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The film My Heart Flies had
its premier at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday, three
years after its shooting was completed.
It features three men who reveal their different ways of life and
attitudes toward life through interaction with the heroine, a deaf-mute
musician played by Li Xiaolu.
It was the second film directed by Gao Xiaosong, a singer and composer
who shot to fame for his campus songs in the 1990s.
Gao, acclaimed for the film's style of "romantic expressionism," was
present at the premier along with leading actress Li Xiaolu and leading
actor Zheng Jun, also a singer and composer of rock music. However, Chen
Daoming, a famous actor who also played a main character in the film, was
absent.
At a preview of the film held at a recent university student film
festival, many students expressed their admiration for the
film.
Some viewers at the premier, who had seen Gao's first
film Where Have All the Flowers
Gone, said Gao's style had matured, characterized by a
pervasive symbolism and a masterful handling of the film's pacing and
plot. They said he had established a one-of-a-kind "Gao style."
The film is said to be a clear expression of one of Gao's beliefs that
he has repeatedly emphasized: Be faithful to the love you want rather than
to a certain person. Set in western Hunan Province in the 1930s, the film
is about the tragic love stories that take place between Hong, the
heroine, and three different men.
According to Gao, the heroine is different from a traditional woman.
She is faithful to her love but not a man. This attitude is the
cornerstone of her relationships with the three men as well as of her
fight against her destiny.
After the premier, Gao said he did not know much about other people's
attitudes regarding love and that the film was about his personal
interpretation of love.
Gao expressed little concern about box office revenue. He said
different groups of people loved different styles of film, and that the
most important thing for a moviemaker is to be true to himself and his
audience.
While saying the movie was for a small group of people, Gao was
confident that at least 1 million people would see My Heart Flies.
When asked why it took three years to release the film, Gao answered he
was not sufficiently business-minded. He also said it was a sad fact that
his film would have to compete with some "so-called blockbusters."
Gao complained that so far there was no cinema suitable for his type of
film.
(Shenzhendaily) | 
Updated: 2005-04-26 14:09
