May 1st is Zhang Yimou's "On the Cliff", breaking the box office of more than 1 billion, so that this predecessor who has been in the film and television circle for a long time has finally kept up with the trend of this era. He had been learning and always seeking a breakthrough, and this time, he finally succeeded.
And the "Sniper", which has just been announced to be scheduled for July, is co-directed with his daughter Zhang Mo, perhaps to pave the way for his daughter to enter the circle of directors. The lineup of almost all newcomer actors, as well as the real shooting of the snowfields in the northeast Linhai, are very exciting.
The residual heat after the May Day show belongs to "Fast and Furious 9", with pre-sales breaking 100 million and breaking 200 million after a day of release, with an overwhelming box office, becoming the highest-grossing commercial blockbuster now. However, word of mouth 6.0 points, full of screen spit, and directly pushed it to the ranks of bad films. Therefore, the stamina estimate may be insufficient, and it is difficult to break through the previous forecast of 1.5 billion box office.
After the epidemic, the Chinese film market is gradually on the right track, from the Spring Festival file to the Qingming file to the May Day file, the brilliant moment that truly belongs to the domestic film has not yet arrived. Even if there is a movie like "Hello, Li Huanying", which directly reaches the second place in the domestic box office list, it is only a natural and geographical advantage to complete it.
At this moment, what I am most looking forward to is the three films that have not been announced since the sudden withdrawal of the file in previous years.
The reason for the withdrawal is still the old set of terms, but clear-eyed people can see that the sensitivity of the subject matter is the key, if this hurdle cannot be passed, then even if the lineup is luxurious, it is basically wasted.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > part 1: "Knife Back Hiding"</h1>
This Republic of China martial arts film that Xu Haofeng worked was the movie that broke his heart the most.
Originally belonging to the director, he was finally forced to give up the right of authorship and give away his beloved work, the reason for which was probably hidden in this movie.
Because from the framework point of view, it does belong to Xu Haofeng's new style of martial arts, but from the details and story line, Xu Haofeng is not the only owner, and there are many people who participate in opinions and have the right to clap.
I like Xu Haofeng's martial arts films, and he may be the only one who integrates martial arts films into the background of the Republic of China.
The previous filming of "The Trail of Wokou", "Arrow Warrior Liu Bai Ape" and "Master" laid the foundation for Xu Haofeng's work style, but these three are at most the theme of "seeing yourself", and "Hidden Behind the Knife" is more ambitious, it wants to achieve true "seeing sentient beings".
The background of the film is still set in the Republic of China, and the story mainly revolves around the struggle for the right to invent the "Great Wall Knife", Xu Qing plays kan zhizhi, the wife of the officer, Zhang Aoyue plays the chivalrous Kong Dingyi, Chunxia plays the young girl Qingqing, and Li Guangjie and Huang Jue play the real and false officer Shen Feixue.
Survival or destruction is a question of survival or destruction in the jianghu of the Republic of China, but the morality and emotion mixed in with it are also choices that must be made, so I prefer to see this film as a work about choice.
Because it involves all the forces in the War of Resistance Against Japan, the subject matter is more sensitive, and the martial arts and anti-Japanese resistance have long been tied together with the divine drama, and it is no wonder that Xu Haofeng's film has undergone a series of twists and turns, or was ruthlessly withdrawn, and finally there was no news of it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="24" > part ii: "Lyceum Theatre"</h1>
But for a film directed by Lou Ye, it is definitely more difficult to release it.
This man, who is unwilling to compromise, always uses his own willful will to stick to the bottom line of niche literary and art films. The story of his films is extremely controversial, sensitive and nude, and the various desires piled together to amplify human nature infinitely.
When he finally made a movie that he thought could be released, he announced the withdrawal of the file a few days before it had been finalized and was close to the release, even if the statement said "The original intention is unchanged, the encounter can be expected", from December 7, 2019 to the present, there is still no news that it has been finalized.
"Lyceum Theatre" is adapted from Hongying's original novel "The Death of Shanghai", which is also a rare period drama for Lou Ye after "Purple Butterfly" 16 years ago, and the cast is also unprecedentedly powerful, starring Gong Li and Zhao Youting, co-starring Oda Chejang, Pascal Gregory, Tom Rasziha, Huang Xiangli, Nakajima Bu, Wang Chuanjun and Zhang Songwen.
The story takes place in 1941, an actress's return to Shanghai to shoot a scene has attracted the attention of all the forces, they all want to know the real purpose of the actress, so the competition between the forces of all sides is inevitable, in the end who dies in the hand, this depends on whose means are more clever.
It is reported that the production cost of this film is more than 100 million, and it needs at least more than 300 million box office to return the cost, and, like Lu Chuan's "Nanjing Nanjing", Lou Ye's "Lyceum Theatre" also adopts the shooting method of black and white films, which increases the pressure to recover costs.
But now it seems that whether it is released or not has become a problem.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36" > part three: "Twenty Years of Northeast China"</h1>
The name Kong Er Dog is not unfamiliar to many post-80s and post-90s generations, and his "Northeast Past" series of novels has accompanied the growth of a generation since it was serialized in the Tianya community in 2007.
However, the story content in the book is too realistic, and even the scale is too large to be completely filmed. Even if it is filmed, it is impossible to pass, after all, its protagonists are a group of people who are mixed in society, and this group of people cannot provide the audience with the so-called positive energy, and it is impossible to give the opportunity to show their faces on the screen.
However, in 2020, the network broadcast of "Northeast Past I Call Liu Haizhu" starring Xu Juncong made many book fans excited for a while. However, the scattered plot is the product of compromise at first glance, so it only scored a 5.3 point of word of mouth.
When the original novel Kong Ergou personally went out to write and direct the film "Twenty Years of Northeast Past", which was announced to be completed and released the first trailer, many book fans were hooked. Whether it is the set or the character image, it is very close to the original.
In the cast, Xia Yu played Mei San, Hu Jun played Zhao Hongbing, Wu Fan played Fei Si, Zhang Jingchu and Zhang Xinyi played Cui Zhu and Zhao Er respectively, this lineup is really enough.
However, after the trailer was released, there was no following.
The reason is probably that the underworld characters are not suitable for screen presentation, after all, Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" was released in order to be released, but the role of Xu Zheng was turned into the only good person in the whole film.
Three movies in three styles, but unfortunately, it is estimated that it is difficult to see on the big screen.
I wondered, those rampant bad movies are endless, and these careful movies have been hidden in the snow.