/ Organized by Fan Daming /
Time: 15:20-15:45 pm, May 6, 2016 (Friday)
Venue: Henglu Fine Arts, No. 202, Nanshan Road, Hangzhou The lecture hall on the ground floor of the museum
(the scene after the viewing of Joseph von Sternberg's "Blue Angel" at Henglu Art Cinema)
Participants: (preface) Fan Daming, Ma Yile, Jin Aiwu, Chen Hua, Wang Xiling, Lu Zhongpei, Wang Shujin , Sun Fengfeng (viewers: Zhang Peihong, Peng Mingming, Peng Hesong, Zhang Zhenghui, Ni Yunxia, Fan Dayin, Sun Jijun, Zhang Wumei, Zhu Songfa, Zhang Xiaoyun, Zhang Nengli, Tian Ying, Zhou Hongze, Jiang Xizhen, Ji Boqing, Zhang Yuguang, Zhang Yusu, etc.)
Moderator: Fan Daming
Record: Sun Fengfeng
Joseph von Sternberg's "Blue Angel" Viewing Scene: Screen Shot 6
View of Josef von Sternberg's "Blue Angel": Screen Shot 7
Joseph von Sternberg's "Blue Angel" Viewing Scene: Screen Shot 8
Joseph von Sternberg's "Blue Angel" Viewing Scene: Screen Shot 10
Viewing scene of Josef von Sternberg's "Blue Angel": Screen Shot 11
"Blue Angel" can be said to be a moral allegory; there are many scenes with deliberate sound effects in the film.
Van Damien: Joseph von Sternberg's "Blue Angel" In the experience of Professor Amarath's life experience and the final tragic fate, learn from the negative experience - how people should find love in life, and how to be a person. After watching the film, we got together to talk about our experience and experience, which is very beneficial. After the "British Film Month" screening of "Tiger Brave and Loyal Soul", Director Zheng of the Innovation and Research Office of Zhejiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles said at the symposium that some people left after watching the film, which is really a pity, because he lacks It is an opportunity to gain more teaching and inspiration from other people's forums and speeches. The film's male and female actors, John Nings and Dietrich, were both well-known stars of their time; and the director, Joseph von Sternberg, rose to fame from this film. In 1930, not long after the sound film technology was born, I found that there were many scenes in the film that deliberately expressed sound effects. For example, when the professor opened the window of the classroom, the sound of chorus songs came from outside, and then the sound disappeared when the window was closed; There is also a backstage dressing room connected to the stage, and with the closed door open, the sound and singing of the stage performance can be heard in the background for a while. This kind of treatment may seem naive now, but it was a useful new attempt at the time.
After the professor married Laura, he found out that she had another new love, so he despaired of
Ma Yile: some students did not do their job properly, did not want to study, went to the theater, and fell in love with the female singer named Laura, professor Emma Russ intervened and fell in love with Laura himself. After marrying Laura, he finds out that she has a new love, so he despairs. Another reason is that the professor later turned to play the clown and took the stage. This was a performance in his own hometown. He would face his old colleagues and acquaintances.
The professor finally wakes up from his dream of chasing a woman, the problem is that it's too late.
Fan Daming: I think he mainly thinks that he used to be a high-ranking university professor, but he lost his teaching position because of love, and now he is forced to take the stage because of life, and he is playing the role of a clown who is the lowest three or four, which makes him feel too shameless and dignity. However, this also shows that he finally woke up from his dream of pursuing a woman. The problem is, the grim reality tells him it's too late.
Symposium after viewing Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel: Ma Yile speaks
The general feeling of the professor is pure and a little stupid, and Laura is not necessarily bad.
Wang Xiling: Professor Emarath has no prestige among the students, and the students draw his cartoons and use him" Russ' homonym called him a "garbage" professor. Professor Russ is still very kind and honest. His bird died, and he was sad; he was very loyal and serious in teaching. But students don't necessarily like such a serious teacher, and he is lost in school. When he arrived at the theater, he was respected by the manager of the circus, and felt the meekness of singer Laura, so he quickly fell in love with Laura. The general feeling of Professor Russ is simple and a little silly. And Laura. It doesn't have to be bad, what she does there is a show business, and everything has to be liked by the audience. The circus owner should treat him well. However, the professor's life is still lost. Changing careers may be good for some people and not good for others. In a professor, there is knowledge and fame; if he insists on teaching in the classroom and has a teaching career, perhaps life will be better.
In the professor, the tragedy has already existed. The actor playing the leading role played the professor's nerdy appearance very much like
Jin Aiwu: the professor is a muscle, and it is tied to a woman, and he doesn't even want his own career. And if you really want to give him the opportunity to perform on stage, he will not take advantage of it. Seems to be a little cautious. In fact, in him, the tragedy has already existed. I think the actor who plays the male lead is acting like a professor nerd.
The troupe manager who is also a magician, his character is good; the professor is not careful, in fact, he is too focused and too serious
. Fan Daming: There are also some other characters in the film. Like the troupe manager who is also a magician, he has such a good personality, he is very forthright and generous. With him, I'm afraid a tragedy like the professor would not have happened.
Wang Xiling: The professor is not careful.
Fan Daming: In fact, he is too focused and too serious. This is true for students, and the same is true for love. Sometimes, it is necessary to be free and easy to be a person, to do something and not to do something, that is, to be indifferent, and people will become more cheerful and unrestrained.
Symposium after viewing Josef von Sternberg's "Blue Angel": Jin Aiwu speaks
Symposium after viewing Josef von Sternberg's "Blue Angel": Chen Hua speaks
The clown is not only a role played by the professor on the stage; since he pursued Laura, he has been the clown in life.
Chen Hua: The professor is responsible. In the lyrics that Laura sang on stage, she sang "Be careful blonde...I live for love...", which actually foreshadowed the professor's life experience. There is a clown character in the film that often appears, often when the professor has something to do, the clown appears next to him. Later, I saw that the professor was asked to play the clown on stage in the film, and then I realized that the appearance of the clown was suggestive. The film echoes before and after here. It can be said that the clown is not only a role played on the stage of the professor; since the pursuit of Laura, he has been the clown in life.
Even at the beginning of the film, the professor sees the death of the caged bird in his house, which has a metaphorical meaning
. The film director may have this big metaphor in the film. Even at the beginning of the film, the professor sees the death of the caged bird in his house, which has a metaphorical meaning - the professor also died at the end, on his own lectern.
The professor's life is a lost life, an unsuccessful life, and his final tragedy is inevitable
Sun Fengfeng: The professor's life is a lost life. He has problems with teaching. There is also clearly a mistake in finding a wife. After changing to a theatre company, he didn't seize the opportunity. He just doesn't understand enough about the way people in show business go for fun. His life was an unsuccessful one. A person must be able to adapt to the society, the environment, and the people around him in order to survive better. However, the adaptability required by these aspects is not strong for professors. Therefore, his eventual tragedy is inevitable.
Wang Shujin: Teachers and professors should be respected. The professor later mixed into the society, and he did not become a professor anymore, and his future was also lost.
Lu Zhongpei: Everyone has a good talk, I can't tell you, just listen.
Symposium after the viewing of Josef von Sternberg's "Blue Angel": Sun Fengfeng speaks
From the film, German society in the mid-to-late 1920s was still divided into strict hierarchies
: From the film, German society in the mid-to-late 1920s was still divided into strict categories graded. If you are a university professor, you are in the middle and upper classes of society; if you are an actor, a singer or a magician, you are in the lower class, or at least a lower class. Especially in a small troupe or a small circus like the one in this film, the clown can be said to be at the lowest level of the troupe. The protagonist went from a university professor in the middle and upper classes of society to a small troupe—in the end, he had to act as a clown and become an actor lower than a singer and a magician, which is a kind of sinking in itself. We can see that in the film, in order to express this kind of sinking, the director also designed the clown to cooperate with the magician to endure those humiliating performances, such as smashing raw eggs on the clown's head and so on. Aroused the anger and protest of the audience. However, since the development of the Hollywood film industry represented by the United States and the high-paying star system, it has driven the film and television industry and all performing arts circles all over the world. Red, handsome and beautiful male and female stars, their social status soared suddenly. At present, in China, under the condition that the entire high-tech social and economic development achieves high production capacity and high efficiency, the film and television performance industry or the entertainment industry in a broad sense, those professional actors or stars, which are based on this economic foundation, have also reached the full level. The highest level of social occupation, they are admired and admired by the society, especially the younger generation (which has formed the so-called "fan" generation). In response to this kind of social ecology, analysts now have a so-called "entertainment for all", and even "entertainment to death". This has obviously developed to the other extreme. In general, a normal and harmonious society should respect science and knowledge first under the premise of advocating "three hundred and sixty lines of action, and the best in line". Today's modern Germany has done a good job in this regard and should still be a role model and role model for the world.
May 13-14, 2016
Organizer's Note: This summary is the 119th summary of the discussion since the establishment of Hangzhou Henglu Art Film Bar.
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