The song "Thieves of Time" was not the theme song of the movie "Thieves of Time" in the original version. The song was several years later than the movie.
The original theme song was "The Years Are Frivolous". In fact, both songs are very nice, but in the end, Li Yi still chose "The Years Thief" as the theme song for the first trailer.
Because of the theme song of the same name, and the fact that the song "Thieves of Time" once hit the Internet in my memory, and paired with the movie of the same name, the publicity effect should be very good.
As it turns out, this is indeed the case.
Many fans reacted very enthusiastically after watching the MV trailer of "The Thief of Time".
"Can I say that I cry when I listen to the song?"
"You laugh and cry until you laugh. People who laugh all the time don't understand!"
"I felt lonely watching the trailer, but it made me cry when I listened to the song!"
"Time is a journey with no return. Good and bad are all scenery. Tears! I think of the woman she once was!"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the dog director has set the hook again. The short trailer almost broke the news. It's a pity that the movie will have to wait for a long time!"
"The lyrics touched my tears. It reminded me of my grandma, woo woo woo!"
"The most important thing is to keep this top!"
"As a human being, you must believe, even with tears in your eyes! Cry!"
"Life is a difficult step, a good step, and so on again and again! Oh!"
After the song of the same name was released, this song that anyone can resonate with started to spread like a virus on the Internet.
In just a few days, it went straight to the top of the list, and then it got out of hand.
Many people joke that they don't know how the movie is, but the songs are really good. For a time, the popularity of the song seemed to overshadow the popularity of the movie.
However, this is also part of the movie's promotion. Because it is the song of the same name, people who have listened to "The Thief of Time" will naturally know the movie "The Thief of Time".
Time has arrived in August amid all the turmoil.
The Venice Film Festival is just around the corner.
"Thieves of Time" will premiere during the Venice Film Festival, while domestically it will premiere later in the evening, and it will most likely not be officially released until after the Venice Film Festival.
Li Yi is no stranger to the Italian water city. "Thieves of Time" was shortlisted for the main competition without any surprise. However, Li Yi knew that this time it was completely different from the previous "Cinema Paradiso".
Although both movies are part of the "Once Upon a Time" series, "Thieves of Time" is just Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong.
This movie comes here more for gold plating. If you want to win an award, maybe there is still hope based on the quality of the movie and Li Yi's fame, but it is almost impossible to win the award.
The main battlefield of "Thieves of Time" is always domestic, and it is always the Hong Kong Film Awards.
However, it still attracted many domestic tourists and movie fans from afar.
At the same time, because Li Yi is a Grand Slam winner at the three major European film festivals and a gold medal winner, his film is also one of the films promoted by the organizing committee of this Venice Film Festival.
In comparison, "Sister Tao" directed by Mu Qing did not receive such good treatment. Although it was also shortlisted for the main competition, its probability of winning the award was even lower than that of "Thieves of Time".
"Thieves of Time" premiered at the Palais des Festivals, relying on Li Yi's reputation as a Grand Slam director and one of the festival's main recommended films.
Therefore, the premiere venue was packed with people. Of course, more of them were film critics, media people from China, and some supportive filmmakers.
The result is very interesting. After the movie was screened, many Chinese viewers had red eyes, but the reaction of foreign viewers was more average. This is also a flaw of regional movies.
Domestic movie fans have long been waiting for "Thieves of Time".
Film critics and media people, as well as self-media film critics and movie fans from China, immediately returned to their residences after watching the movie and started writing movie reviews.
In fact, they were not the first audience to watch the movie. Many film critics also attended the special screening on Hong Kong Island.
However, because "Thieves of Time" was not officially screened earlier, it was difficult for them to send out a review even if they wrote it.
But now that "Thieves of Time" has been released at the Venice Film Festival, they also immediately released the film reviews they had written long ago.
Zhou Bin, a veteran film critic in Hong Kong, immediately published the film review he had written earlier in his personal column.
There are two of his film reviews, one of which can be said to be a popular science piece.
"I think some people may think that after watching "Thieves of Time", they will comment that it is the best Hong Kong film in the past 20 years, but there will also be people who think that they cannot understand this film.
Because this is a movie that describes life in Hong Kong in the 1960s, if you don't understand some of the historical background, it will indeed be difficult to understand.
First, there are two era backgrounds. The two most important backgrounds of Hong Kong Island in the 1960s were "prevalent corruption" and the "June 7th riots." There was no Independent Commission Against Corruption at that time, and corruption in Hong Kong society was at its highest level in history. Without some "tea money", hospitalized patients could not even drink water. The most extreme situation at that time was that the fire brigade could not put out the fire. You have to charge a "roaring fee", otherwise you may watch the fire burn everything down.
So when I saw the video, when I was hospitalized, I had to pay for boiling water, and I had to give an injection to draw blood. The intensity of the needle injection by the nurse was inversely proportional to the amount of money.
If you don't understand the background of this era, you may find it awkward and strange, but as long as you understand it, you will understand that it was the society at that time.
The "June 7th Riots" were social events that had a great impact on Hong Kong Island. At that time, there would be explosions, car burnings and other extreme behaviors on the streets. Affected by this, many people from the upper class of Hong Kong Island began to immigrate overseas.
Secondly, Diocesan Boys' School. The movie shows more of the "Male Diocesan" attended by the Luo family's eldest son (Luo Jinyi). This English missionary school was built in Kowloon in 1869 and has trained many political and business celebrities. Male Diocesans excel in academics, sports and music. Knowing this, it will be easier for you to appreciate the nostalgic feeling in the movie when you watch it.
Because for a low-income family like the Luo family in that era, having a child admitted to the Diocesan Boys' School was tantamount to reaching the sky in one step.
The irony is that it is almost difficult to see such "poor students" in Hong Kong's Diocesan Boys' School today!
Again, I have to mention the mooncake party. In those days, offering mooncakes to the party was like offering a house, but the period was only one year. Sending mooncakes every Mid-Autumn Festival is a big deal, but poor families cannot afford them, so they have to provide them. I really like eating double yolk lotus seed mooncakes, so I secretly paid for them for two months. Later, when I ran out of money, someone came to my house to ask, so I agreed to help. We were very poor at that time and had no money to buy food. After finishing the sesame buns, we would pat the table and take out the sesame seeds from the cracks in the table to eat. The details in these films are all real.
Finally, what my father said, "You must keep this top, don't be afraid of anything else", and what your mother said, "As a human being, you must believe." These are all expressions of the positive spirit of Hong Kong people. Hong Kong people value self-rescue and having the courage to overcome everything in difficult situations. In the face of disaster and misfortune, waiting for help from others is a poor idea. When Luo's father faced a hurricane attacking his home, he desperately tried to hold on to the roof because in the eyes of Hong Kong people, the roof is the sky. If you keep the roof, the sky will not collapse. If you retain hope, you will have the courage to stand up and start over.
The self-confidence of Hong Kong people is often expressed more clearly in these people at the bottom. Moreover, life has never lost hope, and the Luo family has always believed in hope. "
