Chapter 52: Mocking the audience
Nortel teachers and students were stunned, but they didn't expect Xu Wangqiu to point at the experts and scold, saying that they were bastards with no heart and lungs.
The experts were also stunned, this little kid had no respect for the experts and professors present, and dared to scold, this is simply going to turn the sky upside down!
The scene was silent, there was no sound, only Xu Wangqiu's heavy wheezing echoed in the air.
Class 78 of the director department, and the boys who are familiar with Xu Wangqiu don't know what happened, but they read the rich sadness from Xu Wangqiu's red eyes, and the endless sadness from Xu Wangqiu's voice.
The girls looked at Xu Wangqiu's somewhat hideous face, looked at the reddened eyes and felt a little distressed, and couldn't help but wonder what Xu Wangqiu had experienced?
Liu Lin and the others were a little frightened, and they didn't know why Xu Wangqiu was so angry. Liu Lin asked Wu Zhiliu: "Wangqiu, what's wrong?", Wu Zhiliu shook his head lightly: "I don't know, but you don't look at Wangqiu who looks happy all day long, he likes to laugh with people, but I always feel that he has a lot of sadness hidden in his heart." Zhang Yimou said in a low voice: "Wangqiu is my friend, no matter what, I will support him!" ......
Brother Chen Kai also felt that Xu Wangqiu's state was very strange: "What's the matter with this guy, why is he so reacting?"
Tian Zhuangzhuang shook his head lightly and said, "I don't know, who knows what he thinks." ”
Li Tuo finally came back to his senses, stared at Xu Wangqiu and said coldly: "Intellectuals should have 'independent spirit and free thought', and Bazin's long-shot theory can let us get rid of interference in our creation, which is naturally good." I believe that as long as filmmakers are given creative freedom, and everyone can explain history and reality and the complexity and profundity of human nature through film, the emergence of excellent works will be a natural thing. As long as there are good works, Chinese films will not collapse. ”
Xu Wangqiu's eyes were full of sadness, thinking that I watched Chinese movies fall to the bottom, you told me no, and sneered loudly: "You want to be free and spiritually independent, you just play by yourself, but why deny anything else, why push others into the fire pit? You like to talk about long shots, you like to talk about Bazin, right? Then I will tell you what Bazin is and what is a long shot." In fact, Bazin didn't talk about bullshit long shots at all, and he didn't talk about bullshit long shots. ”
As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion at the scene, how could this be possible, how could Bazin not talk about long shots? Even Liu Lin and the others thought that Xu Wangqiu was not so confused, why did he not choose what to say? Tian Zhuangzhuang smiled disdainfully, and Chen Kaige smiled proudly: "In front of so many authoritative experts, he actually talked nonsense, and now there is a good show to watch." ”
Li Tuo also smiled when he heard this: "Oh, if Bazin didn't say long shots, then what is his theory?"
The experts who support Bazin and the long shot theory all let out a happy laugh, this kid seems to be able to argue, and thought he has real talent and real learning, but I didn't expect to completely expose his ignorance at this time, and even said that Bazin didn't say long shots, this is really the funniest joke, it's just funny!
Xu Wangqiu looked at the experts present, and his face was full of mocking smiles: "There are two things that Bazin recommends, one is the lens passage, and the other is the depth of field lens. It's just that when Americans translate Bazin's theory, they mistakenly translate the shot passage into a long shot, and in fact there is a clear difference between the two. The meaning of the shot passage is that only one shot is used for a scene, while long shots are calculated in terms of length, and there is no requirement that a scene can only be one shot. All of you present have taken a bite of Bazin, a mouthful of a long shot, and I would like to ask, have you really read Bazin's "What is a Movie", have you really read Bazin's works systematically?
Most of the experts and authorities on the scene were dumbfounded, not knowing what to say. They read a little bit of the articles about Bazin, which were mainly translated by Shao Mujun and Zheng Shelley, and in small quantities. It is true that they have not systematically read Bazin's writings, nor have they read Bazin's "What is Cinema".
The Nortel students were all dumbfounded, Bazin really didn't say anything about the long shot, and what shocked them even more was that Xu Wangqiu asked those who had read Bazin's works to raise their hands, and none of the experts and professors on the scene raised their hands.
I haven't even read Bazin's book, and I even talk about Bazin's theory, isn't this nonsense?
After being stunned for a short time, Brother Chen Kai lowered his voice and said to Tian Zhuangzhuang beside him: "Why don't you raise your hand, if you don't raise your hand, even if you haven't seen it, I won't let Xu Wangqiu go rampant anyway, you see his villain's ambition." ”
Tian Zhuangzhuang shook his head lightly: "If you haven't watched "What is a Movie", raise your hand, and when Xu Wangqiu asks you about the specific content of the book, how do you answer, then it will be really embarrassing." ”
Xu Wangqiu knew that he had offended the experts present to death, but he didn't care at all, he raised his head and laughed: "It's interesting, it's interesting! I haven't even read Bazin's book, and I don't even know what Bazin really said, but I open my mouth and close my mouth to praise Bazin, open my mouth and close my mouth with a long shot, this is really the funniest joke I have ever heard." Expert, expert, this is our expert!"
Many experts and professors present were red-faced, but no one could refute them, and no one dared to refute them.
They haven't read Bazin's theory systematically, and they haven't read "What is Cinema", what do they use to refute it?
Xu Wangqiu didn't intend to save face for the experts present, and continued: "Whether it's a long shot or a shot paragraph, it's nothing new. The earliest foreign movie "Train Enters the Station" and our earliest Chinese movie "Dingjun Mountain" are all long shots and shot paragraphs. But at the time, almost everyone thought that movies had no future, and it wasn't until Edwin Powter invented the editing in The Life of an American Firefighter that movies could tell a story, and movies had a future.
The long shot theory was all the rage in the fifties, when directors in many countries were keen to use long shots. For a period of time, there were many directors who opposed long shots and montages, advocating the use of long shots instead of montages. Just like you do now. However, this idea is bankrupt, because the disadvantages of long shots are obvious, because after 3 to 5 seconds of footage, the audience's visual interest decreases. From the perspective of human visual physiology and psychology, in addition to the attraction of the content and form of the picture, no matter what the scene is, after 3 to 5 seconds, people's visual attention will gradually decline. For the audience, watching long shots will feel lengthy, procrastinating, and tiring. For the vast majority of audiences, they are reluctant to watch such movies. So, the idea of replacing montage with long shots was a complete failure.
By the sixties, Bazin's theory of cinema had become an obsolete one, and a group of people represented by Jean-Mitri and Henderson fused montage and long shots to create an internal montage. In fact, Jean-Mitri's theories are also outdated, and what is now popular is semiotics, psychoanalysis, feminism, as well as cultural studies and postcolonial theory. Now that French cinema is in trouble, Bazin's theory and the New Wave have been subjected to a double critique from the French film industry. The French have clearly realized that too much admiration for the New Wave is an evil path that will kill the entire film industry.
Bazin's theory is certainly good, and it is also very great. The proper use of long lenses can add color to the film, but the flaws of long lenses are obvious, and it is purely neurotic to enshrine long lenses as a guideline and to regard long lens theories as truths. To put it mildly, today's discussion is purely the result of your lack of reading and knowledge. In fact, it's not a big mistake to read less and have less knowledge, but if you want to come out and mislead Chinese movies, it's really bad!"
The Nortel students looked at Xu Wangqiu in a daze, never dreaming that Xu Wangqiu would say this, nor did they expect him to dare to say so.
If Xu Wangqiu had just pointed out that the experts had not read that Bazin was stripping off his coat, now he would have stripped off all their underwear. Saying in front of so many experts that they have little reading and little knowledge is even worse than slapping them!
Brother Chen Kai and the others were very unhappy, and asked the experts present in their hearts, aren't you all authorities on Chinese films, aren't you all experts, where have you read your books? How can Xu Wangqiu be so rampant?
Xu Wangqiu's words were like a slap in the face, and the experts present were dizzy. Indeed, as Xu Wangqiu said, none of them had read Bazin's writings, and they knew nothing about Bazin. As for Xu Wangqiu's semiotics, psychoanalysis, feminism and other theories, I have never heard of them. They're almost all reactions, where did this little imp know that?
Zhong Xindi chuckled and shook his head, this little guy is really crazy, but he does have crazy capital, semiotics, psychoanalysis, feminism, these things, I haven't touched it!
Not all experts have Zhong Xindi's mind, Chen Li was angry, a teenager dared to point to his nose and say that he had little reading and little knowledge, it was really "tolerable, which is unbearable". He was really angry, got up and scolded: "You keep saying that European movies are bad, and you keep asking everyone to learn from Hollywood, and Jiang Qing especially admires Hollywood movies, I think you want to summon Jiang Qing's soul, I think you are the remnant of the Gang of Four!"
Xu Wangqiu knew that the other party's donkey skills were poor, so he could only buckle his hat, but who was afraid of him, and sneered: "I heard that Mr. Chen wrote a report letter during the sports period and exposed many colleagues in the film industry, which is really high in the level of buttoning people's hats." If this is the time of movement, I am afraid that I will be thrown into prison because of your hat, or even beaten to death with a stick!"
Chen Li saw Xu Wangqiu slandering himself like this, and couldn't help but be furious: "You yellow-mouthed kid is actually spewing blood!"
Xu Wangqiu ignored him anymore, raised his head to look at Li Tuo and the others, and sneered loudly: "This kind of discussion doesn't make much sense, let's use movies to prove it! I will use movies to prove that what I said is correct, and movies will crush your schemes." I have decided not to allow you people to drag Chinese films into the abyss for your own selfishness, even if you fight for your life! I will crush your plot! I will do it!"
After saying this, Xu Wangqiu bowed to Li Tuo and them, and then bowed to Shao Mujun and them, and then left without looking back.
The experts and professors at the scene watched Xu Wangqiu leave, and many people breathed a sigh of relief, this little monster is finally gone, if he doesn't leave, his face will really be lost. Many of them have made up their minds that they will never come to Nortel in the future, especially Nortel's symposium.
Most of the boys at the scene were full of reverence, worship, and even worship, and felt that Xu Wangqiu's figure was as tall as a mountain; the girls had stars shining in their eyes, and they felt that Xu Wangqiu was handsome at this time, what Tang Guoqiang and Takakura Jian were all weak, and one person refuted the experts in the audience speechless, and then left calmly, this is the real man!