On October 11th, the Pingyao International Film Festival held a Master Class of Zhang Yimou "For Every Second of the Movie" hosted by Jia Zhangke.
Jia Zhangke asked Zhang Yimou: How did you come from like art and photography to filming? What did you go through that prompted you to be admitted to the Beijing Film Academy at the age of 28?
Zhang Yimou said that each generation has a different life experience. At that time, there was nothing to do in the factory, so he tried to develop painting hobbies. Later, what changed the fate of China was that great changes have taken place, reform and opening up, and the college entrance examination has resumed. Zhang Yimou revealed that he wanted to go to the Academy of Fine Arts at the time, but his sketches were not good enough, he wanted to go to the sports academy, the special projects were not good enough... The university still wanted to change his destiny and didn't want to be a worker. .
Zhang Yimou said that he was attracted to the movie after he went to university, and fell in love with it, "movies are magical." After entering the movie industry, it was out of control. In addition, Zhang Yimou said that because of his young experience, he always thought not to waste his time, so he also achieved his current state-thinking about making new films every year. Lao Mouzi also laughed and said that he might be the busiest director in China.
Zhang Yimou said that to this day he is still thinking: will my next movie be better? The desire to make a "good movie" is still very strong. He lamented that the process of film creation has become a part of his life, and he laughed at himself: Maybe he would not do anything else, only make movies. The original intention of making a movie is also very simple: not for fame and fortune, just pure liking.
He also said that many young directors’ films may not even be produced as a "day trip", but the flame in his heart will not go out. This is the charm of movies.
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