[2011.03.03] JOHNNIE TO JOKINGLY CALLS WAI KA FAI NAIVE

The Media Asia invested city romance DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART (DAN SUN NAM NUI) will be released at the end of the month. Producer and director Johnnie To Kei Fung and Wai Ka Fai two days ago attended a Beijing University film promotion. They not only were invited on a Beijing University tour but also received a passionate welcome from over 1,000 students of many Beijing universities at the event.

To Kei Fung and Wai Ka Fai first visited the school's famous Yet To Be Named Lake then attended the event at the Beijing University 100th Anniversary Memorial Hall. Beijing University film society and Qinghua University film and television critic association organized the event, which attracted over 1,000 university students. The directors also were invited to be honorary chairs of the two organizations.

The event began with television series that the two directors worked on to when they formed a film company. Then the event played the DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART trailer. During the question and answer segment, a student asked about the difference between the new film DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART and older films NEEDING YOU (GOO NAM GUA NUI) and LOVE ON A DIET (SAU SUN NAM NUI). To Sir responded, "The previous two were more authentically Hong Kong stories, this time added Guo Yuanyuan as the character who came from the Mainland to work in Hong Kong. The audience range was wider and no longer limited to Hong Kong. However in general they are all metropolis romantic films."

A student asked the directors whether they had the romantic point of view in the film. Wai Ka Fai said, "In 20 years I only had one, that was my wife." To Sir said, "I am not as naive as Mr. Wai. Because modern young people have too many choices, love has become less valuable. I personally don't believe in everlasting love."