Why is the gap between Zhang Yimou and Ang Lee getting bigger and bigger? What are the manifestations?

Why is the gap between Zhang Yimou and Ang Lee getting bigger and bigger? What are the manifestations?

In the early stages, both Ang Lee and Zhang Yimou were indeed excellent directors, and their overall levels were indeed about the same. Of course, I cannot deny that Zhang Yimou is still one of the best directors in mainland China. Otherwise, he would not be the chief director of the 2008 Olympic Games opening ceremony!

Zhang Yimou is a photographer, and Ang Lee is a screenwriter. In the early days, the strengths of the two men lay in their respective fields of origin. Zhang Yimou is good at lenses and images, while Ang Lee is good at text and drama. Their respective early works were achievements in their respective areas of strength. For example, the colors and shots of "Red Sorghum" and the text of the "Father" trilogy. They are all works that can leave their names in the history of film. The advantages and disadvantages of the two are exactly interchangeable. Zhang Yimou's scriptwriting ability is quite average, and he has needed to rely on several masters in the Chinese novel industry for textual support over the years. Ang Lee also had shortcomings in the early days. The lenses were designed in a textual sense, but the control over the photographer was very general. Later, Ang Lee worked hard to make up for it. Zhang Yimou didn't think about improving his script skills. As soon as Ang Lee got out of the dilemma, of course he improved faster and faster. Lao Mouzi's shortcomings were there. According to the wooden barrel principle, it was to make up for it. Whoever can eliminate more shortcomings will lead in overall level. The two of them are getting worse and worse. Some directors make a lifetime of films without ever explaining a single truth, while some directors tell us too many things in one film.

In terms of lenses, Ang Lee's works have begun to catch up with the industry average since his father's trilogy. With "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as his graduation, the era of "Brokeback Mountain" and "Lust, Caution" Gradually surpassing the industry average, until "Pi" reached the leading level in the industry, and in the new field of 3D movies, the results achieved were beyond imagination. Put "Pi" and "The Wedding Banquet" together, and you can strongly feel what Ang Lee has done in the past thirty years. As for Zhang Yimou, I think he is very talented, has artistic sensitivity, knows what kind of things, how to express them, and what kind of connotation he can convey to the audience. This is the quality of an excellent director. His disadvantage is that he has restricted himself and is used to speaking within that framework. After he comes out, he doesn't know how to speak. Of course, this is from a very high film art perspective. If you look at it from a popular art perspective, many films are fine.

?Movies come from life. Go and see these things in social reality. These do not require you to fictionalize them, they only require you to dig them out. This is not only the responsibility of the director, but every movie Human Responsibility.