Strange phenomenon in film making about Trinh Cong Son

On May 30, the producer of the movie “Me and Trinh” is Galaxy EE suddenly said that not only “Em and Trinh” but also another movie, “Trinh Cong Son” was released to the audience at the same time. Both have the same production team and the same cast. “The fact that there are two films about Trinh Cong Son at the same time is a surprise even for us,” said Luong Cong Hieu, a representative of Galaxy EE producer. He also said: “More than 5 years ago, when we started production, we only planned to make a movie about musician Trinh Cong Son. But when we reviewed the footage of nearly 1,000 hours of filming, we were amazed to discover that there are two stories, two very different perspectives on the musician, each with its own interesting features. taste. So we made two movies to look forward to sharing that interesting thing with the audience.”

Two films about Trinh Cong Son are: “Em and Trinh” and “Trinh Cong Son”. Photo provided by NSX

According to Mr. Hieu, the two films will have differences. “You and Trinh” depicts a real-life Trinh Cong Son, while “Trinh Cong Son” is a bit more of a musical idol. “You and Trinh” has a length of 136 minutes, showing a close, everyday Trinh Cong Son with the passions and confusions of a heart that always has a desire for love. In addition to the youth, the story in “Em and Trinh” has an additional line between the Japanese girl Michiko and Trinh Cong Son in middle age. Trinh at the age of sixty still has the desire to love and be loved, but is still afraid of the age difference love affair with a young girl from a different culture. The pink shadows in “Em and Trinh” are the true love story of a multi-talented, sentimental artist, with many delusions, disappointments and in love as confused and surprised as anyone on the road to find happy…

In contrast, the movie “Trinh Cong Son” (length of 95 minutes) focuses on his youth – a multi-talented student, romantic to fall in love, and then became “the best love song writer of the century”. The ghosts that come and go in the musician’s life are an endless source of inspiration that Trinh finds in there a great, eternal love for music and endless beauty. According to the producer, the movie “Trinh Cong Son” will keep its content a secret until its release date. For those who love Trinh’s music, they still hope to enjoy a film that truly reflects a part of a talented musician’s life, especially during the war period in which Trinh lived and lived. composed.

Two perspectives on a person

Immediately after the producer announced that it would show two films about Trinh Cong Son at the same time, public opinion had two different opinions. One thinks that the producer is PR (promotion) for the film and shocks the audience because at the same time, the same film crew directed by Phan Gia Nhat Linh and the same cast made two films together. about a character. According to screenwriter Pham Nguyen, this is a rather strange filmmaking method and there is very little precedent in the world. “In my opinion, when making a movie, producers only focus on the content of that movie, rarely doing both films at the same time because that way it will not be possible to spread the context and spread the script. And even actors can’t focus on investing in acting in both films,” said the screenwriter.

Another stream of opinions said that manufacturers make full use of production resources. In fact, the producer took the footage shot at the same time to separate and make two movies about the same character. Mr. Luong Cong Hieu said that musician Trinh Cong Son has been considered a legend of Vietnamese music, so it is very normal to produce many films with the same legendary character. “Two films about Trinh, both of good quality and content, deserve to be released in theaters and screened together. Because only then will the audience have the opportunity to compare and evaluate a legend through two different perspectives. More importantly, we want to introduce to the audience two different ways of visualizing the same musical legend,” said Mr. Hieu.