Wen/He Xiaowei
Jia Zhangke is sitting on the sofa, very determined.
"In the troubled times in Jianghu Children,' children' are all adhering to a belief and the principle of being a man, and they are also affectionate. I think this' Jianghu' belongs to everyone. "
"Finally photographed"
"When I wrote the words" Jianghu Children ",I seemed to dive into the depths of my emotions. I always see something and his girlfriend riding a bike in front of me. They are so committed to each other that they are so determined. " Jia Zhangke wrote this in "Jianghu from the beginning" and said in Weibo at 19:9 pm on September 3: "I have written a new article, which may explain why I want to shoot" Jianghu Children ".
and a few hours ago, we interviewed Jia Zhangke in a hotel in Shanghai. Jia Zhangke, wearing a black shirt, sat on the sofa in front of the poster of "Children of the Jianghu" and told us the story of "Jianghu" love between Brother Bin and Qiaoqiao in these 17 years from 21 to 218.
When it comes to shooting this film, Jia Zhangke has some feelings and a kind of joy after letting go. "I finally shot it". However, he immediately changed his tune, put away his smile a little, and described the shooting with his first novel. "How do you put deep affection and friendship in a novel-like structure and finally present it to the audience?" I think it is a brand new creative experience. "
time to go back, back to August 16th, 217, Jianghu Children started. Jia Zhangke posted a message in a circle of friends, "Liao Fan and Zhao Tao starred in" Jianghu Children ".Thank you for accompanying me on this road." The implication is that Liao Fan and Zhao Tao gave him the courage and confidence to shoot the film.
Jia Zhangke insists that without Liao Fan and Zhao Tao, he wouldn't have the courage and determination to shoot Jianghu Children, because if the actors didn't perform well, the play would be ruined. Jia Zhangke said: "Zhao Tao's performance in" mountains may depart "has been able to control the characters with a large age span. Liao Fan's performance status can be a child, a young man, and a very vicissitudes uncle. I think they all have a password, which is very mysterious and powerful. With them, there is "Children of the Rivers and Lakes". "
In Jianghu Children, Liao Fan and Zhao Tao brought many unexpected surprises to Jia Zhangke. In the ballroom, Brother Bin and Qiaoqiao unconsciously twisted their bodies and danced with YMCA music. Jumping and jumping, Brother Bin and Qiaoqiao have passion and feelings.
Brother Bin accidentally touched the gun, and it fell to the ground, but Qiaoqiao complained about Brother Bin and showed a little disdain. Stimulated by music and rendered by dance, Qiaoqiao slowly forgave Brother Bin and embraced him.
In this scene, Zhao Tao and Liao Fan do it in one go, and clearly explain the love relationship between Brother Bin and Qiaoqiao without a word of dialogue. Now, when talking about this scene, Jia Zhangke is a little excited. "I am very enjoyable to watch it myself."
"Jianghu" is not far away
The 17-year "Jianghu" span has turned Jia Zhangke into a "nostalgic person". He chose six different media, such as film, DV and digital, as the image carrier, spanning more than 7,7 kilometers, and photographed the Three Gorges and Xinjiang all the way from Datong, Shanxi, recording different things and different faces in different eras. "When we face that life again, the first thing is the choice of details. When we make up a movie, to go back to the past, we must have the texture and atmosphere we shot at that time. "
So, he chose the favorite singer Sally Yeh's song and made it appear repeatedly in the film, which not only formed a historical memory, but also expressed the affection of "children". Fans who are familiar with Jia Zhangke may know that he often sends some Weibo related to Cantonese songs to express his lingering feelings in his songs. "Sally Yeh's songs are more affectionate and affectionate."
During the conversation, Jia Zhangke also bluntly said, "Many details of the past ten years have actually been forgotten." In order to make up for the regret brought by his memory, he often looks through the materials taken in the past in his bedroom alone. Looking at yesterday's people, yesterday's scene, Jia Zhangke was a little disappointed, and his heart seemed to have been scratched by years, and some felt dull pain. "It's really like a lifetime ago."
In fact, Jia Zhangke has a habit of taking pictures of people and scenery in the street with a camera. "In 21, I had my first DV camera. From that time until 21, I went out to shoot a little when I was free, and I didn't know what to do. Anyway, it was a documentary. "
In the process of filming, Jia Zhangke gradually realized that filming is to find people who are interested in it, and then present it perfectly in unexpected ways. "I really enjoy the filming process because you don't know what you will shoot, and then when you find someone you are interested in, you should make a judgment and ask yourself how to express him. I think that's called making a movie. "
Therefore, in Children of the Jianghu, Jia Zhangke found interest in Liao Fan, Zhao Tao, Xú Zhēng and others, and showed their "Jianghu" stories in a sentimental way.
What's more interesting is that Jia Zhangke directly appropriated a three-minute clip he had shot on a bus before and used it as the beginning of the film. In addition, he also carefully cut out 6 minutes from the past material and then put it into the film as a historical image. And these processed fragments, Jia Zhangke poetically described, "the end of the past era."
so, what is the end of "Jianghu"?
Brother Bin and Qiaoqiao are both "Jianghu people", but after 17 years, they have all come to an end. Just like at the end of the film, Brother Bin left home, left Qiaoqiao and ran to the "Jianghu". However, when we look back from the end of the "Jianghu", we will find that it hides too much friendship. They love if they want, hate if they want, and love and hate are clear.
Jia Zhangke also plunged into the Jianghu world of Brother Bin and Qiaoqiao, and was hit by their on-off love, and a stream of sadness came to his mind. He described his feelings with mixed Chen Lai, saying that he felt love and hate, happiness and pain in "Jianghu". "Our daily life actually has no feelings, and we naturally accept the new contents and changes brought by life. However, when you suddenly look back, you will find that people have been changed by society and time, and the influence is very great. I also thought about myself, how a young man who just made a movie in his thirties walked step by step to the present. After so much experience, I think it will remind people of the moments of love and sadness. "
In Jianghu, he needs legends and is a "good screenwriter"; In "children", he needs affection and righteousness. He said: "Jianghu belongs to each of us, and we all seek love and survival in Jianghu."