"Women's Day" special report on what the female director really represents (PHOTOS)

"Kwan-Yin Mountain" still Li Lei Xu Yu's new book, "Kwan-Yin Shan," released the first three days, it made 25 million yuan box office results. The film was also shortlisted for the 13th session of the French Duewel Film Festival, yesterday, Li left for France and Vietnam to guide Chen Hero of the new film "Norwegian Forest" and other 10 films together to compete for the film festival's highest award-best Film Golden Lotus Award, and the film starring Fan Bingbing, Sylvia, Chen Bailin also nominated for the best male and female lead,　　Fan Bingbing is expected to take the international queen again after Tokyo. In fact, before this, Li in 2006 by virtue of "beauty" pick the Golden Lotus Award. As a female director, the award has attracted much attention in the Chinese film. However, yesterday to accept this reporter interview when Li said frankly do not want to be deliberately called female director. "I've never spoken in my own work, not gender," she said.　　"Planning: Zhou Yi Wen/Our correspondent Zhao Dialogue director and gender-independent women do not have special difficulties compared to men, women's toughness is stronger, communication has advantages, but a major drawback is that the technical things are inherently not sensitive.　　Guangzhou Daily: Do you mind being deliberately called a female director? Li: I want people to call me "director Li" instead of "female director", or as some media say, female theme works director, etc.　　I have always felt that "female director" is a very amateur saying that the director is a use to distinguish between the professional word, and gender does not matter, I have been using their own work to speak, not gender. Being a director makes me closer to my dream. Guangzhou daily: You originally studied Chinese, then worked in a TV station in Jinan, then transferred to CCTV, now is a female director?　　What caused you to make a career change? Li Yu: I have been doing the work of the moderator for about three years. As a host and as an actor there are a lot of limitations, they have been set up a role, has been defined style, and even written lines, as a director can present their own experience of the world, and express their hearts.　　I am a person who pursues freedom, the director makes me closer to my dream. Guangzhou Daily: Do you think there is any difficulty for women to be directors compared with men?　　What are the advantages? Li: I do not feel that there is a special difficulty, I think the toughness of women more strong, because of the problems she can cry, can vent their emotions adjust themselves again into the fight. But men are relatively tolerant, because society generally believes that men must be strong to bleed and not to weep.　　Of course, I'm talking about traditional men, and now there are a lot more neutral, they may be in the emotional vent with women in line. As for the advantages of women, I think one is in communication and one is more sensitive to women. But a big drawback for women is that they are not naturally sensitive to technical things, such as light, photography, etc.　　Of course, this may also be an advantage, that you can follow your own heart to do, rather than be tied to the technical things. Fan Bingbing said in an interview that you areThe "most trustworthy" director is because you are a woman so you can communicate better with female actors? Li: Of course not only is the reason of sex, probably also because I let her see oneself more possibility, release more energy, can complete with her "apple" and "Guanyin Mountain". Some time ago there was a movie called "I Know Women heart", that is who understand the woman heart? Is it a woman or a man? Why women need to understand themselves, and why men to understand women.　　I think this is a very interesting topic. The age of pretending to be a man is over. Xu-Hua said before they started to be director, must pretend to be a man.　　But I have not entered a very strict system, no one told me to be like a man is the director, I am surrounded by a lot of female directors are also quite gentle. Guangzhou daily: Can you talk about the status of the female director in the circle you see?　　In many people's impression, the female director is the woman. Li: I have a friend who is also the media has interviewed 10 Chinese female directors and out of a book, in the mainland called "Chinese female director interview," in Hong Kong called "I am a female director." I remember very well that the director of Xu-Hua gave this book a preface called The Age of pretending to be a man. Xu Saddle China director in the article said before they began to do the director, must pretend to be a man, dressed very masculine, gradually, character also began to become masculine.　　But I have never been a stern and provocative person, I have not entered a very strict system, no one told me to be like a man is the director, I am surrounded by a lot of female directors are also quite gentle. Guangzhou daily: So what is the female director now?　　A lot of media call you the director of beauty. Li: In fact, now as long as the woman out will be said to be beautiful. I am a more sexual person, like to wear comfortable clothes, do suit their own dress.　　Probably the average woman is like this. Guangzhou daily: A lot of people don't like to watch female directors ' movies.　　Think that the visual of a female director is always too self, do you think? Li: I think I am concerned about the plight of people, including the dilemma of the sexes, not only the plight of women, such as "Apple" there is a male dilemma ah.　　I think the negative is a very "mainstream news" argument, film is a study of the relationship and the inner and outer world of the carrier, I think there is no negative, but you can not agree, because this is the charm of the film, after reading only a conclusion of the film I think is very single film.　　The money should be divided into "good money" and "bad Money" Guangzhou daily: Is it more difficult for female directors to invest? Li: My first movie, "This Summer", was the worst, when I was 26 years old and no one believed you could make a movie. When the "beauty", the so-called "not smooth" is not looking for investment, is the script "was shot", and then the investment is yellow, fortunately I met producer Fang, he encouraged me to say: "You should stand more than the review, to take a look at what can be passed." "Since then, I have made some changes, and I hope myProducts can be seen by more Chinese viewers. Now I do not worry about investment, but the "good money" and "bad money."　　If it is "bad money", it will be a fatal blow to the quality of your film. Guangzhou daily: What about the box office?　　Although the box office Bordeaux, but most female director of the film at the box office results are very bleak.　　Li: I never expect the box office, as long as the audience like I feel very happy. Watching female directors, awkward groups in China there seems to be no female director who likes the term "female director", because these three words actually mean that this is a group of difficult and awkward groups.　　Regardless of whether they care, the female director means "money is not favored, the audience does not favor, even hype team are not favored" embarrassment. In fact, the Chinese film female director is not much, in addition to Li, Xu-hua, Hu, Xu Jing, Huang True, Ma Min, Cheung, Sylvia, Maixi ... Up to 10.　　But there are fewer female directors who can get investment over time. Xu's "lala promotion", though criticized, does make money, so she is still able to shoot new films this year. Li has fang, attached three pieces are Fang investment, now the "Kwan-Yin Mountain" box office Bordeaux, I believe that the next step to find investment will be much easier.　　Sylvia's film box office has always been good, but she was picky and polished for a long time before filming a movie. In addition, the female director does not worry about money. In terms of the quality of the film, Xu is the best female director in the Chinese movie industry, but she hasn't had a lot of money to make films in years. Like Jing, the so-called 100 million investment film "The Future of the police" situation, for Xu-Hua is simply impossible.　　Fortunately, Jing willing to pay for Xu Saddle China, continuous two "Tin Shui Wai" series, but this year's new film "Peach Elder sister" but also Andy Lau to the investment can shoot. It is difficult to find funds, publicity after the film has been released. The films made by female directors are really lacking in gimmicks. If not sex picture, basically can't find a place that can get hype. In addition, many viewers can hear the film of a female director and feel: "Oh, it is 琐琐碎碎 things, the art of the boring film." "There is not much that can withstand the heart to look at. China's female directors are probably Hu one person is thought to be able to shoot heavy subjects. Of course, she is the only one who can get 100 million investment film "Confucius" "courtesy".　　All in all, although the Chinese film market is booming, female directors are still rare.　　Hope to broaden the audience's view with "Kwan-Yin Mountain" like "Guanyin Mountain" This kind of literary film is a kind of commercial genre in Hollywood, it is not films, but in China, the art film is equal to the artistic movie. Guangzhou daily: Why did you get a name like "Guanyin Mountain" for the movie? Many people think the film will be better if it gets a more fancy name.　　Because the name sounds very literary, many people may like the film, but they heard the name may not come to see the film. Li Yin: Guanyin Mountainis actually a station name of Chengdu railway station.　　Use it to make a title is to think it is also like the life of "a certain station", there are two strangers in the same train, or at a certain stage of life meet, followed by a lot of stories, and finally they found the lost themselves, found love, get warm.　　Guangzhou daily: "Guanyin Mountain" cost 25 million yuan, the film producer Fang to define it as a low-cost mainstream film, Do you think? Li Yu: This movie is about three young people who don't learn, Dimpo (Chen Bailin), South wind (Fan Bingbing adorn) and soap (Fat Dragon) in order to find a place to swim in the middle of the city, they met a retired Peking opera actress Chang (Sylvia), she was grieving for her son's death. These four personalities of different people come together destined to constantly produce friction and emotional entanglements. Like "Guanyin Mountain" This kind of literature and art film in Hollywood is a kind of commercial genre, not films, but in China, art film and artistic films are equal.　　I hope that the emergence of such films as "Guanyin Mountain" can widen the view of the audience.　　Like the modern "Crusoe" Guangzhou Daily: Has seen the "Guanyin Mountain", the film is a cruel youth and extreme emotions as the theme of the works, can arouse the emotional resonance of contemporary women? Li: I think this movie is like a modern "Crusoe".　　One of the youth part of the show, Fan Bingbing played the South wind is a punk-smelling rock young girl, Chen Bailin play a lost teenager Dimpo, and the drift of life, is the Sylvia of the interpretation of the part, she played over the gas opera actress Chang.　　Guangzhou daily: Compared with your previous works, "Kwan-Yin Mountain" in the story and the main idea of how different? Li Yu: If the film must have a theme, it is the relationship between the two generations: three young people confused and no goal. At the same time, older people are sometimes lonely and easily overlooked.　　This is different from "beauty" and "Apple". When you look at Guanyin Mountain, you will have a feeling of release and feel a fascinating state. "Apple" is focused on narrative, it is about the loss of desire, the loss of the mind. "Kwan-Yin Mountain" In my opinion, is about the soul of the search, it is a back to the world, not a lost world. Is the style sad?　　To see the people's understanding, I think there is laughter in the film, there are also people want to cry places.　　Guangzhou daily: Compared with the previous "Apple", two years later there are works to feel the Chinese film market changes? Li: The scale of the issue is much larger than it was two years ago, perhaps because the Chinese market is good and the audience level has become particularly high.　　We walked 10 consecutive cities, the feedback is particularly good, the audience's enthusiasm is beyond my imagination.　　Focus on what the female director is thinking? From the second half of last year to this year, a number of films directed by female directors have been shown.　　From these films, we can see clearly what women directors are focusing on. Director: Maixi's work: "The former degree" concern:Former director of Love himself: I would like to describe the heroine in the love clutch interspersed with a lot of "before" (the relationship), and these experiences made her aware of herself, but also film the people of Hong Kong's new attitude to love.　　Director: XU-hua works: "Cannot fried rice" concern: Lesbian Director to himself: This is a love scene, but it is not in the description of the emotional ups and downs, it is to discuss the relationship between sexual orientation and people, more is how you choose, not to say you in love feeling.　　Director: Li Yu's works: "Kwan-Yin Mountain" concern: Juvenile director himself: If you must define a theme for this film, it is the relationship between two generations: three young people are confused and have no goals, while older people are sometimes very lonely and easily overlooked. Director: Huang Jinjien Works: "The Perfect Wedding Dress" concern: Female director himself: Now many people say "leftover" is too bad, in fact, it is a man to come out. I just want to tell my sisters that age is not a distance, but it is important that you always keep a heart that you can love until you meet the right one.