"Earth and Forever" poster
reported on September 9 Today, the 14th "Asian Film Awards" announced this year's shortlist. Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai and produced by Dongchun (Shanghai) Pictures, the film "Long Forever" has won the best film, best director (Wang Xiaoshuai), best actress (Yongmei), best actor (Wang Jingchun), Seven nominations for Best Screenplay (Ami, Wang Xiaoshuai), Best Art Director (Lu Dong) and Best Editing (Lee Chatametikool, Thailand). 2019 is a productive year for Asian movies, with many strong films, such as "Parasite" that swept the world, Golden Horse's dark horse "Sunshine", and box-office success "Young You", etc., are all nominated. Since
won the Double Silver Bear Award for the Leading Actor and Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2019, the film "Long Forever" has been nominated and awarded at many domestic and foreign film festivals. Nominations for the film, screenwriter, director and actors swept almost all awards , And the two technical nominations for Best Art Director and Best Editing are quite exciting for the main creative team involved. In an interview with the media, director
Wang Xiaoshuai once said, “The construction of the environment by art, the grasp of the color of the composition by photography, and the requirements for chronological accuracy of props and costumes...All aspects directly affect the authenticity of the film. Our scenes are basically rebuilt. In order to find a thermos, we need to choose one of hundreds of thermos; to find a hundred bicycles, we will find a thousand bicycles piled in the warehouse and slowly choose... .. Realistic works are very "lost" because it pursues the ultimate goal of "without a trace." It is not like the visual spectacle and intuitive "big investment" constructed by science fiction movies. It has a huge workload. Do things that the audience “can’t see”.
"Earth and Forever" still life poster
"Earth and Forever" art director Lu Dong also shared his creative experience with reporters. "The props in the south are all We bought it from house to house in the local village. Almost every house in the area ran around, looking for feelings while collecting things. The prop master joked that "I came to Fujian to pick up the rags with the boss this time." The same is true in the north. The stoves of every household in the Tongzilou, even if we know we can't photograph them, have made fires and fried vegetables in every stove. Not even an oil bottle is redundant. "
Art director Lu Dong on-site work photo
Since the world premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, its non-linear editing has been talked about by the media, film critics and audiences. The top British media The Times The newspaper once commented: "This film presents us with universal eternal themes: love, pain and regret. The plot of the film breaks the convention, and the timeline before and after is disrupted. It is very bold and fascinating. "The editor of the film, Lee Chatametikool, is extremely well-known in Thailand, and has always been the queen editor of director Apichatbang. Director Wang Xiaoshuai also said in an interview: "This Thai editor is very professional, and we have done many timelines. After trying, I finally found that nonlinear editing is more helpful for presenting this 30-year story. "It is reported that Director Wang Xiaoshuai and Lee have started their second collaboration.
editor LeeChatametikool
Asian Film Awards was founded in 2007. It is the first Asian film award hosted by the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF). Since 2014, the Busan International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival have also joined it, becoming the three major Asian international films. The festival is jointly organized, and the awards cover the films released in the previous year throughout Asia. Previously, director Wang Xiaoshuai was nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Yan Ni) and Best Editing (Nelly Quettier) at the 6th Asian Film Awards for his movie "I 11". The 14th Asian Film Awards this year will be held in Busan, South Korea for the first time on October 14. However, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, this year the list of winners will be announced online through the official YouTube channel of the Asian Film Awards Academy.
movie "I 11" poster
(responsible editor: Du Jiayue_NK6020)
