Why can't Chen Kaige make a movie like "Farewell My Concubine"?

Comparing Feng Xiaogang with Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, obviously you put Feng Xiaogang on a separate level, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige on the same level, but in my opinion, it should be Zhang Yimou on the same level, Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige on the same level, Zhang Yimou is even more Better than that.

Triple backgrounds

As for Feng Xiaogang’s background as a screenwriter and artist, my impression of the director is New Year films, commercial films, and modern life films.

Zhang Yimou is a photographer, and my impression of him is the tone and scene of his paintings. The content tends to be a kind of character's struggle, often creating "mou girls".

Chen Kaige's first achievement as a director is in "Farewell My Concubine".

The three of them have each led the way

The three of them have each led the way and are considered masters in the Chinese film and television industry for more than ten years, but each has formed its own style. Zhang Yimou pays attention to grand scenes and rigorous conception, and uses Chinese culture as the element, which is mainly reflected in literary films; Feng Xiaogang is good at language-based works, especially Feng's humor without losing a certain level of taste, and dares to shoot socially sensitive topics; as for Chen Kaige's bookishness He was born into a good family and likes to act like most Beijingers. He only has one or two films with good reputations and the rest are trash. However, in the film and television circles, especially in the Beijing art circle, his connections or influence are greater than the two of them.

There is no comparison between the three of them, because everyone is good at something different. If we have to distinguish the following differences, I personally feel that Director Feng belongs to the small-town director; Director Chen belongs to the academic director who is not very down-to-earth; Director Zhang belongs to the typical national style director with strong national characteristics.

The three have different styles

As three well-known domestic directors, their personal styles are more prominent. Feng Xiaogang is more realistic and easier to be accepted by ordinary audiences. Zhang Yimou focuses on pictures and artistic beauty, and has an aesthetic Audiences prefer Chen Kaige's freehand paintings, which have certain requirements for the audience's consciousness. They all have good works, and I have basically read them all.

Judging from the average level of the films they directed, Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang are better than Chen Kaige. If I have to compare Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, I think the average Zhang Yimou is better. But in terms of the highest quality of a single film, Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine should be the most eye-catching. The film is indeed very tense, followed by Zhang Yimou's Alive, and thirdly Feng Xiaogang's Rally.

These three well-known film and television directors are secretly competing for the dominance of this platform in the real world, but they each have their own strategies and tactics. On the surface, there are not many open fights, which shows that none of them are good friends, and it is not clear what they support and what they do not support ideologically. But their common goal is to compete for the market, the box office, or basically the audience. One New Year's film is catching up, one is Red Lantern and Red Sorghum, and the other one has forgotten how it became famous, but there is always a work that has appreciated in value. Everyone has their own tricks, and there are also good guys.

In short, it was China’s first, second and third generation film directors who created the conditions for them and provided the path for Chinese films to begin to mature. They have caught up with the reform, and the conditions and environment are better. The audiovisual music and performances are mechanized, and now they are digitalized and intelligent. The visual effects of film and television printing have been greatly improved. Without the footsteps of the older generation of film directors, and without the emergence of new technologies, they would not have the fame and fame they have today. But no matter whether he is good or bad, it is difficult for people with unclear views to defeat him. The phenomenon of triangle opposition still exists objectively, and it is Lao Mou who comes out on top in the end.