Special feature of 1905 film network Chen Kaige’s "closed door" for six years has finally been released. Show for 6 daysThe total box office of this poetic and fantastic film has broken 300 million, and the single-day gold attraction is about 80 million. At present, it ranks second in the mainland box office list with 24.8% of the films, second only to the 12-day release..
From the word of mouth, many viewers think that the film still inherits Chen Kaige’s old habit of "split plot", but the artistic effect of the film is almost universally acknowledged and stands out.
Xiao Liang has long heard that more than 100 styles are designed for the director to choose from in a single pane in the film, not to mention how to shrink an Chang ‘an city nearly 10 kilometers long and 9 kilometers wide into a huge project of 550 mu of land.
Chen Kaige, on the other hand, is an unconventional director. Not only does he often communicate with fine arts with ancient poems on the set, but his standards should be "real enough to touch" instead of looking real.
This … … That sounds complicated enough.It is said that there is a member of the art group in the film who gave birth to all the children during the six years of creating the Legend of the Demon Cat.
In order to interpret the fantastic illusion of The Legend of the Demon Cat, Xiao Liang specially interviewed two production designer Tu Nan and Lu Wei in the film, revealing the art forging road of the film which lasted for six years.
The Legend of the Demon Cat production designer Tu Nan and Lu Wei
【Art style: combination of reality and reality, highlighting contrast.】
Friends who are concerned about Chen Kaige may know that The Legend of the Demon Cat is adapted from the novel Shaman Konghai by Japanese writer Baku Yumemakura. Chen Kaige condensed four books in 124 minutes, restoring the splendid Tang Dynasty in his heart and a sad and loveless relationship that originated from Yang Guifei.
When Chen Kaige adapted the novel, he kept the strong fantasy wind in the novel, thus creating a mysterious atmosphere in the film.
This atmosphere requires a lot of fine arts. Two production designer told me that the artistic style of "The Legend of the Demon Cat" is the most challenging.The "emptiness" lies in the style of the story itself, and the "reality" lies in the fact that the environment should be very real, so that the atmosphere of the film can be established. There must be a strong contrast between the real environment and the story style, otherwise the building will be deviant. If the plot overlaps with the environment, all the fantasies will be empty.
This also coincides with the idea of the original author Baku Yumemakura. Baku Yumemakura is a bibliophile. In order to write "Shaman Empty Sea", he has visited China for 15 times. From the address of Bai Juyi’s residence to the lane where Hu Yulou is located, we must find out.
Because of the accurate description in the original book and his own complex in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Chen Kaige decided to build a real Tang Cheng and make the environment complete.
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