Behind One Second's films, is it the small feelings of director Zhang Yimou?

As the leader of the fifth generation of directors in China, Zhang Yimou is a "national director" in the eyes of the audience. His films are controversial, but they have also broken box office records.

Back then, a magnificent movie Hero accounted for a quarter of the total box office, and the first film Red Sorghum directed in 1987 won the Golden Bear Award in China's first international film festival.

Zhang Yimou's film works can be said to enjoy a certain reputation in the global film industry. But in fact, what we don't know is that every time Zhang Yimou shoots a work, the story behind it is more touching than the work itself. In other words, every film is caused by his inner feelings.

Red Sorghum, which was filmed in p>1987, is Zhang Yimou's famous work. At that time, popular culture reflected and culture sought its roots. Zhang Yimou cut in line, so he has deep feelings for the land, the people, the countryside and the countryside. Shooting such a subject is completely emotional and deeply experienced, and it is a true feeling flowing from the heart.

Later, the film No Child Left Behind, which was filmed in 1999, described that children in poor mountainous areas could not afford to read books, and finally a teacher left, but before leaving, they told the 13-year-old girl: "When I come back, no student can be left behind."

This movie is very touching. It is Zhang Yimou's recollection of his tragic childhood when he dropped out of school and many children who were forced to drop out of school. It also reflects the spiritual wealth during the material shortage period.

My Father and Mother, directed by Zhang Yimou, is a film about affection, love and family. Zhang Ziyi shows the strength of that simple girl. When you fall in love with a boy, love is a lifetime. This is Zhang Yimou's beautiful yearning for the pure love of "only one person can be loved in a lifetime".

Zhang Yimou liked martial arts since he was a child, and he always wanted to make a martial arts movie. The script Hero was polished for three or four years, and just polished, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon directed by Ang Lee was born and achieved unprecedented success.

At that time, Zhang Yimou wanted to give up, for fear of being considered as following the trend. Fortunately, Jiang Zhiqiang's boss found Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Jet Li and Donnie Yen for him, which made Zhang Yimou release his personal feelings for martial arts films. Finally, Hero came out and was a great success.

As for the film "Shadow" co-starred by Deng Chao and his wife, Zhang Yimou used a brand-new black-and-white ink painting style, but made the picture of the carnage under the shadow of power and desire more clear.

Many people say that the greatest success of this film is that Zhang Yimou took the film beyond the height of photography. Every frame looks like a beautiful painting, but the inner core of the film is actually related to himself.

Because of family reasons, after dropping out of school, Zhang Yimou worked as a porter, herding sheep and a weaver. Later, I entered the Beijing Film Academy to study photography, which was also a big struggle. During my college years, I was even more ill-fated. I went in and out, dropped out of school, and then entered school. All these unfortunate experiences made Zhang Yimou learn the word "forbearance".

Therefore, in many films of Zhang Yimou, you can feel an invisible "cage" hanging over you, and the protagonist's forbearance is also a character he often portrays. So it's the role itself, rather than Zhang Yimou expressing himself implicitly.

Zhang Yimou's personality is forbearing and low-key. Apart from promoting his new works, he rarely shows up, and he is even more unwilling to expose his private life to the world. He is introverted and transparent in seeing problems. When he is treated unfairly and evaluated, instead of being indignant, he might as well be resigned and forbearing. The "shadow" played by Deng Chao is Zhang Yimou himself. No matter how unfair fate is to me, I choose to face it with forbearance.

One Second, which is being shown, is Zhang Yimou's latest masterpiece this year. The core of this literary film is actually talking about his feelings about film movies. The original intention of Zhang Yimou's creation of One Second is: "I have been thinking about the story of' watching a movie' for many years. The sound of the film rushing and turning brings out a long-lost taste and emotion, which is touching."

For a director who came from that era, there is a feeling that he can't give up on film movies, which records the development of movies and the model of watching movies in an era. At that time, film movies were no less than holidays, and the excitement was extraordinary. People's cheers, amazement, excitement and ecstasy were all released. That feeling is different from buying a movie ticket and going to the cinema to watch it now.

With the progress of material and technology, watching movies has become convenient and fast, but that kind of feelings and feelings are gone after all. Therefore, One Second is Zhang Yimou's recollection of his youth. Zhang Yimou, the great director, shows his little feelings everywhere. Some films are memories of his experience of jumping the queue and experiencing rural life, while others are his feelings and descriptions of personal growth.

Some films are about his memories of youth, some films are about his longing for innocence, some films are about his reflection on human nature, his reflection on power, desire and life, and some films are the embodiment of his personal interests.