[Source: Guangming.com] ■Reporter Li Ting "Not only movies, but all literary and artistic works may not be able to solve practical problems, but discovering problems and expressing them are their important functions." Film critic Wang Hailin said. A few days ago, "Another Day Fu

[Source: Guangming.com]

■ Reporter Li Ting

"Not only movies, but all literary and artistic works may not be able to solve practical problems, but discovering problems and expressing them are their important functions." Film critic Wang Hailin said .

Recently, "Another Day Full of Hope" director Liu Taifeng, actors Song Ningfeng, actor Sun Zhihong, and takeaway rider representative Lu Jingjie and others came to the East Branch of Shanghai Library to talk to Professor Mao Jian of East China Normal University and others about "Algorithms of our era" With the theme of "Harmony and Living", we discuss film creation and explore the hope in real life.

Movies that look at troubles are themselves in trouble

"Another Day Full of Hope" currently being screened is Liu Taifeng's feature film debut. The entire film was shot on 16mm film. It uses a car accident between a takeaway company executive and the company's riders as the starting point to analyze the inner world of the characters and bring out a number of social issues. This car accident is like a link that connects the lives of several parties, and the question "why did the car accident happen" connects the theme of the film with various real-life dilemmas.

"I have always been concerned about social and people's livelihood topics. In 2021, I read a report about food delivery riders and began to pay attention to the living conditions of employees in the new business." Liu Taifeng said that in the summer of that year, he drove by At an intersection, I waited for a long red light. The moment the red light turned green, he stepped on the accelerator, and a delivery boy flew past the front of the car and almost hit him. "At that moment I suddenly thought, if I really bumped into him, how would our lives change?" This was the beginning of the inspiration for the story.

"Another Day Full of Hope" does not just focus on takeaway riders, but looks closer to the people around us and observes "we are trapped in the algorithm but living hard." Judging from the market performance, this realistic film seems to be in some kind of trouble. There is a huge disparity between box office and word-of-mouth. Industry insiders call it a "rare" new realistic film, but professional website data shows It shows that the total box office in the 12 days of release is 172,000 yuan, and the proportion of scheduled films is less than 0.1%.

A sociological text that is not deliberately dramatized

"After the sixth generation of directors, there is no film creation group with contemporary characteristics." Wang Hailin said that it is difficult to judge whether the director is born in the 1980s or after just watching the movie itself. Post-90s or post-70s. And this "Another Hopeful Day" has a contemporary narrative, that is, a director born in the 1980s, his understanding of society, his judgment, his analysis, and his expression, which is very important. Moreover, his perspective and standpoint of observation are very special. Although some plots in the movie avoid direct dramatic conflicts, they conform to realistic logic and do not create false satisfaction. This is its most valuable feature.

"I particularly encourage the younger generation of directors to have their own shooting methods instead of being bound by algorithms." In Mao Jian's view, "Another Promising Day" is a shooting and acting method that resists algorithms, showing that a generation of The growth of new filmmakers. The movie does not please any party. Every party has responsibilities and pressure. The movie does not sympathize with them or look down on them, but looks at them from a straight perspective. "If you use an algorithm to shoot, there are too many points that can be shot in the movie." Mao Jian said, but the film does not dramatize the contradictions, does not set unexpected "rewards", but conducts a sociological study of life. slice. Under the director's "clear" lens, the actors' performances are plain and their emotions and logic are accurate. "It's a sociological text that can be really unflattering," she said.

Luo Meng, a humanities scholar who watched "Another Hopeful Day" for the second time, believes that this movie releases too much information, so it is slightly scattered and fragmented, but the advantages are also obvious: on the one hand, it presents rich, Accurate and natural social environment and life details, various urban scenes are very attractive. On the other hand, the film's mature and sincere attitude in presenting dilemmas provides some in-depth thinking surrounding current issues."I hope that through some of the plots in the movie, more people will have more tolerance and understanding of our delivery workers." Lu Jingjie, a delivery rider who has been running food delivery in Shanghai for 8 years, said that when delivery workers are driving on the road, they will encounter to various emergencies. "When you are in a hurry to order food, the delivery staff is actually more anxious than you, because if you exceed the time limit, your order may be refunded and money will be deducted. I hope everyone will be more understanding and tolerant."

Liu Taifeng said frankly that everyone who meets The dilemmas encountered are different, and the pressures are also different. The key depends on what kind of mentality you use to face them. "When you wake up tomorrow, the sun will rise from the east as usual, and nothing will change, but your mentality is very important. Do you get up with an optimistic attitude, or face the whole world with a pessimistic attitude. I hope that optimism can It permeates from the movie and injects power into people, which is why we titled the film "Another Day Full of Hope."”

Source: Wen Wei Po