Dialogue with Xu Ruotao, Independent Film Director
Dialogue with independent film director Xu Ruotao
For those born under the sign of Saturn, time is a medium of constraint, inadequacy, repetition, and ending. In time, a person is just themselves: they have always been themselves; in space, they can become another person. Benjamin had a poor sense of direction and could not understand the signs on the street, but it became a love for tourism and a mastery of the art of wandering. Time does not give people much room for turnover: it pushes us in the future, pushing us into a narrow tunnel from the present to the future. However, space is broad, full of various possibilities, different positions, intersections, passages, curves, 180 degree turns, Dead ends and one-way roads. There are really too many possibilities. Due to the characteristic of Saturn’s temperament being slow and indecisive, people with this temperament sometimes have to raise their swords to cut a path. Sometimes, they also end up raising their swords to cut towards themselves
In movie editing, both time and space seem to have the possibility of extending different paths. The complex and daily issues presented in the film, such as justice, sexual desire, death, farewell, and the meaning of work, are presented in a complex and multifaceted manner in the director’s so-called “superficial” filming. As a readable text, the film also provides every reader with a window to see themselves and others. If Da Bai were to sing in a closed management area, “Don’t pick any more auspicious days. The old almanac is too authoritarian, and I think every day is the day to marry you. I don’t like the era of killing like slaughtering dogs, and I’m also tired of the era of chopping trees like chopping trees.”
A few friends were immersed in the dilapidated and dilapidated buildings, thinking about designing a clubhouse where they could soak in hot springs and have beautiful women, or building a school for children that could play football and see the hills and rivers. The camera transitions to the same abandoned building, with a nostalgic broadcasting tone playing the plan to turn it into a prison and a mental hospital
The police officer and the artist advised by him faced graffiti that could result in a fine of 2000, each joking about what each other’s work had done and what the significance was.
The backstage of the official account replies to the keyword “Saturn” and gets the online link, which is valid within 7 days.
Friendly reminderFriendly reminder: The narrative style and rhythm of independent films and commercial films are completely different, and this movie is more like a prose poem. Everyone find a comfortable way to watch the movie, and we will discuss with the director the feelings and thoughts that the movie brings to everyone.
