"The Wandering Earth 2" Director Guo Fan: The pit is very difficult and I have been working non-stop for 14 months

According to Sina Film, "The Wandering Earth" director Guo Fan revealed in an interview while serving as a judge for the Beijing Film Festival Tiantan Award that "The Wandering Earth 2" was very challenging and he had hardly had a break for 14 months.

When talking about the films he produced, "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" and "The Journey Home", he said that one was a very hardcore science fiction film, and the other was "unprecedented" in terms of subject matter and actors.

“I thought The Wandering Earth 2 would be easier based on the first episode, but because the shooting content was much more difficult and the set area was greatly upgraded, we encountered even bigger pitfalls. We still lack experience.”

Guo Fan believes that the key to making a good science fiction film is "heart". To put it bluntly, movies convey emotions through visuals. No matter what the shell is, the core is human emotions. He also pays attention to various domestic science fiction films and carefully reads the audience's comments.

Science fiction can be superimposed and combined with any other genre, and creators must constantly explore what young audiences are interested in, because the audience is always young.

Guo Fan said that he did not think that "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department", which he supervised, was soft science fiction, but rather hard science fiction. The film explored the expression of movies and allowed people to see a different kind of movie. His help to director Kong Dashan came from Wu Jing's help to him when he was filming "The Wandering Earth", and he also hopes to continue this legacy.

When talking about another film he produced, "A Thousand Miles Home", Guo Fan said that the work was "unprecedented" in terms of industrial production level, subject matter selection, and actor performance. He was surprised by the rivalry between Zhang Yi and Wang Junkai.