be seen in every corner of the play, and it also allows the audience to feel Shanghai, a city with depth of time, through these objects. Bao Dexi, who won the Oscar more than 20 years ago, won the "Best Cinematography" with his partners Chen Cheng and Jin Chenyu, and he said that the greatest significance of "Flowers" to him is "another opportunity to learn": "Photography is a process of continuous innovation and testing." There is no end to learning, and every day is a new beginning. ”
Xin Shuang recalls the moment of "meeting the audience".
There are many excellent works shortlisted this year, and it is the most difficult magnolia to evaluate in recent years. Yan Jiangang, chairman of the jury and director of the Magnolia Award TV drama category, said on stage that the two dimensions of the award are the comprehensive presentation of the professionalism of the work, as well as the aesthetic contribution. ”
Among the major awards, the most difficult to decide are the two blockbuster awards of Best TV Series and Best Director, and "Flowers" and "The Long Season" are indistinguishable. "Flowers" won nine nominations for this year's Magnolia, and it is a work with almost no shortcomings. "The Long Season" explores the relationship between people and time, people and fate in a story framework involving the changes of the past, and writes an intriguing story of human nature and life redemption, with a super high reputation of 9.4 points, setting a new high score for domestic dramas in the past 8 years.
In the end, the heaviest "Best Chinese TV Series" was awarded to "Flowers", and "The Long Season" director Xin Shuang defeated Wong Kar-wai and won the Best Director Award. Director Xin Shuang said in his acceptance speech that behind the five words "long season" is not a certain person or a name, but a creative collective, and he is very honored to be a part of the collective. On the stage, Xin Shuang recalled his most touching moment in the play, when Fan Wei shouted the sentence "Look forward, don't look back", he saw countless barrages on the online platform also write this sentence, "At that moment, I felt that I had met the audience, and the resonance was deafening." ”
The Magnolia Award is one of the three awards for domestic dramas on the same level as the Feitian Award and the Golden Eagle Award. In terms of characteristics, the Feitian Award focuses on reflecting the direction of government commendation, the Golden Eagle Award focuses on reflecting the public's heartfelt choice, and the Magnolia Award focuses on reflecting the professional value selected by professionals. I have to say that in the competition for the Best Actor award, Mr. Bao played by Hu Ge is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and irreplaceable, but compared with Wang Xiang portrayed by Fan Wei in "The Long Season", there is a gap in terms of character thickness and acting skills. The jury may have its own considerations for this award result, but it still weakens the professional value of Magnolia, which is known for its professionalism.
The screenwriter of "Imperfect Victim" confronts the controversy over his work
"Imperfect Victim" won the Best Actress Award, Zhou Xun "two letters" Magnolia after nine years, she thanked the director of the play Yang Yang, "Because of her firm choice of me, I have a new role at this age." Zhou Xun created a very female lawyer character in the play, and she also paid tribute to lawyers across the country, "I hope you can help more people in need." At the award ceremony, Zhou Xun also got a decompression ball with the same style as the character Lin Kan in the play. She explained that "playing decompression balls" is actually her own personal habit, in order to make the characters appear more real, she "transplanted" this life detail to the characters in the play, "That string of stress balls is an externalization of Lin Kan's mental state, and it is also an outlet for relieving stress in my life." No one is born strong, but we all grow stronger. ”
The Best Screenplay (Original) was won by Gao Xuan and Ren Baoru, screenwriters of "Imperfect Victim". Ren Baoru said that she and Gao Xuan have written scripts for many years, from the beginning they only focused on the expression of self-growth, to the expression of society later, and now they have a little sense of responsibility to speak for the weak, "The work "Imperfect Victim" is our attempt in this field. This drama is about the weak, about growing up, about the courage to resist, and we hope that this drama can be conveyed to many weak people who have been hurt and feel that they have flaws and dare not resist, telling them that all of us are not perfect, so we must be brave. ”
In the creation, the two female screenwriters always empathize with each character in the play from a female perspective, hoping to bring realistic thinking to the audience rather than just emotional catharsis, so that the audience can understand the plight of imperfect victims. Gao Xuan and Ren Baoru admitted frankly that the controversy caused by the work was expected, and the audience could understand the work in their own way, and if a work wants to express the complexity and depth of human nature, it is determined that it cannot be understood by everyone. I hope that one day, such characters and such stories can be undisputed, which shows that the gender consciousness and average perception of society have reached a very high level.
Source: Beijing Daily client
Reporter: Qiu Wei