Kitajima, who was middle-aged, once wrote in a poem: "At that time we had dreams, about literature, about love, about traveling through the world. Now we drink late at night, and the glasses touch together, and it is the sound of broken dreams. At this time, Xu Wangqiu and they were in a dream, the wine glasses collided together, and what they heard was the crisp echo of the dream.

The night in September in Peking is very cool, maybe because the room is relatively stuffy, or because of the wine, Xu Wangqiu and they are all hanging fine and dense beads of sweat, shining in the light, flashing a solemn and sacred light. They knew how strong their opponent was, and they knew that they would face a sea of swords and fires when they issued this declaration. However, there is no fear in their hearts, and there is only the pride of "although tens of millions of people go to me".

"I don't think the seven of us are big enough, we should contact more like-minded filmmakers and sign autographs. When the German New Film Movement issued the Oberhausen Manifesto, there were 26 filmmakers who signed it, and we only had seven, which is too few. Zhang Yimou turned his head to look at Xu Wangqiu and asked, "Wangqiu, what do you think?"

Xu Wangqiu nodded slightly and said: "It makes sense, as long as it is a filmmaker who supports our concept, whether it is a director, photographer, screenwriter, or others, as long as they are willing to sign, they can be called." ”

Xie Xiaojing is a member of the 303 dormitory, and he could have imported and exported the company, but as a younger brother of Beidian, he finally chose Nortel. Xia Gang and they persuaded them, but Xie Xiaojing said that Nortel is the only film professional school in China, and now the promotion of European art films has notified Nortel, most of the teachers think that art films are good, commercial films are bad, you are rushing to kill in the front, but Nortel is constantly cultivating people who oppose you, and this battle may be won. I don't have too much artistic talent to compare with you, and even if I make movies, I won't achieve anything. My stay at Nortel is the best support for you, even if I only train a commercial film director, you will have one more helper.

Xia Gang had the best relationship with Xie Xiaojing, and when he heard that he was looking for a like-minded person to sign an autograph, he immediately said: "This matter must be called Xie Xiaojing, he is a comrade-in-arms in the trench with us." ”

Zhao Ban groaned: "Zhang Jianya is very interested in commercial films, you can call him." ”

Gu Changwei thought for a while: "Feng Xiaoning from the Fine Arts Department seems to be very interested in commercial films. ”

Wu Zhiliu frowned and said: "I don't think it's important to have more signatures or less, the important thing is that we must have our own voice channels and publish our ideas and ideas." Only by continuing to speak out can our movement be sustained. One of the most important reasons why the French New Wave had such an impact was the "Cinema Handbook". It is very difficult for us to publish articles now, except for the "Film Art Reference Materials" hosted by Zhong Xinfei Zhong Lao, and "Film Art", it is difficult for other newspapers and magazines to publish. I think that our export company can set up our own magazine as a public opinion front and cheer for our movement. ”

Xu Wangqiu felt that this made sense, and after the movie declaration was released, it would definitely be violently attacked. In the last life, in the mid-80s, there was a criticism of Xie Jin, and in a short period of a few months, thousands of articles criticizing Xie Jin were published in the national media, large and small, and the atmosphere was comparable to the great criticism during the movement. Among the crimes listed, one is that Xie Jin's film was deeply influenced by Hollywood and accepted Hollywood's cultural colonization.

Under the pressure of this political hat, Xie Jin had to change the direction of film creation, away from the model of ethical melodrama that he was good at, and play with artistic exploration. After that, Xie Jin never made a single influential film. The Magic Studio, which started from Hollywood, was also greatly impacted by this incident and has been in a slump ever since.

Xu Wangqiu advocated learning from Hollywood and developing China's film industry. The hat that was buckled on Xie Jin's head in the previous life could have been buckled on their heads, and the siege of Xie Jin in the previous life could have happened to them. It's really important to have a platform that belongs to you and can speak for yourself.

"It's not difficult for our export company to have a film magazine of its own. Xu Wangqiu smiled and said, "But we haven't made the declaration yet, so let's get the declaration out first, and then talk about the rest." ”

Everyone also thinks that it is too early to talk about other things, and it is more important to get the publicity out first. They put down their wine glasses and sat together, waiting for Xu Wangqiu to draft a manifesto while they added on the sidelines.

Xu Wangqiu had been brewing this declaration for a long time, and he quickly finished the first paragraph. He picked up the draft and read: "At the junction of 1982 and 1983, we thought about the problems existing in Chinese films, and found that the biggest problem now is that elitism has informed the film industry, and we have also found that this is not only the case in China, but also in the film industry in many countries. We believe that elitist domination of the film industry is detrimental to the film industry, will push the film industry into a very dangerous situation, and must be changed. At this critical juncture, the following co-signers believe that it is necessary for us to urgently express our concern and concern, and this text will roughly explain the positions and opinions of these common parts, and will also explain our expectations and appeals for the film industry and the film environment. ”

After reading it, Xu Wangqiu looked at everyone and asked, "What do you think?"

Wu Zhiliu nodded and said: "I think it's good, I directly named elitism, and said our purpose, we think that elitism will push the entire film industry into a very dangerous situation, and changes must be made." ”

Everyone else also thinks it's good, without any nonsense, and directly points the finger at elitism.

Liu Lin touched his chin and said: "Europe is the stronghold of elitism, and Truffaut scolded Godard, saying that his fake left-wing position cannot hide the elitism in his bones. When we went to West Berlin to make such a declaration, did it feel like we were bombarding the headquarters and posting big-character posters? ”

Everyone present was slightly stunned, and then laughed, going to the West Berlin Film Festival to make a declaration, which really meant to bombard the headquarters. However, they went to West Berlin to make a manifesto, not to criticize the European film industry, but to hope that through the platform of the Berlin Film Festival, more people will pay attention to the People's Film Movement and their films.

Xu Wangqiu does not think that elitism is useless, nor is he opposed to art films, let alone to exterminate art films. They just think that film, as a cultural commodity, is to face the public and the market. In a mature film market, commercial films must be mainstream, while art films are niche and non-mainstream. If art films become mainstream and art films dominate the film market, a large number of audiences will flee the cinema and choose other forms of entertainment, which will eventually lead to the collapse of the entire industry.

Liu Lin said triumphantly: "We are the villains of the film festival, and we want to create a rebellion in the film industry." ”

It's been six years since the movement ended, and it's not a good word to make a /1 villain now. Hearing Liu Lin say this, Wu Zhiliu and the others were not happy: "Get out, you want to be a /1 villain, don't pull us." "We want to reform, not to rebel. "Liu Lin, don't say it if you can't speak, do you say that about yourself?"

Xu Wangqiu saw that everyone was crowding Liu Lin, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, don't criticize Liu Lin, continue to write a manifesto." It's time to write the main text, which one do you say to write first?"

Liu Lin hurriedly said: "Let's talk about the attributes of the movie first, and explain the attributes of the movie clearly, so that we can continue to talk about it." ”

Everyone else nodded: "Yes, let's talk about movie attributes first." ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled and nodded, he should indeed talk about the attributes of the movie first. Holding a fountain pen, he wrote on the manuscript paper: "We believe that film has three attributes: first, film is technology, second, film is a commodity, and third, film is art. Cinema has three attributes at the same time: technical, commercial and artistic, and cinema is not only art, but also a commodity ......"

The seven of them had no distractions, and they gathered around to write and discuss until 10 o'clock in the morning, when they finished writing the declaration of more than 5,000 words. When they got up with excitement, they found that their legs were numb and their bodies were a little stiff because they had sat for too long. They struggled to their feet, stretched out their arms, kicked their legs, and moved their muscles.

Although they fought for more than ten hours, Xu Wangqiu and the others were not sleepy at all, and the fire in their hearts was still burning. Xia Gang took the wine bottle and filled everyone's wine glasses. The crowd raised their glasses and drank their hopes.

Xu Wangqiu handed the declaration that the ink had not dried to Liu Lin: "You have a loud voice, read it to everyone, and see how it feels." ”

Liu Lin said with a bitter face: "There are thousands of words here, how long do you have to read it?"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "In the future, as an iconic figure of the People's Film Movement, you will go to universities and other units to give reports, and you will have more content to talk about than this." This is a workout for you! Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and read it!"

"Okay, good, I'll read!" Liu Lin cleared his throat and read aloud: "At the junction of 1982 and 1983, we think about the ...... of the existence of Chinese films."

Xu Wangqiu and the others listened quietly, but their eyes and faces were glowing with a faint light, solemn and sacred. They all felt the power in the manifesto, believing that this was a fire that would completely ignite the barren Chinese film. This fire may burn others or themselves, but one way or another, history will remember this fire and will remember the person who lit it.

There are a total of ten articles in the film declaration, and these ten are known as the Ten Commandments of the People's Film in later generations, and these ten are:

1. Movies have three attributes, first, movies are technology, second, movies are commodities, and third, movies are art. Movies have three attributes at the same time: technical, commercial and artistic, and we cannot ignore commerciality for the sake of art, nor can we ignore artistry for the sake of commerce.

2. Film is a product of technology, and technology should not be excluded in creation.

3. As a cultural commodity, film should serve the people and should not become the plaything of the elite; at the same time, film should assume the responsibility of improving the people's aesthetic taste, artistic taste and humanistic quality.

4. Movies should be genre-based, but directors should maintain their own personality when creating, should seek non-genre possibilities in the genre, and find a unique shooting method for each film.

5. Movies are global, and films are also national, and should be integrated with the cultural and aesthetic traditions of the nation.

6. The camera lens is the human eye, the person is alive, the lens should be moving, and the camera must be held to shoot. The audience should be a participant in the film, not a bystander. Oppose the distancing effect, and oppose any act that pulls the viewer out of the immersion.

7. Movies should pursue the authenticity and restoration of sound, but while embracing the authenticity of sound, it can also try its best to advance it to metaphor or other levels, and oppose the abuse of music.

8. Movies should pursue the restoration of three-dimensional space, which can be real space or psychological space.

9. The technical specification of the film is 35 mm. If there is a breakthrough in film technology in the future, with newer and better technology, the technical specifications can be adjusted, but not lower than 35 mm.

10. The film is the product of collective creation, and all members of the crew have the right to sign and should be signed.