"Young Babylon" has a strong reputation, and director Xiang Guoqiang creates and pursues "film poetry"

Directed and created by Xiang Guoqiang, Dong Zijian and Li Meng co-starred in the youth film "Young Babylon", which was officially released nationwide a few days ago, after the release of this domestic youth theme film that was highly expected by the outside world, it quickly won the reputation of the audience and critics, and more film critics in the industry said bluntly that "I can feel the director's ambition for narrative from the language lens, "Young Babylon" is definitely the first wave of screen surprises at the beginning of 2017!" ”

"Young Babylon" has a strong literary atmosphere Director Xiang Guoqiang: Pursuing the poetry of the film

The film "Young Babylon" is adapted from the novel of the same name in the road, telling the protagonist Lu Xiaolu's memories of a period of youth, after the release of the film is full of literary atmosphere, literary language of the picture, lens, touched many audiences, including many senior directors, film and television industry insiders also praised "Young Babylon".

Douban and other film review websites, many netizens will be "Young Babylon" as a "youth prose", highly praised the style of this film, the director Xiang Guoqiang also agreed, he introduced: "To talk about the plot type of the movie, "Young Babylon" It is indeed difficult to become a tense, exciting plot film, because in terms of plot, our story is not completely around a main line of narrative, but scattered cultural things, so there will be viewers after watching the movie to feel that the story is fragmented, But that's exactly what we are. ”

Xiang Guoqiang recalled that in the process of adapting and creating "Young Babylon" from a novel to a movie, he has been working hard to pursue the poetry of the language of the film lens, so he has done enough work in the scene setting: "In the original work, the road has a plot of overturning the wall, so when I was surveying in Qingdao, I saw a particularly long, particularly intentional wall, I felt that if Dong Zijian walked on it, it must be quite handsome, and the film lens would be particularly melodious, so I specially designed this scene. That's what we actively create in our films. ”

Xiang Guoqiang: Dong Zijian is Lu Xiaolu The focus is on the actor group drama of "Young Babylon"

"Young Babylon" not only has a strong literary style of the film, but also the interpretation of young actors such as Dong Zijian and Li Meng in the film is particularly eye-catching, including a number of supporting roles, which also have outstanding acting skills, bringing a rare wonderful group scene in domestic youth films.

When it comes to the control of actors when directing the film, Xiang Guoqiang bluntly said that what he attaches most importance to on the set is actually the performance of the supporting actors, because in his opinion, when the spark of the group drama bursts out, all the language of the film will be more mellow. Xiang Guoqiang introduced, "At that time, I was mainly in charge of the supporting actors, because their participation cycle was very short, and many actors had three or four days of drama, so it was difficult to enter the state. Therefore, on the contrary, the supporting actors need to use a lot of energy to help them. ”

In contrast, director Xiang Guoqiang is also very appreciative of Dong Zijian, Li Meng and other starring actors: "Dong Zijian and their starring state is actually relatively long, first of all, the image of them are very suitable, Dong Zijian to later he is the protagonist Lu Xiaolu, completely into that state, he is really a very good actor, because as long as he enters that state, the whole scene of "Young Babylon" will be good! Including Li Meng, the requirement for her is that she must put the performance on the speculation of the character, and understand the character more, why she came and why she left. ”

With the meticulous cooperation with the actors in the film, "Young Babylon" finally broke through the creative mold of the domestic youth film "acting pompous", bringing a surprise acting explosion to the audience, and also allowing the outside world to see the performance space of the new generation of actors such as Dong Zijian and Li Meng.

Xiang Guoqiang reflects on the inadequacy of creation Film vision must have imagination

For the word-of-mouth "Young Babylon", director Xiang Guoqiang is very calm, in an interview also said that he will try to listen to the criticism of the outside world, and he has been reflecting on the shortcomings of film creation: "Regarding the creation of "Young Babylon", there is one thing that I have not thought about so far, doing this kind of film is that the climax part is particularly difficult to deal with, and I have also struggled a lot when creating. ”

Xiang Guoqiang introduced: "In the 108-minute 'director's cut version', in fact, we cut out the climactic plot, and I think it is still very good; but because the release is limited by the length of time, in 90 minutes for the end of the movie, we can only endure the pain of sacrificing the climax." The most important thing is that the climactic plot of the film "Young Babylon" is particularly difficult to handle, it is completely different from the action movie, the climax of the commercial film is easy to handle, such as the firefight of several forces, but the emotions in our movie are very delicate, and the climax is really difficult to deal with. ”

Based on the creative style of "Young Babylon", Xiang Guoqiang also shared his directorial positioning with the audience, and he laughed and said that he hoped to express his unlimited imagination through the film: "I have a requirement for myself, then I must have imagination in the visual, and there must be a high concept in the story!" In terms of creation, I hope to present texture and film sense in narrative, and emotionally pursue simplicity but also take into account the artistic tone of the film. Judging from the current praise of "Young Babylon", Xiang Guoqiang's style has been accepted and loved by most audiences, which also makes him have more confidence in creation.

"Young Babylon" has been a great success in low-cost operation Xiang Guoqiang's new humanistic works are highly anticipated

It is understood that "Young Babylon" by Huayi Brothers, Chuangjing Huashi to participate in the production, is a low-cost operation of commercial films, from the current word of mouth, market response, the film has reached the producer's initial expectations. As a company co-invested by filmmakers, Chuangjing Huashi is the preparation and creation process of "Young Babylon", and insists on creating the quality and details of the film, so it has also left a deep impression on the industry.

Director Xiang Guoqiang revealed that he and producer Liu Yang teamed up for the first time to test the waters of "Young Babylon", and it is very happy to be recognized by the audience, so the subsequent creation will still adhere to the low-cost, high-quality creative route, and look forward to bringing more excellent domestic films in the form of stable teamwork.

The amazement of "Young Babylon" brings surprises to the audience, so the new work of director Xiang Guoqiang and the producer partner and Chuangjing Huashi cooperation is naturally more highly anticipated by the outside world, and many fans also expressed curiosity about Xiang Guoqiang's "After the teenager, what more juvenile movies will there be?" The outside world is paying special attention to this new generation of directors, and whether his humanistic style will continue has become the biggest expectation of film fans.