Detonate Cannes! Reveal the four details of Guan Hu Peng Yuyan’s new work ＂Dog Array＂

1905 movie network feature　After that, he finally brought the new independently directed work "Dog Array" again, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

In the eyes of many movie fans, Guan Hu’s director has both the author’s strong expression and the more commercial industrial blockbuster "Eight Hundred", as well as the "Old Pao’er" that takes into account both.

It’s just that everyone thinks that after making nearly 1 billion of "Old Cannon" and "Eight Hundred", he will go further and further in industrialized commercial films.Unexpectedly, "Dog Formation" returned to his more pure authorial expression of the creative system, and was officially announced on June 15.

The film was shortlisted for the "One Focus" competition at the 77th Cannes International Film Festival, the first time Guan Hu has been shortlisted for Cannes with a work he has directed. Before that, his productions have all been shortlisted for different sections of the Cannes Film Festival.

In May, Cannes was the most sacred palace of film in the eyes of many filmmakers. This time, with the work "Dog Array", director Guan Hu and producer walked into the interview room of L’Oreal Paris, the official partner of the Cannes International Film Festival, and had an exclusive conversation with the 1905 film network.Use 4 keywords to tell the two or three things behind "Dog Formation", and tell the "worth" of going to Cannes as a filmmaker.

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The movie "Dog Formation" tells the story of a small town in the northwest more than ten years ago. Jiro (Peng Yuyan, played), who has just been released from prison, returns to his homeland. In the face of prejudice and prevention, he does not know how to start a new life. After being forced to join the dog fighting team for a living, Jiro saves a stray black dog, and he also gains the courage to go on the road again through his relationship with the black dog. The blooming of life in the dark is more ferocious and powerful, and one person and one dog embrace each other’s new life in mutual redemption.

One man and one dog, reminiscent of Guan Hu’s previous movie "Bullfight", the tone of one man and one bull. In the latter, the "person" is that the actors and characters make each other a classic.

So this time, can it be established to hand over this "Northwest Man" to Peng Yuyan, who is handsome and stylish in the eyes of outsiders? After watching the movie,Everyone lamented that the overall fit was extremely high and appropriate.

The setting of Jiro’s character was extremely complicated. He had been imprisoned for manslaughter for many years, but before that, he had already been a big star in the small town band. After he was released from prison, he began to explore his life again.

In Guan Hu’s opinion,Peng Yuyan’s completed Erlang is very accurate, even he is Erlang.

"Each actor will have a different side to him, and we can explore the possibilities in this movie if these things have not been presented in other plays."Peng Yuyan, who used to be tall and straight, deliberately kept his body bent in" Dog Formation ", trying to make his body more outward side and recycle it,"There must be something in his bones that is different from the locals, so it is very difficult to adjust this measure"…"

Due to his many years of experience in prison, this character slowly began to lose his speech. The team had considered making this character completely mute, but after thinking about it again and again, they still felt that he needed to speak up and have an attitude, but he was only willing to talk to those who wanted to communicate. Therefore, Peng Yuyan needed more eyes and limbs to show the character’s heart.

"Dog"

Animal intention has always been the most indispensable element in Guan Hu’s films.

The cow of "Bullfight", the ostrich of "Old Pao’er", and the white horse of "Eight Hundred".

Not only were there a lot of dogs in the movie "Dog Formation", but there was also a zoo in the small town, a tiger trapped in a cage that lost its fighting spirit, and a wolf that escaped the cage to find freedom… In terms of perception, this zoo is quite a kind of tiger control. In the movie, it is a symbol of the collection of animal intentions.

The stray dogs in the town were like everyone in the town, and the thin dog that had been offered a reward seemed to echo Jiro, who had just been released from prison. Neither of them had a real home. The director also made a fun setting for their encounter – people and dogs went to the toilet in the same corner, which seemed to be seizing territory, but in fact suggested that people and dogs were originally a community of destiny.

The tiger and the wolf, as representatives of two fierce beasts, happen to have a clear correspondence in the situation in the film, and seem to echo every choice Jiro makes after he is released from prison.

Especially since the wolf and the dog were originally from the same clan, the wolf that escaped from the cage did not show the wildness of the animal, but always stood on the top of the mountain and watched Erlang’s every move. It watched Erlang who wanted to fly over the ditch, but in reality, what if Erlang couldn’t fly over the ditch? Just turn a corner and take a detour.

Animal filming has always been recognized as the most difficult task in the film industry.

In order to shoot "Dog Formation", the team found the dog training team in Li and conducted a long training in the early stage. Even under the premise that there were not so many dogs, tigers and other animals in the filming location, the team transported these animal actors to the scene with the help of a professional team.

"The operation is actually quite difficult. It includes the communication with the dog at the final shooting site, but everyone is very insistent on doing it well." In Liang Jing’s opinion, there is no special regret in the shooting of the animals this time, and even the completion of the movie "Dog Formation".And these dog actors are very intelligent, and they are very cooperative in the shooting. Many shots make everyone feel incredible"…"

After the actor Peng Yuyan finished filming, he adopted a dog actor who had been filming with him for many days. On this trip to Cannes, he also made an appearance with "Thin Dog", extending the love between humans and dogs beyond the big screen.

"Original Heart"

No matter whether it is a person or a dog, it is still the artistic expression of the director after all. Even in "Dog Formation",It’s not just a subtraction requirement for actors, it’s a "subtraction" for Guan Hu.

"Dog Formation" has lost many of the seemingly complex creative methods in Guan Hu’s past films, and no longer has those characteristic black humor elements. Even the music has been reduced, closer to personalized creation.

Guan Hu has experienced the creation of many commercial blockbusters, "More comfortable in the entire shooting process, it may be precisely after the industrial production, the pressure given by themselves is much less, and they enjoy everything on site more."

But does this mean that he has suddenly "returned" to the creative field of more artistic expression? Guan Hu sighed, "there is no such thing."

After graduating from college, he was determined to create what he liked in the future, "a film with a relatively free heart." But this kind of creation was not self-directed, "I also like to deal with the audience." It was just that in Guan Hu’s opinion, whether it was a more low-cost author film or a high-cost commercial production, it seemed to be done naturally.

"Maybe after a certain period of time, when there are basic conditions, the pressure on yourself will be lighter, and you can do the works you once wanted to do but haven’t completed yet."In Guan Hu’s eyes, everything seems like a fate, but no matter how the creative trend changes, the original intention remains unchanged.

In addition to "Dog Formation", Guan Hu directed, starred in, and starred inWe also have the opportunity to participate in public events this yearreflect"This film cannot be said to be an author’s film, but it is relatively literary and artistic, and it is a small emotional story."Another film that has been in the works for many years, "Dongji Island", is also about to start, and it will be a big-budget genre film.

"I actually have two stories in the script stage, but the directions are different, so I enjoy the process of the script stage very much."

"Support"

"Dog Formation" is not the first time Guan Hu and Liang Jing have become attached to Cannes.

Previously supervised by Guan Hu, Liang Jing’s films "Street Child" and "Little White Boat" were shortlisted for the "One Focus" competition section of the 74th Cannes International Film Festival and the director’s biweekly section of the 76th Cannes International Film Festival, respectively.

On more and more occasions, we can see that Guan Hu is not only promoting his own film platform, but also assisting many new directors. He has even appeared in various venture capital activities many times to explore new possibilities.

But in fact, Guan Hu was a little resistant to this kind of thing at first, always feeling that these things would distract his creative energy, but the closest person around him – Liang Jing has always been willing and insistent on doing this, "After coming down several times, I found that these things are really good. I can collide with the thoughts of young people and feel their film language’s views on society. And it is also an accumulation and supplement to my own creation."

Indeed, in Liang Jing’s eyes, this is the inheritance of the film industry. "We are all led by our seniors. "Slowly moving from being an actor to being a producer, she also had a different creative observation from the past," I feel that Guan Hu has not released a lot of energy yet. If he can use the creative gap to help others, I think it is also nourishing each other."

A mutually fulfilling creation, a relationship of mutual influence, and the collaboration between the two gradually produced more works worthy of public attention.

It’s just that the story about being worthy of the continuation of the movie is not over yet, just as Guan Hu’s eyes are "worthy", "It wasn’t the applause of flowers after the movie ended, but the screen went dark and saw the joy of seeing my movie on the big screen for the first time."

And Liang Jing’s "worth" is more pure, "What the film can finally present is what the director wants to express, and it can make all the audience think deeply. I really think this is what the film should do, so no matter what difficulties you go through, it will be worth it in the end"…"