The Behind-the-scenes Production of Eye of the Stone

Movies are the most important to me —— Guan Hu's talk about the new film Beauty is in the Eye.

Because the TV series "Black Hole" got to know the director Guan Hu, it was only later that Guan Hu won the highest award of 200 1 China Film Government for Goodbye, our1948-China Watch Award for Best Director Newcomer, and recently won the Best TV Movie Award of Ningbo Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival for Get on the Bus and Go. Recently Guan Hu is filming the art film Beauty in the Eyes. Speaking of his new film "Eye of Beauty", he said, first of all, the story of this film attracted me because I was curious about Jiangnan. I am a northerner, and I am very interested in our local customs and the living conditions of ordinary people. The stories of three women in the book truly reflect the living conditions of the whole south of the Yangtze River, with confusion, pursuit, endeavor and thinking. I was just looking for creative changes, and the result coincides with my creative method. I didn't deliberately show this movie to anyone, I just wanted to catch the audience's attention through the beautiful mirror image and image of the film language.

The Beauty Eye in Guan Hu's Eyes is a beautiful film showing the amorous feelings of the south of the Yangtze River, which is different from his previous films. Guan Hu said, it's time for me to do something quietly. I can't compare with others, only with myself. I originally imagined that the film was made like this, but it may not be like this when it was actually made, but I will try my best to make a masterpiece. Now, the whole team of "Xi Shi Yan" basically knew each other before and worked together, so I will be more confident.

Eye of the Stone is the first film literary script written by Zhuji writers after the TV series Qiao Feng Story, which describes the real state and living environment of the people in Stone's hometown. The film tells the different life stories of three women-A, a 65-year-old flower girl, a 438+06-year-old middle school teacher, and Lian Wen, a 36-year-old Shaoxing opera actor, to reflect the pain and happiness experienced by people in small towns in the south of the Yangtze River in the process of pursuing their dreams. Yang Qianqian, who plays Gillian in Shake, Shake, Shake to Waipoqiao, plays Axi in the play, Ma Yili, who plays the heroine in Transparent Glass, plays Shi Yu in the play, and Huang Yiqun, an actor of Zhejiang Xiaobaiyue Troupe, plays the lotus pattern in the play.

In order to highlight the strong local characteristics of the film, more than half of the non-professional actors will be used in the film, and the hero and heroine will also be selected in the province. After the news that the cast recruited male and female protagonists was published in qianjiang evening news, it immediately touched the dreams of boys and girls. In just a few hours, more than 100 boys and girls rushed to the recruitment place to apply, and 523 people applied in three days. The hotline of "qianjiang evening news" still keeps ringing every day, recreating the scene when director Zhang Yimou drafted "Happy Hour" in Hangzhou last year.

Beautiful Eyes is another collaboration between Guan Hu and Chen after Black Hole. Guan Hu continued to be the director of the film, and Chen served as a consultant. The film "Beautiful Eye" was favored by people in the industry in the preparatory stage, and it was accused that it was very likely to impact the major awards of international film festivals. Director Guan Hu praised Liu Juyong and Yang Qianqian, two recruited leading roles.

Regarding the title of "Xi Shi Yan", Guan Hu said that "Xi Shi Yan" originally originated from the legend of torreya grandis, a specialty of Zhuji. In those days, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, used how to open the shell of torreya grandis to test the stone and water. Finally, Shi pressed two abrupt points on the shell of Torreya grandis with his hand, and opened it with a light press. Perhaps, this is also a key to life. Eyes are windows leading to the outside, and a mountain, water, grass and trees are not a kind of beauty in stone eyes. The three heroines in the film: 16-year-old tea girl A, 26-year-old middle school teacher and 36-year-old Yue Opera actress Lian Wen, are descendants of their teachers, but their different careers, life routes and education levels make them have different views on the world, people and things around them and life. The title of Xi Shi Yan can first give people a sense of beauty, whether from the perspective of literature or aesthetics, so Xi Shi Yan is a beautiful, simple and touching title.