Use movies to present Cantonese opera culture, Guangzhou's non-genetic inheritance continues to exert strength
The nation’s first 4K panoramic sound Cantonese opera movie "The Legend of the White Snake" combines the familiar "White Snake" story with the intangible cultural heritage Cantonese opera
Guangzhou Daily News (all-media reporters Li Huiying, correspondents Sui Wenming and Pang Yiyue photo report) On May 20, the country’s first 4K panoramic sound Cantonese opera movie "The Legend of the White Snake" was fully screened in major domestic theaters and held its premiere in Guangzhou. Yingli.
The film has made innovations in the use of film technology and expression methods, integrating the familiar "white snake" story with the intangible cultural heritage Cantonese opera.
The culture of Cantonese opera comes from life, and it can last forever and be passed on by the younger generation.
In recent years, a variety of trendy Cantonese opera forms have been staged in Guangzhou in turn, such as "Cantonese Opera Flash Mob", TV dramas with Cantonese opera as one of the main themes, and Cantonese opera with musical elements.
It not only retains the essence of Cantonese opera culture, but also innovates the form, which makes people deeply sigh the artistic charm of Cantonese opera.
The just-released movie "The Legend of the White Snake: Love" is based on one of the four major Chinese folklore "The Legend of the White Snake". On the basis of inheriting the tradition, it incorporates modern thoughts and uses "love" as the main line to express people's love for love. Beautiful vision, persistent pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty.
How to show the essence of Chinese opera with the technique of film is a difficult problem in the integration of Chinese opera and film.
Filming the "singing, thinking and playing" of Chinese opera, most of the previous opera movies retain more of the stage sense of opera.
In order to meet the needs of movie audiences, the film has also made some changes in its action design.
For example, "Pirate the Immortal Grass" is a double-sword fight, but the stage performance pays more attention to stylization, which is more "fake" when placed in front of the movie camera.
After discussing with the crew, they switched to martial arts, which is more realistic and more powerful.
Walking into the Cantonese Opera Art Museum is like walking in a Lingnan painting.
The reporter's interview day coincided with the Cantonese Opera and Quyi Exchange in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area at the Guangzhou Cantonese Opera Art Museum.
At the event, the old, middle-aged and young Cantonese opera actors took turns on stage.
The repertoire includes classic Cantonese opera, nursery rhyme version of Cantonese opera, and even a popular interpretation of "Cantonese opera + pop". These works collide with the old and the old and blend the old and the modern, which not only retains the essence of Cantonese opera culture, but also infects the scene with lively performances. Audience.
"Let art be rooted in the living environment we are familiar with." Ou Kaiming, chairman of the Guangzhou Dramatists Association, said that he is very concerned about the creation and rehearsal of local themes. He also went into colleges to give lectures on opera art, hoping that more young people would participate.