China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Although Guoshi's influence in the Chinese film industry has been greatly reduced, the connections he has accumulated over the past few decades cannot be underestimated.

Some of them are even beyond the reach of DreamWorks.

Especially its academic background.

Lao Mouzi graduated from Beijing Film Academy.

The main reason why Feng Xiaogang is not recognized as a fifth-generation director is that he came from a wild background.

Usually the definition of fifth-generation directors is directors who graduated from Beijing Film Academy in the 1980s.

This is a prerequisite.

You must be a cultural person, a college student, and a member of the academic circle.

The judges of the Golden Rooster Awards are actually academics.

This is the biggest difference between the Golden Rooster Award and the other two gold medals.

As for the degree of hard-core science fiction, whether it is scientific, and whether there are bugs, these are not the focus of academic circles. In fact, the domestic film evaluation and education system does not pay attention to these.

It happened to be that the cultural propaganda department began to support commercial films with main themes that satisfied the people. Many central ministries and commissions even jointly issued a document to explore, support, and guide the production of a number of excellent film and television works to maintain the cultural position.

And the subject matter is groundbreaking in the science fiction genre.

Unexpectedly, two years later, when the 2017 Golden Rooster Awards were held again, "Gravity" had already set numerous records, created unprecedented influence at home and abroad, and even won the Golden Rooster Award under the operation of Universal Pictures.

Oscar for Best Director.

It can be called a purple star falling from the sky.

I asked what my status was. It all happened so many years ago. There were so many big-scene war movies. How could I produce better results than others?

After "The Great Wall", I decided that now that I'm this old, I'll just shoot what I want to shoot, and I won't work on any big projects. That stuff is also very stressful, and now there's less money. If I mess up, there will still be people who will invest in me.

What?

It also made history.

The Golden Rooster Award organizing committee has actually shown its attitude by giving such grand treatment to "Interstellar", and the judges can naturally understand it.

Lao Mouzi's words were both relaxed and sincere, which made Chen Jingxing sigh secretly, saying that he was a national master.

Chen Jingxing's film style is actually quite broad. The media has even praised Chen Jingxing's diverse style, but he still sticks to science fiction themes, and of course now he has touched on war themes.

If I don't win the Golden Rooster Award, it will be a huge upset.

The discussion about the Golden Rooster Award has come to an end, and Lao Mouzi, who loves movies, turned the topic to movies again. Of course, "King Kong River" will be premiered soon, so we are still talking about each other's projects.

The three directors: Yin Li, Li Shaohong, and Cao Baoping, all graduated from the Beijing Film Academy.

After changing from 2017 to once a year, everyone thought that this moment would come sooner or later. After all, Chen Jingxing was still at his peak creative period.

Chen Jingxing couldn't help but feel a little sluggish after being secretly excited by being "revealed" by the imperial master so confidently.

I had this idea at the beginning of the year. I wanted to dig deeper into the subject of the Korean War, focus more carefully, and avoid shooting all-out war and grand narrative content.

I was already looking for someone to write the script at that time, but the National Film Group didn't agree with it very much. Lao Jiang also called me several times, saying that it was a bit perfunctory for me to make a movie like this in my position. I saw how cooperative Kai Ge was and how well he filmed it.

It will be difficult for me to get a good schedule for this kind of movie.

For the Golden Rooster Awards, which is held every two years and is really lagging behind, the situation is quite passive.

For an accomplished director who is getting older and older, this level of creative passion and energy is simply frightening.

"Interstellar" is indeed quite in line with the academic appetite.

Among the fifth generation directors, Zhang Yimou is truly unique.

"Above the Cliff", "Solid as a Rock", "Sniper", and "River Red", the four film schedules are staggeringly full, especially considering that this is a director who is over 70 years old.

This can be explained by generosity or high realm.

"Does it have something to do with me?"

Therefore, although Lao Mouzi was not a judge of this year's Golden Rooster Awards, he said that there would be three Golden Rooster Awards this year, which made Chen Jingxing not take it seriously.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the Golden Rooster Award is the Academy Award of the Beijing Film Academy. Apart from the Beijing Film Academy, those who can be included in the Golden Rooster Award jury must either be from the other two major academies, or have a well-established and popular identity, whether it is CCTV, art troupe

, Directors Guild, Writers Guild, Screenwriters Guild, they must have a serious identity.

It’s evident that fifth-generation directors like it so much.

Chen Jingxing is recognized as a quick shooter and model worker, basically maintaining a rhythm of three movies in two years.

China's first space movie, it is also very valuable and has won almost all awards at home and abroad.

Lao Mouzi spoke with great certainty: "The twelve nominations received before "Interstellar" already represent a certain attitude of the organizing committee. The judges will not understand."

Chen Jingxing said jokingly: "I thought I had to be tested again no matter what."

And now in the Chinese film industry, the only one who can rival Chen Jingxing's "diligence" is the National Master.

Just like when we worked with Universal to publicize the Golden Globes and Oscars, even if we were still not sure before the Oscars were announced, many things will lose their appeal once they are disenchanted.

To put it bluntly, it is human nature for a daughter-in-law to become a mother-in-law after many years of marriage.

Whether these measures and slogans will be effective is not yet said, but we are indeed very lucky. The saplings sprouted fruits as soon as they were planted, and the cultural propaganda slogan caught the political achievements that fell from the sky.

But this is the attitude of the competent authorities. No matter how dissatisfied you are, you have to hold your nose and admit it.

Awards, especially domestic awards, have always placed great emphasis on qualifications.

This is also the reason why it has been criticized frequently.

If Chen Jingxing hadn't been too young, the Golden Rooster Awards might have wanted to give him a Lifetime Achievement Award and send him away.

However, after all, the Golden Rooster Award is not the Hundred Flowers Award, which mainly focuses on popular awards. As an academy award and an elite award, it still needs to be more or less reserved.

That's why Chen Jingxing won the Best Director title after Zhang Yimou.

If there is value, there must be commerce, and if there is cultural output, there must be cultural output.

"Interstellar is so perfect..." Lao Mouzi said softly.

Lao Mouzi nodded: "Isn't the first part of your "1951" shot from the perspective of two ordinary soldiers? "Sniper" is also a movie with a very small perspective.

It can be described in one sentence, that is the grand party of Beijing Film Academy.

There are also ten film critics, film technicians, etc., eight of whom have teaching positions at Beijing Film Academy, five associate professors, one professor, one dean of the Fine Arts Department, and one is the vice president of Beijing Film Academy.

Of course, with the honors he has received, he is qualified to be open-minded and indifferent to the Golden Rooster Award.

This is the same whether it is a movie award or a TV series award.

Directors have a higher ecological niche and voice, and no one would be happy for young people to seize power over time.

And the key is that there is also cultural output.

"Whether it is the lens language or humanistic care, as well as the progressive foreshadowing of images and emotions, they are all impeccable."

"Source Code" even took back the box office championship in film history from Hollywood movies.

Of course, with the advent of the traffic era, many of the rules have been broken.

Lao Mouzi sighed: "Actually, it's not that there are no such voices, saying that I was wrong in awarding you the Best Director in 2015, and you should be suppressed again."

But even though I think so, there are still various voices advising you around, making people unable to make up their mind. After hearing about your project, I really thought about it.

Even a top commercial director like you is willing to make a movie that depicts the subtleties of war. How can I, a half-grown veteran, try to be brave and put on airs?"

The three actors: Pan Hong, Lu Qi, and Wang Jingchun, are either from the art troupe or the Shanghai Theater Academy.

Moreover, its films cover a wide range of local, martial arts, comedy, fantasy, history, war, espionage, and romance, and even enter the new field of police and criminal suspense.

The ideas that are popular in many industries to "give young people more training" or advocate "seniority based on seniority" are generally due to the subtle psychology of the elderly who have the right to speak.

According to common sense, the Golden Rooster Award will not allow people to achieve such achievements casually.

Especially directors and actors are different.

But because it was still held every two years at that time, the two years between 2013 and 2015 saw the rise of DreamWorks, which produced three movies in succession: "Fatal Identity", "The Signal" and "Source Code".

When discussing the possibility of the Golden Rooster Award and his three awards, there was no trace of bitterness in Lao Mouzi's tone about the young man coming from behind and tying his own brilliant achievements.

In particular, Zhang Yimou is about to co-direct the tribute film "Sniper" with his baby daughter, which will start shooting in November.

He could only complain to himself in his heart: "Sure enough, people are just cheap."

But the three letters are different after all, and the weight is quite tempting.

Throughout the previous Golden Rooster Awards judges, most of them came from academies.

A screenwriter: Li Qiang, graduated from Yangzhou Opera.

Maybe some people don't like Chen Jingxing, or they don't want Chen Jingxing to achieve such an achievement too quickly - after all, it's the same thing to be aware of the standard of a movie and the director's talent. As an old man, it's uncomfortable to see young people so dazzling.

Another thing.

The reason why the judges for the Golden Rooster Award are basically from academic circles and within the system is to better convey the intentions of the competent authorities.

But the National Master’s love for movies is really admirable.

Only one person in history has achieved three Golden Rooster Awards, and that is the National Master.

Thanks to multiple influences, Chen Jingxing won the first Golden Rooster trophy for Best Director with "Signal".

The atmosphere has already been set up, just waiting for you to shiver.

To be honest, Chen Jingxing doesn't care that much about the simple Best Director, even if it is the Golden Rooster Award, which is currently the most famous and most watched award in the Chinese film industry.

I didn’t expect that when this day came, it would be so hard to refuse.

"...The reason why I made up my mind to make "Sniper" actually has something to do with you."

The older I get, the more relaxed I become.

"Interstellar" is a near-perfect movie. This evaluation was not only publicly praised by the National Master, but also by Chen Kaige.

For example, the list of judges for this year's Golden Rooster Awards has been announced, with a total of 17 people.

That's why the problem of the Golden Rooster Award came so quickly.

Not only did it usher in the sci-fi era of domestic films, but its box office performance also continued to rise.

Compared with Guoshi, it pales into insignificance. Regardless of the quality, this pioneering spirit is enough to stun people. Moreover, although the quality of Guoshi's works since "The Great Wall" cannot be said to be very good, they are definitely among the best.

Above the level.

Just this conversation did not make Chen Jingxing feel that he was communicating with an old man who was over seventy years old.

Perhaps Lao Mouzi has no extraordinary talent in script writing - among outstanding directors - but his thinking speed is quite fast and he is very receptive to different ideas and creativity. Chen Jingxing was discussing with him some recent domestic and foreign films.

At that time, I could barely feel the generation gap.

It's a pity that the pleasant exchange ended abruptly after "King Kong River" started.

Both Lao Mouzi and him are the kind of people who take movies extremely seriously, especially such a heavyweight movie from a famous director that everyone is paying attention to.