Feng Shoots War Film
Though war is something people hate, Director Feng Xiaoning often exposes his audience to it.
“If we don't impress the audience, who are without the painful experience of war but with the cruel injury to life that human nature war causes, how can we bring them a love of peace and objection to war?” asked the director with a glance in his eyes.
After Red River Valley and Lover's Grief over the Yellow River, both of which star Chinese model and actress Ning Jing, Feng drew a satisfactory full stop to his war trilogy(三部曲) last month with Purple Sunset.
The film tells a story which took place in 1945, at the very moment when World War II was drawing to an end. A Chinese peasant and a Soviet woman soldier flee into a forest, where they seize a Japanese girl. They follow the girl in the hope that she will take them out of the forest, but instead they arrive in a Japanese base. Humanisty(人道主义) prevents them from killing the young, innocent(无辜的) victim of Japanese militarism. This humanity, the longing for peace and eagerness to survive, make the three unite.
“If people are touched by justice, tolerance(容忍) and unselfishness, I think I have achieved my goal,” Feng said.
Feng admits that there are violent and bloody scenes in the film, such as tanks fighting and Japanese burning Chinese people alive, to show the cruelty of war. But that's never his personal preference, he says. “Everyone who has watched my films can tell how much I detest war,” he said, “I wrote all the things for my war films by myself. Whenever I finished one, I felt as though I had suffered great pain.”
Feng regards every one of his productions as an opportunity to learn about human nature and humanity. In spite of violent scenes which frighten and sicken the audience, a balance is sought with beautiful scenery. Just like the snowy mountains in Red River Valley and the grand plateau(高原) in Lover's Grief over the Yellow River, a beautiful vast grassland appears in this film. “I used to study art and I appreciate beautiful things,” Feng said, “I believe that films should offer the audience a chance to enjoy beauty.”
1. Director Feng Xiaoning shot war films because _______.
A. he was deeply interested in such a topic B. he wanted to give the audience the painful experience of war
C. he hoped to arouse(唤起) people's love of peace and objection to war
D. he dreamed of becoming a world-famous director
2. A Chinese peasant and a Soviet woman soldier seized a Japanese girl so that _______.
A. they could find the Japanese base easily B. she could take them out of the forest
C. they could kill her for revenge(报复) D. it would cause the Japanese militarism to give in
3. Scenes of Japanese burning Chinese people alive in the film are to _______.
A. show that war is cruel B. attract people's interest
C. show Feng’s personal preferance in dealing with details D. make the film moving and interesting
4. The underlined word “detest” in this passage refers to _______.
A. hate B. like C. flee D. know about
【答案与解析】 冯小宁想通过他的“战争三步曲”来唤起人们对和平的热爱和对战争的憎恨。
1. C。语义理解题。第 2 段冯小宁说的那句话把他拍战争片的目的表现得清楚明了。
2. B。语义理解题。第 4 段第 3 句话They follow the girl in the hope that she will take them out of the forest …就是他们抓日本小姑娘的目的。
3. A。细节题。根据第 6 段第 1 句话 …such as tanks fighting and Japanese burning Chinese people alive, to show the cruelty of war 可知答案为 A。
4. A。词义猜测题。从本段最后一句话 …I felt as though I had suffered great pain可以猜出 detest 的含义。
