Box office star Feng Xiaogang

Author: Jinlong Sheng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Feng Xiaogang is like a chef who wants to expand his restaurant's business, "deliberately" altering the signature dishes, replacing the original "humorous" ingredients with the current "satirical" broth. The difference between satire and humor is this: you can accept someone making fun of you, but you can never tolerate someone mocking you. — Tom.com
Feng Xiaogang is a person always ready to make substantial contributions to Chinese cinema. He is a hardworking, intelligent, and highly thoughtful director. Of course, what’s even more important, in my opinion, is that he has a powerful pair of imaginative wings. Unlike most Chinese directors, Mr. Feng not only knows which direction to fly to the southeast but also knows which direction to fly to the northwest. He always finds the way out and the key to the problem. — Liu Zhenyun
Comparing Feng Xiaogang to Zhang Mou, neither of them would probably be happy about it. However, some of my colleagues went to see The World Without Thieves and believed that Feng Xiaogang completed what Ten Faces Hidden failed to achieve—making a commercially successful film that successfully moved the audience to tears. — User blackcoca
Feng Xiaogang, the one who used to "look for fun in nothing," has become more profound. The "Feng-style New Year film" routine of group crosstalk has also quieted down. Something called "ideal" has replaced the already fragmented sense of reality. While the "Old Crouching Tiger" is sprinting down the commercial golden path, Feng Xiaogang, who has been pushing the boundaries of "poor talk" to the limit, is becoming increasingly heavy. Are your taste buds ready? — Blog UTec
They changed the imagery of China and changed us. They carry our almost picky pursuit of perfection, fulfilling countless personal dreams, but they are just a director, a director who might become great in the future! Director Feng’s ideal is actually quite simple: He says, "I want to leave the audience stunned in the cinema. If you want me to give up the audience, no way!" He says, "Directors Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige have brought honor to Chinese cinema on the world stage. Directors and actors from Hong Kong have also brought glory to Chinese cinema through action. Now, it’s time for Chinese comedy to fill a void." He says, "My work is something that anyone can understand, while the current trend is that the more incomprehensible, the better. The more obscure, the better. No one watches the obscure—how refined!" He says, "The greatest success in my director career is learning how to flatter the audience."