Why is Crazy Stone black humor?

Title: Crazy Stone

Director: Ning Hao

Starring: Guo Tao, Xu Zongheng and Lian Jin.

Release date: June 30, 2006

Plot: A dying handicraft factory found a priceless jade and held an exhibition for economic benefit. Unexpectedly, the international thief Mike and the local thief trio headed by knife elder brother took their eyes on this jade and approached it step by step through their different "professional skills". While tearing each other apart, they have to face the biggest obstacle & the owner's bag of handicraft factory. After a series of infighting and the exchange of true and false jade, the two thieves were completely humorous.

Director Ning Hao: China version of the lock, stock and two smoking barrels?

Crazy Stone tells an extremely complicated story of theft. Director Ning Hao said it took him three months to come up with it. At that time, in Chongqing, his experience life became a part of his life. However, the feature of this film is not Chongqing. Although the subtlety of many dialects may be a highlight in other movies, this movie is a story of theft.

According to Ning Hao's account, we know the origin of this film: "In fact, this book had a prototype a long time ago, even before the incense. But at that time, this book was not operational for me. You can't be a rookie and tell people that I want to make such a film. How much money did you invest in me ... so you have to be kicked out. In fact, the original story is very different from the present book. Originally, I wanted to write a gangster film: about a criminal who often commits crimes, a policeman always wanted to arrest him, but neither of them knew that the other person actually lived next door ... "From the perspective of the film, the shooting method of the film was very similar to Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels in guy ritchie, and Ning Hao had to admit this statement. "These two films by guy ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Robbery) are very interesting to me." Actually, it should be said that there are some such movies, such as guy ritchie, quentin tarantino, Kusturica and so on. It's funny. It's black humor. At that time, I wanted to make a movie like this, and it was Chinese. In fact, the world cinema has reached such a stage, and so has China. Naturally, there should be quite a few films of this type. "The parody of this movie isn't just about guy ritchie." The most obvious one is the thief Mike hanging from the ceiling, which is a parody of Mission Impossible. "

Yue Xiaojun, screenwriter: Thirty drafts are made into movies.

According to the narration of screenwriter Yue Xiaojun, we know that this seemingly perfect script is always written by four people. From May to September last year, it took four months to cook together every morning and evening, and a total of 30 drafts were changed. "The director always thought that only a dozen drafts had been changed. Hehe, he didn't know when we changed the draft," Yue Xiaojun said with a smile. He said it was a difficult process, and he had known the director for three or four years. This time, they wanted to make a genre film, which was unprecedented in China, so they came up with this idea. "Although this type of film has existed abroad for a long time, it does not exist in China. I just want to shoot something different from domestic commercial films. " However, the source of this film is authentic domestic products. It is a Chinese opera, which tells the story of stealing a diamond ring, but its style has changed a lot. "Ning Hao thought it should be in line with his style", so the film changed from the opening of characters to the opening of events, which changed the whole film.

And Yue Xiaojun also played a role in the film, one of the three soil thieves. According to his explanation, it is because the director is particularly interested in his appearance. "He thought I looked very distinctive", so he tried to write himself into the script. Because he wrote it himself, he deliberately cut his lines. Nevertheless, the local thief we saw came onto the screen with a very brilliant attitude.

Investor Andy Lau: This is the best movie.

This is part of Andy Lau's Asian rising star director. Many people say that Andy Lau was lucky to invest in such a good film this time, but Andy Lau said that he originally wanted to invest in more people. "It's a pity that I don't have enough money." He smiled. "Before watching Ning Hao's works, I felt that he had a great sense of humor, which I couldn't find in many places and directors in Hong Kong. So this time, I want to thank him for giving me this opportunity. I also know that I don't have that much money to film him. The process is really hard. " As for how to help, he said that he would not express any opinions on the creation. "He can use any actor he wants. Ning Hao also wanted me to play a part, but I didn't have time. After thinking for a long time, he said that there was a distance between my image and this role. I hope that the next play can cooperate with Ning Hao, and that's settled. "

Andy Lau even thought it was the best film in China this year. "I think there are really many places worth thinking about and learning. For example, every role in this movie is brilliant, even the little girl behind the counter is very good. There is also a little policeman who plays a dancing woman in the movie. I feel really cruel. These characters will be a bit exaggerated, but in real life, we can all see them. This film can be said to have greatly exceeded my expectations.