Guan Jinpeng： Mainland films follow suit, unhealthy capital is too involved in creation.

Special feature of 1905 film network In recent years, Guan Jinpeng, who mainly produces films in the Mainland, returned to Hong Kong to shoot a short film "This is the case", which reflects the connection between people through the studio. At the premiere of the short film, Guan Jinpeng said: "I am very happy to be back in Hong Kong to make a short film, and the script has not been reviewed." The audience applauded and were as happy as he was.

　

It was also at this time that Guan Jinpeng revealed that his new film had been suspended, and Zhao Wei and Chen Chong had been decided to star in the film. However, due to the lack of confidence of investors in the commercial prospects of the film, it was unsustainable, and Guan Jinpeng and screenwriter Li Yong decided to stop.

　

"The environment in the mainland is a bit chaotic, so forget it if you can’t make a film." Guan Jinpeng is calm about the current situation, but he doesn’t want to lower his demands and make the feature film smaller. "Sometimes I ask myself, if someone gives you HK$ 3 million or HK$ 5 million, can you shoot it? You still want Zhang Shuping to help you as an artist and do editing for you, and Li Pingbin to be a photographer, but this is actually very impractical. In the past, I used such money to make movies. Now it is more difficult to go back and use two or three million to make movies. "

　

Interview record

　

1905 Movie Network: Why is "It’s like this" so superficial in expressing everyone’s fate?

　

Guan Jinpeng: That’s the way it is. There are many things in people’s lives that are helpless or not necessarily solvable. I haven’t filmed in Hong Kong for a long time. After so many things happened in Hong Kong last year, I think as a Hong Kong person, I must accept the invitation of the film festival, and this short film is not subject to any market restrictions, and there is no need to approve the script.

　　

1905 Movie Network: Do you want to reflect this society through some subtle characters?

　

Guan Jinpeng: I think it doesn’t matter if you look at it this way. For example, there is Cecilia Yip, an actor who was popular in the 1980s and 1990s and now wants to be a supporting actor. There are not many opportunities. Then there was director Luo Dong, a mainland director and his assistant, etc. This Hong Kong has also changed in recent years. It is normal for us to walk on the road, sit on the subway and sit on the bus and hear a lot of Putonghua sounds.

　　　

1905 Movie Network: When it comes to Cecilia Yip, will she be worried that she won’t accept such a role?

　

Guan Jinpeng: I think Cecilia Yip is a very optimistic person. Do you think she doesn’t know that she is not Cecilia Yip when she was young? Now I see her go to the mainland to play a TV series. Yes, everyone still remembers Xu Xian, but I think there will be a kind of loneliness. But she has a good attitude, and she is very calm about it.

　

1905 Movie Network: Is her marital status better than that in the film?

　

Guan Jinpeng: She is now playing music with her husband and some friends. Her married life is very happy. She had some red wine after dinner with us the night before yesterday, and went back to her husband’s home to sleep, but when she was in the mood, she woke her husband up and continued to drink. They were really interesting.

　

1905 Movie Network: What are the advantages of making short films compared with making long films?

　

Guan Jinpeng: First of all, I don’t think there is much pressure. Maybe you have to be very accurate in the budget, because there is not much money. On the whole scale, I think it is more interesting to control, and films like this film festival, I think it can let me find the feeling of making a pure short film.

　　　

1905 Movie Network: If it is a feature film, you may need to give everyone an answer, but short films don’t.

　

Guan Jinpeng: Yes, yes, I always think there should be blank space in movies. Blank space in movies is a precious thing.

　

1905 Movie Network: Now the audience may not know clearly the blank space, and some may think that the film is a bad ending.

　

Guan Jinpeng: Yes, the Hong Kong Film Festival has been going on for 40 years. In 1976, when we were still in middle school and college, we were always influenced by the Hong Kong Film Festival to watch many different kinds of movies.

　

Now I think it’s unhealthy in the mainland, that is, it’s not diversified. When a certain type of movie is on fire, it will follow suit. IP is on the lips, and a song can become an IP, and then it’s more about capital operation. Capital operation is not wrong, but I think we should put more operation on content, that is, the requirements of the script.

　　　

1905 Movie Network: Before the term microfilm was born, there were short films, but when it comes to microfilm in the mainland, there will still be mixed situations, and many of them play erotic sideline.

　

Guan Jinpeng: Microfilm provides a way out, especially for many young people. You can take a machine at will and even shoot it with your mobile phone. But in fact, it’s still a question of whether the creative purpose is pure or not. For example, some online dramas that have been taken off the shelves recently, I really think it’s too much. In fact, it provides a good opportunity for young people to do some micro-movies, but there are also some capitals to step in and do something too much.

　　　

1905 Movie Network: Have you directed fewer works these years?

　　　

Guan Jinpeng: I think the environment in the Mainland is a bit chaotic. How can I put it? Just don’t shoot it.

　

1905 Movie Network: No desire to create?

　

Guan Jinpeng: No, I have a desire to create. I shot two advertisements two years ago, also in the form of micro-movies. The two advertisements were shot for two or three days, which made me feel the same on the set. Still so happy to be a director.

　　　

1905 Movie Network: Why not consider making a movie released only in Hong Kong? The pressure may be less.

　

Guan Jinpeng: I believe this can be done for some young directors. Sometimes I ask myself, if someone gives you HK$ 3 million or HK$ 5 million, can you shoot? You still want Zhang Shuping to be your artist, Zhang Shuping to be your editor, and then you want Li Pingbin to be your photographer, but this is not practical.

　

But the problem is that I have worked for so many years, and I have a bottom line, or I think it is necessary to have a tacit understanding to cooperate with the main creative. Even with this kind of money, it’s hard to go back and say that two or three million dollars is a movie.