In 2006, the Beijing News interviewed director Liu Weiqiang, asked the movie "Daisy" whether it is a Hong Kong film or a Korean film, Liu Weiqiang replied that on the surface it is a Korean film, because the investors, screenwriters, and starring actors are all Korean, and the film language is mainly Korean, but in fact, it is himself who controls everything behind the scenes, so "Daisy" must have a strong "Liu Weiqiang style", and the performance method is still the way of Hong Kong films. Liu Weiqiang also stressed that 70% to 80% of the team shooting "Daisy" are Hong Kong teams.
Daisy
The screenwriter of "Daisy" is the famous Korean director Guo Zairong, in addition, Liu Weiqiang also asked the famous Hong Kong screenwriter Zhuang Wenqiang and director Chen Jiashang to revise and supplement the script, at the beginning liu Weiqiang and Guo Zairong discussed the script, the film did not determine the name, Guo Zairong told Liu Weiqiang a small story, saying that his wife's apron has daisy patterns, every time he sees these patterns, he knows to go home, it feels very warm, so the two agreed that the movie is called "Daisy", Liu Weiqiang later explained: In fact, the director has to have such creative inspiration and emotional impulses, I don't like you to give me a name, and then tell me what the dictionary interpretation of the word is, then there is no spirituality. Daisy is originally a feeling, and it's hard for me to say how much Daisy has to do with the whole story, but that's the romantic feeling I want. ”
Stills from Daisy
"Daisy" is set in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in fact, when the story was first created, the background was placed in New York, and some of it occurred in South Korea, but Liu Weiqiang believes that the possibility of the story happening in South Korea is not very large, in addition, "Daisy" tells a beautiful and sad love story, the story is also mixed with crush and wrong love, if it is New York, which is a metropolis with heavy artificial traces, it is obviously not suitable, Liu Weiqiang wants a beautiful natural scenery with hillsides, rivers and flowers. There are a certain number of ancient buildings preserved, and then there are many Asians, especially Koreans gathered in such a place, for this reason, he went to Europe to see a lot of scenes, including Prague and other places with beautiful buildings, but finally chose amsterdam in the Netherlands, in addition to Amsterdam to meet Liu Weiqiang's requirements, but also because Liu Weiqiang in 1996 filmed "Ancient Puzzle Boy 3 Hands Cover the Sky" when he had filmed in Amsterdam, although Amsterdam is the most expensive location in Europe, But Liu Weiqiang finally persuaded investors to position Amsterdam as the place where the story took place.
Jeon Ji-hyun
The heroine Quan Zhixian is Liu Weiqiang insisted that she play, Liu Weiqiang admired her after watching Quan Zhixian's famous work "My Savage Girlfriend", thinking that her temperament is elegant, innocent and cute, not only suitable for the single play of "barbarism", on the contrary, in fact, Quan Zhixian is very suitable for playing a girl who is soft and strong inside. And Liu Weiqiang feels that although Quan Zhixian is young, he is a first-line superstar in South Korea, and his appearance is pure and beautiful, Liu Weiqiang has also studied Quan Zhixian's face, thinking that she has absolutely not had a facelift, and the most important point is that Quan Zhixian was very popular in all of Asia at that time, which was a box office guarantee. When the real shooting, Liu Weiqiang also felt that he did not choose the wrong person, Quan Zhixian in order to communicate with Liu Weiqiang and other Hong Kong teams in English, practiced his English in advance, in order to play his role as a painter, he also ran to learn to paint, many of the paintings in the movie are really from the hands of Quan Zhixian, and many dangerous actions quan Zhixian also personally went to battle when shooting, resolutely did not use a stand-in, Liu Weiqiang once sighed and said: "(Korean actors) even if they are big stars, once they take over the scene, they will give time to the director fully." It will not be like some Hong Kong actors, even if you tell him to grab his role during this time, he will bargain with you, today to shoot an advertisement, tomorrow to go to a show, there is really no way. ”
"Daisy" is beautiful and sad
Quan Zhixian did not wear makeup when he first met Liu Weiqiang, Liu Weiqiang also had the inspiration to shoot because of Quan Zhixian's plain face to the sky, when shooting locations in Amsterdam, Liu Weiqiang adapted to local conditions, film lighting was only equivalent to one-third of ordinary movies, and 80% of the location of the film was shot with pure natural light. In addition, Liu Weiqiang did not use artificial sets, completely showing the local natural scenery, and when shooting each scene, he would arrange three or four cameras to work at the same time, and the director himself would personally take charge of one of the cameras, so the final picture of "Daisy" was both atmospheric and beautiful, and there was a sense of "documentary" elegance and simplicity, which truly reflected Liu Weiqiang's unparalleled photographic aesthetics.
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