Written and directed by Yan Fei and starring powerful actors Liu Tingzuo and Song Ziqiao, the domestic original movie "Lucky Elevator" was premiered on the 27th of this month at the Ciyun Temple Store of Jackie Chan Cinema in Beijing. A group of creators all appeared to share their creative experience. Well-known domestic media and film critics watched the film in advance and gave it high recognition and praise, and industry professionals encouraged and affirmed that "Lucky Elevator" made a bold attempt to make a domestic original film.
In the process of watching the film at the premiere, the audience's laughter can be heard from time to time on the scene, until the end of the film, many people are still immersed in the plot, long aftertaste. The film is presented on the screen in a new form, coupled with the real and vivid interpretation of the two main actors, not only has a strong sense of substitution, but also loses a bit of magic.
"Rare to see", "real and special", and "strong sense of substitution" became the strongest feelings after the premiere. In the film, a couple who experience various difficulties in life and suffer from the "decline of middle age", ten years of marriage have come to an end. On the eve of the divorce, the two came to the old house to make a final decision, but they were unexpectedly trapped in the elevator. With a new shooting angle and unique spatial scheduling, director Yan Fei truly and profoundly tells the story of a couple trapped in an elevator in emotional difficulties. From "hurting" each other to helping each other, from competing with each other to understanding each other, the characters in the play not only reflect the complexity of the relationship between the sexes, but also contain many reflections on the dilemma.
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"Lucky Elevator" was shortlisted for the "Chinese New Wind" unit of this year's Shanghai International Film Festival, as a small-cost domestic original film, but it has made a new attempt in many areas where domestic blockbusters have not been involved. The whole film is almost completed in an elevator, single-scene movies are more difficult in film narrative than usual, and shooting and scheduling are even more difficult, so "Lucky Elevator" successfully breaks through in a number of genre films.
Three square meters of space is limited, but the challenges faced by the main creative team are limitless. "Lucky Elevator" set a precedent for domestic original films, and the director tried to shoot in a confined space for the first time, expressing the form of creativity. Compared with traditional genre films, the film has different degrees of testing of the shooting methods, shooting skills and actors' performances of the main creative team, and the shooting difficulty is much higher than others, which can be described as a very meaningful challenge and a new breakthrough for domestic original films.
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The film focuses on the most ordinary groups of young people in urban life, focusing on the ordinary and visible small characters in reality. From the perspective of the male protagonist "Cao Xiaojun", from the breakdown and stalemate of the husband and wife relationship to reconciliation, as well as the continuous deepening of self-search and redemption, layer by layer. What seems to be a finite character in a finite space is actually a condensed reflection of the thousands of social phases.
Although the film revolves around the story of couples trapped in the elevator, the film's intention is not limited to marriage and emotion, but explores more universal social topics. Ming ze explains how to deal with each other when facing external crises, and dark ones explore the ideal anxiety and life dilemma in the general environment.
From the outbreak of the epidemic to today, our lives have gone from a pause to a slow recovery, with twists and turns and expectations. Just like the elevator in the movie suddenly fails and stands still, the "dilemma" encountered by the husband and wife has become a turning point to end the difficulty and open the luck.
In addition, the fable plot of "The Fisherman and the Devil" in the movie is quite inspiring, and the audience and fans express great interest in this plot, and everyone has participated in the discussion on the core expression of the fable.
Director Yan Fei officially announced at the premiere that the film will be scheduled for January 15, 2021, when the audience can experience the new audiovisual experience brought by the film.