Lin Zhengsheng · "Spring Flower Monroe"
Manual: Why choose this story as your directorial debut?
Lin Zhengsheng: I grew up in a remote village in Taiwan and have deep feelings for the traditional rural society. Because of the death of my mother, I developed a feeling of admiring women's motherhood from the feeling of missing my mother, and in the creation of movies, I paid special attention to the situation of traditional women in the old family.
Manual: What do you want to express?
Lin Zhengsheng: The situation of a woman under the suppression of family ethics framework in the old era. When love enters the old family, it is destined to die.
Manual: Where does the funds come from?
Lin Zhengsheng: Government tutoring funds, and investment from the Central Film Company.
manual: Did you write your own screenwriter or did you find someone to write it?
Lin Zhengsheng: I wrote it myself.
Manual: What is the biggest difficulty in directing a movie?
Lin Zhengsheng: The scene of rural families in the old era is reproduced. We spent half a year growing vegetables, growing loofahs and climbing onto the sheds, raising dogs, cats, turkeys, and chickens. The chickens also raised eggs and hatching chickens. The film directing begins after letting these animals live completely naturally in the scene.
feeds the scene in half a year in a way that restores real life.
Manual: What is the fate of the work?
Lin Zhengsheng: Winner of the "Special Award for Catholic Humane Spirit" in the Shana Film Festival in France and the "Silver Award for Youth Director Unit" in the Tokyo Film Festival. It has been released in some small theaters in Taiwan, with a box office of about 3 million yuan.
manual: Who is the person who helped you the most?
Lin Zhengsheng: Xu Ligong .
Manual: Which one do you like the most among other directorial debuts?
Lin Zhengsheng: " Citizen Kane " Orson Wells shows amazing image and storytelling ability at the age of 20. From the narrative structure, the mastery of light and shadow, the insight of human nature, and the display of the vitality that the newborn calf should have, it all shows that he is a genius creator.
manual: What suggestions do you have for young directors who made their first film?
Lin Zhengsheng: Let go and show the quality of life you should have in your movie. The most valuable thing about the first movie of each director is to let the audience see the stupidity and vitality of your newborn calf.
Director's resume:
1959 was born in a mountainous tribe in eastern Taiwan. In 1984, he entered the film director class.
1996, directed "Spring Flower Monroe".
1997, directed "Beauty Singing" and won the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
1997, directed "The Unrest".
1999, directed "Tianma Tea House".
In 2001, he directed " Love You and Love Me " and won the Best Director Silver Bear Award at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2002, directed "Robinson Crusoe".
2005, directed "I Remember Under the Moonlight".
