Nguyen Quang Dung speaks out after a series of controversies about "Southern Forest Land"

On the afternoon of October 25, more than 10 days after the movie Southern Forest Land was released in theaters, director Nguyen Quang Dung posted on his personal page, expressing his opinion on the noise and controversy surrounding this film.

Nguyen Quang Dung said that recently, he has been following and reading all the comments about the movie Southern Forest Land on social networks and noticed that many people attacked and insulted this work even though they had not seen the movie.

Characters in the movie "Southern Forest Land" (Photo: Provided by the film crew).

The male director shared that when he started making it, he wanted the film version of Southern Forest Land to exploit ideals through the journey of the boy An in many environments and groups...

He affirmed that this work is for families, connecting generations, promoting humanity, love for the land and the responsibility of adults to the next generation.

The male director also added that the filmmakers of Southern Forest Land quickly edited some "unimportant details in the film" because they wanted the audience to focus on the main purposes of this work, avoiding misunderstandings or "worrying" about small details.

Director Nguyen Quang Dung expressed that when he saw many people using harsh words and vicious language to insult the film, he felt embarrassed.

"I really don't exalt myself, and I understand that a film doesn't require a lot of investment or dedication to make people love it. I accept the praise or criticism I receive from whoever watches the film. I also have my "immature" and "inadequate" qualities, some people like it, some don't, it's very normal.

In this profession, we grow and develop thanks to difficult customers. I think so. But the culture of insulting, burying and destroying is too worrisome," Nguyen Quang Dung expressed.

Actor Tuan Tran and child actor Hao Khang in the movie "Southern Forest Land" (Photo: Screenshot).

Previously, when the first images were released, Southern Forest Land received many mixed opinions. When the film was officially released, the audience argued more about the context and content of the film. Some opinions said that the work had "historical errors" in the Southern region in the early 20th century.

In response to the audience's feedback, the Department of Cinema (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) and the filmmaker had a discussion. Afterwards, the film producer announced to change some points in the film, to avoid causing misunderstandings with the audience.

However, until now, controversies related to director Nguyen Quang Dung's work still smolder on social networks.

Southern Forest Land is a film version inherited and developed from the novel of the same name by writer Doan Gioi. The film tells the adventure journey of An - a boy who unfortunately lost his mother on the way to find his father.

Compared to the first film released in theaters on October 13, the current version of Southern Forest Land has been edited in the following points:

- The line "Inspired by the novel of the same name by writer Doan Gioi and the movie Dat Phuong Nam " was placed at the beginning of the film, to clarify the similarity in space and time setting (in the 1920s-1930s) of the movie Dat Rung Phuong Nam and the TV series Dat Phuong Nam .

This setting is different from the spatial and temporal setting of the novel Southern Forest Land by writer Doan Gioi (in 1945).

- Added content to the introduction "The journey is still ahead" to "End of part 1 - The journey is still ahead". This adjustment is to more clearly affirm the producer's intention for part 2 to tell about the journey of the character An in the future.

- Adjust the phrase "Boxer Society" to "Nam Hoa Doan" and "Thien Dia Hoi" to "Chinh Nghia Hoi" in all lines related to these two phrases in the movie Southern Forest Land .

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