1905 film network news commemorate the dead, remember the legend. The "Tribute to the Shadowman" unit hopes to invite the audience to stop and look back at the eternal and bright stars in the history of the film. This group of works injects new vitality into the film industry, extends our imagination of film art and the future world, and guides us to understand and reflect on the richness and depth of human nature in images.
Qiu Fianxiang (1898-1959)
"Struggle" (1933) is one of the earliest sound films in my country, and it is also the only film that exists in the world by Tianyi Film Company . The film was directed by the early progressive filmmaker Qiu Fenxiang (1898-1959). After being released in 1933, it was enthusiastically praised by left-wing film critics and was hailed as "a domestically produced film qualified to compete with the world's name card." "Struggle" effectively cuts into the social reality, actively promotes the anti-Japanese and national salvation, and inspires the entire nation to fight against imperialism. It is a very excellent work in terms of ideological content and artistic form.
In fact, this film was lost for a time. It was not until 2012 that its nitrate-based copy was fortunately rediscovered at the Huagong Theater in San Francisco, USA. The Hong Kong Film Archive accepted the donation and led the restoration. It is really rare for such precious video materials to meet the audience at this Beijing Film Festival.
After the screening of "Struggle" in the Film Archive on September 18th, there will be film history expert Li Zhen and "Beijing Screening" curator Sha Dan on the film, interested audiences should not miss it!
French mystery thriller master Henri-Georges Cruz (1907-1977) is often referred to as the "Hitchcock of Europe". His film world is full of uneasy depictions of fraud, prying, and the unknown. , Forcing the audience to face the secret dark reality with the protagonist.
"Devil" stills
The 4K restored version of ": the price of fear " (1953) and "Devil" (1955) are both masterpieces of Cruzot’s creative heyday.It is a classic that deserves to be revisited constantly. The former is the only Cannes Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival double best film in the history of film, regarded as "the most original and most shocking melodrama in France in the 1950s"; the latter preceded "Scary" five years, opened the "bathroom love killing" this classic scene precedent.
Miklos Jansso (1921-2014) is one of the Hungarian directors best known to Chinese audiences. 2021 coincides with the 100th birthday of Yang Suo. We will bring two classic films "Red and White" (1967) and "Red Hymn" (4K, 1972) to the audience to commemorate this outstanding figure of the new wave of Hungarian cinema .
"Red and White" stills
"Red and White" was originally a commissioned work to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution of , but Yang Suo completed a special work from an unconventional perspective Masterpiece. The film fixed the time in 1919, telling how Hungarian soldiers assisted the Soviet Communist Red Army against the Tsarist Army, which triggered a rethinking of war and violence.
"Red Hymn" stills
In "Red and White" we can already see Yang Suo's fascination with long shots, and "Red Hymn" more extreme shows how he manages scenes , How to explore and expand the expressive power of long shots. This film consists of only 28 shots, and completes revolutionary narrative and revolutionary reflection with symbolic visual language and formal singing and dancing.
Richard Downer (1930-2021) and Superman
In 1978, the well-known Hollywood director and producer Richard Downer (1930-2021) first put the image of Superman on The big screen, this acclaimed and acclaimed Hollywood commercial blockbuster thus set off a superhero movie craze.
Downer knows that "realism" is extremely important-only the creators of the Superman universe have faith in it.Only by closely linking extraordinary characters with ordinary real life can we share those marvelous heroic dreams with the audience. In July of this year, the dreamer left us forever, and it seems to herald the end of an era without sadness.
"Superman" stills
This "Tribute to the Shadowman" unit will screen Richard Downer's landmark work, regarded as the first superhero movie "Superman" in film history. The film is starring Christopher Reeve , and there is also a luxurious supporting lineup composed of stars such as Marlon Brando . As Dan Slott, author of the Marvel comics, said, Downer's "Superman" is the DNA of all outstanding superhero movies since then, "it makes us believe that humans can also fly."
Reviewing these classic works that have continuously inspired and moved the big screen is the best memory and tribute to these filmmakers.
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