Chinanews.com, Beijing, September 9 (Reporter Gao Kai) "Predecessor 29: Teenage Marriage" (hereinafter referred to as "Predecessor 4") officially opened a few days ago, from the early stage of the number of "want to see" number of people to the pre-sale results have always ranked first, this emotional comedy has brushed a different sense of existence in the just-opened 4 National Day file.
The film's director Tian Yu was interviewed by a reporter from China News Network before his birthday, and when talking about this creation, he bluntly said that the script was the biggest challenge. Tian Yusheng said that although there is no lack of exaggerated plot bridges, all the materials in "Predecessor 4" come from life, "As an urban emotional theme, it can be said that it is very close to the audience, which requires its truthfulness, and the infinite closeness of people's real psychological feelings in life, the story of feelings is not by 'telling', I firmly believe that only feelings that really come from life can have a hair-trigger resonance with the audience." ”
"Predecessor 4: Teenage Marriage". Photo courtesy of interviewee
Since the launch of "Predecessor Raiders" in 2014, in the past ten years, the predecessor series has successively launched "Predecessor 2: Spare Tire Strikes Back" (2015) and "Predecessor 3: Goodbye Ex" (2017), the industry believes that the previous unreleased popularity of "Predecessor 4" has shown the influence of the series as a rare emotional movie IP.
In 2014, as soon as the first "Predecessor" series "Predecessor Raiders" was released, it won a lot of popularity with its sharp and funny lines, rich comedy elements, and accurate analysis of the feelings of both sexes in love. In 2017, "Predecessor 3: Goodbye Ex" went further, becoming the box office ceiling of domestic romantic comedy movies with a box office of nearly 20 billion yuan (RMB), but also contributed many famous scenes, and the popularity of the predecessor series climbed again. Grounded, funny, using the entry point of "ex" to talk about the emotional pain points of urban young people, it can always resonate with ordinary audiences. As an IP, the emotional mark of the "Predecessor" series has remained in the hearts of the audience.
"Predecessor 4: Teenage Marriage". Photo courtesy of interviewee
In Tian Yusheng's view, in addition to consistently focusing on the emotional lives of urban men and women, the previous series also has its "constant change" in terms of creative methods: "The creative methods have not changed, it comes from life." The reason why the audience will have a lot of resonance is because people can always find the projection of the content of the film in themselves or the people around them. My approach is to try to restore the people and things in my life. It's not a coveting, it's just to resonate with everyone. ”
Although the IP has received a lot of attention, after "Predecessor 3", people did not see the so-called "strike while the iron is hot", for "Predecessor 4" 5 years later, Tian Yusheng once again emphasized, "I think the story of feelings is not 'telling', the most important thing is to evoke common feelings and experiences." After filming "Predecessor 3", I feel that my many years of experience and accumulation have been taken out, so I need to continue to learn, feel, and reflect in life. Fortunately, love life or the emotional needs of urban youth for themselves actually happen anytime, anywhere, and for me, these 5 years are just living while collecting style. ”
In "Predecessor 4", Tian Yusheng continues to explore the emotions and lives of contemporary urban men and women in a lighthearted and humorous and thoughtful form, the difference is that this time, "marriage" has become the "core" of various problems in the whole film. Regarding the "young marriage" in the title, Tian Yusheng explained, "This has nothing to do with age, it means that you are completely unprepared psychologically, but you have to face 'marriage'." "As in the previous story, in the film, Meng Yun (played by Han Geng) and Yu Fei (played by Zheng Kai) once again become concrete and vivid samples, leading the audience to analyze the relationship between the sexes in love and marriage, one facing the confusion of emotional destination, and the other coping with the test of "marriage cooling-off period"...
In the movie, Meng Yun is afraid of loneliness and is accustomed to a lonely state, and the sweetness and bumps at different stages of Yu Fei's trial marriage with his girlfriend all resonate strongly with the audience. Compared with the more exaggerated and dramatic style of the previous work, "Predecessor 4" is more peaceful and delicate in terms of storyline and presentation. In this regard, Tian Hansheng confessed that he is actually growing up with the people in the film, "everyone has grown up in ten years", and "as you get older, the questions you think about will change." In the past, I would only think of playing ball with my brother, and when I grew up, I had to discuss love and non-love, what is deep love and what is liked. By this part, it began to think about love and marriage, which was a natural progression. ”
In addition to recording the protagonist's love life, "Predecessor 4" also focuses on the "loneliness" in the hearts of contemporary people. In "Predecessor 4", what Yu Fei needs to face is the problem of how the two people get together, and for Meng Yun, it is actually more a question of how to get along with himself. I used comedy, but these are actually worth thinking about. Tian Yusheng said: "This series has come to now, although it is still a type of romance film, but it is no longer only about love, but the feelings of many people, including mothers, friends, and themselves, especially how to get along with themselves, whether it is alone, or to have a relationship, which is better to think." ”
In addition to the two male protagonists of the iron fight, continuing the previous work, "Predecessor 4" also ushered in new female roles, among which, Liu Yase's Liu Liu played by Liu Liu was rational, independent, sensitive and enthusiastic, which left a deep impression. For the new characters in the film, Tian Yusheng bluntly said that he was not joining for the sake of a new plot, "It is in life, such a woman, we feel that she is representative and resonant." In fact, there is no deliberate arrangement on the story of the entire "Predecessor 4", the plot development itself is a natural occurrence brought about by the characters, compared to the storyline, I focus more on the characters, follow the characters, you can achieve psychological truth. I hope that the audience will come to the theater and feel this reality, that feeling, in different characters on the big screen, is actually the most valuable, we say resonance. ”
"Predecessor 4: Teenage Marriage" director Tian Yusheng. Photo courtesy of interviewee
At the end of "The Predecessor 4", all the thinking and collision continues, just like life. Tian Yusheng said: "I didn't give a closed ending, there is no so-called complete story, I just want the audience to feel the resonance, so that what the screen presents has actually become everyone's own story, for me, this is very satisfying, the next choice and thinking belongs to the audience." ”
"As for whether there will be five, six, and seven in the future, I can only say that I have to live first, continue to feel, continue to observe, and then know if there is anything new, because the biggest significance of the "Predecessor" series is that it is a memorial of this generation of urban men and women to their emotions, and it is a nomenclature." Tian Yusheng said. (End)