Nguyen Huy Thiep (1950-2021) is one of the most prominent and important authors of contemporary Vietnamese literature. His work not only attracted great attention to generations of readers but also inspired art makers. Some short stories by Nguyen Huy Thiep such as: Retired General, Workers, Mother’s Soul, Love for the Country … have been transformed into films, bringing special impressions to the audience.
Cinematographic work “Love the country” was adapted from a short story of the same name by writer Nguyen Huy Thiep Recently, Film adaptation week by Nguyen Huy Thiep was held at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University of Hanoi, to commemorate the author of the outstanding short story who passed away. Nguyen Huy Thiep’s short stories often have layers of meaning with depth of words, short but expensive dialogue and details with great expressive meaning. This always creates “land” for writers and directors to be inspired by creativity. A reader who loves the work of writer Nguyen Huy Thiep and in a short story reading The sawmen , director Vuong Duc “conceived” a film script because of “the story is highly cinematic, from the plot, the characters, the conflict in the story”. As for director Dang Nhat Minh, he shared, “Thiep’s literature has the characteristics that cinema needs, that is, he does not reveal his messages, and has no characters to speak a statement. He just said, like movies, to let the images show. That is the cinematic quality of Nguyen Huy Thiep’s literature. Being able to make movies by Nguyen Huy Thiep is a fortunate opportunity in my filmmaking life ”. Short story Mother’s soul also impressed director Pham Nhue Giang right from the beginning of the story, and after nearly 20 years, she was able to put her work on screen. She shared that Nguyen Huy Thiep’s story is close to the cinema in the lines of the characters, with short lines, evoking the feeling of all “types of people” to readers and viewers: Honesty, kindness. or “messy” … Besides, the characters in the story are often complex, multidimensional. Many issues that the writer has recognized and expressed up to now are still not old such as moral corruption, cultural conservation issues … The moderation of space, the conflicts in personality and the ending of the story. The warmth in human love is also a strong point in his works. Nguyen Huy Thiep’s story has many layers and layers and its life is somewhat followed in cinematographic works. Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Hanoi National University) said: “Reading Nguyen Huy Thiep’s works, we see that his writing is very calm, neutral, but behind is many hidden hidden. It is an opportunity for other independent works to exploit what he has not said clearly on the text … Seeing the adaptations or inspired by Nguyen Huy Thiep, we will see a wide dialogue. more, deeper, sharper with the things he left behind in his stories. These are all multi-tiered texts that evoke the discovery of the viewers and readers ”.
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