For people like Xu Wangqiu, who are used to watching commercial blockbusters in later generations, mediocre old films like "Women Are More Murderous Than Men" are simply lethargic. If it weren't for Liu Lin and them to make a video analysis, he would probably have fallen asleep.

On the contrary, others are very involved in watching it, some people are very interested in watching it, and some people are blushing when they see it, and they all think that this movie is very beautiful. Wu Zhiliu, who watched the internal reference film for the first time, felt like he had opened the door to a new world. Baring thighs, low-cut outfits, bikinis, and the looming appearance of translucent dresses were completely beyond his comprehension.

After the movie ended, Xu Wangqiu and the others came out of the movie theater and sat in the open space to discuss.

Wu Zhiliu lamented: "The capitalist country is really degenerate, and it would make this kind of movie. ”

Xu Wangqiu joked with a smile: "This movie is very toxic and must be disinfected immediately." Comrade Liu Lin, when the woman in the movie took off her pants, your saliva flowed out, indicating that the poisoning was very deep, so you came to disinfect it first. ”

Many internal reference films are screened in the name of criticism, and after watching the movie, sometimes criticism will be organized to eliminate the poison of the film to people, which is called "disinfection". Liu Lin pretended to be serious, cleared his throat and said: "This movie reflects the evil of capitalism, the killers in it are all women, and they are beautiful women, they should have a happy family and a normal life, but they have become killers, this is the harm of capitalism! If I were a director, I would leave the actress naked, so that the ugliness of capitalism could be completely exposed. ”

Xu Wangqiu and the others all laughed when they heard this, obviously you want to see the actress strip naked, and you want to find such a lofty reason for yourself.

After the four of them laughed for a while, they returned to the topic, and Xu Wangqiu began to analyze the film for them. "Women Are More Murderous Than Men" is a movie that follows the trend of 007, in the process of analyzing the movie, Xu Wangqiu told Liu Lin about 007 movies, told them about Hollywood, and conveyed a concept to them, awesome commercial films can sweep the world, and awesome commercial film directors can also be the first to open up the atmosphere and become a film master admired by thousands of people. This is a little private goods, Xu Wangqiu hopes to influence Liu Lin and them, and hopes that they will not follow the old path of the fifth generation of directors to dilute the narrative and anti-drama.

Two days later, Nortel's re-examination began, and the entire re-examination was divided into two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, of which the film analysis was arranged in the afternoon.

After lunch, Xu Wangqiu and the others walked into the screening hall, found a place, and waited for the staff to show the movie. Different from the solemnity and nervousness of other candidates, Liu Lin and the three of them were quite relaxed, and even a little eager to try. After Xu Wangqiu's two-day guidance, Liu Lin and others have a more in-depth understanding of film analysis and are very confident in the next exam.

The lights in the screening room quickly went out and the big screen lit up.

But after the name of the movie came out, Xu Wangqiu and the four of them were stunned, and it was written on the screen - heroic sons and daughters.

Liu Lin, Wu Zhiliu and Gu Changwei trembled with excitement, they had only watched "Heroes and Daughters" two days ago, and Xu Wangqiu gave them a detailed analysis, what is good about this movie, what are its shortcomings, and even how to write the film analysis;

Liu Lin and Gu Changwei glanced at each other, and they both read ecstasy from each other's eyes. They felt that it was too correct to pull Xu Wangqiu in the past two days and ask him to teach him how to write a video analysis.

Liu Lin couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, looked at Xu Wangqiu and said in a trembling voice: "Wangqiu, thank you." ”

Xu Wangqiu was also happy for Liu Lin, thinking that Liu Lin would not have been able to enter Nortel, but now that he has a chance, this guy is really lucky! Bah, bah, isn't this scolding myself! He waved his hand and said in a low voice: "Watch the movie well, and then think about how to write the article." ”

Liu Lin nodded, didn't say anything more, stared at the screen and looked seriously.

While Xu Wangqiu was watching the movie, he was also thinking about how to write his article. "Children of Heroes" follows the classic narrative rules of Hollywood in terms of audio-visual, and it also uses the classic Hollywood language: panoramic explanation of the environment, close-up explanation of the characters, empty shots to express the psychology of the characters, and picture segmentation follows the golden rule, reflecting a sense of balance, symmetry and harmony. The use of various symbols is also in a proper manner, with the sunrise representing hope and a bright future, and the gloom and thunder representing predicament and pain......

In fact, not only "Children of Heroes", before the fifth generation of directors was born, Chinese films were basically like this in the audiovisual language, even the works of big directors such as Xie Jin and Xie Tieli. Although these films differ in content, there is no fundamental difference in audiovisual language and lack a distinct personal style.

The films during the movement were particularly exaggerated and particularly patterned, and even ordinary audiences knew exactly how to shoot the positive characters, how to shoot the negative characters, how to use light, and how to give angles. Xu Wangqiu is very disgusted with the films during the sports period, the characters in them speak in a tone of voice, their expressions and movements are extremely contrived, and they even make a dramatic "appearance" at every turn, which is like a comedy.

Zhang Ran remembers that because of this, in 1979, a discussion about film was launched in the film industry. At that time, the mainstream view in the industry was that movies should be divorced from theater. These people are not only anti-drama, but also anti-narrative, and even anti-text, allowing the film to minimize dialogue.

This discussion laid the aesthetic foundation for the fourth generation of directors and gave birth to the fifth generation of directors, allowing the audiovisual language of Chinese films to move out of the classical period and into the modern stage. But at the same time, it also brought extremely serious consequences, due to the extreme anti-dramatization and anti-drama conflict in the theoretical community, and the abandonment of the tradition of storytelling in Chinese films, the fifth and sixth generations of directors are not very good at storytelling.

This kind of narrative and anti-drama film won the favor of the elite, clapping their hands and shouting that this is art, but it was difficult for ordinary audiences to accept it, and Lao Tzu wanted to watch a good story, what kind of thing was filmed, so the audience turned away from these self-righteous artists. For example, Tian Zhuangzhuang's "Hunting Ground" created a record of zero copies.

This is also one of the reasons why Chinese films are in trouble after entering the 90s.

Xu Wangqiu hated this trend of diluting narrative and anti-drama, because this trend of thought has made the film studios miserable, and it has also made Chinese films miserable. As a child of the film studio, the tragic situation of the film system in the 90s is still vivid.

At the beginning of 1979, the first issue of "Film Art Reference" published an article by Nortel Bai Jingsheng entitled "Throwing Away the Crutch of Drama", which attracted the attention of the literary and artistic circles. A discussion about cinema and the development of the audiovisual language of cinema has been vigorously launched.

The audiovisual language of Chinese cinema is outdated, still in the classical period, and it is necessary to carry out innovation, but must the innovation of audiovisual language dilute narrative and anti-drama? Obviously not, Hollywood also encountered innovation problems in the 60s and 70s. The movie kiddies, led by Coppola, took the life of old Hollywood and created a new Hollywood, but they didn't lose the Hollywood tradition of storytelling. Because of this, Hollywood has grown into a behemoth that has swept the world.

Should we throw out our own views? Chinese films should learn from Hollywood and innovate their audiovisual language on the basis of retaining storytelling. Now the discussion about the innovation of Chinese cinema has not yet begun, and everyone is confused. Writing his own article may be able to play a leading role, so that Nortel teachers began to pay attention to the New Hollywood movement.

After weighing it up repeatedly, Xu Wangqiu decided not to follow the standard format of film analysis, but to write an article criticizing the outdated film language with "Children of Heroes" as a guide, and threw out his own opinion, which should be learned from New Hollywood.

Except for Xu Wangqiu, none of the other candidates have studied film systematically, and almost none of them can write articles in a standard film analysis format. As long as your essay is well written and reasonable, you are not afraid that the teacher will not give you a high score.

After the film screening, more than 100 candidates, including Xu Wangqiu, were taken into several classrooms to write a video analysis.

After the manuscript paper was sent, the invigilator lifted his glasses, and the cold light of the mirror swept to the audience: "You can answer the paper!"

As soon as the teacher's words fell, the candidates began to write. In the examination room, there was a rustle of pen tips on the manuscript, and the candidates were engrossed in writing.

Xu Wangqiu wrote the name of the article -- talking about the audio-visual language of "Heroes' Children"; then, on the test paper, he quickly wrote: ""Heroes' Children" is a war film produced and produced by the Northeast Film Studio in 1964. Directed by Wu Zhaodi, starring Liu Shilong, Liu Shangxian, Tian Fang, etc. The film is adapted from Ba Jin's novel "Reunion"......"

Liu Lin had already conceived the article when he watched the movie, and after the formal answer, he wrote like a god and wrote quickly, finishing the article in less than an hour and a half. After reading through it, he was very satisfied, and got up to hand in the paper. Soon after Liu Lin handed in the papers, Gu Changwei also got up to hand in the papers and walked out of the classroom with a relaxed face; soon Wu Zhiliu also walked out of the classroom and joined Liu Lin and them.

The three of them squatted in the shade of the tree, smoking low-quality cigarettes, telling the joy in their hearts. They all felt that the retest should have passed, Xu Wangqiu analyzed "Heroes' Children" for them, if this is not well written, then they should really find a piece of tofu to die. They felt that Xu Wangqiu was simply a lucky star, and they planned to let Xu Wangqiu bet on the question during the cultural class exam.

Xu Wangqiu is very dissatisfied with the current situation of Chinese films, he has too much to say, and he has already pressed it down, and it has been an hour and fifty minutes by the time his article is finished. Xu Wangqiu read through the article, the logic is clear, the arguments are clear, and it points to the crux of the current stage of Chinese films, which is a good article with sharp views. Even if this article doesn't give a perfect score, there should be a score of 95. He picked up the test paper, walked up to the podium, and handed it in.

Seeing Xu Wangqiu coming out of the classroom, Liu Lin and the others got up to greet him. Liu Lin put his arm around Xu Wangqiu's shoulders and said mysteriously: "Wangqiu, let's go to Dongdajie in a while." Lao Gu, the guy who slammed the door, said that he would invite us to the restaurant today. ”

Wu Zhiliu added with a smile: "Just now I was discussing with Liu Lin how to kill Lao Gu!"

Xu Wangqiu laughed: "You guys are too ruthless, just take care of this figure, and there is no meat when slaughtered, so you can only make grilled ribs." ”

Gu Changwei was in a good mood, he didn't care about everyone's ridicule, and said with a smile: "If you say it again, I won't invite this guest!"