Li Fangfang's level of story writing was good enough to rival that of Liu Haoran and Tan Songyun later on in Seventeen Don't Cry Li Chen and Hao Lei 20 years ago. Even then Hao Lei was a more independent and well-developed character than Tan Songyun. Li Chen's performance was more solemn and deeper than Liu Haoran's. For me, as a fan of the director 20 years ago, I was very pleased to see the school's Tsinghua's School Day Theme Film. Even if the film has problems controlling the many story lines, considered in its central spirit, it is still a masterpiece of the third generation of directors.
The first generation, directed I think by Zhang Shichuan, when the world's film technology was taking off, ensured that this craft was something we could do ourselves. They had all the commercial elements, the technical skills, and their own plotting and storytelling skills.
The second generation of Ang Lee, in terms of craft, has not changed from the first generation's position at the world level, except that it has gradually been able to cut into its own spiritual and philosophical ideas, which is the beginning of a real expression of itself.
The third generation would be those from around the 1970s, one coming from among Lu Chuan, Huang Bo and Ning Hao. Together with Li Fangfang, this is the best era. They grew up in families where they didn't have to worry about food, they grew up with Japanese Astro Boy, American Disney, their own Black Cat Sheriff, and when they reached university they could again just open up all kinds of current 404 pages. Their environment was, objectively speaking, the best 30 years in the 300 years of their country. They have perfectly avoided all the minefields of bullying at the national level, and have felt the strength and responsibility at the national level commensurate with their size.
So when these people look at the past, it is very rare to be able to look objectively and calmly at these past 300 years and face up to the help they have encountered and the stupid things they have done.
So Wang Lihong's life, educated by Michelle in Kunming and killed when he hadn't even thought his life through, is almost prophetic of Tsinghua's finest students and teachers. And then Wang Lihong's people drive planes in the 1930s, Huang's people made missiles in the 1950s, watched tank in the 1980s, and still think about trying to develop the economy to give hope to those who come after them as the new century turns the page. So you see, Chen Chang's character is a man who was quiet in his speech. If he had spoken about the things he did at school at the same age, you wouldn't have seen this film.1989 is one of the worlds you shouldn't be mention in PRC. You see, when you look at the film here, you feel that even if you are not lucky enough to reach this level, you still wish you had the courage to join them and fill the void in this country with your life. Even if such courage, in the end, it was Zhang Zhen who said to every onlooker: Guess.
The later post-80s and post-90s don't have the same luck. Even if they have the same courage as hero, they still have to considered this: In the 30s, were there any Agarwood & Ge ware bowls in your house; in the 50s, were there any Lang kiln red in your teachers' office that was used to insert feather duster for it's lid broken; in contemporary times, are there any offices worth hiding bottles of good wine.
So the fragmented information brought by the internet can make it difficult to take in systematic knowledge. After the fragmented information is controlled by a lot of entertainment and direction, the more the leeks that come out meet the national standard of consumption. So there won't be any fourth or fifth generation directors anywhere. That's the final word of PRC director.
Admire your courage and envy your luck.
The first generation, directed I think by Zhang Shichuan, when the world's film technology was taking off, ensured that this craft was something we could do ourselves. They had all the commercial elements, the technical skills, and their own plotting and storytelling skills.
The second generation of Ang Lee, in terms of craft, has not changed from the first generation's position at the world level, except that it has gradually been able to cut into its own spiritual and philosophical ideas, which is the beginning of a real expression of itself.
The third generation would be those from around the 1970s, one coming from among Lu Chuan, Huang Bo and Ning Hao. Together with Li Fangfang, this is the best era. They grew up in families where they didn't have to worry about food, they grew up with Japanese Astro Boy, American Disney, their own Black Cat Sheriff, and when they reached university they could again just open up all kinds of current 404 pages. Their environment was, objectively speaking, the best 30 years in the 300 years of their country. They have perfectly avoided all the minefields of bullying at the national level, and have felt the strength and responsibility at the national level commensurate with their size.
So when these people look at the past, it is very rare to be able to look objectively and calmly at these past 300 years and face up to the help they have encountered and the stupid things they have done.
So Wang Lihong's life, educated by Michelle in Kunming and killed when he hadn't even thought his life through, is almost prophetic of Tsinghua's finest students and teachers. And then Wang Lihong's people drive planes in the 1930s, Huang's people made missiles in the 1950s, watched tank in the 1980s, and still think about trying to develop the economy to give hope to those who come after them as the new century turns the page. So you see, Chen Chang's character is a man who was quiet in his speech. If he had spoken about the things he did at school at the same age, you wouldn't have seen this film.1989 is one of the worlds you shouldn't be mention in PRC. You see, when you look at the film here, you feel that even if you are not lucky enough to reach this level, you still wish you had the courage to join them and fill the void in this country with your life. Even if such courage, in the end, it was Zhang Zhen who said to every onlooker: Guess.
The later post-80s and post-90s don't have the same luck. Even if they have the same courage as hero, they still have to considered this: In the 30s, were there any Agarwood & Ge ware bowls in your house; in the 50s, were there any Lang kiln red in your teachers' office that was used to insert feather duster for it's lid broken; in contemporary times, are there any offices worth hiding bottles of good wine.
So the fragmented information brought by the internet can make it difficult to take in systematic knowledge. After the fragmented information is controlled by a lot of entertainment and direction, the more the leeks that come out meet the national standard of consumption. So there won't be any fourth or fifth generation directors anywhere. That's the final word of PRC director.
Admire your courage and envy your luck.