The 11th Beijing International Film Festival is about to close. On September 28, the film “Wuhai” directed by young director Zhou Ziyang and starring Huang Xuan and Yang Zishan will hold a special screening event. The strong genre and texture arouses heated discussion and praise from the audience. Director Zhou Ziyang attended the post-screening meeting and interacted with the audience, sharing his creative thoughts. On October 29, “Wuhai” will officially land on the national theaters.
The finale of the North Film Festival won praise again Huang Xuan and Yang Zishan immersed in the play
As the second feature film directed by Zhou Ziyang, “Wuhai” uses a surrealist perspective with a little absurd brushstroke to tell the love-hate storm that the young couple, Yang Hua and Miao Wei, experienced under the pressure of reality. On the evening of September 28, this film, which has won multiple international film festival awards, was screened at the finale of this Beijing Film Festival. The audience was able to get a glimpse before the official release. The author-type director’s strong style, compact story rhythm, and wealthy The visual beauty of the impact and the metaphorical techniques with rich interpretation space were fully praised. Huang Xuan and Yang Zishan also contributed their superb acting skills. A long shot of a nearly 8-minute quarrel scene impressed the audience and called “upper”. “The acting skills of the two are all online, and they are as real as a young couple living next door to someone’s house.” “After reading it, I will reflect on my family relationship and the way the couple get along.”
It is reported that during the filming, the room arranged by the crew for Huang Xuan was originally on the sunny side and the sun was shining brightly, but in order to stay close to the character’s psychological state, he deliberately changed it to the room with the worst lighting. In the film, “Yang Hua” is deeply trapped in family, debt and inner whirlpool. Life is about to collapse. In the dim room, Huang Xuan faces the desolate Gobi in late autumn and finds the feeling he wants. He didn’t even wash his hair or face for a few days. From his mood to his image, he was always accumulating energy for the character, all of which were left in the character to release. “The character of Yang Hua became a bit out of control or even crazy later. Huang Xuan will always put himself in this emotion. At that time, his whole person’s feelings and the look in people’s eyes will make people feel a little afraid to approach. Him.” The film’s heroine Yang Zishan commented. And she was also deeply involved in the drama. According to director Zhou Ziyang, after the intense quarrel with Huang Xuan was filmed, Yang Zishan cried until she broke down, and her emotions were difficult to calm for a long time. When the director and the two actors finished the scene , Both need to hug each other warmly and comfort each other.
Director Zhou Ziyang reveals the surrealistic “Wuhai” texture behind the shooting
In 2018, the young director Zhou Ziyang’s debut work “Old Beast” was a blockbuster. After watching “Wuhai” this time, the audience generally believed that the reality and surreal that Zhou Ziyang pursued in his creation are intertwined, which is expressed in the story of “Wuhai” It gets more intense, and the emotional catharsis is more extreme. The film has a continuous visual impact. Director Zhou Ziyang makes full use of urban landscapes and natural landscapes such as deserts, lakes, Gobi and cliffs to create a unique sense of beauty. At the Beijing International Film Festival screening site, director Zhou Ziyang shared with the audience the creative concept and history of “Wuhai”.
In order to realize the creative upgrade during the shooting of the second feature film, director Zhou Ziyang and Huang Xuan went to the shooting site to survey the scene before starting the film, and walked the life track of “Yang Hua” from childhood to adulthood. Taking into account the need to highlight the visual texture and enjoyment in a feature-length feature film with more location, the movie “Wuhai” used the ARRI ALEXA 65mm movie camera to shoot the whole process. In addition to blockbusters such as the movies “Yabai”, “Rome”, and “Wild Hunter”, this is the first time that ALEXA 65 has been used in a new Chinese director’s film work. Director Zhou Ziyang said that these creative considerations are all to fully express the profound meaning of the title, the desire and greed, misunderstanding and suspicion that the film implies. I believe that the audience can also feel a kind of kindness and oneness from the depth of the story. This kind of vitality, he believes: “This is also the charm of realism.”
The movie “Wuhai” is produced by Juben (Shanghai) Film Co., Ltd., Laoju (Shanghai) Film Co., Ltd., Beijing Capture Legend Culture Media Co., Ltd., Shanghai Xuanzhen Film and Television Culture Studio, Inner Mongolia Mihe Culture Media Co., Ltd. , Beijing Yuanheng Film Industry Culture Media Co., Ltd., Zhenjiang Tianying Film Industry Culture Media Co., Ltd., and Beijing Chuanshi Glory Media Culture Co., Ltd. are jointly produced. It is also a special funded project to promote the development of Shanghai film.
How will Yang Hua and Miao Wei face this shocking change in life, and what are the metaphors behind the yoga, dinosaurs, and lungfish in the film? See you at the theater on October 29.
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