[Self-study notes] "Tricking history" and "seeking for quick success"--diagnosing the "disease" of "The Great Wall" with the speech of the Wendai Conference

Melyssa 2022-03-28 09:01:02

"The cultural movement is linked to the national movement, and the cultural context is linked to the national context." "The cause of literature and art is an important cause for the party and the people, and the literary and art front is an important front for the party and the people." - Comrade Xi Jinping at the 10th Cultural Congress Speaking of China's famous large-scale live group gymnastics Zhang Yimou, he presented his first show with Hollywood - "The Great Wall". Regrettably, from the final effect of the film, Director Zhang and the entire creative team obviously did not take the time to study the important speeches delivered by Comrade Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony of the 10th Literary Congress and the Ninth Writing Congress. Therefore, "The Great Wall" cannot avoid the "proneness" of literature and art mentioned by Comrade Xi Jinping in his speech: The first disease of "The Great Wall": "Making fun of history, blaspheming ancestors, blaspheming classics, blaspheming heroes; using unreasonable imagination to describe History makes history nihilistic". The Great Wall is one of the "Seven Wonders of the World" and the pride and symbol of the Chinese nation. Gunpowder is one of the "Four Great Inventions of China" and an outstanding contribution made by the Chinese nation to world history and human progress. In Chinese history, the Song Dynasty was a dynasty with a prosperous culture and developed economy. The forbidden army was an important military force of the Song Dynasty. Taotie is an ancient mythical beast in ancient Chinese mythology and culture. It frequently appears in bronze ornaments and has a certain sacredness. And all these serious historical symbols were photographed by Zhang Yimou's team into colorful battles with alien monsters. This made the historical nihilistic mistakes of "teasing history" and "using unprovoked imagination to describe history" in the speech. Some people may think that they can be forgiven if there is not a single Chinese in the entire writing team, all foreigners are cranky. Big mistake! Since foreigners come to China to film, they should go to the countryside and learn important speeches. If they don't learn speeches, they don't respect us. We make it up on our own, and it is understandable, after all, we practice our own ancestors. How can there be a reason to push the ancestors out and ask the foreign grandfather to spoil them at will? ! The second disease of "The Great Wall": "In a hurry for quick success, blindly innovating, pursuing bizarreness, eager for quick success, and shoddy production; being a slave to the market, showing off wealth and competing for extravagance, vulgar and kitsch, and forgetting justice for profit." The five armies in "The Great Wall" are completely separated from Chinese history and culture. Putting aside the five elements, five colors, five senses, five beasts, and five animals that are ready-made in history, what kind of bears, cranes, tigers, eagles, and deer are produced. If you pay tribute to the Olympic Games with five Fuwas, there is more evidence than this! Character modeling is divorced from Chinese aesthetics, agency technology is separated from Chinese history, and casting and employment are separated from Chinese audiences. This film is more like Zhang Weiping's work inside and out, rather than "Zhang Yimou". Now we know that over the years I have We are wrong to blame Zhang Weiping. It is Zhang Yimou himself who really wants to "be a slave of the market". And "being unconventional and pursuing grotesqueness" is an unstoppable addiction that Zhang Yimou has been engaged in over the years by engaging in real-life "group gymnastics". I sincerely hope that Director Zhang can calm down and read the speech of the Wendai Conference after this Waterloo again. There are two "prescriptions" in the speech that are worth taking by Director Zhang: First, "Strengthen cultural self-confidence and use literature and art to invigorate the national spirit. It is necessary to cultivate and promote socialist core values ​​as the fundamental task; to be good at learning from the treasure house of Chinese culture. Extract the essence and draw energy; grasp the pulse of the times, undertake the mission of the times, listen to the voice of the times, and have the courage to answer the questions of the times; insist on not forgetting the original, absorbing the outside world, facing the future, transforming through inheritance, and transcending through learning. Nian is obviously behind the times, failed to update the brain, and failed to face the future. Hope he corrects it soon. Second, "stick to the ideal of art and lead the social fashion with noble literature and art. Be a pursuer and communicator of truth, goodness and beauty, and integrate lofty values ​​and beautiful emotions into your works; you should regard admiration for morality and art as your life's homework, and To be a person, to do things, and to be artistic; to have the artistic determination of 'sitting on the bench for ten years', and the persistent pursuit of 'not to be astonishing to die'; In the first place, seriously consider the social effect of the work.” This is a difficult one for Director Zhang. "Unifying being a person, doing things, and performing arts." Judging from the things that happened to Director Zhang in the past few years, I am afraid there is a big problem with him as a person. It is better to separate such virtues from artistic virtues. The artistic determination of "sitting on the bench for ten years is cold", a person who dares to shoot "Codename Jaguar" and "Three Shots Shooting the Table Surprise" should also not have it. This is troublesome... These are my self-study notes for this week's party members. These years are obviously behind the times, fail to update the brain, and fail to face the future. Hope he corrects it soon. Second, "stick to the ideal of art and lead the social fashion with noble literature and art. Be a pursuer and communicator of truth, goodness and beauty, and integrate lofty values ​​and beautiful emotions into your works; you should regard admiration for morality and art as your life's homework, and To be a person, to do things, and to be artistic; to have the artistic determination of 'sitting on the bench for ten years', and the persistent pursuit of 'not to be astonishing to die'; In the first place, seriously consider the social effect of the work.” This is a difficult one for Director Zhang. "Unifying being a person, doing things, and performing arts." Judging from the things that happened to Director Zhang in the past few years, I am afraid there is a big problem with him as a person. It is better to separate such virtues from artistic virtues. The artistic determination of "sitting on the bench for ten years is cold", a person who dares to shoot "Codename Jaguar" and "Three Shots Shooting the Table Surprise" should also not have it. This is troublesome... These are my self-study notes for this week's party members. These years are obviously behind the times, fail to update the brain, and fail to face the future. Hope he corrects it soon. Second, "stick to the ideal of art and lead the social fashion with noble literature and art. Be a pursuer and communicator of truth, goodness and beauty, and integrate lofty values ​​and beautiful emotions into your works; you should regard admiration for morality and art as your life's homework, and To be a person, to do things, and to be artistic; to have the artistic determination of 'sitting on the bench for ten years', and the persistent pursuit of 'not to be astonishing to die'; In the first place, seriously consider the social effect of the work.” This is a difficult one for Director Zhang. "Unifying being a person, doing things, and performing arts." Judging from the things that happened to Director Zhang in the past few years, I am afraid there is a big problem with him as a person. It is better to separate such virtues from artistic virtues. The artistic determination of "sitting on the bench for ten years is cold", a person who dares to shoot "Codename Jaguar" and "Three Shots Shooting the Table Surprise" should also not have it. This is troublesome... These are my self-study notes for this week's party members.

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  • Michael 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    Quite good looking. In the first half, I think I saw the possibility of the Chinese filming The Lord of the Rings.

  • Emmanuel 2022-03-21 09:01:50

    Congratulations to Zhang Yimou for finally making a Hollywood movie with chaotic plot and logic, mindless mix and match style, and stars piled up. Congratulations to Jing Tian for being an out-and-out heroine this time. It's a pity that Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe, such acting schools.

The Great Wall quotes

  • Ballard: [about William and Lin] He should be careful, she's very powerful here.

    Tovar: Then it's a fair contest.

  • William: The last time I saw you, you left me for dead.

    Tovar: The time before that I saved your life!