[Reading the Two Sessions] CPPCC Member Wang Xingdong: If the original achievements are not respected, the original ability will inevitably be frustrated

The stories and literary images pioneered by writers and screenwriters have always been regarded as the operation and operation of big businesses in intellectual property trade, and are the "foundation" for the development of the film and television industry. If the original achievements are not respected, the original ability will inevitably be frustrated; with fewer personalized creations, it will be easier to increase too many repeated adaptations.

Original title: Without respecting screenwriters, there is no way to talk about the 89th Academy Award for improving the quality of China films

. The film "The Salesman" directed by Asha Fahati of Iran once again won the Best Foreign Language Film Award for Iranian films; the last time was in 2012,"A Farewell" directed by Asha Fahati won the 84th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at a cost of only US$320,000.

In this regard, Wang Xingdong, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the China Filmmakers Association, and president of the China Film Literature Society, was deeply touched: "Asha Fahati himself learned from being a screenwriter. The awards for the two films were not based on high cost, high investment, and high technology, but on good stories and good content. Compared with China's repeated defeats in the past 20 years of competing in the Olympics, we do not lack funds or good directors. The most important thing is that we lack good scripts and good stories."

"The lack of good scripts is a common crisis in the world's films. Scripts are scripts and the foundation of our foothold. If China wants to move towards a world film power, it must build a strong drama team and a solid script foundation." Wang Xingdong said.

If the original achievements are not respected, the original ability will inevitably be frustrated.

The stories and literary images pioneered by writers and screenwriters have always been regarded as a big business operation and operation of intellectual property trade, and are the "foundation" for the development of the film and television industry. If the original achievements are not respected, the original ability will inevitably be frustrated; with fewer personalized creations, it will be easier to increase too many repeated adaptations.

Pioneering cannot follow in the footsteps of others, cannot be copied and imitated, and cannot be remade by following the trend. In Wang Xingdong's view, there are some disorderly situations in China films: the "right to modify" and "right to protect the integrity of the work" granted by the law to the script without the authorization of the screenwriter are trampled on, the director changes, the producer changes, and the actors and gunmen make random changes,"adding two actresses to the scene." Some films will even falsify historical facts for the actors to appear.

Wang Xingdong said that we cannot ask script users to "protect the integrity of the work" without changing word, but at least we must strictly abide by the legal principle and moral bottom line that they should be authorized by the original author when adapting."Unbridled tampering with the basic design of the drama will inevitably cause The overall collapse of the entire work."

When enjoying cultural achievements, you should have the feeling of thinking of the source when drinking

water. From the Berne Convention, which protects literature and art in the world, and China's Copyright Law, the original author is the highest rights holder of the law. Film producers must purchase the right to use the script before the director can use the script and actors can perform the script. Literary scripts have independent copyright and cannot be used without authorization. This is a universally recognized rule.

Wang Xingdong observed that infringement of intellectual property rights in the film and television industry is now more common."Many films and posters are signed without the names of the screenwriters, and some directors even simply sign the works as their own works. This contempt for originality is inappropriate."

Wang Xingdong believes that when enjoying cultural achievements, one should have the feeling of thinking of the source when drinking water, and one should not forget the well-digging person. An industry that cannot defend its source and protect original productivity will not be able to develop sustainably. "

We should learn from Mr. Lu Xun's spirit of daring to" carve out rotten apples ". Critics

should learn from Mr. Lu Xun's spirit of daring to" carve out rotten apples ". Wang Xingdong said,"At present, there is almost no ruthless criticism of the bad habit of plagiarism, plagiarism and infringement of originality. Few critics comment on films filmed based on literary scripts and do research to explore the source. Instead, they are keen on blowing up films, which is inappropriate. Only by not misplacing the criticism process, supervising the quality of original works, and eliminating inferior scripts can more high-quality films be created.

Of course, screenwriters should put their roots in life first. Without purchasing and discovering life, there will be no expression of literary innovation. "The Film Industry Promotion Law" clearly stipulates that local competent departments must "provide necessary convenience and assistance for film creators to go deep into the grassroots, go deep into the masses, and experience life." "Wang Xingdong hopes that this law can be implemented and truly provide practical help to the original creators and pioneers.

Editor: yvette