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Recently, many film and television bloggers are forwarding an interview video directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang, especially this one, I put a screenshot:
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I watched the full video of the interview with director Tian Zhuangzhuang in the middle of the night, 80 minutes, several tears, remembered a lot of similar movie encounters that I had heard, and I knew that I must not be the only one who thought of it, because these movies also appeared at the bottom of the retweeted comment area last night.
These are some films that have been filmed early, but for some reason, have not been able to be released.
It's very suffocating to watch, but you can't say anything, think about it for one night, then make a collection of these films, right to record, to prevent forgetting.
Inglis
Director: Chen Chong
Writers: Chen Chong / Wang Gang
Starring: Wang Zhiwen / Yuan Quan / Huo Siyan / Wang Chuanjun / Subinur Ainival / Qi Yuwu / Liu Guancheng / Zhang Zixian
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Also known as: English
Synopsis: At the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, a group of young boys and girls meet English teachers like martyrs. His kindness and grace make teenage children feel for "Ingres". The little protagonist Liu Ai dreams of having a thick English dictionary, eager to speak pure English, and he and the English teacher have become friends for many years, and together they have composed an unforgettable growth experience in that absurd years. At the same time, the emotional entanglement between his parents and the principal is constant, and violence in the adult world continues to occur. Hiding in the corner, Liu Ai looks at the absurd world of adults with the eyes of a scrutinizer, and describes to people one by one the group portraits of intellectuals in that particular era in a naïve and humorous tone.
Deadline: 2017
Remarks: Chen Chong has been a director for seventeen years, based on the novel of the same name, the story of Xinjiang during the Cultural Revolution, and there has been no news since the end of 2017.
"Rock Solid"
Director: Zhang Yimou
Writers: Chen Yu
Starring: Lei Jiayin / Zhang Guoli / Yu Hewei / Zhou Dongyu / Sun Yizhou / Li Naiwen / Xu Yajun / Tian Yu / He Zhengjun / Chen Chong / Wang Xun / Lin Boyang / Chen Tong
Genre: Drama / Action / Crime
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Also known as: Black Hole / Under the Light
Synopsis: In order to investigate the case, su Jianming (Lei Jiayin), a police officer in the technical section, disregards the persuasion of his father Zheng Gang (Zhang Guoguo) and rushes to the "Hongmen Banquet" of the wealthy businessman Lai Zhitian (Yu Hewei) and watches a rampant drama of Li Zhitian fooling others and putting his hands into hot pots. Subsequently, the foreshadowing of hiding corpses in the wall cracks, wrenches smashing people, nearly 10 billion private grants and mysterious "old masters' resources" were pulled out one after another, and the undercurrent behind the superficial simple criminal incidents surged forward.
Deadline: 2019
Remarks: The first trailer was released in 2020, and the trailer finally stated that "2020 is waiting to be released", but it is understood that this film has not yet been reviewed.
"749 Bureau"
Director: Lu Chuan
Writers: Lu Chuan
Starring: Wang Junkai / Miao Miao / Zheng Kai / Li Chen / Xin Baiqing / Ren Min / Zhang Junning / Yang Haoyu / Li Meng / Li Guangjie / Zhou Zhouwei / Liu Kun / Jin Shijia / Liu Lu / Li Qinqin
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Adventure
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Runtime: 118 minutes
Also known as: 749: Rise of the Aliens / Nine-Story Demon Tower 2 / Twenty Thousand Mile Plan
Synopsis: The movie "749 Rounds" tells the bloody story of a teenager growing up and adventure. The film was inspired by director Lu Chuan's work experience in the 749 Bureau after graduating from the Military Academy.
Deadline: 2019
Remarks: In early 2020, the owner of the producer, Song Ge, said in an interview that "749 Bureau", "Li Huanying" and "God of Bathing" have been ready for release, but the other two have long been successfully released, except for "749 Bureau" so far there is no news, but the problem of the capital chain is not ruled out
"Fengshen Trilogy (I)"
Director: Urshan
Writers: Ran Ping / Ran Jia Nan / Ur Shan / Cao Sheng
Starring: Huang Bo / Fei Xiang / Li Xuejian / Xia Yu / Chen Kun / Yuan Quan / Yang Jue / Yu Shi / Chen Muchi / This Sha / Wu Yafan / Li Yunrui / Sun Rui / Wu Hankun / Hou Wenyuan / Xu Xiang / Bai Liga / Liu Le / Liu Han / Huang Xiyan / Huang Tao / Qu Yuchao / Geng Yeting / Jin Zhihao / Xu Fei / Fan Wendong
Genre: War / Fantasy / Costume
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Also known as: Fengshen Rendition Series: Battle of the Dragons / Fengshen Trilogy Of The Demon Rebellion / Creation of the Gods I. / Fengshen Trilogy
Synopsis: "Fengshen Trilogy" is based on the well-known classical god and demon novel "Fengshen Yanyi", which tells a protracted mythological war between humans, immortals and demons more than 3,000 years ago, and composes a magnificent Chinese mythological epic.
Deadline: 2018
Remarks: There is no news after the release of the first trailer in 2019, and this year, investors asked the producer Beijing Culture to get a reply from the secretary of the board of directors, and it is still being sent for review (but does not rule out the problem of the capital chain
"Gun Waist Flower"
Director: Zhang Meng
Writers: Liu Ya / Zhang Meng
Starring: Wang Qianyuan / Huang Jingyu / Zhang Liang / Chen Yihan / Zhang Lanxin / Wang Jinsong / Kong Wei
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Also known as Guns and Kidneys
Synopsis: The young man Amon (Wong King Yu) returns to his hometown to hide from debt, only to find it an abandoned industrial area. By chance, I learned that an international crew was looking for such a location, so they jointly operated the "Gun Waist Flower" barbecue shop Lao Fan (Wang Qianyuan) to work together and fish for oil and water. However, the developer Lao San (Zhang Liang) also set his sights on this virgin land, and his intrusion changed the original seamless landscaping plan of Amon and Lao Fan....
Deadline: 2016
Remarks: There has been no trial so far.
Twenty Years of Northeast China
Director: Kong Er Dog
Writers: Kong Er Dog
Starring: Xia Yu / Zhang Jingchu / Hu Jun / Wu Fan / Zhang Xinyi / Cui Zhijia / Ma Yuke / Wang Ziyi / Yu Haolei / Fan Lei / Lu Lingjie
Genre: Drama / Action / Crime
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Runtime: 104 minutes
又名: Love Song to the Days Forgone
Synopsis: The film is based on Kong Er dog's popular network novel "Northeast Past: 20 Years of Underworld Storm", which is a sick and cruel underworld story, and also a thick epic that reflects more than 20 years of social changes. The film mainly tells the development process of a northern underworld organization led by Mei San and Zhao Hongbing in the past 20 years from 1986 to 2006. This is an unusual commemoration and remembrance of the 30 years of reform and opening up, and it is also a heavy reflection on what people have gained and lost in the past few decades.
Time: Unknown
Remarks: The underworld theme, once announced in 2019 to set the File may 1st file, and then suddenly announced that it was withdrawn due to "market reasons", and there has been no news since the withdrawal.
Birdsong
Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang
Writers: Acheng
Starring: Zhang Yu / Zhou Qi / Li Wanda / Yue Xiaoke / Wu Yuheng / You Kuan
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Also known as: Cry of The Birds
Synopsis: Based on Acheng's "Tree King", it tells that at the end of the 1960s, an intellectual youth came to Yunnan with the ideal of victory over heaven. In order to plant "useful" rubber trees, they began to cut down "useless" primary forests. When the trees on the mountain had fallen in large pieces, the people then raised their machetes to the "tree king" who had been feared by the villagers for generations. The local farmer "Xiao Knot", a guy who understands mountains and forests, offsets his life, and the two sides launch a contest ... ...
Deadline: 2019
Remarks: In the interview, director Tian Zhuangzhuang said that he had been sent for trial for two years and had not received a reply so far.
"My Boyhood" (Blossoming in the Dust)
Director: Chen Kaige
Writers: Shi Yifeng
Starring: Liu Haoran / Chen Feiyu / Zhang Xueying / Wen Qi / Huang Pinyuan / Zhao Xiaotang
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Also known as: My Boyhood / Blossom in the Dust — Boyhood / Blossom in the Dust
Synopsis: A film that tells the story of teenagers' struggles, in which several teenagers experience a critical period of growing up, striving to be strong and fighting with fate. After experiencing a lot of suffering and confusion, each of them realized their self-worth and gained a deep understanding of life and this period of time.
Deadline: 2019
Remarks: There has been no news since the killing.
"Wading through the Sea of Wrath"
Director: Cao Baoping
Writers: Cao Baoping / Wu Pippi
Starring: Huang Bo / Zhou Xun / Zu Feng / Zhang Youhao / Zhou Zheng / Yan Bei / Yan Ni
Genre: Drama / Suspense / Crime
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Also known as: Across the Furious Sea
Synopsis: The latest work of cao Baoping's "Burning Heart Series", the film is comprehensively upgraded on the basis of continuing the core of the series, using a murder case of a young girl to dissect the hidden human truth behind the two families of the suspect and the victim.
Deadline: 2019
Remarks: At the end of 2020, the first trailer was released, announcing that it was scheduled for the summer vacation of 2021, but there was no follow-up news.
"She Kills"
Director: Cao Baoping
Writers: Cao Baoping / Wu Pippi
Starring: Fan Bingbing / Huang Xuan / Wang Ziwen / Xin Zhilei / Li Qin / Lu Jingshan / Wang Yanhui / Zhang Yi
Genre: Drama / Suspense / Crime
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Also known as: Scorching Heart 2 / The Perfect Blue
Synopsis: In the graduation season, four college girls imagine the future, unaware that an accident has put their friendship to an unprecedented test. Seven years later, because of this accident, the girls' respective lives have changed dramatically. By chance, the events of that year were traced back again. Under love and revenge, a battle of human nature is playing out...
Deadline: 2018
Remarks: There is no news so far, and it is not excluded that it is affected by the tax evasion incident of the lead actor Fan Bingbing.
"More than Ever"
Director: Wang Jing
Writers: Huang Wei / Huang Minmin / Chen Chengfeng / Li Jingrui
Starring: Bai Ke / Miao Miao / Zhang Songwen / Song Yang / Wang Yiquan / more...
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Release Date: 2020-09-08 (Venice Film Festival)
Also known as: The Best Is Yet to Come
Synopsis: In China in 2003, social change is agitated and people are ambitious. At that time, the Internet had not yet swept everything, and print media was king. Han Dong (Bai Ke), a trainee journalist at a newspaper with little involvement in the world, tries to change the fate of 100 million people through a news report. The film is based on the experiences of real people.
Deadline: January 2020
Remarks: Shortlisted for the 77th Venice Film Festival and the 45th Toronto Film Festival, there have been and small screenings at the Pingyao Film Festival, with rave reviews, and the first trailer was released in September 2020, focusing on the Chinese journalist industry, but there is no follow-up news.
"Flames on the Plains"
Director: Zhang Ji
Writers: Cao Liu / Li Baiyang
Starring: Zhou Dongyu / Liu Haoran / Mei Ting / Wang Xuebing / Yuan Hong / Lü Yulai / Chen Minghao
Genre: Love / Crime
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Release Date: 2022 (Chinese mainland) / 2021-09-21 (San Sebastian Film Festival)
Runtime: 113 minutes
Also known as: Moses on the Plain / Fire on the Plain / Moses on the Plain
Synopsis: Criminal police officer Zhuang Shu (Liu Haoran) has a new intersection with Li Fei (Zhou Dongyu) of Qingmei Bamboo Horse while tracking down a taxi murder case. Eight years ago, the two made a fireworks pact, but lost contact due to an accident, and when they met again eight years later, they were already human. The unfulfilled agreements, the confusing truths, and the intricate relationship between the two generations are gradually becoming clear in the memory.
Deadline: 2020
Remarks: Once shortlisted for the 69th San Sebastian International Film Festival, it was once scheduled for December 24, 2021, but it was announced that it was temporarily withdrawn 4 days before the release, and the reason was not announced, so there is no new news.
Under the Ice
Director: Cai Shangjun
Writers: Gu Xiaobai / Cai Shangjun / Gu Zheng
Starring: Huang Bo / Song Jia / Xiao Shenyang / Liu Hua / You Yongzhi
Genre: Drama / Romance / Crime
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Release Date: 2017-06-23 (Shanghai Film Festival)
Runtime: 121 minutes
Also known as: The Conformist/ Konformista
Synopsis: The story takes place in a remote town on the border between China and Russia, Wang Haibo (Huang Bo) is an intelligence dealer who wanders there, and by chance, Wang Haibo gets a gun, and his personality has always been restless, and he decides to use this gun to make a big ticket. Thinking about it, Wang Haibo decided to rob the casino. However, things were not as simple as Wang Haibo imagined, and in the end, Wang Haibo's robbery plan not only failed, but also caused human life. In order to evade the police, Wang Haibo embarked on a journey to escape to a small town in the Russian Far East.
There, the unaccompanied Wang Haibo meets a woman named Bingbing (Song Jia). Ice ice is cold on the outside, mysterious in life, in the closed and cold town, two equally lonely souls gradually approach each other.
Deadline: 2016
Remarks: Once shortlisted for the Golden Jubilee Award at the Shanghai Film Festival in 2017, Huang Bo won the Golden Jubilee Film Emperor, and was also shortlisted for the Best Film and Best Actor at the Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan, but there was no news in the follow-up.
The Tip of the Knife
Director: Gao Qunshu
Writers: Uma / So-and-So
Starring: Zhang Yi / Lang Yueting / Huang Zhizhong / Cheng Taishen / Zeng Mengxue / Si Ligen / Huang Lu
Genre: Drama / Suspense
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Also known as: Seven Killings
Synopsis: In Nanjing in 1940, the forces of all sides are intertwined and infighting is continuous. Jin Shenshui, who bears a family vendetta, and Lin Baobao join forces together in order to survive. In the process of self-protection, they discovered the "Spring Thunder Plan" of the Japanese army, and in order to defend the country, the two held the heart of death, walked on the tip of the knife, and put it to death and came back to life.
Deadline: 2018
Remarks: The first pilot trailer was released in 2018, and there has been no news since.
"The Middle Evil"
Director: Ma Kai
Writers: Ma Kai
Starring: Dong Tiantian / He Jia / Zhao Shuda / Wen Middle School / He Yuanyuan / Feng Danju / Sun Deqiang / Xie Yinmei / Liu Ronghui / Wang Dandan
Genre: Thriller / Horror
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Release Date: 2016-07-23 (FIRST Youth Film Festival)
Runtime: 110 minutes
Also known as: The Possessed /Exorcism
Synopsis: College students Ding Xin and Liu Meng enter a village to shoot a documentary on rural customs, and after witnessing the eerie "returning people" ceremony, the two follow the "high-ranking" Wang Po and his wife to a remote mountain villa to shoot the exorcism process. However, things are moving in a more bizarre direction, the exorcism of the foursome is undergoing the test of human nature, life is in danger, and everything that happens is silently recorded by Ding Xin and Liu Meng's cameras.....
Before 2016
Note: The movie "Middle Evil" appeared at the FIRST Film Festival in 2016, known as the most frightening domestic horror film in the past decade, once set for april Qingming in 2018, but suddenly announced at the end of March for technical reasons, director Ma Kai Weibo said "we need to wait for some more time", but this wait is 4 years, so far there is no news.
"Love Song 1980"
Director: Mei Feng
Writers: Mei Feng
Starring: Li Xian / Chun Xia / Mai Zi / Yan Lu Yang
Genre: Drama / Romance
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Release Date: 2020-10-31 (Tokyo Film Festival) / 2020-12-06 (Hainan Island International Film Festival)
Runtime: 127 minutes
Also known as: Love Song 1980 / Love Song 1980
Synopsis: In Beijing in the early 1980s, The brothers Zhengwen and Zhengwu, two youthful and wanton brothers, swim in a wild lake. Through the introduction, Zhengwen met Zhengwu's friend Mao Hao and her girlfriend Feng Siyi. Mao Hazel, a girl with a cute temperament, left a deep impression on him. Then, Masatake accidentally drowned in a wild swim, and Masamune began his university life with great pain. When he meets Mao Hazel again in class, and at the same time meets Tan Lili, a social young woman who warmly embraces love and life, Mao Hazel's imminent departure confuses The Main Text, and Tan Lili's deep love also makes the Main Text feel confused. In the torrent of social agitation and change in the 80s, where will they go...
Deadline: 2019
Note: Focusing on the young Chinese men and women of the 1980s, it premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival in 2020 and was shortlisted for the Hainan Film Festival in the same year, but has not been heard from since.
"Hidden Behind the Knife"
Director: Xu Haofeng
Writers: Xu Haofeng
Starring: Xu Qing / Zhang Aoyue / Spring Summer / Huang Jue / Geng Le / more...
Genre: Drama / Action / Martial Arts
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Release Date: 2017-08-27 (Montreal Film Festival)
Runtime: 123 min / 137 min (Montreal Film Festival)
Also known as: The Hidden Sword
Synopsis: In 1933, the Battle of the Great Wall at Xifengkou, the Chinese 29th Army used civilian knives against the Japanese bayonets, won a great victory, ignited the confidence of the national resistance, and became famous. The story revolves around the turmoil of the times, the struggle for the right to invent the "Great Wall Knife", and the strange and righteous men of the rivers and lakes appear one by one, including kan zhizhi (Xu Qing), the wife of a free and bold officer, Kong Dingyi (Zhang Aoyue), a chivalrous guest who is just and righteous, Qingqing (Spring and Summer), a delicate young girl Qingqing (Spring and Summer), Shen Feixue (Li Guangjie/Huang Jue), a black and white true and false officer, and the crazy man Erbao (Geng Le), who is eager to take revenge and lively, depicting a picture of the Republic of China's martial arts. Wrapped in morality and emotion, honor and the dilemma of survival, everyone in the jianghu must make their own choices in it.
Deadline: 2016
Remarks: Once shortlisted for the Montreal Film Festival, the Golden Horse Film Festival, in 2019, it was announced that it was scheduled for July of that year, but it was announced that it was withdrawn when it was only 10 days before the release, because it was impossible to accept that the film was changed, the director had publicly given up the right of authorship, and the reasons behind it were disputes between the capital side and the censorship problem, and there was a lot of opinion, and there was no news about the film.
Tailnote
I don't dare to say anything more, but I hope that this lush tree under our feet can accommodate all kinds of birdsong as soon as possible.