Two days before the opening of this Beijing Film Festival, Zhu Yilong had just celebrated his 36th birthday. Zhu Yilong of the year of birth unlocked another first time in his life as a judge of the Temple of Heaven Award at the 14th Beijing International Film Festival.

　　 as Judging from his status as the best actor of the Golden Rooster Award and the accumulated achievements of leading films of 10 billion yuan, Zhu Yilong is already a very mature filmmaker, but when he appears with the judges such as Kusturika, Fei Xiang and Mary, everyone will realize that he is still young and the youngest brother in the jury.

When receiving the invitation to work as a judge at the Beijing Film Festival, Zhu Yilong's first reaction was that he was nervous, "because he has never done it, I don't know whether I can do it or how to do it, which is unknown. The Beijing Film Festival will also give the workflow. What I can't imagine is how you should communicate in this process, and how you, as a young actor, should express yourself in this atmosphere. "

In recent years, Entertainment Studio At the two key points when Zhu Yilong won the Golden Rooster and went to Cannes with "Mistakes by the River", we had exchanges with him, and we were not absent from another important moment in his life. This time I met him in the afternoon the day before the closing ceremony. After watching all the shortlisted films of the Temple of Heaven Award this year and finding the final results, Zhu Yilong's work as a judge was basically over, and finally had time to talk about the first experience of this review.

Looking back over the past few days, Zhu Yilong said, "I am very focused on this work. These days, I have basically devoted myself to it. I watch movies in Huairou Campus of our school. I enjoy this process very much."

　　 First experience of judges

Zhu Yilong's daily work rhythm is like this during the past few days as a judge——

Start watching movies after lunch every day, 3 to 4 movies a day, have dinner at 18:00 and finish work after 21:00. After returning home in the evening, you should digest the movie you saw that day, record the points of interest and problems you found, and prepare for the speech in the group discussion session before watching the movie the next day.

"I seldom have the opportunity to stay in the cinema so intensively," said Zhu Yilong

After Director Zhang Yimou revealed the rhythm of the judges watching the film at the Beijing Film Festival last year, some netizens teased "Can't you really watch so many films?" Zhu Yilong's answer was of course not, "This selection of films is quite interesting, they are very different, in terms of types, materials, video style, and cultural background."

The jury of the Temple of Heaven Award of the Beijing Film Festival is a very international team. Zhu Yilong revealed that although the organizing committee is equipped with translators, Fei Xiang also plays a very important role in the team as a bridge for cultural communication, "Thank you, Mr. Fei Xiang. Sometimes talking about movies requires some professional expressions. Mr. Fei Xiang will come out to help us translate and communicate. He is very gentlemanly, elegant and helpful. He is really meticulous. Sometimes he will observe some of the judges' expressions just now, and some people may not understand. For example, he will come to me and tell me what the chairman said was actually the meaning Think. "

As the youngest filmmaker in the jury, Zhu Yilong once had concerns, "he would worry that he might be relatively young and young, and he did not know whether his expression about the film was mature or should be expressed", but the atmosphere of the judges together soon let him down.

"After contacting with everyone, I found that this was just my concern. Everyone needed different voices, and there was no unique standard for the quality of a movie. Our overall atmosphere was very good, and everyone didn't think I was a young actor or anything. Everyone was very brave to express their feelings after watching the movie, and everyone would argue and debate."

Zhu Yilong revealed that this time the judges had a very concerned and constantly controversial common problem, that is, "should we pay more attention to the artistic expression of the film, or should we make it easier for the audience to accept, with a certain degree of viewability and entertainment."

Zhu Yilong's answer to this question is that everyone's standards for good movies are different in each period, which has a lot to do with the current social environment. "After the discussion, there is a consensus that a good movie should be a good fusion. First, you should have good artistic expression, but at the same time, you need to be close to the audience. It needs to be viewable, and more people should be willing to go to the cinema to see the movie."

The final evaluation meeting of this year's Temple of Heaven Award was held on April 24, which was a very formal closed door meeting. After all the film watching, everyone sat together in the conference room and spoke with microphones. The meeting lasted almost two hours. Each judge has his or her favorite film type and performance form, and everyone expresses his or her own views, and finally votes democratically. Kusturika, the chairman of the jury, will combine the different voices of the judges and then summarize and output, "so I think Ku is also very difficult. He needs to summarize and let everyone reach an agreement. His vision must be broader and he has more experience in the standards of film evaluation," said Zhu Yilong.

Each judge has different criteria for judging films, and Zhu Yilong has different themes and styles of preference in each period. At this stage, Zhu Yilong said that he prefers slightly more extreme works, "I hope that what the film wants to express and the image presentation are a very good unified presentation, and the whole film style can be an ultimate presentation in this film type."

Zhu Yilong revealed that he did not specifically strive for Chinese films in the process of this award, because our domestic films have already performed well enough, "The foreign judges also like the Chinese films in this exhibition. The way Chinese films tell stories makes them see some new expressions, such as the Chinese family concept, the sense of closeness between people, which is something they can hardly see in European films, so they are very moved after watching it."

The judges' first experience has ended. Looking back on this experience, Zhu Yilong has gained a lot from it

So will you continue to try on the way of judges?

"It's better to accumulate more and shoot more", Zhu Yilong said, "I am now in the age of creation. I still focus on creation and make more films."

　　 What is a good performance?

At the judges' meeting of this year's Beijing Film Festival, a reporter asked Zhu Yilong, what is the standard for the best actor? From the perspective of performance, his answer is: vivid, natural, unified, sense of propriety.

Zhu Yilong has been thinking about this question for many years, and he summarized such an answer before being a judge this time.

"This has always been the direction of my own efforts, and vividness is the prerequisite, as well as how you can fully integrate into the film style, how you can help the director through this character to appropriately express what the film is about to express, rather than completely immersing yourself in the role, to add something that is actually redundant to the film."

Zhu Yilong seldom openly expresses such thoughts as the standard of performance. In his opinion, every actor has his own set of ways and standards, and there is no accurate answer

Zhu Yilong, who joined the jury of the Temple of Heaven Award at the Beijing Film Festival as an actor, said that in fact, both professional actors and ordinary audiences have common feelings about good performances

Actors often face two types of roles. Some of them have a lot of room to play in a very extreme environment, while some of them do not seem to have too many scenes to show their acting skills in the quiet waters. The former often gets more comments on the Internet for their acting skills.

These are also the two roles Zhu Yilong will face when choosing projects and judging good performances. How does he view these two kinds of performances?

"In fact, both of them have their own difficulties. This evaluation is mainly about how well the film actors fit into the overall style of the film, and whether the film is vivid and most people like his performance". When talking about the evaluation criteria, Zhu Yilong analyzed that, "A very dramatic story is more likely to make people feel his mood or performance. At this time, we should talk about performance, because you can see some of his open and close behavior and performance details. I think his difficulty is just the right thing to say. You can't let your performance exceed the task of the play; But in art films, sometimes people think it's easy to perform, or they don't need you to show more performance ability, but it's also very difficult, because you need to be quiet in the expression of art films. You can't let people know that you are designing this character, but also let people feel that his heart is full of drama. "

In his daily selection of projects, Zhu Yilong is willing to try both types of roles, "I think at least I feel that they are stylized and expressed by the author. I will talk more with the director now than before. In terms of types and what to express in the film itself, I will talk more with the director."

　　 Why is she 36 years old?

In the third life year, Zhu Yilong's achievements are obvious to all——

When he went to Cannes Film Festival for the first time in 2019 Entertainment Studio He said that he hoped to bring his work to Cannes next time. In 2023, he would complete this wish. The starring work "Mistakes by the River" was not only shortlisted in the unit of "One Kind of Attention", but also made great achievements at the box office after it was released in China. In 2022, Zhu Yilong won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor, and in 2024, he unlocked the identity of the judge of the Temple of Heaven Award at the Beijing Film Festival... Every leap in Zhu Yilong's career is also related to the film festival.

Zhu Yilong said that the film festival means an encouragement to him, because aesthetics are diversified, and many times he is not sure whether everyone likes a work or his performance. The film festival and awards are evidence, "You may like some movies, which have a good box office. Then the film festival is a recognition and affirmation of your performance, which makes you more confident."

　　 When summarizing Zhu Yilong's important achievements, Entertainment Studio Said a premise, "You are only 36 years old, so young and promising". Zhu Yilong, who always listens to questions carefully before answering them, could not help but take the words ahead of time: "Ha ha, only 36 years old? I always want to be 36 years old."

It sounds as if he is not psychologically ready for the third birthday year. Zhu Yilong said that he did not know how to describe this state, but he would remind himself that he was already 36 years old. "Because I am always in the group. I shoot two plays a year, and then suddenly I am 36 years old. It feels too fast."

At the age of 36, Zhu Yilong said, "Maybe it's time to mature."

Do you think you are not mature enough?

"Yes, I need to be more mature. I will jump and jump at ordinary times."

Zhu Yilong usually shows a mature and calm side in public, but in fact, in private, there is also a childish side. For example, when entering the interview room that day, Zhu Yilong saw that there was no camera. Zhu Yilong was very comfortable with his feet propped up on the crossbar under the chair, his arms wrapped around his knees, and he formed a comfortable appearance. Zhu Yilong, who just talked maturely to the camera in interviews with previous media, told us that he was under pressure to talk to the camera. Now he is really much more relaxed.

Back to the question of young and promising, Entertainment Studio Ask him how to review his achievements at this stage when he was 36 years old and had first unlocked the identity of judge of the International Film Festival, and also had the title of movie king and box office achievements at hand?

"I think I should be lucky, because a movie that is recognized or has a good box office needs some things that are convenient in time, place and people. I may not understand why this is the case," said Zhu Yilong, "Sometimes people always talk about big data, which may not be a standard for me to judge. I don't know myself through big data, but I often talk to myself. I think I don't understand many things, and there are still many things to explore, and I will slow down later."

At this stage, the questions Zhu Yilong didn't understand when talking to himself are still about films and performances. How to create a good film is a very macro theme, but it is difficult to share the specific thoughts with the outside world in detail.

It is not difficult to see that Zhu Yilong's thinking is not only limited to performance, but also to see a film from the overall perspective. So will Zhu Yilong consider this issue when actors are working behind the scenes as producers, directors and other work has become a trend?

"Behind the scenes, it seems OK", Zhu Yilong laughed, "I don't know. I'm joking. I think I should not do it for the time being. I should shoot more films for the time being. Directing is a very difficult job. There are many problems to solve. There are countless problems to face on the scene, in the preparation period, and in the final film release. So now I may not be competent for this job. I should do a good job of acting first. "

In recent years, Zhu Yilong's work rhythm is almost two movies a year. "The whole current rhythm is comfortable for me." He said that the advantage of making movies is that the working time is longer, but the density is not so large. "It will be calm."

When he recently returned to his alma mater to share his experience with younger brothers and sisters, Zhu Yilong mentioned that actors are "fed" by cameras, so we must act more and try more. Zhu Yilong also had a high production in his twenties. At that time, no matter how big or small the role was, he would shoot as soon as he had a play. Zhu Yilong told us that 20+people could not imagine that 30+people could have the current achievements. At that time, what they considered was not career planning, but to support themselves first. After shooting one play, they began to consider when to have the next play, Then in this process, I will pursue the performing arts.

From multi shooting in the past year to streamlining now, one year is just enough time for two films. If the wrong project is selected, it will certainly have an impact on the career path of actors. Will Zhu Yilong worry about choosing the wrong project?

"In fact, I don't know what the outcome will be or whether my aesthetic is good or not when I choose Major Events in Life, Her Disappearing and Mistakes by the River in the current stage. In fact, these are unknown to me," Zhu Yilong said, "My concern is whether I have a desire to create after reading the script and talking with everyone. This is very important for me at present. I think as long as I have a desire to create and are willing to focus on it, the results may be better now, which is better than what you think."