The off-season Hollywood blockbuster hits the film market
Domestic small-cost films convey love and warmth
2022-03-25 17:41:19Source: Xi’an News Network
Photo courtesy of the poster of “You Are My Spring”
Photo courtesy of the poster of “Life’s Events”
Xi’an News Network News March and April are considered to be the off-season of the film market. It is sandwiched between the Spring Festival stalls and the May 1st stalls. It is a bit of an embarrassment. However, under the influence of the epidemic, half of the movie theaters in the country are closed, and the movie market is even more sluggish. . Recently, many theaters in Xi’an have resumed business under strict epidemic prevention and control conditions. The reporter noticed that most of the movies currently showing are Hollywood films. However, a staff member of the studio told the reporter that in fact, many low-cost films have been released in a low-key manner recently. Maybe it won’t be a big fire, but it will bring some warmth to the dull movie market.
On March 25, based on the “Mao Dun Literature Award” winner Zhou Daxin’s novel of the same name, directed by Japanese director Hyuga Terataro, the warm drama “Requiem” starring Wei Zi, Chen Jin and Qiang Yu was released nationwide. The reporter learned from the film that the film shows a pair of parents entering old age in a very warm and healing style. They gradually began to face the grief and gaffe after losing their children, and then cheered up and moved forward. The famous writer Zhou Daxin lost his 28-year-old only son when he was 56 years old. The guilt of ignoring his son because he was busy with work deeply hurt him, and his son’s bits and pieces clearly emerged in his mind. So, he came up with the idea of writing a book. In the novel Requiem, in the dialogue with his son, he had a painful reflection on his past. The script of the movie “Requiem” was written by Motobu Fukawa, the screenwriter of the best film “The Eel” at the Cannes Film Festival, and the director of “Grave of the Fireflies” directed by Terataro Hyuga. Therefore, “Requiem” has the unique delicate style of Japanese filmmakers, and The thick sense of Chinese literature is superimposed to form a wonderful fusion. It is worth mentioning that the male and female protagonists of the film are powerful actors Wei Zi and Chen Jin, who are veritable “play bones”. The film also shows the Chinese-style alienation of father and son in detail: sons and mothers tend to be closer, and fathers have a layer of respect and awe, which will undoubtedly arouse more thinking from the audience.
In addition, there are many small-budget films about to be released in the near future. Although the films are low-key, they are warm and full of warmth, which is worth looking forward to. “You Are My Spring”, which will be released on April 2, is one of them. The film is directed and filmed by the China Film Association. Chen Daoming is the director and Huang Bo is the producer. Zhou Dongyu, Yin Fang, Song Xiaobao, Wang Jingchun and other powerful actors join forces. , from the perspective of ordinary little people, it truly restores the ordinary and heroic Chinese people’s anti-epidemic group portraits, showing the endless “spring power”. Stubborn people are running in the “empty city” for their loved ones, and migrant workers begging for hard-earned money come to Wuhan by coincidence. People on the front line of the fight against the epidemic have to learn to say goodbye in addition to being under high pressure. Community workers in the rear are taking care of the residents but leaving the risk to them. I, the father and son who usually neglect communication, are also forced to get along day and night… There are always some unexpected things that happen, but there is always a seed of healing that takes root and sprouts in people’s hearts. Some film critics said that this film is probably the most anticipated healing film in early April.
“Life Events” is also a highly anticipated film in the near future. Although it has not been officially released, it has only been screened in a few cities, and its reputation is quite good. The film tells about the collision in the life of a mortician “gangster” and a stubborn orphan “Little Nezha”, a series of life problems of the little people in the market, and the warm and wonderful warm friendship that collided after some irony and laughter. The two “helpless” people in distress depend on each other for life, and there are disputes but they all turn into warmth in the end. This is a very warm film, and the subject matter is also a relatively rare funeral theme in China, which arouses the audience’s thinking about such “life events”.
A staff member of a studio in Xi’an told reporters that due to the impact of the epidemic, many movies wanted to be set in the Spring Festival, May 1, and 11th files, which caused schedule congestion, especially for some large-budget films. But in the middle of the golden schedule, low-budget films are actually pretty good. As long as the quality is good, word of mouth will definitely catch up.
Reporter Zhang Jing