Recently, the high-profile Magnolia Award was finally announced, and Hu Ge won the Emperor for his wonderful performance in "Flowers".
This result also sparked everyone's discussion, it is undeniable that Hu Ge's "Flowers" did perform very well, but Fan Wei's wonderful and touching acting skills in "The Long Season" did not win the award, which is indeed unexpected.
Under Fan Wei's interpretation, we seem to see a vivid and real person of that era in front of the screen, and we can also see a generation from this person.
The role of Wang Xiang played by Fan Wei in the play not only has the distinctive mark of the times, but also is a real person rooted in the individual. He allows the audience to see a person who is bound by the times and destroyed by fate, not just a symbol.
This kind of deep-rooted performance is Fan Wei's forte, and it is also the charm of the drama "The Long Season".
Although Mr. Bao played by Hu Ge has an outstanding demeanor and dominates the shopping malls in Shanghai, the role he plays is more like a modified "master" in a legendary story.
The big sound is loud, the elephant is invisible, and compared with Fan Wei's performance, there is a gap after all. However, the process of judging the award is a process of comparison, which is also unavoidable.
So, Fan Wei didn't win the award, is it a pity?
There are a lot of viewers who think it's a pity.
Some viewers commented: "Don't leave Shanghai", and even some Shanghai viewers think so, they think that "Flowers" tells the story of Shanghai, so this award was awarded to Shanghainese.
In fact, Fan Wei does not need this Shidi award to prove his strength, and I personally feel that Fan Wei did not win the Magnolia Award, which is a regret of this award, not Fan Wei's regret.
For Mr. Fan Wei, "The Long Season" is a special work, which can be said to be the best play and best role he has taken over in recent years.
In the past few years, some viewers have said this: domestic entertainment is not worthy of an excellent actor like Fan Wei.
Since winning the Golden Horse Best Actor in 2016, Fan Wei has continued to make film appointments and has indeed starred in many movies.
But most of the time, he is just a green leaf with red flowers, becoming an "acting director", but he is not the soul of the protagonist.
It seems that the director thinks that Fan Wei does have acting skills, and Fan Wei does show superb acting skills in these different roles, but he only appears in the film as a "tool man".
For example, in recent years, "The End", "Father and Son" or "Peerless Master", most of the quality of these movies is not very good, at most it is the passing line.
Fan Wei's performances in these movies, no matter how many scenes, show most of them are very genre performances, with little room to play, and it is difficult for the audience to see his true strength.
It seems that after so many years of acting, "Fan Wei's acting skills are good" has become an indisputable fact, but there is no work that can really make you realize how good his acting skills are.
"Debiao" and "Chef Fan", there are still many people who use early sketches and TV series to talk about his acting skills, of course, Fan Wei at that time did have a very high level.
But as a film actor who has been on the big screen for many years, Fan Wei himself hopes that more people will see it most is definitely the extraordinary acting skills he showed in the movie.
In fact, Fan Wei has already played his skills perfectly in the movie "A Problem That Isn't a Problem" and the TV series "The Long Season".
"The Problem That Is Not a Problem" is adapted from Mr. Lao She's novel of the same name, and the story is very close to our lives, which is the human sophistication that prevails in mainland society.
The so-called "the world is full of knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is the article", and the sophistication of human feelings is said to be small is the daily life, and it is said that the big is the social state.
The film uses a farm as a small society and the management of the farm as the main contradiction to tell a thought-provoking story.
Ding Wuyuan, played by Fan Wei, is the director of the farm and is responsible for the daily operation of the farm, but the paradox is that he doesn't know much about management.
A farm that does not have a low production volume, it has been losing money during the time he manages, but his strength is "being a man".
Long-sleeved good at dancing, respectful to the top, amiable to the bottom, always seems to be thoughtful, and someone will answer "not a problem" when asking for help.
Another character in the play, Qin Miaozhai, is different, he likes to shoot empty cannons, he is full of big words, he has a bright appearance, hypocrisy and hollowness.
The most interesting thing is You Daxing, a returnee doctor, proficient in gardening, proficient in business, full of energy, and clear goals, but he doesn't understand the world, and finally returned home, leaving the farm gloomily, or losing to Ding Wuyuan, who doesn't know anything except people.
For such an ending, you can experience it yourself, and it can be said that the whole story is timeless and profound, meaningful, and indeed a master's handwriting.
What people can't ignore is Fan Wei's performance in the film, he played Ding Wuyuan without any traces of carving, and at the beginning of the film, he made people forget that he was the Fan Wei who had partnered with Zhao Benshan in the Spring Festival Gala.
It seems that the role he plays is always so "sincere and terrible", he is good at grasping people's hearts, and the sense of proportion of the character is just right for him.
To borrow the words of a movie crawler: In a sense, Fan Wei is an actor who is ahead of his time.
He can play Ding Wuyuan in the thirties and forties, and Wang Xiang in the eighties and nineties; In the 00s, sometimes Fan Debiao and sometimes Li Baoku; can also compete with the "big flicker" on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
An actor who can move people's hearts so much may no longer need an award to prove himself.