Zhang Yimou to shoot spy film "On the Cliff" concept poster first revealed

At the Pingyao Film Festival, the famous domestic director Zhang Yimou released the concept poster of his new film "On the Cliff". It is reported that this will be a spy war movie set in the ice and snow, which is Zhang's first attempt at a spy war movie and is scheduled to be released in 2020.

Zhang Yimou, who is about to turn 70, is still full of energy and has started shooting three movies in succession: "One Second", "Solid as a Rock" and "On the Cliff". The new film "Solid as a Rock" has been submitted for review. This is his "first attempt at a hard-core police and gangster film, with a very urban and cold style and unique images". As for "One Second" which withdrew from the Berlin Film Festival, he said "I don't know yet, I hope to meet you soon."

At the press conference, a reporter asked: Ang Lee has been exploring new technologies. What is your future exploration direction? Zhang Yimou said that every movie will have different impulses and ideas. He hopes to try new things and try to make his works present a diversified attitude.

"Every movie has different impulses and ideas, and I hope to try new things. After Shadow, I completed One Second and Solid as a Rock, and at the end of the year I will try a spy film set in a snowy environment, On the Cliff. They are all different. I try to make my works present a diverse attitude, and I like to challenge new things.

Sometimes trying different stories is like experiencing different lives. When a director makes a work, he needs to supplement a lot of knowledge and understand a lot of details according to the background of the story in order to tell a good story. Therefore, different stories and different era backgrounds are particularly good learning opportunities. "Solid as a Rock" is my first attempt at a police and gangster film. I call it "hard-core police and gangster". It has a very urban and cold style, and the pictures are also unique.

For the spy film at the end of the year, I hope to emphasize the tense relationship between people and the charm of human nature in the ice and snow. The visuals will also be very distinctive, just like "Shadow", where it snows continuously and is filmed in the snowy village of Northeast China. These are different pictures, and more importantly, the atmosphere and feeling conveyed by different stories. In different environments and atmospheres, all aspects of human nature present completely different flavors. This is the story of people, and you can never repeat it. This is what attracts me to make movies."