Editor's Note: now bring Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, the first reaction of many people's minds is not "Taiwan film", but "mainland". Last year's winners, the most important awards, apart from best actress belongs to Taiwan in addition to best picture is Lou ye of the massage, best actor is Chen (he won best male match). Best Director was not Taiwan, is Ann Hui from Hong Kong to China. Even Taiwan filmmakers could not help but sigh Taiwan movies, people were poor, the industry wither. But the youth film Handbook editor-in-Chief Cheng Qingsong continues to believe that the Golden Horse Awards are the most important awards in the Chinese-language film, because of its open and broad-minded.
The youth film Handbook editor-in-Chief Cheng Qingsong has served golden rooster and hundred flowers Film Festival, the Beijing student film festival, International Film Festival awards. Recently, Cheng Qingsong in Taiwan is very busy. He took double identity came to Taiwan, on the one hand for a hardcore film fans and filmmakers to "pilgrimage", from Edward Yang's "bookstores" visit to Taiwan Film Center and headquarters of the documentary exhibition, and then to participate in the Golden Horse Awards to be handed out tonight's activities on the other, as the first "coming out" city filmmaker Cheng Qingsong in the Taiwan series to participate in a series of gay activity. From October 28, arrived in Taiwan started the second Taiwan the review work of queer Film Festival and film city, as the first person to attend Taiwan Gay Parade. In Taiwan, both mainstream Chinese films of the proliferation of, and non-mainstream gay films of excellent soil, Cheng Qingsong sigh.
Golden Horse Awards is the first prize in the Chinese-language film undisputed
Surging News: recently in Taiwan trip and what is what?
Cheng Qingsong: I was on October 28 to Taiwan, to participate in the second session of the queer Film Festival, I was a Chinese film review. We ranked 123 prize are "t-cool Award", "triangle" and the "four corners".
Candidates at the same time, I also on October 31 to participate in Taiwan's Gay Parade, and on November 2 to Taichung to visit her new film produced by the lost kill, this time her team are China and Taiwan and the Japan team.
I attended the Golden Horse Awards after the opening reception, the venue is Edward Yang film independent time framing the bar, the bar was said to have bought by Wang, the finished award will henceforth be diverted to any other use.
Also visited Taipei in Taipei Taiwan Film Center, which has very comprehensive Taiwan films. Also called on the Taiwan International documentary film festival headquarters. November 5 visit to the Yang of the bookstores of juvenile killings shoot, spent the whole afternoon in the street, and the next day is the birthday of Yang Director.
Surging News: it seems that in recent years in terms of films from the Chinese mainland films and film makers is growing as a share of, what do you think of the Golden Horse award's significance for Chinese-language films?
Cheng Qingsong: Golden Horse Awards after entering the 21st century, it is no longer a film awards in Taiwan, it is for the entire Chinese area, so before Singapore and the Australia Chinese film won best picture, as well as individual awards, Golden Horse is a global Chinese-language film to open the Festival.
Golden Horse all these years of development, has been the most important Chinese-language film awards, it can be said it is led by, Hong Kong was even said to have golden image Award and the golden rooster award of the city behind, its horizons are broader. If significance, it is arguably the first prize in the Chinese-language films.
Surging News: your own is also a film critic, said the Golden Horse nomination list represents the highest standard of Chinese-language films in the past year, and the standard rate of how much overlap is there in your mind?
Cheng Qingsong: this list before I wrote the article said "arguably reflects the Golden Horse award is the highest award of Chinese-language films", I think this year's excellence in the area of film, almost no escape, are included in the nominated area. Both represent the highest level of world cinema Cannes back the Nie Yin Niang and the mountains and rivers of old friends, also was at the Berlin Film Festival gains drunk • dream of life and death, as well as finalists in the Venice skyline Tallo, reputation of the high taxuexinmei of Hong Kong, were nominated for best picture. I think these are really the best Chinese-language film of the year.
Scholarship awards are also very comprehensive, even if it is disputed that the one step away, also gave William Chang on the fine art of affirmation, and Liu Jie's film of the Golden Horse Awards have origins of Dylan, Dong Zijian by virtue of the film also was nominated for the best actor. The gorgeous office worker Sylvia Chang, of the save my grace Wang, the Sun burning heart, Deng Chao, are individual awards competition, and interpretations of these roles, in films is legendary. These individual awards have jumped the best picture category, given these outstanding performer.
Individuals are highlighted on the individual entries, highlight film as a whole also has many awards while leading, so the Golden Horse Awards shortlist came out, I think, in General, faces very well.
Surging News: Golden Horse Awards last year when a rare few elected Taiwan filmmakers lamented Taiwan movies, people were poor, the industry wither, do you have some experience in this regard this year?
Cheng Qingsong: I think Taiwan film does not wither, are showing the age of my girls, Taiwan population of 20 million, but in Taiwan sold RMB 100 million Yuan at the box office results, this is very alarming. This time I went to Xu jinglei's crew to visit, her team is Taiwan staff, professional quality is very high. I know Taiwan Director are actively preparing for their new film. I think Taiwan's film never decline, has been hard at work.
I remember one year when a Golden Horse Award winner Yang Keui-mei said, Taiwan films had never died, Taiwan film has always been a sense of its unique components exist. Mei Changsu in the Picks list is a master sales
Golden Horse vision is more open now, since all Chinese-language films, there is no award to the Mainland or Taiwan less. Taiwan is a small island, but the people here have a very broad vision and mind. This is my visit to Taiwan is very large.
Surging News: some very small art films, such as the Tallo, ' picnic ', the Dylan, as finalist of Golden Horse Award for make some noise, so this other side of an award, can bring to the city, young film makers seemed to be some encouragement.
Cheng Qingsong: Golden Horse not to give art films and niche, it always from movies based on the ontology of film arts awards. It is not by thousands of voters like the Oscar, it is the principle of jury selection. And the annual Golden Horse Film Festival, International Film Festival award-winning movie all over the world will be selected to Taiwan, in cinemas, so Taiwan's audience is very happy, good movies all over the world can be seen at the cinema. Including photography, sound recording, film editing (Awards) are still uphold the standard of art to choose. It is not bias a small minority, but from an art based on the standards of choice, some of the best filmmakers here can simply be judged and scrutiny.
Surging News: the massage with a Golden Horse Award for best film, but it did not give much help at the box office, the niche art films also has plans to release follow-up, how should we view the awards and box office?
Cheng Qingsong: I think pulling through the Festival box office is actually quite innocent. Is most of the World Film Festival for the film arts competitions. Academy different is that, was released after the movie concludes, feedback from the audience itself is sound. Golden did not release requirements, as long as that year's production of the film will be included in the selected category.
Of the massage than a movie this movie forms forms, awards could not be expected to give it more at the box office. So awards are awards, box office box office, should be looked at separately.
Surging News: when it comes to awards, highest rated yourself in bad movie "Golden broom" award, what kinds of ideas this year? Feel like nominating lines more and more inadequate?
Cheng Qingsong: I've selected 10 good movie each year is very painful, often make up dissatisfaction, but bad movies are more than enough, 100, 200 a year there. Annual review of the film is very good, more good movies this year than last year. Impressed bad movie of the year, the gardenia flower, and the quietness, the rampage in Hollywood, and the small time, bad movies did a lot this year.
Cheng Qingsong at the second Taiwan queer Film Festival
Film was not supposed to be a specific category
Surging News: Taiwan created quite a lot of queer themes, relating to the environment where you feel it?
Cheng Qingsong: Taiwan see Taiwan queer film types are very rich, the first prize was a thriller type, there are about youth and growing up, as well as a Hong Kong film about mother son died knowing her son's sexual orientation, to help his son find a Ghost marriage, including many types. Closing film is a comedy about "Drag Queen save the GAY bar", very good humor. On the queer Film Festival, you will see various types of films.
In mainland China, for various reasons, in writing is very poor, I don't see good all these years of queer-themed films, the only finalist city, the film is a documentary, feature film creation were not very active, there aren't that many good works.
After the film in and out of Taipei, to neutralize continued a week of screenings in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in different parts of the audience will continue to see these films. I think their organization and selection is very good.
Surging News: met a group of filmmakers in the Festival's status was like?
Cheng Qingsong: every day there are many screenings of the film on the film festival. Which will go to the film's cast, a movie called friends brother brother attack, two brothers are gay, an out of the closet, away from home; a concealing sexual orientation, depressing life, fate two different stories. Play brothers in the film before the actor the GV is a famous actor, likely to field mostly gay has seen his body pure sex and large-scale performances, this time he acted in feature films, at the site and Exchange is also very pleasant. Another France Director was an AIDS patient, shooting his documentary experience, communicated with the audience is also very active with his photo, there is no sense of distance.
On display here, I feel it's not just in film, is also a part of the gay movement, and let the public know more about gay group gay feelings, just shadow form.
Surging News: why the subject itself deserves to be a tag or category?
Cheng Qingsong: in my opinion film should not be a distinct category, but at this stage of a gay rights has not been comrades who, we need to focus on some of the films at this stage to issue a greater voice, it seems to be a type. Performance is human emotion and experience, if they are placed in a big movie, and straight type is valid.
Gay themes is not an issue at the international level, this year's Venice Film Festival best film gave Venezuela the film, Cannes, two years before this film the life of Adele awarded first prize. Gay movies the best way is to gay themes and all the films as criteria.
Surging News: Queer Film Festival for the film is the film's standard of evaluation, feelings and themes more important? You do this review and do regular reviews of the Festival there will be different?
Cheng Qingsong: not starting from the theme, while doing the review would come back to the film itself, each of its film the story of how, innovation on the arts, performance figures are impressive and from itself to award comrade instead of shocking events or emotions, judging criteria is the film's standards.
Surging News: culture prevalent in recent years, Chinese movies gay or walking in more and more, can be seen as the creation of scale there are loose a little bit?
Cheng Qingsong: walking, most gay movies with consumption, I do not think is gay movies, films in the creation of a single flat, demonizing gay way, I very much disagree.
Surging News: a very personal feeling problem, mainland film circles not many comrades were out in the open, you're out in the open for many years, would feel more comfortable or feel a little lonely?
Cheng Qingsong: I will not feel lonely, come out of the closet and not isolate themselves and the crowd, coming out just want to live a real life. Just life may be interventions, many people are eager to introduce you to my girlfriend, asking, why don't you get married. Returning true will make life more comfortable.
Entertainers from mainland China will not come out of the closet, they still have market considerations and concerns, but the gay community has been coming out more and more, they have been able to stand up, and parents also have expressed their support. As said when the film will stand out, is unknown, but in Taiwan, the annual Gay Parade, there will be many artist came out in support of gay community. Chinese area has been a lot of overt comrades to stand up, so I don't feel lonely because of the lack of friends on the Mainland, because from a large environment, it has been getting better and better.
Coming out not lost nor gained, after the out of the closet is your own. Coming out of the biggest change, live it for yourself, is a free fun, I had a stage play on Edward Lam in the romance of a line of impressive, Liu says in the play, "the secret to happiness is a brave, brave is the key to freedom." I am now very free, very brave, very happy.
By editor-in-Chief Cheng Qingsong caged spring---Chinese-language film of 20 in 2012.
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