China News Agency, Beijing, August 27 (Reporter Gao Kai) The famous director Christopher Nolan's annual masterpiece "Creed" began to be released in various parts of the world on the 27th. This is the first blockbuster film to be released globally during the epidemic.
Although the box office on the day of the premiere has yet to be proven, judging from the amazing pre-sale results, "Creed" may set off a worldwide movie-watching boom since the epidemic.
Prior to this, the Chinese cinema line had bloomed all the way in the more than a month since the resumption of work. On the Chinese Valentine's Day just past, it even got a box office of 507 million yuan a day, which was quite outstanding even before the epidemic.
Starting in early 2020, the sudden new crown epidemic has severely affected the existing film industry development pattern. After the most difficult test, the popularity of movie theaters has returned. However, thinking about the future of the film after the changing environment is still going on. At the ongoing Beijing International Film Festival here, many filmmakers, including famous directors such as Li Ang and Iwai Shunji, expressed full confidence in this.
"The advantage of a cinema is a sense of collective and ritual. I want to give full play to my advantages, accept challenges, and create new things. I believe in cinemas." Recently, a famous Chinese was teaching a master class at the Beijing International Film Festival online. Director Lee An said.
As the president of Happy Twist who has released excellent domestic comedies such as "Charlotte Troubles" and "Donkey Gets Water", Liu Hongtao pointed out at the relevant forums of the Beijing International Film Festival that the future path, whether it is creation or the market, The new crown epidemic has brought huge challenges to filmmakers all over the world.
But the filmmaker said, "The audience's demand for movies will not change. As long as the creators can achieve better content and quality, and let the audience experience the unique enjoyment through watching the movie, the movie can survive."
Renee Haring, a well-known Finnish director who participated in the festival-related forum through a video connection, said that he is shooting a new film in Bulgaria. He is quite optimistic about the troubled global film industry. "Look, I’m still making movies. It shows that the epidemic cannot hinder movies and filmmakers."
In terms of specific operations, Jiang Defu, senior vice president of Bona Pictures, believes that in the new environment, pragmatism and awe of movies are particularly important in the new environment.
He said that under the epidemic, it is a fact that film production has suffered losses, and it is also a fact that it is facing trials. In this case, pragmatism is very important. "One is to meet the standards of shooting, and the other is to save costs. Compatible creation points and production systems."
Although the normal filming of global films was not possible for a time, many filmmakers around the world are still trying their best to explore and actively seek new film shooting methods and modes.
In a "Space" forum at the Beijing International Film Festival, famous Japanese director Shunji Iwai, who is well-known to Chinese audiences such as "Love Letters", "Swallowtail Butterfly", "Hello, Bloom", revealed that he was filming remotely in May. Using mobile photography, the film "12-Day Talk of Monsters That Died in 8 Days" was completed during the epidemic, and it was screened in small theaters in Japan at the end of July to support the resumption of the Japanese film industry.
Iwai Shunji is very optimistic about the future of the film, "It will definitely get better, and the film is the same as before for movie audiences." He revealed that the sequel of "Hello, China" is already in preparation.
The epidemic also did not affect Li Ang’s creation. He said in the master class that he now has two works in preparation. "A Chinese film and an English film, one is writing the script, the other is conceiving."
In recent years, Ang Lee has successively launched two high-frame-rate movies, "Billy Lynn's Midfield War" and "Gemini Killer", which has set off a wave of technology in the international film scene. Under the epidemic situation, Ang Lee’s new thinking on film is still continuing. He bluntly said that no matter what the environment is, “filmmakers must think of new methods of filming and make a revolutionary reform.” (End)