Spring Festival movie guide 2021
- By Zhang Rui
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2. "A Writer's Odyssey"
The upcoming fantasy action blockbuster "A Writer's Odyssey," is based on writer Shuang Xuetao's novel "Assassin in Red." Director Lu Yang spent five years working on the incredible visual effects, using some new technologies that have never been used in any Chinese films, such as virtual shooting technology.
The special effects industry's leading enterprise MORE VFX, which previously spent 9 months working on the sci-fi epic "The Wandering Earth", spent 30 months crafting "A Writer's Odyssey." Most notably, they created a 15-meter-tall digital celestial figure, "the Red-haired Ghost," making more than 400,000 hairs on its head, as well as over 900,000 skin follicles on its body. All the special effects were made in China, taking Chinese visual effects to the next level. Visual effects supervisor Xu Jian called the film "the one to revolutionize Chinese film industry."
However, director Lu said all visual spectacles are just tools, and he made sure he didn't forget the key to success: the stories and characters. The film stars Lei Jiayin, Dong Zijian and Yang Mi.
The film will not only open in China, but also in North America, Australia and New Zealand on Feb. 12.
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