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IfirstmetZhaoDanin1947whenhewas32 andIwas22.Hewasanexperiencedfilmactor bythen.Onedayhesawmyphotounderaglass toponadesk.Afterwatchingmyfirstmovie, ZhaoandChenLiting,afilmdirector,decided tohavemestarasthefemaleleadinanewmovie calledHappinessRhapsody.Amanutterly carelessindailylife,Zhaowasextremely meticulousaboutdetailsofthemovieshemade. Sometimeshewouldgetintoanargumentover
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wedding,Iwastidyingthehouseup.WhenI wentthroughhisbookcase,theonlyproperty heownedwhenwemarried,Ifoundsome
western-styledpaintingsinthecase.Somewere figures,somewereaboutstagesettings,and someweresketchedforamoviecamera.Iasked whohadpaintedthem.Hesaidhedidand explainedthathewasagraduateofafineart school.Hisfathertaughthimhowtopaintand writewhenhewasakid.Whenhewasabout10 yearsold,hewasabletowritelarge-sized plaguesforothers.Whenhewenttocollegein Shanghai,theeldersofthefamilyexhortedhim tostudylaw.Butheenrolledhimselfquietlyinto theShanghaiFineArtsAcademyandstudied traditionalpaintingsundertheguidanceof HuangBinghongandPanTianshou.Whenhe laterparticipatedinthestudentmovementsand begantoappearindramaandmovies,he graduallystoppedpainting.Herediscoveredthe enthusiasmforpaintingwhenhewasdoingthe shootingofLiShizhen,amoviethatdescribed thelifeofaMingDynastydoctor(1518-1593) whosingle-handedlywrotethe52-volume
CompendiumofMateriaMedicaoverdecades. WheneverIwasabouttotakeabusinesstrip,I wouldcarefullyprepareabottleofinkforhim topaint.
Duringthe32yearsweweretogether,hedid onlytwopaintingsandwroteonescrollof inscriptionforme.Manybosomfriendsdidn't havehispaintingseither,fortheyalways believedtherewouldbeatimeforthat.Thefirst paintinghedidformewaswhenhereturnedto Shanghaiafterattendingthe1stNational CongressofChinaFederationofLiteraryand ArtCirclesinBeijing.Hewroteaninscription formewhenIwaswritingafilmscriptWen Yiduoforhim.TheinscriptionisamottobyWen, apoetandprofessorassassinatedin1946.The lastpaintinghedidformewasinthesummerof 1980whenhewasinhospital.Ivisitedhimevery morning.OnedayhecomplainedthatIwaslate forthemorningvisitandthenheshowedmea longevitypeachhehadcreatedforme.Hewas alwayscasualaboutthingsinlife,howcouldhe haverememberedmybirthdaythatdayofall days?Ithoughtitwasabadomen.
1967wasabadyear.Noneofitsdayswasa daywewantedtowakeupinthemorningto see.ZhaoDanwastortured.Amanworeablunt hardthingunderthegloveandhitZhao'sface repeatedlywhileroaringmurderously:"letme seehowyouwillactagain!Letmeseehowyou
willpoisonpeople'smind!"Zhao'slefteyepupil wasruptured.Onedayafterthebeatingaccident, hewasthrownintoprison.
In1973hewasreleasedfromprison.Hehad stayedinprisonformorethanfiveyears.After seeingtheirfather,ourchildrenhidthemselves intheatticandcried,"Daddyisnotabletoappear inmoviesanymore."Iwokeupthatmidnight whenIheardhimtalktohimself.Idarednot interrupthim.NordidIswitchonthelight.It wasscarytohearhimtalklikethat.Whenhe becamequiet,Icalledouttohiminawhisper.I askedhimifhewasstillawake.Theanswerwas yes.Isaidtohimifhewouldliketotalkatnight, hecouldwakemeuporoneofthekidssothat theywouldtalkwithhim.Isaid,"It'sscaryto hearyoutalkingtoyourself."Heexplained,"I havebeenusedtoit.IwasafraidthatIwould notbeabletoactanymoreifIlosttheabilityto speak."
Onanotheroccasion,Iaskedhimhowhe
survivedtheprison.Hesaidwhenhewasalone, hethoughtaboutthemovieshewasgoingto makeandthecharactershewasgoingtoportray. Fourdaysafterhehadbeenreleasedfrom prison,hewassenttoworkinthecountryside. Farmerstookhimundertheirwings.Thefather andsonwhomZhaostayedwithwentfishing everydayforhim.Whentheagentsof"TheGang ofFour"wenttoinvestigatehowZhaoDanwas
doingin"remolding"himself,farmerssaidthat hehadbeenwellreformedandthathedidnot needreformanymore.Theysaidtheywanted toseenewmoviesstarringZhaoDan.
In1980,ZhaoDanpassedaway.Oneday, peopleofaworkgroupundertheShanghai MunicipalBureaucametoseeme.Thegroup wasorganizedto,amongotherthings,review thecasesofthepersecutedpeopleduringthe CulturalRevolution(1966-1976).Iwasasked tosignadocumentabouttheirconclusionabout Zhao'sperformanceduringtheCampaign.I refusedtosign.Theyaskedmetotakecareof myselfandtookbackthedocument.Theyleft metwobigbundlesofasecretdossieronZhao DanputtogetherforZhao'spersecution.They askedmetodestroythedocuments.
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