On Eileen Chang screenplay

1945, the political climate changed, the original magazine for Zhang Ailing closed a literary world has not her place to go. But since then she has the opportunity to engage in the writing of the screenplay, compiled a total of three, the last one "Golden Lock" is not taken, the first two "Endless Love", "Long live the wife" made into a movie in 1947, are directed by Sang arc, and now we have the opportunity to also see.
Eileen Chang wrote an article, said: "I found that to get literature has always been a focus on life flying side, while ignoring the secure side of life. Fact, which is the foundation of the former Another example, they focus on the struggle of life, while ignoring the harmonious fact, to requirements harmony struggle. "This concept is embodied in many of her works have, but to the number of" Long live the wife "reflected most fully. <Mrs. Long live Inscription ", she said:" Long live the wife is the wife of an ordinary person. Alleys of Shanghai, a house can have several of her. "We observed that Eileen Chang forties the creative process, you will find her focus more and more on the life of ordinary people, in this sense, "Long live the wife," write what she Prior to a continuation of the novel creation and development.
"Long live the wife," the heroine Chensi Zhen, Zhang said: "If she has any great point, I think this great down that her behavior is automatic, we can not count her as a victim system." morning we talked about Eileen Chang's literary vision, I said that the depth of the problem. Ling and her contemporaries writers point here. Chen Sizhen is not a system of the victim, she had no intention unable to overthrow the system, all of her "automatic", are designed to find a foothold. I think that Eileen Chang's life writing has always been concerned about is a person who lives in this world, there must be a small foothold. "Golden Lock" Money is the Cao Qiqiao foothold; "Love in a Fallen City", marriage is a white tassel foothold; "Lust, Caution", really love Wang Zhi foothold . "" Long live the wife, the Chen Sizhen with a variety of lies, to their place and life is maintained, and this is her foothold. Eileen Chang Eileen Chang is an important part as a screenwriter. When external factors on the novel she wrote obstacles, she more fully in another way to express yourself.
Movie "Endless Love" and "Long live the wife Eileen Chang creative process occupies an important position, but unfortunately, have not preserved the original screenplay. Summe later, Chen Zishan two audio and video products has sorted out "Long live the wife" and "Endless Love". We know, however, plays a decisive role in the shooting of the movie is the director, even the dialogue, the performers will be arranged by the Director to increase or decrease changes can not all read according to the script written by screenwriter. So I made "The Complete Works of Zhang Ailing, not included these two finishing this. Movie, the script also requires that more than one, may not be retained. Chen continue to work hard.
Eileen Chang Hong Kong MP & GI Pictures from 1956 to 1964, writing the script. A total of ten, shooting eight, the script has been preserved, "Tale of Two Wives" (released in January 1958, the film Yi), "The Battle of Love" (released in May 1957 ), "Desires of the Heart" (released in April 1959, the film Yi), "June Bride" (released in January 1960), "small children" (released in October 1963) "North-South one family" (October 1962 release), "A Song to Remember" (July 1964 release, the film Yi), "North-South HUMONGUS" (September 1964 release) , some of which are original, some are adapted; did not shoot two originals, the "Soul Lihen days" still "Dream of Red Mansions" has been lost. Eileen Chang to write these scripts, still doing more important things one pair of their own, that is, write in English novels, including The Fall of the Pagoda (Pagoda) and The Book of Change ("Book of Changes") , although the two works were not published. She needs to do one more thing to feed themselves, in order to write these novels, which is writing the script to the MP & GI. This kind of thing precedent in the history of world literature, American novelist William Faulkner is a Hollywood screenwriter. Shortly before the death of British playwright Pinter also programmed the screenplay. Both Nobel Prize winner in literature, the screenplay is certainly not really worth mentioning works. Similarly, Eileen Chang MP & GI written script, neither of her life, nor is her most important works of this period.
Eileen Chang MP & GI script and "Endless Love", "Long live the wife can not be compared. That two basically we are talking about art films, the meaning of the screenplay made into a movie can be fully reflected, in particular, screenwriter Eileen Chang, directed by Sang Hu, the two of them must be in tune. Of course, this film beat out also hope that more of the audience, but also need the box office, but after all, intended to convey the idea of ​​the director and the pursuit of. Eileen Chang to the electric Mao screenwriter of the different first compile these scripts to be able to shoot, shoot to someone to see, to see as many people as possible - although though still a going on, but the writers own meaning will be extremely rare compared to an artistic film. The most important thing here is that Eileen Chang MP & GI writing the script, first on the basic values ​​must be consistent with most of the audience. So, for these scripts, we see more of the criticism, that they wrote the novel and Zhang Ailing very different.
However, in my opinion, there can be found some of Eileen Chang a consistent thing. Why she can with the Hong Kong audience or simply say to the people of Hong Kong to resonate in some respects, made out of one after another as they welcome the script, first because she knows them. Eileen Chang plays vividly depicts the great masses of the "rape small bad", they laugh, they love, and their troubles, their happiness. Eileen Chang have a deep understanding. These scripts can be said to show the other side of Eileen Chang: she does not like a lot of people imagine narcissistic for something different, even opposite, she is also an understanding of, and inclusive. Secondly, Eileen Chang is a good story, her script does the budget very clever. These scripts comedy, from which you can see her fun, easy and smart, which is not reflected in her novels.
Eileen Chang in her script, making full use of their own life experiences. Can give two examples, one is the beginning of "small children", on the bus, the heroine thought someone touched her ass back to play the man a slap in the face, in fact, they took a basket of crabs, crab clamp her skirt. This reminds us of the details of the "reunion" the famous bus "legs". Incidentally, "small children" said Li Qiuhuai,: "I can not compete with the memories." Wanghong Chen A: "I can not live on memories." Eileen Chang's play rare kind of so-called "uphold the combustion sentence". First, "Long live the wife, heroine, Chen Sizhen's father - played by Shi Hui" Mrs. Long live "is a perfect movie, the only regret is that Shi Hui played a bit too much, but I see the film critic at the time, he said he played the best - since "Ai-lan room master", which made me think the week Shoujuan Shoujuan compiled a series of magazine named "Violet", especially like Violet, because of his pursuit of the English name called violet (violet).
Eileen Chang MP & GI written nine plays, and she prepared for the Voice of America radio play "Day in the Life of Ivan, has been compiled and published. I have compared several plays and they made into a movie, during which there is still some differences. Than the screenplay, the film is closer to the taste of the public. "June Bride" starring Glenn, she was able to sing, did not think of the future who will play Eileen Chang dramas, do not arrange the characters singing content. "June Bride", however, the beginning of the film, there is a very long period songs by Glenn. On board, as well as Gülen actor Tian Qing, a duet, which is already like a musical. These are the original screenplay. There is still a heroine to do a dream, the screenplay just write what she dreamed, but made into a movie taken Gulen, unassuming, Tian Qing and Chiao concert form. From the script itself, Eileen Chang is not so cater to the audience, she was to be considered a reasonable plot.
    "Battle of Love" movie script, the change is even greater. I see this movie, Ye Wei Fang and history Rong-sheng, YE Wei Ling Tao Wenbing relations are too simple, the latter even hasty to the irrational; go back and look at the script, have more twists and turns, much more delicate, but also much more careful. Are profiling the movie Taowen Bing and Professor He Qihua, Ye Wei Fang and they deal with it is not high style, script Tao, He portrayed two measured much Taojie Shao little bit superficial rash, in He only describes the appearance Yang, Ye Wei Fang also said he was "completely scholarly. In addition, the film pottery, what fight scenes share to the extent of the imbalance, the screenplay by more space for the development process of Ye Wei Fang and history Rong-sheng, Ye Wei Ling, Tao Wenbing relations made clear. Ye Wei Fang said Eileen Chang screenplay only real shape figure. In a sense, the "Battle of Love" plays like "Red Rose and White Rose" prequel ", like became Mrs. Wang Shihong, Ye Wei Fang Wang before the darling, but did not do" great love Carpenter , just count on pretty young, so wayward that the most difficult to grasp the sense of proportion here, too far, the movies are not just right.