On September 30, the film "The Climber" was officially released. The film filled the gap in the creation of similar themed feature films in China. The "blood, flesh, and soul" story tells the glory of the hero behind the true history.
Today, the film creator Ren Zhonglun, the chairman of Shanghai Film Group and the film producer, and the actors Wu Jing and Zhang Yi served as guests of the "Art Stars Talk" on the private network, sharing the film creation experience and wonderful behind-the-scenes stories with netizens.
People's Daily Online: The release of "The Climber" fills the gap in similar themed feature films in China. What was the original intention of creating this movie?
Ren Zhonglun: this year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China and also the 70th anniversary of the founding of Shanghai Film Studio. Shanghai Film has a tradition. At important moments in the country, we always strive to produce an excellent work to express our respect. Creation is the most fundamental soul of this film. The film will shock you in spirit and soul, and will surprise you in audiovisual effects. We promote the spirit of heroism and express our respect for heroes. At the same time, we use the latest film thinking, film expression, film technology and film technology that this generation of filmmakers can master and explore to complete such a film.
People's Daily Online: What is it like to see and climb a snow-capped mountain?
Wu Jing: is too cold. I cried to Dong. Because it was too cold, it was over 30 degrees below zero when I went to bed at night. I happened to have a cold and had altitude sickness. I felt a piece of iron in my brain. When I moved a little, the piece of iron hit my head. The nose is not ventilated and breathing is difficult. Basically, I didn't sleep for two days and two nights. When
waited at an altitude of 6,000 meters, the nostrils were so cold that the intestines and belly were completely frozen. The crew restored the mountaineering equipment from 1960 and 1975. When I saw these mountaineering equipment, I was already stupid. Under such simple equipment, challenges the impossible limit of human beings. The heroes of the older generation are really incredible.
When we were filming "China Ladder", there was a scene that required Zhang Yi to go barefoot. At that time, we were shooting live, wind, snow, and equipment, not for PS. More than ten degrees below zero, Zhang Yi needs to climb to the top of the mountain with bare feet on our backs. He had to shoot the scene barefoot for four hours without any second words.
People's Daily Online: What did Zhang Yi feel about making this scene?
Zhang Yi: I am from the Northeast. I thought it was a piece of cake. Indeed, took off these shoes and socks and stepped on the snow. I think I regret it a bit. But regretting is useless. It is impossible to stop working because of the cold, because our actor is this profession. When I was young, I used to watch movies or TV shows. It was very hot or very cold. In fact, we can only feel it psychologically. You can't feel it to your skin. actor is a very wonderful profession, we actually need to use the maximum performance ability to convey to the audience a feeling close to the skin. No matter what the conditions are, as long as the plot needs and the characters need, we must obey and complete it.
People's Daily Online: How do you think about the injuries suffered during the shooting?
Zhang translation: We were shooting in the snow for more than three months. Wu Jing injured his knee for nearly two months. A man with a severe knee injury sometimes couldn't fit his pants. There was a big bag bulging and he was smashing. We have a scene where he and Zhang Ziyi are walking on the railway. One of his trouser legs is thick and the other is thin. The thick leg has a splint inside and can’t turn a corner. I think someone who loves his profession like this It is also a hero.
Wu Jing: As a martial arts athlete, takes the pain for granted. Because I am used to carrying it, I have been up to more than 6,000 meters above sea level, I have been in the deep sea, and I have been shirtless and rolled in the snow. But what I didn't expect was that the actors in our group, Hu Ge, Jing Boran, Zhang Yi, Lawang, Zhang Ziyi, everyone worked harder than me. The creators of
are sincere, and our works are sincere. The older generations said that to experience life, go to the grassroots to live with them, really listens, really sees, and really feels to interpret your role. I think is very, very reasonable.
People's Daily Online: Zhang Ziyi plays a meteorologist. Is the meteorologist a very important role in the climbing process?
Wu Jing: Of course . Those meteorological changes above 8 kilometers above sea level are rapidly changing, and the time to determine life and death is calculated in seconds. For example, an avalanche will exceed 100 kilometers per hour and last for a few seconds or even minutes. At that time, it is impossible for you to defeat nature.
People's Daily Online: Can you tell us about the cooperation with other actors in the crew and the relationship between the crew?
Wu Jing: In 2001, Zhang Ziyi and I cooperated for the first time on "Shu Mountain". After 18 years, the cooperation was to climb the mountain again. We "get attached to the mountain". Working with Ziyi is particularly enjoyable, because we know each other, and we are all Beijingers, and we all belong to the kind who talk about everything. Going back to the profession, everyone at will take action. As long as the director doesn't call to stop, we will continue to act. can't help but see who is the first.
Zhang translation: Mr. Wu is very right. Mr. Wu often takes a very humble attitude among our actors. His appeal is particularly strong, he has his own personality charm. As long as he arrives on the crew, you will obviously feel that everyone’s activity will increase instantly.
People's Daily Online: What do you think is the biggest attraction of this movie?
Zhang Yi: Some people say that there may be no spoilers for the movie "The Climber", because the end of the story must be done. That's right, we are such a movie that made the last successful mountaineering. Through the plot, through the performance of the actors, we want to tell you what wonderful inner struggles, human struggles, and struggles against nature have experienced among us.
Wu Jing: We always thought when we were young, what should we do when we grow up? I want to be a hero. In fact, everyone is a climber. Every climber of is a dream chaser. They are heroes when they pursue their dreams.
Zhang translation: Mr. Qu Yinhua’s daughter told me something, and I was very moved. She said that since I was young, I felt that my father was different from others. Why? She said that my father walks in a different posture from others. And you can't touch him. Once you touch him, he will fall. She said that I always think my father is particularly vulnerable. She said that until I grew up and became sensible, I didn't know why my father was different from others, because his soles were gone and his heels were cut, just like we were walking on stilts. This was the life of Mr. Qu later. An old man walking staggeringly, he is the hero of our Republic.
People's Daily Online: How to understand the spirit of climbing?
Wu Jing: Life is endless and climbing. No matter any person in any job position, they are all climbers, and they have their own mountain climbing in their hearts. Even the mountain of feelings is climbing. Regardless of every character in the play, or the older generations, the mountains they face and the struggle in their own minds, and the dreams they have fulfilled. Everyone who is dedicated to the Republic is a climber. He is climbing his mountain, hoping to enjoy his unique style on the top of his mountain.
Ren Zhonglun: Just now Wu Jing and Zhang Yi talked about one point. I think it is very important. Many of our heroes are actually ordinary workers. They always have the most simple emotions and simple wishes, but they make something extraordinary. The results. When the two of them were acting as heroes, they weren't the same posture of the past Gao Daquan, but they were both very simple.
Zhang Translation: Wu Jing and I discussed with our brothers, and through the agreement of these heroes’ families, at the base camp at an altitude of 5,200 meters, two small mani piles were built for the two dead old heroes. We hope Give them a home in the base camp. The spirit of climbing is by no means a personal matter. The spirit of climbing is a matter of a country and a nation. With this kind of climbing spirit, this country can go on forever, making the country prosperous and the people strong.
People's Daily Online: The film has been finished and will be released today. What are the three biggest feelings?
Wu Jing: First of all, I think I made it. I have been under the sea before filming movies, "Wandering Earth" has driven a spaceship, and this time I climbed the mountain again. I am happy as an actor. Second, we are making a genre film that China has never seen before, and now the technological means have improved again. Whether we can restore those things back then, we are challenging a new film genre. Our on-site shooting team may have two to three thousand people, two to three thousand people, May be the cornerstone of the future film industry. With their rich experience, they will not have to work as hard as us in the future, nor do they need to be injured like us.
Ren Zhonglun: I carefully read various online reviews. The evaluation also praised and raised some questions. uses images and performances to tell everyone that this is the era. There was a generation of people who understood careers in this way, emotions in this way, and their destiny in this way.
Zhang Yi: We ran a road show in Guangzhou yesterday, and we were particularly moved by an experience. A mother with children, waving the national flag. She said that after we watched "The Climber", we knew that this national flag was hard-won, and we knew our predecessors, our pioneers, what kind of struggle they went through, and we have the hard-won happiness today. life.
Wu Jing: Our parents have never said how much they have experienced, how many complaints they have, how much they want in return, they are paying, silently, and never asking for anything. Where is the driving force of the generation of parents? After entering this role, I feel that it is actually in the bones of the Chinese. Especially the dialogue: "Report to the base camp, report to Beijing, report to the motherland. At 14:30 on May 27, 1975, nine members of the Chinese mountaineering team successfully reached the summit." As for the four words "successfully climbed to the top", you are I couldn't stop crying, and I didn't need to talk about the reason. I was always moved by the emotions of my parents.
People's Daily Online: also hopes that each of us can find our own climbing spirit through this movie and move towards our goals. Thank you three again for sharing today. Thank you.
