Why do you want to remake A Dream of Red Mansions?

The trend of remake of famous works is getting higher and higher, and the "grand occasion" can be seen only from various media reports. First, the TV series Shajiabang, Clouds in Beijing, In distress situation, Red women soldiers and so on were broadcast in turn, then the preparation of the new TV series Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and then the remake of several Jin Yong's martial arts dramas. Recently, it was reported that A Dream of Red Mansions had been remake and the filming had not yet started, so a so-called "global talent show" named after the company was put forward with great fanfare, and a lot of money was gathered for the stars. Its imposing manner, spectacular scenes and warm atmosphere are staggering. Through these superficial noises and excitement, people see the sadness and helplessness of art.

Masterpieces are classics washed by time. They often have a broad mass base, familiar story lines and characters, and naturally have great market appeal. Therefore, the adaptation of famous works does have innate appreciation, and the adaptation of famous works is usually an important way to succeed in many artistic creations. The film of the same name adapted from February in Early Spring and Song of Youth, and the TV series of the same name adapted from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, The Journey to the West, A Dream of Red Mansions, Fortress Besieged and Four Generations under One roof still have their classic characteristics. However, repeated shooting, especially close-up re-shooting, is very rare, because chewing the leftover buns chewed by others is definitely tasteless. There is not only the restriction of the law of art itself, but also the attitude of the creators to the works of famous artists.

If the remake has novel insights and unique discoveries on the famous works and gives them new and logical artistic explanations, the remake may enjoy many times of aesthetic enjoyment; If out of respect for famous works, people give a love of cultural popularization for public welfare, or spend their own money to invest in art, instead of spending a lot of money raised by themselves and stars, people can still understand whether they are successful or not. However, the reality is just the opposite. The remake of famous works is not a treasure of cultural classics, but a means to improve oneself. These remakes with generally low cultural content and strong commercial flavor are full of various talent shows and gimmicks with ulterior motives, and all of them are reduced to vulgar commercial speculation.

China is a developing country with a relatively weak economic foundation and limited social funds for cultural construction. While many people are still struggling for basic food and clothing and worrying about cultural consumption of tens of dollars, our artists use millions or even tens of millions of funds at will to make and produce a bunch of poor imitations and even worthless cultural garbage, which is an unreasonable allocation of social resources at best and a serious waste of resources at worst. If these resources are used for cultural originality, they may leave something for cultural history, while cultural fakes that are repeatedly banned will not leave anything useful except discrediting famous works.

In fact, with the increasing trend of remake, the audience's interest is getting lower and lower. The remake wastes valuable cultural resources, occupies social public space and undermines the audience's respect for famous works. On a specific level, this reflects the impetuous spirit of quick success and instant benefit in literary and art circles, confirms the weakness and lack of cultural originality, and also reflects the lack of confidence of cultural people in grasping the trend of cultural market.

The magic weapon of art lies in innovation. Masterpieces are the spiritual wealth of the whole society and need careful protection and inheritance. If there is no innovation in the adaptation, the famous works may depreciate and block the normal cultural inheritance. Endless malicious remake makes famous works fall into mediocrity without deep imitation and repetition, which not only ruins cultural resources, damages the reputation of predecessors, but also ruins the taste of the audience. In the end, it is art itself that suffers the most.

Repetition is the natural enemy of art, and the repeated remake is mostly the Waterloo of film and television dramas, so the endless remake wind should stop.