Where is ＂Lu＂？ Lu Chuan directed the ＂bumpy＂ road of transformation.
Special feature of 1905 film network See Lu Chuan again. Although it has been more than two years since the last work, Lu Chuan never seems to disappear from public view. There are still many news about life outside the work that can occupy the layout. Fortunately, this time director Lu Chuan came with a new work. It is a very attractive work — — The super popularity of the original work, the curiosity of the theme and the joining of the top special effects team have increased the attention of this film, and the first day’s achievement of breaking 100 million has also proved the box office appeal of the film.
It is difficult to see the shadow of Lu Chuan’s early works in the Nine-story Demon Tower, and it is buried in time. The prosperity of the film market is more about the prosperity of commercial films. Now it can be said that Lu Chuan is basically integrated into this torrent, but the process of integration is like the self-psychological correction of a literary patient, which is very long. His works during the "illness" period are also controversial. He struggled hard between literature and business, and his shooting themes and interests can also be said to be changeable: in Nanjing! Nanjing! ",ran to the ancient" The Feast of the King "and filmed the magical" Ghost Blowing Lights ".The next project is for children to recall" Black Cat Sheriff "… … Lu Chuan, who is back in front of the public again, seems to be more mature, at least his lacrimal gland is a lot stronger. It is interesting to look back on Lu Chuan’s career as a director. The praise, slander, killing and obliteration received by a director for more than ten years can almost drown the water army of the network.
Xinda "Lu" is a brilliant new star with a prominent family background.
Lu Chuan was born in a literary family. His father is a well-known writer and national first-class screenwriter Lu Tianming, and he is still active in the industry. His aunt Lu Xinger is also a writer. Because of his father’s reasons, Lu Chuan received a lot of attention when he applied for the postgraduate degree in the director department of Beijing Film Academy. Many teachers came to see his examination paper. He graduated from graduate school in 1998 and participated in the screenwriter work of TV series the following year. In 2002, the debut novel "Looking for a Gun" was published, which was a blockbuster. After the famous family, the artistic road was open, and Lu Chuan’s life was heading for the peak.
2002 is generally regarded as the first year of China blockbusters. The total box office in that year was about 800 million yuan, while the single-chip box office in Zhang Yimou was as high as 250 million yuan, ranking second in the same year, but the box office was only 56.2 million. The box office of "Looking for a Gun" is 9 million, which is not worth mentioning by today’s box office standards. However, after horizontal comparison, we will find that "Looking for a Gun" performed very well in both art and commerce, with the box office of 12 million films released in Chen Kaige and 7 million military commercial films. Just as the reporter who interviewed Lu Chuan at that time said, "Looking for a Gun" was "a watershed, representing a group of young people who were influenced by DVDs and began to slam the door of mainstream movies outside the strict production system". This "mainstream" largely means that the film can enter the cinema and get commercial benefits. Lu Chuan is undoubtedly lucky. Jia Zhangke, who is also a disc lover, can only appear in foreign film festivals for his third feature film.
Local feelings leading to compassion in Hoh Xil
Hoh Xil is the second work written and directed by Lu Chuan, which better reflects the director’s aesthetic concept than Looking for a Gun. The film uses a large number of non-professional actors and adopts the documentary method of news reporting — — Tibetans, Tibetan language, live shooting in the no-man’s land of Hoh Xil, and more than 100 people went up to sneak up. This production method is easily associated with Italian neo-realism and the new wave of French films. Not only Lu Chuan, but most of the works of the sixth generation directors can find their aesthetic source from these two schools.
However, the production cost of Hoh Xil was about 7 million, which could not be classified as a low-budget film at that time. In fact, the literary "Hoh Xil" has not given up the market, the dramatic conflict of the whole story is not weak, and Lu Chuan’s lens design is also biased towards Hollywood style. It’s a pity that the rough environmental stories are still too small and have not been favored by ordinary audiences, and the box office income of 4 million is far from what expected. If Looking for a Gun still has a strong Jiang Wen label, then Hoh Xil is a "pure" Lu Chuan film. At the end of 2004, "Hoh Xil" won the best film and best photography in the 41st Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award, which was regarded as Lu Chuan’s fame.