Apple's story introduction and psychological changes of characters.

Apple is a black humorous film with the theme of modern city. The story tells an accidental and controversial rape/adultery incident, which triggered a series of bizarre contradictions and emotional dislocations between Tony Leung Ka Fai and his wife Jin Yanling, Fan Bingbing and her husband David.

Liu Pingguo (Fan Bingbing) and her old policeman Kun (David) are both migrant workers. Women are "foot-washing women" in pedicure houses, and men are window cleaners working at high altitude: a job with a higher daily salary.

Unexpectedly, once, Lin Dong (Tony Leung Ka Fai), the owner of the pedicure house, raped an apple while she was drunk, and this happened to be seen by An Kun, who was washing the window, so he wanted to make an offer to compensate for his own losses.

Unexpectedly, Lin Dong's wife (Jin Yanling) was snubbed by her husband because of infertility, but she took the initiative to have sex with An Kun on the grounds that she wanted her husband to wear a green hat and let An Kun take revenge.

The original title of Apple was lost in Beijing, but the film review committee thought that Beijing was a political word and could not be used. There is a supporting role in the film, a little girl who came from the countryside to work in the city and later became a prostitute. This line was completely deleted. The film review committee thinks that girls in the country should be honest. How could she fall? In the play, she was drunk and said, "Beijing is so big, why can't I fit in?" This sentence makes them feel uncomfortable.

Originally, there were four protagonists: Apple, the foot-washing sister, David, Tony Leung Ka Fai, the owner of the foot-washing city, and Admiralty, the proprietress. The play The Golden Bell Hood was almost deleted. The relationship between characters has changed, and the original auxiliary lines are gone, leaving only the relationship between Fan Bingbing, David and Tony Leung Ka Fai. Many auxiliary roles have actually played an important role in enriching and setting off the protagonist, and now the relationship between the roles is much weaker.

Li Yu: It is not difficult to accept this result, but it is painful! I have no choice but to stick to it until now, or I won't be making a movie in China. I want to accept this challenge and pain. I can only comfort myself in this way-the story is still there, and my point of view is still there. If it can be shown in China, I still hope to see the reaction of the domestic audience.

I cried in class when I got the first-instance opinion. I thought at that time, either to be an underground director or to go out and be banned for five years, and I could do something else. But, alas, countries are like parents, which is a helpless reality. And there are many objective conditions, such as the recycling of producers. I thought about it for a long time and thought it was a sacrifice. Finally * * * changed more than fifty places.

Young directors in China face problems. When you invest, you can't find funds. After filming, you have to face censorship. After the audit, there will be a market. Even the best directors have to face it. You see, people like Jia may be more likely to attract funds. This is the whole movie environment in China now.

Story source:

Apple is a realistic drama art film, and its artistic core and commercial elements are organically combined by modern urban themes and black humor style: an accidental and controversial "rape/adultery" incident triggered a series of bizarre conflicts and emotional dislocations between Tony Leung Ka Fai and his wife Jin Yanling, Fan Bingbing and her husband David.

Apple's original name is Beijing lost, and the story is "imagination out of thin air". Although it is imaginary, the conflict between values and moral concepts and the dislocation of family relations caused by the opposition between the rich and the poor in the film are everywhere in the real society. Director Li Yu hopes to express such a modern urban story triggered by the "rape/adultery" incident in a black humor way.

Tailor-made for Tony Leung Ka Fai.

This time, "Apple" is a gathering of all-star teams from Taiwan Province, Hongkong and Japan. When talking about letting Tony Leung Ka Fai play Dong Lin, the boss of Foot Wash City, Li Yu explained: "When I was writing boss Lin, I thought it was Jiahui. What I need is the life experience of an actor, not the acting experience. Jiahui himself is a person with rich life experience and has accumulated unique personal charm. I believe that he is not only qualified for this role, but also can bring many surprises to the audience. "

This time, "Apple" is a gathering of all-star teams from Taiwan Province, Hongkong and Japan. When talking about letting Tony Leung Ka Fai play Dong Lin, the boss of Foot Wash City, Li Yu explained: "When I was writing boss Lin, I thought it was Jiahui. What I need is the life experience of an actor, not the acting experience. Jiahui himself is a person with rich life experience and has accumulated unique personal charm. I believe that he is not only qualified for this role, but also can bring many surprises to the audience. "

Extended data:

Apple, which was shortlisted for the competition unit of the 57th Berlin Film Festival, made a lot of noise in the process of submitting for review, and passed the review for the fifth time after revision. According to reports, this version was cut by more than 20 minutes on the basis of the first version completed by director Li Yu.

The part deleted by Apple: the scene of Tony Leung Ka Fai calling prostitutes; Scenes suggesting that David has sex with Jin Ling; The whole clue that the "little sister" who played a supporting role became a prostitute and was later killed by a client; The old Beijing documentary and the part of Tiananmen Square that raises the national flag quoted in the film; Sewage lens on the floor of Beijing residential building.

In order to change the previous impression, Fan Bingbing dressed up this time, not only with many spots on her face, but also with a very conspicuous mole near her nose.

David plays Spider-Man. In order to play this role well, he overcame his fear of high altitude and slowly climbed from the third and fifth floors to the 10 and 20th floors. Finally, I can come down from the roof of Beijing Kuntai Building and come and go freely.

Tony Leung Ka Fai hopes to use this role to hit the 2008 Hong Kong Academy Awards. "Although I don't lack trophies, it's really an interesting role. It is a pity not to attack awards. "

Fan Bingbing will play "Liu Apple", an employee of Foot Wash City. Li Yu, the director, said that Fan Bingbing had gone to Foot Wash City to experience life. Recently, she not only cooperated with the foot-washing sister, but also sang "The Song of Foot-washing City" with everyone every morning.

Japanese actress Naoko Miyake plays a Beijing girl in this film. Small and quiet, she said "I like Beijing roast duck" in very standard Chinese when introducing herself.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Apple (directed by Li Yu in 2007)