Chen Xing: to do the film is an honest attitude to life

"Do honest film is a life attitude"

- Remember the famous director Chen Xing

Author: Yi Dream

"Do honest film is a life attitude." This is written in the micro-star Chen Bo frontispiece of the word. To celebrate the 90th anniversary of founding, Chen star in new era of study and practice the spirit of Lei Feng excellent representative Guo Mingyi true story modeled shot theme tribute film "Guo Mingyi" Since July 15 national release has caused a strong reaction, and this film is Chan Kwok-sing Director The idea of ​​a film of its bend practice. There are a lot of movie people, but it is probably as a lifestyle not many; honest word to say simple, but it is not easy to blend fiction and art. Chen star in the film-making on the road, there are many seemingly contradictory elements, he continued to shoot the film techniques and explore ideas and unity of the two, even create more win-win-win works.

Art vs market

In 1987, Chen star as an assistant and deputy director of the post following the blooms, Qianjiang, Wang Jun is the director shot 8 film, took the first truly his own screenplay "Mountain Soul thunderbolt." The time he has accumulated a lot of practical experience, is looking forward to chopper small scale, independent film, but in the hands of this whole story to reflect the tunnel construction Dayaoshan the theme of the film is that screenwriters North shadow public master the subject matter, Chan Kwok-sing was in his or her own Beijing Railway Bureau depot had been a fireman for two years of life experience, and determined to win the novice film momentum, and the film narrative prose, the pursuit of a unique lyricism, he just put this hard nut to crack bite down. Directed first independent, that is received by the industry, and Chan Kwok-sing the main theme and therefore formed a deep bond.

In 1990, Chen shooting star "feeling puzzled," starring Chow Yun-Fat in a city with the "Eighth Happiness" with the screening, he witnessed the audience happily watching "Eight Happiness" and the "love and confusion" have been shortly after the performance starts cold exit, this scene gave him a big impact, so that he fully aware of the severe market began to self-reflection. "The success of a film to undergo the final test of the box office," he soon abandoned that previously did not understand the public's tastes and needs of the creative concept for granted, trying to make the public loved the comedy, "Divorce Wars" "temporary Dad "" supernumerary husband, "" Love Fool "" one country, two systems ", but only enough to make title to the early 1990s, the supremacy of public entertainment heart and desire, these low-cost comedy, ingenious, another popular comedy star Ge, Cai Ming, etc. to help out, lot of money.

When people give little guidance Chan comedy crown on the title of director, Chen Guoxing suddenly to a 180-degree turn, into mainstream film, "Kong Fansen" "turned out" other major theme of the film. Asked him why in a unique style of comedy screeching halt when the momentum is strong, "always making comedy, small production, family-oriented, the director can not play true to the film such a full range of audio-visual arts can not make the best its use, a major theme of the film to provide a wider stage, the director promising. "director Chen Guoxing give such an answer. This time the return, he took on the emotional awareness of market demand, not the "soul of Charlie Hill," the self-replication, but comedy does not mean giving Tingpai commercial film photography, artistic pursuit and the needs of the market looking forward to a balanced fulcrum.

Art vs real

"Ali is the highest in the earth, the sky is the lowest place Ali, the most honest place is Ali ..." People will not forget this song, there are light sparse who wear Tibetan clothes in the dance of the Han cadres alone. "Kong Fansen" "turned out" and other movie heroes shaping the character of Kong Fansen, Feng Shi, land light up because of extraordinary humanity behind the noble character and deeply rooted, thanks to Chen star of the "real" word of precise and appropriate grasp. Chen Xing abandon the traditional grand narrative and panoramic view to freehand brushwork outline the figures, the individual deeds for the ink, the history of Anecdotes is blank, no matter shortage Mang of snow, or the desolation of the desert, his characters are passionate, the lens are poetic. In order to achieve a true lyrical prose style of the environment, Chan Kwok-sing, and the crew cast and crew to overcome the high altitude, harsh climate, to send red flags shooting Kong Fansen to the primary scene, build a school in the mountain top model; their chapped lips, skin, black and red the camera due to withstand low temperatures, often does not work. But Chen said the country star, we eat these bitter, in case of these risks, with the real Kong Fansen endured, simply immeasurably.

Chen real movie star, is that he find a body from the ordinary people heroes, and from the little people see a great mind. Movie "Black Eye" script was originally a color with a Cinderella story, but when people personally Chen Xing prototype, he found the blind girl's charismatic attractive than the Hollywood-style fiction, the character to make a good, He re-structure the whole plot, prose-like calm of the lens to create a language to see the world will always smile girl innocent blooming. Water ballet athletes selected as the origin of the TAO actor blind girl Ding Lihua, investors were once the opposition, because then the TAO is not known, nor beautiful, but Chen star that TAO has a stubborn personality and as an athlete's Good physical fitness is very suitable for Ding Lihua this role; in the mastery of character, lead actor looking for his true feelings, reject too strong "performance feel" of the show. Ding Lihua shaping the success of this role, thanks to Chen star of the "real" persist.

During this period, Chen outlined two types of satellite dedicated to getting a clear outline of the characters - ordinary and extraordinary little heroes in the art film "talk" to achieve a dialogue. A love lost during the war years, always remembered, Reminiscence of past veterans with a female college students living in the moment, through companionship and communication, not from the generation gap to bridge to heart close to each other, Chan Kwok-sing to the art of fiction from real life conversion have ease.

Art vs theme

Speaking of "theme", Chen Xing emphasized that "I am not specifically making the main theme of the director." As an early stage has extensive experience in commercial film director, he pointed out that China theme of the film's shooting and the public in general expect the concept has some faults, the United States, "Patton," "Saving Private Ryan" is the dominant ideology of mainstream films, but This does not affect their harvest at the box office and Oscar awards on the blanket. China's "theme" should be considered the mainstream audience to accept, sometimes even as a starting point, so that both shock the human mind, while maintaining commercial purposes, "the film shoot out must be sold to maximize the audience to see to it, love it, warmly welcome it. "

As Chen is not the pursuit of movie star story complete, but the prose style of freehand presentation, he asked every game, every paragraph of the play to be especially exciting, let the audience stop access to aesthetic pleasure, "even if only transitions should also have good-looking something to the audience. " Therefore his new film, "Guo Mingyi" four seasons in like a day facing the Xi Wei Guo Mingyi the dawn walk to work, there are patients with leukemia thrilling dance of life, a daughter sitting on the train home to his father's silent love was moved to tears. Bit by bit the details of the strong supporting character and story development path.

Such a "no self-interest, instead of themselves" and "moved China" ordinary workers, even the director Guo Mingyi deeds first, the crew is hard to believe that they are constantly in the process of shooting with the prototype contact, continue to explore and ultimately understand him of the ordinary, well-being of his dedication bit. Chan Kwok-sing that the heroes of this era tend to the civilian population, they represent universal values. Public information film and different personal perspectives need to use the art of dealing with the individual, figure from life, but not too specific, too prototypes bit, and sometimes even had to give up some of the important news and propaganda in the joints. Also, understand the audience receptive to the film codes, in accordance with accepted law of "code", all just to shoot "good-looking theme."

There is such a director, he shaped many of the difficulties, the face of adversity so I insist on the characters. He said, the film no one, really difficult subject, one side says, I will stick to go. Reason he considered dead children, a bar, refused to be located, refused to repeat themselves, always honest and art from the poles with conviction. His name is Chen Kwok-sing. The film through his characters that way, his artistic career in his walk is also meticulous.