The film screening ended, and the leaders quickly left. Xu Wangqiu and Wu Zhiliu did not leave in a hurry, but went to the conference room to discuss the shortcomings and mistakes of "Bloody Demon Capture".

Cinema is the art of regret, almost all films have problems of one kind or another, and there is no such thing as a perfect film that cannot be faulted at all. The lack of review and mistakes in the director's film can avoid the same problems the next time it is filmed.

Xu Wangqiu and Wu Zhiliu had no need to hide it at all, and they discussed the issue of the movie very seriously. The discussion lasted until eight o'clock in the evening, when their stomachs were rumbling, and they had to stop the discussion. They summed up more than 30 deficiencies and mistakes, all kinds of problems, including artistic mistakes, technical mistakes, and various goofs.

Since the export company has now moved to the outskirts of Beiping, it is a wilderness, and there are no restaurants around. The export company did have a canteen, but it was already past eight o'clock, and the canteen had long since closed. Xu Wangqiu originally came to go to the city to eat, but Wu Zhiliu and the others all said that it was better to cook something in the dormitory and eat. Xu Wangqiu felt that everyone hadn't cooked and eaten together for a long time, so he agreed with a smile.

Wu Zhiliu They are college students, and they are the most core creative staff, their dormitories are better than single dormitories, they are all single rooms, and there are two rooms, one bedroom and a small kitchen, you can cook your own meals. This incident also caused dissatisfaction among some employees of the company and felt that it was unfair, and the complaint letter was written to the department.

Xu Wangqiu and the others entered Wu Zhiliu's room, because Wu Zhiliu usually lives and cooks by himself, and his girlfriend comes to clean up after the meeting, and the room is relatively clean, unlike Liu Lin's room, which is like a pigsty.

Wu Zhiliu moved the kerosene stove into the bedroom, poured kerosene, lit the fire, and poured water into the pot. Others brought all kinds of food from their own rooms, eggs, instant noodles, cabbage, carrots, and so on. Xia Gang also brought a bottle of Erguotou, saying that everyone hadn't gathered for a long time, and he wanted to have two cups of it today.

The dishes are washed and poured into the pot, and in a short time the room is filled with aroma.

There weren't so many stools in the room, so Xu Wangqiu and the others took the book and put it on the ground, chatting while eating. Wu Zhiliu and the others talked about the various difficulties and interesting stories encountered in the filming of "Bloody Capture of Demons", while Xu Wangqiu told various stories during the filming of "A Game of Chess That Didn't End". Due to the many Dongying movies screened in China in the past two years, the gentle and kind Dongying girl has made many Chinese men have a lot of beautiful imagination about them. After hearing about Akina Nakamori, they kept asking questions, as if they were particularly interested.

Wu Zhiliu touched the glass with Xu Wangqiu, drank all the wine in the cup, and asked, "By the way, Wangqiu, didn't you say that you have something very important to discuss with us in the afternoon, what is the matter?"

Xu Wangqiu nodded slightly: "I've been brewing about this for a long time, and I was going to wait for you to make two or three movies." But after watching "Bloody Demon Capture" today, I don't think there is any need to wait, the time is ripe. ”

Liu Lin said curiously: "What the hell is going on?"

Everyone else also looked at Xu Wangqiu curiously, waiting for him to continue.

Xu Wangqiu smiled mysteriously: "We once said that we must not only turn the pattern of Chinese films upside down, but also turn the pattern of world films upside down, and it is time to fulfill this sentence." ”

Wu Zhiliu and the others all remembered this sentence, but this was what Xu Wangqiu said after debating with the experts and professors, and they thought it was Xu Wangqiu's angry words, and they didn't take it to heart. After all, they are just Nortel students, far from the world film industry.

Now hearing Xu Wangqiu say this, they were all stunned. They knew that Xu Wangqiu was not a person who talked nonsense, but they couldn't believe that it was true, after all, how could they change the pattern of world cinema by relying on a few of them.

Xu Wangqiu saw Wu Zhiliu and they all looked at him dumbfounded, knowing that they couldn't believe it, and chuckled: "At this year's Venice Film Festival, there are two Germans in the main competition unit, Wim Wenders and Werner Fassbinder, they are the representatives of the German New Film Movement, and they are known as the four masters of the German New Film Movement together with Werner Herzog and Volker Schlöndorf. They are especially sought after at film festivals, and the treatment is almost the same as that of masters like Takovsky and Rey.

German cinema used to be very glorious, and a number of film masters were born, such as Mao Nau and Liu Beiqian. By the 60s, however, German cinema was in serious decline. In 1961, it was impossible to select a film worthy of the award for Best Picture or Best Director from among the films made that year. What is even more embarrassing is that some international film festivals have returned films submitted by West Germany on the grounds that they are not up to the standard of the festival's competition. Many critic theorists have written articles criticizing West Germany as a country without films.

In the spring of 1962, 26 young filmmakers from Munich, led by Alexander Kruger, arrived at the 8th Short Film Festival in Oberhausen with a manifesto, declaring that "the old cinema is dead", that "the future of German cinema lies in the use of an international language", and that "we want to create a film that is new in form and in thought". It was a turning point that had a profound impact on the future of German cinema and marked the rise of the new German film movement, for which the Oberhausen Declaration became the program and proposition. ”

Wu Zhiliu and the others are all from the directing department, have studied the history of world cinema, and are clear about the ins and outs of the German New Film Movement. They didn't understand why Xu Wangqiu suddenly said this, but they didn't ask, they all listened quietly and listened to him continue.

Xu Wangqiu exhaled softly: "Our Chinese films now show that they look good, but in fact there are serious problems, first of all, the low standard of commercial films, in fact, due to the impact of television, the number of moviegoers is going down rapidly, in the past two years, the number of moviegoers has decreased by 2 billion." This problem will become more and more serious, because in the past two years, a large number of TV production lines have been introduced in China, and the number of households with TV sets will increase rapidly, and I estimate that by 1990, the number of moviegoers will fall to 14 billion to 15 billion. The third problem is that the film festival and the critics are now completely dominated by the people who study Europe and the New Wave. Now commercial films are directly called by them as 'movies that ask for money and shame', and as long as they are commercial films, they have almost no praise. Not only that, but articles that promote commercial films and praise Hollywood are also difficult to publish in newspapers and magazines, and it has become difficult for us to even speak out.

Since the end of last year, I've been wondering if we can find a suitable stage like the German filmmakers, to make our voices heard to the world, to bring our ideas to light? I was going to wait until you guys made two or three movies before I did it. ”

Xia Gang, who was picking up vegetables, shook his hand suddenly, and the vegetables he had just picked up fell into the pot with a snap. Everyone else also looked at Xu Wangqiu dumbfounded, they knew what Xu Wangqiu wanted to do. ”

Xu Wangqiu continued: "After watching "Bloody Demon Capture", I don't think I need to wait any longer. In this film, you have found a different way to shoot it, and the film is wonderful enough to be a perfect interpretation of our philosophy. I don't think there's any need to wait, it's time, it's time to announce our philosophy to the world, it's time to tell the world that we're coming!

At the beginning of next year, we will all go to West Berlin, and I will take "A Game of Chess That Hasn't Been Finished" with you, and you will take "Bloody Demons". If "Bloody Demon" can be shortlisted for the main competition unit, or the secondary unit is the best, if it can't be shortlisted, then go with the fame of the screening. At this West Berlin Film Festival, we present our film statement to the world. ”

It was as if a thunderclap sounded, and Wu Zhiliu's ears were full of thunder, and the lightning that swept through ignited all the longing and enthusiasm in their hearts, igniting a raging fire, burning all the blood in their bodies. Their eyes were red, and their hands were clenched into fists, like soldiers who had heard the enemy's tracks, and they were eager to rush to the front immediately.

Wu Zhiliu is a college student and a cultural person, and the greatest pursuit of Chinese literati is to leave a name in history.

In the previous life, Ang Lee's films "Billy Lynn's Halftime Fight" and "Gemini Killer" had a poor reputation, and the main problem was at 120 frames. Many people don't understand why Ang Lee is so obsessed with 120 frames, and even loses his best storytelling ability for 120 frames. In fact, the reason is very simple, he is just to leave a name in history.

Ang Lee's movies are very good and have won many awards, but his film artistry is relatively average. When it comes to various lists, his films are not very high-ranked, and they are rarely sought after by directors and critics. It can be seen from the TSPDT ranking that Ang Lee is in the top 120, which is similar to Zhang Yimou and far inferior to Wong Kar-wai, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Yang Dechang.

Ang Lee himself knows this, if he follows the old path, his status in film history will be like this, and it is impossible to change much. The advent of 120 frames made him see the possibility of change, and the application of 120 frames will bring about a change in audiovisual language, just like changing from a black-and-white film to a color film, and the film world will be completely changed. If 120 frames can become a future trend, then Ang Lee, as a pioneer of 120 frames, will definitely go down in history and rise significantly.

As cultural people, Wu Zhiliu also has the desire to leave a name in history, and they know that there have been many film movements in the history of world cinema, such as Italian neorealism, French New Wave, and the organizers of these film movements are all world-famous and famous in history because of these movements.

If this film movement about China can be launched, then he can also be like Godard and Truffaut of the French New Wave, like Rossellini and Visconti of Italian realism, and like Wenders and Fassbinder of the German New Film Movement.

Liu Lin poured himself a glass of wine, picked up the cup and drank it all. Zhao Ban took out a cigarette, lit it with fire, and took two puffs. Everyone else looked at Xu Wangqiu with excitement on their faces, and they were speechless for a long time.

Wu Zhiliu couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and asked in a trembling voice: "Italy is called New Realism, France is called New Wave, and Germany is called German New Cinema, so what is our film movement called?"

Xu Wangqiu stood up and walked to the window to look at the dark night sky. The rich black color made him feel depressed, just like the sky of Chinese cinema in the next twenty years, floating with despair and pain, but fortunately, there are stars shining in this darkness.

Xu Wangqiu exhaled softly and exhaled all the black that had accumulated in his heart. He turned his head to look at Wu Zhiliu and them, and said slowly: "We all think that movies should not be for a few, should not serve a few elites, but should serve the people." But now elitism dominates the film industry, and these people talk about the audience in their mouths, but they don't have an audience in their hearts at all. Just like Godard, who claims to be a socialist, wants to bring down bourgeois cinema, but his films are obscure, the average audience cannot understand them at all, and they are completely elitist, and this is what we must resolutely oppose. ”

He took a breath, raised his voice and said: "Our movies are made for the people, and at the same time, we also hope to enhance the aesthetic taste, artistic taste, and humanistic quality of the people through films, so our movement is called the People's Film Movement!"