Film and television works about ancient historical figures
In 2008, three important figures of the 20th century appeared on China's film and television screens. They are Mei Lanfang, Ip Man and Bruce Lee. The film and television works of these three roles are Mei Lanfang directed by Chen Kaige, Ye Wen directed by Ye Weixin and legend of bruce lee broadcast by CCTV. Mei Lanfang is a well-known Peking Opera master in China. From the public's point of view, Mei Lanfang is a master of Quyi performance artist with oriental aesthetics, and his dramatic art concept is unique. In the world, Mei Lanfang's quyi performance style and artistic thought are outstanding representatives of oriental drama aesthetics, which are as famous as stanislavski and Brecht. His position in China's modern Quyi performing arts has never wavered. At the same time, Mei Lanfang also actively promoted China's Quyi to the world. He visited the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1930s. During his stay in the United States, he was warmly welcomed to watch Broadway, which made Americans who were used to watching Broadway song and dance performances appreciate the charm of oriental art, and Americans unexpectedly found that the original drama could be performed in this way. Mei Lanfang was awarded the honorary doctorate by American universities, which gave Mei Lanfang the title of Dr. Mei. Paramount also recorded the video of Mei Lanfang's stage performance, which became an important video record of Mei Lanfang's stage performance. During the Soviet Union, Mei Lanfang's performance was warmly praised and highly praised by stanislavski. The influence of Mei Lanfang's performance was so great that Soviet children chased after Mei Lanfang when they saw China people wearing robes in the street. Mei Lanfang is a patriotic representative. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, he refused to perform in order to show patriotism, and persisted for eight years. It was not until 1945 that he won the Anti-Japanese War that he returned to the stage. In the late period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he actively donated money and materials, which was regarded as a typical example of patriotism. However, what is unknown is Mei Lanfang's words and deeds and rich emotional life in daily life. The film Mei Lanfang focuses on Mei Lanfang's emotional life, especially the love between Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong, which was vividly interpreted by Li Minghe and Zhang Ziyi. The film also tries to truly reproduce the personality characteristics of Mei Lanfang in life, but it seems to only set off the corner of the personality characteristics, leaving room for the latecomers to shoot Mei Lanfang. Mei Lanfang has a deep Taoist thought in his heart, advocating inaction and self-destruction, which is inseparable from Yang Xiaolou's influence on him. Because of this, in the thirties when the left-wing movement was surging, although he was criticized by Lu Xun and other literati, he still stuck to his artistic ideas and life beliefs and did not fight back. Masters often have extraordinary originality. Let's talk about IP Man again. Although he is also a famous martial artist in Guangdong and one of the important representatives of Nanquan, he is a figure neglected by film and television works. Previously, Huang Feihong, Fang Shiyu and other Guangdong martial arts masters have been put on the screen one after another, and they are constantly being written, which makes martial arts fans familiar. Ip Man seems a little strange. The appearance of the film "Ip Man" is probably a precedent for this kind of film and television works with characters. Ip Man is a famous martial artist in Guangdong, an important representative of Wing Chun Boxing, and a master of Bruce Lee. As for Bruce Lee, there is no need to introduce him more. He is the first world-famous kung fu star in China's films. List the movies related to Bruce Lee: Big Brother Tangshan, Crossing the River with Raptors, Jingwumen, etc. By the way, Bruce Lee majored in philosophy in an American university. Later, he submitted a paper on studying Wushu with China's traditional philosophy.