However, we think we should still mention the concept of "the seventh generation" today, so that they will feel looked at and more and more "sand" will emerge. Maybe there will be more young people willing to take the Seventh Generation Train, which is not a bad thing. No one can say for sure whether a guy who looks mediocre today will be a stone in the future.
Actually they belong to the same group. If we list their similarities, it is really obvious: they are all young, practicing, persisting and influencing the world.
Director: Ning Hao
Masterpiece: Crazy Stone, Silver Knight.
The success of Crazy Stone has brought a lot of pressure to Ning Hao. Although the investment in his next genre film "Silver Ride" has increased from 3 million yuan in "Stone" to150,000 yuan, Ning Hao still claims that the money is not enough, the shooting cycle is prolonged, and people's expectations are too high, which has brought him some pressure. At present, the post-production of the film has been completed, and Ning Hao said that he does not expect it to continue the success of The Stone, but can only strive for some breakthroughs. Ning Hao refused to define his new film as "comedy". He said it was an absurd play. Nonsense plot, hilarious creativity, such as "Superman" endorsing aphrodisiac, etc., many elements in the film can still see the shadow of black humor.
Before graduating from Nortel in 2003, Ning Hao's self-directed film debut "Xiang" was selected for the Berlin Film Festival and the Hong Kong Film Festival that year, which attracted the attention of Andy Lau's "Asian Rising Star Director" program, so there was an investment in "Crazy Stone". The success of this film made Ning Hao, a little-known young man, quickly become the most concerned cutting-edge director, and also made him the undisputed leader of the "seventh generation" directors.
Director: Xu
Masterpiece: a letter from a strange woman
On the birthday of 4 1, a man received a thick letter from a dying woman, telling her love for a man for a lifetime, and the protagonist knew nothing about it. Xu put Zweig's novel of the same name on the screen and personally wrote, directed and performed it. Her pioneering courage is admirable. The film won the 52nd Best Director Award, which is a great affirmation of Xu's career as a director. If "Me and Dad" is still a clumsy and sincere work, then the film has revealed a mature director's control.
Xu's "transformation" has been accepted by most people, from the most concerned actress to the cutting-edge director called "talented woman". Compared with being a director, being an actor has no autonomy in expression, and being an actor by a smart person is always a "waste", so it is inevitable to hold the catheter in hand. Compared with most young directors who have sunk to the bottom of the valley, the film road promised by "celebrities" is much more spacious and bright. The first film "Me and Dad" was supported by Ye Daying, Bird and Jiang Wen, and "Letter" was also a gathering of big names, with an investment of 20 million. This makes Xu, the "seventh generation" director, an "alien".
Director: Ma
Masterpiece: the two of us
The two of us told the story of two generations of women, an old woman and a young woman. There are only two little people in the 90-minute story, but the details are full, the emotions are rich, and humorous words are everywhere, which makes people smile. Simple humor reveals the deep anxiety and sadness of contemporary people. Director Ma expressed the contradiction and emotion between the two generations in a delicate way, which was touching. The film won the China Golden Rooster Award for Best Director.
A friend said, "In fact, Ma Liwen is the most likely person in China to become a director like the Cohen brothers. Her black nature and paranoia are unparalleled." However, due to operability, the two films she directed before, the man who loved me the most in the world left, and both of us chose low-cost warm films. Finally, in 2007, Ma made a commercial film "My Name" based on Liu Zhenyun's script, which solved the problem of literature and art as the body and commerce as the use. Although "black humor" is not enough, black and difference are enough, but it is not lost. Ma has his own explanation for the current situation of the seventh generation directors: all the "new generation" directors grow up in their own way like weeds, depending on who has stronger vitality, maintains artistry and can combine with the market. This is a very complicated problem.
Director: Peng Tao
Masterpiece: Blood Cicada
Blood Cicada, adapted from Bai Tianguang's novel of the same name, tells the story of two children who were abducted and forced to beg because of their physical disabilities. Director Peng Tao continued the cruel style of the original with hand-held shooting, and made up for the thinness and shortcomings of the original with desperate characters' fate and complex humanity. Like most realistic films, the film uses non-professional actors to play all the roles, and its image style is simple. The film finally won the "Asian Film Promotion Alliance Award" at the 60th Logano International Film Festival in Switzerland. A German reporter commented on Blood Cicada: It's a very good movie. It is true, natural and beautiful. I hope to see this film in a German cinema.
There are many cutting-edge directors in China. Peng Tao, a 33-year-old young director who graduated from the Literature Department of Beijing Film Academy, is one of the representatives of "the supremacy of art". Peng Tao even paid for the film and invested his hard-earned money in it. He said that with the international film festival award, you don't have to buy clothes. Blood Cicada is Peng Tao's debut, and his trip to Locarno is also his first time to attend a large international film festival. In any case, his "luck" did not live up to his investment, and this "new generation" director still rose.
Director: Li Yu
Representative works: Apple
"I didn't expect China to make such a hilarious and realistic film that faces human nature!" This is the evaluation of Apple by Empire, the most famous film magazine in Britain. Liu Pingguo, a foot-washing girl floating in Beijing, is one of the most vulnerable groups in society. Her experience can be described as "absurd". The husband doesn't trust her, the boss rapes her, the boss makes things difficult for her, and the society almost abandons her ... The cut-out part of the film is the most regrettable, not only the passionate drama, but also many details related to the protagonist's fate. Some people say that the full version of Apple and the abridged version of Apple are almost different movies on two planets, which makes director Li Yu want to cry. Anyway, this is a movie that dares to be honest with yourself and tell the truth. Dieter Cosslick, president of Berlin Film Festival, praised without hesitation: "Apple is a truly powerful film, the best China film I have ever seen during my term of office."
Li Yu, a 33-year-old monk, has been recognized by international film festivals frequently, and every film has caused controversy in China. In 2000, she made her first documentary this summer, and won the elvira Natali Award at the Venetian International Film Festival and the Best Asian Film Special Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. However, due to various reasons, it failed to attract attention in China. The second film "Beauty" was selected for the Venice International Film Festival, which made Li Yu walk from the underground to the ground. The new work "Apple" was nominated for the Berlin Golden Bear Award and the Golden Horse Award was nominated for 65,438+00. After repeated revisions, it was released in China at the end of last year. Li Yu believes that his original intention is not to create controversy, but to express his life.
Director: Zheng Jiafu
Masterpiece: "We are afraid"
"We Are Afraid" was written and starred by Mianmian. The judges who won the "Dragon and Tiger Award for Youth Film" at Vancouver International Film Festival commented: "This digital film clearly presents the latest development of China society, including great achievements and annoying things." This film is very vivid and true. The whole movie is full of Shanghai symbols in Zheng Jiafu's eyes. Zheng Jiafu said, "Everything tries to express the truest Shanghai and Shanghainese." No matter the theme, story or director style of the film, it is richer, more plain, more atmospheric and more speculative than other young directors.
Director Zheng Dejian was praised as "the most promising new director in China" by Newsweek, Variety Magazine, Der Spiegel and Universal Pictures. 1996 Andrew Cheng obtained a master's degree in film production from the University of Sydney, Australia, and set foot in DV shooting after returning to China. The first film "We are Afraid" was shot by Zheng Jiafu at his own expense, and the second film was actively invested by the president of Adidas because he liked "We are Afraid". The second film, Destination Shanghai, won the Best Film Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands. The evaluation of the film festival is: "This film has completely changed the impression of China and China films in the West from Zhang Yimou to Jia." This coincides with Zheng Jiafu's attitude towards the "sixth generation". "They won't talk more about my works, and I won't talk more about their works, because your angle is different from theirs, and it will inevitably produce a certain contrast."
Substitute: Hugo
Masterpiece: A bloody case caused by steamed bread.
It is said that Chen Kaige won a 300 million Hugo Award, which is quite reasonable. The spoof of "Steamed Bread" made Hugh famous, but he was also immersed in the graffiti of online video. Although his "new movies" emerge one after another, he can't jump out of the limitations of "network" and "short film". Maybe Hugo is too familiar with the online world, or maybe his interest stops here. Anyway, it's a pity. Assuming that Hugo comes to his senses and goes to make a movie, he may not be worse than any director of the seventh generation, but this is only a hypothesis. As long as Hugo doesn't jump out of his interest in tinkering with online short films, he can't give us spectators enough confidence to support him. Without him, I hope Hugo will wake up from the internet as soon as possible and bring us more fun.