Chen Guangzhong: Concerned with the moving of the documentary

If a country is

A sailing ship in the sea,

News reporter is

Those who bow lookout.

- Pulitzer

Concerned with the moving of the documentary

Chen Guangzhong (former vice president of China News Service, senior documentary director)

Endure loneliness of people experiencing loneliness documentary comments vacuum

Today, we have video of the rivers and lakes, the surface fire and loud, impetuous and flicker under the cover, foam and sediment floating quietly. Driven by market forces, entertain the public taste to fool the public.

One of the reasons is the film comment on the moral high ground has been lost to the "money worship hot" atmosphere, commentators and even change the sound aphasia; critics have been in the awkward position of vulnerable groups.

Detached from real life, from the conditions the people, do our film and television career, talk about the market do not speak responsibilities; talk about "entertainment to death", do not speak entertaining? Is it became the "dream factory"?

If we ignore the spread of this stock irregularities, will be the development of our film led astray.

As we all know, film reviews film and television creative relationship with, is to enhance the video quality of the "wings of a bird." But the moment the video comments become the heavy wings, and even broken wings.

Looking at how the field of documentary? Not "the scenery here is fine."

Because the film's comment environment, has been too abstract, a false, superficial and mercenary contamination was a muddy. Away from the hype, away from the vulgar, from Vanity Fair's documentary can not stay, it is difficult to become an oasis.

We do not live in a vacuum. Chinese people generation after generation of documentaries from the war-torn yesterday to today's reform and opening up, braving untold dangers, as the bull by the horns to reflect to the world a true China, endure loneliness, struggling hard. They screen the screen showing the different styles, different techniques for different styles of innovation, such as "approached Mao Zedong", "Forbidden City", "Dream 2008" "people first" a "decisive battle Taiyuan", etc., they are ordinary, flat Fanfan's dedication "of migrant workers."

Documentaries are persistent and simple. Difficult to see them on the red carpet figure; them with the "entertainment reporter" or "paparazzi" and "broke" missed; they will not be won hotties screaming; they will no regrets for the true record journey times and silently.

However, Documentary face bottleneck problem is that the different voices heard more comments. Endure loneliness of people experiencing loneliness documentary comments vacuum.

Excellent documentary is not perfect in terms of ideology and art. Between documentary, the lack of direct communication and confrontation, easy to unconsciously to lose, "bystander, Like father," the sober and calm, humble and tolerant. Resulting in the subjective sense of self as good or quite stubborn narcissism.

I suddenly remembered the last 1950s and 1960s material deprivation period, the Shanghai Huangpu River, a group of beach documentary "fans." They are the Shanghai Cultural Palace of the amateur film critic who is passionate and serious commentaries on the documentary (including the "newsletter") problems. They do, as Cui's "Straight Talk", a work published with personality and insightful comments.

However, why film criticism today has become "rare"? Comments documentary has become a "forgotten by love." In the "silent majority" behind the documentary contains comments and those who had the same doubts, bitterness and frustration of hiding something.

Perhaps it is not a documentary, "circle", but not bow to see the rise, making a documentary is so good hard, or care of each other less critical it!

Perhaps the work has been recognized by authorities finalized, why talk about different views of himself to touch the tiger ass?

In fact, the documentary is the work responsible for the comments, the audience is responsible, responsible to history, is also responsible for the market, is a rational thinking and academic exploration of the aesthetic understanding of human care, philosophical speculation and the culture of innovation in documentary and development role.

In fact, some major themes of the perspective and performance, remains "the Venerable taboo" of the constraints. With the historical truth of the historical figures of the relationship, and highlights the lack of personality reveals the fact that sharp. In the literature of the documentary, the history of the war when the lens misuse and abuse. Some episodes feature films in the narrative logic, a statement of chapters and stories, and overall grasp of rhythm, but also repeated and lengthy enough.

Reported that the fruits of reform in the handling of the subject, too dilute the real contradictions and difficulties, become "achievement projects" bright spot, "official position" of the looming specter.

The soul of the documentary is true, is the fact that the credibility of wins convincingly, to see and can think of. Ignore the "content is king" but only by winning story, to offset the content of the thin and the paucity of ideas brought mediocrity. Good documentary about the story is important, but it is a way of expression, is a means, not ends. If there is no ideological content to make a solid foundation, flowery narrative is difficult to conquer the people.

Coexistence in a multi-era documentary there is no doubt also be varied and colorful. We have to absorb scientific and pragmatic western documentaries and digest the concept and practice. However, we can not lose the nation's lung power and strength, can not simply cut China's traditional and sell ourselves short documentary; global consciousness is not equal to all sorts of attachment to the West. We are not the "Westernization" but "foreign" and "of the West", to see the differences between Eastern and Western cultures, compatibility and complementarity; must not use the Western fashion from the situation or the gods regarded the concept as beliefs, thinking and orientation to cover up the confusion documentary and life experience of poor and weak. Literally to put people's "overshoes" will line the far; rootless water, the documentary is a withered tree of life. The spirit of the dwarf than the cultural and economic backwardness but also tragic behind.

The so-called documentary, feature films or stories is not today, "a documentary of a revolutionary leap" is not something freshly baked. In the last period of the 1950s and 1960s, there are "yellow Bao-mei" and "customer trouble" sort of "artistic documentary" or "record of melodrama," the.

Many of our documentaries or feature films in the use of data, are marked "situational representation" or "feature", makes clear what the content of non-fiction, picture of what is fictional. Real, true story, honest and shocking truth, is to impress people the most important cornerstone. Real power, there is a strong emotional appeal and direct the thinking soul penetrating. Documentary charm from this.

Lu Xun from medicine, and to see a documentary reflecting the Russo-Japanese War. Documentary person is to face life, face the world, full of emotion and passion, truth and demand the United States; never ashamed of the spirit of apathy and numbness boom. Truth is the dignity of personality and academic.

Have sounded sincere and courageous "movie drums," the well-known critics, film aestheticians are concerned about China's Zhong Dian-fei documentary. In his "record of the basis of discussion about the film's aesthetics," the article writes: "The fact win convincingly, integrating appraise the lens, there may not record the movie Sima Qian."

Times and the people looking forward to and love of documentaries. Today, we urgently call, in urgent need has long been "absent" in the comments field of documentary film and television work actively on its way. Hear different voices, innovative ideas for documentaries and vision would be a shelter and occlusion.

Let you and me together documentary sonorous drums it sounded!

Reflect a high degree of lack of time, heat the social works of depth and heart

Each of us in the most basic necessities of daily life, understand the era and the relationship between personal destiny; feel the life of happiness and regret, justice and injustice, dignity and humble, emotional boiling and freezing degree, broken dreams and dreams, apprehension and calm, these realities of life, touch hearts, painful experience of feeling and emotion, it is most people desire most like to see on the screen the screen the true story of China's real documentary.

I appreciate Bo Yang wrote, "is not singing the praises of kings, if only for the common people who say" the big truth. Documentary, an inherent sense of social consciousness and sense of responsibility, is the starting point and destination. From this point of view of the opening theme of our documentary, discovery and performance, it was not very broad and deep.

Times of social harmony, democracy and liberal, people who will gradually release the spiritual shackles. The lens in focus to social issues of public concern. Event of a major theme, the documentary were both feeling a heavy sense of honor also. Fear of touch so-called "sensitive" and "high voltage", contrary to concerns inherited the "hidden rules" and therefore had to cast playing the "edge ball" to the "balance beam skills", this is a documentary of the hearts of pain, or more or less to wear a creative personality and edges, weakening the strength and depth of work. For example: the cancer of corruption is a social issue, the CPC Central Committee's repeated demands to combat corruption, the people most hated and attention to these phenomena.

We have theme selection and performance of real life is close to or alienation? Worth thinking about ... ...

The rise of modern China in the process, you need a clear and rational, real words need to prosperity. Today, every step forward we are excluded from domestic and international pressure on the fate of many obstacles and break through. Honest intention to spread the real China, compete for the international right to speak, not only our philosophy, it is the duty of the mission were a documentary. Honesty is the documentary's basic personality, but also the character of the documentary should be. Honesty is tell the truth, spit the truth, put real thing. Adhere to the true intentions of honest communication in China, will open a "still holds partly covered his face," the veil, it will smash the bad habit and glossy, it appeared to the fact that should not be gathering dust in the sun. Documentary spread the real China, you need passion, reason, conscience and wisdom.

For this reason, we can not be complacent, not rich-hyun, the first is not strong pride. China is a real and dangerous and full of hope. The true face of globalization in China, is not afraid of "Jieduan" does not avoid the frustration of a true record and reflect. A bold self-examination of the peoples and nations, is full of confidence and very strong.

China is a real documentary on the inexhaustible theme of the opening of an innovative high-grade ore. Sincere and true power, true colors will mask, hide the truth and deceive the things can not be sustained. Chinese people will love documentary peers, colleagues and wind and rain, with the times.

Today I said that these extra truth. My heart is honest, blood is always hot; think, is still transparent ... ...