Speak for yourself in the era of pan-film criticism: "The era of pan-film criticism—everyone is a film critic" lecture was held
w88 casino News Network (Reporter Ye Xiaoyun)The process of globalization is accelerating, the Internet wave is coming, and the film industry is undergoing rapid changes. Chinese films and their criticism are undergoing a major transformation, and they need to innovate concepts and even redefine them.5month13日18:30, in the international conference hall on the third floor of the Chengxin Building, Li Daoxin, director of the Department of Film and Television, w88 casino of Arts, Peking University, professor and doctoral supervisor, gave a lecture at the New International w88 casino, explaining the current situation of Chinese film criticism in the Internet era.
Lecture site
Professor Li Daoxin first focused on the current situation of the era of relatively free speech, pointing out that both the public space for discourse and the ways and possibilities for expression of thoughts and emotions have reached a rare and gratifying state in this era, and people can express their views and opinions through various platforms. As movies have gradually become the main form of entertainment for contemporary youth, traditional and non-traditional, professional and non-professional media have participated in the review of movies. The space for speech in today's movies has far exceeded that in the past. "Time.com" and "Douban.com", which started out as film critics, have now developed into powerful promoters of Internet culture. Various self-media public accounts have also entered the field of film criticism. Film criticism has truly entered every corner of life. "We have entered the era of pan-film criticism."
Professor Li Daoxin
Recalling his experience in college when he was begging for the classic film "Eight and a Half Parts" and having no conditions to play the DVD, Professor Li Daoxin believes that nowadays movies have truly become something that everyone can participate in: a movieiPhoneYou can shoot movies. The development of the optical disc market has enabled a large number of classic films to be widely disseminated. Online viewing has become more and more convenient. "The boundaries of movies have been broken." In such a state where there is basically no information shielding, movies have entered everyone's life, and everyone can have their own influence on the production and consumption of movies. "The future hope of movies lies in our country," Professor Li is optimistic about this. At the same time, in the era of pan-film criticism, a large number of cinephiles and grassroots film critics have emerged. They love movies and have extensive and in-depth understanding of and contact with movies, which has put huge pressure on professional filmmakers to improve themselves. Everyone can speak about a movie, and they can also challenge others who speak about a movie. The status quo of "everyone is a film critic" is comforting. Professor Li emphasized, “The right to speak in film interpretation must be given to the new generation.”
In the past, there was a huge gulf between film creators and critics. But now, after a movie is released, what many filmmakers want most is feedback from the audience. This shows that film criticism has occupied its own position, and directors no longer have to care about film criticism. But while enjoying the vast amounts of information and infinite horizons brought by the era of information explosion, every "film critic" should also reflect on: "Do I lack opinions and become a carrier of momentary feelings and personal desires?" Professor Li is keenly aware that in this era where everyone has a voice, we are losing some of the "consensus that allows the spiritual soul to rest." He believes that the Chinese people’s understanding of the world and China and their grasp of values are coherent and fundamental, and they have a basic common understanding of history, culture, and moral concepts. But in the wave of the Internet age, "we are beginning to face a powerful division of souls." In this "era of unprecedented spiritual loss", we have lost our standards, our evaluations are often polarized, and it is basically difficult to communicate with each other. Therefore, Professor Li Daoxin believes that we need to seek consensus to support joint discussions.
He took the recent topical movie "Why Sheng Xiao Mo" as an example to dismantle in detail the phenomenon of "the loss of standards in judging polarization" in the Internet age. He showed the ratings and popular short reviews of "Why Shengxiaomo" by netizens on Douban.com and Time.com to the audience, and said that he was surprised by the malicious negative reviews and comments full of personal attacks. "This is not only a film review, but also online verbal violence." He pointed out that there are extremely serious problems with film criticism in this way. He doesn’t agree with the attitude of easily judging a movie to be bad, and he doesn’t agree with elevating personal negative feelings about a movie into an insult to the film’s creator.
“Everyone is a film critic, so we have to be clear about what we are doing.” Professor Li pointed out that the key to resolving this chaotic dilemma is to each perform his or her duties. Professional film critics must have a correct judgment of their own profession and maintain independence. Film buffs should correct their problems of narrow hobbies and single and harsh evaluation standards, and conduct film criticism more fairly. Ordinary movie fans and fans should also make a difference and not be manipulated by intangible pleasure and tangible money or power. He believes that "box office determinism", "Western standards" and "cultural mysophobia" have largely caused chaos in our country's film industry, and hopes that everyone can "truly watch and understand movies" and not be blindly commanded by different viewpoints.
Student questions
During the question-and-answer session, a movie fan asked Professor Li three questions one after another: With the film culture market pursuing gimmicks and hype concepts, will the living space of technical filmmakers be squeezed? Should we agree with harsh grassroots film reviews? How do you view the evaluation standards of my country’s film industry that “the less you understand, the more you are a master” and “the more Western you are, the more you are a master”? Professor Li praised the quality of the questions and responded to them one by one. He believes that no matter how hyped and developed movies of various forms are, the market mechanism of survival of the fittest will definitely work. "The more fashionable it is, the easier it is to perish quickly." The market will naturally eliminate movies with this type of concept first, and development will gradually turn around. There is no need to worry too much about other types of movies being suppressed. When it comes to spicy film reviews, Professor Li agrees. "You can dislike a movie or criticize it, but at least the words should have the charm of language and a sense of humor." The pungent film reviews are harsh, but they hit the point and are relevant. He supports the development of online film reviews in this area and plays a positive role in cultural construction. As for the industry's pursuit of "superiority" after Western standards, he believes that the root of the problem is that "we have not established our own film judging system, and many cinephiles still judge movies according to Western standards." He opposes this trend and said that Chinese filmmakers should build up their critical confidence.
This event is hosted by the College Student Theoretical Academic Center.
