Ang Lee's classic quotations:
The so-called sensibility is unstoppable; I can stop it and you have no taste.
Enjoy your innocent age, enjoy your youth, fall in love, go in one ear and out the other, and don't watch movies!
Don't consider personal style when filming. Style is for those who have no style to worry about.
For me, it's best not to consider personal style. At the thought of personal style, the so-called knowledge barrier, demons arise, but personal things can not be brought into play. I sincerely say that style is for people who have no style.
People can't speak freely because of depression. In those days, it was natural to beat around the bush. The so-called "symbols" are more powerful, and we in China don't have to teach them similes and metaphors.
Culture is a struggle and history is written by winners, so I hope everyone will stand on the side of victory.
When I go overseas, you can say that I am a descendant of the dragon, or you can say that I am a feudal remnant. If I don't keep my mouth shut, people will think that China is like that in the future, so I will shoot Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but there is nothing worse than the destruction of China culture, so I would rather show it to Americans. He won't say he doesn't understand. At least he has an illusion that people can fly.
Everyone has a Brokeback Mountain in his heart. It could be one person or one thing. In short, you put all your feelings into trying to keep him, but you can't. There is a mountain in everyone's heart that he can't let go and can't go back.
What we can touch will not last forever. Hold your hand tightly, there is nothing in it; Let go of your hand. All you have is everything.
People who make movies don't need encouragement, and people who need encouragement can't make movies.
I think everything, on a better level, is very elegant, at least we pay attention to a refined temperament.
Heroes also pay attention to temperament, so do western heroes. They don't point guns at everyone. China's Peking Opera also talks about this, doesn't it? The biggest action space of Wushu is somersault. Guan Gong just doesn't do somersaults. He just has style and elegance. Look at Guan Gong's portrait. He didn't say he cut it with his eyes open. He must be reading Spring and Autumn Annals.
The only thing in this world that can withstand the ravages of time is talent.
Repression only makes feelings stronger.
If every change we experience in life makes us go further in life, then we have really experienced what life wants us to experience.
Life cannot be like cooking. Don't cook until all the materials are ready.
Fear must be mentioned here. Fear is the only real opponent of life, because only fear can overcome life.
Life is about letting go, but unfortunately I haven't had time to say goodbye to you.
Excerpts from Jing Wong's Classic Quotations.
Jing Wong, formerly known as Wang Rixiang, is a famous film director in Hong Kong, and is regarded as a genius director in Hong Kong. He was born in Hong Kong and his ancestral home is Shaoxing, Zhejiang. He is a famous director in Hong Kong, and his father is a famous director Wang Tianlin. Jing Wong wrote the first screenplay "Ghost Horse" on 1977. Over the past ten years, he has compiled more than 40 plays. 198 1 year, first directed the film "Thousands of Kings Fight Thousands of Overlords". His films include Chasing Women in Hardcover, Best Bad Friend, Supreme, Gambler and so on. From 65438 to 0997, he joined hands with Wen Juan and others to set up the Best Partner Film Company. In recent years, his representative works include The Gambler and Las Vegas, The King of Thousands 2000, The Future Police, The Inn of the God of Wealth and The Secret Dog.
Jing Wong's classic quotations:
My bottom line is clear, that is, I will not be helpless. To survive in this world, you must have a pair of sharp eyes.
The role of film critics is mainly to encourage filmmakers in good faith. But now most of them are grandstanding and magnifying themselves. In fact, film criticism should also be literary criticism. Literary criticism is not to kill writers, but to lead literature to the right path.
I never thought erotic films could prove the quality of a director. In fact, my films have always praised women. I must let women read it without blushing or resenting. This is the bottom line I have always adhered to.
If everyone is good, the movie world is really good. The movie world won't get better if one family dominates or one or two plays sell money. It must be prosperous as a whole and everyone's box office is good, so that the film industry will reach a grand slam under the circumstance of mutual stimulation.
The film market is not based on the quality of films, but on society and economy. When the social economy develops to a certain stage, the demand for films is huge, and the film market is established in this way. It wasn't 10' s director who made 10' s excellent film, and the film market suddenly expanded.
A director should find some respectable film reviews and absorb other people's opinions, instead of getting angry at some boring criticisms.
I don't deliberately imitate others. Everyone has different cultural background and different conditions. Imitation is not a smart behavior. The director does not change with the times, nor is he a clever director. Why not make a change?
I don't want to shift my focus to the mainland, but everyone wants it, and any director wants it. Who hasn't? That is an idiot. Anyone who knows the market can make some achievements in a mature market.
I think the most important thing is to be different. If everyone has a low chest, you have a low chest, everyone has short sleeves, everyone is funny, you are funny, and you are dead. Be sure to let everyone remember that you are different from others, then you have a chance to become popular.
I can shoot for 32 years, and the bigger I shoot, the more I prove my strength. Those talkative idiots say whatever they like. I'm used to it.
Film is the eighth art, but it is not my art. My art can be music and painting, but it is not film. Movies are for me to eat. How can they be regarded as art? My movies have always been for commercial purposes. Good box office and money are my movies. Art and business are in conflict.
Sexy is not wearing less, but a feeling and an attitude.
I have my own way of watching actors. In addition to being handsome and beautiful, a person must have qualities that others don't have, so that he can become a star.
You must always have some unique talents. You can see more clearly and further than others, and the greater your chances of success. I have found many stars in Hong Kong, and I don't deny that my eyes are unique than others.
We filmmakers are nomadic people, where there is water and grass, we will go; Where there is a large audience, we will go.
Personally, I don't reject art films, but I also like the films of many great artists. But the market has a division of labor, and I am destined to be in the position of making money in business. I won't talk big, but I have my own principles. I really enjoy this working state.
I always felt that there were no bad actors, only bad directors.
Gambling is a state of mind, not an act, but what I shot is a state of mind, not an act.
Write jokes about recent events every day. How can you not be inspired? Every time I succeed, I will sum up why I succeed. The most important thing for a director is to satisfy the audience, not himself.
I can't fool Xiaogang Feng with lip service. I can only use the overall action and atmosphere.
There are two people in and out of my play. Although I can always gamble, I don't usually gamble. I know that once I get stuck, I can't get out again.
Making erotic films is a market need, which does not mean that there is something wrong with personality.
Some people say that I suck at filming, so I will never say that about others. It doesn't matter if you say you can't meet the standard. Why do you use such insulting words? So people who talk like this are bad people.
Many filmmakers don't understand entertainment films, so they have to hide behind art films. They can make ten art films, and they can use the word art to cover up their shame. If they make an entertainment film, he will become a rotten egg at the box office. They have no courage to challenge the market.
Humor in movies and humor in life are two different things. Unfortunately, you can't have your cake and eat it. Often people who are humorous in movies are boring in life. And it is not necessarily humor that causes everyone to laugh, but it may be funny. This is an accurate calculation of laughter. Humor in life is not presupposed, but improvised.
I think what is more important than acting is respect for people. I know what I want before I enter the set. Just tell the actors what you want, and then delete what you don't want like an article, and everyone will be very efficient.
I won't be a director who treats actors like clay dolls. They are not puppets. They can find the most suitable method. All I have to do is give them a platform to play and give them some direction at the critical moment, that's all.
I think actors mainly look at personality and temperament. Why some actors become meteors or never catch fire is not because of his acting skills, but because of his personality. There is no necessary reason for the audience to look at anyone. That's why people are too dragging, and they are all idiots. Without you, everyone can live together, but unfortunately many people don't think so.
My father gave me a model to let me know how much you will be hurt in this business. It's like if you have a road map, you can avoid all the reefs and have a safe route.
The funny people in the movies are all boring people in life. Chaplin, Stephen Chow and he all conform to this theorem.
I can't lie, but no one can lie to me. I don't just look at the fancy in front of the board, I always look at the back of the board. There is only the truth in my life, so people like me will not be very happy. People who cheat themselves will have a chance to be happy.
Excerpts from Du Qifeng's classic quotations.
Du Qifeng, a well-known Hong Kong-made film director and producer, has more than 25 years of experience in TV film shooting, and has supervised and directed more than 50 films. He is one of the most active and influential directors in Hong Kong today. He won the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Taiwan Golden Horse Award for Best Director three times, and nominated the Golden Horse Award for Best Director the most times. His works have been shown in overseas film festivals many times. Its * * * Galaxy image with Wei Jiahui, Tat-Chi Yau and others has created a new era of Hong Kong films, with a unique style, which has become a bright color in the Hong Kong film market after the new century and established a good reputation in the hearts of fans. He is also one of the main directors who created Hong Kong's epoch-making gangster films. Classic works include Dark War, Gunfire, Dark Flowers, Gangdom, pTU, Judo Dragon and Tiger List, Full-time Black Boy, Slimming Men and Women, Lonely Men and Women, High-altitude Love 2, Blind Detective and so on.
Du Qifeng's classic quotations:
Mainland directors are very good. They try their best to express social problems or people's current mentality. But I always feel that they lack some illusions to think about things that normal people dare not think about.
Brotherhood is just a dream. In reality, interests must be supreme. Whoever has benefits will get more benefits. This is a fact.
For me, movies are as inseparable as drinking water and eating.
A person's work can't be separated from the place where he was born, and he didn't deliberately limit himself. But the feeling is here, the inspiration has not dried up, and maybe it will not be felt in the future, but if you want to make a movie, you should look around.
Film Festival must be very important for filmmakers. What matters is not awards, but communication. Movie audiences all over the world rarely get together, except for a few year-round film festivals. The film festival is more like a party.
When inspiration dries up, rest. Only when you are in a good state can you feel the feeling of making a movie. Very tired, no desire to talk to people, how can there be a good movie?
I make a movie just because I hope it will live longer. People will still watch it in 50 years 100 years, which has nothing to do with box office and awards.
Art, like business, has secrets, and what I told you is a lie. What's the point if people lie to everyone and make superficial articles? I will keep it simple. I'm just a director.
You don't need to be a popular director. Directors who drink and talk about movies are actually selfish and hide their thoughts. Why should I communicate with you and share other people's ideas with you? Movies are very personal things. What is there to learn?
I don't think awarding prizes is a very fair thing. Besides human factors, there are many other factors to consider. You see, many Hong Kong artists have won the best actor, but their acting skills are in a mess. They don't know what to play, and they don't know why he won the best actor.
Only by talking about love in an equal and simple environment can we see the most essential thing of love.
People who are healthy in the country will not be afraid, because the government will have a system to protect you, and most things are fair, so there is no need to use special money to protect themselves. In a truly peaceful and prosperous society or a harmonious society, people don't think money is very important at all.
My feeling is that China people lack discipline and respect in their growth training. I think the most important thing for a country is national education. The first thing in national education is to teach you to respect everyone and everything in this country.
A man who knows he must die must betray everyone in order to survive.
In today's society, people break up too easily. My parents weren't like this before. Nowadays, young people face too many choices. Slowly, love becomes less precious. Of course, I talked about precious love in the movie, but I think it is difficult for people to have eternal love.
It's not the same as when I was a child. Hong Kong is no longer the time for factory girls, garage boys, temple street queens and Tsz Wan Shan rotten boys to fight. White collar workers have become the mainstream class. The office is an important part of their lives, and it is also the battlefield and love field of their lives. It is easy for young people to sing when shooting scenes they are familiar with.
There is nothing to talk about because the film industry is in recession. This is my own choice. I shot; No matter how small, I will shoot. I just kept filming. No matter how bad the situation is, I haven't left the film industry. I don't want to go back. My idea is that I want to put my whole life in movies. I am not reconciled. I believe that movies will always exist in the world of China people.
Everyone wants to do something that he will remember forever, but he may not have the courage. Because people always doubt my ability to help others.
Since the film is a description of life, I will reveal the inevitable repeated mistakes in life and the meaning of life. Maybe that's why people say my movies are sad and gloomy.
Life is just a cycle. We always make mistakes in the same range. If we make mistakes, we will make mistakes and we can't get out. It's like being sick, look, and then wait until you get sick next time. But one day I will get sick, but I can't get well. People should live a wonderful life, not a dull one. But wonderful is not forever. However, as long as you choose such a beautiful time, you will not waste your life.
I never write a script. I go to the scene when I think about it, so sometimes I make a movie for two years, which is very romantic.
I won't go to the Oscars unless there is a change. If you see me going to the Oscar ceremony, it means that they have not changed, and I think their change is right.
Western journalists often ask this question. In their eyes, the two men in my play seem to be engaged in homosexuality. This style should be because I like reading martial arts novels since I was a child. I like Jin Yong and Gu Long, and I also like Zhang Che's movies. In this way, I will inevitably be affected.
I think a movie is finished, even if it is finished, it is hard for me to do anything else for this movie. I think selling movies is someone else's business. I am just a filmmaker. Maybe my principles are not correct, but this is me. I think the opportunity to make a movie is more important than anything else.
One day you see a piece of paper floating in front of you, and you suddenly have inspiration. After that, you will have some very different ideas. The movie is to express this very human thing, which is very enlightening. No matter what the final result is, I believe that we should motivate ourselves first.
Some directors will only shoot one kind of film from beginning to end; But there are also some directors who constantly seek innovation and breakthrough in the filming process, and even constantly transform themselves. With the change of years and life experiences, it is very logical.
People should live a wonderful life, not a dull one. But wonderful is not forever. However, as long as you choose such a beautiful time, you will not waste your life.
Excerpts from classic quotations of famous Hong Kong film director John Woo.
John Woo (1September 22nd, 946), a famous Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, producer and actor, is an influential figure in Asia and even the whole Chinese society. Originally from Pingnan, Guangxi,/kloc-0 was born in Guangzhou on September 22nd, 946. 197 1 filmed with Zhang Che, the most famous action film director at that time, at Shaw Film Company. 1986 directed the film "True colors of heroes", which caused a great sensation, became the highest-grossing film of the year, and won the Best Film and Best Actor Awards at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards, creating a precedent for Wu's violent aesthetics. From 65438 to 0993, he jumped into Hollywood. With commercial blockbusters such as Broken Arrow, Face /OFF, Mission Impossible 2, etc., they became famous in the international film industry and established their position as A-level directors. He is the third China star to enter Hollywood after Bruce Lee and Cheng Long. In 20xx, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 67th Venice Film Festival.
John woo's classic quotations:
The experience of life will experience the lessons of failure and the happiness of success.
Film is my lifelong career and my ideal. Although I succeeded today, I also hope to help others succeed, or see others succeed.
I don't think art and business can be separated too much, nor can we be too obsessed with business or art, and movies can have both business and art. Should be more tolerant.
Movies should not only pay attention to the domestic market, but also pay attention to overseas markets. Because if we can open overseas markets, then our film industry will have the motivation and creativity to maintain it, and it will last longer.
The lifetime achievement award is an inspiring role for me. Winning this award doesn't mean I want to retire. Winning the prize made me work harder and make more movies.
We can't be disappointed because a director doesn't perform well in a play. I have made disappointing movies myself, so if you really want to encourage some young people, do your best, no matter whether their performance is good or bad. As long as he has the heart, one can't, three can't, and the tenth can always be, right? It will succeed one day.
A movie is equal to a painting. After a painter finishes painting a picture, it no longer belongs to the author. In the future, it should belong to the audience, not to the spectators. They can feel anything they feel.
I have a change every ten years: in the first ten years as a director, I was making comedies; The second decade was a year of filming "The True Color of Heroes", all of which were heroic films; In the third decade, I made some movies in Hollywood, which was another different experience. The fourth decade is a new beginning in China and the mainland.
The aesthetics of violence is a title given to me by some critics. I think of course, when shooting action, there are some scenes that do not deliberately beautify violence, but when shooting, I feel that I am shooting an emotion, which may be deep, beautiful or chic, so I will express it in an aesthetic way.
The core of Hollywood is to take commercial films as the mainstream and the audience's love as the standard, but at the same time it has high-quality technology. In addition to high-quality visual elements, the theme of characters has been added.
It doesn't matter if you can't get the money for filming. That's what I am. Many people think I have a lot of money. In fact, I don't earn much money and my requirements are not high. I just live a decent life.
I think it is necessary to make a meaningful film now. I said that no matter how much money I make, as long as the movie comes out, I think I can find some meaning, I will only shoot it.
I don't think the agents are here right now. They overprotected the actors, and the play was still mediocre, so they packaged it as a big star, which made many outstanding young actors lose the opportunity to play.
China people's sense of justice and chivalry is really different from that of westerners. We can sacrifice ourselves for our country, for our ideals, for our friends and for our families, and die without regret. But they didn't. They think that a real hero can live without dying. You must survive before you can help others. If you sacrifice yourself to help others, you can't help more people in the future.
In terms of human nature, China and the United States have many similarities: they share joys and sorrows, have the same pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty, and have the same ideal life and sense of justice.
The society is more and more developed, and many people are more and more eager for quick success and instant benefit. Nowadays, many people have this chivalrous spirit, not necessarily in the use of knives, guns and force. In this society, there are many warm-hearted people who can see in the face of disasters such as Wenchuan earthquake and mudslides in Gansu. There are too many such examples. So this spirit exists in this society, but can we let it go and trust others so easily?
I hope I can not only make my own films, but also supervise more films, help some young directors and give them opportunities. Just like that year, someone filmed me. If China's films are to develop well, they must be diversified. Young people should be allowed to try different things, instead of everyone shooting costume films.
In the past, the tragic heroes in movies were all my personal reflections, or some roles I yearned for. With the growth of age, I feel that many things should not be too concerned about personal feelings. Society is a whole, and I take care of others' feelings. I can't stay on the romantic feelings of my personal hero any longer. I want to take care of most people's lives, feelings and common love.
I don't think you should care so much about being friends. You can't break everything because of a moment of anger. The world will never be stable. If people care too much about small holidays, people's lives will get worse.
The most important thing to be a director is two points: the first point is to appreciate and appreciate everyone's contribution; The second point is gratitude. Everyone's contribution makes a movie look better and feel more.
I pay attention to the spirit of martial arts, and I don't like fancy movements. You can call me old-fashioned or conservative, but I just don't believe that a person can fight a few rounds in the air. I don't believe that one can fight on the top of a bamboo pole. I like watching it because I think it is romantic. If I shoot, it won't happen.
Nowadays, although many China martial arts films are very popular, they have been successful all over the world. But martial arts films are only a part of us, and many people in many countries don't know enough about our culture and our spirit.
In the past, all my films were tragic heroes. Now that I am old, my outlook on life has changed a lot, but I am more optimistic. I think that what the audience thinks, wants to do, or attitudes are not so far away from the figures in the Three Kingdoms.
Americans are not romantic at all. We in China are the most romantic, and our romance is a kind of grace and feelings, including feelings for the country, friends and lovers, which exist no matter what age.