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In which movies have you seen the intersection of these garden houses and traditional alleys, and encountered these city marks unique to Shanghai?
In one month, the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival will arrive as scheduled. The theme of this year's film festival is "City of Film". On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Shanghai, this year's Shanghai International Film Festival has specially planned "City·Light and Shadow: Celebration" around the theme of "City of Film". The "75th Anniversary of the Founding of New China and Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Shanghai Theme Film Festival" section will focus on the Shanghai imprint appearing in the film.
Yesterday, Zhou Li, chief editor of Five Star Sports and ambassador of Shanghai’s “Readable Architecture”, appeared as the first guest at the “Discovering the Truth, Goodness and Beauty in Film and Television” series of lectures, titled “Experiencing the Cultural Background of Classic Movies on the Streets of Shanghai”. Through the lens of Shanghai city in classic movies, it depicts a long scroll of Shanghai citizens' life where red culture, Shanghai style culture and Jiangnan culture have blended for a hundred years.
Lecture scene
Six days ago, the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival released the main poster. In the picture, silhouettes of people walking around the city, and the representative Shanghai cinema blend into the night sky of Shanghai, like a movie about to be released.
"When I received the creative invitation, my first reaction was to design an 'invitation letter' for Shanghai and the movie-loving audiences, because I love this city and movies, and I hope that through such an The picture invites everyone to come to Shanghai, walk around the various neighborhoods of Shanghai, and experience the Shanghai that has been filmed." Pang Hao, a visual artist based in Shanghai, said that this design is his contribution to film and television as a "mortal movie fan." It is a love letter to the festival and an invitation sent by Shanghai, a cultural metropolis, to the world.
Offline screenings of previous film festivals ©Wang Kai
Pang Hao loves movies and Shanghai. In 2007, not long after graduating from university, he came to Shanghai to work with a camera and a list of nearly a hundred movies shot in Shanghai. "A lot of my knowledge of Shanghai before graduating from university came from movies, so as soon as I arrived in Shanghai, I I started looking up on Douban where a certain movie was filmed in Shanghai, and then rushed to take pictures. When the neighborhoods, scenes, and buildings in the movie were all matched one by one in my exploration, I became more thorough. I fell in love with movies and Shanghai."
Stills from the movie " Little Things in the Big City"
After receiving invitations to create posters for this film festival and TV festival, Pang Hao said that he was so happy that he "wanted to sing an aria." . He allowed himself to return to his true nature and stood diagonally opposite the Grand Guangming Cinema from an angle where moviegoers like to check in. He took pictures of the silhouettes of pedestrians passing by and combined them with Shanghai Film Festival, Cathay Cinema, Lyceum Cinema and other places familiar to Shanghai Film Festival fans. The theaters are "lined up", using artistic language to explain the "movie city" that the audience and the movie jointly constitute.
Stills from the movie " Wangdao "
work was unveiled. Pang Hao said that he has returned from being a designer to being a movie fan, "I am ready and will grab tickets according to the schedule. This is my annual ritual."
Ticket sales for this Shanghai International Film Festival will begin at 12 noon on June 7 on the Taopiaopiao platform.
Offline screenings of previous film festivals©Wang Kai
The screenings were held in 47 theaters in 16 districts of Shanghai. These theaters witnessed the renewal and development of Shanghai, the growth and expansion of citizens’ cultural needs, and also displayed this New trends in urban cultural development. The Shanghai International Film Festival will also connect some theaters in the central city, connect the large and small landscapes between theaters, plan a "walking with movies" city walking route, and recommend movie fans to go to movie dates and appreciate the beauty of the city.
The city of light and shadow is just waiting for you to come.
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Author: Sun Jiayin
Pictures: Wang Kai Photography, provided by siff, some are from the Internet
Editor: Xiaokai
© Xinmin Evening News Department of Culture
