This step is not a victory for a certain person, nor does it not only surpass the failure of a certain individual, it is by no means a proof that is only reluctantly established because of the box office, but an affirmation that most people can convince.
Shouldn't we be deeply moved and even cry for this?
Although I am still looking forward to "Mei Lanfang" directed by Chen Kaige, this film seems to be Director Chen's strong point. If even Mei Lanfang can change Director Chen's inability to lift his head since the blockbuster "Promise", then Chinese films can still move forward fearlessly in the absence of Director Zhang, and stride to the next milestone. I think after this, Director Zhang will feel the huge pressure that domestic films bring to him.
The first is "The Sun Also Rises". Although this blockbuster failed in major film festivals, more people have the courage to question it, the reason is: can't understand. But those who said they didn't understand were at least somewhat candid, and those who said solemnly that "he understood" were a little nauseating. Movies are not meant to be understood or not understood, especially this one that you don't need to "understand". Although I love this film, as a professional, I seem to have lost my voice because the public tends to see us as lunatics who choose boring art films to destroy themselves to show "professional". But what I want to say is that it jumped onto the screen with a kind of surging passion and splendid and even whimsical imagination, with a kind of innocent courage and appeal, and announced to the world that the artistic taste of the Chinese people, in today's world The era of being blinded by the box office is moving and convincing.
Lust and Caution is actually no surprise. Because this suave director has done so to reassure us that when he announces the making of any film, we are confident about the quality of it. While watching the pre-show commercials we knew we were getting what we paid for, which is not something everyone can do, and it's not something you can win with just one Oscar for best director. What amazes us even more is Ang Lee's tightrope walking skills. The use of those erotic scenes, as long as it is too much, is like falling from a thin steel wire. He could have chosen a safer path, but he chose not to. This kind of courage and courage is rarely seen in his always restrained and shy smile, but when you look back at each of his films carefully, you will find that there is not a dangerous chess game that is not a "sword going sideways". For the observation of subtle emotions in the depths of the human heart, and the discussion of human nature, Director Li has shown a "master" with ease.
Afterwards, "Vote for Name" gave us a little surprise. Yes, it does come from the Chen Kexin of "Sweet Honey" and "If Love". Originally, I imagined another "Ink Attack", but I couldn't help but feel that I ordered instant seaweed egg drop soup, but it was served with Italian bacon cream mushroom soup. Since it is a fight in the age of cold weapons, we want to hear the sound effects of "Gladiator", the successful transition design, grasp the complex characters of the characters, those who cannot be evaluated and analyzed by good or bad, success or failure. Especially for the unknown real inner world of the characters, and the objective examination without any personal emotions, Chen Kexin gave us satisfaction and surprises. Although those surprises are exaggerated by our psychological effect, they cover up many flaws in the movie, such as some superfluous and lame voice-overs, such as some hypocritical costumes, such as the appropriateness of actor selection and the roughness of emotional scenes, etc. But he was enough to make us worry when we came out of the cinema that "Assembly", which had not yet been released, would lose to Chen Kexin.
Then we saw "Assembly", the director who is good at making people laugh and talk about a certain line, even made many men and women cry in the movie theater! It makes the Chinese who have experienced too many heroic themes of "shooting at me" feel the existence of a heroic individual first as a "human", an individual who is afraid, withdraws, impulsive, stubborn and makes mistakes. The insignificance and helplessness of people in the face of war, the insignificance and helplessness of heroes in the face of politics. We finally began to pay attention to the individual, we finally began to understand the significance of the characters to the plot, and the success of the characters is actually the success of the story.
Before, we have spent too much time thinking about: whether a successful blockbuster is the most beautiful color and the accumulation of stars, the extravagance of the big scene and the use of special effects, or the overwhelming publicity and box office response. Later, it seemed that the whole Chinese people suddenly realized the importance of stories after being "indoctrinated" by countless blockbusters.
Yes, we suddenly understand that a story is not a concept, nor a philosophy (especially not those cliche who think they are advanced but are actually superficial), and we also suddenly understand that storytelling does not have to follow a certain set of rules. Logic, and asking questions is better than answering questions, because knowing that you don't understand is always after understanding more.
Thanks to our filmmakers, because they are like the brothers of Millet Land and 9th Company, they charged forward one after another, fell in the hail of bullets, and finally "screwed" to the end, and only then did we see the red five stars that should belong to them. Let our fragile film industry, under the onslaught of Hollywood, see the millet land that wakes up in the hospital, and hear the belated rally call.
2007, for the Chinese, is a 5-star movie year.
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