Millennium director

"Hawthorn Tree Love" was originally scheduled to be released in mainland China on September 16.

However, because "Interstellar" is scheduled to be released on September 12th, the new screen has changed the schedule for "Hawthorn Love".

From Zhang Yimou's perspective, he definitely didn't care about competing with Wu Yuan at the same time.

It's not that he thinks he's awesome, it's just that the fifth generation of directors don't have the mentality of "avoiding enemies". In addition, Zhang Yimou has been transitioning into commercial films for so many years, only others have avoided him, and he has never avoided others. happened before.

It's just that Zhang Weiping, who is in charge of film distribution, is a businessman through and through, and he is also a businessman full of bad intentions. He is good at marketing and will not do such a lose-lose thing.

While changing the schedule, Zhang Weiping was also jumping up and down in the press release, saying that "Love at the Hawthorn Tree" was not changed to avoid "Interstellar", but because of technical reasons, there were some imperfections in the post-production that needed to be revised. In order to present a perfect work to the audience and fans, the release had to be postponed for half a month.

He believes that as Zhang Yimou is the first mainland director and "Hawthorn Tree" is his best emotional feature film, he will definitely achieve a box office performance that is not inferior to "Interstellar" and will become another love classic movie in the mainland.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of these press releases, on October 5, one week after the release of "The Empire of Heaven", "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" was fully released in the mainland.

At this time, "Interstellar" has already earned a total of 687 million yuan in box office in the mainland. Although it is not as exaggerated as "Avatar", it also broke the box office record for movies directed by mainland directors released in the mainland.

Well, as long as enough attributes are given, everyone can break the record.

However, this figure is not the final box office of "Interstellar" in the mainland. In the first week of October, "Interstellar" still achieved a weekly box office of 24.65 million yuan in the mainland.

Although the weekly box office championship has been snatched away by "Bongtian Empire" with 121 million yuan, "Interstellar" still has great stamina. It is expected that the mainland box office should exceed 700 million yuan before it is released.

Unfortunately, this is not a Chinese-language film and cannot break the Chinese-language film box office record of 658 million yuan held by "Gravity".

But Wu Yuan returned after two years and once again brought a movie with a box office of over 600 million yuan, which still made mainland filmmakers feel what it means to be the real king of the mainland box office.

To put it bluntly, Wu Yuan's status in China is almost the same as that of James Cameron in North America. They are both directors who sit unshakably on the box office throne.

"Interstellar" hasn't even been released yet, and people in the industry are already asking about Wu Yuan's next movie.

Wu Yuan has been in the industry for so many years, and everyone has almost figured out his path.

Actors in the industry now know that Wu Yuan is a director with balanced development. Every time he makes a foreign language film, he will make a Chinese film, one in foreign language and one in Chinese. He walks on two legs and goes hand in hand. develop.

Now that the foreign language film "Interstellar" has been filmed and released, it stands to reason that Wu Yuan should be preparing for his new Chinese film.

Although Wu Yuan is not as energetic as Zhang Yimou, and can be as efficient as one in post-production, one in filming, one in preparation, and still writing a new script, he basically starts working on a movie as soon as it is released. As I prepare for the next one, the gap period won’t be too long.

According to Wu Yuan's style, he should be preparing a new movie now, and the new movie must be a Chinese film, and there will be a lot of opportunities for Chinese actors!

It was also with this in mind that when "Interstellar" premiered in China, so many star actors came. They all wanted to get acquainted with Wu Yuan before he prepared a new movie, so that they might be able to get a role in the new movie. .

Their idea is indeed correct, Wu Yuan is indeed slowly making preparations for a new movie.

But what many people expected wrongly was that Wu Yuan was not so anxious.

At this moment, he and Liu Yifei were sitting in the cinema, watching the newly released "Hawthorn Tree Love".

Rather than preparing for a new movie, he still wants to relax and rest for a few days.

It would be nice to watch a new movie by Zhang Yimou with your fiancée.

Although the movie "Hawthorn Tree Love" is an impressive movie in his memory, when he watches it again in the cinema this time, Wu Yuan will still be amazed by Zhang Yimou's superb directing art.

Zhang Yimou, who has returned to his best field, is truly invincible.

Does Zhou Xiaoya fit the label of "actor" as defined by ordinary people?

To be honest, it really doesn't fit.

Even from Wu Yuan's point of view, Zhou Xiaoya was not photogenic at all, and she had no acting skills to speak of when filming "Hawthorn Tree Love".

But under Zhang Yimou's lens, the little yellow duck appears just right, as if she is Jingqiu herself. This is not acting in a movie, but just recording something that really happened in the past.

Zhou Xiaoya has this pure scent about her, coupled with the fact that she is as blank as a piece of paper and has not gone through any professional training as an actor, yet she still retains her original spirituality.

Under Zhang Yimou's step-by-step teaching, she perfectly displayed the most perfect side of herself, or the side that best suited Jingqiu.

If it were another director, even if it was the same script, it would probably be difficult to produce such a perfect "Hawthorn Tree Love" at this level.

Zhang Yimou's reputation as the first director in China to train actors is definitely worthy of his reputation.

Zhang Yimou has trained many actors who are at the top of their game.

Without Zhang Yimou's lens, Zhou Dongyu will never be able to make a work like "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" again.

This movie can be said to be the highlight of her life, even higher than "July and Ansheng", which won her the Golden Horse Award.

No, after watching the movie, Liu Yifei sighed with tears in her eyes: "The acting is really good."

"This heroine is just 18 years old."

"He's really good at acting."

Hearing Liu Yifei's emotion, Wu Yuan shook his head: "I didn't act."

"Under Zhang Yimou, in this movie, she is Jingqiu, and Jingqiu is her."

"Director Yimou didn't ask her to perform anyone, he just mobilized her most authentic and unreserved side of innocence that she should have at her age."

"This is why I have always emphasized that you should play roles at any age."

"Director Yimou has always been like this, from Gong Li who just entered college in Raise the Red Lantern, to Zhang Ziyi who was also only 17 or 18 years old in "My Father and Mother"."

"He always lets these actors play the roles that are most suitable for them when they are at their most suitable age."

"In this case, the actors are usually not acting, they are just releasing the truest side of themselves."

"This is the highest level of acting, acting yourself."

"This alone is enough for many domestic directors to study for a lifetime and never understand it."