This documentary gives foreigners a completely different feeling.

What surprised them was that China actually had subways, luxury hotels, cars on the streets, and fashionable women. People looked good in their mental outlook and could see many construction sites under construction.

The whole city looks both old and full of vitality.

After watching this documentary, someone asked the filmmaker who had been to China, is this really the ancient Eastern country?

In the impression of foreigners, China still looked like it in the 1970s. People wore the same clothes, worked together, and sang revolutionary songs. This is the memory given to them by the movies of China in the past.

The fifth generation of directors in China all like to film past eras and review and reflect on the eras they experienced.

They also like to make movies in remote and backward areas, believing that human nature can be shown in suffering.

It is easy to understand what it means to take a photo of a person who has food and drink in the city. There is no point in view. Only those who struggle to survive in poverty can make the audience feel.

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

Therefore, at this time, the scenes of the fifth-generation directors always avoid the prosperous cities, avoid the ongoing reform and opening up of China, and focus on describing a difficult life. They feel that this is a responsibility.

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

In China, there are criticisms, believing that this is to use the dark side of China to cater to the curious psychology of Western society.

This is what one has different opinions.

Some people think it is art, some people think it is dross, but such movies do mislead foreign audiences.

"The Wind in the Capital" shows the scene on the streets of the capital. There is no special photograph of tourist attractions like the Forbidden City, nor does it deliberately look for the dark side of society. The interviews are basically ordinary citizens.

Give people a real feeling.

When foreign filmmakers saw this film, they felt that it was different from the well-received "Living" in Cannes. This is different from the previous films in China and is a film in the new era of China.

The team that made this documentary is called the new force of Chinese films.

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

When it comes to printing factory, it generally refers to the Beijing Film Painting and Printing Video Technology Factory located in Beitaipingzhuang. This factory specializes in shooting science education videos. Some movies that have not been released are often shown in the auditorium of the printing factory.

For example, Zhang Yimou's "Living" invited writers and people in the circle to watch was screening in the printing factory.

At this time, the Film Academy did not have a large screening hall, and most students went to the auditorium of the printing factory when watching movies.

This is an internal screening in the factory, and it is free to students in the film school. Although tickets are also collected, these tickets are all given away. It is not difficult to get the ticket, mainly to control the number of people.

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

On the way back to the film academy on foot from the printing factory, everyone was silent, and these two films disappointed them too much.

The shooting technique is backward, the plot is fake and empty, without any novelty, and not real at all.

"Let's make movies, and you must make the kind of movies you want to make. Look at what Chinese movies are like now. Some people have said that they are all lying to themselves." In the darkness, Jia Zhangke said with a little excitement.

"It's good, but how do we take pictures?" Someone was worried.

The students who are with Jia Zhangke are all from the department. The department was originally called the screenwriter department, which is divided into two majors: film and television script creation and film history theory. Jia Zhangke studied film history theory.

This major mainly studies domestic and foreign film theories, which is a paper talk.

Movies are all about the director's and photography department, and they have nothing to do with the department. At most, they just write scripts 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?

Thinking about it, it’s really depressed, the gap between ideals and reality is too big.

So they bought a few bottles of beer, sat at the fire stairs in the dormitory building of the Film Academy to drink and chat, complained, talked about some unrealistic ideas, and expressed their anger.

After drinking, I dropped the bottle of wine, and after venting enough, I went to bed.

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

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

In fact, students from three film academies thought that domestic movies were not good and wanted to make movies by themselves. After drinking and bragging, they couldn't hold on to their faces, so they formed a small group.

They have neither the funds nor the idea of ​​what to shoot, nor the experience of filming.

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

At the Beijing Film Academy, there is a saying that you are grouping together.

This refers to a small group spontaneously organized by like-minded students during school study to work together.

Filming requires teamwork, the management department is a producer, the director department is a director, the photography department is a contract photography and lighting, and the performance department is a script for the performance department to perform.

Therefore, this kind of small group is very common, and the youth film experimental group established by Jia Zhangke and others is just one of them.

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

There may also be differences and they will be disbanded in the middle.

After the experimental team was established, the three of them discussed how to make a movie. They couldn't just talk about it.

"Old Jia, aren't you familiar with the red scarf girl in the director department? I heard that she has a relationship in the circle, and Professor Zheng is very optimistic about her." Gu Zheng in the group said, "We haven't learned how to make movies. It's just right to bring a director department to the director department."

"This is not very good. People may not be able to like us." Jia Zhangke hesitated.

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

"How can you know if you don't ask, Lao Jia, are you timid? This is not like you, there must be a problem." Another young man named Wang Hongwei joked.

"Stop making trouble, can't I ask?" Jia Zhangke said helplessly.

Jia Zhangke and Lin Xiaoling have always been in contact. He went to help the opening ceremony of Haomeng Company last time. Everyone has a good relationship. He went to the director department to talk to Lin Xiaoling.

Lin Xiaoling thought it was quite interesting. She was familiar with Jia Zhangke, so she agreed to join the youth film experiment group.

The whole process is very ordinary and has no legend.

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

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

Many things are like this. They looked dull at the beginning, but they will become legends in many years. (To be continued.)
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