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张艺谋与横店影视城的缘分真是不浅!自从2001年4月他首次踏访横店后,就决定把酝酿多年的《英雄》放在横店拍摄。尽管拍摄此片已是数年前的事了,但由此而产生的有关话题至今仍被横店人津津乐道:诸如张艺谋一口气买下许多辆豪华越野车供主演们在横店片场内外使用、李连杰爱吃横店的甘蔗、张曼玉将自己亲手改制的时装赠送给横店贵宾楼的服务员之类轶事,横店坊间对张艺谋有口皆碑。

张艺谋导演的《英雄》杀青之际,在横店旅游大厦举办了一场隆重的庆祝关机晚宴。席间,他动情地向有关人士表示,以后还会重返横店拍片。如今,性格内向、言语不多的张艺谋兑现了他的诺言,他的新片《满城尽带黄金甲》目前正在横店影视城明清宫苑景区紧张筹拍。

老谋子新片说的啥?

去年冬天就有消息传出,张艺谋继《千里走单骑》之后的新片将是《秋日的回忆》,而现在的片名则改为《满城尽带黄金甲》。不过,据说《满城尽带黄金甲》仍然只是暂定名,最终的片名很有可能叫《武则天》。

关于这部影片的具体内容,已故著名作家曹禺的女儿万方在接受记者采访时曾粗略地透露过一点“蛛丝马迹”:《满城尽带黄金甲》是根据曹禺的名著《雷雨》改编而成,但把历史背景从近代改为古代。万方赞叹道:“张艺谋聪明,剧本的文笔简练,对白精巧,这体现了张艺谋创作班子一贯的精致风格。看完剧本我在想,这部电影拍出来一定会让大家目睹一部古典版的《雷雨》,它既不是喜剧,也不是悲剧,让人回味无穷。”

《满城尽带黄金甲》的道具制作车间,设在横店明清宫苑午门西侧的城墙内,笔者看到50多名能工巧匠正在这里加工制作影片所需的各种道具,从图案、纹饰的风格来看,那是唐代的风格。

拍摄场景啥模样?

《满城尽带黄金甲》将先在重庆武隆县拍摄一些外景戏,然后在横店影都宾馆安营扎寨。

被张艺谋看中的明清宫苑,是《满城尽带黄金甲》在横店的主要拍摄场地,这座明清“宫苑”是横店影视城耗资最多、规模最大的一个景区,它以北京故宫为原型,按1:1的比例兴建,占地面积达到1500亩,荟萃了京城宫殿、皇家园林、王府衙门、胡同民宅等四大建筑系列,真实地再现了北京紫禁城原貌及北京民居。主体建筑有太和殿、乾清门广场、乾清宫、坤宁宫、漱芳斋、承天门、午门、养心殿、军机处、西陆六宫、亲王府等。

虽然明清宫苑建筑造型令张艺谋深感满意,但为了符合这部影片的需要,张艺谋还是作出了改景决定。他的改景方案十分大胆,令人惊讶:在宫苑筑起高达5米的围墙,将浩大的太和殿广场全部包围起来,并在这个12750平方米的太和殿广场内全部铺上黄花,届时数万名士兵就在这令人眩目的金黄色花海中奋勇作战。这也许就是张艺谋对这部影片片名的一种极其形象化的演绎,据了解,剧组方面已在义乌中国小商品城订购了数量惊人的黄花。张艺谋一向擅长的富有冲击力的电影视觉语言,这次他又将在横店淋漓尽致地发挥一番!

在太和殿一直延伸至承天门这条长长的御道,将是这部影片的核心场景。木工、油漆工、电焊工们近日正在紧张加工围墙的浮雕,由于太和殿前的围墙长达164米、太和门前的围墙长达115米、午门前的围墙长达73米,因此,浮雕的加工任务非常繁重。在几位师傅的妙手下,我目睹了巨大的泡沫型材料被雕刻成一根根花纹奇特神秘的大柱子过程,道具中最壮观的是唐代战车,每辆都长达6米,宽2米,加装了轴承的巨大车轮辅以铁饰,这样造型奇特的战车虽然只制作4辆,但在将来观众看到的影片中,则是40辆的效果了――显然,这是电脑特技制作的功劳。此外,上下均呈方形但中间则是圆鼓形且有莲花瓣的石灯,也挺招人喜爱,这种造型的石灯目前也在赶制之中。

值得一提的是在《满城尽带黄金甲》的道具制作、场景搭建中,横店影视城旗下的制景装修有限公司功不可没,这家公司拥有一流影视道具制作及场景搭建人才,他们曾经是陈凯歌的《无极》、胡玫的《汉武大帝》等许多影视大片的幕后英雄。据了解,该公司将为张艺谋的《满城尽带黄金甲》投入3000个人工,每天进场工作的技术人员至少有50名。这部影片的总美术师霍霆霄、易振洲对与这样口碑甚佳的伙伴合作,自然非常放心。

目前电视剧《刘伯温》剧组也正在太和殿拍摄,不过他们的拍摄进度不能太慢,因为最迟2月中旬必须撤出现场,需将“阵地”让给张艺谋的剧组。

是否还梦想奥斯卡?

张艺谋的电影,演员阵容从来都是万众关注的,这次也不例外。

周润发已被确定饰演皇帝唐太宗,巩俐饰演武媚娘(武则天),刘烨极有可能饰演李治,其他配角的人选也将于近日浮出水面。

在横店明清宫苑拍摄的戏都是影片中极为重要的大场面戏,每天都计划使用几千名群众演员,这与张艺谋当年在横店拍《英雄》时一样,这次也少不了要请部队和学校支援了。

《满城尽带黄金甲》是否还把目标瞄准奥斯卡呢?张艺谋的态度很值得欣赏:“没有导演会拒绝奥斯卡,谁要说我特别不在乎那肯定是假的,因为奥斯卡至少可以提升观众的关注度,提升导演的江湖地位。但如果你将某个奖项作为创作的目标,那肯定错了。只能等拍完了之后,你天天做梦想想奥斯卡是可以的。如果有一天全世界的奖项评选中每一次都有中国电影的身影,那就太好了!”

The City of Golden Armor Will be Filmed in Hengdian

By Zeng Yulin

Zhang Yimou will film The City of Golden Armor, his latest production in Hengdian World Studios, China's Hollywood in central Zhejiang. The director filmed Hero in Hengdian following his first visit there in April 2001 and made the decision to make the film there. And he promised to come back for more. Now he will be back.

The grand Ming & Qing palace complex at Hengdian will be the major scene for the film and is a real size reproduction of the Imperial Palace in Beijing and there are many other supporting facilities on the site. Though a version presumably based on Thunderstorm, a classic modern Chinese drama written in 1933 by Cao Yu (1910-1996), the new film will upgrade the original businessman's family tragedy into a big drama at the court of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Wan Fang, the original playwright's daughter, commented that the adaptation would be a modern interpretation of Thunderstorm played out in an ancient era, but the new film would not be a tragedy.

Now preparations for props and settings are in full swing at Hengdian. Some outdoor scenes of the film will be first shot in Chongqing in southwestern China's Sichuan Province and then the production team will come to Hengdian.

The location preparations are roughly divided into two parts. The 12,750-square-meter square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony will be enclosed with a 5-meter-tall wall. A few spectacular war scenes will be staged there in the whole square strewn with a large quantity of dazzling golden flowers. An appealing visual effect, which Zhang Yimou has always been good at, is expected to yield well.

Experienced craftsmen are now making sculptured walls. They are also making a long corridor extending from the Hall of Highest Harmony to the Gate of Receiving the Mandate of the Heaven. Made of foamed material, huge columns are engraved with glamorous and outlandish patterns. The most extravagant props are probably the four battle chariots, each measuring 6 meters in length and 2 meters in width and each with huge iron-clad wheels.

The film will star Chow Yun-Fat and Gong Li, both prominent film artists. The palace war scenes will use thousands of extras.

When asked if his new film would be aimed for Oscar, Zhang gave an affirmative answer. “No director can resist Oscar. It would be flatly untrue if I said I did not care. Oscar prizes attract eyeballs and raise your status within the sector. However, it is absolutely wrong if you create something simply for winning an Oscar. You can start dreaming of winning an Oscar only after you complete the film. It would be wonderful if films made in China could be selected for each world-class film occasion.”(Translated by David)