Independent Filmmaker

The first time I read the article, the ending was about birth, old age, illness and death. It feels like watching them go through life. The life of two idiots. I really like the description of rooting in the first half. Although you can guess what twists and turns there will be, it is full of tension and does not hold you back. During this period, the process of the two falling in love was described very delicately and naturally. Unlike many articles, it's love at first sight. Lan Sheng's subsequent struggle is also very good. From struggle to acceptance, it is completely conceivable that a person of his character can make a decision. After reading the whole story, I really like Lan Sheng, he is like an elf. A model of idealism! While watching it, I was also thinking about whether I could be as uncompromising as him. I hope people in real life can be as pure as him!

I found the feedback I wrote 5 years ago: It's really so beautiful!!!! Some time ago, I have been reading articles that are easy to read and cannot be read in my brain. After a long time, I got a little tired of it and couldn't read anything. Then I frequently came across this book on the home page. I was curious for a while, and also interested in the writing, and trust in the author. (I have also read several of my wife's articles!) I clicked on this book. From about four or five in the afternoon to one in the morning... During this period, except for drinking water and going to the toilet, I never let my eyes leave the screen. The more I watch, the more excited I become. I have never read an article with such a long time span, and I was shocked. My wife handled it very well. I especially like the summary of the timeline in one chapter before each new time point. I prefer something similar to an outline. I like the fact that some of Xie Lansheng's movies in this life had average results while others were very good. The writing is very real, not just mindless and cool. What I like most is the description of emotions. It's really just the right amount of pretentious and romantic. From "There are xxx days before I fall in love with Shenye", "xxx days before I fall in love with Shenye", to the end, "I swear I will love you for the rest of my life until the last second of my life. I did it" I really just want to say, madam, you are so good at writing, I love you! As expected, I still need to read drama-oriented articles every once in a while to refresh my mind. Finally, I hope that I can be like Xie Lansheng and never leave my love and dreams throughout my life. (Of course I have to find it first) Finally, I really like the name Xie Lansheng, it sounds so good.

After reading this novel, I always thought of the bjm "You have seen the power of society, but you have not seen the power of myself." I think it is very suitable for Xie Lansheng. Lan Sheng loves movies very much. It can be said that movies are his life. He cannot live without movies. He loves movies so much, but movies are a bit harsh on him. After graduating, he wanted to make movies, but he had to wait five years before he could become a director. He couldn't make movies for five years, which would consume his talent. Therefore, he decided to make his own film as an independent filmmaker. When he was preparing to make his first film "Roots", he also encountered many difficulties, but he did not give up using his clever little mind to solve the problem. There were several scenes that impressed me deeply. One of them was Lan Sheng handing out leaflets to promote his movie in order to sell the copyright to pay off his debts. The second scene was Lan Sheng going to a cafe to spread cloth for customers in order to let more people see his movie. He tried to cover the skylight of the cafe to let people see more clearly, but he fell down and broke his leg. When I saw this, I shed tears of emotion and felt sorry for Lan Sheng. I was very angry when I saw Lan Sheng being maliciously slandered in Chapter 103. Why are those people so bad and want to smear such a kind person who regards movies as his life and goes through many difficulties to make movies? Later I figured out that it might be people's greed for profit and money. Lan Sheng's life is too difficult, but it is also these hardships that allow us to see Lan Sheng's tenacity, persistence, optimism, kindness, intelligence, and cuteness... Lan Sheng has too many qualities, and these hardships make Lan Sheng's character more rich, three-dimensional and vivid. Fortunately, Xinye is by Lansheng's side and can bring some comfort and support to Lansheng. Lan Sheng and Xin Ye spent 63 years together, and they were very loving and even disgusted with each other every day. In fact, I often wanted to cry when I read this novel. I thought about Lan Sheng's hardships. My eyes were blurry when I saw Lan Sheng and Shen Ye's happiness, especially the last chapter when they grew old, sick, and died. I thought about Lan Sheng winning the award, and I also thought when I saw Liu Yao committing suicide... There are no very sad scenes in this novel, but I just want to cry. Maybe I am too emotional. Written on May 18, 2026 A reader who was moved by Lan Sheng and Shinye's experience

2026.3.29 After many twists and turns, I finally finished watching "Independent Filmmaker" today. At first I was attracted by the setting of the book. It was the first time I met the director and the film. Plus the title of the book made it look like a literary and artistic film with a sense of the times. So I read the introduction with the intention of giving it a try, and found that it was my favorite genre. I also read the rating, which was very high, and they all said that the emotional line and the plot line were both very good. This was also the first time I saw a review of a book that specifically emphasized the emotional line. The most common sentence I saw was "Lansheng is very lucky. He has an ideal that is worth his life and a lover who always supports him." I became interested and opened this article. It turns out that the sentence in the review just sums up Xie Lansheng's life. The beginning of the story is that Xie Lansheng was full of sincerity about movies but was never able to achieve his goal, and he could not get the understanding and support of the people around him. However, he remained determined and wanted to make the movies he wanted to make and tell the stories he wanted to tell. He entered the Xiaoxiang Factory, but was restricted in every aspect, targeted, and made to wear small shoes. Later, he learned that there were underground films outside the factory's banner, and directors could make their own stories, so he quit, left Xiaoxiang Factory, and started his vigorous independent filmmaking. He found a venue, borrowed equipment, hired photographers and sound recordists, took a train all the way to another city to pick up film, borrowed money, and looked for investments. Later, he went to Los Angeles and invested his year's salary in a casino, hoping to raise the last 50,000 yuan. He succeeded and he could start making movies. He jumped with excitement. It was also on this day - March 21, 1991, the spring equinox of this year, that he met Xinye, the most important person in his life. They stayed with each other and were inseparable for the rest of their lives. Lan Sheng got the last 50,000 yuan to start his dream journey in Los Angeles and the biggest golden finger in his life, which is our Xin Da Best Actor! He starred as the leading actor in Lan Sheng's first movie "Roots" (actually, he went there with the intention of watching giant pandas at first). He was gradually attracted and fascinated by Lan Sheng's sincere love for movies and his determination to never admit defeat. They finished filming "Rooting" together, and completed the post-production with difficulty but successfully. They went to Turin to participate in the competition together. At this time, Lan Sheng was unknown, had no connections, and no background. Chinese films had not yet appeared on the international scene. He could not afford publicity or advertising space, so Lan Sheng made his own posters, carried a small bench and stood on the street with people coming and going to promote the film. He held the posters for several hours, but he did not seem to feel tired, because there was a fire in his heart that grew stronger and stronger and never went out. His movie won awards and he met many people who shared his passion for movies. He and Xinye walked in the snow in Turin and visited Turin together. It was also here that he received the news that he was banned from filming by the Chinese Film Bureau. After returning to Beijing, Lan Sheng and Shen Ye went to watch the sunset in Jingshan. Shen Ye confessed to Lan Sheng that even though they liked each other, Lan Sheng could not let Shen Ye stay in the country for him. He had just been banned and Shen Ye's promising acting future could not be wasted, so he drove Shen Ye back to the United States. Xinye left in 1991. In 1995, in Taoranting, he reunited with Xin Ye after 1,384 days and 33,233 hours. The two made the most important movie in their lives together, "Perfection". On the Lantern Festival in 1996, they were truly together in Jingshan, and they have been together for 63 years since then. Lan Sheng made 31 films in his life, including "Roots", "Beautiful Sea", "Galaxy", "Mountain", "Black and White", "Perfection", "Love at First Sight", "White Horse", "The Vast Land", "Out of Control", "Going to Yueyang", "One Day"... He has devoted his life to cultivating Chinese literary and artistic films. He is a movie and a lot of young directors. How much passion does a person have to be able to persevere and carve out a path despite repeated adversity? It was not until more than ten years after he started making movies that he got the opportunity. His movies were allowed to be released and seen. He was happy but regretful, but he also hoped that more outstanding directors and films would be seen, and he did his best to do so. Lan Sheng is really great. He is the epitome of independent filmmakers of that era. Pay tribute to independent films and independent directors! They cherished each other extremely during the 63 years they were together, but people can't defeat time after all. In the 88th year and seven months of Xinye's life, he passed away. He said "I'm sorry" and "I love you" to Lansheng. Lan Sheng kept the memory of the two of them for another ten years. Finally, he could go to Xin Ye and reunite with his lover. Finally, in a state of confusion, Lan Sheng saw a bright light in front of him. In the bright light, he saw the Capital Airport in the summer of 1991 again. Shinye is young and handsome, lazily dragging his suitcase. He walked into the depths of light and became 22 years old. He finally kissed Shenye's lips again, and then he said to the 20-year-old Shenye: "Sinye, at the wedding, I vowed to love you for the rest of my life until the end of my life. One second. "I did it. " Lan Sheng said that his epitaph could be written like this - he was a happy person. He never left his love and dreams in his life. Lan Sheng is very lucky to have a lifelong dream and a lover who always supports him, respects him, and loves him. Xinye never thought that there would be a Chinese director in his life who would always love movies, always cry for them, and always love to laugh, to accompany him, support him, love him, and work with him for the rest of his life. Attachment, longing, and deep love, for Xie Lansheng, everything about movies must be nourished by painstaking persistence. Fortunately, the arrival of Xin Ye added a touch of passion to Xie Lansheng's twists and turns and absurd film career. Since then, the story about light and shadow has derived a long-lasting vitality. I heard you can cry here? Just because he never deviated from his love and ideals in his life.

I read this article two years ago, but recently I couldn't find any good new articles, so I read it again. As I read it, I found it even better!

All the feasts in the world are so sad, and one cannot help but feel sad in the face of life and death. But Lan Sheng and Xin Ye let people see another possibility of perfection, which is to love, fight and live with a clear conscience.

How to describe this novel? The story is great and the characters are great. Superpanda is one of my favorite authors over the years. In a sense, it taught me what ideal love is, the ideal of love. More than ten years ago, when I was in junior high school and high school, I watched "The Little Director" when I was in the most painful period. I almost studied directing. This book allowed me to vaguely grasp what I really wanted in this life. Later, I went to college, graduate school, and entered the workplace. I went from idealism to a bit burned out. When I was most confused, I suddenly thought of this book for no reason. After reading it, I read "Independent Filmmaker" again, and I thought about a lot of things clearly. Teacher Panda's works saved me again more than ten years later. And this time a more complete, more real and more touching story. Lan Sheng touched me so much that in a sense, this person seemed to really exist in my life - he persevered for the things he loved, fought against fate, and finally found that every step counts, and those setbacks and suppressions finally made him successful. Even when he was in the most pain and wanted to give up the most, when he felt that he was sorry for everyone, it inspired me - if he could still persevere after going through all this and still find ways to do it, then so can I. I was chatting with a friend yesterday and I said that I am very good at persuading others in a sanctimonious way - these are all necessary stages of life, and every step counts when you are lonely, but when it is your turn, you find that you can't stand the setbacks, or you can't even stand the fact that you are not making vigorous progress. My friend said of course, because when you look at other people's lives, you don't know how long the trough lasts. If your heart is not being squeezed and ravaged, you naturally feel that it will be fine if you get over it. And this pain may be mixed with more complex emotions, including powerlessness against the general environment, anger at injustice, and confusion about the future. Is this a world worth your struggle? What's the use of doing all this? I often wonder, Lan Sheng, when you burned the script, when you received the ban from the film bureau, when the box office was only about two million, when you couldn't make the film, what were you thinking about? Do you often feel that there is nothing in this world worthy of your nostalgia? Do you feel that everything you have done is not worth it, the world is a mess, and all your efforts are just a drop in the bucket. Maybe, maybe, one day you will even doubt yourself, maybe I am just a mediocre person, maybe the movie did not choose me, and among those dazzling filmmakers, I am nothing? Do you also question the world and yourself so pretentiously, like me? Exploring "ideal" and "love", there are thousands of trivial details and thousands of trivial matters. It is the heart that is full of thorns and flowers. The traveler looking at the moon in the dark night is on the bright road, but he doesn't know which way to step. And you, Lan Sheng, you seem to always know what choice you have to make, and you are determined to go on with it. Because you are an "independent filmmaker". Chinese independent filmmakers are caught between qualification review and overseas mainstream narratives; between politics and capital, and between elites and the masses. One step back is "Why do you want to photograph such a dirty Shanghai for Westerners to see?", And the next step is the propaganda of the state machine. At every step, you have to reject a lot, or accept a lot, remain in awe of the times, and keep a distance, like floating on the sea, but knowing extremely clearly where you want to go. This is the original meaning of "independence". As I write this, I seem to understand what I want. Thanks to this work, I have a lot to think about, but I still have many questions about the world and the future. It doesn't matter, the twenty-six-year-old me looked at the twenty-six-year-old Lan Sheng and felt that maybe I was not alone.

It's so uncomfortable 😭 😭. In the past, I rarely saw stories about life, old age, illness, and death. They always stayed at the most perfect moment of the story. This book is really unbearable 😭 😭 😭 😭

Teacher, can you unlock the seal? I want to order all of them 😭

Reminds me of Tolstoy: —I will love you until the birch tree —To what birch tree? —Don't you know, there will be a mound at the end of everyone's life, and there is a drooping birch tree on the mound. I cried so much...