On December 28th, a symposium entitled "From the Stars - China's Hong Kong and Taiwan VS Korea's Top Directors' Collection" was held in Beijing, and Hong Kong's emerging female director Huang Zhenzhen, South Korean well-known director Zhang Taiwei, Taiwanese film master Zhu Yanping and well-known film critic Zhou Liming were invited to attend. The three directors with great personality and topics conducted in-depth discussions on hot topics such as the differences in film styles in the three places and the prospects of the co-production market. After the symposium, Huang Zhenzhen invited guests and the audience to watch the upcoming movie "The Vanishing Lover", which will be released on January 15, and the editor also had the honor of interviewing "feminist" director Huang Zhenzhen to learn some stories between her and the film and Hengye Pictures.
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Director Huang Zhenzhen graduated from the Drama Department of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In 1999, he directed the modern women's documentary "Woman's Words", and was shortlisted for the "Outstanding Young Director Award" at the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards. Directed "Break Up and Say I Love You" participated in the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in Canada. In 2013, the director's "The Five Years That Were Stolen" was shortlisted for the Golden Jubilee Award. Released in 2014, "Girlfriend" was only 5 days after its release, and the box office had reached 116 million. The popularity of the previous play is not much pressure for Huang Zhenzhen: "I think this time ("The Disappeared Lover") should be better than the box office of "Girlfriend". This theme is the first time on the Chinese screen, the return of the soul, there are many family love and friendship, etc., and the touch that will be obtained from the inside by each age group will be different. And for the theme of "people and ghosts are not over", Huang Zhenzhen also said that the new work is different from other films of the same theme: "Although it is about the return of the soul, it also has a relaxed part." He has his own rules in him, first, that only those who love this soul can see the existence of the soul; second, that the soul cannot be allowed to know that he is a soul. "The suspense is heavy, so that the audience is more looking forward to the release of the movie."
In the process of filming, she was confident that Huang Zhenzhen naturally did not encounter too much difficulty, and she believed that the hardest part was that the team went to shoot on the snowy mountains in Yunnan, waiting for the right shooting time under bad weather conditions, and in the script creation and other parts, it was smooth.
This time with the "Hengye Film" cooperation to establish the "Zhenhengye Company", when talking about the reasons for the cooperation, Huang Zhenzhen also revealed the background of the creation of "The Five Years That Were Stolen".
Many years ago, Huang Zhenzhen made a film "Tears of the Fallen City", which was well-known in the mainland at that time, and one of the main investors was Chen Hui, the founder of "Hengye Pictures". Later, Chen Hui found Huang Zhenzhen again and said that he wanted to make "Tears of the Fallen City 2", Huang Zhenzhen did not like to repeat, so he gave him a brand new movie, that is, "The Five Years That Were Stolen". Since then, Huang Zhenzhen and Chen Hui have maintained a long-term cooperative relationship, "We are more like the relationship of soulmate, I am responsible for directing, creating, he is responsible for distribution, publicity, we are very compatible, more like a husband and wife at work, there will be conflicts, but they will soon reconcile, because in the end it is all for the good of the movie." The most valuable thing between us is to trust each other. ”
Before "Tears of the Fallen City", Huang Zhenzhen had not launched a new work for a year and a half, and at that time, she actually prepared several scripts, according to her, there are still four or five scripts in her hands that have not been filmed. "I don't think we are creative people who waste time, and the time in the past is accumulating." It is precisely because of this accumulation that Huang Zhen can really shoot one and become one.
In 1997, Huang Zhenzhen wrote and acted in an independent feature film "Stay and Buy Road Love", and also made a cameo appearance in his film "Girlfriend". In recent years, many actors have run to be directors such as Zhao Wei, directors have returned to actors such as Feng Xiaogang, and more self-directed and self-acting such as Jiang Wen, they have more or less achieved good results, Huang Zhenzhen does not want to try to self-direct and self-act, "I think what role is what role, I don't want to be distracted on the spot, the director is already very busy, I just want to focus on doing a good job." But if there is any opportunity to participate in the performance, she is still very happy."
Speaking about future plans, Huang Zhenzhen revealed: "I have two plays behind me, one of which is "Mulan", which is a step back in time, the opening Mulan has become an old man, and then her memories take us into a very crazy world, the other is a science fiction film, the specific can not be revealed. ”
Many netizens said that in recent years, it is obvious that there are three female directors who have outstanding achievements, they are called "Three-Sided Eve", namely Huang Zhenzhen, Xue Xiaolu of "Beijing Meets Seattle" and Jin Yimeng of "Very Perfect" and "One Night Surprise". Huang Zhenzhen also appreciates the other two female directors: "I have also seen their works, I admire them very much, each of us has a different style, I think the film industry needs more female directors." 」 Speaking of his own characteristics, Huang Zhenzhen said: "I think the scenes I shoot are more emotional, probably because I am also a particularly emotional person." ”
In 1999, Huang Zhenzhen had just returned to Hong Kong from the United States and directed the modern women's documentary "The Woman's Words", which is a documentary about the sexual concepts of Chinese women, and Huang Zhenzhen has been called "feminist director". But she herself is not a feminist, "I don't think women have to surpass men, to be the first, I think it's very interesting to have men in this world, that is, to be equal between men and women." 」 The older I get, the more I feel that the biggest weapon of our women is gentleness, and our gentleness can kill everything, not have to fight with men. ”
The interview passed quickly, just like director Huang Zhenzhen himself said, although she herself was cheerful but also gentle, one after another in the afternoon's work, she was very gentle to treat. I also hope that the movie "Disappearing Lover", which was released on January 15, 2016, can achieve a good box office as she said.
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