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Date Posted: 20:50:27 05/19/02 Sun
Author: Translated by Teay Teay(ww.voy.com/8787/) (www.zhaoweinetfamily.com)
Subject: Vicki's New Movie [Green Tea] - Repost from 8787
Zhao Wei, Du Ke Feng and Zhang Yuan in Beijing to taste [Green Tea]
Jin Hua Times (May 17, 2002)
Reported by : Yang Jin Song
7 years ago, when she was still applying to enter Beijing Films Academy, Zhao Wei played the only female role in Zhang Yuans [East palace, West palace]. As a good friend of Cui Jian, the famous cameraman Du Ke Feng supervised Zhang Yuans movie [Bastards in Beijing]. On May 15, these 3 friends gathered in Beijing to start the film rolling for the first independent movie [Green Tea]
Wang Ni recommends writer beauty
At 2pm of the 15th, the reporters arrived a hotel in Beijing and met the director Zhang Yuan, with his usual messy hairstyle. He was tight-lipped about his new movie, The movie has yet been approved by the Films Board. According to the regulations, we cannot divulge any information. While he went downstairs to fetch Zhao Wei, the reporters peeped at the story summary left in the room.
This movie is titled [Green Tea] and it evolves around a mysterious & refreshing city love story. The lady professor Wu Fang attends marriage prospective all the time. Whenever she dates a man, she would ask for a cup of green tea. She believes in the words of a girl Lang Lang, Predict your love with a cup of tea. Chen Ming Liang thinks this is all absurd. He has no knowledge about green teas, but he claims that he knows everything about women. In his view, there are only 2 types of women, the forest and the Rome types. In the forest, you see many paths and many possibilities. Hence, a man before a forest type of girl loses his directions very easily. But before a Rome type of girl, the man loses himself, as you would never find out how many people on the other streets are heading for the same direction as you are. With their own understanding of love, and their private love histories, Wu Fang and Ming Liang embarked on a new tussle. Ming Liang soon found out that behind this tussle, it is the mysterious Lang Lang that will decide on the winner. If the world between the two of them is likened to be a cup of tea, Chen Ming Liang and Wu Fang will be the tea leaves at the bottom of the cup, and Lang Lang the water in the tea. The water decides the dynamics at which the leaves swirl and the rhythm of the upthrust.
This is a thought-provoking movie, and the story is adapted from lady writer Jin Ren Shuns novel [Adeline by the waters]. Wang Ni recommended this novel to Zhang Yuan when he was filming [Sister Jiang]. It was said that Zhang Yuan only started appreciating the term Writer beauty when he met Jin Ren Shun herself.
Du Ke Feng brushes Wang Kar Wai aside.
At 4pm, the cool Du Ke Feng checked into the hotel. When the reporters walked into his room, he was opening his third bottle of beer, and said with his fluent Mandarin, I feel that cinematography gives ample space. I usually do not have a script when I shoot, [Green Tea] has a script and this would make it a lot easier. Du Ke Feng and Zhang Yuan knew each other through Cui Jians introduction and the worked together in [Bastards in Beijing], after which he participated in many of the Mainland Chinese movies like [Heroes]. And this time, it is a reunification of friends. When Zhang Yuan introduced the reporters to him, Du Ke Feng made a monkey face and said , What? Reporters? Better not report on everything that we discuss today.
At this time, Zhao Wei brought the fashion that she bought from HK into the room. The two of them did not have a chance to meet up in HK and appeared very cordial when they met. Zhao Wei told him, When I was in HK, I received a call from Wong Kar Wais company asking me if I knew where you were? Haha, I am becoming like your assistance. Du Ke Feng pretended to be serious, Dont tell them, let [2046] wait, I will entertain them after I finish [Green Tea].
Zhao Wei changed into the clothes and showed Du Ke Feng. He scrutinized every detail on her, Wei Wei, in this movie, I shall make known your beauty, its true, you are not the immature Little Swallow, I will let everyone discover you again. In fact, it is truly enjoyable to watch Du Ke Feng let Zhao Wei try on the clothes, words cannot seem to describe it adequately, but something that I can share with the readers is that, Du Ke Fengs recognized expertise is because he has placed his artistic attitude on humans, to bare humans to the most basic level and then you can create moving scenes.
After trying out the clothes, Du Ke Feng told Zhao Wei softly, Have you experienced the distillation of love? She did not reply, and he said to this popular star, I think you have never truly loved a man before.
Zhang Yuan wants to excel
Under Zhao Weis recommendation, Du Ke Feng had his first dinner in Beijing at a restaurant in Sheng Li Residence. He only ordered for a vegetarian noodles. He is a vegetarian and his source of energy comes from his beer. The reporters cannot remember how many bottles of beer did he down from afternoon to 8pm. As he began to open up and chatted more and more, he charmed the crew.
He said it was tiring to film [heroes] as it is like sculpting and engraving artwork. However, it is the days spent filming [Chun Guang Zha Xie] & [Hua Yang Nian Hua] that he finds memorable. To shoot [Chun], Du Ke Feng and the entire crew stayed in Argentina for 5 months, and they finished the filming in 30 days. As for [Hua], the entire filming was done whilst playing background music. He suggested to Zhang Yuan, [Green Tea] is a film that should be experienced with music. When we are shooting, we should play the background music to get into a certain mood. When they talked about some of Zhang Yuans new movies, he said to Zhang Yuan frankly, You have not excelled over yourself. We must excel over ourselves in [Green Tea]! Du Ke Feng gave an encouraging glance at Zhao Wei.
After dinner, Zhang Yuan and Du Ke Feng went to San Li Dun to look at the scenery till late at night. According to sources, they are in the final stage of preparation, and are deciding on the actor . Looking at the strong lineup, it is expected that the role would land on established actors like Jiang Wen. After the Films Board approved the movie, [Green Tea] will start filming this month.
Zhao Wei changes image by playing 2 roles
Even though the script is still undergoing fine-tuning, the crew has long started on the preparations.
At 3pm, Zhao Wei appeared with a suitcase filled with clothes she bought in HK with the art director, Han Jia Ying, to show it to the director. She put on 4 suits, and one of them was a black suit that appeared really stylish. A row of Chinese words No colour, No Taste, No Fate was on the dress. Even though she has no heavy make-up, but she could still bring out the angelic and charming appeal. Zhang Yuan said excitedly, Yes, that is exactly how Lang Lang should be. After that, she put on a silver grey office suit, took a briefcase from the reporters and slinked it on her shoulders, and adjusted her spectacles and asked Zhang Yuan, Should Wu Fang be like that?. She will be playing the 2 roles that possess very different characteristics.
After trying out the clothes, she lighted a cigarette, I really tired myself out this time in HK, we shopped in all the malls in HK, and I had to try 100 pieces in a day. I even chose a gold plated necklace for Lang Lang and when I tried it on, the HK reporters saw me. When I raised my head, all the cameras were right before me.
She mentioned that she has not seen the movie [East Palace, West Palace] that she participated 6 years ago, I had just finished my third sitting to enter Beijing Films academy when I was presented this opportunity to act in a few scenes, I rushed to take up this opportunity to learn, and I did not receive much remuneration. Her second time working with Zhang Yuan, Zhao Wei admitted that she had been involved even in the preparation stages, I said I had hoped to participate in the script writing phase, and in the beginning, it was just between Zhang Yuan and myself, and I am surprised that now it brings together so many of my friends, becoming such a big deal. However, the thrill of the new movie has not removed her fatigue. She requested for the hotel masseurs to provide her massage in her room, as she still has to rush back to Shanghai on the 16th to attend an event to commemorate Chairman Mao organised by China Film Foundation, and she will be singing [Olive Tree].
