China-Singapore Entertainment, Beijing, July 26 (Reporter Ren Siyu) On July 25, the film "The Band of Seven" held a "Tribute to Film" premiere in Beijing. Director Sammo Hung, Xu Anhua, Yuan Heping, Johnnie To, Tsui Hark, and starring actors Hong Tianming shared his creative experience and exchanged behind-the-scenes stories through video connection. Actor Sun Honglei also attended the scene to support.
The premiere of "The Band of Seven".
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"Band of Seven" is co-directed by seven hall-level directors from Hong Kong, China, including Sammo Hung's "Rooftop Practice", Xu Anhua's "The Principal", Tan Jiaming's "Farewell to the Night", Yuan Heping's "Return", John To's "Golden Everywhere" ", Lin Lingdong's "Lost" and Tsui Hark's "Profound Dialogue".
Each of the seven directors drew lots to be in charge of an era, and directed a Hong Kong-related story in their own way, all of which were shot on film.
"The Band of Seven" director's name version of the poster.
The idea of this "dream team" originated from To Qifeng.
As the producer and director of the film, he talked about the original intention of the filming. He said that when he first shot with a digital camera in 2010, he felt as if he had "break up" with the film. At that time, he was full of emotion, because many classic films and directors benefited from the film. He hopes to use this film to say "goodbye" to the film. As for the subject matter, he hopes that the director of Hong Kong will give a speech about Hong Kong, and he hopes that everyone will know and love Hong Kong better after watching it.
Director Sammo Hung was also deeply touched by the film era. He said that film has always accompanied him to grow and mature until he was full of love for the film. "In the end, it was not moral, and it 'break up' with me." "I was honored when I was invited to shoot, and said humorously, "But I didn't dare to move during the shooting process, because the film was too expensive!"
"The Band of Seven" "Gold everywhere" stills.
"Actually, I can't seem to refuse anything To Qifeng said," Director Tsui Hark said with a smile.
However, he admitted that he had a headache when he first heard the reference to "The Band of Seven", "So many directors, what to shoot? Later, it was negotiated that everyone would shoot in an era, but it was also a headache. However, the film is composed of headache and headache. The industry where the troubles stack up, and most importantly, it’s really worth it to make a movie with a director who has been with him for so many years.”
At the premiere of "The Band of Seven", director Tsui Hark communicated with everyone through an online video.
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Among the directors of "The Band of Seven", three friends, To Qifeng, Lin Lingdong and Tsui Hark, once filmed the movie "Iron Triangle" together. The star of the film, Sun Honglei, also came to the viewing site to help out and talked emotionally about the cooperation with the directors. past.
Sun Honglei recalled that he became attached to director Tsui Hark for the filming of "Seven Swords", and was later recommended by Tsui Hark to participate in the filming of "Iron Triangle".
He turned into a fanboy on the spot and confessed to Director Tsui Hark several times. He laughed and said, "Seeing that you are so young, I will also go for an injection." In the end, he did not forget to tell the director, "Drink less alcohol and pay attention to your body. He doesn't sleep at night when he is filming!"
Talking about director To Qifeng, Sun Honglei said that he is "big brother" both on the set and in life, "very handsome", and also admitted that he was not mature enough back then, but he has matured a lot now, and hopes to have the opportunity to continue with the director. leading edge.
Sun Honglei appeared at the premiere of "The Band of Seven", recalling the past with the directors.
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At the premiere, the five directors all sent messages to younger filmmakers.
Director To Qifeng said that to do a good job in film work, the most important thing is to maintain enthusiasm.
Director Sammo Hung hopes that everyone can work hard, seize the opportunity, and make each film better. "Selling money or not selling money is what the boss cares about. I care about the enthusiasm of filmmakers for movies."
Director Johnnie To and director Sammo Hung.
Source: Photo courtesy of the filmmaker.
Director Xu Anhua smiled and gave the simplest and most straightforward message: "I hope they can shoot better than us!" Director Yuan Heping said that every director must have a creative style that adheres to his own style, and encourages everyone to work on the script with heart and express their personal style. Shoot in style.
Director Xu Anhua and director Yuan Heping.
Source: Photo courtesy of the filmmaker.
Director Tsui Hark encourages young people to seize every opportunity to make movies with their mobile phones. He thinks the key point is that the success of a movie is not just the director, but the combination of many departments, so friends who like movies must put it together. Only by doing a good job in your position and practicing your professional part well can you work together to create a good movie.
It is reported that "The Band of Seven" will be officially released on July 29.
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