“Movies are not easy money-making tools, they are art.
Zhang Yimou once said such a sentenceAt that time, he was still an artist, and his works were better than the last.
Many of his films have become classics and are loved by fans. And the 2008 Beijing Olympics made everyone see it"National Teacher".The strength and skill of the foundation.
But with the continuous rise of popularity, Zhang Yimou's practices in recent years have made the audience reacquainted with himThe leader of the fifth generation of directors.
Last year's Spring Festival"Man Jianghong" won a box office of 4.5 billion, but the audience didn't buy it, and criticized the "core" of Zhang Yimou's movie for disappearing. It was even said thatHe is no longer the director of the classics, just for art.
From a generation of "national teachers" to being criticized by netizens now, the age of more than 70 years old is not guaranteed, what happened in the middle? And how did he ruin his reputation step by step?
We can find that the first half of Zhang Yimou's life was basically dedicated to the film industry. Compared to TV dramas, movies are more artistic and ritualistic, while TV dramas are more like a kind of work, filmed to get the job done.
He has said many times to "Mou Girl", ".No matter how much money the TV series makes, don't make TV series.
But in April of this year,Zhang Yimou revealed that he was going to shoot an online drama, which is expected to be ready for start-up in September this year.
gave advice to Zhang Ziyi ten years ago, but ten years later, he skipped the TV series and chose the online drama directly.
And the reason given by Zhang Yimou isIn order to improve the quality of contemporary web dramas. And I want to try a different, contrasting work, he said, as an emerging theme, the theme of esports is very challenging for himSo I hope I can make a very cool and sassy work.
There are also many netizens who commented on Zhang Yimou's move, and he plans to reproduce it"Friends of Panga".bar.
Moreover, Zhang Yimou's choice of field this time is e-sports, and the audience is a large number of young friends, and a large volume means a steady stream of cash into his pocket.
It is reported that Zhang Yimou is direct this timeThe name of the game was used as the name of the web series, the actor has been determined to be Yi Yang Qianxi.
Zhang Yimou also revealed that he will add a variety of elements to this play, youth, blood and so on.
But we also have to worry about this, e-sports dramas in recent years don't seem to be very friendly to the audience.
are all idol dramas in the name of e-sports. In fact, this is not the first time Zhang Yimou wants to make a TV series.
In 2021, Zhang Yimou announced itDrama film "The Protagonist".is about to start filming, in addition, some netizens revealed that the online drama supervised by Zhang Yimou"Blood Labyrinth".It is being filmed in Changchun, Jilin Province.
In fact, in recent years, it is not uncommon for film directors to switch to the TV drama track, but Zhang Yimou's recent shooting quality is not very acceptable to us.
Zhang Yimou before the age of 50 will not be swayed by the needs of the market, but follow his heart.
Zhang Yimou, who was born in the 50s of the last century,Because his father was a member of the Kuomintang, he was always looked at with colored glasses.
So when Zhang Yimou was a child, he didn't like to talk, and after graduating from junior high school, it was popular to go to the mountains and go to the countryside, so he came to a rural village in Shaanxi.
After 3 years in the countryside, he was assignedA cotton mill in Xianyang。At that time, it was considered a great honor to have a job in the factory.
This time in the cotton weaving factory also made Zhang Yimou fall in love with photography. At that time, a camera was very expensiveFor this reason, Zhang Yimou worked hard for a year or two before he bought a camera.
His favorite thing to do at that time was to sit by the river and record the scenery around him.
It's hereIn 1977, the college entrance examination was resumedLater, Zhang Yimou thought that he could do anything, but when he saw the Beijing Film Academy and touched the camera in his hand, he secretly made up his mind that he must be admitted to Nortel.
Although he was 27 years old at that time, through his unremitting efforts, he finally succeeded in becoming oneA student at Nortel.
Zhang Yimou cherishes the time he spent studying Xi in college, not only listening carefully during class, but even pestering the teacher to ask him shooting questions after class.
After graduating from university, Zhang Yimou worked as a photographer in a film studio. It didn't take long for Zhang Yimou to shoot his first movie"One and Eight".
Later, Zhang Yimou filmed again"Yellow Earth"., with this movie, the fledgling Zhang Yimou won many awards at home and abroad.
This movie made everyone know Zhang Yimou's name, but at this time he wasdid not choose to continue to follow the path of photographer, but chose to be an actor.
At the age of 35, Zhang Yimou's first movie brought him three actors. But after that, Zhang Yimou chose to change careers again, turned around and looked at the director again.
That's when heI just wanted to make a movie in my mind, and I didn't think about losing money or losing money.
It is against this backdrop that Red Sorghum came into being, and the film is also the first film in Asian history to win the Golden Bear. There was a saying at the time, "".Zhang Yimou's shot must be a classic.
Although his career has been prosperous, it is not emotionally so.
Nowadays, when Zhang Yimou is mentioned, I don't know how many people think of it for the first time"Mou Girl".This?
The Mou girl in Zhang Yimou's movie left a very deep impression on the audienceThe first generation of Gong Li and the second generation of Zhang Ziyi, and then to the backNi Ni, Zhou Dongyu, they and Zhang Yimou can be said to be a relationship of mutual achievement.
The first generation of Gong Li, in"Red Sorghum".was designated as the heroine by Zhang Yimou, and after "Red Sorghum" became famous in one fell swoop, Gong Li became the queen heroine of Zhang Yimou's movies, and the later movies also achieved very good results.
And even during that time,When people mention Zhang Yimou, they will think of Gong Li, and that's how "Mou Girl" came about.
But the close cooperative relationship between the two also made people wonder whether the relationship between the two was pure cooperation or something.
For a while, there were different opinions, but all of them were unsupportive comments. BecauseZhang Yimou has an original wife.
But paper can't contain fire after all, and the ubiquitous paparazzi are even moreIt really hammered Zhang Yimou's extramarital affair.
At this time, Zhang Yimou directly ignored the admonition of the people around him, and resolutely decided to abandon his original wife, and came together with Gong Li regardless of the moral bottom lineThe original match was just an accident.
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yimou's reputation fell to the ground, and people began to discover the true appearance of this film master.
The film careers of the two have also been greatly affected because of this, but even after experiencing these together, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li still failed to get together in the end.
There are rumors,The reason is because Gong Li wants a stable family, but Zhang Yimou only thinks about his career, so the two finally broke up.
Gong Li left Zhang Yimou to find a higher stage, while Zhang Yimou continued to devote himself to the film industry.
After the two separatedGong Li, who has taken off the coat of "Mou Girl", has gradually become one of the world-class actors, and even surpasses Zhang Yimou.
Seeing that Gong Li, who had left him, was developing so rapidly, Zhang Yimou seemed to be holding his breath in his heart, working hard, and constantly discovering new actors.
The second generation of Mou girl "Zhang Ziyi".also entered everyone's sight, with the broadcast of the new movie, Zhang Yimou also proved one thing to the audience, it is not Gong Li's achievements, but Gong Li's own achievementsHe still has the ability to become a popular newcomer.
Zhang Yimou and Zhang Ziyi have collaborated on many movies with their own opinions, and netizens also speculated whether Zhang Ziyi will become the second Gong Li.
A person familiar with the matter broke the news that Zhang Ziyi went to Zhang Yimou's room to ** the script, but stayed there all night.
What script can be ** overnight? Isn't it possible during the day?
But this time, Zhang Yimou did not respond to this, and the matter had to be closed in the end, but the Internet has a memory.
Now when Zhang Yimou chooses a girl, people will also bring a sense of scrutiny.
With the popularity of the first two "Mou Girls", netizens also began to look forward to the next Mou Girl.
But the Mou girls in the back, especially the recent ones, don't seem to be very long, and almost every time they make a movie, they have to change an actress, which also leads to the gradual increase in the number of Mou girls in the entertainment group.
If there is more quantity, the quality will naturally come down, and the controversy among the girls is also increasing.
From the initial astonishment to the controversy now, netizens said that they couldn't understand Zhang Yimou's casting more and more.
After completing "Send You a Little Red Flower".Zhang Yimou discovered the value of commercial films for the first time. Since then, Zhang Yimou has thrown all his resources to the latest "Mou Girl" Liu Haocun.
Not only did she enter the public eye overnight, but it also brought her the endorsement of multiple luxury brands, but this also made itLiu Haocun has become the most controversial of the many Mou girls.
According to a person familiar with the matter, Liu Haocun's parents once caused a girl to be paralyzed for life, but the matter has not yet been reasonably resolved.
In order to make Liu Haocun popular, Zhang Yimou found many big names to play with her, but the effect was always unsatisfactory.
There is also Liu Hao who is facing the interview,deliberately pretended to be stupid and sweet in the world, which also made a group of netizens disgusted with it.
Zhang Yimou not only disappointed the audience in casting, but even his recent works are controversial, in 2016"The Great Wall".The first thing that comes to mind when you just look at the name is traditional Chinese culture.
But this movie is about foreigners resisting monsters. Since "The Great Wall", Zhang Yimou has begun to go downhill.
Today's Zhang Yimou seems to have forgotten his original intention, and now he pays more attention to assembly-line moviesis like movies like "Sniper" and "Man Jianghong", although the box office is very high, the quality is very poor.
Since Zhang Yimou became popular, the controversy about him has not been broken, whether it is career or relationship, people have been talking about it.
But there's no denying thatZhang Yimou is undoubtedly talented, and his career as a director is also very successfulAlthough the quality of films has gradually declined in recent years, he is still the director"National Teacher".
But in the end, stillI hope Zhang Yimou can regain his original intentionto bring higher quality movies to our audience.