What kind of director is Zhang Yimou?

Zhang Yimou can only make some petty movies, and his experience and literary accomplishment make him so. War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, such a grand historical picture as the War of Liberation, is a complex and thrilling masterpiece that Zhang Yimou can't do. On the other hand, Zhang's film exposes shortcomings, making a fool of himself internationally, and is not a correct director! It is inevitable to be abandoned by the times!

Zhang Yimou's ancestor was a noble family in Lintong, Xi, and his father, Zhang Bingjun, was an officer in Whampoa Military Academy. It is said that Zhang Yimou's father, while watching "Raise the Red Lantern" directed by his son, said that Grandpa's house was just like that, only big and small.

Zhang Yimou studied in Xi 'an No.30 Middle School in his early years. After graduating from junior high school, he jumped the queue to work in the rural areas of Ganxian County, Shaanxi Province, and then worked as a worker in the No.8 Cotton Mill in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. 1September, 978, after the college entrance examination resumed, he entered the photography department of Beijing Film Academy.

After graduation, I went to Guangxi Film Studio and became a photographer. At that time, files and household registration should follow the work. So the account was also transferred to Nanning, Guangxi. However, the people shaped by loess, Shaanxi regional culture has already penetrated into the bone marrow, which has also formed a major factor in his film aesthetics.

1986, Zhang Yimou starred in the first film "Old Well". The background of this film is the Loess Plateau. Familiar cultural scenes, so that the northwest man in the performance handy, such as tailor-made

With the role of Sun Wangquan in the film, he won the Golden Rooster Award, Hundred Flowers Award and Best Actor at the Second Tokyo Film Festival in one fell swoop and became the "Triple Film Emperor". The first film "Red Sorghum" directed by 1987 won the Golden Bear Award at the first China International Film Festival.

As far as Zhang Yimou's films are concerned, they have always been regarded as mixed. From the initial photography to actors and directors, it is not limited to movies. Traditional Chinese opera, live performance (impression series) and the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games are all marked with "Zhang's seal".

It is no exaggeration to say that China films have become "symbols" in the fields of art and commerce. His personal film style has always been obsessed with the use of film colors, especially red, and he also prefers red and green.

In recent ten years, Zhang Yimou's film creation tends to be integrated with commercialization. As Qian Zhongshu said in his poem, "It is not easy to live in a cold place, and everyone is willing to fall into the world of mortals". After all, in the final analysis, the pursuit of art has to take into account the box office.

However, commercial films in transition, such as Hero, Golden Flower in the City, House of Flying Daggers, The Great Wall, etc. There are spectacular scenes but the story is short. The feeling is that I have done my hair well and my hair is exposed.

Zhang Yimou, majoring in photography in Film Academy, is good at filming, composition and color. A few years later, the fixed pattern turned into an aesthetic imprisonment.

A director should stand out, or be recognized at international film festivals and accumulate popularity; Either it is attractive at the box office. Obviously, Zhang Yimou chose the former. Film is an industry. To impress the judges, the perspective, conception, connotation, performance and theme are all polished repeatedly.

Therefore, in Zhang Yimou's early award-winning works, tragic consciousness, ethnic contrast and color decoration are all continuations. Film itself is an industry, and too many similar repetitions have attracted a lot of criticism.

It is said that his films blindly pursue the extreme of lens language; Some people say that his films are a prejudice to deepen poverty and backwardness ... In the third issue of Culture Monthly in 2000, Wang Shuo published "What's wrong with ignorance?" Among them, there is a criticism of old people's movies.

"Zhang Yimou should be released, everyone thinks he is smelly dung. Now I'm whispering, but I just need to say it out loud. If it is not destroyed, the impact will be extremely bad, and now it is just waiting for the opportunity. "

1992 directed the film "The Story of Autumn Chrysanthemum", which changed its previous style and used a large number of non-professional actors to shoot in the form of semi-documentary. More than 50% of the whole film was completed by sneak shots. 1998' s "None Less" fully enables non-professional actors.

Two works with different styles, one won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film and the Best Actress Award (and the Golden Rooster Award for Best Film, etc.) at the 49th Venice International Film Festival. ); The other film not only won the Golden Lion Award, but also won the UNESCO Best Film Award.

Admittedly, the films directed by Zhang Yimou have their shortcomings. However, what kind of director is Zhang Yimou? This is the evaluation of director Zhang Yimou in Dialogue with Zhang Yimou.

"Because his films won awards in the international film industry, it contributed to the mutual boundary between contemporary China film culture and world film culture, and expanded the historical and cultural context of contemporary China film production. Therefore, Zhang Yimou is not only the author of a film, the author of film history, but also a cultural messenger. "

Zhang Yimou, I think he is a good director with artistic achievements.

At the same time, the evaluation of any one person cannot be generalized.

I think he is good because he once brought us works with great artistic appeal, expressiveness and connotation.

At the same time, we can't ask anyone's creative level to remain at the same level forever, and we must always maintain the same expression style.

From this dimension, Zhang Yimou's works in recent years are slightly inferior, such as Three Guns, which are not so brilliant!

At the same time, works of art are an extremely "self" expression. It is harmless for the creator to interpret his attitude towards the world, society and life in an artistic way, which does not violate social moral standards and has certain social cognition. I think it should be acceptable from an artistic point of view.

I used several "simultaneous".

Actually, it's exactly the same With regard to the evaluation of the above dimensions, who can judge an artist by a standard?

Zhang Yimou, a director I used to like very much.

Zhang Yimou, as the leader of the fifth generation directors in China, is a mythical man, and many international movie stars have stepped out of his films, so to some extent, seeking women has become an absolute guarantee of fame.

On the other hand, Zhang Yimou sometimes bears a lot of accusations, accusing her works of being ill-bred, and accusing her of forging the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games and undermining the family planning policy.

However, Zhang Yimou has always been a person who does not defend himself. Apart from burying his head in work, Zhang Yimou never confessed personal and family affairs, and it is almost normal to be misunderstood. Zhang Yimou is 70 years old now. Although his works in recent years can no longer create the brilliance of Red Sorghum and Living, he has been working and expressing, even if he is misunderstood again.

When he was young, before he entered the film circle, Zhang Yimou's photography technique was different. He was very sensitive to images and had a unique aesthetic taste. After entering the Beijing Film Academy to formally study photography, the level of photography has been greatly improved. After graduation, he was in charge of film, creating a new photography aesthetics in China. After becoming a director, he showed fiery colors and unrestrained expression, which had an impact on the audience in China.

In the following decades, Zhang Yimou made costume films, modern films, action films, life films, sad films and comedies, covering almost every film field, and became one of the first China filmmakers to win the grand prize of the International Film Festival.

Although in recent years, Zhang Yimou's films rarely arouse heated discussion like the works of popular directors Ning Hao and Xu zhēng, Zhang Yimou has been exploring, which is very valuable. If Zhang Yimou had no talent, it would be impossible to dedicate his works at an age that seemed to belong to him.

Zhang Yimou not only has a unique aesthetic for scenery and colors, but also has a unique vision for actors, especially actresses.

No matter the earliest Gong Li, or later Zhang Ziyi, NiNi and Zhou Dongyu, Zhang Yimou boldly adopted them who were still unknown at that time. These actresses shine brilliantly in the film and show their unique beauty. And these actors may not be favored by the people around them before they appear on the big screen.

Take NiNi as an example. After she was selected by Zhang Yimou to play Mo Yu in flowers of war, many people in the cast didn't think highly of her. They think that Ni Ni is too featureless, with small eyes and no systematic learning of acting skills, how can she deduce all kinds of customs in Mo Xie? But when the makeup and clothes are in place, Ni Nihuan gives people a different feeling, and people around her have to admire Zhang Yimou's sophisticated vision.

Film is a huge project, and hundreds of people participate in a film. Zhang Yimou has been dealing with all kinds of people for decades, and most of the time he insists on the principle that suspects don't have to choose people. Under this principle, if you meet a good person, things will get better, and vice versa. The big storm between him and Zhang Weiping a few years ago is an obvious proof.

Zhang Yimou and others are a generation delayed by lack of education. Of course, their professional level is very high, but their cultural literacy is not as systematic as that of later directors, which will definitely have a different impact on their exploration of art.

Although Zhang Yimou is sixty or seventy years old, he always looks full of energy. When it comes to film work, he can stay up for a long time. When all the young people around him began to feel sleepy, he could still speak clearly in Kan Kan.

He has almost no holidays all year round, and he seldom spends time with his wife and children, let alone keeping secrets. According to the staff around him, Zhang Yimou really rested at home on New Year's Day, and probably worked the rest of the time. He often insists on going back to work in the studio at eleven or twelve in the evening. Non-stop is the norm in Zhang Yimou.

He can even eat only one meal a day for this, and often talk about his work, becoming more and more brave, completely forgetting that he is hungry and others are hungry. People around me have never seen Zhang Yimou yawn.

Zhang Yimou's mind is almost only about work, and he only talks about work when he meets the staff around him. He almost never cares about the personal situation and family life of his subordinates. After working for several years, he may not know whether the other person is married or has children, which will also make people feel a little uncomfortable.

People in Zhang Yimou's studio once described Zhang Yimou like this-

Zhang Yimou's image is both the most respectable and sometimes the most hateful, because of such fierce contradictions. The person who resigned has excellent talent advantages and obvious personality defects; I won an extremely lucky opportunity, but fell into an inescapable trap. His ups and downs, his light and darkness, his pride and bitterness ... The tragedy, comedy and farce that happened to Zhang Yimou are not only his case, but also some side evidences of our times.

Personally, I like Zhang Yimou's Red Sorghum, Alive, Qiu Ju's Story, Speak, and my parents very much, and I'm also looking forward to his three new films, One Second, Above the Cliff and Rock Solid.

We should respect Zhang Yimou, a high-level creator who has been producing. Although he also has his shortcomings and shortcomings.

I'm Zheng Shoutou. Welcome attention. Zhang Yimou's masterpiece Red Sorghum is the same as Mo Yan's novel "Big Breasts and Fat Buttocks".

By demonizing the traditional image of women in China,

Cater to and please the hostile forces at home and abroad against China and China,

And those who won prizes abroad.

Zhang Yimou is not a first-class director in China, but he is really lucky. Nothing good can be done without him. The real talent and knowledge is that the photography level is relatively high and the pictures taken are beautiful, but the director level can only be said to be third-rate. Why is it so famous? Because many films won awards, not at a high level, but by stars holding the moon, and everyone in the entertainment circle touted each other.

Zhang Yimou 1978 was admitted to Beijing Film Academy. Is a filmmaker with a training background. But at the Film Academy, he studied photography instead of directing. He also participated in the filming of movies and TV series as an actor, such as the movie Old Well, and he was the first hero. I also made a guest appearance in the TV series "Da Zhai Men". At the same time, he is also doing photography practice and taking some pictures of films.

From this point of view, Zhang Yimou has completely mastered the director's skills in photography practice, so his later film Red Sorghum can be said to be an instant hit. He won an international prize, which laid the foundation for his position in China film industry. Later films such as Alive, Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, Qiu Ju's Story, Alive, No Child Left Behind, My Father and Mother and Return won honors and reputations.

Generally speaking, it's ok for Zhang Yimou to make some simple films, and later he made some commercial films, but the effect is not satisfactory. For example, movies such as "Golden Flower in the City" and "Shadow" are expensive, but the effect is not good and the box office is not good.

It can be said that not all types of films can be directed by directors. Although they are all called movies, the fields of movie content are different. Zhang Yimou is a director who has made brilliant achievements in China. A good director who makes art films may not be able to make good commercial films. China's directors have few good things. Have a bad reputation, besides taking drugs, getting divorced and having a litter of children? Threatening not to comment on private life? In fact, life is chaotic. People look down on them? So I hardly watch domestic movies? You pay the bill! People are prosperous and prosperous!

As one of the representatives of the fifth generation directors in China, Zhang Yimou has also become the China representative of China in the world film industry, and his works have won many awards at home and abroad. In all fairness, he also gained high international influence for China films.

He was born as a photographer, so he mastered the film language and made several works with international weight. His film tentacles extend to many aspects, including reality, fantasy, literature and martial arts. I prefer the evaluation of his works by international film circles, that is, his mastery of critical realism works, such as the early Red Sorghum, My Mom and Dad, The Story of Autumn Chrysanthemum and the recent Love of Hawthorn Tree, but about his martial arts and fantasy. Style, such as "Ancient and Modern Terracotta Warriors" or even "House of Flying Daggers" and so on, I beg to differ. Too much pursuit of the aestheticism of the picture has affected the shaping of stories and characters. He has become an exaggerated stylist or a world-class decoration director, such as Spielberg Cameron, and so on.

Zhang Yimou is a thoughtful and emotional director!