Zhang Yimou is undoubtedly a good director. He has filmed "Red Sorghum", "Raise the Red Lantern", and I have always liked "Something to Talk About", including this adaptation of Yu Hua's novel "Alive". The past certainly deserves these affirmations.
So if you are a director, when you no longer question your ability to make good movies, when you have said a lot of what you want to say with the lens, you have a chance to let the world and people who don’t go to the movies on weekdays People know you and appreciate you, and the budget for you is a staggering amount, enough to make something like a dream, how do you choose?
When a company throws you a lot of money and invites you to hire the biggest names in the Chinese film industry to win the box office and make a lot of money, how do you choose?
It's as if Yang Naiwen made a shocking "I choose by myself", knowing that he is destined to be scolded but only to achieve his dream; complaining about the current system does not delay preparing for a civil service exam.
People do not live for doctrine, and the criteria for judging right and wrong are not on paper in their hearts. Otherwise, they are imprisoning themselves, fatalism, and giving up their freedom.
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