Qu Jianfang, a well-known animation artist, the general director of the series "The Story of Avanti" and the art design, died in Shanghai on March 19, 2021 at the age of 86 due to ineffective medical treatment. Obituary information is provided by the deceased's family.
Yes, Teacher Qu has been gone for more than three months, and we know. On the one hand, because the family obeyed his last wishes, the funeral was simple and silent. Second, Teacher Qu has long been out of the institutional background, and in recent years, he has come to live in simplicity, so his friends and public media are almost unclear about his recent situation. Although I once had a lot of intersection with Teacher Qu, it has been almost 4 years since the last time we met. After that, Teacher Qu was in poor health, and we all contacted Teacher Cai Yuanlan (animation director and Teacher Qu's lover). After hearing that Teacher Qu had passed away, we contacted Teacher Cai for the first time and confirmed the news.
The 11th episode of "The Story of Avanti", signed by Qu Jianfang and signed by the rest of the main creators, "Bao Donkey", completed the stage book and hid the collection of anime materials
The protracted "Avanti Animation Image Copyright Dispute Case" was a sensation and was even included in the copyright law textbook. In his later years, Every time Teacher Qu talked about this, he was extremely excited, which undoubtedly caused great damage to his memory state, expression state and emotional state. In fact, this is a "historical legacy problem" in the planned economy era when copyright protection laws and regulations are not yet perfect, and it is indeed difficult to adjudicate.
But in the eyes of others, whether from the perspective of legal theory or human feelings, there could have been a more satisfactory solution. Unfortunately, no, the dignity of the artist is completely crushed. I can fully understand that what Teacher Qu wants to fight for is the ownership of the artistic image that he has devoted more than ten years of hard work to. After the lawsuit was fought, the economic problem was not the most important, and What Teacher Qu wanted more was a statement (the content of the case is not the focus of this article, interested friends can check it by themselves).
The above reasons also made my interview with Teacher Qu not perfect. Although we have met many times, we have only sat down and chatted quietly with Mr. Qu only two or three times, while the formal interview has only been held once. Around 2016, Teacher Qu's physical and mental condition began to deteriorate, and it was no longer suitable for long-term interviews. Teacher Qu's desire to express himself is still strong, but stating the past too often and too often, especially the unpleasant past, will obviously cause repeated damage to his spirit. Of course, long-term lonely emotional states can also accelerate people's aging.
In July 2017, our team invited Teacher Qu Jianfang and Teacher Cai Yuanlan to participate in Tencent QQJOY's "Tribute to Classics" party
In the summer of 2019, I sent the finished interview with Teacher Qu to Teacher Cai for review and finalization. According to Teacher Cai, Teacher Qu was too easily excited, so the manuscript did not dare to show him in the end. This interview was planned to be compiled into my book early on, and it was about to be completed. In order to commemorate the teacher of the song, I will first excerpt a part here to share with you.
Communicating with Teacher Qu is very relaxed, there is no pressure. Teacher Qu has always been an artist, although he has been in the business field for many years, he does not have any businessman qualities, and sometimes even innocent and simple like a child. People around me said that Teacher Qu was actually not very suitable for business. Teacher Qu himself said that he was just a chairman who "ate instant noodles and slept on the sofa".
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