Chapter 218 of the main text volume, young people

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This documentary gives foreigners a completely different feeling.

What surprised them was that Huaguo actually had a subway, a luxury hotel, a car on the street, a fashionably dressed woman, and the people's mental outlook looked good, and they could see a lot of construction sites.

The city is both ancient and vibrant.

After watching this documentary, some people asked filmmakers who had been to China if this was really that ancient oriental country?

In the impression of foreigners, Huaguo is still the same as it was in the 70s, people wear the same clothes, work together, and sing revolutionary songs, which is the memory given to them by Huaguo movies in the past.

The fifth-generation directors of Huaguo like to shoot the past era, looking back and reflecting on the era they have experienced.

They also like to make movies in remote and backward areas, believing that only in suffering can humanity be revealed.

It's easy to understand what it means to shoot a person who eats and drinks in the city, there is no point to watch, only those who are struggling to survive in poverty can make the audience feel something.

They believe that this is art, and art should have the power to move people's hearts.

Therefore, at this time, the lens of the fifth generation of directors always avoided the bustling cities, avoided the ongoing reform and opening up in China, and focused on describing the miserable life, which they felt was a responsibility.

Such films have been recognized by Western film festivals, and fifth-generation directors have repeatedly won international awards.

In China, there are critical voices, believing that this is using the dark side of China to cater to the curiosity of Western society.

This is the wisdom of the benevolent and the wise.

Some people think it's art, some think it's dross, but this kind of film does mislead foreign audiences.

"The Wind in the Capital is Very Strong" shows the scene of the streets of the capital, and does not specifically shoot some tourist attractions like the Forbidden City, nor does it deliberately look for the dark side of society, and the interviews are basically ordinary citizens.

It gives a sense of authenticity.

When foreign filmmakers saw this film, they felt that it was different from the widely acclaimed "Alive" in Cannes, which was different from China's previous films, and it was a film in the new era of China.

The team that produced the documentary is known as a new force in Chinese cinema.

At the Beijing Film Academy, Jia Zhangke and his classmates came back from watching a movie in the printing factory.

When it comes to the printing factory, it generally refers to the Beijing Film Processing and Recording Technology Factory located in North Taipingzhuang, which specializes in shooting scientific and educational films, and often shows some films that have not been screened in the auditorium of the printing factory.

For example, Zhang Yimou's "Alive", the one that invited writers and insiders to watch was screened in the printing factory.

At this time, the film school did not have a large screening hall, and most of the students went to the auditorium of the printing factory to watch movies.

This belongs to the internal screening of the factory, which is free for students of the film school, although tickets are also collected, but these tickets are all gifts, and it is not difficult to get tickets, mainly to control the number of people.

This night, Jia Zhangke and his classmates went to the printing factory to watch the movie as usual and watched two of the latest domestic films.

On the way back to the film school from the printing factory, everyone was silent, and they were so disappointed by these two films.

The filming techniques are backward, the plot is fake and empty, there is no novelty, and it is not real at all.

"Let's make a movie, and we must make the kind of movie we want to make, you look at the current Chinese movies, what has become of them, and some people say that they are all lying to themselves." In the dark, Jia Zhangke said with a little excitement.

"It's good, but how do we shoot it?" Someone is embarrassed.

Together with Jia Zhangke, they are all students of the department, which was originally called the screenwriting department, which is divided into two majors: film and television script creation and film history, and Jia Zhangke studied film history.

This major is mainly the study of film theory at home and abroad, which belongs to paper talk.

Making movies is the work of the director department and the photography department, and it has nothing to do with the department, at most it is to write a script or something.

What's more, these people have nothing to do with the film industry, their families are not rich, and even eating is a problem, how to make movies.

It's really boring to think about, and the gap between ideals and reality is too big.

So, they bought a few beers, sat at the fire staircase of the film school dormitory building, drank and chatted, whined, said some unrealistic ideas, and expressed their resentment.

After drinking, I dropped the wine bottle, and when I had enough venting, I went to sleep.

The next day, they recovered and got together, thinking they should do something.

After discussion, they decided to set up a youth film group, which currently has only three people.

In fact, it was the students of the three film academies who felt that domestic movies were not good-looking and wanted to make their own movies.

They had neither the funds, nor the idea of what to make, nor the experience of making films.

With only one passion, I want to make a good movie and make a real movie.

In the Beijing Film Academy, there is a saying that there is a group.

This refers to the small groups of like-minded classmates who spontaneously organize themselves to work together during school study.

Making a film requires teamwork, with the management department as the producer, the director from the directing department, the photography department as the contract camera and lighting, and the department writing scripts for the acting department to perform.

Therefore, this kind of small group is very common, and the youth film group they set up is just one of them.

This small group may have existed for many years, and everyone will work together after graduation.

There may also be disagreements, which are disbanded halfway through.

After the establishment of the real yàn group, the three of them discussed how to make a movie, and they couldn't just talk about it.

"Lao Jia, aren't you familiar with the red scarf girl in the director's department? I heard that she had a relationship in the circle, and Professor Zheng was very optimistic about her. Gu Zheng in the group said, "None of us have learned how to make films, so it's just right to bring a director over." ”

"It's not good, people may not be able to take a fancy to us." Jia Zhangke hesitated.

He was a little embarrassed, Lin Xiaoling is a celebrity in the director department, and there must be a lot of people who want to form a small group with her.

"How do you know without asking, Lao Jia, are you cowardly? It's not like you, there must be something wrong. Another young man named Wang Hongwei joked.

"Don't make a fuss, can't I ask?" Jia Zhangke said helplessly.

Jia Zhangke and Lin Xiaoling have always been in contact, and he went over to help at the opening ceremony of the good dream company last time, and the relationship between everyone was not bad, he went to the director department to talk to Lin Xiaoling.

Lin Xiaoling thought it was very interesting, she was familiar with Jia Zhangke, so she agreed to join this youth film group.

The whole process is very ordinary and nothing legendary.

Just like the winter a few years ago, Lin Zixuan, Ge You and Feng Xiaogang met for the first time, and they were also drinking and complaining.

At that time, one of them was an announcer for the children's program, one was an actor who played tricks, and the other was a small artist in the crew.

A lot of things are like that, what looks ordinary at first, and years later it becomes legendary. (To be continued.) )