Special feature of 1905 film network Directed by, starring,, Li Tingting, and, the film was released in domestic cinemas on November 5, 2021. The film tells the story of Guo Xiaolu, played by Eric Wang, and Su Lingfang, played by Wang Luodan. They missed and reunited many times in their lives. Guo Xiaolu, who studied medicine, discovered the secret of youth. However, as his lover around him grew old, the tacit promise left in his youth became a pity for his fantasy life.
Since the film was released, the word-of-mouth has been controversial. As of November 15th, the douban score of the film was 6.2. Some viewers thought that the love described in the film was very touching, and some viewers felt that they were confused and confused. Why are there such polarized comments? In this issue, the film director Xu Chao was invited to talk about the film with him. From the director’s point of view, what does Xu Chao think of this polarization phenomenon?
The controversy of the audience about the Wonder of the Young may come from the emphasis on the elements of "love" in the film’s propaganda, and the film has also made some genre fusion, adding some elements such as "life and death" and "science". Xu Chao said: "Before the film was released, we did many surveys and films, and found that during the process of watching the film, the audience was very interested in the love element of the film, so we paid more attention to the love element in the film in terms of publicity. Then before entering the cinema, everyone got the expectation of love. After watching this film, I don’t know what to talk about. I think there is something wrong with the expectation. "
The polarization of comments also exceeded Xu Chao’s expectation to some extent. At the beginning of his creation, he positioned the film as a biographical film. The elements such as life and death, science, love and time all revolved around the life of the hero Guo Xiaolu. These elements are common, but they are not used to show love, but to describe Guo Xiaolu’s relatively fantastic life, which leads to a certain understanding threshold. In addition, when it was announced, it was labeled as a romantic film, which made the audience who entered the theater have cognitive deviations.
As for the element of "love", the film has done a lot of blank space, even in the whole film, Guo Xiaolu and Su Lingfang never said the word "love" to each other. Many viewers who are looking forward to seeing love scenes find it difficult to understand this blank space. Xu Chao believes: "Between Guo Xiaolu and Su Lingfang, it is not love in our view, but it is higher than love. This kind of emotion is higher than love, let’s call it love, because love and love are different. They regard each other as the beautiful purity in their hearts. Even if he is wandering in the torrent of the times, even if I see all your misery and loneliness, we will guard this beautiful purity to the death. "
The film also describes a lot of stem cell research that Guo Xiaolu is engaged in. This stem cell can make people live forever, so the film has also been labeled as "science fiction". Xu Chao also denied this label. In his view, first of all, the description of stem cells in the film has been rigorously studied and can stand scrutiny. In addition, the element of "not getting old" also serves the theme of the film. In addition to the superficial meaning of immortality, it expresses an attitude of "being born to die" in the deep meaning. Some emotions will not disappear with the passage of time, and the light of life cannot be taken away by death.
In essence, The Wonder of the Young is a biographical film, and all its elements are subordinate to the performance of Guo Xiaolu’s life. The controversy over the word-of-mouth of the film mainly comes from the fact that the "love" element emphasized by Xuanfa is not the core of the film, which leads to the gap between the audience’s actual viewing and expectations. The announcement of the film should not make the audience misunderstand the core of the film while attracting the audience. A good movie needs to be announced, so that the audience can have a correct understanding of the film itself before watching it, thus creating a better viewing experience for them.
