As a musical, "les miserables" has numerous classic singing segments, and "alone" is one of them. This song appears twice in the whole play.
The first time is eponine, the daughter of Thenardier, who falls in love with Marius in the process of getting along with each other. This song is about eponine's loneliness and sadness after learning that Marius and Cosette are in love; Another is the end of the play, when Jean Valjean is in danger, Fantine's soul appears, guiding Jean Valjean into heaven, in full of sadness and reluctant to leave, die.
The melody of the two bridge sections is the same, but the lyrics are different, so the emotion and connotation are different.
The melodious, full and eloquent melody of eponine gives the song a special texture; What's more, delicate and profound emotions are deep-rooted, sad but tenacious, and painful but tenacious - if you overdo them a little, you may fall into the pattern of self pity; A little less, may get rid of the role of moths.
This passage is a severe test for the actors. They should not be careless in understanding the lyrics, controlling the singing, releasing the emotions and controlling the roles; In addition, Qiaoduan belongs to the female role of eponine. For lanli, the challenge is even higher.
"In comparison, being alone is more challenging and more unconventional. I'm going to perform the part of eponine. Completely subvert the audience's idea of watching this audition video. " Langley's decision was well thought out.
The biggest difference between now and three years ago is that lanli is a more mature actor. He knows his strengths and weaknesses, and his understanding of the role and the interpretation of the director are all further. So when he recorded the audition video, his thoughts became clear.
After the warm-up exercise, lanli stands in front of the camera, slowly, slowly exhale, and gradually precipitate his emotions. The impetuousness and lightness surrounding his body in the air gradually subside. The whole person is in a level state of being in no hurry and in no hurry. His head is blank and his mood is calm.
Different from film performance, drama performance needs to completely clear the brain, because of the training, and the basic skills imprinted in the bones. Like a program, drama performance accurately and profoundly integrates all performances into the blood, and every expression, every line, every action, and even every walk is accurate, It's like an exquisite German instrument.
Three years away from the stage of drama performance, but just close your eyes, that kind of familiarity makes your body start to tremble slightly. There is no tension, only excitement; There's no clutter, just comfort. Perhaps, this is his comfort field, which has nothing to do with the role. The stage itself makes him feel comfortable, as if it belongs here from the beginning to the end.
Nathan and Roy, standing behind the camera, keep quiet. They exchange a line of sight and catch similar puzzles and puzzles in each other's eyes.
When shooting a movie, Langley always read the script over and over again, and cut into the role and performance in this way; Today, however, Langley did not read the script at all, nor did he consult the aria of "les miserables", just adjusting his breath.
The silence in the room is spreading slowly. Nathan and Roy dare not make a sound. They can only stare at each other and are at a loss.
"On my own, pretend she's by my side..." with her eyes closed tightly, Lan Li sings softly, melodious and soft, and her hoarse voice glides slowly in the tranquility, just like a boat oar pushing away the waves, and the shallow ripples come out. There is no special mood, no special ups and downs, the state of mind, but wrapped in a cold, lonely, hesitating, sad, that light mood in the ripples halo open, beautiful and moving.
"Alone, I'll stay with her till... Dawn." When the last word came out, the soft voice stopped for a moment. It was only half a choking breath, but in the gently rising corner of the mouth, the bitterness could not be changed. Smile and sadness, two completely different emotions, but perfectly combined together, and then saw blue Li slowly opened his eyes.
That pair of deep eyes filled with expression and devotion, it seems that even the cold night are quietly melting, "she is not here, but I feel her embrace; When I get lost, close my eyes... "The drooping eyelids reveal a touch of tenderness in the milky yellow halo. The corners of my mouth are so happy that people can't bear to be startled. The romance and devotion indulged in love are pouring down like stars," she can find me again. "
Without warning or accompaniment, Lan Li began to sing in this way. With just four lines of lyrics, the sweetness in love was vividly displayed, but the bitterness on the tip of his tongue was lingering. He was gentle and cold, happy and sad. Without any language explanation, the role image had been sketched out.
Roy didn't realize it himself. He slowly straightened himself, straightened himself up, and cast his eyes into the air. There is no magnesium lamp, but Lan Li seems to have his own spotlight, which makes the world around him dim. The whole stage is dominated by him!
Lanli took a step to his left, one step at a time, one step at a time, with a lingering throb, as if he could hear the pounding heart beating and cheering; However, the slightly raised face and the smile on the corner of the mouth are a little nostalgic and reluctant. The sadness of remembering and missing is like mist, which casts a layer of water mist on the whole person and adds a touch of melancholy.
"When you are in the rain, you will see silver light shining; All kinds of lights are like dense water mist on the river; Deep in the night, the treetops are full of stars; What I've reduced to is that she'll stay with me forever. "
Smile, blooming; Corner of the eye, flashing tears. In that happy and cheerful smile, faint tears in the eyes flashing. Because of the distance, Nathan and Roy can't see the mist in the corner of their eyes, but the light refracts in their pupils, just like the stars falling into their eyes, and the calm tears are like the moonlight on the river.
The next second, the sparse sadness emerged with the fundus of the eyes, the smile faded the color bit by bit, the deep eyes became deeper and deeper, farther and farther, the lonely and lonely, sad and painful light stabbed the heart, the pain slowly and slowly fainted.
"It's just wishful thinking. I'm talking to myself, not to her." The footstep stops abruptly, but the stop is so fierce that the body can't help but start to shake gently. There is no unnecessary movement, but the muscles that are stretched to the extreme reveal the turbulent waves in the heart, which almost suffocates people. "Although I know that I am not in her eyes, I still deceive myself. We have a future."
The corners of the mouth gently pulled, outlined a radian, the bitter self mockery was too thick to open; Once again, you can see the collapse of self-esteem and pride. Secret love and unrequited love, solitary, lonely forward, just like a waltz dancing alone, in the grand melody, elegant steps, moving posture, lonely and lonely but like a shadow.
The silence came down, and Lan Li stood in the same place in silence, letting the grand sadness slip slowly from his shoulder. Then he took a step forward, but forced himself to stop. The timid hesitation and hesitation that he tried to get close to made his fingertips curl up and clench into fists, and a scream of despair came out from the bottom of his heart.
"I love her, but when the long night goes by, she also leaves. The river is just the river." Slightly invisible to shake his head, the corner of the mouth smile full of bitterness and pain, put aside the eyes, it seems that can not bear to see her happiness. Lan Li straightened up and stood up again, showing a strong and stubborn attitude to maintain his final dignity, "without her, my world has changed beyond recognition, the leaves are withering, and there are only strangers in the street." But the loss of the eyes, look around, but only a void.
He staggered back half a step, but next time, Langley took two big strides and stepped forward with astonishing momentum. His face was filled with urgency, desire and determination. Nathan and Roy could not help but hold their breath. Then they could see the burning flame in their eyes clearly, Rolling in the blue lake.
"I love her!" However, every day I am more sober, poor this life, I have been deceiving myself "Without me, her world would still work." Almost suffocated, "that world is full of happiness, happiness I've never tasted." Fall into the abyss.
Singing heartily, wantonly and crazily, the deep feelings burst out continuously. He knows that this is doomed to no results of unrequited love; He knew that it was a secret love doomed to no response; He knows, everything, he knows. He even knew how stupid, ridiculous and pathetic he was. His full mood was completely torn in the high melody, and the whole room was filled with rolling emotions.
But... But, what can he do when he knows? He still can't control his heart. The singing stopped, the eyes fell into unprecedented sadness, the turbulent mood gradually settled down again, the strong and straight shoulder lines are so fragile, as if even a little dust can completely crush them.
"I love her." Struggling for so long, struggling to escape for so long, but he could not betray himself, "I love her." He was more determined than ever, even if he died of nothing, even if he was alone, even if he could never get a response, even if he was dancing alone in the rain, he still chose to fly a moth to the fire, "I love her." Eyes gradually become firm, all the confusion, all the pain, all the struggle are gone, that pair of deep eyes shine again, all the stars are bright, "I love her, but only wishful thinking."