movie "Under the Skin" will be released nationwide on January 9. On the afternoon of January 4, the film held its Chengdu premiere at Chengdu Lumiere Cinemas (Raffles City). Director Wu Yong and actor Jiang Feng , Li Biao, art director Ding Dong and others appeared at the scene to interact with fans. Bashu comedian Yuanfeng appeared at the event as a guest.
The movie "Under the Skin" takes "Stone Gambling" as its theme and tells the story of the protagonist Qin Dazhi (played by Jiang Feng) who had a great change in his outlook on life after being deceived by gambling on stones.
This film was shortlisted for the 14th First Youth Film Festival. Director Wu Yong is from Chengdu. He has previously directed micro-films such as "Tea Eggs" and "Nostalgia". "Under the Skin" is the first theatrical film he directed. Wu Yong bluntly said that the filming process of the film was not easy: the project was approved in December 2019, and filming was completed in Beijing on January 14, 2020. Due to the epidemic and other reasons, it took four years before it was able to appear on the big screen.
Wu Yong revealed that he originally only knew a little bit about "Stone Gambling", but later he came into contact with this script and found it very interesting. "Stone Gambling is the same as life. It is actually opening a blind box. It depends on your own luck. There is that kind of gambler in the back."
He also said that after filming this movie, he returned to his hometown of Chengdu and now works at the IP operation center of "Science Fiction World". "Because my wife and children are here, I feel it is still necessary. Working hard is like betting on a stone. It may not turn out to be emerald, it may just be an ordinary stone. So you still have some self-knowledge and need a lot of time to settle yourself."
The film uses a multi-line narrative technique, Wu Yong said, The structure of the script had a great attraction for him. “When I got this script, it was because the producer trusted me, and I also wanted to challenge myself. Because I am still very interested in things like time and space. I was interested, so I took on the arduous task."
At the beginning of filming, "making rocks" became a big challenge. Wu Yong said with a smile that due to limited funds, "We really can't afford rough stones that cost tens or millions of dollars, and we don't dare to destroy them, so we have to make some imitations." The crew also searched all over Beijing to find A large stone cutting machine was purchased to increase the atmosphere of the shooting scene. "We also tried our best, otherwise it would be too fake."
Interestingly, due to insufficient manpower, the leading actor Jiang Feng also served as an audience member at the event. The job of handing out movie tickets. Jiang Feng said that when he came back to watch his performance four years later, he felt very young. “But at that time, I didn’t actually have many acting skills. I just relied on my innocence and hard work to express as much as I understood. I’m sure There are many immature aspects, please bear with me."
Red Star News reporter Zhang Shihao editor Li Jie
