"Chinese Captain" documentary film director from Sichuan: I witnessed the emergency landing of Captain Sally 10 years ago

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02:59 Cover news reporter Yang Fan "3U8633, 9 crew, 119 passengers, 9800 meters above the ground, 34 minutes."

'Chinese Captain' documentary film director from Sichuan: I witnessed the emergency landing of Captain Sally 10 years ago - Lujuba

witnessed Captain Sally’s emergency landing 10 years ago. Many people like to take "Captain China" starring Zhang Hanyu. "Compared with "Captain Sally" starring Tom Hanks, the protagonists of both films use their bravery and wisdom to save all passengers, and they are both adapted from real events. And these two films have a very heavy weight in Gan Lu's heart.

'Chinese Captain' documentary film director from Sichuan: I witnessed the emergency landing of Captain Sally 10 years ago - Lujuba

​​In January 2009, Gan Lu went to the United States for the first time for academic exchanges in a documentary. On the 15th of that month, when she was visiting New York University, Captain Sally successfully made an emergency landing on US Airways Flight 1549. The crew and passengers were all unharmed. “At that time, the Hudson River where Captain Sally made an emergency landing was next to New York University. I saw the plane parked in the river with my own eyes. Many of my friends ran to take pictures. Everyone felt incredible about this.” Gan Lu told the cover news reporter that perhaps it was because of this incident that he had a different feeling for the later "Captain of China." Of course, Gan Lu took over the filming of the "Captain of China" documentary, and there are several other important reasons that I have to say, "The director of this film is Liu Weiqiang. I started working with him from "The Founding of the Army" as a Hong Kong Director, he has been shooting the main melody film in the mainland for several years, which is very attractive to me. Another is that Mr. Yu (Yu Dong) of Poly Bona and I have been good friends for many years. On May 14 last year, After the Sichuan Airlines 3U8633 incident happened, he wanted to make this touching story into a movie, and then he found me to participate in it.”

'Chinese Captain' documentary film director from Sichuan: I witnessed the emergency landing of Captain Sally 10 years ago - Lujuba

Ganlu Liu Weiqiang from left, Yuan Quan

Ganlu and Liu Chuanjian etc. The combination of Ganlu and Liu Chuanjian used the camera to record the flash of the Chinese captain 10 years later. Liang is recognized in the industry as the "first person in Chinese film documentaries." Gan Lu started filming with Zhang Yimou when he was 20 years old. The documentary of "Heroes" "The Origin" is China's first film documentary released independently of the film. She has also made documentaries for blockbuster films such as "The King of Kung Fu", "Red Cliff", "Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate", and "Take the Tiger Mountain out of the sky". After so many years of professional career, more than 20 film documentaries by Ganlu Zhang have witnessed the development of an industry and the changes of an era, and the documentary "Captain of China" is a very unique one.

From left, Yuan Quan, Gan Lu, and Bi Nan (the prototype of the flight attendant), the first chapter of "The Chinese Captain", "That Day" is 40 minutes long. It shows the audience all aspects of the Sichuan Airlines hero crew's handling of special situations in the air. In the film, there are not only the prototype characters of the movie "Captain of China", the captain Liu Chuanjian, the second captain Liang Peng, and the co-pilot Xu Ruichen, as well as the professional interpretation of the incident by experts from all walks of life in the civil aviation industry, as well as Liu Weiqiang and Zhang Hanyu. Wait for the main creators of the film to make their own considerations on the recurrence of the film. Not only that, the documentary also invited passengers who took flight 8633 at the time. They also described the dangers of life at the time and shared their panic mental state. As Gan Lu said: "I shoot a film documentary, not just the film itself, but I prefer to focus on ordinary people, such as the first chapter, we did not deify Liu Chuanjian, he is a hero, but also a Ordinary; he is a captain and a father." In the opening of "Broad Sea and Sky", a dragonfly and a civil aviation plane switch repeatedly in the screen, which reminds people of the lightness and weight of life. The metaphorical arrangement also comes from Ganlu's creativity. She said: "I saw dragonflies flying in the sky once by the airport. They reminded me of airplanes." Ganlu believes that not only dragonflies have life, but the planes carrying passengers also have life. This feeling is in those The crew, especially the captain, should be the most obvious. "When filming, I often hear the captains compare the airplanes they fly to lovers. In their eyes, the airplane is not cold, but alive." There is such a passage in the photo of Ganlu's work photos in Ganlu's circle of friends. ; "Everyone is a lonely and glowing star. The true heroes are ordinary people who give love and warmth when the years are quiet; when a crisis arises, they turn into heroes and stand up. There may be no accidents in the world. Some are just inevitable." In an interview, she explained the spiritual core of the documentary "Chinese Captain": "This work is related to life and expresses our awe of life." During the filming process, Gan Lu also shared A lot of playThose who are acting as passengers have had in-depth conversations with the actors in the group. “Many actors are born in the 90s and 95s. Through this filming of "Captain of China", they seem to have realized something different. I think life is more of a step-by-step approach, and now I think it’s more important to do what I like."

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