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Exclusive interview with Dai Mo, director of the movie “The Three Brigades”: The truth is unbreakable, love is moving
China News Service, Beijing, December 17 (Reporter Gao Kai) “We decided one thing during the first creative meeting. This time the director will stand back.” “The Three Brigades” was recently released. This real and shining film The film with an aura of idealism quickly gained recognition at the box office and word of mouth. The film’s director Dai Mo recently accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Service. When talking about this creation, he frankly said that he hopes to abandon too many “techniques” and present it in the most simple way. Real emotion.
The movie “Third Brigade” is adapted from documentary literature and was originally published on “NetEase Human World Studio”. The original work was titled “Please tell the director that the mission of Third Brigade has been completed” (author Shenlan). In this non-fiction short story of just over 7,000 words, Cheng Bing, the captain of the criminal investigation brigade who negligently caused death due to torture of a prisoner in a major case, persisted without regrets after being released from prison. After more than ten years, he became an ordinary person. Another fugitive from a major case that year was finally captured.
Obsession and abandonment, human nature and destiny, chance and necessity. For this story that itself contains a full sense of drama and fate, Dai Mo said frankly that he was first shocked by Cheng Bing’s persistence, “At first, I felt that this person was not real. I couldn’t believe it. After being shocked and thinking, I began to understand Cheng Bing, and gradually saw the significance of this persistence to him, and even more to the significance of this persistence to justice.”
Dai Mo said frankly that the text of the original story was concise and restrained. The author was more of a record of the process, with almost no emotional elements added. In the process of adapting it into a movie, the most important part is to present real people and the feelings of people who have this precious “obsession”. “This emotion must come from reality.” Dai Mo revealed that at the beginning of the creation, Chen Sicheng, the film’s producer, determined the core of the film of “unbreakable truth and moving people with emotion.” “This is a very powerful starting point. , all subsequent creations of the film are closely centered around ‘truth’ and ‘love’.”
“Reality is the first principle in the entire production. In terms of photography, different from the more conventional format, I chose an unconventional 1.85:1 format that is closer to the documentary, and try to use God’s perspective as little as possible in the shooting.” Dai Mo said bluntly, so-called “The director has to stand back” just for the natural and real effect. “This story needs a more vivid and real record, not an artificial design.”
Rainy nights, murders, pursuits, after the sharp opening narrative, “The Three Brigades” did not continue along the crime genre. Everything about “people” began to deepen and spread, and was presented in a rich and impactful way.
The audience will find that in this “atypical” crime story that knows the ending, it is the “characters” that support everything.
For the core character of Cheng Bing, the film gives a lot of details and overlapping plots, making his “persistence” both “appearance” and “inside”, thus showing the true power of emotion. Although Zhang Yi, who plays Cheng Bing, has portrayed other police images before, this time he has a different level of expression in chasing the murderer for 12 years.
Dai Mo said that Zhang Yi has a deep understanding of the role of Cheng Bing. “He has provided strong psychological support for the character’s every persistence.” In terms of details, he also contributed Ji You’s full understanding of the character. Amazing performance, “For example, in the movie, Cheng Bing says ‘move’ before every action. This comes from Zhang Yi’s design of the character. It is only one word, highlighting the unspoken understanding between Cheng Bing and his teammates. A stroke of genius, very Wonderful.”
The biggest difference between this “Third Brigade” movie and the original work is that the original story of Cheng Bing’s personal journey of persistence has been joined by the master and four other “Three Brigade” members with distinctive personalities.
Dai Mo bluntly said that this change actually shows the different aspects of human nature in the face of obsession and destiny. “Each of them has a different attitude towards career and family. Whether they continue to pursue or give up pursuing, I think everyone’s choice is reasonable. This movie is actually about people. People will always face ups and downs and different situations in their lives, and they are always making choices in life.”
A group of actors who fit perfectly, vivid and full characters, and the success of the final group portrait also added a lot to the film. In this regard, Dai Mo revealed that with “truth” as the core, in terms of performance, the director also chose to “stand back” this time, “leaving more to the actors, allowing them to complete the collision required by the plot among the characters.” The most authentic emotional presentation requires the running-in and cultivation between actors.”
Dai Mo revealed that the scene in the film where the three teams drank after being released from prison was a pure and real result of the collision, “We didn’t know what the effect would be before filming that scene. Because everyone really drank. In order to have In that real state, we replaced the wine used as props on the scene with real wine. The leading actors have all worked together before, and they have a tacit understanding. They also talked about a lot of topics about each other in real life on the scene, so it was very early before filming started. I have already entered into that emotion.”
In the final film, this gathering that accumulated and released so many emotions and emotions was quite moving. Dai Mo said frankly, “I was very shocked by the effect. The performance of that scene was so vivid and vivid. It can only happen once.”
At the end of “The Third Brigade”, Cheng Bing finally said, “Please tell the director that the mission of the Third Brigade has been completed.” In the long shot, this persistent man stood alone on the street, confused and seemingly endless thoughts. The camera zooms out and Cheng Bing is finally submerged and returns to the sea of people…
Regarding the handling of such a restrained and lingering ending, Dai Mo said that he hoped to show the truth through blank space, “Cheng Bing stood at that intersection at the end, surrounded by people coming and going, everything was the same as before. From my understanding, that was The romance of a lonely brave man.”
