Director Xie Jin’s experience, works, background, and artistic characteristics

Director Xie Jin’s experience, background, works and artistic characteristics

1. Experience and background:

Xie Jin was born on November 21, 1923 in Shangyu County, Zhejiang Province , spent his childhood in his hometown and attended primary school for one year. In the 1930s, he moved to Shanghai with his parents to continue his elementary school education. In 1938, he went to Hong Kong to attend middle school. In 1939, he returned to Shanghai to study at Daxia Affiliated Middle School and Jishan Middle School. In his spare time, he studied at Huaguang Drama College and Jinxing Film Training Class. His instructors were Huang Zuolin and Wu Renzhi. He also participated in student drama activities supported by Yu Ling and others. He plays Yue Yun in the multi-act drama "Yue Yun". In 1941, he was admitted to the Drama Department of Sichuan Jiang'an National Drama College and was taught by famous teachers such as Cao Yu, Hong Shen, Jiao Juyin, Ma Yanxiang, and Chen Liting. In 1943, he voluntarily dropped out of school and followed Ma Yanxiang, Hong Shen, and Jiao Juyin to work in the Chinese Youth Drama Club in Chongqing. He performed in "Youth Tour", "Song of Hibiscus Flowers", "Huanghuagang", "Look at the Sky Early in the Rooster's Crow", "Yu Lei", etc. Served as stage manager, scene recorder and actor in the play. During this period, the artistic ambition to develop professionally as a director was established. In 1947, he resumed his studies in directing at the Nanjing National Drama College, under the tutelage of Yu Shangyuan.

2. Works:

1983 work: "Qiu Jin" (director) "Xie Jin Film Retrospective Exhibition" was held in Italy.

1984 work: "Garland Under the Mountain" (director) won the Best Screenplay Award, Best Actor Award, and Best Editing Award at the 5th Chinese Film "Golden Rooster Award"; the 8th "Golden Rooster Award" Popular Films" "Hundred Flowers Award" Best Feature Film Award, Best Actor Award, Best Supporting Actor Award, Best Supporting Actress Award; the Ministry of Culture's 1984 Excellent Film First Prize; "Wen Wei Po", "China Film Times" new Film Awards of the Ten Years (1977-1987) Feature Film Award and Director Award.

In 1985, the "Xie Jin Film Retrospective" was held in the top ten cities in the United States.

1986 work: "Furong Town" (director) won the 7th Chinese Film "Golden Rooster Award" for Best Feature Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Art Award; The 10th "Popular Film" "Hundred Flowers Awards" won the Best Feature Film Award, Best Actor Award, Best Actress Award, and Best Supporting Actor Award. Won the "Crystal Ball Award" at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic (actor Xu Songzi won the "Czech Dramatists Association Jury Award"); Honorary Award at the 40th Working People's Film Festival in the Czech Republic; awarded by the Filmmakers Association of the Democratic Republic of Germany The 1989 Release Film Critics Award, the Best Foreign Feature Film Critics Award; the "Golden Panda Award" of the 1st Montpellier Film Festival in France.

Served as the chairman of the jury of the 6th Chinese Film "Golden Rooster Award". Served as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has served as a jury member at the Venice International Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Indian International Film Festival, Tashyu Film Festival, Algerian Film Festival, and Manila International Film Festival. Served as the chairman of the jury of the 8th Chinese Film "Golden Rooster Award". Served as the Executive Vice Chairman of the 5th China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Served as a member of the 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; Vice Chairman of the 1st China Disabled Persons' Federation.

In 1989, he served as the chairman of the jury of the 9th Chinese Film "Golden Rooster Award".

1988 Work: "The Last Noble" (director) won the Honorary Award at the 1st China Film Festival.

1991 works: "The Bells of Qingliang Temple" (director) and "Morning Star" (director) Xie Jin - Hengtong Film and Television Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai on August 8, 1992, and served as the company's general manager and legal person represent. The United States holds a "Retrospective Exhibition of Xie Jin's Films".

1993 Work: "The Old Man and the Dog" (director) won the 1993 "Top Ten Films" award from the Shanghai Film Critics Society. In February, he was appointed as the principal of Shanghai Xie Jin-Hengtong Star School; a visiting professor at Shanghai Fudan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Served as the chairman of the jury of the 1st Shanghai International Film Festival. Served as a member and standing committee member of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee; Vice Chairman of the 2nd China Disabled Persons' Federation.

1995 Work: "Daughter Valley" (director) won the Special Honor Award at the 4th National College Student Film Festival in 1995. In May, he was appointed as the dean of Shanghai University School of Film and Television Arts and Technology; Xie Jin - Chairman of Hengtong Film and Television Co., Ltd.

In 1996, he served as the Executive Vice Chairman of the 6th China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

1997 work: "The Opium War" (director) won the 17th Chinese Film "Golden Rooster Award" for Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Recording, Best Props, and Best Supporting Actor Award; 1997 Chinese Film "Huabiao Award" Outstanding Feature Film Award; Shanghai Film Critics Award "Yongle Huai" honorary title of "Top Ten Films" in 1997.

1997 "American Special Award" at the Montreal International Film Festival in Canada.

In 1998, he served as chairman of the jury of the 4th China Changchun Film Festival.

Won the title of "Contemporary Film Master" in the Golden Dragon Award for Chinese Literature and Artists awarded by the Hong Kong (Overseas) Literary Artists Association. Served as a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee. Individually won the Shanghai Outstanding Contribution Award for Literature and Art. Published "My Pursuit of the Art of Directing".

The 2000 movie "Women's Football No. 9"

3. Artistic characteristics

A review of Xie Jin's film creations over the past decades can be summarized in:

1. Reasoning and sensationalism——This is Xie Jin’s thinking on social philosophy and human ethics. The form of expression is based on emotions, which is another necessary reason for Chinese audiences to sigh and flock to watch. The key to the longevity of Xie Jin's films over the decades is that they can both capture the common sense of the world and echo the thinking of the times, thus deeply touching people's hearts.

2. Commenting on history and emphasizing facts - Xie Jin's films keenly grasp the major social issues in historical development, and do not avoid dangers to explore and judge. For example, "The Legend of Tianyun Mountain" touches on the anti-"right" for the first time Expanding the issue and extending the extreme "left" thinking about the Cultural Revolution to sensitive areas that have not yet been expressed has a shocking effect. But his starting point and final destination are the hot issues that people in real society are concerned about. Whether it is the patriotic feelings involved in "The Wrangler", the self-defense counterattack and the issue of cadres' children in "Wreaths Under the Mountain", they all respond to social reality in a timely manner.

3. Pity for women and disobedience——The outstanding feature of Xie Jin’s films is that they focus on expressing “people”. His thinking about people has never left the two aspects of "emotion" and "ambition". It pays more attention to rendering human feelings than many directors, and also pays more attention to rational politics. However, the preference for moral people is the advantage and strength of Xie Jin's films, especially the portrayal of female images. Xie Jin can produce rich and beautiful female images in almost every film: the success of Zhu Xijuan, Xie Fang, Shi Jianlan, Li Xiuming, Cong Shan, Liu Xiaoqing, Wang Yumei, and Chen Chong is proof of this. Xie Jin's film emphasizes the tenderness, kindness and endearment of women, which makes the film's emotional charm quite obvious. But what is even more obvious is that he took as the object of expression women who bravely twist their fate and fight tenaciously, thus creating a charming female image full of national glory on the screen for the first time. At this point, no director can match it.