This year's National Day file ended with a box office of 4.385 billion yuan, and set dozens of records, "Chosin Lake" and "My Father and I" are still the main force of the film market, and it is worth looking forward to whether the "post-National Day file" (generally referring to the National Day file to the end of the year) can continue to take over the baton.
The reporter noted that among the movies currently scheduled for October and December, there are "Lyceum Theatre", "First Incense", "Mei Yanfang", "Embrace You Through The Cold Winter", "Fame and Fame", "Door Lock", "Dune", "007: No Time to Die", etc., mainly literary films, suspense films and Hollywood films, and the themes and genres are quite rich.
A wave of high-quality literary and art films are coming- "Lyceum Theatre", "Mei Yanfang", "Embracing You Through The Cold Winter"
Literary and art films will be new from this Friday, and they are basically new works by famous directors. Lou Ye's "Lyceum Theatre" was released on the 15th, the film set in 1941, the famous actress Yu Yan (Gong Li) returned to the "isolated island" shanghai, openly participated in the drama directed by the old love Tan Na (Zhao Youting), secretly collecting secret intelligence for the Allies. The double narrative increases the suspense of the film, and the multiple intersections of the stage and the real plot are even more confusing, making it difficult to distinguish who is "acting".
"Mei Yanfang", which will be released on November 12, chronicles the legendary life of Mei Yanfang, the "Queen of Change". At the age of 19, Mui Yanfang won the first Hong Kong Rookie Singing Contest with a song "Season of the Wind", and became famous in one battle, but from the bottom singer to a generation of divas, it was not an overnight luck, but a 15-year precipitation behind it. "Look down from the stage, see who does not applaud, just watch him sing, sing until he is convinced, sing until he applauds", Mei Yanfang is with this spirit of not accepting defeat from "Amei" all the way to "Sister Mei", even if the pain a second ago can not stand up straight, the moment the lifting platform starts, she is still the radiant queen on the stage. Mei Yanfang still loves public welfare after becoming famous, she has never had any sense of superiority in looking down on others because of her identity, she firmly remembers her sister's account, "there is a beginning and a tail and an account", even if the doctor told her not to worry, she still opened eight farewell concerts in a row at the last moment of her life, and "married" herself to the stage and her beloved fans. Some fans said that in Hong Kong, a city of rapid development and change, Mui Yanfang is a legend that seals time. In order to tell her story well, the sincerity of the main creative team of the movie "Mei Yanfang" is to restore a city and restore that era, hoping to open up a time tunnel for the audience, provide an outlet for the emotions of missing, and relive the charm and culture of that era.
Huang Bo and Jia Ling starred in "Embracing You Through the Cold Winter" set for December 24, the film by Xue Xiaolu, who is good at emotional portrayal, will pull the audience's perspective back to the freezing cold winter of Wuhan lockdown, the film tells the love story of several pairs of ordinary Wuhan citizens under the epidemic, in the face of the sudden epidemic, they are positive and optimistic, support each other, real and warm. In the film, the covenant of the "Parrot Island Yangtze River Bridge" is not only the hope of the protagonist in the movie, but also the beautiful expectations of the people of the whole Chinese for the dawn of victory against the epidemic. The virus can be isolated, but love and warmth will not, "When the epidemic is over, I want to see you for the first time", "I want to eat three bowls of hot dry noodles", "When we meet again, I will definitely give you a big hug" and other lines, are the netizens at that time to brush the screen wishes, and now they are still vividly remembered. Huang Bo and Jia Ling, who cooperated for the first time, interpreted the thousands of volunteers who stepped forward during the anti-epidemic period with the image of the small people in the city who were the best at it. It is worth mentioning that Jia Ling, Zhu Yilong and Xu Fan in the film are all Hubei actors, and the film is also Jia Ling's first work after "Hello, Li Huanying".
Adapted from Zhang Ailing's novel "The First Burning Incense" will also be released, the behind-the-scenes team by director Xu Anhua, screenwriter Wang Anyi, director of photography Du Kefeng, costume and styling design and Tian Huimei, music producer Ryuichi Sakamoto, etc., Ma Sichun, Yu Feihong, Peng Yuyan and other starring, coupled with this year coincided with the 100th anniversary of Zhang Ailing's birth, the film has attracted attention from all sides since the beginning of filming. In addition, there are new films such as "Wuhai" and "Actor".
In terms of classic re-screenings, there is a 4K restored version of the Japanese film "Entering the Mortician", which won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 81st Academy Awards, and the film reinterprets the meaning of death through the profession of mortician. The language of the lens of life everywhere reveals the Japanese aesthetic interest of mourning and loneliness.
Suspense films have big guys to bless the producers -
"Fame and Fame", "Uninvited Guest", "Flame on the Plain", "Door Lock"
There has been no eye-catching suspense film on the big screen for a long time, unexpectedly, the "post-National Day file" is about to usher in a wave, and basically there are big guys to bless as executive producers, such as the executive producer of "Fame and Fame" is Han Han, the supervising producer of "Flames on the Plain" is Diao Yinan, the director of "Daytime Fireworks" and "The Party at South Station", "Uninvited Guest" is supervised by Tian Zhuangzhuang, and the supervising producer of "Door Lock" is the director of the TV series "Sweeping Black Storm" Five Hundred... Look forward to the brilliant works that reproduce the glory.
The suspense comedy movie "Fame and Fame" that has just been officially announced on November 11 belongs to the category of black humor and suspense: a group of unscrupulous filmmakers who want to remake the sensational bloody case into a movie, but they did not think that the murderer was among them. The film is Han Han's first film executive production, and it is also the big-screen debut of director Liu Xunzimo. Liu Xunzimo once made a name for himself on the Internet with the mini-drama "Report Boss", this time with the "serial set" structure of drama within play and case in case, and see how he integrates one comedy baggage into a tense suspense atmosphere. The cast of the film is still good, including Yin Zheng, Deng Jiajia, Yu Entai, Yang Haoyu, Chen Minghao, etc., as well as Qin Xiaoxian, a cross-talk actor of Deyun Society, whose popularity has soared in recent years.
The suspense comedy "Uninvited Guest", which will be released on October 22, is produced by Tian Zhuangzhuang, starring Fan Wei, Dou Xiao, Zhang Songwen, Zhu Zhu and other powerful actors, the story revolves around a sudden and bizarre incident in a room: the thief enters the house and steals, but unexpectedly bumps into the woman killed, so he and the murderer have their own strange tricks, at this time the takeaway brother is involved in it... This unique indoor group drama, with its own sense of claustrophobic space oppression, may be able to look forward to it.
The popularity of "Flames on the Plains", which will be released on Christmas, is very high, and the film is adapted from Shuang Xuetao's novel "Moses on the Plains", which tells the story of the criminal police officer Zhuang Shu (Liu Haoran) when he tracks down a taxi murder case, and accidentally finds that Li Fei (Zhou Dongyu), a friend of the former Qingmei Bamboo Horse, is also involved, thus revealing a past 8 years ago. The film has a unique temperament: in the old industrial city of northeast China in the old time, the crime scene, the crowd of brawls, and the fire in the dark night intertwine a unique cold atmosphere.
There is also a kind of suspense genre that cares about real life, and the crime movie "Door Lock", which will be released on November 19, integrates the social topic of "women living alone". Single white-collar Fang Hui (Bai Baihe) lives alone at home, often feeling uneasy, she suspects that there is an invisible pair of eyes spying on her privacy... Psychological thrillers, social issues, plus plot keywords such as "playing drama and personality differences" make the film also earn enough gimmicks.
Finally there's a Hollywood blockbuster —
Dune, 007: No Time to Die
Hollywood blockbusters have been out of the film for a while, and many next blockbusters are expected to comfort this part of the fans, including "Dune" and "007: No Time to Die" and so on.
"Dune", which will be released on October 22, has received a lot of attention since its inception, after all, the film's director Dennis Villeneuve has directed "Arrival" and "Blade Runner 2049", and has been praised for its unique photography style and color combination. Chinese actor Zhang Zhen will play a key role in the play, Dr. Yue, which is also his first time involved in shooting a Hollywood blockbuster. The film tells the story of the gifted teenager Paul Ertridi (Timothy Chalame) who is guided by fate to fight monsters and upgrade monsters on the most dangerous dune planet in the universe. The temptation of precious resources, the competition of many forces, and the threat of mysterious monsters bring a thrilling alien adventure. When foreign media commented on the film, they said: "Watching "Dune" now is like watching "2001: A Space Odyssey" in 1968. ”
After several withdrawals, "007: No Time to Die" is finally scheduled to be released in Chinese mainland on October 29. As one of the world's most popular top IP, James Bond returned after 6 years, with a Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 90%. The plot continues with the upper part, Bond and Madeleine (Leia Saidu) live a peaceful life, but the villain not only leads to Madeleine's mysterious origins, but also the remnants of the Devil's Party plot a new threat. It is worth mentioning that this is the last time Daniel Craig will play Bond. The 163-minute film is a long goodbye to Craig.
In addition, there are a number of imported blockbusters that have been exposed, but they are still unscheduled, and may "airborne", including "Venom 2", "Spider-Man: Heroes Without Return", "The Matrix Restart" and so on.
Source: Yangtze Evening News