“Swimming Until the Sea Turns Blue” Xi’an Premiere Director Jia Zhangke Dialogue with Writer Jia Pingwa
2021-09-13 13:29:24Source: Xi’an News Network
Xi’an News Network reported that directed by Jia Zhangke, the movie “Swimming Until the Sea Turns Blue” with Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua and Liang Hong as the main characters will be released nationwide. On the afternoon of September 12, the film premiered in Xi’an. Director Jia Zhangke and the main character of the film and famous writer Jia Pingwa attended the event.
Jia Pingwa: This is not an entertaining work
At the premiere in Xi’an, the main characters in the film, writer Jia Pingwa, and director Jia Zhangke had a simple conversation after the film screening, discussing the relationship between literature and film, and the integration of literature and film in “Swimming Until the Sea Turns Blue”.
Jia Pingwa said that the film gave him the most profound feeling: “Swimming until the water turns blue” said that the biggest problem for people is emotional problems.” Jia Zhangke responded in an interview with reporters, “Swimming to the water.” “Turning Blue” is not only a literary documentary, but also shows that through individual experience and literary roots, young people can help them to understand their own “mystery of life experience” by reviewing the history of their families and times. A historical concept of consciousness.
Jia Pingwa revealed on the spot that this was the first time he saw the film since the director’s shooting in 2019, and he spoke highly of the film apart from surprise. “This is not an entertaining work. It has given a lot of thoughts. In it, you can see the living and mental state of the Chinese people”, adding that Jia Zhangke is a director with “very Chinese taste”.
Jia Zhangke: Literature has always been important
In the question session of the audience, when asked why he chose to collaborate with the Shaanxi writer Jia Pingwa, Jia Zhangke responded: “Because Jia Pingwa is the closest to me in terms of emotion and experience among several writers. The relationship is exactly what my own father looks like. Maybe because of the surname Jia, we have a natural sense of kinship.”
Facing audiences asking questions about the role and significance of literature in current society, Jia Zhangke believes that literature has always been important. He said: “The masses are keen on the information exchange of new media and are surrounded by fragmented information. Literature is therefore even more important. Because excellent works always have obvious systematic thinking, presenting a double line of emphasis from the social and historical dimensions.”
Jia Pingwa’s literary works undoubtedly have this kind of thinking. Since the 1980s, he has consciously started literary creation with his hometown of Shangzhou as a starting point, and is committed to digging into the traditional national cultural psychology, using the “Shangzhou Series” novels and prose creations to become a “seeking root”. Representative of “Literature”. His works such as “Qinqiang”, “Ancient Furnace” and “With Lamp” have always paid attention to rural China, which truly and vividly reproduce the fierce impact and changes brought to the countryside by the great transformation of Chinese society.
The film focuses on the artist group
The reporter learned that “Swimming Until the Sea Turns Blue” uses three writers born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua and Liang Hong as the most important narrators. They are the daughter of the late writer Ma Feng. Together, Duan Huifang re-watched individuals and families in social changes, showing the “Chinese past events” since 1949. “Swimming Until the Sea Turns Blue” is after the artist Liu Xiaodong’s “East” (2006) and the costume designer Marco’s “Useless” (2007), Jia Zhangke once again focused his attention on the artist group, called Jia Zhangke The final chapter of the “Artist Trilogy”.
“Swimming Until the Sea Turns Blue” is produced by Jia Zhangke’s classic team, with Yu Liwei as the director of photography, Zhang Yang as the recording director, and Kong Jinlei as the editing director. The film has been screened in many domestic and foreign film festivals including the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the 4th Pingyao International Film Festival, and the 58th New York Film Festival, all of which have received enthusiastic responses. The New York Times listed the film as the top ten must-see films at the 2020 New York Film Festival. The film will be released nationwide on September 19.
Text/Picture Zeng Shixiang, an all-media reporter from Xi’an Newspaper
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