pays more attention to the impact of the case on the police.
"Nineteen Years of Murder" was filmed in director Xu Xiangyun's hometown of Zhangjiakou. The coal mines, dilapidated factories, backward county streets, and people's conditions in the film are all familiar to the director. The earliest title of the film was "Don't Kill", which came from the sixth commandment in the Ten Commandments. Later, because the name was too bloody, the production team proposed to change it to "Nineteen Years of Pursuing the Murder", which clearly revealed the type and time span. Before filming his debut film "Nineteen Years of Murder", the post-90s director Xu Xiangyun worked as a screenwriter for crime-themed web dramas for many years. "Forensic Qin Ming" and "Ten Sins" were all written by him. At the beginning of the creation, Xu Xiangyun did a lot of research and investigation on real cases. Like many fans, he wanted to know who the murderer was, the motive, and the method of handling the case, and he created with a puzzle-solving mentality. But in the deeper and deeper understanding of the case, Xu Xiangyun changed his creative direction. Over the past 20 years, what changes have taken place in the psychology and living conditions of the police involved in the case has gradually become the focus of Xu Xiangyun's attention. The
film unfolds from the perspective of two grass-roots police officers. What is presented to the audience is no longer the image of a "hero police" with an aura of omnipotence, but a process of two ordinary people being entangled in justice and responsibility, working hard and trying to give up . In the auxiliary plot, the huge disappointment brought by the policemen who were forced to divorce their wives and imitated crimes in search of clues provided a more solid picture of their lives.
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is a genre that can accommodate more themes. After the film was screened, many viewers mentioned the similarity to "Memories of Murder" in terms of plot and overall temperament. Xu Xiangyun said that the similarity in the scene may be because Zhangjiakou itself is like this. "In terms of tactics, the way the genre is handled will be closer. For example, the evidence at the crime scene was taken away by a dog, which was told as a joke by the police at the time, and the friendship between the two police officers and their family members ( Huang Lu) The crisis of the role and so on, there are real examples. But I was actually more affected by David Fincher’s "Zodiac", which gave me a very deep impression. I like this kind of not particularly intense Drama conflicts, but interlocking writing methods."
In recent years, more and more young directors have chosen crime suspense themes as their debut type. In Xu Xiangyun's view, the crime suspense type is not unfamiliar and the audience acceptance is very high. , Always have good market performance and feedback. And creators can add a lot of their own emotions and expressions to this type. "Criminal suspense can tolerate a lot of themes. In many cases, we can use this as a benchmark to dig out more propositions. Just as mystery fiction has extended more factions from the Bengue School, there are many things worthy of attention outside the case. Point. Of course, not only crime suspense themes, but all genres are looking for novel propositions and stories."
regrets
real characters should have more extreme emotions
directed the film for the first time, Xu Xiangyun is very sincere to "Nineteen Years of Fierce" only scored 6 points. I felt that I had put too much energy on the completion of the script and had not yet formed the ability to empathize with the audience. For example, if you want to achieve a style that weakens the case, but you are afraid that the general audience will feel that the information is not enough, you are balancingAfter various opinions, I added the protagonist's narration in the later stage. In fact, I am not satisfied with it, because this creates a strong sense of form.
also made Xu Xiangyun feel a bit regretful that the two policemen’s "emotional vent". In his conception, Liu Yibo initially participated in this case for his own promotion, slowly searching for his own meaning in the case, and He Chen participated in the case with anger because he was a family member of the victim. Two ordinary people need to have more real emotions when facing the prisoner.
"The film was launched in March 2018, and the cooperation with the Ministry of Public Security has been confirmed. Therefore, we are responsible for the image building of the police. It is inevitable that there will be some deletions. We have expectations for these. Some scenes I may think No matter how intense it is, it can express the character of the character and the whole emotional presentation is more complete, but in fact, I don't think the intensity of the deletion has much impact on us." Xu Xiangyun added.
[Interview]
is difficult to write about psychological changes
Beijing News: Why use two clues to pay attention to the psychological and living conditions of two policemen? Such processing will weaken the typification of the plot.
Xu Xiangyun: Before filming, we interviewed many real policemen to learn about their lives. I found that many people are affected by the case and cannot be separated from each other. They cannot distinguish the balance between the case and the family life. The case may change their lives. As a creator, it touched me, which is much more important than making the movie more typified and catering to the audience's expectations. Audiences of very typified movies may feel familiar after watching them. After watching "Nineteen Years of the Murder", everyone will remember these two people and think about some questions. I hope you can know that some people live like this in reality. Of course, the focus of the lens on the police will weaken the sense of suspense and may affect the viewing effect. It is very difficult to write about psychological changes. I think my ability and experience are limited, and I may lack a sense of proportion.
Beijing News: The murderer’s motives for committing the crime should be very interpretable and also very selling points, but the film has been greatly weakened, why is it handled like this?
Xu Xiangyun: I cut the first scene (the murderer's confession), but the audience will be confused if the crew does not leave any feedback. In fact, Liu Yibo came to the police station in that scene, and the murderer was questioned in the next room. He was even more impressed by He Chen's dedication and sacrifice. The two scenes are in the same context. I think this is enough. But now the ending is not categorized enough, and the audience may feel that the explanation is sloppy and unsatisfactory, but it is actually intentional. The plot of
is in 2018. In fact, I have not put more pen and ink on the case. It is possible that the case can be detected through a new technology. This will have more absurd effects and hit the protagonist even more. Write by
/Beijing News reporter Li Yan
