Xin Yukun is the director of "Bursting Into Silence".
And who is Xin Yukun? This question may not be answered by nearly half of the people, and the only two full-length works that Xin Yukun has independently directed since his debut should be even less known.
But I can assert that if you had actually seen another movie, you would have been impressed, and that movie was the starting point for Xin Yukun's first time to start gaining fans, and its name was "Labyrinth of Hearts".
From the advent of "Labyrinth of Hearts" to the appearance of "Bursting Silence", there was a gap of four years.
Four years seems to be a long time, in fact, it is very short, after removing the "Labyrinth of Hearts" after winning large and small awards, plus Xin Yukun has cooperated with other directors in a "Goodbye, Never See You Again" during the gap between 2015, pinch your fingers, you will find that Xin Yukun shoots movies fast, very fast!
"Labyrinth of Hearts" took 24 days, "Bursting Silence" took 66 days... It is as if a talented person who has not met for many years can't wait to show what he has learned when he seizes the opportunity.
But in addition to the reason why Cheng Zhu is in the chest, the reason why Xin Yukun wanted to shoot "Labyrinth of Hearts" and "Burst into Silence" so quickly.
The biggest reason is still the shortage of funds.
Because, no one wants to invest and transition to wait for a niche director and a niche subject matter.
Xin Yukun, like the former Ning Hao and Guan Hu, is full of talent, but no one knows, they are not tired of the world, they only shoot what they want to shoot and are good at shooting, but they are not what the market needs.
No matter how much craftsmanship in the end, it is still unable to control the erosion of the market itself, losing to reality, this road Ning Hao is walking, whether Xin Yukun will also embark on this old road, we see.
I once read some of the records and feelings written by Xin Yukun himself about the filming of "Bursting into Silence", and the two thousand words revealed "pride", "happiness" and a hint of "small satisfaction".
Xin Yukun said that "for the first time, he commanded so many people, more than a dozen buses, dozens of hundreds of people", "investors gave them enough time to go to the vicinity of Baotou to choose a site"...
These may be the normal treatment of some big-name directors, but for Xin Yukun, they are the first time in his life.
Xin Yukun also recalled: "When filming a scene, Song Yang, who played the dumb Zhang Baomin, was injured by mistake and had 13 stitches on his head. ”
Later, in the movie, we can still faintly see the scar and blood on Song Yang's cheek.
All this looks very bitter, but Xin Yukun and Song Yang themselves feel very happy, because they have been staying up for too long, so they will especially cherish the filming environment and protagonist identity that they have now, Xin Yukun said: It feels good to have money in their pockets.
Therefore, in the eyes of the audience, Xin Yukun is obviously at the bottom of the director's food chain, and perhaps the current position is close to Ning Hao when he just filmed "Crazy Stone" 13 years ago, and he began to emerge.
But the dud of "Bursting Into Silence" has made all this go into the unknown.
If we look at the score of the "Douban" platform, the 8.3 points of "Bursting Into Silence" are not bad, the evaluation of 290,000 people is even more eye-catching, and then look forward to the "Labyrinth of Hearts" 8.7 points, 280,000 evaluations, "Douban 250 Total List" ranked 154...
Xin Yukun is like a candidate who has a high score, the score is very good, but it is not hot, and the reason here is that the theme of the movie and the connotation he wants to express.
Let's start with the last question in the movie.
The policeman asked Xu Wenjie in front of him: "If you think about it again, is there really nothing to account for?" ”
"Gone"...
We all know what Xu Wenjie is hiding, and we are extremely eager for Xu Wenjie to say that sentence: "Yes, Chang Wannian killed that child!" ”
However, he did not.
Xu Wenjie first saw the search notice plastered all over the wall at the intersection, and then touched Zhang Baomin's home, he lied to Zhang Baomin's wife, and the second time in that forest, the cave where his daughter was now contained and once contained the boy's body, he lied to Zhang Baomin again.
And in the end, facing the police, he lied again, one lie after another.
And his lies may be the main reason why the child's corpse can no longer be found, when the time moves forward, the reason why his own daughter was saved is not because of Zhang Baomin?
That's how he treated a daughter's benefactor? A father who also lost his child? And he used to be a lawyer.
Someone said: "Most people will make silent choices like Xu Wenjie, because this is the selfishness of human nature!" ”
I think maybe that's why "Burst into Silence" isn't hot, because it tells the truth and punctures the conscience of some people.
(Text/Erwa)