Caption: After the screening of "Swimming Until the Sea Turns Blue", the main creator met with fans. The official picture is the same as
at 3 pm on February 21, local time. Jia Zhangke's new film "Swim Until the Sea Turns Blue" was held at the Berlin International Film Festival. At the premiere, the film crew also announced an international poster to interpret the profound artistic conception of "the past is a lighthouse that illuminates today".
The movie is with people, focusing on "storytellers" passing on history. On the day of the premiere of
"Swimming Until the Sea Turns Blue", many fans came to the theater in advance and lined up to enter the theater. The theater was full. Before the film was screened, Jia Zhangke specifically mentioned: "Now is the most difficult time for us Chinese people. We didn't know if we could come to Berlin on time when we set off, but we came. I think movies should exist at this time. Exist with people."
It is reported that the film mainly reflects the real life of the Chinese through the memories of the three writers Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong. Jia Zhangke called the three writers "historical witnesses." Although it tells the story of the Chinese, in the process of watching the movie, audiences all over the world are affected by the emotions in the movie.
Caption: Jia Zhangke took a photo at the Berlin Film Festival
in the post-screening exchange, Jia Zhangke talked about why he chose literature as the theme of the new film: "Excellent writers are messengers. They will tell everyone what happened in our lives in the first time. Why do they The response was so rapid? Because literature is the oldest and most convenient way of expression, we always know the changes in the world first from literature." When asked about the relationship between film and literature, Jia Zhangke said, "Literature has film. Where I can’t reach, there are things that literature can’t express in movies. In my other movies, I also quote poems to express certain feelings.” The appearance of opera elements in
movies also attracted the attention of some audiences. Jia Zhangke explained: “In China, different places have different operas. Choosing these is the same as choosing a few writers, because they are storytellers and can give people a longer sense of history. Operas are all in dialects. Many writers, such as Teacher Jia Pingwa, will write in a large number of dialects, which retains a certain degree of regionality and uniqueness." The audience of
lamented the profound meaning of the posters of the Power of Oriental Literature. After the Berlin premiere of
, many movie fans Express the love for the film through the Internet platform: "Aroused the attachment to the land from ancient times to the present" "It is not so much a documentary, but more like a lyrical prose focusing on the history of personal creation and feeding back the homeland." "The film introduces some seemingly unrelated themes , Through the two keys of village and literature linked together".
Caption: "Swim until the sea turns blue" international poster
on the day of its world premiere, the film crew also announced the international poster. The poster is designed by the well-known designer Huang Hai, and continues the poetry of the title. The dark sea in the picture is magnificent. A fountain pen is erected in the center of the waves. The nib emits a golden light beam like a lighthouse, explaining that "the past is to illuminate today." The meaning of "the lighthouse", at the same time, pays tribute to the writers who reflect the times with pen. This is also the third time that Huang Hai has collaborated with Jia Zhangke on the creation of posters after "Old People of Mountains and Rivers" and "Children of Jianghu". (Sun Jiayin, chief reporter of Xinmin Evening News)
