September 16, 2019, produced by Asia Pacific Alliance (Xiamen) Film and Television Media Co., Ltd., co-produced by Beijing Yingxinzhi Film Media Co., Ltd. and Beijing Zhiguan Film Culture Communication Co., Ltd., exclusive by Beijing Yanxi Interactive Entertainment Technology Co., Ltd. Announced, the new director Li Jian directed, the chief producer Sun Xiaotong, Hu Dongfang, Zhang Li, Zhang Yaqi, Luo Dahua, Liang Jiaren, Sun Jiaolong, Zhou Haodong starring the police and bandit action movie "Crouching Tiger Titans" officially landed on Tencent Video.
The movie has attracted widespread attention once it was broadcast because it brought together a large number of drama bones and top domestic action teams.
People who have been deeply influenced by action movies seem to have returned to the simple and passionate 80s and 90s.
At that time, everyone was crowded in front of the TV, playing VCD and DVD discs from the street stalls. Most of the covers of these discs were bright and colorful. All kinds of martial arts stars were doing handsome moves. The dream of many people in their youth-they are awe-inspiring, with amazing physical strength, hanging in the air, flying over the wall, making a daunting round kick.
Sometimes they are little-known little people, but more often they are heroes. They are not afraid of power and have graceful movements. They jump from high places, or fly out, land, and smash tables and chairs after being hit hard. It has been more than 20 years since
disbanded many famous action teams in the 1990s. All kinds of fantasy films and fairy movies have squeezed the film and television market, but some stubborn people still can't let go, remembering the era full of blood, and working hard for the day when action films rise again.
Director Li Jian Interview Video
Director Li Jian: Showing male culture is my creative direction
Reporter: We see in your resume that you have a variety of identities, such as graduated from the director department, worked as a screenwriter, and founded Front-line action team, what did these experiences bring to your movie?
Director Li Jian: I think as a director, these experiences will make a person stand in his role and think about things instead of being imprisoned in an identity. This special experience is very, very helpful to the director's creation. It brings a lot of different things.
kills many characters in the story. Director: Characters cannot have auras, everything serves the script.
Reporter: In the "Crouching Tiger Titans" play, most of the characters do not have auras, and there are very few gods in crisis. Netizens say that you hurt the characters in the story. What do you think about this?
Director Li Jian: The movie mainly tells stories about male friendship. The feelings between men cannot be expressed in words; and their identities have determined that brotherhood is a very extravagant need. The aura of characters means false and not realistic enough. Especially in special situations, the sacrifice of a comrade-in-arms is a painful thing for a soldier. After the death of a comrade-in-arms, he must still face choices. However, at every stage, every dead team member is a growth and experience for the protagonist and is essential. Reporter
: Did they raise any objections during the filming of the actor's death?
director Li Jian: did not, they all died very happy. The actors are very dedicated and insist on serving the script in everything.
will not impose a love line in pursuit of business.
Reporter: What was the most difficult thing you experienced during the filming process?
Director Li Jian: Speaking of difficulties, I believe all directors will encounter them. For example, common time and funding constraints may make the film’s realization and completion somewhat discounted; "Crouching Tiger Titans" due to different themes It is really difficult to shoot. The shooting of martial arts is very difficult, and it is difficult to summarize in one or two sentences. During this period, everyone worked hard to overcome it, and the film was basically completed in the end. Reporter
: For a commercial film, you need to consider the audience of different genders, so the male and female characters will be balanced in the play, but there are few female characters in Crouching Tiger, don’t you have no commercial Considerations?
Director Li Jian: "Crouching Tiger Titans" is a purely male drama. About friendship and life, the friendship between men should be highlighted, and the Chinese male culture should be explained clearly. In addition, many plays nowPay attention to the richness of emotional content, and gradually form a regular thing. The regularity is used a lot, and it is inevitable to formulate. Rather than following the rules, a pure thing is more valuable. Reporter
: This movie is 95 minutes, with a tight rhythm and a complicated story. Why did you want to structure the story in this way? Director Li Jian of
: How to tell a story of more exciting? After the intense and exciting demands are satisfied, how to make the whole event more organic? From the perspective of drama conflict, we have arranged two lines, one is about the conflict within the gang; the second is the line for an undercover police to complete the task. These two lines are mutually contrasting and intertwined. Before thinking about some business or other issues, we first think about how to make this movie more exciting.
"Crouching Tiger" is a new starting point
Reporter: What kind of innovation have you made in "Crouching Tiger"?
Director Li Jian: From the perspective of the story, whether it is a simple and flowing analysis of the hardships of the undercover agent, or a complex story of the undercover completing the task, it arouses people's sympathy or respect for this special profession, and it is usually reduced to an individual. An expression of heroism. In this movie, everyone will see that the special police officers perform their tasks in different ways, but their persistence in their duties is the same. From this,
shows their views on brotherhood, life, and responsibility. This is an extension of the theme I made in creating this movie. The male culture in Chinese movies is missing now. I hope to make up for this and let the male culture rise again from the Chinese movies.
Reporter: After making this film, what have you gained?
director Li Jian: in all genres, action movies have always been a subject that I am very interested in. "Crouching Tiger Titans" has also devoted a lot of energy and effort to me. It integrates my previous summary and even my knowledge of the movie, which is very different from the previous works. In my career, it brought a major adjustment to my creation; it made me more clear about the future direction of creation, and it was a new starting point. Reporter
: Nowadays, many action movies generally pay more attention to special effects, such as 3D special effects and steel wire. What do you think of these phenomena?
Director Li Jian: First of all, I think making a Chinese action movie must have its own attitude; if an action movie is unreal because of adding too many special effects, or it comes up with slogans to show its attitude and position, this is False patriotism is not something I want to do. Action movies still have to return to the characterization of the entire movie itself and the expression of human nature. This is my future direction of creation.
chooses talented actors, regardless of cost, because they are suitable for
Reporter: Regarding the choice of other roles in the play, you used a few old dramas, such as Luo Dahua, Liang Jiaren, Zhang Li, and Sun Jiaolong. So, what was your idea about character design? How are they shooting?
Director Li Jian: When is designing the characters in the initial stage of creation, I will consider who is the most suitable actor. At that time, Luo Dahua, Sun Jiaolong, and Liang Jiaren were chosen because of their role considerations. Facts have proved that they are also very accurate. Their character and image are very suitable for the role. They are all professional actors. In the initial stage of creation, they have all talked to them, and they only need to effectively control their emotions at the scene. Luo Dahua is a very good actor that I admire very much.
As for Zhang Li, his performance is very tense and explosive, and he lives up to the name. Actors who are explosive are easy to lose control. Talking to the actors about the state of the play on the spot or letting them play freely requires precise control of emotions and content. I have worked with him for many years, and our friendship is very deep. In my mind, he is an actor with excellent acting skills, very accurate expression of characters, and at the same time very dedicated. In him, I can see the best temperament of Chinese men and actors, which deeply attracted me.
was on the shooting scene, and I was very touched by a few scenes. One of the scenes was a physical conflict between him and Sun Jiaolong. At that time, he was too deep into the scene and really did it. Therefore, everybody sees those actions in the movie are real and contain power.
This is the end of the era of action movies
reporter: "Crouching TigerThere is a very memorable long shot in Titans. How long did it take? What difficulties did you encounter when shooting?
Director Li Jian: Generally speaking, it is difficult to schedule long shots, and the coordination of the entire crew is relatively high. Because our action team is relatively strong, the actor Hu Zhineng is an action actor and he has the ability to control it, so I dared to design a long shot from the street to the end of the alley. The scene could have been more perfect, but due to time issues, it did not meet my psychological expectations, which is also a small regret. Reporter
: You also have your own production company. What do you think is the biggest advantage of the team?
director Li Jian: The biggest advantage of should be the action team. We have always believed that if Chinese movies can stand in the world, action movies are the most popular.
And we have the youngest and most promising action team in China. However, today's Chinese action movies generally lack attitude. Our direction is to create movies that have the characteristics of this era and express a strong attitude towards the era. In my opinion, now is the era of the doomsday of Chinese action movies, but every era of doomsday will look forward to the appearance of heroes. I hope they can create a new era of their own. Reporter
: What is your comment on the actor Hu National Defense?
director Li Jian: I have known national defense for many years. It can be said that watching him grow step by step to the present, all his efforts, including his focus on movies and his understanding of action movies, are relatively rare among many action actors. Before, I have always emphasized that now is the end of the era of Chinese action movies. Except for the old generations who created classics in the past, Wu Xing has been cut off now. I hope that national defense can fill the defects of this era. This is my greatest expectation of him.
The film "Crouching Tiger Titans" has been upgraded in narrative, the action insists on realism, the actors pay more attention to acting skills and strength, and a lot of efforts and explorations have been made in action movies, so what can the superposition and collision of these elements wipe out? Where's the spark? Or what is the action creation process of this action movie?
starring Hu National Defense interview video
starring Hu National Defense: Playing an undercover is more complicated than being a martial artist
Reporter: You played an undercover in "Crouching Tiger". Is this your first undercover role? How do you feel?
household defense: right. I acted relatively rarely. I used to work behind the scenes as a martial arts actor most of the time. Suddenly let me play the male number one. This is more challenging. It is necessary to ensure that the existence of undercover agents is sufficiently real, especially under the noses of drug lords. Every crisis faced requires a hierarchical performance. If there is a place that is not good enough to make people feel fake, it will be difficult for the audience to enter the plot. Reporter
: What do you think is the most important quality of being an undercover agent?
household national defense: a person with a strong purpose plays the role of another person and strives to create the authenticity of this person's existence. The most important quality of being an undercover agent is truth, which is trusted by the other party and the audience.
Strange point: when acting in a crying scene, the eyes have problems; when acting in a fight scene, yelling dumb
Reporter: I just mentioned that literary opera is challenging for you. Which scene is the most challenging for you?
household defense: is the hardest thing, it may be a crying scene. Usually, people choose to drop eye drops or make their eyes sour to make tears flow. I feel that tearing like this is unreal and cannot move the audience. Tears are the brewing of emotions and the expression of feelings. If there is no feelings, this crying scene will not be contagious.
Later, I thought of a way to find a quiet place to listen to the music before acting in the crying scene. Let me calm down and try my best to think about the sad side of the protagonist’s fate. I can shoot when I’m sad enough to cry. After the filming, I The eyes will shed tears if they stop for a few seconds. Reporter
: Before director Li Jian said that he would make a movie that shows male hormones. Based on this, what do you think is the most insensitive movie when creating characters?
household defense: should be when a comrade-in-arms died in front of me. My emotions and reason were out of control. At that moment, my identity was exposed, and I couldn't hide my hatred, so I had to kill the enemy. At this time, the martial arts movements must be angry and full of power. When filming this fight scene,Because of the eruption of emotion, I yelled while fighting. At the end of the day, I was very tired. The next day, his throat went hoarse. Reporter
: Have there been any interesting things happening on the set? Let me share with you.
household national defense: has a lot of interesting things on the set, like shooting a tense and sad scene. Originally, all the actors were emotionally in place and ready to start. Suddenly, this trick did not work well, or there was a problem in the room and the air was frozen, which would cause an inexplicable sense of joy.
For example, when filming the scene where I was fighting with many people, the atmosphere was very tense and the fighting was intense. My move quickly passed, and the opponent wanted to run over and cut me, but because of his excessive force, he slipped and fell in an instant. At first, everyone was fighting and killing, but suddenly someone came to disrupt the game, and they all thought it was very funny. The premise is that this accident is not injured.
I want to play the villain, and I want to try the literary film
. Reporter: Apart from this character in the story, are there any other characters I like?
household defense: is a role in this play? Reporter
: Yes, such as other characters in "Crouching Tiger".
Household Defense: In fact, I really like the other characters in "Crouching Tiger Titans". For example, there are not many dramas, or there are not many literary plays, but every appearance is a very important part of the role. This allows the plot to help you perform it. With the previous accumulation of emotions, your appearance is cool, and it will be very brilliant if you can show your fists or cleverness.
In the past two years, many people have suggested that I do some short videos and other things. Many netizens said that I am suitable to play the villain, and I think I can really play the villain if I have a chance. Playing the male one and positive roles will be very stressful. Relatively speaking, there are some villains who are more extreme and will be more enjoyable than the male one. Reporter
: As a more experienced martial arts actor, do you have any special roles you want to interpret?
household national defense: I am not a senior martial arts actor, just a staff member of the martial arts scene. If I can choose, I hope that one day when I am old and stop playing, I can gain recognition from the audience through performances; it would be more perfect to be able to act in a literary and artistic film. If something like this finds me, I can play for free. In terms of acting, I am not from a subject. But this aspect is what I want to break the most.
male main household national defense
no teacher, self-learning, backflip, perseverance, and perseverance to get rid of all your friends
Reporter: You learned martial arts since you were young, and your majors are double knives and single knives. Why did you learn martial arts at that time?
household national defense: the online information that everyone sees, it says that I can fist, lie on the ground, single-handedly, double-handed... In fact, I also learned a lot of different things. Before practicing martial arts, I climbed trees and slipped a lot. I often turned somersaults by the river, and sometimes dived in the river. I spent a summer trying to learn how to backflip.
I was born at the end of the 80s. I am a post-80s. The martial arts movies in the 80s and 90s were very brilliant. At that time, I watched a lot of action movies and thought martial arts stars were cool. I started to imitate their movements. Later I thought why not learn martial arts? Reporter
: In the course of your martial arts, did you not persist and want to give up?
Household National Defense: In fact, my family opposed me practicing martial arts from the beginning. They think that children who are only seven or eight years old are too hard to run and fall every day. At that time I was very stubborn, and I had to do what I wanted to do. It should be 1997. I went to learn martial arts. At that time, there were at least two dozen boys in the village. Some of them returned after two months. Some of them lasted for half a year, and then they all returned within two years. I keep gritting my teeth and want to let everyone know that I can do it well because I like it.
At that time, I was always the number one in our Xiaowuguan. Although that number one was not as strict as the national standard, there were 800 to 1,000 students in the school, and I would always remain the number one. At that time, I felt that if I took the first place, I was the champion. Whoever surpassed me, I would catch up with him. I spent most of the day practicing martial arts.
is out of the scene. My colleagues and I will talk about how many times I have died today.
Reporter: You have been in the industry for many years, from a martial arts actor all the way to a leading actor. What feelings did these experiences bring to you?
household defense: this is a very good question. I have practiced martial arts since I was a kid and wanted to make movies.I want to be an action actor, a male number one, and a star, just like Jackie Chan and teacher Jet Li. But when you really enter this industry, you will find that thinking is still simple. Let me act, how can I act? I'm just a martial artist, can I perform? Did the lines pass?
Every year so many students from art colleges graduate. Film academies and theater academies are all beautiful and handsome guys. They have good appearances and received academic education. They have more opportunities than us. Later I decided to choose what I was good at and enter the film and television industry with action. But the action actors are not as cool as everyone thinks. The director said that you will fall down immediately; you have to bear with the punch to the face; or you can play the role of falling from a high altitude or falling from a building. It's real hitting, real throwing. After the filming, everyone will talk about how many times you jumped, how many times you fell, and how many times you died.
Next, I acted as a stand-in, mostly to do dangerous moves on behalf of the actor. When I became an action director, my thinking angle changed. For example, some actors are more dedicated and want to do difficult and dangerous moves, we will stop them. Just in case he has a broken leg, which will affect the progress of the filming and cause losses to the crew.
At this time, we will let the stand-in do it. The stand-in fell to the ground, the boss asked if there was anything wrong, and come back again. What if the double is also injured? OK, you rest, change to another (stand-in), and start work normally. Everyone has the spirit of fighting, and without fighting spirit, they will be eliminated.
as a stand-in, it is common to be beaten and beaten
Reporter: Did you ever get hurt when you were a stand-in?
national defense: stand-in injury is normal. Even if he is injured badly, he can't show his face. If the front of the stand-in is photographed, and the audience sees the stand-in instead of the actor jumping off the building, it means that the martial arts instruction is too failed. I have summed up the ten years of being a stand-in. From filming to the present, there are more than 20 stand-in works. I have broken my leg four times and broken four other places.
had a fracture and it was very painful. I was so painful that I was sweating all over my body. At night, I coughed and it was very painful. Even my breathing was painful. I would wake up every night. I usually don’t cry when I’m injured. At that time, I often shed tears at night, feeling like what I’m doing every day, how can I have such a job when I’m injured all day. After
got a cast, it didn't hurt anymore, and when his leg healed, he started acting as a substitute. If the leg is broken again, get another cast.
has been injured a lot. You will find that injury is not the most painful. The most painful thing for me, and the only time I wanted to give up, was in 2009, when I broke my leg during filming, and I didn’t plan to go home. But everyone around me went home and no one took care of me. I was lying on the hospital bed with a cast on my leg and hanged up. Can't get out of bed, even take a bath, brush their teeth, and can't take care of themselves. Slowly get better and get out of bed. When brushing your teeth and washing your face, you can put one leg up and put it on the table, as if you are pressing your leg.
Later, a fellow villager gave me a ride and took me home. When I got home, my parents collapsed. When my mother looked at me, I would never forget that expression.
family defense and action star Wu Jing took a photo with
Dragon Tiger martial artist's fighting spirit must be passed down
Reporter: What do you think of the chaos in the industry where some actors have no martial arts skills and martial arts movements are all done by substitutes?
Household national defense: If an actor plays an ordinary person, his movements are soft and without strength. If you play a fighter, a martial arts master, no matter how soft the movements are, and there are no moves, then it is no different from embroidering the legs. Some actors in
do not do their homework in private, and let their substitutes perform non-dangerous actions, which is really irresponsible to the audience. Only by doing your best, doing your homework in private, interpreting your role well, and maintaining awe and respect for your career can you go further. Reporter
: Chinese Kung Fu is vast and profound. What do you think of the spirit of Chinese Kung Fu?
Household National Defense: Before , people who came from martial arts and later participated in movie shooting were called "Dragon and Tiger Warriors". Nowadays, few people say that, most of them are renamed "Martial Arts Performers" and "Martial Arts".
The most glorious era of dragon and tiger warriors is also the most glorious era of action movies. At that time, the most representative Chinese Kung Fu movie was going to the world through the screen. Bruce Lee is a pioneer of Chinese Kung Fu movies going to the world. His tenacity and hard work are precisely the essence of Chinese Kung Fu. Through him, the whole world got to know the Chinese and the Chinese,Knowing Chinese Kungfu, this is a particularly great thing.
Later, a large number of seniors, including Jackie Chan and Teacher Jet Li, took Chinese kung fu to the world with the spirit of professionalism and hard work. Let all the people who have watched their movies be full of strength and passion. They want to learn more about Chinese martial arts. Many foreigners also travel all the way to China to learn Kungfu. This is the greatest charm of Chinese Kungfu. They are the heroes of the times and a mountain in my heart. The director
just said that now is the era of the end of action movies, and now action movies are not as happy and enmity as we watched when we were young. At that time, people's personalities were bold and emotional. But I believe that everything is a reincarnation. When you watch "Fast and Furious" and "Wolf Warrior", you will find that they are still the foundation of action movies. They have also received very strong responses, indicating that everyone needs male and insensitive power.
I believe that the market will form a virtuous circle, giving us these newcomers, and giving us more and more opportunities for those behind the scenes who have practiced martial arts since childhood and are willing to fight; I believe that in the future, a producer will use me and let me perform A role that can play because I have practiced kung fu for more than 20 years. Prior to this, the predecessors relied on the fist to the flesh and the desperate spirit to lay the ground, our younger generations must not forget the original intention and insist on passing on the original Chinese Kungfu.
Some people say that we must face up to the problem of the decline of action movies, because only martial arts dramas are far from satisfying the audiences who are increasingly numb to action movies, have a more exciting visual experience, or need other storytelling methods, any kind of theme Rise is inseparable from pioneers, reform and innovation.
