Fang Li Yu-shan "Kwan-Yin Mountain": a probe into Chinese audiences ' vision

The movie "Kwan-Yin Mountain" poster he and her side of the film "Volunteer for nearly 11 years," he is one of the most special Chinese film producers. The head of the "lorry industry", a high-tech instrument and system technology company that serves physical exploration and marine scientific investigations, have in the domestic industry leading performance, stumbled into the film circle, 6 films banned 4, more than 40 million yuan dozen water drift, change someone else, maybe early, but Fang to " Wade one more step forward. "Apple" after the release 3 years, and Li Li brought the "Guanyin Mountain", "This is a touchstone, I want to explore the Chinese audience's vision and endurance." Li Yu, who was born in 1973, was a director of CCTV documentaries. After moving to the film industry, the first three works of the subject are sensitive, now the fourth "Kwan-Yin Mountain" but return to the theme of youth, Li had a lot of sharp, she said, this may be related to age. Last year at the Tokyo International Film Festival, "Kwan-Yin Mountain" won the Art Contribution Award and Best Actress two awards, some people said that saw the love and faith, but Li said, "Guanyin Mountain" far more than these, she wanted to let the audience feel a new experience, "I hope everyone can see themselves."　　"The beginning of each other he planned the way for Li Yu's director: Why did you and Li have cooperated so long? Fang: I've heard of Li Yu for 2001 years, but I don't know her. and Lou ye cooperation "the Summer Palace", one day she called me to inquire about a French company, we chatted for more than 10 minutes, she said she had a script "Dam Street" was shot, and then I read in a breath on the plane, feel very good writing.　　Soon met in Beijing and chatted all night, and I thought it was a potential unit.　　Beijing News: Can we talk about this conclusion? Fang: I can only say that I am super sensitive to people, in fact, until today I have not seen "this summer" (Li's debut). Anyway she is new, I am also new, two people that a piece of Wade bar, how big thing ah. We have the same idea, the Director is only responsible for the art, investment is the producer. Both of these jobs can be exhausting, and if the director is a producer, the movie will definitely be discounted.　　"Beauty" from the idea to choose the scene, only spent half a month, the script did not, the scene first selected.　　BEIJING News: Have you been involved in screenplay creation, is this your hobby, or is it out of the responsibility of the producer? Fang: Actually in the script stage, I am not a producer, she is not a director, we are writers, this is a very simple industrial process. Now if someone asks me to cooperate, I first ask the script where, if there is no script, then we are united to do screenwriter?　　I'm not directing you until the script comes out.　　BEIJING News: What role did you play in the three films that were in collaboration with Li? Fang: Li's every film, from the "beauty" began, are precisely planned, one is the planning of the film project, a director of career planning, I am more than her 20 years road, I know her positionWhere is it. "Beauty" is her first time to master a complete cast, it is impossible to use the star lineup, it will make people stir up the burn.　　I see, "Beauty" rhythm, Narrative, actor performance, are very skilled, the next target will immediately give her all-star lineup, practice, but also to give her space, so "Apple" is a half commercial and literary.　　She needs Fang to do the scene. Beijing: You seem to be at a distance from the "circle" of the movie. Li: Yes, I think the appropriate utility is good, but I really do not learn, some people often say that I am too not a person.　　For me, entering an industrial process is too painful, Sagittarius, extreme love of freedom, not like to be tied.　　Beijing News: But someone has to do something for you. Li Yu: So there are fang Ah!　　(laughs), but he is also a very feeling person.　　Beijing News: Fang has been involved in the creation of the script, you two have different views on how to do? Li: In fact, Fang not only bear the role of the producer, he has a deep understanding of the film, can even be said to be very enthusiastic. His experience is complex, which breeds many ideas and imaginations.　　For example, the film grilled train this scene, many viewers like, but I did not experience, it is entirely from the growth of Fang experience, so he put forward, we all feel particularly fresh.　　Beijing News: Fang said that every step you have been planning, which is in line with your wishes? Li: First, he is not the film as a business, he and I talk about the film is standing in the current situation of Chinese films to talk about the problem, very pertinent.　　We both from the source of the story constantly running-in, of course, there are some ideas of different places, but we both from the character, ability, are very complementary, Fang is a strategist, he is responsible for social resources, also know how to employ, we play their own characteristics on the line.　　The journey of the creative side of commercial film art film to Do the Beijing News: Do you value the investment return? Fang: Of course, I used to pay my own money, just to make the movie presentable.　　Now with the market, I will invite some capital to come in, I want to be responsible for the investor, the market returns is very important.　　Beijing News: Why didn't you ask Li to give you a commercial return? Fang: The first to see whether the market is mature, there is no possibility of return, the second is the degree of maturity of the director, can do pure commercial film. A young director has not fully established self-confidence, you force her to do business movies, is to completely destroy her.　　I give an example, do not have to say, we all know who I am talking about, too bad, a young director, originally have a little talent, all to drown.　　Beijing News: that "Beauty" and "Apple" to compensate for the money? Fang: "Apple" is the last money I paid.　　At that time pulled some friends to come in, finally I said I recognized, the money all paid to the other people, can not hang a friend, I have a friend to cast 4 million, later I have to pay back.　　Beijing News: Then you will be a film project, what path? Fang: Very simple, if it is a theatrical film, I want to take it asCommercial films do, if it is a commercial film, I take it as a literary film to do.　　Beijing News: Is this going to make sense in the future Chinese film market? Fang: I have always believed that the audience not only like to see imported blockbusters, but we have not come up with good homemade films. "Kwan-Yin Mountain" is a touchstone, I tested the audience and market affordability. The future of the film is not a blockbuster, it should be the world of low-cost movies, China is full of countless stories, the Chinese people must want to see the things around. The so-called blockbuster, is poisoned the movie, everybody goes to make the big film, you have squeezed the young director to where?　　A movie scores the annual box office, which hurts the entire industry.　　Li Yu I am expressing China's core Beijing News: "Guanyin Mountain" is a lot calmer than previous works. Li: Bad, am I getting older? (laughter) A lot of people, including some European film critics, think I've made a big step, like, from the age of 20, to the age of 50, which is easy to pull. In fact, "apple" and "beauty" of the contradiction is a needle-like, so something.　　But "Kwan-Yin Mountain" at the beginning is the youthful breath, its core is the fate of conflict, so the mood of the film is the most important.　　The Beijing News: "Kwan-Yin Mountain" has the shadow of documentary film, This is the past documentary left the habit, or deliberately adopted by the image style? Li: neither. In fact, the documentary Let Me Learn is just an equal attitude.　　Chinese people make movies like "solemn", as if this film is called, in fact, shoulder in Hollywood also a lot of why I shoulder, we all say like documentaries. I shoot "Kwan-Yin Mountain", I hope that we will not have only one type of film to see. Ancient costume, martial arts, funny and easy to pass, but I hope that Chinese viewers can see different things.　　Give me your hand, and I'll take you away, not to follow the past experience.　　BEIJING News: You have been concerned about the edge of the crowd, but the previous "Apple" "Beauty" of the perspective of some "strange feelings." Li: In the past, I deliberately used the "strange feelings" of the way, such as "Apple" in the Rape, "beauty" in the mother and child love, some people feel very strange, but in fact, such a thing in life too much, but some intellectuals, civil servants do not believe. But sometimes the most common expression, I film documentaries, see too many different, this is not the same, is the Chinese real core, the emotional core of modern people, the social core. It's just that our normal lives are protected and we don't see them.　　So I really like Twitter now.　　After the departure of the producers to earn a middle-class box office in the Beijing News: "Kwan-Yin Mountain" is said to spend 25 million (of which 12 million of the cash input), why do you have confidence to hit so much money?　　Fang: If a movie succeeds, the director is the most successful, because it is her talent, and if it fails, it is the producer's biggest responsibility, because he did not play the basis of the film well. China's progress, the middle class is forming, the young people's taste is improving, too vulgar routines have been unable to seeGo, in fact, we are betting on the young middle class confidence.　　Beijing News: But many viewers still think that "Kwan-Yin Shan" literary temperament is very heavy, do not want to see.　　Fang: In the past, the definition of commercial films and literary films in China has a misunderstanding, art film is originally a type of commercial film, should distinguish between "author film" and "Audience film", in fact, there are a large number of viewers like to see literary films, but do not like to see the author of the film　　Beijing News: There are comments that "Guanyin Mountain" reached the author's film height, with your point of view, this is not very contradictory? Fang: It's really contradictory.　　"Kwan-Yin Mountain" does allow Li to freely, but it is essentially a film for the audience, it started from the planning, on the point of the zoning, in the minority and the public to find a balance, so from the Shenzhen workers, to Beijing film critics, will say it good.　　Beijing News: "Kwan-Yin Mountain," the number of box office to achieve success? Fang: "Guanyin Mountain" is a low-cost film market model, the box office can reach 100 million, I do not know, but should not lose money.　　I think it as long as up, do not fall in the category of millions of to 10 million, it is a success, we started from the hard wide, hospital line scheduling, the direction of effort is 30 million to 50 million, the rest is to see the reaction of the market. The director is considering filming Han's novel The Beijing News: Some people say that "Kwan-Yin Mountain" is like rebuilding on the ruins.　　What is the core theme of the film? Li: "Guanyin Mountain" and "Apple" is not the same, "Apple" is the loss of modern life, the direction of where not to give. "Guanyin Mountain" is the search for modern people, it gives the direction of the search, so I have been called it "modern Crusoe", you see Life and love drifting, it is generally a literary feelings.　　Everyone can find what they want from "Guanyin Mountain", see their youth, see their past and future, it has a more open, unrestrained emotions, this sentiment in the modern society who have.　　Beijing News: "Guanyin Mountain" what is the meaning of this title? Li Yu: "Kwan-Yin Mountain" is the name of a station in Chengdu. For example, love, strangers meet, like together in this station on the bus, luckily they found each other, found love, maybe next stop they will be scattered. This station, is the theme of "Guanyin Mountain", they meet each other and warm each other.　　The end of the story may be sad, but the process can be warm.　　BEIJING News: What kind of work will you and Fang bring next time?　　Li Yu: There is a saying that I have never said to others, "Kwan-Yin Mountain" may be my last such type of film, because it is sincere to let me too painful, I think I can not do so. Sylvia shot shooting after a big illness. So the next time you make a movie, it may be easy and humorous. I bought one of Han's novels and might consider filming next. I want to find my first movie in that state, and I like it.