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词条 On the Beat (1995 film)
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Reception

     Awards and nominations 

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox film
| name = On the Beat
| image =
| caption =
| director = Ning Ying
| producer = Han Sanping
Francesco Cosentino
| writer = Ning Ying
| starring = Li Zhanho
Li Jian
| music = Su Cong
| cinematography = Zhi Lei
Wu Hongwei
| editing = Ning Ying
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1995|09|08}}
| runtime = 105 minutes
| language = Mandarin
| budget =
| film name = {{Film name| jianti = 民警故事
| fanti = 民警故事
| pinyin = Mín jǐng gù shì}}
}}On the Beat ({{zh|c=民警故事|p=Mín jǐng gù shì|l=People's Police Story}}) is a 1995 Chinese film directed by Ning Ying. It is the second film in Ning Ying's Beijing Trilogy, a collection of three films that follows the massive changes to Beijing in the last decades of the twentieth century. Whereas Ning's previous film, For Fun dealt with the older generation, On the Beat is firmly focused on the story of the middle-aged. I Love Beijing, meanwhile, would follow characters belonging Beijing's younger generations. On the Beat was coproduced by Eurasia Communications, Euskal Media and the state-operated Beijing Film Studio. Some funding was also from the International Film Festival Rotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund.[1]

On the Beat follows a group of police officers in the Deshengmen Precinct during the slow months of winter. The policemen, stuck in the dull winter months of Beijing, get stuck in routine, only occasionally finding excitement, as when they chase after a rabid dog.

Released in 1995, On the Beat made the rounds of most of the major international film festivals, including Toronto, Telluride and San Sebastian, among others.[1]

Plot

On the Beat consists mainly of a series of vignettes involving members of a local precinct in the Beijing Public Security Bureau. Filmed in the slow months of December, January, and February[1] the members of the PSB find they have little in the way of substantive police work. Instead they spend time (and manpower) on small incidents like the chasing of a possibly rabid dog, the arrest of a small-time con artist, and the reprimanding of a man who sells posters of a woman in a bathing suit.

Though the incidents seem small, the PSB treats each with deadly seriousness, often to comedic effect. The film culminates in the arrest and intense interrogation of a man who may have insulted a police officer. Realizing that they have no evidence, the officers bluster as they attempt to avoid losing face.

Cast

Known for her style that echoes Italian Neorealism and cinema verite films,[1] Ning Ying cast her film primarily with non-professional actors. Most of the police officers, for example, were actual police officers with the Beijing Police, while the residents on the police officers' beats were actual residents of Beijing neighborhoods.[2]

While essentially an ensemble piece, the film generally revolves around the character of Yang Guoli (杨国立), played by police officer Li Zhanhe (李占河).

Reception

On the Beat was well received by western critics and further cemented Ning Ying's reputation as a major talent to emerge from China in the early to mid 1990s. As such, Ning is often considered part of the "Sixth Generation" as opposed to the earlier "Fifth Generation" to which Ning is actually closer in both in terms of age and experience.

Derek Elley of Variety for example gives the film praise, but notes that perhaps the film's "ironic humor is an acquired taste."[2] The New York Times meanwhile praised the films "effortless authenticity and a quiet, watchful style."[3]

Several critics saw the film as a sly critique of the Chinese bureaucracy,[2][4] a subject that was the focus of The Story of Qiu Ju, Zhang Yimou's earlier film, and which would also be referenced several years later in Lu Xuechang's Cala, My Dog!.

Chinese film scholar and critic Shelly Kraicer, however saw the film as a critique of China's "Coca-Colaization." She notes the film's visual hints at the changing face of Beijing, from a marooned remnant of the old city wall to the constant construction overtaking the city's hutongs.[5] In so doing, Kraicer suggests, Ning Ying has created an image of a "traditional city under siege" by modernity.[5]

Awards and nominations

  • 1995 Entrevues Film Festival
    • Grand Prix
  • 1995 San Sebastián International Film Festival
    • Special Mention
  • 1995 Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
    • Best Film - International Feature Film Competition
  • 1996 Fribourg International Film Festival
    • Special Mention

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/04-1NRSpring/84-85V58N1.pdf|title=Woman with a Movie Camera: Ning Ying’s cinematic visions document a rapidly changing China| publisher = Nieman Reports | author = Zhang Zhen | date = Spring 2004 | accessdate =2008-05-26}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117910126.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=On the Beat Review| author= Elley, Derek| publisher = Variety | date =1995-09-11| accessdate=2008-05-26}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E05E3DB1339F935A35757C0A960958260|publisher= The New York Times| title= On the Beat Movie Review|author=Maslin, Janet| date=1996-04-06|accessdate=2008-05-30}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DE1039F931A15751C0A960958260 |title= Berlin Fires Up Its Film Festival With Star Power | date=1996-02-22 | author = Riding, Alan | publisher = The New York Times | accessdate= 2008-05-30}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chinesecinemas.org/beat.html|title= On the Beat | publisher = Chinesecinemas.com|author = Kraicer, Shelly| accessdate=2008-05-30}}

External links

{{Portalbar|Beijing|Law enforcement|Film|1990s}}
  • {{IMDb title|id=0113825|title=On the Beat}}
  • On the Beat at the Chinese Movie Database
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