the director of "wild robots" visits peking university to explore rich themes from multiple perspectives
2024-09-06
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chris sanders, director of dreamworks animation's heartfelt masterpiece "wild robots", successfully concluded his china tour at the peking university centennial lecture hall! famous host chen luyu hosted the event, and special guests included professor he huaihong of the department of philosophy at peking university, and olympic table tennis champion and peking university lecturer ding ning. the director had in-depth exchanges with these three representatives from different fields, exploring the theme and emotional core of the film from multiple perspectives. golden sentences were frequently produced on the spot, and sparks of thought collided. "wild robots" will be released on september 20, so stay tuned!
lu yu sincerely lamented that she was healed, ding ning felt the same, and he huaihong said that the movie was "as beautiful as a fairy tale"
"movies allow us to have a magical resonance, and we shed our own tears in other people's stories." today, the advance screening of "wild robots" in peking university centennial lecture hall was packed with laughter and tears. after the screening, host lu yu opened the show with warmth, saying that the film's all-encompassing expression will make everyone feel warm and powerful: "this film will show us growth, kindness, family, love, and the subtle relationship between humans, nature and technology, as well as many imaginations about our future."
ding ning expressed her excitement after watching the film, saying that she saw in little butian the experience and growth she had experienced as an athlete. "the plot touched me particularly. he learned to fly without fear. i think we have all gone through that process." ding ning could relate to little butian, who fought again and again despite repeated failures and tried hard to surpass himself. it also conveyed to the students in the audience the power of positively facing setbacks in growth. as director chris sanders said, the process of rose and little butian breaking through their written fate was the most exciting experience.
professor he huaihong, who has seen the original film, thinks the plot of the film is more compact. he highly praises "wild robots" from an aesthetic point of view, saying that the director has brought a very "beautiful" film to the audience. not only are the pictures beautifully presented on the big screen, but the story is as beautiful as a fairy tale. "the most important thing is that beauty gives us an ideal of goodness. this advantage and value naturally need no further explanation."
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a charming work always has different faces and different interpretations for different people. as audiences from different fields and with different experiences, professor he huaihong and ding ning also have their own perspectives and thoughts on "wild robots". for ding ning, the small dot is like a mirror of her own growth. facing the unknown, jumping out of the comfort zone, "truly find yourself and become yourself." director sanders has a similar experience of this "small dot" growth experience. he talked about how he has always insisted on incorporating hand-drawing into the creation of animation. even if it is an adventure, he does not give up this attempt. it is because he always believes that he can overcome difficulties that director sanders can show us the unique animation style in "wild robots" that brings us the ultimate visual enjoyment.
in addition to the little budian becoming the biggest point of resonance, the robot rose is also a character that everyone has an emotional connection with. in order to make the robot rose more novel, director sanders referred to the performance methods of mime masters buster keaton and charlie chaplin, leaving some "blank space" to convey the emotional changes of the character while allowing the audience to project their own feelings onto rose, creating a strong sense of substitution.
in addition to the themes of love and growth, the film also has deeper thoughts. as a famous philosophy teacher, he huaihong believes that the film is a successful attempt to anthropomorphize robots and animals to express "human emotions, human hopes, and human ideals." in the current reality, robots have algorithms and logic, but they do not have the "sensitivity" that humans must have. however, the film has endowed rose with this precious attribute, and through such expression, it conveys the outlook and thinking on how the world will develop and change in the future.
the atmosphere of the movie watching on that day was also very enthusiastic. after the film ended, the audience burst into applause! the audiences covered all ages. students from peking university, peking university high school and peking university primary school were emotionally ups and downs with the story, and the scene was filled with laughter and tears of emotion; and the parents were touched by more extensive content such as family education, parent-child relationship, the price and gain of growth, etc. it can be said that everyone found a resonance in the film.
before the end of the event, student representatives from peking university presented the director with a wooden ladder sculpture with the theme of peking university’s iconic building as a souvenir to express their welcome to the director’s visit to china and their great love for “wild robots”, which was a gesture of great sincerity.
the movie "wild robots" will be released nationwide on september 20. on the big screen, you will encounter warmth and strength!
(source: beijing youth daily)
