in China, we also have
, such as Jia Zhangke.
flips through his works, almost all of them are classics.
"The Good Man in Three Gorges" won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival.
"Heaven Is Destined" won the "Golden Carriage Award" for Lifetime Achievement in the Director's Biweekly Unit of the Cannes International Film Festival.
"Children of the Rivers and Lakes" won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Director at the Chicago International Film Festival. If
uses two words to describe Jia Zhangke's movies, it is: documentary. His works are very grounded. On the one hand, they focus on the stories of the little people at the bottom, and on the other hand they reflect the changes of society and times. This kind of strong realism and humanistic care is especially valuable when Chinese movies are addicted to Hollywood blockbusters and vague commercial themes.
"persist in cutting in from social reality" is also quite special among Chinese directors. When everyone was keen on dream-making in the age of the screen, they suddenly saw movies like real life approaching, and saw their unwillingness to be separated from the land under their feet. This is probably the so-called craftsman spirit.
Among the sixth-generation directors, Jia Zhangke and Lou Ye are the only ones with such high production and high quality. Said that he is very productive because it will be launched every year
