Guan Hu's new book "Dog Array" reveals a special feature of "On the Road Again" Peng Yuyan Tong Liya makes a real breakthrough

Today, the Cannes double-award film "Dog Battle", directed by Guan Hu and starring Peng Yuyan and Tong Liya, has released a special "hit the Road", which will be released nationwide on June 15. In the special, it reviews the grand occasion of the awards at the Cannes International Film Festival not long ago. Guan Hu's new film "Dog Battle" is the only Chinese-language film to win an award in Cannes this year, winning the Best Picture in the "one kind of attention" unit. It is worth mentioning that the chairman of the jury and the famous director Xavier Dolan also spoke highly of the film. "the film has amazing poetry, imagination and superb director," which makes people look forward to the film.

Behind the recognition of the award, it gathers the efforts of everyone in front and behind the stage of the "Dog Array" crew, and everyone interprets the courage and strength of "back on the Road". Peng Yuyan challenged the performance of using eyes and limbs instead of lines for the first time, and mastered motorcycle stunts in a short time; Tong Liya acted without makeup, breaking through fear and challenging bungee jumping; and the animal group challenged hundreds of animal actors, making it difficult for people and animals to shoot. This time, Director Guan Hu also deliberately put aside his experience in shooting blockbusters and returned to the pure expression of the author. As Zhang Ying, who participated in the film, said, "this is a story told quietly, and the director still maintains a dedicated and professional standard of work." his love for movies has never changed. The movie "Dog Battle" will be released nationwide on June 15, and the pre-sale is in full swing.

Return and start again, Guan Hu director "always on the way"

Chief producer Liang Jing: the spirit of filmmakers is to challenge themselves.

The movie "Dog Battle" tells the story of Jiro (Peng Yuyan), who is released on parole, finds himself and starts anew in the company of a black dog. "Dog Array" is different from Director Guan Hu's large-scale and strong genre works in recent years. It is a film highly expressed by the author, full of depth of thinking and literary temperament. Director Guan Hu said that the similarity between this film and his own state of mind is the feeling of "getting back on the road". "this is a recharge and a re-accumulation, finding some dreams and desires, and finding a new possibility of life." Director Jia Zhangke, who has been a good friend for many years, shared, "this is not only a return of Director Guan Hu, but also a re-departure."

For the production team, this is also a "re-road" full of challenges and breakthroughs. After the film's premiere in Cannes, many audiences praised Peng Yuyan's tacit cooperation with Black Dog, and some audiences said they were shocked by the animal scenes in the film. It is reported that the crew has more than 100 animals, and the animal team responsible for taking care of them also has more than 40 people. There are many complex long scenes in the film, so the cooperation between people and animals is more difficult, Hao Shuai, director of the animal cast group, shared. "this time the requirements and scale for animal actors are unprecedented." In the face of all kinds of difficulties in filming, Liang Jing, the producer and chief producer, said bluntly, "We must challenge ourselves. This is a spirit of our filmmakers."

Peng Yuyan learned new skills in his new play and practiced motorcycle stunts N times.

Striving to be "real and natural", Tong Liya appeared without makeup and was not afraid of flaws.

Peng Yuyan learns a new skill every time he makes a movie, and this time in "Dog Battle" is no exception. Erlang, played by Peng Yuyan, has the experience of performing motorcycle stunts. In order to really get close to the characters, Peng Yuyan will practice motorcycle stunts after work, climb the steps, shake the tail, lift the car, turn around, and sometimes even dream about it. Peng Yuyan said frankly, "motorcycle stunts are very difficult to control, more difficult to overcome than expected." When filming, there is a difficult move that needs to be completed by professional stuntmen. Peng Yuyan insists on his own challenge. "you must do it yourself and make a breakthrough." After the smooth completion of the difficult movements, the staff in the audience spontaneously burst into applause and cheers, talking about Peng Yuyan's hard practice. Fu Xiaojie, the action director, said bluntly that "I couldn't count and fell N times." what's more, it said that "Peng Yuyan's professionalism won the love of the whole group."

On the set of "Dog Battle", "the pursuit of Truth" is the mantra of Director Guan Hu, from role modeling to actor performance, all strive to depict characters truly and naturally. The goal put forward by the director to the makeup teacher is not to be "approachable", but to "really become a person in the environment". In the movie, Grape, played by Tong Liya, is a free and easy girl who drifts around with the circus. When fixing makeup, Tong Liya takes the initiative to appear without makeup and proposes to "keep the spots on her face" in order to get closer to the character. This realism of the film moved many film critics and audiences at home and abroad. Some netizens commented, "the true original texture calls the memory back to that time, and people are very immersed in it."

Directed by Guan Hu, starring Peng Yuyan and Tong Liya, and starring Jia Zhangke, Zhouyou, Hu Xiaoguang, Wang Yiquan, Niu Kuang and Xiaoxin, the film "Dog Battle" will be released nationwide on June 15, 2024.