The name Diao Yinan appeared briefly in "The Children of Famous Dramas - No. 39 Dongmian Hutong" written by Shi Hang: ""Scud or Nowhere to Hide" is an original drama written by Diao Yinan, a native of Xi'an, and a playwright. Seven of the most handsome boys, and later wrote the earliest local idol drama "Following Love to the End" with others." In the photos included in the "Pioneer Drama Archives" book, he also appeared once: Meng Jinghui's birthday party, He jumped up from the back, exposing his entire head, too thin to see the aura of "the most handsome boy".
After more than 20 years, almost all the people around them have become famous: Meng Jinghui has become the first in the domestic drama circle, and his wife Liao Yimei (also their classmate) has become a famous playwright and writer. ; Zhang Yibai, who was also called Zhang Xiaoling at the time, was successful at the box office with "Jiangai" and is already the vice president of the famous domestic film and television company Xiaoma Pentium; classmate Cai Shangjun, who wrote the script together, won the Venice Best Director Award in 2011... And In this group of stars of different brightness, he is like a small piece of black and blue sky, silent and not shining. The only high-profile appearance was at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, where he walked the red carpet with the male lead and female producer, hugging his chest all the way, an insecure defensive posture.
In 2003, he made his first feature-length feature film "Uniform", which won the Dragon Tiger Award at the 22nd Vancouver International Film Festival, and won the Special Mention Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival the following year. Four years later, in 2007, he filmed his second film "Night Train", the same two-character title and the same noun composition, but the words "night train" are more straightforward than "uniform". It seems more obscure and metaphorical, like the movie itself. It was this film that attracted the attention of the European film industry, and he was shortlisted for the "Un Certain Regard" section of the Cannes Film Festival with this film, becoming the only two Chinese-speaking directors shortlisted that year along with Li Yang.
All screenwriters who want to be directors probably do it as a last resort. He still thinks that the few months of filming are "not a life for people", but handing over his script to others is always a worry. He used to be one of the screenwriters, and his name appeared in many movies such as "Bath", "Go To The End", "Brave New World", "Love Mala Tang", etc., but his own movies are independent screenwriters.
It is rare for Diao Yinan to shoot domestic realistic themes, but the theme is not limited to "society's suffering", but a director who goes deep into "human suffering". Whether it's Xiao Jian who wants to change his life by "universing" as a representative of power, or a female judge who executes the death penalty on a night train to another city for a blind date, none of them can be regarded as a unique character form imposed by Chinese society. And this kind of life, teased by one's own desires and soaked in loneliness, can happen anywhere. The same is true for this just-won the Golden Bear: Fireworks in the Day: although it also describes society, it is still the most important thing about people's loneliness and emotional predicament, about the establishment, loss and aftertaste of intimacy.
Diao Yinan's father used to be an employee of the Literature Department of the Western Film Studio. He still remembers that when the "Black Cannon Incident" directed by Huang Jianxin, who also belonged to the Western Film Studio, was released in Xi'an, someone shouted from the audience: "Long live the Western Film Studio! In
2004, he starred in the film "Tomorrow's End" directed by famous photographer Yu Liwei. This film with the same name as a film starring Tony Leung was mainly funded by France and South Korea. It is said to be the first independent sci-fi film in China. Movies, but so far most mainland audiences have not been able to see them, and even pirated DVDs have not been released. Diao Yinan's left side face can be seen on the poster of this movie. He turned his head sideways with a fragile and gentle expression, looking in an unknown direction.
Like a fringe hermit in the movie world, he spends most of his time at home with a cat. After the age of 40, he began to pay attention to his health, and he drank less alcohol. He got up in the morning for a walk, and sometimes went swimming in the afternoon. As a literary lover, his reading rhythm never dropped. In the 1980s, he had a copy of "Interviews with British and American Writers" for NT$150, which is actually the current "Paris Review". He likes Carver, O'Connor, Yourcenar and Bolaño. At one point, I wanted to rename "Fireworks by Daylight" as "Wild Detective" after Bolaño's "Wild Detective". Of course he also likes noir detective novels, Brock Chandler, etc., so "Daylight" is a completely localized noir detective story (the down-and-out detective, the cold-blooded killer and the mysterious woman).
He writes scripts at a slow pace, makes movies, and lives a life that borders on indifference. Sometimes I wonder, what supports a person to live calmly all these years in such an environment? He seemed to ignore it when everyone around him seemed to be a success, and the entire film world was increasingly loud and empty. Maybe it's because of the confidence, the confidence in myself, knowing that I'll have a chance to achieve some kind of immortality through the camera.
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