UK filmmaker sheds light on Chinese poet Du Fu

UK filmmaker sheds light on Chinese poet Du Fu

中国杜甫，名扬海外

When it comes to making television historical documentaries, there are few places and periods that British television audiences have not been taken by presenter Michael Wood.

在电视历史纪录片制作方面，几乎没有一个地方、一个时代，英国电视观众没有在主持人迈克尔伍德的带领下探索过。

For more than 40 years, Wood has guided viewers through the stories of the Dark Ages, the Trojan War, India, Alexander the Great, William Shakespeare and many more. But it is China that has always held the most fascination for him.

四十多年来，伍德带着观众们走过欧洲的黑暗时代、特洛伊战争、印度，还有亚历山大大帝、莎士比亚的故事，不胜枚举。但对伍德来说，最有吸引力的，一直还是中国。

Wood's documentary series, The Story of China, went out in 2016. He has written a book with the same title, and earlier this year he became the first filmmaker from outside China to make a film about the life and work of poet Du Fu.

伍德的纪录片系列《中华的故事》于2016年发行。他本人也写了一本同名书籍，今年(2020年)早些时候，他成为了首个中国以外制作关于杜甫生平和作品纪录片的制片人。

The Du Fu film, featuring acclaimed British actor Ian McKellen reading his poems, was shown on the BBC and China Central Television earlier this year, and the reaction was instant, and crucially, positive.

今年 (2020年)年初，纪录片《杜甫》在BBC和中国中央电视台(CCTV)播出，片中杜甫的诗歌由英国广受赞誉的演员伊恩-麦凯伦朗诵，该片一经播出，就立即引发关注，而且重要的是，反响是十分积极的，

" It created a lot of interest and feedback in China and got a lot of cover age at the time, which was really touching, because when you go into a foreign culture as an outsider, to make a film about something of theirs, you want to make sure you've got it right, " he said.

他说:“这部片子在中国引发了很多人的兴趣和反馈，当时也受到了很多报道，这一点真的很让我动容，因为当你作为一个局外人走进外国文化，想要拍一部关于他们文化的片子，你想要确保你的理解是正确的。"