Lou Ye, has made another film that cannot be released?
What kind of film made the audience at the scene exclaim “Director is awesome”?
What kind of film made film fans ask questions?
Will this film get the Dragon Mark?
This time, the Cannes Film Festival
Lou Ye brought the film “An Unfinished Film”
This is a mockumentary
Cannes interview with Lou Ye, talking about his new film “An Unfinished Film”: This is something we had to do, we’ve had these things in our lives for a long time. I think the film hasn’t found a very good language to present it, and we’re trying to face these things this time. These things are somewhat anti-film, not in line with the rules, but they exist in life.
“Lou Ye, you are the greatest director in China!” “Lou Ye is awesome!”
That’s right, it is said that this is the voice of the audience after watching the film
For this film, many netizens who have seen it at the film festival gave it a five-star rating
The film tells a story in the form of a mockumentary
The director in the play has an unfinished film, so he wants to fulfill his long-cherished wish
The film starts with this, and then begins to tell the story
The actors include Qin Hao, Huang Xuan, Liang Ming, Mao Xiaorui, Qi Xi, and Zhang Songwen
The filming technique is very rough, retaining Lou Ye’s consistent style
Right from the start, it gives the concept of “filming with a mobile phone”
That’s right, the film also fits the situation at the time
The crew stopped, and in the environment, only mobile phones could conveniently create images
The film project that was abruptly stopped ten years ago due to lack of funds, ten years later became “unfinished” again
Obviously, this is a film of “past” + “present” + “future”
Through the description of friends at the film festival
The film itself is not complicated, and the story recorded is not particularly deliberate or sensitive
The reason why people sigh that it cannot be released
Is because, although the film objectively records the present, it is not the mainstream tone
No praise, no sensationalism, nor satire
The film seems to have achieved detachment itself, objective record
“South China Morning Post” reviews Lou Ye’s new film at Cannes “An Unfinished Film”:
“Forcefully condemns the state’s excessive interference in personal life, and also gives a song of praise to the resilience shown by the people.”
“The Guardian” gave the film a full score of 5/5
It says that the film initially felt like a satire of the Chinese media, a comedy with detailed political insights
But as the outbreak of the new coronavirus in the story proved to be no longer a rumor spreading fear, as the city lockdown came
It began to look like a nerve-wracking, personal-focused drama, gradually becoming a documentary about national trauma, full of deep affection.
I believe that seeing this, everyone can also see from the comments why the film is difficult to be released
The style itself is very different, and it is still shot with a mobile phone
Then there is the subject matter, which does not avoid much
Although, people who like art films say that the stamina is very strong, but this is ultimately difficult to be recognized by the market
Some people joked that the director and actors are taking a big risk, and it won’t have any impact
But seeing that the rules have long changed
They can openly participate in the film festival, proving that they have passed the review
Of course, as for the conditions for release, we don’t know
But at least it shows
The film itself will not be as excessively spicy and individualistic as some netizens imagine
Of course, the film reviews are not all good reviews, and some viewers also complained that they were very disappointed
The arrangement and audiovisual of this film are too rough, too direct
Too repetitive, too insignificant. Of course, don’t forget these three years
But he also mentioned: “In this era, everyone is an image creator, protect your own images, protect your own memories of these three years”
This point of view touched me
Yes, in this era, each of us in society is an image creator
We don’t have to be bound by equipment, form and method
We record our own lives and protect our own memories
In the years, we are also recorders
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