Chapter 110: Pseudo-Author's Film
Many people say that "Platform" is an author's movie, but in fact, it is wrong, because there is no such thing as an author's film in the true sense of the word.
There are many lofty interpretations of this concept, and in short, the director dominates a qiΔ.
In 1954, when Truffautz articulated the concept, he was just a young film critic. Nahui's "Cinema Handbook" is like a utopian rose garden, with the great dragon head Bazin, the two gods of Truffaut and Godard, boiling with inspiration and youthful enthusiasm, like a fighter who revolutionizes the world, swaying his individuality and freedom to the fullest, and flickering the birth of an era of art films.
Any director, whether commercial or arthouse, has a common ideal. is completely free from the interference of the filmmaker, from the script to casting, from photography to editing, from soundtrack to set, etc., only personal wishes are reflected. At the same time, you can also mock the investor with a ridiculous sentence, Ye is making movies, not making money for you low-level coffee makers to make reputation!
Everyone wants to be so cool!
Truffaut's argument of "auteur film" was intended to raise the flag for art films, but he ignored the fact that commercial films are also subject to capital constraints, and are actually brothers in the same trench. Therefore, when this master later filmed "Four Hundred Times", he was slapped in the face by himself.
First, he needs money. Second, he needs actors.
The director who hangs himself again doesn't have a sufficient budget and no suitable actors, and what he can come up with can only be: What kind of bullshit is this special shooting?
When art films are becoming more and more in the archway, especially after the Hollywood film industry system matures, it begins to invade the world in a frenzy, and few people remember what "author's film" is a magic thing.
Of course, Hollywood also plays with art, but the most artistic Hollywood movies also contain commercial elements, because the United States is not an artistic country at all. Their commercial films have a commercial system, and art films have an artistic system, all of which are manufactured on the assembly line.
Compared with. The heaviness of the Europa region is too heavy and obscure when put into the movie.
Lao Jia is very lucky, he has investors who don't point fingers, and he also has the most ideal actors, and the most suitable time to make this film.
If after "Xiao Wu", he will be directly brought to the film market. To face the audience and the box office, then play with eggs, and there will be no corpses in minutes. It is precisely because he was banned and cut off from the market that he was able to make this film with all his heart, as if he was destined to be born with himself.
And actually. After the sixth generation was recruited in large numbers, they surfaced one after another, and none of them had commercial value, and they were blown up one after another, and finally some chose to return, and some continued to struggle in the film economy.
The most failed example is Zhang Yuan.
This goods after the paper ban came down. neatly put the camera in front of Tianan* Square, and pulled out a very hanging documentary "Square". This kind of arrogant, confident, and uncompromising attitude is unique in China for a while, and has even become the leader of the new generation of filmmakers.
It wasn't until 98 that he lifted the ban, and the film industry went crazy. The media circled around like flies, expecting the surprises he would bring.
As a result, this goods was coaxed.
Zhang Yuanbu's officially funded film "Coming Home for the New Year", even though it won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival, the sharpness is no longer there. and then "I Love You" and "Green Tea", which was even more of a mess. The so-called balance between art and commerce seems to be more of a state of confusion and chaos. And this chaos is more intuitively reflected in the movie.
Everyone was crying out: the vanguard figure had long been blurred.
Look, that's the contradiction!
When you are self-congratulatory, they want you to be popular. When you became popular, they scolded you for not continuing to stand strong?
It's not for nothing that there are directors who can take the audience to the high tide of drug use, but in China, at least so far, no one has reached that level.
Lao Jia's current mentality is that he is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, he is very transparent, he can do whatever he wants, and he can tinker with this drama as he wants.
"Wandering everywhere, wandering everywhere......"
In the dark and crowded small theater, the Indian movie "The Wanderer" is playing on the big screen. The faint light hit Chu Qing and Zhao Tao's faces, they were the same as the dozens of group performances, they were so bored to watch, but they had to show a state of kneeling and licking when they saw a seven-point girl.
At this time, a staff member walked through the aisle and shouted: "Yin Ruijuan! Yin Ruijuan! Someone is looking for someone at the door! β
"Yes! Get ready! β
Lao Jia shouted, very satisfied with the real effect in the theater.
The clips of "The Wanderer" can be cut in the later stage, but he doesn't want to, so he has to shoot on the spot. It's hard to find this kind of ancient century film source, and in the end, a copy was specially transferred from the capital, just for this one-minute or so scene.
"Qingzi, after Zhao Tao finishes speaking, you will come out."
He told him to take precautions, but he was still not at ease, and shouted again: "Old Gu, you give him another gesture." β
"No problem!" Gu Zhengdao.
βanetbsp; The camera turned to the outside of the hall, Zhao Tao lifted the thick cotton curtain, walked out, and said, "Dad." β
An uncle wore an old-fashioned police uniform and said, "Why are you making fun here?" β
"I don't want to join in the fun."
"Who did you watch a movie with?" The uncle held a cigarette in his hand and continued to interrogate.
"And Zhong Ping." Zhao Tao blinked.
"You just learn from others."
"Why are you talking like that?" She wore a small padded jacket, blue pants and black shoes, and unconsciously stepped a few steps, expressing her dissatisfaction with her father's disdain for her friends.
Chu Qing hid inside, looked at the seams, and secretly praised her for these small steps.
Gu Zheng, who was outside the camera, pinched the time and gestured at him, he immediately lowered his head and lifted the curtain to come out.
This scene is about Cui Mingliang asking Yin Ruijuan to watch a movie, but he was caught by his father-in-law. In other words, the style of engaging in objects in the 80s was so pure that it was frightening, and even the kind of person who felt that he could get pregnant with his eyes......
"Cui Mingming!" Uncle drank him.
Chu Qing paused, and wanted to come out to see who was looking for her, but now it was her father-in-law, so she could only pretend not to see it and go straight out. This will be shouted, unnaturally turned around, and said, "Uncle." β
"You're coming to see the movie too?" Zhao Tao simply reacted and fought with his father.
Chu Qing nodded, revealing an expression of "Oh, you're here too".
"Why don't you watch movies?" Uncle asked.
"Go back and write a material, let's go first." Chu Qing casually made up an excuse. Waving his hand, he flashed people.
"You still have that ability to write?" The uncle sneered, he didn't fancy this kid matching with his daughter at all.
This is the first time Chu Qing and Zhao Tao have played together, and it feels good. Although this fleshy girl is not professional, she can stand in the camera and have a unique style.
There are many more famous characters in "Platform" than in "Xiao Wu". And they are all non-professional, and getting along with them puts more pressure on Lao Jia.
This thing endured for a few days, and finally began to tell the actors, using a large string of Fenyang native languages to confront another large string of local languages. Whenever this happens, the crew automatically retreats.
Those foreign producers are quite hard, and they always want to get involved. That kind of fierce Cheng dΓΉ against Biao does look like a quarrel. They wanted to understand the true feelings of the actors, so as to solve the problem, but they took pity on the little translator, and the translation of Mandarin was also successful, and when they encountered this big scene of the collision of Chinese and foreign cultures and local cultures, they were directly drunk.
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Unknowingly, it was filmed for more than half a month. Chu Qing spends every day in chaos and slowness, which sounds quite contradictory.
Most of the youthful nostalgia that Lao Jia photographed has also been experienced, or in other words, people who grew up in the same era have a common emotional memory.
Otherwise, how did the ethnic division of these egg-sore after 8o and 9o come about?
Jia Zhangke said that he wanted to make an epic for ordinary people. It's not that he's bragging, he really has the ability, and convinces the crew that he can do it.
The only thing that is unreliable is that there seems to be too much inspiration, more trivial than the camera, and it can't be said that it will pop up at any time. Let everyone's previous work be completely nullified.
As soon as December arrived, there were a few snowfalls in Fenyang.
Lao Jia was quite excited, because he could shoot snow scenes, and he also added a few scenes temporarily. But the snow doesn't end. It was fluttering for several days, which affected the shooting, and the progress was not as fast as expected.
He pondered for a while, and simply transferred to Pingyao to shoot the city wall scene over there. The two places are very close, only a little more than an hour's drive, and there are not many scenes, so there is no need for a large team, so a group of more than 30 people turned upside down.
"Viagra, do you have to be so far away from me?"
Under the tall and heavy city roots, Chu Qing looked at the camera set up outside the two stations and shouted depressedly.
"This is a vision." Yu Liwei also shouted, all with an echo.
He pouted and slowly climbed up the wall, I knew it was a long view, but Nima was too far away.
βanetbsp; I saw Zhao Tao walking down from the city wall, and when he reached the last step, he jumped dexterously and landed on the ground, with Chu Qing following behind. The two of them paced to the cave in the city gate, where some hay was spread.
"Your dad is so interesting." He said, don't worry about the loud and low voice, Lao Jia can't listen to it at all, and he has to dub it later.
Zhao Tao lowered his head, pulled the snow foam with the tip of his shoe, and asked, "What's wrong?" β
"It's about the same as the KGB."
"Why are you talking like this, that's my dad."
This scene is five minutes long, with long shots and long shots, which properly makes the actors collapse.
Fortunately, Chu Qing had already been ravaged out, standing still, lighting a cigarette and pretending to be deep. Zhao Tao continued to paddle around the snow, turning a few more small circles, and finally tiptoed his toes, facing him.
He was a little surprised in his heart, this girl is really talented, and she can extract the actions that best highlight the character's character from different scenes.
"What are you doing tomorrow?" She asked.
"Go to work."
"I'll be tomorrow, my second aunt will let me go see a man." She whispered.
Chu Qing took a puff of cigarette, glanced at Zhao Tao, and the two of them moved at the same time, changing positions tacitly.
"My second aunt said that he is a dentist and a worker, peasant and soldier college student."
Chu Qing casually popped out the half of the cigarette, fell into the doorway, and also kicked the snow and said, "Okay, the dentist is good, the college student is good." β
Zhao Tao put his hands in the pockets of his padded jacket, shook his body, and said, "Why are you so happy?" β
"No."
He took a few steps back, shoulder-to-shoulder with her, and then turned back.
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Chu Qing grinned, the cigarette butt fell on the haystack so badly, it actually burned, and the flame was burning happily.
Yu Liwei raised his head from behind the camera and reminded Lao Jia, moving his mouth: "It's on!" β
Jia Zhangke waved his hand and didn't shout to stop.
Over there, Zhao Tao paused when he saw him turn around, and for some reason, he also turned around, and couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the fire. This is a sudden situation, she doesn't know what to do, but Chu Qing doesn't move, and she doesn't move either.
So, the two of them stared at the flame together, and slowly turned into ember grass, and wisps of green smoke floated out of the door, rising on the snow-covered old city wall, and then dissipated leisurely.
They stood for half a minute, and Jia Zhangke probably felt that the artistic conception was enough, so he shouted: "Okay!" β
As soon as the words fell, Chu Qing immediately rubbed his hands and shouted, "If you don't stop, I'm going to roast the fire." β
"The play is quite accurate, this swing is good, and the effect is better than the original." Lao Jia glanced at Zhao Tao again and said with a smile: "Xiao Zhao is not bad, he didn't panic." β
She was a little embarrassed and said, "It's all going with Brother Qingzi, I can't do it." β
This girl is a month older than Chu Qing, but she usually has to call her brother, and she accepts it with a shy face.
"Aoko, phone!"
At this time, Gu Zheng ran over, holding his mobile phone, and blinked awkwardly: "Brother and sister!" β
Chu Qing kicked him, saw that the contact person marked "daughter-in-law", smiled, and pressed answer.
He estimated the time, thinking that she had finished collecting money and had returned to the capital, but Fan Xiaoye's first sentence scared him: "What? Are you in Fenyang? β
(I went back to my hometown on vacation, the conditions here are terrible, and at night, well, there should still be, I tried my best...... οΌ
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