/Organized by Fan Daming/
Time: December 20, 2014 (Saturday) 11:10-11: 35am
Venue: No. 202, Nanshan Road, Hangzhou The lecture hall on the ground floor of Lu Art Museum
(the scene after the viewing of Mick Davis's "Modigliani" at Henglu Art Film Bar)
Participants: (Preface) Fan Daming, Ma Yile, He Ji, Jin Aiwu, Zhang Zhenghui, Zhao Yining , Sun Fengfeng, Huang Fangyue (watchers: Li Kedong, Ji Boqing, Tang Furong, Chen Renqiu, Fan Dayin, Zhang Xiaoping, Weng Xiliang, Wang Yuefang, Wang Xiling, Zhou Hongze, Zhu Jianyun, Zhu Songfa, Zhang Yusu, Jiang Tianhong, He Tianhua, Jiang Xizhen, Zhao Ruying, Pang Jian, Zhang Peihong , Wang Yuxiang, Hao Yuxia, etc.)
Moderator: Fan Daming
Records: Huang Fangyue
Modi's artistic style and personality are very strong, and the film directly wrote about his "competition" with Picasso in art
Van Damien: The biographical films of the artists arranged this month are all about painters, and except for today's one, they are all Dutch painters - including the final screening of Bruegel's masterpiece "The Mill and the cross". Bruegel was a Dutch painter, and the Netherlands was the predecessor of the Netherlands. Modigliani (1884-1920) was an Italian painter who lived in Paris, France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a contemporary of Picasso, and the film directly wrote about his and Picasso's mutual artistic mutual " Competitive". Modi's artistic style has a strong personality, mainly painting portraits and women's bodies. He was not famous during his lifetime. Judging from the performance of the film, the day he really succeeded in art was the day he was brutally attacked by gangsters on the street and tragically died. His situation is very similar to that of another Italian artist, the famous poet and film artist of the generation after Modigliani - Pasolini (1922-1975), whose name is similar to what we know as Italian Fascist The name of the leader, Mussolini, is only one word missing. The reason I mention this is because I'm reading a book called "Requiem: A Biography of Pasolini" recently. Pasolini's fate may be even more tragic. He is a good man, and in the end, he was thought of by someone he wanted. The approaching young man was beaten to death in the street, and his face was run over by a car. Pasolini is a genius in the film industry and a controversial film director, and his films may be screened when we have the opportunity. Now let's talk about our views around today's film.
Because there is tragedy, there is a moving story in the film. It is a pity that he is a loser
in life, Ma Yile: the film describes the romantic life of the painter himself, and the loyalty of the painter's wife to the painter, which is also a test of emotional intelligence. The painter only has some money after painting, but the money was soon consumed by him drinking and drinking, and he was extremely poor and destitute. In the end he reached the pinnacle of success, but it was also the arrival of his death. It can also be said that because there are tragedies, there are moving stories in the film. Unfortunately for life, he is a loser. He has a personality, he has a romance, and that's why his artistic talent can be expressed; but his talent is helpless to his life.
He Ji: I noticed Picasso whispering into Jane's ear in the film.
Fan Daming: Maybe because of this, Jane agreed to Picasso to let him paint herself, maybe it was a portrait, maybe it was a human body. The purpose is one, in order to have income, to live on, and to support the illegitimate child she and Modi had. This is precisely from the love for Modi.
He has his own pursuit of taste, but not the pursuit of aristocratic life
Jin Aiwu: The more I see the film, the more moved I am. A painter does not live for fame or fortune, nor does he live by painting. Painting itself is life. He has his own pursuit of taste, but it is not the pursuit of an aristocratic life. Of course he drank uncontrollably, and in the end he became famous and his life got out of control. But he has a personality, and his paintings have vitality and unique artistic effects, which even Picasso finally recognized. The tragedy of the film is also here. The film has true love in the contradictions, including the previous contradictions between the artists, and finally recognized him, recognized the value of his art, the temperament of his art; and his wife Jane felt that everything was empty after his death, so she did it for him. Suicide and follow him.
Zhang Zhenghui: Seeing this, I feel so miserable.
An artist paints life. His model is his wife, and I think
Zhao Yining is even bigger than him: the painter paints life. His model is his wife, and I think he's even bigger than him, because without Jen, how would his inner artistic passion work? We can understand from the cultural background that the painter does not serve; his talent and soul can be said to be played out of his own way of life. In this regard, Chinese and Western cultures are completely different. In fact, Western painters are also different, such as Van Gogh, who is also different from him. Today, the era of our painters is different, the creation of art is free, and the kind of repression they are subjected to does not exist anymore. But today's young people may think differently from our previous generation. There is one point of view: in the film, it is said that Modi suffers from lung disease, and half of his lungs rotted six months ago. It should be hypoxia and lack of strength, but in fact his performance is normal, which is not in line with the reality of life. However, the film is successful in expressing the artist's unique character.
Modi is inspired, he seeks beauty, which is fully reflected in his paintings
Sun Fengfeng: Painters use painting to support themselves. Van Gogh painted constantly and became famous after his death. A painter can't paint well without inspiration; there is also how to overcome the difficulties in life. Modi is inspired, he seeks beauty, which is fully reflected in his paintings. It can be seen from the film that there is competition among painters, and competition with people with great reputation; you have a high level, but no one responds, nor does it work without social repercussions. Only through the communication with the gallery agent, the painter has a high level of evaluation of his works, and he can gradually succeed. It can be seen that the life of a painter and an artist is not easy. Inspiration and life, both aspects must be handled properly. Inspiration comes from many aspects, with it, good works come out.
He Ji: To become famous as a painter, there is the problem of planning the general idea. It's not enough to paint well; it's not enough just to be good at it. In the art world, there are too many who end up not being famous. H's paintings are also common in China, but they are collected or given away by people with power and money, and they enter the transaction of power and money. At present, Chinese ink painting has become a symbol of official transactions, but it can be painted very quickly; while an oil painting lasts 6 months, it is worthless in gallery transactions.
There's a lot to like about this film
Fan Daming: This film has a lot of merit in the shooting. First, the characters are distinct: among the three main characters, Modi is handsome, romantic, and very popular. It gives people a sense of superiority and strength that only he and his appearance can have the top spot. Of course, others are also handsome. In the aura, it is obviously far to overwhelm the relatively short and fat Picasso, but in art management In fact, he is not as good at hyping himself as Picasso, so he has always been in a weak position in painting sales, and he cannot make ends meet financially. And Picasso is relatively arrogant and stingy in this film. The heroine Jane is loyal to Modi's love. For this reason, she can ignore the obstacles of her family and parents, go her own way and go to the end, even at the end of her life for love. Other minor characters, such as Jane's parents, Modi's former female agent, and other painters who competed in the Salon, all have impressive personalities, albeit with limited attention. The second is that the film fully reflects the social life in Paris under the background of the entire era, including salons and bars, streets and marketplaces, studios and mansions, etc., the creation and contrast of various environments and atmospheres, and the use of photography. The light and other skills are superb and can be called first-class, making the shooting of the characters have a strong three-dimensional sense, and the shooting of the scenery is full of poetry. Third, there is a scene in the film that is hilarious. It was a flashback to Modi's fond childhood memories of being 8 years old (1892): in their large, empty home in Livorno, Italy, the family waited for an official representative to announce their Jewish family's apology He was facing a lot of beheadings for paying the Republic tax, so that the stolen goods could be auctioned off for tax deduction. Since pregnant women have the right to keep all their belongings in their own beds, families pile up almost all of the family's belongings on the pregnant mother's bed. The memory of this childhood has its own profoundness, and it also reveals the loopholes and drawbacks of some ancient legal systems in Italian society, which is ironic.
2014.12.29-30 finishing
View more about Modigliani reviews
