On the evening of October 29, People’s Artist Dang Nhat Minh appeared at the screening film Jasmine – event closing program series “Dang Nhat Minh film month: Now it’s October”.
< p>Flighting from Hanoi, the 85-year-old director said he was touched when receiving the love of many audiences in Ho Chi Minh City after the screening of Jasmine – the last work in the series During his career, the director had an exchange session to share his professional experience and artistic perspectives with the audience.
Dang Nhat Minh said Jasmine (released in theaters in 2022) is a movie cinema he made to pay tribute to the land of Hanoi. The film is adapted from the short story of the same name that he composed, telling true stories around the neighborhood where he lived and carrying the message of human love, the enduring core human values of Hanoi.
Talking about his artistic perspective, Dang Nhat Minh said he did not create a new cinematic language that does not exploit rare and tragic stories.
“Each director also Just like writers, they all have their own voice. It’s that voice that helps us distinguish one director from another, one writer from another p>My films do not exploit sad stories but rather everyday stories about the things I care about in life. In particular, my films pay close attention to small details.
Russian writer Chekhov once said art is “a little” plus “a little”. My cinematic language is paying attention to those “little” details” Dang Nhat Minh said.
When asked about the process of making the movie Jasmine in his late years, the director said he was happy because he was able to do the work he wanted in the most comfortable way.
“I want to give back to the land that raised me and helped me grow up. At the end of my life, I wrote the short story Jasmine telling simple stories around the area where I live. I convey the love of Hanoi to the common class of Hanoi.
I made this film without revenue pressure because the investor said to just make a film as I want. No There’s no happiness in making a movie that you really want to make. This is difficult, not easy.
When making a movie, I only think about my feelings for Hanoi and then I still want it Anything else. Hundreds of billions in revenue for nothing, doing what you want is the happiest!” the artist said.
During the exchange, Dang Nhat Minh also told the story of when he visited the Fukuoka City Community Film Institute in Japan (where 60 Vietnamese films are preserved, including films by Dang Nhat Minh).
There many films are stored and preserved for up to 400 years, and the image quality is still good. At that time, I suddenly realized that the life of a movie is longer than the life of a person. I’m happy that in the future I’m no longer in this world but my movies will still continue,” the director confided.
People’s Artist Director Dang Nhat Minh (85 years old) is one of the “living legends” of Vietnamese cinema. His career is a precious legacy of the Vietnamese film industry when truly reflecting the lives of Vietnamese people through many periods of ups and downs in history.
Dang Nhat Minh Film Month: It’s October Now” screening in Ho Chi Minh City His 9 films include: When until October The Girl on the River Guava Season Missing the Countryside May: Faces Returning to the Town Within Hanoi’s Hands in the Winter of ’46 and Jasmine.< /em>
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