At night, it is dark on all sides.
In the open-air cinema, only the curtain and the eyes under the screen are lit.
The light that refracts the film.
Who would have thought that a picture that has been haunting the young memory of the fifth generation director Zhang Yimou will appear in 2021, the most prosperous capital city center with the fourth largest population (total population) in the country.
Chengdu.
Two months after the end of the Xining Youth Film Festival, FIRST opened a seven-day parallel film festival in Chengdu.
At the end of the film festival, Gao Han's "Hexi" won a million start-up funds, and 6 genre feature films each received 100,000 shooting funds.
The other 6 films are: the crime comedy "Shameless Road" directed by Ou Yixiao, the fantasy love "Bad Universe, Good Marriage" directed by Zhao Naifu, the family film "Walking and Stopping" directed by Long Fei, the martial arts suspense "Wind and Snow Night Return" directed by Yang Zizheng, the female suspense "Mortal" directed by Li Yingyi, and the comedy "Why Bother" directed by Chen Sonming.
This is also the first time FIRST has been held in another city.
Why Chengdu, which was chosen by the movie?
A piece of data.
As of September 13 this year, following the Listing of Shanghai, North, Shenzhen and Guangzhou (in descending order), the fifth ticket warehouse city to break 1 billion yuan is Chengdu.
It turned out that there was a large group of people who loved movies hidden here.
So today's article, Sir does not talk directly about movies.
Sir wanted to talk about beyond the movie, or rather, about "under the movie"—the soil of the movie.
Different soils give birth to different stories.
It's like making "The Godfather" not only in the United States, but also back to Sicily; making "Forrest Gump" is not only about filming the Vietnam War, but also about returning to Alabama, the native land where he was born...
The person in the story is always inextricably linked to the soil under his feet; history and time flow into the blood, which will affect the choice of the character, and the soil and habits flow into the blood can shape the character's character.
The soil we are talking about today is called Chengdu.
It's a matter of course, and there have been a lot of great stories.
Don't worry.
Because they're not in a hurry to become movies yet.
01
As the head city of Sichuan and Chongqing, Chongqing seems to be more prominent in recent years.
The terrain of the mountain city, the climate of the fog, coupled with the subway through the wall, the night view of Hongya Cave, supplemented by movies such as "Hotpot Hero" and "Crazy Stone", have broken out of the screen label of "Crime Capital" for Chongqing.
Chongqing dialect is like pouring beans, the speed of speech is urgent and fast, and the movies in Chongqing also come with fast pace, boldness and hotness.
But what about Chengdu?
Seems to be some kind of antonym.
Although they all love spicy food, the hot pot is all dining table c seats, and the accent seems to be similar (wrong).
But Chengdu makes an impression in literary and artistic works.
Like its dialect, slow down, a little softer.
The story associated with it, you have to savor.
Like Zhao Lei's "Chengdu", which was sung, everyone sang, but the Chengdu in the song was always blurred.
"Take a walk with me on the streets of Chengdu Oh...
Don't stay until all the lights are out
Take a walk with me on the streets of Chengdu Oh...
You're going to pull on my sleeve and I'm going to put my hand in my pants pocket
Walk to the end of Yulin Road and walk through the door of the tavern."
The South African writer Coetzee once said that the distinction between man and man depends on a certain flame in everyone's heart.
Sir believes the city is too.
Every city has its own pulse.
It's like both cities have mountains, and they can all enter the scene of the movie, but the taste is different.
The mountains of Chongqing are in the city, so the chongqing people have a dare to climb the mountain and dare to think and dare to do;
The mountains of Chengdu are on the edge of the city, always creating a certain imagination and expectation of the distance.
△ Picture by photographer Canaan
Chengdu is probably the only big city where you can see the snowy mountains in the city.
In the past three years, an average of 5 days a month have encountered snow-capped mountains (and increasing year by year).
As long as you stand high enough, the front is open enough, and the air is refreshing enough that day.
"Generally Chengdu citizens in the city to look west, can see the snow mountain includes the Siguniang Mountain sister peak, 6250 meters above sea level, is also the highest mountain can be seen by the naked eye, its location is slightly northerly in the west; longmen mountain, in the northwest-east position; Xiling Snow Mountain, in the west of the city to the south. Further south there are some snow-capped mountains in the direction of Ya'an..."
△ Jiang Jun, captain of the mountain rescue team of Sichuan Mountaineering Association
"The window contains the thousand autumn snow of the West Ridge, and the door is berthed by the East Wu Wanli Ship."
Who would have thought that Xiling Xue, who had cured the middle-aged frustration of the poet Du Fu, was still lying by the window of the people of Chengdu today.
Du Fu came to Rong at the age of 47, and his desire to create was unprecedented, leaving 475 poems in 4 years.
The poetic style is even more to change the misery of the wandering period, and has a rare emotion and comfort.
"Kezhi" and "Riverside Alone In Search of Flowers , Qiliu", mentioning neighbors, getting along is very harmonious.
The spring water in the north and south of the house is spring water, but the flock of gulls comes day by day.
The flower path has not been swept by guests, and the Pengmen gate is now open for the king.
PanYi City is far from tasteless, and the bottle restaurant is poor and only old.
Ken drank opposite his neighbor and called out the remaining cups across the fence.
Huang Siniang's family is full of flowers, and thousands of flowers are pressed low.
The butterflies dance from time to time, and the warblers cry at ease.
Go to Wuhou Temple to punch the clock, and have a feeling:
Where to find the ancestral hall of the Prime Minister, Outside the Jinguan City, Persensen.
The green grass of the ying order is self-colored, and the yellow orioles in the next leaf are empty and good.
The three Gu frequently annoyed the world's plans, and the two dynasties opened the hearts of the old ministers.
He died before he could get out of the division, and the hero was in tears.
An ordinary spring rain can also produce joy.
Good rain knows the season, when spring is happening.
Dive into the night with the wind, and the moisturizer is silent.
The wild trails are dark and the river boats are alone.
Xiao looked at the red wet place, and the flowers were heavy in the official city.
Chengdu is a city with hidden inspiration.
But it won't be exposed to you immediately.
Just like the snowy mountains outside the windows of Chengdu people, they always inadvertently release what they have hidden.
△ Qingcheng Mountain, Du Fu Caotang
02
The vista is the poetry and distance of Chengdu, looking closer?
The crevices of Chengdu's city are crammed with stories.
CCTV documentary, the second episode of "My City".
Chengdu Jinli Snack Street, full of tourists.
Pot helmets, yellow mash, burnt cakes, rabbit heads, wolf's tooth potatoes, hot tofu...
Two men appeared, a middle-aged man I am often seen with, the other with curly hair and a high nose.
Well, the local uncle brought foreign friends to visit the attractions of Chengdu.
The next second, Sir gave a smile.
The foreign friend pointed to the pot helmet in his hand, a face of "I am familiar", and gave the uncle next to him a science popularization.
"Eat too much or a little shout (salty)
In Chengdu this only sells Jiao Jiao owe (five dimes)"
A foreigner melted by Chengdu.
There are famous non-indigenous Chengdu people, the mother tongue how to say completely forget, Chengdu dialect thief Jonathan Jiang Muan.
It's even better than Chengdu people.
When it comes to the fullest, it will drag on the end note that is infused with the soul
"Oops, eat the pot every day."
Oops, can't beat up, ó~"
You can find ghost food (supper stalls) that have not yet been laid out.
Looking at the intoxication on his face after finding enough to brew peppers, the chili oil could not raise this full of love for more than ten years.
After 18 years in Rong, now without any accident, he has opened a hot pot restaurant.
His greatest wish is to wait for someone with a relationship, have a child, and accompany him to grow up in Chengdu.
Can let people cross the language, customs, and recognize other hometowns as hometowns, Chengdu is indeed magical.
There's something even better.
Just eat.
Hot pot, skewers for supper, stir-fried lobster, toothpick beef, boiled meat slices... Spicy with numbness, good without strength.
△ Sir still remembers the first time he went to Chengdu, the car drove to the near city and smelled the smell of hot pot (I don't know if it was because it was cloudy that day)
Chengdu people can eat spicy, but they can also tolerate the lightness of tea.
There is a saying how to say, Sichuan tea house A world, Chengdu tea house A Sichuan.
At dawn, the tea houses in People's Park are full.
A square table is set up in the middle, surrounded by a bamboo chair with a long and low backrest that can be half-reclined. Business together, the boiling water to make tea flushes out the water vapor, and the smoke lit by the tea customers is pouring out in the morning in Chengdu.
In addition to eating, the two high-frequency words that Chengdu people like to use are also interesting - Xiongqi and Bashi.
The former is to cheer up, and the latter often describes the relaxation and comfort after refueling.
Therefore, the personality of Chengdu people has two sides.
On the one hand, ideal, one side may be to let go; on the other hand, it may be to look away.
Don't say that Chengdu people are not so contradictory, this is not a contradiction, this is the dialectic of Chengdu people, they use it to distinguish things and make life choices.
This comes with conflicting personality traits, and it is easy to produce full movie characters.
And there are many such character prototypes in Chengdu.
03
There is an old saying that less does not enter the river, and the old does not leave Shu.
Translated into the vernacular, pension resort, young and cautious.
To Sir, it's time for an update.
The big city of Chengdu also has a lot of high-rise buildings and busy workplaces.
Chengdu is suitable for "nourishing the heart".
The CCTV documentary "My City" began with the storyteller Li Boqing sitting in the seat.
Chengdu people love to call him Li Beibei (uncle), and as soon as he opens his mouth, he is a reassuring pill.
Chengdu is like this, high and high, low and low, depending on how you live.
In Chengdu, you can pass by a thousand and two super. Still playing friends, really not who shouts at you to eat a big meal, you take him to eat snacks.
A bowl of flour mash is laid on the base, then a fritter is eaten to prop up, and then a nest of oil cake covers, and then rolled with a sugar oil fruit... You don't get hungry for a day.
Of course, Li Beibei's words do not mean that the ease of Chengdu is not suitable for struggle.
The bustling Chunxi Road is a shopping paradise.
Li Beibei pointed out the atmosphere of the city of Chengdu:
As long as you love life itself, what kind of life in Chengdu is worth living.
With such an atmosphere, where is there no good story, good characters?
Sir's deepest impression of Chengdu was laughter.
The pottery statues in the Chengdu Museum, no matter what kind of work (even species) and identity, have a cute smile on their faces.
The documentary "My City" in Chengdu is almost always smiling in front of the camera.
It was a spontaneous laugh of satisfaction with life.
The grandfather who smoked in the tea house and was caught by the camera had it, and there were also young people living in Chengdu who had faces.
The owner of the fly house, the taste is good, there are guests, the mood is cool and there are fake tricks.
The fly restaurant that Jiang Mu went to eat was delicious and cheap.
Sauce beef sausage 15 pieces a bowl, but this price, may be a corner out of the alley can rise 5 pieces.
Asked the boss why not rise, the boss laughed.
"Want to raise prices."
It's okay to get by."
Well, how to make money is not enough.
No, I've put up all the notices and I'm going to take a tourist holiday.
"Make money or not make money, go out and play"
Should older girls go to work to get married and get pregnant?
Two girls who love cosplay refuse to do it.
There are comic exhibition activities to perform, in their spare time to the cloth market to buy cloth, wiring, with the old sewing machine left by grandma, make suitable costumes, performance props.
Dress yourself up.
A needle and a thread are not the most expensive and best big brands.
The girls walk through the streets, and the strangers have to quietly boast.
"You can't buy this."
Nice"
Wedding stylists, while designing a once-in-a-lifetime surprise for others, also imagine their own weddings.
He has his own different love.
Urban female white-collar workers from nine to five wear high heels, black shirts and black-rimmed glasses, and work diligently and earnestly.
I took off my pink heels and put on my motorcycle ride and legging boots.
Four or five hundred pounds of motorcycle girls can not afford to support? It is not okay to find a method like a man.
……
Compared with the highly sung "Chengdu", Sir loves the dialect rap of the Dagger Yang Brothers more, and sings the proud and lovely Chengdu girl.
Flowers Morning Glory Flowers Trumpet Flowers
Flowers One ear is seven vertical and eight
Flowers Hibiscus flowers Moon flowers
Flowers A lot of flowers climb all over the courtyard dam
Flowers Rhododendron hair Peony flowers
Flowers Flowers Five golden flowers in Chengdu
Brain flowers, hoof flowers, green onions, waist flowers
There is also one of the most beautiful trembling flowers
Kawada went to see the lotus flowers
People's Park to see chrysanthemums
Longquan Mountain to see peach blossoms
It looks like there are strange flowers everywhere
My love was originally a pure gardenia flower
But I encountered this most beautiful trembling flower
The trembling mouth is really scary to rub it
Beware of being scared to death when the individual goes back to call out to mom
Chengdu men are like a mimosa flower
Let you rake you rake
If you wipe eight, you rub eight
A Woman in Chengdu is an impenetrable flower in the water
How good it is to be good at good times
Pick you up when you get into trouble
It's concrete and vivid.
Just like Chengdu.
Absorb gently, respect is not strong.
Livable and suitable for film growth.
The lonely youth under the paulownia tree is far away; the ashes of the collapse of the 420 factory have long since dissipated; on the freight train that roars through the Jinkouhe Grand Canyon opposite Guanyin Mountain, there are no young people looking for love...
△ "Thirteen Paulownia Trees", "Guanyin Mountain", "Twenty-Four Cities"
But Sir believed.
The story of the city of Chengdu.
Always happening.
The picture in this article comes from the network
Editorial Assistant: Monica stayed