Li Yi quite likes the movie "Harmony". After all, it can be said that "The Gift of Room No. 7" is not only a sentiment for the fans, but also for him.
At that time, he had just screwed up a movie, and it was also his first movie. Wang Zha was beaten into a three-on-one kind. "The Gift of Room No. 7" can be said to be the first step for him to turn around.
Not only that, the film "Harmony" itself is somewhat similar to "The Gift of Room No. 7" from a movie perspective, but in fact, it is still very different.
The voices from the outside world were very loud, but Li Yi remained unmoved. At his current level, he actually didn't need to pay too much attention to the voices from the outside world.
For example, some people want to remake Li Yi's previous films, and even offer a very high price, which can be called a sky-high price.
But Li Yi also ignored it. If he really wanted to make money, why would he make a movie?
Li Yi did not rush to start the "Harmony" project this time. Instead, he took it as a holiday for himself, and of course he will slowly complete the script.
The script of "Harmony" is not difficult to write, but compared to "The Gift of Room 7", to be honest, the supporting characters in "Harmony" are much more three-dimensional and full-bodied.
In "The Gift of Room No. 7", the supporting characters don't actually leave a deep impression on people. They are more of the male protagonist and the little heroine. But "Harmony" is different. It can be said that the heroine in it is in prison. Friends, none of them look so facial, in fact, there are some supporting characters who are no worse than the protagonists.
Time flies. During this time, Li Yi either spends time with his wife and children, or works on scripts when he has time.
A few months have passed by in a flash. During this period, remakes and movie adaptations have become mainstream on the big screen.
It's just a pity that the remake of the film may not be as good as the original work, but it is true that most of the time in the eyes of many movie fans, the original work has filters. Moreover, although some directors remake the previous work, They are indeed careful, but most of them just want to make a fortune and leave.
It’s not just remakes, there are also over-the-top movies, selling sentiments, and so on.
Of course, this is not only the case in China, but in fact it is also the case in Hollywood. It seems that many series of movies in Hollywood are shot in large quantities, but in fact, if there are too many series of movies, it is easy for people to suffer from aesthetic fatigue. , so that the successor is weak.
Generally speaking, for movies that can be remade or adapted, the original work has a considerable fan base.
For example, "The Gift of Room 7", although this movie is not a big IP, it has a deep fan base.
After all, there really aren't too many fans of Li Yi nowadays, and for Li Yi's die-hard fans, "The Gift of Room No. 7" has a very special status.
Even if the reputation of this movie is not the best among Li Yi's movies, even if this movie is not the highest-grossing at the box office, even if this movie is not the most tear-jerking among Li Yi's movies.
After all, no matter how tear-jerking it is, can it still compare with "The Story of Hachiko the Faithful Dog"?
However, this movie does have a special status as one of Li Yi's movies that many people have fallen into.
For this reason, when Li Yi asked on Weibo how many people would support a mother-child version of "The Gift of Room No. 7".
In just a few hours, it received support from more than a million people.
"You must support it! "The Gift of Room No. 7" is full of memories. I still remember that the posters made for this movie were all for horror movies. I was purely tricked into it! But after watching it, I burst into tears! Since then, I have become a die-hard fan of Director Gou for many years. The most unforgettable viewing experience is that time!"
"Those who live on the same floor went to see this movie with their wife. They thought it was a domestic thriller, but after watching it, they were completely confused. But I still have to thank Director Gou. Although this movie did not scare the girl who was not my wife at the time, this movie became a matchmaker for both of us, and our love anniversary was the time when "The Gift of Room 7" was released!"
"I will always remember the father who, although mentally retarded, loved his daughter deeply!"
"I'm so happy in the front, but I'm crying in the back!"
"Although I am very unhappy with the bad taste of dog directors who always like to make the audience cry, but every time I say that I am a dog when I watch a dog director's movie, I still can't help but become a dog! (Dog head, dog head!)"
Li Yi also didn't expect that after the news that he planned to film "Harmony" came out, there would be so many people supporting him.
Not only that, the person in charge of the prison on Hong Kong Island suddenly expressed during a media conference that Director Li Yi was welcome to come to the prison to shoot a new film.
Not only Hong Kong Island, but this time, even the person in charge of the Baodao Women's Prison expressed their welcome to Director Li Yi to shoot in their prison!
What's even more outrageous is that the island nation and Bangzi didn't know what they were thinking. They actually expressed in the media that they welcomed Director Li Yi of Asia Light to visit their prison, and hoped that their prison would be considered as a filming location.
"As expected of a dog director, you are welcome to visit the prison. Fortunately, you are not welcome to stay in our prison, otherwise the dog director would be really dumbfounded!"
"One thing to say, the woods are really big these days and there are all kinds of birds. What does this mean? Do you want Director Dog to promote the prison environment to them and welcome prisoners to move in?"
"After all, their physiques are different, and the prison environment in "The Gift of Room 7" is indeed quite good!"
In fact, it is just like what these movie fans and netizens said.
Although in Asia, whether it is Hong Kong Island, Treasure Island, or even Bangzi, island countries, their prisons are not private prisons like Western countries, but because of the different systems, they still need to publicize even if they are prisons.
In fact, Taiguo has suffered the most in this regard. Many crime films often describe prisons as extremely dark, and most of the time, the filming locations are in Taiguo's prisons.
If Li Yi was also making that kind of movie, I guess these prisons wouldn't have such an attitude.
But Li Yi's movies are really not particularly dark. Even "Su Yuan" does not deliberately show that kind of suffocating darkness.
Not to mention a movie like The Gift of Room 7.
In fact, when this movie was released, many netizens complained about it. The prison environment in Hong Kong Island is actually much better than the environment in many youth hostels.
Li Yi also admitted this, but after all, whether "The Gift of Room No. 7" or "Harmony", what they want to show is father's love and mother's love, not anything else.
And if the prison is too dark, then it will not be a drama film, but a crime film, but a prison drama.
Regarding the choice of filming location, Li Yi chose the Lo Wu Correctional Institution, the largest women's prison in Hong Kong Island that cost more than 1.5 billion to rebuild!
Many people think that the prison environment in "The Gift of Room 7" is exaggerated?
But in fact, if you go to Luo Wu Correctional Institution, you will find that from the appearance, it doesn’t look like a prison. Even if you say it is a technology company, some people will believe it.
And the environment inside was indeed beyond Li Yi's expectations.
According to people from the Lo Wu Correctional Institution, solar photovoltaic panel systems are installed on the rooftops of each building in the Lo Wu Correctional Institution. Ground plants or lawns are also planted on the rooftops to increase the green area and reduce the indoor temperature in the building. At the same time, in order to comprehensively cater for the rehabilitation needs of inmates, the institution also has different recreational and sports facilities, parent-child centers and psychological counseling rooms. The workshops provide diversified vocational training, so that inmates can receive different skills training and have the skills after release. Sufficient employment competitiveness.
Anyway, let alone netizens, even Li Yi felt like his outlook on life was being refreshed.
He didn't know about the prisons in the country, but he could definitely say that the prisons in those prison movies were absolutely not the slightest bit different from this one.
Anyway, when Li Yilai visited, with sufficient lighting and reflective stone tile floors, at first glance, the entrance lobby of Luo Wu Correctional Institution looked like a hotel lobby.
It's really not an exaggeration, it's a fact.
Li Yi was previously worried that the prison environment shown in the movie would be too exaggerated and beautifying. At this moment, he no longer had such worries.
Reality is more ridiculous than the movie.
Of course, he won't say anything. After all, he is just a movie maker, so there is a reason why people do this.
No matter how good the environment is, this is still a place where prisoners are imprisoned and reformed.
Not to say 100%, but at least 99% of the prisoners in the prison are real criminals.
Whether he was filming "Gift from Room 7" or "Harmony", he was not speaking for the prisoners or anything else, he was just applying the background template.
To put it bluntly, prison is more of a tool in his movies.
As for the place where female prisoners meet their young children, Li Yi was previously worried that the movie would be too silly, but after visiting the "Parent-Child Garden" in Luo Wu Correctional Institution, he didn't feel the same at all. Outrageous.
Because the layout and decoration here are no different from ordinary children's playrooms, and compared to ordinary children's playrooms, this place may be safer and more comfortable. Of course, according to the other party's introduction, this is for female prisoners and their 6-year-old children. Meet the following young children.
If you were older, you wouldn't arrange to meet here.
But even this refreshed Li Yi's understanding.
But if you think about it carefully, you can understand it!
In fact, it's no wonder that the prisons on Hong Kong Island are so eager to use Li Yi's movie promotion, mainly because, to put it bluntly, most of the past movies about prisons made prisons into a kind of hell on earth.
Of course, this is actually beneficial. After all, what is a prison?
That's where criminals should stay, and the social environment of Hong Kong Island in the past was very different from today.
Therefore, it cannot be said that those movies made in those years, such as Prison Storm, are just slander and fiction.
After all, what Li Yi could see was only on the surface.
Luo Wu Correctional Institution is so enthusiastic about Li Yi that it even stated that it can provide a special cell for the filming of Li Yi's new movie, and at the same time, it can also allow actors to experience the life of a "prisoner".
Li Yi couldn't laugh or cry.
Of course, Li Yi did not reject the other party's kindness, he just got what he needed.
It is impossible for the prison to be completely open to Li Yi and his crew. In fact, Luo Wu Correctional Institution itself has "model cells" that are usually used for media and public display. If Li Yi's crew shoots here, they will not What hidden dangers does prison security pose?
It is not unusual for prisons to hold activities, such as those in "Harmony" or "The Gift of Room 7".
Lo Wu Correctional Institution stated that they select some well-behaved female prisoners to participate in a series of activities almost every once in a while.
This also includes the formation of a women's prison choir, and even more exaggerated ones.
This trip to Luo Wu Correctional Institution made Li Yi unable to help but gain a lot of experience.
According to Lo Wu Correctional Institution, all female prisoners are held here. Compared to men's prisons, incidents such as prison escapes and violence are relatively rare. Of course, the former may be understandable, but the latter Li Yi just wanted to listen.
In comparison, they can't possibly expose their own ugliness, can they?
Li Yi communicated the criminal cases and backgrounds of some of the female prisoners in "Harmony" with Luo Wu Correctional Institution. As a result, the other party actually pointed out that the cases in Li Yi's script were actually in their Luo Wu Correctional Institution. There are quite a few, it can even be said that they account for most of them.
After returning home, Li Yi no longer had any worries. After all, his influence now is completely different from when he was filming "The Gift of Room No. 7".
It can be said that if he makes "Harmony", then maybe the reputation will not be bad, but there is no guarantee that some people will not say that he has ulterior motives. After all, will the prison environment in "Harmony" cause misunderstanding?
What kind of place does the prisoner live and live a better life than many people?
But in fact, even though "Harmony" may show a good prison environment in many places, it only shows a small part.
A prison is always a prison, a place where criminals reform and receive punishment. Do you really think it is paradise?
That's nonsense.
But the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, so Li Yi's concerns are really not unreasonable.
However, Li Yi is relieved now. Comparatively speaking, it can even be said that the environment in Luo Wu Correctional Institution is more outrageous and exaggerated than in "Harmony".
The photos he took may not tell the complete truth, but at least he did not deliberately beautify the prison environment. This is enough.
After all, he is just a movie maker.
Movies are artistic creations, and artistic creations are inspired by life, but they are not real.
Deviations are inevitable.
Soon the "Harmony" crew was officially established and connected with Luo Wu Correctional Institution.
The project was officially launched.
