The 11th Beijing International Film Festival invited the director and producer, , one of the most influential creators in the Chinese film industry, Mr. Chen Kexin, and his golden partner and screenwriter Zhang Ji. In-depth conversation.
Chen Kexin was born in a family in Hong Kong and is known for advocating the shooting of "pan-Asian movies". " Sweet Honey ", " Voting Certificate ", " Chinese Partner " and " Winning the Championship " tell Chinese stories in film language. His films travel between East and West, highlighting the perfect combination of commerciality and artistry.
In 2013, Chen Kexin collaborated with the screenwriter Zhang Ji for the first time, shooting the movie "Chinese Partners". The following year, the two-person drama focused on social reality issues and sparked heated discussions. In 2020, Chen Kexin directed, "Win the Championship", written by Zhang Ji, conveyed the perseverance of the Chinese women's volleyball team to the big screen and moved the audience.
In the 11th International Film Master Class, Chen Kexin shared his film creation path and experience in the past ten years through his works.
(Chen Kexin's film master class activity site)
"Chinese Partner" is a watershed
is a film that is both artistic and commercial.
"Sweet Honey" is a very commercial and artistic masterpiece. In 1986, Li Xiaojun came to Hong Kong from Tianjin alone. By chance,He met Li Qiao who worked at McDonald's, and the two lonely people finally became friends. But things were unpredictable, and they were finally forced to break up. Li Xiaojun and his fiancee Xiao Ting were married and separated. Li Qiao also fled to the United States with the underworld leopard brother, but the leopard brother died in an accident. In 1995, Li Xiaojun and Li Qiao quietly reunited in front of the window of a store in New York’s Chinatown, accompanied by the singing of Teresa Teng "Sweet Honey". After nearly ten years, joy and sorrow have been mixed, leaving endless sighs in life.
Similarly, the time span of "Chinese Partner" is from the 1980s to the beginning of the 21st century, through Cheng Dongqing, , Meng Xiaojun, and Wang Yang. It mirrors the sad exit of the American dream and the quiet debut of the Chinese dream. In "Win the Championship", the time span from the Chinese women's volleyball team's first world championship in 1981 to the life-and-death China-Pakistan battle in the Rio Olympics in 2016, interspersed with deep emotional and personal interactions between , Lang Ping and the then accompanying coach , And the dream and passion of the two generations of Chinese women's volleyball team.
Chen Kexin has always been good at feeling the east and west changes and the changes of the times in a long time span. It can be seen that his films are obsessed with time and sensitive to space. At the forum, Chen Kexin reviewed his previous works, "Chinese Partner" is the happiest and least stress-free film in his 30-year director career. "Although it is about the story of a young man in the Mainland after the reform and opening up, I have basically never experienced it personally, but I used my experience in my youth to empathize with these roles and generated a lot of identity." Chen Kexin I believe that "The Chinese Partner" is a watershed, affecting the film experience of the following ten years.
Zhang Ji discovered Chen Kexin’s creative rules when he first collaborated with Chen Kexin in the film "Chinese Partner"."You inherited the main narrative traditions of Hollywood, but in every filming and script creation process, you broke Hollywood traditions and played Hollywood against Hollywood." Zhang Ji believes that the later "Win the Championship" broke structurally. The Hollywood tradition.
"Winning the Championship" is the biggest challenge of his career
Chen Kexin has a strong, indispensable emotion. His films belong to literary and artistic films, such as "A Tale of Two Cities", "Sweet Honey", "Fame", "Chinese Partner", " Dear " and "Winning Championship". Emotions are the constant narrative strategy of his films. Chen Kexin is good at designing complex character relationships, bringing emotional experience of moving characters. In the era of wandering, turbulence, and huge life ups and downs, the truth, goodness and beauty among characters are even more commendable. From the perspective of audiovisual language, Chen Kexin is a lyrical director.
"Sweet" can be regarded as the most romantic love experience in the movie. The complicated relationship between Li Xiaojun and Li Qiao is a touching love story. Teresa Teng’s songs are the bond between the two. From the difficult promotion of Teresa Teng's records in Hong Kong in the heavy rain, to the news of Teresa's death at the end of the film, Teresa Teng's songs were once again sounded in the glass windows on the street, and the songs became a commonly used lyrical method in the film.
"Certificate of Casting Name" and "Chinese Partner" are classic cases of friendship. 庞青云 is full of ideals and ambitious. In the end, his ideals are completely shattered by the cruel and ruthless reality; Zhao Erhu is an upright and upright hero, but his mind is relatively simple; Jiang Wuyang has the innocence and brilliance that only a teenager can. The brotherhood of living and dying together is the eternal feeling he regards as life.
"Dear",Divorced couples Tian Wenjun and Lu Xiaojuan, because of their son's accidental loss, the long road to find a child caused a subtle change in their marriage relationship. Li Hongqin is in a dilemma between the family affection of his adopted son and the law, and family affection is particularly profound.
"Win the Championship" is full of friendship and patriotism. Lang Ping went from the Chinese women’s volleyball player to the coach of the US team, especially when Lang Ping advocated the reform of the Chinese women’s volleyball team. When he was the coach of the Chinese team, the original women’s volleyball coach was behind the scenes. The patriotism of our injury and persistence in training is even more moving. Especially in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, a volleyball battle between China and Brazil, where the life-and-death is at stake, the film uses more and more exciting commentary, slow-moving, and silencing of the key ball, creating a shocking effect of the deadly ball, achieving silence at this time. The artistic conception of victory with sound, and then the music gradually sounded, sublimating the emotional experience of the audience.
Mentioned "Winning Championship", for Chen Kexin and Zhang Ji, this work was the biggest challenge in their careers. Zhang Ji said that "Winning the Championship" is the most difficult movie for him to put down. In the times, maybe no one will be able to shoot this subject in the next ten or twenty years. I think it is more diverse and bigger in terms of format, theme, and emotion."
Chen Kexin confessed in the master class that he is not a volleyball fan or even a sports fan, but he was very fortunate to be able to photograph the Chinese women's volleyball team, including all the members of the national team, to help us fight the Sino-Pakistani war again. These are miracles. , I feel very happy because of filming such a scene. Zhang Ji deeply agrees with this. He recalled tearing down the scene on the day of "Win the Championship".The struggles, growth, wandering, and mutual warmth of the small and medium-sized people in the filming era will of course also produce some cruel things, but in the end, you will move toward warmth and growth. "
The creative idea of “biting and not letting go” and the attitude of embracing “streaming media”
Chen Kexin’s films contain an unspeakable element of tragedy, joy, and tragedy. There is sadness in joy, mixed sorrow and joy. The film highlights the complex relationship between characters and the changes of the times, which makes people feel endless sense of fate and sigh in life.
For example, the beginning and end of "Chinese Partner", the contrast of the same scene Meng Xiaojun was the only one of the three who had the opportunity to get a visa to go abroad. With a dream of ambition, he could not find a job after arriving in the U.S. and was unable to survive. The "terrain turtle" Cheng Dongqing was frustrated by the visa refusal. But finally becoming the most successful person is really good luck. The different fates of Lang Ping and the accompanying coach in "Win the Championship" and the different attitudes of the times to the spirit of the women's volleyball team also make people feel infinitely sighed.
You can see It can be concluded that Director Chen Kexin is well versed in the doctrine of the golden mean. His films both create dreams and embody reality, presenting right and wrong, good and bad, sorrows and joys at the same time, or not dreaming or deceiving, a fresh and sincere wind blows on his face. In this regard, Chen Kexin shared his creative experience with us in the master class. The movie definitely cannot be a routine. "But to be honest, what movie is not a routine? When I was studying movies, my teacher told me that, in fact, there are only 36 movie stories, and all the stories are changed from those 36, and there are only a few routines to come and go. In those routines, how do we make it not like routines, make it natural and alive, and feel that every time is a brand new experience, this is what we have to do as a director. It’s not that difficult to be a director. It’s important to be patient, persuasive, and able to speak. You have to communicate with all departments, and the most important thing is to hold on and hold on forever. ”
In addition,In the master class, in response to Zhang Ji's question about streaming media trends, Chen Kexin said that he did not object. "I am really not a film fundamentalist. Although I love movies very much and grew up in a big movie theater, I also think it is very cool to watch movies in a movie theater, but I am a very realistic person. When you With the impact of the epidemic over the past year, movie theaters everywhere, whether on the mainland or overseas, have suffered a great impact on the film industry. If you completely resist the streaming (streaming media), you say we are filmmakers.
(Chen Kexin talks with screenwriter Zhang Ji)
Facing the future stream Opportunities and challenges in the media, Chen Kexin is full of fighting spirit and expectation, not standing still, and always maintaining a dialogue with the audience with a positive attitude.
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