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In the history of global film, there are many directors who have stood on the altar of the gods, and many have fallen, but it is rare for chen Kaige to "fall so fiercely".
Some people joked that Chen Kaige was "the peak of his debut".
On the surface, it seems to be a high praise for Chen Kaige, but in fact, it is obviously praised and secretly degraded, and it satirizes Chen Dao's high and low walk!
In fact, it is no wonder that the audience will have such an opinion on Chen Kaige, throughout his entire directorial career, "Overlord Farewell" is the peak, and "Wuji" is Feng ShuiLing.
Before "Farewell to the Overlord", the artistic value of Chen Kaige's works has been repeatedly affirmed.
His debut film "Yellow Land" won the Silver Leopard Award at the 38th Locarno International Film Festival and the Tran Cup Director Award at the 29th Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The second directing work, "The Child King", was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and won chen Kaige the Golden Rooster Award for Director's Special Award.
In 1993, Chen Kaige really stepped onto the altar with "Farewell to the Overlord". The film was released in the United States and grossed $5.22 million, was shortlisted for the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, and won the Palme d'Or at the 46th Cannes Film Festival... It can be said that Chen Kaige is honored and waited.
The film is not only recognized by professional filmmakers, but also highly recognized by the public, with a Douban score of 9.6, ranking second in the Douban global film history list.
Unfortunately, Chen Kaige's extraordinary talent in "Farewell to the Overlord" seems to be short-lived, and although the subsequent works are not bad, they are no longer bright.
An even more fatal blow was that in 2005, a "Wuji" completely pulled Chen Kaige off the altar and became the object of ridicule, and how hot "A Blood Case Caused by a Steamed Bun" was, how embarrassed Chen Kaige was.
The blow brought by "Wuji" made Chen Kai walk for nearly ten years before he gradually eased up.
However, in the past decade, the audience's confidence in Chen Dao's ability has become more and more insufficient, and there are even conspiracy theories that "Farewell to the Overlord" is not from Chen Kaige's hand, but by his father Chen Huaikai.
Although this statement looks funny, it is enough to reflect everyone's disappointment and doubts about Chen Kaige.
For those who doubt Chen Kaige's ability to direct, Pigo thinks that they should not have seen a short film of only 10 minutes , "The Depths of a Hundred Flowers".
In 2002, in order to show the highest artistic level of contemporary world cinema, a British film company decided to make a film called "Ten Minutes of Aging", and hired 15 master directors from around the world to spend 10 minutes each to tell a small story.
Invited directors include Bonaparte Bertolucci, the Italian director who made "The Last Emperor," Michael Redford, the British director who made "The Postman," and Claire Dennis, the director of "Day and Night.", among others.
Among the Chinese directors, only Chen Kaige received an invitation.
In the end, Chen Kaige also did not live up to expectations, handing over a stunning ten-minute answer sheet - "The Depths of a Hundred Flowers", the short film Douban score of 9.1, much higher than the average score of "Ten Minutes of Aging" of 8.5.
It is an absurdist work, and the film begins with a noisy moving scene, with the protagonists appearing one by one.
The mover played by Geng Le has just finished the moving work between the high-rise buildings, and a strange guest comes to the door, hoping that Geng Le can help move.
Geng Le asked the other party what to call, the guest did not say his name, only a sentence "they all call me Mr. Feng", although there are not many words, but a taste of old Beijing spontaneously emerged, instantly in stark contrast to Geng Le's casual sense of modernity, as if the collision of British traditional culture and emerging American culture.
Mr. Feng's family lives in Baihua Lane, and when he took the moving company's car home, Mr. Feng, who is an old Beijinger, seems to be very unfamiliar with the scenery on both sides of the road. Workers found Mr. Feng's performance interesting, and Geng Le couldn't help but quip: "Now this old Beijing is only lost in Beijing!" ”
When Geng Le came to the depths of the Hundred Flowers according to Mr. Feng's guidance, what appeared in front of him was not the furniture to be moved, but the ruins of the broken wall that had been razed to the ground, and only a large locust tree that did not know how many years had lived stood in the wind.
Mr. Feng insisted that in front of the empty object was a large quadrangle compound, where there was a rosewood wardrobe, where there was a amphora vase...
Geng Le thought that he was being teased and was planning to turn around and leave, but he received a call from the company, saying that Mr. Feng was a crazy person, and he had called several groups of people before and after, and the boss wanted Geng Le to get his salary back.
No way, Geng Le could only harden his scalp and agree to "move" for Mr. Feng, so as to get the arrears of remuneration.
Therefore, under the guidance of Mr. Feng, the moving workers could only perform a "moving mime" out of thin air, which was funny and funny.
Unfortunately, a worker accidentally fell and broke Mr. Feng's beloved "vase".
Although sad, Mr. Feng decided to take other "air furniture" to his new home.
The car had just started, but it fell into a mud pit, Geng Le dug out a bell from the mud pit, which was a wind chime hanging on the eaves corner of the courtyard, Mr. Feng was very excited, picked up the bell and walked happily towards the depths of the hundred flowers.
At this time, Geng Le and the others looked back, as if they saw the "home" that Mr. Feng had been describing, the breeze was blowing, the wind chimes were gently ringing, the locust trees were swaying, everything was quiet and beautiful, but unfortunately, the things were not human, and the courtyard no longer existed.
The film was filmed during the period when Beijing was tidying up the cityscape for the Olympic Games, when many hutongs were demolished, and it is believed that this includes the depths of Mr. Feng's hundred flowers. And Chen Kaige wants to express the remembrance of the lost culture and years through this film.
Shooting "The Depths of a Hundred Flowers" under the framework of "Ten Minutes of Aging" is actually a propositional composition, but Chen Kaige has played a film with his own characteristics.
Although the film is only 10 minutes long, Chen Kaige's directing ability is reminiscent of "Farewell to the Overlord", and Feng Yuanzheng's neurotic traits have been greatly developed among Chen Kai singers, even surpassing his performance in "Don't Talk to Strangers".
And this neuroticism from the beginning of the absurd, to the final sadness is just like the madness of Cheng Butterfly's clothes, there is an ultimate sense of beauty.
These 10 minutes are definitely another peak of Chen Kaige's artistic achievements in addition to "Farewell to the Overlord", but unfortunately there are very few people who know it, if you are interested, you may wish to go and take a look.
Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: Zhang Changjin
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