1905 movie network news "The universe is infinite, and the messenger has traces" is officially launched. Tang Zhijun, the editor-in-chief of "Shendao", Qin Cairong, Sun Yitong, a "weird" poet, and Xiaoxiao, an alien fanatic, are assembled, and the journey to find alien life will start on the same day. The film was officially released nationwide on April 1st. On the first day of its release, the film won the audience’s favor with its overwhelming reputation. This film, called "Broadening the Boundaries of China’s Science Fiction Films", has attracted the attention and recognition of all parties. "This film is a love letter for the explorer", "Exploring the universe is the reflection of exploring life, which is a treasure-class film" and "The film is absurd but profound, and after laughing, it begins to seriously think about the meaning of life".
On April 1st, the Editorial Department of Space Exploration also released the "astronaut" notice, which spanned two eras. The young Tang Zhijun was full of energy and believed in the truth that aliens must exist. Tang Zhijun, who is over half a century old, fell from the sky with the help of a crane in a spacesuit, adding a sense of absurdity. Where does this dramatic spacesuit end up? Full of suspense.
Aspect 1: the hilarious journey is absurd science fiction! A rugged journey in search of aliens
Have you ever seen aliens? Do you know where I can find aliens? Do you know how to communicate with aliens? The film "Space Exploration Editorial Department" may be able to answer your questions about alien life. The film "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" tells an absurd story about the earth people and aliens running thousands of miles away. Tang Zhijun, editor-in-chief of Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department, is down and out, but he believes in the existence of alien life and has been obsessed with finding extraterrestrial civilization for decades. Finally, one day, he received an abnormal signal that was suspected to come from the depths of the universe, so he called we are both unhappy — to the sky’s end’s partners, and once again set foot on the journey of finding aliens with that problem that puzzled him all his life. Mysterious signal from alien civilization? Villagers freeze aliens in their own freezers? Waiting for a bird in the countryside farmland? A "psycho" group party? Tang Zhijun, editor-in-chief of Shendao, Qin Cairong, Sun Yitong, a strange poet, and Xiaoxiao, an alien fanatic, all kinds of strange and cocoa-loving characters appeared one after another, and all kinds of funny plots made people laugh.
With science fiction as the core and comedy as the shell, the film presents a southwest adventure without losing truth in absurdity and truth in fantasy. As a "divine film", the director set a unique style of "serious nonsense" at the beginning of his creation: "The story was inspired by a social news that villagers found wild aliens frozen in their refrigerators, and was moved by the sense of humor conveyed by the news, which was right in their own bad taste." At the same time, the film is full of retro trends in the 1980s and 1990s. In that era full of strange ideas, together with elements such as Qigong fever and UFO fever, it is humorous and wonderful. The story of the film itself has a deep connection with The Journey to the West. Director Kong Dashan once revealed: "From the stage of script creation, it was deliberately done, and a certain spiritual core of the ancient mythical novel The Journey to the West was interpreted from a modern perspective. The story of the film is similar to that of The Journey to the West, and it is all about a person who has great ambitions, takes his partner and embarks on a journey to find answers. The audience can understand it as a story of contemporary The Journey to the West."
Aspect 2: Seek the answer and explore the heart! Absurd but warm and healing tear emotional core
Behind the stars is the universe of more than 10 billion years, and behind the journey is a dusty past. Like "learning from the West", a group of people in the editorial department of Space Exploration experienced all kinds of difficulties and obstacles in their journey to find aliens, but at the end of the journey, they made the audience laugh and cry. From the search for aliens to the search for the meaning of life, what seems absurd in Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department is the thinking about "love". No matter how grand the universe is, it is ultimately the love between people, whether it is the miss of editor-in-chief Tang for his daughter or the companionship of his companions on the road together, it is the embodiment of love. Director Kong Dashan said: "We are human beings, and we can only explore the universe with our limited ability. We can’t know what the end of the universe looks like, and only emotions can explain everything that can’t be explained." As many viewers said to the main creator: "The film touches the emotional core with a small view. On the surface, it is a sci-fi film full of whimsy. The core is to show the relationship between people. This is a film about love."
The film "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" aims at the countryside with a plain lens, focusing on ordinary people, making the vast universe no longer unattainable, using various expressions close to life to show sci-fi elements, and also making every audience feel when ordinary people enter the universe and enter the unknown world. This plot of standing in the field and looking up at the stars makes the audience feel more substituted. As the audience said, "It lightly depicts some joy and some heaviness, but it will also leave ripples in your heart. The film is far away from the high technology of the city. In the dusty countryside and the fields with infinite scenery, it tells the eternal yearning and pursuit of a group of people for the universe, civilization and science. " The film "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" puts such a grand topic of the universe around each of us, which is even more shocking and makes everyone dare to dream and explore.
Aspect 3: Top with super quality team! Core creative team escort
The film "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" went through a four-year production cycle, in which two years were carefully polished by screenwriters Kong Dashan and Wang Yitong, and two years were spent shooting and producing. As a young director’s first feature film, Kong Dashan was escorted by the core creative team of science fiction film The Wandering Earth series. The director of The Wandering Earth’s series of films and the director affectionately called "Ball Dad" by fans jointly acted as the producer of the film "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department", and joined the behind-the-scenes team from the stage of film script creation, deeply participating in it and giving away their accumulated film creation experience. In addition, the producer of The Wandering Earth series continues to be the producer in "Small Universe", and the core special effects companies of The Wandering Earth series, MORE VFX and Orange Vision, also join in the escort for the special effects of the film, striving to present a visual scene with texture in the film.
"Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department explored another possibility of China’s science fiction" Director Frant Gwo once commented on the film. Unlike the grand visual sci-fi genre film, Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department explored inward and explored the relationship between people and the world and life. As director Frant Gwo commented on the film: "The most attractive thing about the film is that everyone will gain different feelings, and everyone is Tang Zhijun in the film." Thanks to the support of his predecessors, director Kong Dashan was also grateful. He also revealed a secret of the film: "The spacesuit in the movie is the one worn by teacher The Wandering Earth. Thank you very much for the free loan from director Frant Gwo."
Aspect 4: the annual masterpiece is a high-scoring film! Multi-platform word-of-mouth leads the way to make friends at the end of the universe
In 2019, the script of "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" won the "Best Original Script Award" from China Science Fiction Conference Science Fiction Film Venture Capital Association. Once the project was launched, it attracted wide attention in the industry. In 2021, "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" showed its true meaning for the first time at Pingyao International Film Festival, and gained a lot of praise and audience expectations on major platforms in China. At present, Douban scored 8.7, and won four awards in the 5th Pingyao International Film Festival, namely, Fei Mu Honored Best Film, the most popular film of Hidden Dragon Unit, Youth Jury Honor and Fans Choice Honor. Won the Best Actress Award in the 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival Rookie Film Competition and the Firebird Film Award; Won the 12th Beijing International Film Festival "Focus on the Future" and hope to be the most watched actor award and the most watched film award; Short-listed for the future light award of the 51st Rotterdam International Film Festival. In the face of this "legendary" high-scoring film, many fans shouted "too much expectation". At the scene of the film’s national roadshow, many viewers came here and collectively certified that they were "really not disappointed". After the screening of the film, Director Kong Dashan also expressed his anxiety: "I call such a strange film a folk science fiction, and I hope it doesn’t disappoint the audience." Fortunately, the high reputation along the way has laid a solid booster for the film creative team.Director Kong Dashan also described the film as an "electric wave system" type film: "Because I made this film, I met many strange friends who loved cocoa, because the electric waves connected everyone."
After watching the movie, many viewers expressed their excitement that they were moved by the film and gained their feelings: "The film gave me great surprises, which not only expressed people’s persistence in chasing dreams, but also deeply analyzed the future and thinking about life of mankind, which is worth calming down and savoring slowly." There are also viewers who find "self" through the film: "After watching the film, I feel relieved, as if some small things in my life have entangled me, which makes me stop obsessing and make me feel that the world is still beautiful." At the scene, there were two brushes and the audience shouted "There are still three brushes": "This is a film about’ looking for’, which is about each of us. Maybe the answer you get in the end is not important. What is important is that we gain insights during the search. " The film Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department has created more possibilities for China’s sci-fi movies with its bold and distinctive visual style, humorous plot, warm and profound emotional core and rich and detached imagination.
The film "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" was produced by Wang Hongwei and Frant Gwo, directed by Kong Dashan, starring Wang Yitong, Jiang Qiming and Sheng Chenchen. At present, the film is being shown in the country.