一個從事電影事業(yè)40多年的人,出于對電影的熱愛而愛屋及烏,癡迷于電影藏品的收藏,日積月累,至今藏品甚豐,且屢次獲獎。這個電影類藏品收藏者,就是昔日供職于浙江省電影公司的張理竺。他的收藏涉及電影郵品、電影節(jié)、電影頒獎活動、電影劇組活動、電影獎?wù)?、紀(jì)念章、導(dǎo)演、演員照片、簽名等幾個大類。
一些收藏家都用“彌足珍貴”來形容張理竺的電影郵集。他的電影郵集展示了“電影發(fā)明”、“電影樣式”、“電影名人”、“電影交流”、“電影誕生紀(jì)念”等大量郵票(品),記錄了世界電影及中國電影的發(fā)展成就,聚集了眾多名彪青史的電影泰斗和光彩照人的電影明星,描繪了100多年來電影發(fā)展的宏偉壯麗的歷史畫卷。
張理竺的電影郵集中,收入了電影發(fā)明人法國路易·盧米埃爾兄弟形象的郵票以及兄弟倆拍攝和放映世界首批電影《火車到站》的郵票,收入了電影誕生50周年時美國于1944年發(fā)行的第一枚電影郵票《士兵看電影》等,這些穿越時間長河而保存至今的郵票,是電影發(fā)展的見證,是十分珍貴的藏品。這枚郵票珍品是張理竺于10多年前在集郵市場發(fā)現(xiàn)的,他以很高代價買回家珍藏,如同得了寶貝似的。他的電影郵票收藏,稱得上是部被濃縮了的電影發(fā)展史:從無聲電影到有聲電影、從中國電影的誕生到各種電影紀(jì)念活動,從美、法、英、俄、西班牙到日本的電影發(fā)展?fàn)顩r,都凝結(jié)在那部電影郵集中。他在郵集中收藏的一些影壇明星的郵票,如現(xiàn)代電影創(chuàng)始者法國人喬治·梅里愛、著名表演藝術(shù)家查理·卓別林、影星瑪麗蓮·夢露、秀蘭·鄧波兒、奧黛麗·赫本等,一個個都在郵集中灼灼生光。
張理竺收集這些珍貴郵票十分不易,用盡了苦心:他寫信給中國電影家協(xié)會,請求朋友們千方百計(jì)幫忙搜集,結(jié)果朋友回信,將美國發(fā)行的《亂世佳人》四張電影郵票無償贈送給他;一次他去省集郵協(xié)會參加活動,主動向集郵家林衡夫說了自己的集郵情況,林衡夫被他的癡迷和執(zhí)著所感動,將自己珍藏的美國電影學(xué)會成立75周年的紀(jì)念郵票贈送給他,說:“這是美國朋友寄給我的,你搞電影郵票收藏,那就送給你珍藏吧?!?/p>
不惜重金四處收集郵品,并訂了多份郵報(bào)郵刊,以多方獲得集郵信息,使張理竺完整地收集了第一屆電影金雞百花獎及其他電影節(jié)的紀(jì)念封;當(dāng)2005年中國電影百年誕生紀(jì)念活動來臨時,張理竺又給北京及各省的電影家協(xié)會寫信,請求幫助購買紀(jì)念封。不久,北京及不少省份的電影百年紀(jì)念封都被張理竺收集到了,大大地豐富了他的郵集。
苦心耕壇終于有了好收成,張理竺的《銀幕郵緣》在省集郵協(xié)會獲了獎,他個人也被評為集郵先進(jìn)個人。
與電影藝術(shù)家、明星相處的照片和簽名,那種濃濃的友情、舉手投足間的一顰一笑,充滿了溫馨。不經(jīng)意間的簽名,或工工整整,或龍飛鳳舞,或飄逸瀟灑,或夸張怪誕,都是各自個性的張揚(yáng),充滿盎然情趣。張理竺刻意收集的電影名人簽名,或簽在電影活動紀(jì)念封上,或簽在紀(jì)念明信片上,也有簽在筆記本上的,簽字時的生動細(xì)節(jié)往往增添異樣的藝術(shù)魅力,留給人們無窮的玩味。這一切都是歷史的痕跡,瞬間的記憶,令人津津回味。這些細(xì)節(jié)也許在電影史著作中找不到,在大型畫冊里也難以尋覓,但都是名人的手筆,生活的本真。張理竺請電影名家簽名始于1985年1月25日,他在深圳參加深圳影業(yè)公司成立大會,連影壇耆宿夏衍也來了。在宴會前,他看見夏衍在服務(wù)員的攙扶下入座,便拿出準(zhǔn)備好的本子和簽字筆走了過去,輕聲說:“尊敬的夏公,我想請您給我簽個名?!毕难芙舆^筆,隨手簽下自己的大名。這一鏡頭,張理竺請人及時地拍了下來。有了成功的第一次,就一發(fā)不可收,以后他抓住一切機(jī)會請電影藝術(shù)家和明星簽名,有時還托別人幫助獲得簽名。1987年12月3日,有關(guān)電影工作的一個全國會議在北京召開,他作為電影發(fā)行的先進(jìn)代表參加了這次會議。大會結(jié)束時,當(dāng)時擔(dān)任廣電部副部長的陳昊蘇從主席臺下來,張理竺拿著筆記本請陳昊蘇題詞。陳昊蘇略加考索,就在筆記本上寫道:“利用電影宣傳國家進(jìn)步的大好形勢,使全體人民得到高尚的精神文化享受。”1991年10月14日,“謝晉電影回顧展”在杭州舉行,在開幕式后,他在休息室里對謝晉說:“謝導(dǎo),我是看您的電影走過來的,請您給我題個詞吧?!敝x晉抬起頭想了一會,欣然命筆:“感謝家鄉(xiāng)人民對我的關(guān)懷和鼓勵,題贈張理竺同志留念。”為張理竺簽名留念的名家多不勝數(shù),有白楊、孫道臨、張瑞芳、秦怡、鞏俐、姜文、張藝謀、葛優(yōu)、章子怡、周迅、潘虹、夏夢、陳思思、張國榮、劉德華等。有些明星張理竺無法接觸,就請人代勞。例如日本著名電影表演藝術(shù)家高倉健,在我國發(fā)行放映過的日本故事片《追捕》,他在影片中扮演一個叫杜丘的檢察官,凜然正氣的形象給人印象極深。高倉健是應(yīng)邀前來參加謝晉從影50年活動的,正當(dāng)他推著宋之光的輪椅走出來時,當(dāng)時浙江省電影家協(xié)會秘書長受張理竺之托請高倉健簽名,高倉健停下輪椅,用漢字簽下了自己的名字,筆跡蒼勁有力,顯示出濃厚的書法功底,也使人從簽名聯(lián)想字如其人的硬漢形象。張理竺保存的海外影星的簽名還有法國的雅克·貝漢,印度的塔里克努爾·艾勒·謝里夫等。
張理竺的電影藏品除自己收集、購買、友人饋贈之外,還有一些是自己親身經(jīng)歷獲得的。其中一張最珍貴的照片,是1957年4月在北京召開的全國電影發(fā)行放映先進(jìn)工作者代表大會,當(dāng)時他作為代表參加了這一盛會,受到毛澤東、周恩來、朱德、鄧小平等黨和國家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人接見,并合影留念。這張照片令他刻骨銘心。他經(jīng)常瞅著這張合影感嘆:“當(dāng)時我剛在部隊(duì)從事電影發(fā)行工作,還是個青年小伙子??!”
收藏是一種高尚的文化娛樂活動,張理竺不僅從電影收藏獲得快樂,而且常常把電影藏品拿出去展覽,到收藏品市場展示,讓影迷分享,讓更多人認(rèn)知電影歷史,了解電影成就。
The Silver World in Stamp Collections
By Zhao Zheng, our staff reporter
Many people take Zhang Lizhu and his movie-related stamp collections for granted, since he has been working as a professional in the field of movies for more than four decades. However, his stamps demonstrate more than his dedication to his work. It testifies to his passion for and dedication to the cinematic art, technology and people who have combined to create legends on the silver screen.
The collectors who have seen Zhang’s stamps describe the collection as precious and valuable. His encyclopedic stamps are neatly categorized under meaningful titles about the cinematic history: inventions, genres, celebrities, exchanges and celebrations.
Zhang’s collection serves virtually as a text book for motion picture history: stamps showing the French brothers Lumiere who produced and screened the world’s first film, stamps that indicate how motion pictures evolved from silence to sound, stamps that tell stories about China’s first motion pictures, stamps that celebrate motion pictures in various countries, stamps that relate histories of motion pictures in various countries, and stamps of stars such as Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, Shirley Temple and Audrey Hepburn.
Many stamps in Zhang’s collection came into his hands through chances, search, and his network of old-boy relations. His collection features a stamp issued in USA in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of motion picture. Zhang spotted it in a stamps market more than 10 years ago. It cost him quite a fortune, but he believes it is a worthwhile purchase. In order to find stamps for his theme collection, he once wrote to China Film Association for help, asking them to send him information or stamps. His friends there acted. A friend sent him a set of four American stamps issued in memory of Gone with the Wind. It was a generous gift. Encouraged by the positive responses, Zhang now writes frequently to the association and its branches across the country for stamps on important occasions and events. Before events were to be held in 2006 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of motion picture invention, he sent letters across the country to his network and received many stamps issued in Beijing and many provinces on the occasion.
Zhang subscribes to philately newsletters for information. And he pays good money to buy stamps that belong to his theme collection. And he takes active part in philately activities to know other collectors. One day, Zhang chatted with a collector at a gathering of collectors. Touched by Zhang’s passion, the collector gave Zhang a stamp from his own collection. The special stamp was issued in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the American Film Institute.
In Zhang’s motion picture collection, there are a lot of signatures of celebrities in the motion picture industry and history. Probably the most precious of all the items in the collection is a photograph taken in Beijing in April 1957 when Zhang, as a model worker of the Zhejiang film industry, was attending a national representative assembly in Beijing. In the picture were state and party leaders such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Deng Xiaoping.
Zhang Lizhu has been awarded as an excellent collector of Zhejiang Province. His stamps often appear in exhibitions.
(Translated by David)