On September 16, 2022, the movie "The Untimely People" that was previously only screened in small-scale at the Film Festival and film exhibitions was first broadcast on the streaming media playback platform "Hunxi Premiere" under Huanxi Media exclusively on the entire network. This contemporary drama film with a master style, "The Untimely People", also known as "Fabian", was once the champion of the movie reputation list for many weeks, with a score of over 8. Many fans praised it and gave full marks, calling it a "great film that does not belong to this era."
In 2021, The 71st Berlin International Film Festival shines, and films such as "Mr. Bachmann and His Students" and "Customized Boyfriend" once again show the world the outstanding strength of German films. In fact, in the same year, there was a contestant in the German film industry who should not be underestimated. It was adapted from a well-known novel and starring German actor Tom Shilin .
Whether at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival or at the highest German film award " Laura Award ", "The Untimely People" is full of glory. With one force, it won ten nominations for the "Laura Award" in total, and finally won the Best Editing and Best Photography Award. In the competition for the Best Picture Awards, "The Untimely Man" lost slightly to "Customized Boyfriend" and won the Silver Award for Best Picture.
German "banned books" were electrocuted for the first time, recreating the corrupt society on the eve of the Nazis
In 1931, Germany after the First World War was experiencing a major economic crisis . Germany was extremely chaotic on the eve of the Nazis, with severe division between the rich and the poor, and the unemployment rate remained high. The rich are addicted to sensory pleasure and ignore morality, while the poor on the other side are struggling to death on the line of food and clothing.
The beginning of the film is a time travel: the subway station in modern Berlin is crowded with people, but following the camera, the Nazi ten-character flag posted on the subway passage wall reminds the audience that this is clearly the end of the Weimar Republic period.
The protagonist of the film, Fabian, is a young man. He has a doctorate in literature, but unfortunately his education is not worth the money in troubled times. Fabian lives far from his hometown and lives in a low-rent apartment and owes his landlord's rent.
During the day, he made a living by writing ad copy for cigarettes. At night, Fabian lingered with his second-generation rich friend Rabud, watching the rich people spend money like money and lose morality. Fabian didn't really like this kind of life, he was just observing humans until he met Cornelia, a girl who dreamed of being an actor.
Fabian fell in love and fell in love for a while. Because his colleagues interfered with it, he became unemployed. Fabian fell into another world from then on, and he was stolen from the street and lined up in front of the relief center with veterans who had experienced the war. The poor Fabian still believes in sticking to his conscience, but the unemployed people told him: When you are unemployed for two years, you won’t think so.
The first half of the movie adopts a pioneering editing method such as fast montage , split screen, jump to cut , and inserting black and white images, which deeply understands the erosion of society. In the second half of the movie, the narrative technique of the movie becomes realistic.
"We were sitting on a train. No one knew how far we had walked. Some were asleep, some complained, some kept talking, and they were previewed in advance when the stop was stopped. The train drove year after year and never reached its destination." Just like the novels written by Fabian, Fabian's life has since become decadent and declining. He experienced the blows of love and friendship, which was contrary to the times, and eventually became an "untimely person."
The original work of "The Untimely People" "Fabian: The Story of a Moralist" was published in 1931. This is the "West Germany The Father of Children's Literature after the War" Erich Kestener 's most profound and sad work in his life. The novel was published on the eve of Nazi Germany when it was published.Shortly after publication, Nazi Germany declared the book a banned book and ordered the book to be burned, and the movie also truthfully expresses this history.
"The Inappropriate People" expresses the tragedy encountered by three types of people, idealists, realists and moralists in a corrupt society, reflecting the madness of the general environment at that time. The film has a 4:3 retro frame and film-like texture, interspersed with some shots from the 1925 documentary "The City of Millions", which casts the film itself a veil of reality but psychedelicity.
In 2013, Tom Shilin won the Best Actor at the 63rd German Film Awards for "Ah, Boy", and was nominated for the Best Actor at the 26th European Film Awards in the same year.
In "The Works of the Border", Tom Shilin portrays the creator "Kurt", the legendary pop artist Richter shadow. In "The Untimely People", Tom Shilin collaborated with "Borderless Works" actress Shaskia Rosendall , and the two performed a heart-warming love in troubled times.
Tom Shilin has filmed many WWII movies, and the sense of breakage on him can coincide with the protagonist in a chaotic war. When filming "The Untimely People", Tom Sheilin was experiencing a crisis in his life, but this experience became his nourishment, allowing him to penetrate into the heart of the confused moralist Fabian.
When dealing with the scene of Fabian drowning, Tom Shilin needs to express the character's sense of struggle, which cannot be accomplished simply by acting. So the crew found a diver and pulled his leg under the water. This scene is very dangerous, but it ends up with excellent results.
Dominic Graf, director of "The Untimely People", graduated from the University of Television and Film in Munich in the last century, and then shone in the field of film and television. His works have been nominated for great awards such as Venice Film Festival , Berlin International Film Festival , and German film "Laura Award". The Internet praised him as an "important promoter of German genre films in the 1980s."
Graf first read "Fabian: A Moralist's Story" in 1979. At that time, the novel left a deep impression on him. In 2014, the uncut novel was first published, and Graf decided to turn it into a movie. The final quality of the film confirmed Graf's unique vision.
"To survive, this is a symbolic meaning of swimming. From this perspective, we can understand why Fabian has always refused to learn to swim, because deep down he is a person who always wants to resist all the injustice of the system. He does not want to go with the flow, so he refuses to adapt." Tom Sheiling comments on the most important image in the film "swimming".
German movies are not considered popular in China, but Germany, as the host country of the Berlin International Film Festival, actually hides many "pearls of the sea". In addition to the 71st Berlin International Film Festival's films "Customized Boyfriend" and "Mr. Bachmann and His Students", which were just launched at Huanxi's premiere, Huanxi's premiere platform also has German "good shows" such as "Bornless Works", "Missue Half of Life", as well as many domestic film and television masterpieces such as "Win the Championship", "Manslaughter", "One Second", and "The Sky of the Wind Dog Boy".
Huanxi Premiere is a streaming media playback platform under Huanxi Media. It covers three major terminals: PC, mobile and TV. The total number of downloads exceeds 38 million and the cumulative paid users exceeds 11 million. As an innovative film and television content investment, production and streaming media playback platform company, Huanxi Media has always adhered to the development strategy of deep integration of "content + channel".
Huanxi Media adheres to the core strategy of "content is king" and is committed to deepening high-quality and diversified film and television works with excellent directors and professional creative teams. According to the announcement, Huanxi Media has now completed filming many top movies. The movie " Xue Dad " starring Huang Bo is tentatively scheduled to be released in theaters in the second half of this year. Ning Hao directed by "Mr. Red Carpet" starring Andy Lau ; Zhang Yimou directed by Yi Yang Qianxi , Shen Teng , Yue Yunpeng , Zhang Yi , Lei Jiayin starring ; Chen Kexin directed by Hu Ge , Vincent "Only on the Field" starring Cassel and Hao Lei and ; "Fearless" directed by Chen Daming and starring Zhang Hanyu and ; "Hedgehog" directed by Gu Changwei and and starring Ge You and and Wang Junkai and ; "Up Up the Mountain" produced by Wang Xiaoshuai and ; "Safe Evacuation from the 21st Century" directed by Li Yang and starred by Zhang Ruoyun and Zhong Chuxi and ; "Safe Retreat from the 21st Century" directed by Zhang Guoli and and starred by Zhou Dongyu and will also be released in the second half of 2022 or 2023.
While creating excellent original film and television content, Huanxi Media is cooperating with Zebra Smart News and many car companies and brands, actively entering the in-car screen video entertainment industry, and creating a new consumption scenario in " Third Living Space ". It will continue to strengthen in-depth cooperation with strategic partners such as Bilibili , Mango TV, Maoyan Entertainment and China Mobile, improve the strategic layout, deepen cooperation with Internet and entertainment companies to promote the "Huanxi Premiere", continuously enhance the group's core competitiveness, and the platform value is also expected to be released at an accelerated pace.
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