Some people were waiting early in the central hall of the Shanghai Exhibition Center with his old movie posters. Some people were holding biographies of him from different authors, different publishers and different eras, sitting proudly among the crowd waiting for the release and signing of new books. Some people had just I bought the new book "Never Calls the Curtain - Hundreds of Talks about Xie and Jin over the Century" and couldn't wait to open it, opening up the artistic life of a great director.
A new book to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of director Xie Jin, "Never Calls the Curtain - Hundreds of Talks by Xie Jin over a Centenary Year", was premiered at the Shanghai Book Fair yesterday. Open the new book and you will see the narrations and memories of 100 well-known filmmakers and artists, including Han Meilin, Lu Qiming, Kurihara Komaki, Jiang Wen, Chen Chong, Zhu Xijuan, Liu Xiaoqing, Pu Cunxin, Siqin Gaowa, Tang Guoqiang, Wang Fuli, Bao Guoan, He Saifei , Jiao Xiongping, Wu Siyuan, Chen Sicheng and others, revealing for the first time a large number of little-known vivid details, coupled with more than 100 precious pictures such as movie stills, posters and Xie Jin's personal photos, outlining a vivid, three-dimensional, passionate and The real Xie Jin - he has shot 36 movies in his life. He directed "Red Detachment of Women", "Women's Basketball Team No. 5", "Stage Sisters", "Wreath Under the Mountain", "Wrangler", "Legend of Tianyun Mountain", "Furong Town", Films such as "The Opium War" are regarded as classics of Chinese films. As a "film artist who promotes ideological emancipation and brings order to chaos" and the only film director, he was selected in 2018 as one of the 100 outstanding people who have made important contributions to China's reform and opening up. List of commendations and was awarded the "Reform Pioneer" medal. Standing at the book launch conference, you can also hear an admirable Xie Jin from the mouths of peers, juniors, and film researchers.
"Director Xie Jin is a banner figure in Chinese films. "Never Calls" is a portrayal of Xie Jin's unremitting pursuit of film art. It is also a solemn collective tribute from Chinese filmmakers to Director Xie Jin. 2023 is the birthday of Director Xie Jin The 100th anniversary and the 15th anniversary of his death. The Xie Jin Foundation organized the filming of the documentary series "100 Years of Xie Jin". 100 guests were invited to interview and gave enthusiastic and selfless help and support. Many guests sincerely shared their details in the on-site narration and reminiscences. The details of the film made me shed tears uncontrollably, leaving a precious and touching moment, which also shows the great charm and influence of director Xie Jin," Xu Chunping, editor-in-chief of the new book and chairman of the Xie Jin Film Art Foundation, said emotionally, "A man is gone. 15 years later, so many people still remember him deeply in their hearts. So many people still remember him because of his unparalleled charisma. "
" I saw him when he was very young. Exceeding Xie Jin. He was tall and had a loud voice. He gave orders on the set, and everyone else in the studio was working at a trot. It made me feel at once what a great director is." Director Zheng Dasheng, chairman of the Shanghai Filmmakers Association. He said that Xie Jin's magnanimity left a very deep impression on a little boy. "Later on studying and working, I slowly learned how meticulous director Xie Jin worked. He left a valuable asset to Chinese and Shanghai films, and also He left the best example for us (later film workers)."
Liu Haibo, president of the Shanghai Film Critics Society and professor of the Shanghai Film Academy of Shanghai University, still remembers the time when Xie Jin waited for a full day before his flight was delayed. Director Jia Zhangke, record a dialogue together. "I remember that director Xie Jin took Jia Zhangke's hand and said, 'Xiao Jia, let me see you, movies must focus on reality.'" Liu Haibo said that many years later, every time he missed Xie Jin, he would see director Jia Zhangke put this picture of the two of them together. Finding the photo of his hands clasped together "reminds me of his constant concern for social reality and his unremitting pursuit of film art."
Xu Xiaoqing, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Shanghai Xie Jin Film Art Foundation, as a "second-generation film actor" said emotionally, " We are all Xie Jin's children." He also said that "a gold cup or a silver cup is not as good as the reputation of the people" is a famous saying of director Xie Jin. "In Xie Jin's era, he was the film director with the largest audience. He told the story of China in that era. Now it is our turn to continue telling the story of China."
html Sun Yufeng, the 84-year-old veteran artist representative of Shanghai Film Studio, recited a poem "You and Us" that Xie Jin loved during his lifetime. Actors Xu Songzi and Xiao Rongsheng read a letter written by Xie Jin to himself on the occasion of his 50th anniversary in filmmaking. In the letter, Director Xie Jin, who had achieved great success and reputation at that time, said to himself, "Don't be too excited, satisfied and proud, but have a sense of urgency to seize the day and seize every hour and every day like he did in the first year of filmmaking. , work conscientiously, make the movie you want to make, and do what you want to do! "This is Director Xie Jin's request for himself, and it is also the entrustment and teaching left by a master to Chinese filmmakers. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Sun Jiayin)