Chapter 87: Zhang Yimou

Lao Mouzi, without a doubt, is the third teacher summoned by Ren Feng.

And there is only one person who can be called Lao Mouzi, and that is - Feng Xiaogang, no, it is Zhang Yimou.

That's right, after careful consideration, Ren Feng directly summoned Zhang Yimou, he did not summon Jiang Wen, Guan Hu and others, but summoned the leading figure of China's fifth-generation directors, Zhang Yimou.

Ren Feng still admires Zhang Yimou very much in his heart, to be honest, there are basically too few directors in China who can reach Zhang Yimou's level, and now many people in China are just a kind of political correctness to hack Zhang Yimou.

Let's take a look at Zhang Yimou's growth process, he entered the photography department of BJ Film Academy in 1978, and after graduating in 1982, he was assigned to GX Film Studio, turning from a photographer to a director.

Subsequently, he won three actor in "Old Well", and with this film, Zhang Yimou won the best actor at the 1988 Tokyo Film Festival and became the first international A-class film festival actor in China!

Zhang Yimou's acting skills are very good, this is the first point that Ren Feng considers.

Second, photography. The reason why Zhang Yimou was admitted to BJ Film School was because he made a collection of his photographic works and sent them to the Minister of Education at the time, so his control of the picture was extremely outstanding, as can be seen from "The Red Lantern Hangs High".

Third, in terms of films, there is no doubt that Zhang Yimou is an insurmountable threshold in the history of Chinese films, and his film achievements are world-class!

"Red Sorghum", "The Red Lantern Hangs High", "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit", "Ju Dou", "Alive", "Thousands of Miles to Ride Alone", "No One is Missing", "Hero", "Ambush on All Sides", ......

Although there are bad movies such as Three Guns and Golden Armor in Zhang Yimou's movies, most of them are classics!

Moreover, "Hero" has set a precedent for Chinese commercial films!

Fourth, Zhang Yimou's stage plays are also very good, such as "Turandot", he is the chief director, if this doesn't work, there are also the opening and closing ceremonies of the 08 BJ Olympic Games, and now looking at it, the opening ceremony of the 08 Olympics is really classic.

There is no doubt that Zhang Yimou is an all-round comprehensive talent!

This is where Ren Feng takes a fancy to Zhang Yimou, when the school's prestige is in short supply now, Zhang Yimou is more suitable for Nanxing Academy than other directors.

Moreover, Ren Feng himself also admires Zhang Yimou, a leading director who has been attacked, but has been working hard and struggling, and always exudes light.

Chinese mainland the first international actor, the first Chinese mainland to win the highest award at three major film festivals, Chinese mainland was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for the first time, and Chinese mainland the first film to reach the top of the box office in the United States......

People in that world selectively ignored Zhang Yimou's achievements, and when he mentioned him, he ridiculed a few words, smearing Zhang Yimou as politically correct.

From the sale of red sorghum to the poor of life, to the uglification of China by living, to a man who cannot be reduced to become a poor and flattering official, to the point that my father and mother have nothing to do with politics, and the hat of fake innocence is buttoned up and attacked in groups.

Moreover, it seems that whoever says that they like Zhang Yimou seems to be very tasteless, many people say that Zhang Yimou's movies have no connotation and lack artistry, and Chinese movies are all old-fashioned.

But the three major film festivals with the highest authority in the world, Venice, Berlin, and Cannes, have almost been covered by Zhang Yimou, 2 Golden Lion, 2 Silver Lion, 1 Golden Bear, 1 Silver Bear, 1 Cannes Jury Prize, and the directors who have won such a number of awards in the world can be counted on their fingers!

Many people subconsciously hide the concept that Chinese films are inferior to others, and once there is a miracle figure like Zhang Yimou who has swept the world awards, what they feel is not pride, but a kind of crazy jealousy, as if the film festivals all over the world are blind, so they give the award to Zhang Yimou, and desperately dig out the so-called negative aspects of Zhang Yimou's films and magnify them infinitely, so as to show how noble their taste is.

The same is true of "Hero", which directly killed a number of Hong Kong movies at that time after it appeared, and directly entered Hollywood, the world's most mature film kingdom, and became the box office champion!

Many Chinese think that this movie sucks, and the form is greater than the content, but, is "Hero" really bad?

The foreign movie website Rotten Tomatoes has a full 95% praise on the freshness index, is it rotten?

Zhang Yimou has a commonality with Liu Xiang at a certain point, endless abuse and black material, but if you really want others to talk about it in detail, what can you say?

Lu Xun once said that Chinese like to fight in the nest, which is true, and for Ren Feng, this is more like the psychological shadow left by the invasion of China by the eight-nation alliance, and the so-called foreigners are short, and the national psychology is still extremely inferior, so the moon in foreign countries is always relatively round.

In his opinion, Zhang Yimou is a director who has truly changed Chinese films.

And after he summoned, the system also modified Zhang Yimou's background.

Zhang Yimou, an old man who is almost 37 years old, although he studied at BJ Film Academy and has been in major crews for more than ten years, the favor of Lady Luck still seems to have never befallen Zhang Yimou.

He still has nothing to do and needs to earn money to support his family.

The last time he was expelled from Hengdian was because Zhang Yimou was not satisfied with the details at the filming site, and let a popular young actor NG dozens of times, the actor was furious and asked the investor to be replaced, and then Zhang Yimou was kicked out of the crew.

This is a market where actors have more say than directors, Zhang Yimou is disgusted with the so-called youth idol films, but he doesn't know where to go. At this moment, you, as the principal of Nanxing Academy, sent him an invitation......"

When he saw this background, Ren Feng really felt a bad taste, and the system really liked to arrange various tragic backgrounds for the summoned characters.

Still, the abilities of these characters are there.

Ren Feng came to Zhang Yimou's dormitory and knocked on the door.

"Please come in. ”

Ren Feng pushed open the door and found that Zhang Yimou was standing there - not amazing, medium build, a nose with a slight arc curved downward, two lines from the nose straight to the corners of the mouth, plus a pair of deep eyes.

It does seem to be a man in the northern yellow earth.

"Headmaster. ”

Zhang Yimou tried to smile when he saw Ren Feng coming, but his smile was still a little stiff.

His personality is not very sociable.

"Teacher Zhang, is the school environment still suitable?"

"Suitable. ”

"Don't worry, school will start next week, and the materials and books you asked for are already being bought. ”

"Thank you, Principal. ”

"No thanks, Mr. Zhang, you are now a member of Nanxing Academy, you can take Nanxing Academy as your home, and in the future, you will have the opportunity to make your own movies. ”