Chapter 244 Huh? It Feels Different! (34)

"Outstanding Citizen" is very academic...

In the past, when conditions were not good, everyone focused on the performance of actors and scripts, and gradually formed this preconceived notion...

What concept?

The most important thing about a movie is the actors and director...

Only actors and directors are the soul and core. A good movie means that the director has good ideas and the actors perform well. All other staff are tool people. They only exist to realize the director’s ideas and give the actors a good performance. venue.

Cameras, music, props, special effects, editing, all other aspects of the film are completely ignored...

By this standard, the more artistic, the better!

This is the kind of work that academics admire!

Later, the heresy in their eyes gradually became able to replace them...

They become afraid that it will affect their jobs, but they are unwilling to learn.

They don't want to believe that the combination of the two can and will lead to better development...

Just rely on what they consider to be a standard of excellence to maintain their decency.

develop? forget it…

Bringing it back, what these words mean is that "Outstanding Citizen" is very in line with the taste of European film festivals. Both the pictures and the shots are very cinematic...

Generally speaking, when making films about artists, directors often romanticize them.

For example, "The Life of Mozart" deliberately emphasizes his madness and innocence;

For example, in "Shakespeare in Love", the greatest playwright in the history of literature is like a second-rate male star who creates scandals every day...

The protagonist of "Outstanding Citizen" is a great writer.

This is actually very dramatic, because the relationship between the writer and reality is very absurd.

Most people don’t care about literature at all; they care about other things that literature brings.

This is doomed to be incompatible with reality.

The protagonist of "Outstanding Citizen" is a world-famous writer and won the Nobel Prize for Literature...

Officials dined with him, prestigious universities awarded him honorary degrees, and he was invited to serve as a judge at cultural events. Hipsters talk about his books, and superficial people want to take photos with him.

He can't write a book.

His hometown invited him at this time.

But what is his relationship with his hometown? Or what is the relationship between all writers and their hometown?

Writers are naturally dissatisfied people, and they must be deeply disgusted by the vulgarity of their hometown. Vanity is the first condition for becoming a writer, so any writer must run away from home.

Therefore, Lu Xun said: Great men are often not allowed to live in their hometown.

What's more, the protagonist's works belong to the rural style...

Therefore, after winning the award, many people questioned: Why are the images of the people in your hometown so ugly in your novels?

Charge him with a 'traitor' who 'makes a fortune by slandering his fellow countrymen'.

Portraying the dark side = denigration.

Similar logic has been tried and tested all over the world.

When he returned to his hometown, he encountered a series of uncontrollable things. Moreover, the villagers were not interested in literature at all and just naturally wanted to benefit from him...

In the movie, the hero was specially arranged to give three lectures in three days;

For the first time, there were overcrowded people. Everyone had the same mood as watching a panda, and wanted to hear what information about the new world this Nobel Prize winner for literature would bring;

By the second time, half of the people were gone. The president of the Artists Association rushed in, holding a bunch of leaflets with excerpts from the hero's novel printed on them: "Look, this person is slandering his hometown. Please the whole of Europe!"

The third time, I was about to leave, and there were only 5 people left in the entire lecture...

In fact, if Shen Xudong is brave enough, he can write a plot with the tone set above.

After all, in China, the power of public opinion usually comes from the top down!

In addition, what is more important is the attitude of some people towards the hero after he returns to his hometown...

For example, when recording a program, the host asked the male protagonist two questions according to the procedure. After hearing the answers, he had no intention of communicating with him and went straight to advertising - I care more about my advertising than you. .

As for others - I am more concerned about your identity as a world-renowned scholar than your work.

They gave him the highest courtesy that a small county town could give. They mobilized the town's fire trucks to let him parade through the streets, which was a sight to behold. They collected childhood photos of this "son of Midong County" and edited them into a film. Screening at the welcome ceremony; they build a personal sculpture of him…

In fact, it was only because of his status as a Nobel Prize winner that he was warmly received by the residents of the town, but not the male protagonist Danny.

People never talk about his works and don't care about him personally.

What everyone wants is the title of Nobel Prize winner. It doesn’t matter if the person under the title is Danny or Nidan.

Even these warm hospitality are mixed with selfish desires.

The obsessed girl throws herself into his arms, hoping that the male protagonist can take her away;

The father and son find the male protagonist, hoping that he can help them buy a wheelchair;

Fa Xiao was at the dinner table, and he showed off his affection to the male protagonist’s ex-girlfriend, then turned around and went to the bar to flirt with her;

Because he failed to abide by the rules of the town, the statue of the hero, a Nobel Prize winner, was also splashed with red paint...

The movie ends with a book launch. The male protagonist Danny appears in front of the media with his new book. The new book is called "Outstanding Citizen" and records what happened to him in his hometown.

A reporter asked, ‘Is the novel true or fiction? ’

The male protagonist played by Director Chen grinned: "Is it important? To create, there are three essential things: paper, pen, and vanity! I only know that I will never be able to return to my hometown again in this life, there is no more Welcome me!"

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"Outstanding Citizen" is of great viewing value for most Western audiences...

Because they actually know that their own values ​​are based on exploiting the cultural self-esteem of other countries...

For a considerable number of Western audiences, they prefer to watch movies that show the poverty and backwardness of other countries. This is a traditional understanding of thinking, and it also represents a trend of thought in Western society...

Just like we think Africa should be poor, primitive and ignorant...

Just a place for adventure travel.

If the area is too modern, it loses its sense of wonder.

As for the mentality of local people who want to develop...

Who cares?

Is there any reflection on this kind of mentality?

Of course!

Therefore, after the screening of "Outstanding Citizen", almost no one left the venue, everyone watched it very seriously...

This is an amazing achievement. When "Coffee Break" and "The World" were shown at the Cinema Palace, a bunch of people watched half of it, or even left before watching half of it...

Jia Zhangke even heard a bunch of people whispering about the plot...

When the movie ended, a group of people stood up and applauded...

Standing and applauding... It's a kind of etiquette. After all, people have traveled thousands of miles to bring movies here. No matter whether it's a masterpiece or a mediocre movie, you have to applaud. Just think of it as an encouragement!

Generally speaking, the applause lasts for three to five minutes, waiting for the creators to come on stage for interviews.

Guan Feng's mentality is very peaceful - originally, he didn't regard "Outstanding Citizen" as his own movie at all. The script was complete, so he came over to be the director...

He led Chen Daoming, Liu Bei and Cao Xiwen to the stage to express his gratitude. According to his plan, he answered a few questions at will, and it was almost over!

Then he saw a group of reporters gathered around...

Everyone is enthusiastic…

Eh...that doesn't feel right!

Watched The Wandering Earth 2…

I don’t quite understand the meaning of Andy Lau’s line, it feels like it doesn’t fit in with the whole movie…

Go to bed, I will update another chapter in the afternoon...