Chapter 2: Beauty and Ugliness
"Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", a movie that has won many awards at home and abroad, is the topic of this exam analysis, and there are not too many norms in the exam, so you can write whatever you want.
This film is very in-depth and suitable as an exam question, which examines the candidates' understanding of the film and artistic analysis.
But for this film, Wu Xiang has always had a feeling of not vomiting and unhappy, that is, this film makes the Chinese people a little too ugly!
In terms of plot and character image, there is nothing to say, Director Zhang is worthy of being an international director with strong skills. The whole film successfully created a number of distinctive characters, the simple and stubborn Qiu Ju, the husband of the nest, and the village chief who was brutal but also saved Qiu Ju and her children after the worst, and the multifaceted character of the characters is vividly reflected and extremely real.
It is magic to be able to turn a beautiful woman into a peasant woman who is a dirty scumbag!
So Wu Xiang, what does he want to say?
In the last ten years of the 20th century, China was still very isolated, and Western countries did not understand the situation at home at all, so where did they learn about it?
That's it!
Since the 80s, domestic films, especially some films with local themes, have repeatedly won international awards, and it can be said that as long as they make good films with depth and show human nature, it is not a problem to win awards.
However, if the film wants to shoot in depth, it is natural to dig deep into some dark things, which will also show the bad things of the Chinese people.
Overall, the film "Autumn" is quite good, there are a lot of positive things, but many films are not so disciplined. Because they can win international awards, at least they have the opportunity to be nominated for major film awards, and many directors have begun to make this kind of film continuously, local themes, poverty, poverty, the ugliness of human nature, the darkness of society, everything, how ugly it is, how dark it is, and even a trend has formed, as long as you shoot like this, you will definitely have a chance to be shortlisted for any award, the darker the better.
Ugly Chinese, in these movies, presented such a message, Western judges and audiences, they get this kind of information, our country is still so tattered in the eyes of others, or so poor and poor, if there are any high-rise buildings in your movie, people don't look at you, in a word.
Fake!
Anything more, you're speaking for your government, you're the drummer of the poisonous government!
This trend is getting stronger and stronger, as if you don't shoot like this, you are embarrassed to tell others that you are a director and an artist.
Because I like movies, there are many, many award-winning works, although it is banned in China, but don't forget that the tentacles of the piracy empire are extremely powerful, and Wu Xiang also took a great risk to watch it, but when I saw it, it was uncomfortable!
Self-criticism, this is correct, but you have to master this degree, this degree is not easy to grasp, many films are really too dark. The whole trend is like this, and the situation has only improved slightly after more than ten years, because of the degree of development of the motherland, so that those Western film critics have to accept the fact that socialism can also be high-end.
But at this time, Wu Xiang felt a deep hatred for this trend, and he felt that if this was also called art, then this art was too cheap!
So, Wu Xiang wrote what he wanted, he criticized this kind of shooting method that caters to the tastes of Western film critics and Western audiences, he didn't talk much about this movie, mainly for this trend, Wu Xiang wrote more than 2,000 words freely.
After the exam, Wu Xiang even felt that he had done very well in the exam. Of course, even now, the reborn Wu Xiang does not feel that he is wrong, because even in the era when he was killed, there were countless so-called artists who did this. It's just that at that time, the movie was not very easy to shoot, because the place was not easy to find, but the photography was still successful, as far as Wu Xiang knew, a 'classroom' in the Yi mountain village of Daliang Mountain, Sichuan and Shu even became a Chinese photography resort, countless professional photographers got the works they wanted here, took them to international competitions, and often won awards.
The third test is the interview, Wu Xiang remembers, the interview teacher gave himself a dismount as soon as he came up, and because he fainted before, his mind was groggy, and the worst results were miserable, so it was not surprising. Wu Xiang remembers very clearly, what the teacher said was.
"Wu Xiang, you are the only one among the more than 2,000 candidates who have applied for the Department of Literature who dares to criticize Zhang Yimou's directorial works, and this is also for why we will let you enter the last interview, we just want to ask you, a literary and art worker, when he praises certain things, does he have to face the social reality, do he want to dig out the dark side of society, or how to dig it out?"
Wu Xiang had already entered the examination room, and he was standing in front of the interview teacher, Wu Xiang remembered very well that Wu Xiang did not say anything at that time.
On the one hand, his head is very dizzy, and on the other hand, Wu Xiang knows very well that the interview teacher is right, reality must be faced, any society will have a dark side, unless the day when communism is realized.
In fact, it is a question of how to balance, how to find a central point, only by finding this point, will we be impartial, and will we explore social problems in praise, showing both darkness and light, which is a perfect state.
At that time, Wu Xiang couldn't find this point, and later Wu Xiang didn't find this point, but now Wu Xiang he will answer this question.
"Teachers, I want to tell you a story, is it okay?" But now Wu Xiang did not directly answer the teachers' questions, but asked a rhetorical question.
"Oh, of course. Although there were some surprises, the teachers still gave Wu Xiang freedom.
Wu Xiang began, and he spoke very calmly: "My cousin has a friend who used to study abroad, and it is a country very close to us, South Korea. She rented a house outside the school, but when the landlord first met her, the landlord did something interesting. ”
At this time, the interview teachers were attracted by Wu Xiang's story, and they wanted to know what Lu Dao, a tall and thin candidate, was going to say, because this story seemed to have nothing to do with his article.
Wu Xiang continued: "The landlord took out a toothbrush, a toothpaste, and said to her, 'This is toothpaste and toothbrush, you have to use this thing to clean your teeth, you haven't seen it in your country.'" ’”
"Huh?" As soon as Wu Xiang's words fell, the four interview teachers all showed incredible expressions.
This story was obtained by Wu Xiang from the Internet, and the narrator was an international student, and Wu Xiang remembered it clearly. This story is quite acceptable, Wu Xiang didn't dare to process the story of what kind of tea eggs, the strength of the people is definitely not what the interview teacher can imagine!
"This is the story I want to tell, and this is also why I will write such an article, I know that the current news is relatively closed, and there is still prejudice against us abroad, they just think that we are still that kind of uncivilized nation, barbaric, ugly! But we don't have a reason for ourselves?!"
At this time, the four teachers had stopped all the work they were doing and just looked at Wu Xiang.
Wu Xiang was somewhat excited, "In fact, what I want to criticize in the article is that I am ugly for the sake of ugliness, in order to win international awards, in order to cater to the tastes of Westerners, and desperately dig deep into all ugly things, which is what I hate the most! The result of this is to make the outside world even more ignorant of us, not to mention that the West, even the Koreans who are so close to us have such views, I deeply feel that this is selfish, this is shameful, and it is also hateful!"
Wu Xiang was almost like he was shouting loudly, and the interview teachers were already suppressed by him, and this kid dared to say it!
It was indeed a little excited, and Wu Xiang needed to calm down, but his answer was not over yet.
"Teachers, I actually admire director Zhang Yimou very much, and I can say that I grew up watching his films at my age. In the past "Red Sorghum", that story made my blood boil, the use of color made me see the beauty of the world, the kind of rural background, containing an atmosphere, the feeling of roaring when the nation was in danger, I will never forget it! Let me ...... It even made me aspire to be a filmmaker. ”
Speaking of this, Wu Xiang paused, he looked at the interview teacher, and found that they were all listening attentively, which made Wu Xiang full of confidence, and he continued: "The reason why I want to talk about this film is that I think this film is handled very well. The Chinese people of that piece, although the era is not now, they can still represent us. Although their image, as the saying goes, dirt, soil does not pull a little, and they are very ignorant, and finally because of the artillery charge too much, they blew themselves to death. But their spirit, they don't give in! It shakes me, it makes me awe-inspired! So, I want to make a film like this, of course, it's not easy, it's hard, but I want to work hard for it. Teachers, I'm done. ”
The bird was silent, and after Wu Xiang finished speaking, all the interview teachers seemed to be stupid, looking at this thin and tall candidate as if they were observing aliens.
Faced with this situation, Wu Xiang was a little bottomless, "Could it be that what I said was too much?"
"So, classmate Wu Xiang, let's get back to the topic, I want to ask, if it is a rural theme that reflects rural themes, that is, rural areas like "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", which are extremely poor, if you come to make such a film, how will you shoot it?"
Finally, there is a problem, after a period of silence, the interview teacher finally returned to normal, they were really shocked just now, I didn't expect this young man to be so thoughtful, almost made them forget the exam procedure.
Wu Xiang thought for a moment and immediately replied: "If I can, I don't want to make such a film." ”
This answer surprised the interview teachers again, this candidate is too slippery.
Immediately, a teacher smiled and asked, "I don't want to force you, but I want to know what Lu Dao is for." ”
Wu Xiang also replied with a smile: "It's very simple, because I don't have a life, I'm an only child born in a big city and grew up in a big city, I don't have a rural life at all, so it's not irresponsible to make such a film rashly?"
When the teacher heard this, he immediately asked again: "Then if you become a screenwriter or director, you will not care about the social reality of the countryside for the rest of your life?"
"No, it won't. Wu Xiang was still smiling, "I think that the problem of the countryside is actually a problem." The development of society is unbalanced, and now it looks like this, to put it bluntly, it is poor, there is no money, we can solve this problem. If I had the chance, I wouldn't have made a film, but I had another way. ”
"Hmm, what would you do?" Wu Xiang's statement attracted the attention of the teachers, and it seemed that this candidate was really different, and brought them a lot of surprises.