On October 22, 1905, the expert seminar on the documentary film "Actor" produced by the Movie Channel Program Center and jointly produced by Huacheng Film and Television Digital Program Co., Ltd. and the Central Party School Dayou Film and Television Center Co., Ltd. was held in Beijing. Zhang Ling, editor-in-chief and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Movie Channel Program Center, Wang Pingjiu, deputy editor-in-chief of the Movie Channel Program Center, Professor Situ Zhaodun, a famous professor of the Beijing Film Academy, Hu Zhifeng, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and vice president of the Beijing Film Academy, Li Daoxin, vice dean of the School of Arts of Peking University, Rao Shuguang, president of the China Film Critics Association, Sun Chonglei, deputy secretary general of the China Filmmakers Association, Pan Yilin, director of the film "Actor", from People's Daily, Guangming Daily, China Film News, Beijing Youth Daily, and Beijing Normal University. Experts and scholars from the Communication University of China and other units attended the seminar.
The documentary film "Actor" is the first film in China to explore the virtues of actors. Taking "22 Major Film Stars of New China" as the starting point, the film lasts for five years and records in various forms, telling the film experience and artistic achievements of the older generation of film performance artists such as Yu Lan, Qin Yi, Tian Hua, Yu Yang, Wang Xiaotang, Jin Di, Xie Fang, Zhu Xijuan, Niu Ben, etc., excavating their perceptions and thoughts about the profession of actors for more than half a century, and paying tribute to Chinese films with the classic film image they have created.
Zhang Ling, editor-in-chief of the Program Center of the Movie Channel, presided over the seminar, and she first briefly described the origin of the creation of the documentary film "Actor", "Over the past few years, we have made this film with sincere trepidation, respect for old artists, respect for performing arts, and a sense of tribute to Chinese films. We try to show the style of the older generation of Chinese film artists through interviews and records of these living 'New China's 22 Film Stars'. ”
Professor Situ Zhaodun of the Beijing Film Academy spoke affectionately: "While watching the movie, I am grateful for this professionalism of our older generation, this sense of dedication, this sense of ceremony, this solemnity, and admiration, although I am very familiar with them, this film still evokes my deep love for them in my heart, I think we should inherit the dedication and solemnity of the older generation of artists to the profession of actors, 'acting innocently and seriously', and the documentary movie "Actor" tells us, Don't forget that this is the most important thing. ”
Subsequently, the participating experts conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges on the theme content, era background, creative methods and value significance of the documentary film "Actor".
In terms of thematic background, Hu Zhifeng, deputy secretary of the party committee and vice president of the Beijing Film Academy, highly affirmed the special value of "Actor", "The 22 major film stars are a very splendid chapter in the cultural history and development history of our republic, and it is also a pioneering move with Chinese characteristics, which has had a major impact on Chinese film culture and the shaping of China's entire contemporary socialist culture." This film is a landmark achievement of the team represented by director Pan Yilin and the entire film channel for many years for the film culture and socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, from the perspective of actors and stars, vivid records, profound records and meaningful and valuable records. At the same time, he believes that the film profoundly reveals the spirit of actors and the spirit of Chinese actors, "What is the spirit of actors? The spirit of the actor is that the drama is bigger than the sky, and he dedicates himself to the art, which is the spirit of the actor. What is the Spirit of Chinese Actors? That is, our films and our art serve the party, the country, the times, and most importantly, the people. ”
Li Daoxin, deputy dean of the School of Arts of Peking University, praised that this film is the personal sentiment of director Pan Yilin, and it is an authorial documentary based on his personal understanding of the film and actors, "It is based on such a foundation, I especially admire the support of the film channel and related producers for an author, because a film with such a theme is unlikely to have a high box office, its greater significance is cultural accumulation and historical inheritance, and it is very rare for people to be willing to support this film in such a situation. It also shows that the movie channel, as an important medium, pays full attention to the history of the film itself, to a genre such as film history, and puts it at the level of personal creation, which is also a progress in our Chinese film culture. ”
Sun Chonglei, deputy secretary general of the China Filmmakers Association, particularly emphasized that the literary and art workers embodied in the film shoulder the important responsibility of enlightening the mind, cultivating sentiments, and warming the soul, "The actor's social strength is great, and he should have lofty ambitions and noble sentiments to set an example for society." The older generation has set a good benchmark and example in this regard, and the successors should have this inheritance and carry forward this spirit, which is also the meaning of this film. This film can also play an important role in promoting the construction of the film industry, how to strengthen the construction of the film industry, is an important topic we are facing now, this film has a very good reference value, we can put such films in the future professional ethics and education and training to educate people, infect people, enlighten people. ”
Wang Jun, general manager of the Central Party School Dayou Film and Television Center Co., Ltd., emphasized the value of the film in combination with the hot spots in the current showbiz circle, "When we disseminate this film, we may have to think more about what is shaped by art morality, and when we constantly say that there are old problems in the showbiz circle now, everyone has to ask, what does the artist's artistic virtue come from today? This film gives a good answer, it comes from the shaping of the times, the shaping of our actors by the times. Actors should be able to represent the times, and through this film, we call for changing the entire social ecological environment of literature and film. ”
In terms of value, Rao Shuguang, president of the China Film Critics Association, believes that the rescue record of the film "has special value for understanding the history of Chinese cinema, understanding the inheritance of a spirit of Chinese filmmakers, and how to further carry forward and expand in our new era and make our contribution to the construction of a film power." At the same time, the significance of the film for the present is to establish a positive guide, "there must be more such constructive spiritual theory, the power of values and the power of art, as well as their power to strive for excellence in art." ”
Zhang Guotao, executive director of the Media Art and Culture Research Center of the Communication University of China, affirmed "Actors" from the perspective of the value of historical materials and the practical significance of responding to the times, "The production team is particularly attentive, the film creativity may have planted seeds since 2002, and they have recorded a rich and thick history in a rescue manner, which is the value of historical material collections." And the launch of the work at this point at this moment is exactly a practical significance in response to the times, which is very important. ”
Liu Jun, director of the Scientific Research Office of the Beijing Film Academy, believes that the artistry of the film complements the theme, "Our 22 major film stars must have matching film works to represent them, in addition to the films they have shot before and the classic roles they have created, we also need new creations to express, I think Pan Yilin's "Actor" has reached such a level. "How exactly do we perform? How to cultivate performing talents? What are the new developments in the performing arts? I think this documentary film really expresses the thinking of our actors and old artists on the wisdom of performance. ”
In terms of creative techniques, Tian Huiqun, a professor at the School of Arts and Media of Beijing Normal University, believes that the film "has a special moderation aesthetic as a documentary, does not have a large number of voices, does not do a particularly subjective kind of guidance, and even does not have a special soundtrack, including its silent transitions, which are particularly suitable for the tone of this film, calm and unhurried, not deliberately sensational, but let the audience be particularly moved." ”
Li Chunli, deputy director of the Literature and Art Department of Guangming Daily, started from the name of the film, saying that the title of the film is "Actor" instead of "Artist", and has a level-headed attitude, "They regard themselves as the most ordinary people, regard actors as a profession, and interpret their profession with a professional spirit, which is the height of a very important film." The professionalism of the old artists, the attitude of taking root in life, and the understanding and cognition of the role are all vigorously advocated by us now, and they are also very in line with our current direction of rectification of the literary and art circle, and have a leading role. ”
Dong Yang, editor-in-chief of the Theoretical Criticism Office of the Literature and Art Department of the People's Daily, put forward the similarities and differences between "stars" and "actors" from the perspective of film science and film theory: "Are stars and actors the same in the end? In what sense are they the same and in what sense are they different? Especially today, we say traffic stars, rice circle culture, fan culture, especially to study the mechanism of actors and stars, what is a star? What is an actor? I was very touched to see this film, because the older generation of film actors have a very clear understanding of this issue, have a very clear understanding of their position as an ordinary laborer and as an ordinary literary and artistic worker, and use this film to understand the current phenomenon of actors and stars, which will help us correctly view this problem, correctly solve this problem, and play a constructive role. ”
Huang Fu Yichuan, editor-in-chief of Contemporary Film Magazine and president of China Film News, pointed out, "I think that "Actor" is first of all a record of images, that is, its documentary value, because it can be watched repeatedly, that is, after 100 years, how many years later, you can go back to such a historical scene and experience a lot of things, I think this thing is immeasurable." The documentary film "Actors" "has a flavor of meta-cinema", is a film about moving, about history, about acting, about self-confidence, about the beauty of actors, about today'. ”
Ah Lang, editor-in-chief of "Watching Movies" magazine, commented: "We often hear the actor's sense of belief, and it was difficult for me to clearly judge what is the actor's sense of belief, whether it is the specific characters and the understanding of specific roles when performing, or the concept of the entire career. But the unwavering sense of conviction presented by these old artists in this film is particularly unforgettable. ”
"Beijing Youth Daily" reporter Wu Fei put forward suggestions on how to promote the film to young people and evoke the youth memories of the older generation of film fans, "Everyone knows that the publicity of the documentary is difficult, a work can present its value, a large part of it is to let people see it, our work needs to study the channels for young audiences to contact the film information, through their favorite publicity to reach the audience, so that the audience can feel the personal charm of the older generation of artists and the value of this film. Attract them into the theater to watch movies, can not let such a good movie quietly release and disappear. ”
Sha Dan, curator of the China Film Archive, made a sincere suggestion in the promotion of the film: there are many fragments in the film, which are the clips that have become popular again in the famous Internet. For example, in "Wrangler", the cow beech said" "I will find you a daughter-in-law", which became the hottest communication mode on the Internet in the first two years. Now "Chosin Lake" is being released, "Actor" also has a paragraph on Ganling, you can combine the original picture in the old movie and the picture now filmed, especially the old artist said that the gunfire cut the mountain, which can be promoted through short videos to let everyone see the look of that year. It can be linked with the "Shangganling Spirit" that we publicize and advocate, and the value of this film has already been reflected.
Director Pan Yilin sincerely said in the end that "Actor" is the first step he took as a film director, thank you very much for the high evaluation and love given by experts to this film, and hope that in the future, he will continue to create on the subject of documentary films and provide more mature and excellent film works.
The seminar lasted for nearly three and a half hours, and the experts and scholars spoke enthusiastically and had a heated discussion, and they shared their viewing experiences with special attention and seriousness, analyzed and refined the significance and value of the film, and put forward valuable opinions and suggestions. Everyone unanimously agreed that the older generation of film artists and the generation of literary and art workers they represented in the documentary film "Actors" have left an indelible screen image with superb acting skills, constructed the glorious years of a generation of filmmakers, and they have painted a portrait of the times, established a legacy for the times, and created a moral virtue for the times with firm faith pursuit, excellent artistic talent, and noble moral ethics. The older generation of artists have demonstrated the essence of "actors" with simple values - there is mud under their feet, there is light in their hearts, they pursue in the spirit of "learning art before learning morality, doing drama before being a person", they touch people's hearts with roles, reflect the times with their works, convey faith with their professions, always closely link their personal destiny with the fate of the country, and interpret the profound connotation of the four words of "virtue and art double xin" with their own artistic life. "Actor" has important historical value and practical significance, through these light and shadow records where history and reality intersect, the precious spirit of the older generation of Chinese actors will be brought back to the present, and the whole society will be called on to inherit and carry forward together.