Cover news reporter Yang Fan
"Staying here every day, you will think of this place as the whole world, no longer pursuing, no longer owning, you have to leave for a while." 」 This line comes from the classic film Cinema Paradiso, and the famous director Jacques Behan, who now stars in the film, has left us permanently. On April 21, Local time in France, Jacques Behan died at the age of 80. The filmmaker has visited China several times, and he loves this oriental country with a strong humanistic atmosphere. He has said more than once that he wants to leave a legendary work for the great country. Now that the Scythians have passed away, this wish in his lifetime has become a permanent regret.
Poster of Cinema Paradiso
Jacques Behan was born on 13 July 1941 in Paris, France. He starred in the comedy "The Suitcase Girl" in 1960 and began to make a name for himself in the film industry. Subsequently, he starred in "Focus News", "Half a Man", "Tatar Desert", "The Police's Promise", "Paradise Cinema", "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" and other films, and won the Best Actor in the Volpi Cup at the 31st Venice Film Festival for the film "Half a Man". His role as an adult Toto in the movie "Cinema Paradiso" is also one of his most recognizable screen images.
As a director, his nature documentaries "Migrating Birds", "Oceans" and "Four Seasons of the Earth", which he co-directed with Jacques Kruaud, have become classic nature films in film history. As a producer, he co-produced "Focus News" won the 42nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, and he also participated in the production of "Beyond Life", "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class", "Microcosm", "Time Journey" and other films.
Migrating Birds poster
Among the many films about nature directed by Jacques Behan, from migratory birds to the vast sea, every breath of life on earth is presented in his lens. In Jacques Behan's lens, looking up at the universe, from dust to the sea; you can also look down on the grandeur of the category, from insects, swimming fish to birds, in the lens, he always pays attention to the future and destiny of mankind. The celebration of life is the common voice in Jacques Behan's documentary, whether it is a small ant or an eagle with wings spread, they are trying to live every day. Jacques Behan, who recorded this, was happy, feeling the pulse and heartbeat of nature.
Jacques Behan came to China several times during his lifetime for cultural exchanges. In 2017, he was invited to serve as the honorary chairman of the documentary section of the Beijing International Film Festival, and his latest work "Four Seasons of the Earth" is the opening film of the documentary section. In addition to serving as chairman of the jury, Jacques. Behan also has another important purpose this time. He once said, "I'm here to fulfill my dreams." It's a film festival that makes me dream, and now I'm here to make it happen, to leave a legendary story for this great country. ”
Jacques Behan in his youth
In an interview with domestic media that year, Jacques Behan said that he had made many films about nature, the earth and life before, and now he hoped that there would be a beautiful story that happened in this part of China, "I will extract experience from the nature films I have made before to make this film." ”
What many people don't actually know is that Jacques. Every time Behan came to China, he actually began to collect video data from various provinces in a very low-key manner. He hopes to let the global audience see more beautiful Chinese architecture and historical sites. More noteworthy, Jacques. Behan wanted to make this work about China the first feature film of his life. In Jacques. In Behan's view, documentaries will be more inclined to technical creation and face more uncertainty, while feature films are more like using content to achieve an idea. "Of course, both are a spiritual treat."
Jacques Behan in China
Jacques Behan revealed that the plot of the film is not complicated, telling the story of a chinese boy who was once unfriendly to the animals around him, who was made extremely small by some magic, and in order to escape the revenge of the previous abused animals, the little boy had to live on the back of a large bird, and as the big bird crossed most of China, he later became an animal protector. "You can also think of the film as a fairy tale of a little boy, and from here you can also discover China's thousands of years of cultural and architectural accumulation."
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