Just after 2:30 yesterday afternoon, the screening of the film "Breakdown" at the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival ended. The door of the Thousand-person Hall of Shanghai Cinema opened, the crowd slowly walked out, and we saw that familiar figure again - —Li Changnian, who played Su Hu in the 1990 version of "The Legend of the Gods", was the first audience member to receive a ticket at this year's Shanghai Film Festival at the age of 89.
Caption: Li Changnian
Unexplainable丨Love between light and shadow
Born and raised in Shanghai, the "city of movies", Li Changnian has an inextricable love affair with movies. When he was a child, he often went with his father to the Paris Grand Theater (later renamed Huaihai Cinema) at the intersection of Chengdu South Road and Huaihai Road to watch cartoons and children's films. Watching the Hengshan Cinema being built little by little, he naturally fell in love with the performing arts. Later, Li Changnian entered the Shanghai People's Art Theater Actor Training School founded by drama and film artist Huang Zuolin. His classmates included Jiao Huang, Yang Zaibao, Liang Boluo, etc. "At that time, we learned basic skills such as drama performance, Kunqu opera, dance, and ballet. Huang Zuolin's wife Danny also gave us lessons." The theater was located at No. 284 Anfu Road. Li Changnian remembered that the young Huang Zuolin's daughter Huang Shuqin also came to learn Museum, showing slides to older children like them. The opening film of this year's Shanghai International Film Festival is the dance drama film "The Eternal Wave of ", directed by Zheng Dasheng, Huang Shuqin's son. The legend of this city has been constantly told by generations of filmmakers, and it has also witnessed the wonderful fate between this city and generations of filmmakers.
"Many people in my family are also literary and artistic workers. My uncle Huang Yijun was the first director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra after the founding of New China. When I was a child, I watched him composing music at home. One day, I saw a notebook on the table. It said "The Crow and the Sparrow". I asked my uncle out of curiosity, "Is this a mythical film?" He said, "No, it's a film about society." 75 years ago, young Li Changnian witnessed the birth of "The Crow and the Sparrow", with Huang Yijun as the film composer. This morning, the new Shanghai-dubbed version of "The Crow and the Sparrow" premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival. This important work in the history of Chinese film will rejuvenate the new era and show young audiences a unique Shanghai-style style. "My uncle would be very happy if he could see it."
26th session丨No one left behind
"Although I studied acting, it was not until 1983 when I entered the Zhejiang Television Station that I started to get in touch with the film and television industry." End of study After studying at the theater, Li Changnian went to the Shanghai Theater Academy and studied acting systematically with famous drama masters such as Xiong Foxi and Zhu Duanjun. After graduation, he worked in Shanghai Youth Repertory Theater, Fujian Repertory Theater, Zhejiang TV Station and other units, and was transferred to Shanghai TV Station as an actor troupe. After becoming the leader, Li Changnian filmed well-known TV series such as "Fengshenbang", "Shanghai Family" and "Family Spring and Autumn". He also played a cameo role in the movie "Creating the World" directed by Li Xiepu.
Although he has been an actor, Li Changnian said that he is now a movie fan, "an ordinary movie fan at the Shanghai Film Festival." "I like to watch movies in the cinema, and even more like to watch movies with everyone at film festivals. The Shanghai International Film Festival has been held for 26 times, and I have never missed one." When saying this, Mr. Li showed a little bit of pride. , "At this film festival, I have already watched " Gaslight " and "Burnout" at the cinema, and I will also watch "One House, Three Nights, Three Murders" and " Metropolis ", old movies, There are all new movies," Li Changnian said. He is a frequent visitor to the cinema. "In Shanghai, seniors over 60 years old have discounts for watching movies on weekdays. As long as it is the latest movie, I will almost always go to the theater." When talking about new movies, he knows them all. The most recent ones he watched are " Stuntman " and " Swimmer" "Heart ", I was deeply impressed; and the earlier "Three Brigades" and "Article 20", I also like it very much. He said: "Chinese movies have become more and more realistic in the past two years, and they are getting better and better!" (Xinmin Evening News reporter Sun Jiayin)
