The movie "The Tempest and Midsummer Night" celebrates the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United Kingdom
The 1905 movie "The Tempest and Midsummer Night" overcame the impact of the epidemic to successfully complete the shooting of foreign scenes, and recently successfully completed in the United Kingdom. British director Justin Chadwick and a number of main creators and guests attended the online press conference, looking forward to building the Tower of Babel for cultural exchanges between the East and the West with quality works, and presenting the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the UK.
"The Tempest and Midsummer Night" is the first Chinese-British co-production film to start in the post-epidemic era, and is also part of the 2021 UK "Beautiful World: Tianya" online activities "Masterpieces and Sharing" section. "In 2022, China and the UK will celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level. At such a time node of great historical significance, Wang Qiang, chairman of Juben Pictures, initiated the creation of the film "The Tempest and Midsummer Night", which connects 16th century England, Shanghai in the 1930s and contemporary China in the 21st century through Shakespeare's classic comedy "Taming of the Taming", telling the story of the struggle of three young people in three time and space, and depicting the outstanding contribution of Mr. Zhu Shenghao, the first person to translate Shakespeare's complete works in China.
The film "The Tempest and Midsummer Night" was filmed in the United Kingdom
A few days ago, the Chinese Tourism Office in London and the producer of "The Tempest and Midsummer Night" jointly held an online conference, and wang Qiang, the promoter of the film, sent a warm message through the air through the video, "Shooting such a film about words is full of challenges." Nearly a hundred years ago, Mr. Zhu Shenghao accurately and elegantly captured the rhythmic and emotional beauty of Shakespeare's works, like the builders of the Tower of Babel, connecting people with language barriers. The filming of this film is also following in the footsteps of Mr. Zhu, and we are willing to be contemporary tower builders and contribute to the strength of this generation to enhance mutual understanding between the East and the West. Producer Zhu Li introduced in detail the origin of the film, Sino-British cooperation and shooting and production plans, and Zhu Shenghao's son Zhu Shanggang also specially sent blessings for the film, he said that 2022 is the 110th anniversary of his father's birth, and this film will introduce Chinese culture and the spirit of Chinese literature, so that the people of the two countries have a deeper understanding and cognition of each other.
It should be born from time to time, focus on mutual learning among civilizations and look forward to perfect gifts
It is reported that "The Tempest and Midsummer Night" adopts the model of separate shooting by directors of the two countries and co-creation by screenwriters of the two countries. In 2020, the film was selected for the "Co-production Project" section of the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival And Film Project. At the press conference, Yu Peng said in his concluding speech that Mr. Zhu Shenghao spent his whole life translating all his works into Chinese, making Shakespeare a well-known name in China, and the drama master Cao Yu praised him for his "extraordinary achievements", which is a great story of the integration and mutual learning of Eastern and Western civilizations, which deserves to be known and remembered by the Chinese and British people and the people of the world. Zheng Zeguang, Chinese ambassador to the UK, said that since the outbreak of the epidemic, many high-quality cultural cooperation projects between China and the UK have been forced to be postponed or cancelled, and the successful completion of filming of this film provides an example for the continued pragmatic cooperation between the two countries in the field of culture and art under the new normal. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of ambassadorial diplomatic relations between China and the UK, and the release of this film will be the perfect gift to this historic moment. British director Justin Chadwick, British producer and screenwriter David Murdoch, British screenwriter Polly Courtney, British director of photography Felix Cramer and many other creators also attended the press conference.
The film uses Shakespeare's comedy "The Taming of the Taming" to connect the struggle stories of three young people
It is worth mentioning that as the first Sino-British co-production film in the "post-epidemic era", "The Tempest and Midsummer Night" is filmed not only in Shanghai, London, Derby County, but also in the uk's most complete Tudor architectural style manor - Harden Manor, "Jane Eyre", "Elizabeth", "Pride and Prejudice" and many other films are filmed here. At present, the film is being intensively edited by the well-known British post-production company final cut, and the shooting of the domestic part is also in intensive preparation, and it is expected to meet the national audience in the second half of 2022.