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Although Feng Xiaogang has achieved great success in the market by relying on entertainment films labeled as "Feng's comedies" such as "Party A and Party B", "Mobile Phone", and "If You Are the One", and Feng Xiaogang has even become a box office guarantee, he has always been It is judged by the industry as a "sketch" mode and grade. This has always been a worry for Feng Xiaogang. Therefore, intentionally or unintentionally, he was forced to embark on the path of style switching.

The change started with the 2007 war film "Assembly". This film, derived from Yang Jinyuan's novel "The Lawsuit", uses documentary techniques to express a realistic style and uses the Korean War special effects team, which has changed many viewers' understanding of the cruelty of war. The film's final box office in mainland China reached 260 million yuan, and it won numerous awards including Best Asian Film at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards. Starting from this film, he began to care about this society and the people's daily necessities. He lowered himself to be like them and used movies to reflect their joys, sorrows, and joys in society. It was also from this film that the public's view of him gradually changed, which was regarded as an affirmation of him, a feedback to him, and an approval of his reopening of the theme of the film in the second half.

However, "Tangshan Earthquake" directed by him in 2010 was a waterloo.

Regarding films about human disasters, you might as well look at the attitude of a world master. At that time, a Hollywood film company bought the filming rights to the novel "Schindler's List". Since the theme reflected the persecution of Jews by the Nazis and the story of Nazi Party member Schindler rescuing the Jews, the company decided to hand over the film to the Jewish director Schindler. Photographed by Pierberg. But after reading the novel, the 31-year-old Spielberg said: "I'm not married yet, I don't have children, I don't understand what love is, I don't understand the fragility and nobility of life, I don't understand the reverence for life. Give me some time." Let’s wait until I understand this before shooting.” The company agreed and waited for ten years. Ten years later, Spielberg had a family, a child, and learned about love, life, and death. He finally broke all the rules and shot in black and white, and collected World War II relics from all over the world. It was compulsory for Jews to attend the performance. The film's budget repeatedly exceeded the budget, and Spielberg even quarreled with his boss in order to stick to his ideas. However, God paid off, and Spielberg, who had been facing the wall for ten years, finally created the classic "Schindler's List" that won 11 Oscars.

A person’s ability is limited. Feng Xiaogang said that he cannot become a master (see "Feng Xiaogang: Not a Master" in the 122nd issue of Ifeng.com? Extraordinary Taoism). No one will blame you, just like Lu Xun said in "The First and the First" "Finally" said, "The competitors who did not stop running to the finish line even though they fell behind, and the spectators who did not smile when they saw such competitors, are the backbone of China's future." Just like being disappointed again and again, being beaten again and again. Like the "raped" Chinese fans, I never blame them for poor performance, but only for their attitude (coach Milu, who led the Chinese football team to the World Cup for the first time), has always said that the most important problem for the Chinese team is attitude. A certain international player said Baker Even if Ham is of similar level to him, it's also a matter of attitude that the brickbats he received were a matter of attitude).

If Feng Xiaogang doesn't want to be a master in his heart, then why is he clamoring for an Oscar through "The Night Banquet"? Why did he stand on the podium and ask the host unconfidently after winning the Global Chinese Influential Person Award (2008) hosted by Phoenix TV: "Some people said before that I was not considered a global influencer, but now I forget it." ?" When the host hesitated and said: "So," Feng Xiaogang was still a little embarrassed and unhappy; why did he express his inferiority complex in front of the Hong Kong media: "You look down on us." (Zhang Yimou and Jiang Wen need bullets. Is Hong Kong a good place to watch? Where does Dou Wei have the confidence to call the Four Kings of Hong Kong trash?) When "The Banquet" became a joke when it hit the Oscars, when countless media and industry insiders kept asking, "Why is your movie like Chinese football?" Can't we go abroad?" Feng Xiao just slowly found out how much he weighed. This in itself is a painful and necessary process of self-awakening and Phoenix Nirvana.

But it is a pity that Feng Xiaogang once again exposed the inertia of the ruffian and said: "I am deeply physically repulsed." Does Hawking have a huge physical disability, does it have anything to do with becoming a master? It reminds people of the story of the fox and the grapes. Therefore, attitude determines height, and character determines destiny.

When it comes to character, I think of "play is like life", just like Zhang Yimou's farmer Sun Wangquan in "Old Well" and the migrant worker in "If You Have Something to Say", so he is always very humble, so Although he is the chief planner of the Olympic Games and has privileges, "Farmer Zhang Yimou" insists on queuing up and eating box lunches with everyone. Another example is Professor Yu who teaches violin in "With You" and Feng Yuxiang in "The Founding of the People's Republic of China". Chen Kaige's aura and personality are doomed to his arrogant and lonely nature. Looking at Feng Xiaogang again, his true nature has been clearly revealed in the several movies he has guest-starred in. The leader of the Ax Gang in "Kung Fu" and the leader of the underworld in "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", every word and every action is precise and natural. Therefore, if Feng Xiaogang cannot change his true nature as a scoundrel, if he does not calm down truly and devoutly, face the wall for ten years and carry out self-cultivation and self-salvation, and if he does not go through rebirth, then he may not want to become a master. Not thinking about the problem.

The ancients said: There are three talents in the world - gods, ghosts and humans. A person in this world must always have faith and respect for them, even if it is the gods in the sky (the President of the United States also fears God), the ghosts on the ground, or your parents, your brothers and sisters on the ground, you teachers and leaders. If you are in awe, you will not dare to take the initiative to make mistakes. Only when you make mistakes, will someone dare to speak to you and teach you to correct them. And if a person doesn't believe in anything, doesn't respect anything, and doesn't fear anything, this is the most terrifying thing.

Feng Xiaogang suffered and was happy in this state in the first half of the film.

From the beginning of "Assembly", Feng Xiaogang discovered a different self and knew that he could fly higher. In 2017, he was once again awakened by his strong military complex, and directed the feature film "Youth", which aroused huge public support, awakening the general public to care about a war that was almost forgotten by the people, and to care about the forgotten group of veterans. In 2018, he won the Best Director Award at the 25th Beijing University Student Film Festival.

This is not a milestone in Feng Xiaogang’s film career, but it made him see himself more clearly and understand his responsibilities to this society!