Plot introduction to the petition

Credit

Director:

Peter Chan

Starring:

Jet Li As Pang Qingyun

Takeshi Kaneshiro as Jiang Wuyang

Andy Lau as Zhao Erhu

Jinglei Xu as Liansheng

Other actors:

Wei Zongwan

Gu Baoming

Wang Kuirong

Zhou Bo

Shi Zhaoqi

Wang Yachao

Wang Xiaoyun

Guo Peng

Yu Ailei

Zhang You

Sun Jian

Wang Dongdong

Tao Hai

Ding Kai

Li Chongxiao

Producer:

Jianxin Huang

Peter Chan

André E. Morgan

Photography:

Arthur Wong

Editor:

Chris Blunden

Art director:

Xi Zhongwen Chung-Man Hai

Action director:

Cheng Xiaodong Siu-Tung Ching

[Edit this paragraph] Produced and distributed

Investment:

China Film Group

Media Asia Film Co., Ltd.

Morgan Chan Pictures

China Film Warner Hengdian

Poly Bona

Orange Sky Entertainment

Xingmei Film Industry

Beijing Guangzhou Film and Television Media Co., Ltd.

Production company:

Morgan Chan Films Co., Ltd.

Jiashang Entertainment Co., Ltd. Applause Pictures

Beijing Jinyingma Movie

Chengtian Entertainment

China Film Group Corporation

Media Asia Film Co., Ltd. Media Asia Films Ltd.

Stellar Mega Film

Warner China Film HG Corporation

Beijing Poly-bona Film Publishing Co. Ltd.

Distributor:

Media Asia (2007) (Hong Kong, China) (Theatrical version)

Grand Brilliance (2008) (Malaysia) (Theatrical version) )

China Film Group

China Film Warner Hengdian

Other companies:

Arm Distribution (international sales)

Media Asia Distribution (Hong Kong, China) (International Sales)

Cine

rent (Camera equipment provided)

Salon Films (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Hong Kong, China) (Camera equipment provided)

Release/release date

Mainland China

December 12, 2007

Hong Kong, China

December 13, 2007

Malaysia

December 13, 2007

Singapore

December 13, 2007

Taiwan, China

December 28, 2007

[Edit this paragraph] Plot introduction

Any outsider who messes with my brother will be killed as a sign of surrender! Brothers who mess with my brothers will be killed as a matter of fact!

The Taiping soldiers with disheveled hair holding spears were massacring the defeated Qing army. Instead of "stabbing horses", we said "voucher of name" here. It depicts a Shura field of brutal fighting.

A pure large-scale war scene was an offensive and defensive battle in the wilderness when the Shanzi Camp was first built, with 800 people fighting against 5,000 people. As the spoiler said, 200 death squads and 200 archers fought on three sides. The Baiyang Gun Team had previously exchanged their flesh and blood for the fatal hundred-step range difference. The battle must have been tragic. But what really shocked the eyes was when Jet Li led his soldiers into the Taiping Army Artillery Team. Jet Li fought one against a hundred, and his remaining limbs were broken off. The arm, as well as the shocking shots of artillery fire shattering human bodies at close range, must be the hell in the mind of Qing general Pang Qingyun.

The massacre of the Taiping soldiers who surrendered in Suzhou City reminds me of the scene in "The City of Golden Armor" in which the Silver Saints massacred the Gold Saints, but it is different from the massacre in "Golden Armor". However, Chen Kexin did not directly show the dying struggles of the thousands of prisoners surrounded by the acropolis, but through their dying cries, the painful expressions on the faces of the third brother Jiang Wuyang who gave the order and the Qing soldiers who were shooting arrows, as well as the The struggle of the second brother Zhao Erhu, who was locked in the yard, was used to express this tragedy. Many of the audience straightened up and stared in stunned silence. They did not dare to take a breath. After everything was over, Chen Kexin gave the camera to The scenes of corpses filling the Acropolis, followed by the Qing army adding the corpses of prisoners to the trenches, gave people a shock that was incomparable to the childish splendor of "The Golden Armor". The editing of Takeshi Kaneshiro's Nightmare was purely a successful "horror" editing. Most of the audience was frightened, and the entire audience held their breath.

I have to mention the music and sound effects of the whole drama. In terms of music, I saw the name of Jin Peida. There is a kind of sadness in the plot music of the whole drama, which contrasts with the iron-blooded plot and sets off the A kind of sadness in troubled times. In terms of sound effects, the sounds of human bones breaking in war, swords piercing flesh, gunfire, and fighting sounds are quite shocking. The sound effects accompanying the plot are also quite exciting. Some female viewers were shocked just because of the prominence of the plot sound effects.

In terms of characters, the three superstars and Xu Jinglei did not disappoint. Jet Li fully demonstrated the role of a hero whose desires and talents are intricately intertwined. At the end when all the soldiers in the camp were slaughtered, he pretended to be dead. After Pang Qingyun came down, he was lost and walking aimlessly, and met Liansheng (Xu Jinglei) who had run away. There was no passionate scene here. Chen Kexin used more dreamy virtual and real shots coupled with Takeshi Kaneshiro's recall-like narration to explain the plot. It covers up the legendary shortage of Jet Li in passionate scenes. Pang Qingyun really loved Liansheng, so after Zhao Erhu went to assassinate the Suzhou guard, he said to Liansheng, "If he doesn't come back, I will marry you." Such words did not help his future. After Zhao Erhu assassinated the Suzhou garrison and returned safely, the soldiers cheered Zhao Erhu's name. The complicated expression on Jet Li's face reflected his disappointment and worry. He was disappointed because of Liansheng and worried about Zhao Erhu's increasing prestige.

If Pang Qingyun is downright bad, Jet Li would be easier to play. But he still cares about brotherhood, so after arranging to kill Zhao Erhu, he would talk to himself in front of empty bowls and chopsticks, hide his face and cry, and After learning that Jiang Wuyang had killed Liansheng, he burst into tears. These are not found in Jet Li's previous film and television works.

Andy Lau's innate righteousness made him very familiar with the role of Zhao Erhu, from his straight temper who would lose his voice due to emotion in front of his boss, to his sympathy with the Suzhou guard, to watching the prisoners after they were massacred. The pain and despair of corpses everywhere, and the subsequent change in perception, but after the change, he still rushed into the trap without hesitation to save Pang Qingyun. Andy Lau's performance cannot be said to be perfect or transcendent, but he performed the role of Zhao Erhu conscientiously.

Takeshi Kaneshiro is slightly eclipsed by the light of the two superstars. I am afraid it has something to do with the simplicity of his role. The best scenes of his performance are all about his admiration for Pang Qingyun and his own conscience. In the conflict of torture, the third brother Jiang Wuyang completely admired Pang Qingyun after Pang Qingyun rescued him in the battle of grain robbery and witnessed his ability to directly take the lives of enemy generals. This affected all his subsequent actions. Behaviors, including roaring and crying after beheading the enemy commander in the first battle, including decisively beheading the offending brother for Pang Qingyun, including trembling and tears when personally directing the massacre of prisoners, when this conflict reached its climax At that time, he naively believed that killing his second sister-in-law would prevent Pang Qingyun from killing Zhao Erhu, and he took action without hesitation. The moment he saw Zhao Erhu's body, all his beliefs collapsed.

Liansheng, a woman who was dissatisfied with her desires, wanted protection, love, and even glory, so she ran away several times. After capturing Nanjing, she hesitated at Zhao Erhu's suggestion to return home. , but she is kind, so she can firmly say "He (Zhao Erhu) is a good person" and will cry bitterly after Zhao Erhu entered the city to assassinate and failed to send out the signal in time. Her love belongs to Pang Qingyun, but her fate involves Zhao Erhu. She is also greedy for life and afraid of death, so she will be incoherent before her death. Xu Jinglei showed all this well.

"The War Movie" is more of a tragedy than a war movie. It tears apart human nature, destroys dreams, and makes people despair to the point of utter despair.

Liansheng is a tragedy, from the time she was sold to following Erhu, a man she did not love, into the mountains as a bandit, to meeting Pang Qingyun, a love that could not bring her a stable life, to the end Unjustly dying at the hands of stupid green Jiang Wuyang, Liansheng has been passively accepting her fate, but the only thing she took the initiative to accept eventually brought her the ending of falling into hell.

Zhao Erhu is a tragedy. He was upright and chivalrous throughout his life, but he watched the food he had worked so hard to grab be taken away by the Qing army, and watched his brothers die one after another in front of the musket array, but he wanted to According to Pang Qingyun's order, he stood still and was helpless in the face of the death of thousands of prisoners of war whom he promised the enemy would save their lives. Until he finally saw through the war, he failed to see through Pang Qingyun. Before his death, he was still thinking about Pang Qingyun's safety. However, Zhao Erhu's dream of brothers was not shattered. He died calling "big brother". In his heart, the three of them were still the brothers they were when they were sworn brothers.

Jiang Wuyang is a tragedy. His tragedy is that in his life, the only creed is the 28-word oath Ziling mentioned at the beginning of the article, but those oaths were shattered one by one, and he committed suicide. Enemies, killing subordinates, killing prisoners, killing second sister-in-law and finally assassinating Pang Qingyun are all 28 words. If outsiders mess with my brothers, they will be killed as a matter of name; if brothers mess with my brothers, they will be killed as a matter of name. Of. Jiang Wuyang is a person without self.

Pang Qingyun has risen through the ranks. Chen Kexin gave him the character of doing whatever it takes to gain fame, and gave him a corresponding name. He is still humane, can be grateful and fall in love with Liansheng, and can fight in battle. Zhong fought desperately to save his brothers, and was reluctant to kill Zhao Erhu and Jiang Wuyang several times, but in the end he was reluctant to do so, just for his ambitious dream.

It's just that he was too naive, or was carried away by his dreams. He was like a child with special skills but no knowledge of the world, so weak and powerless in front of the Queen Mother and the ministers who were good at manipulating power. At the moment when Pang Qingyun almost gave up everything, and was about to give up even the last Jiang Wuyang, he was sent to the bottom of the valley by bullets from high altitude. As he was dying, he understood everything, but he didn't want to believe it, "Hurry, surrender." He told Jiang Wuyang that Jiang Wuyang looked at the gunshot wound and understood in an instant that his last stab sent Pang Qingyun back to his dream. He shouted: "The one who stabbed Pang Qingyun! It's Jiang Wuyang!" - His eldest brother There was no failure, but before success, he was stabbed to death by his brother.

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The eldest brother - Jet Li's atypical performance: he began to try fringe roles and was also cast as a famous actor outside the screen

The eldest brother Pang played by Jet Li Qingyun is a person who attaches great importance to national interests. He hopes to end the war on his own, but later he has political differences with Zhao Erhu and kills Erhu. Later, he was killed by his third brother Jiang Wuyang who came to seek revenge.

The second brother - Andy Lau, atypical performance: never so simple-minded, the origin of being deceived is greed

Zhao Erhu can be said to be a relatively simple-minded person. When Andy Lau analyzed this character to reporters, he said: "Actually, I didn't know that they lied to me. I just thought that Jet Li betrayed our friendship for the sake of the country and his ideals. It's just that his and I have different ideas. This character is completely different. A smart, very loyal person. He never doubted anything. From the beginning of the movie until his death, he didn’t know what was going on. He was a relatively simple character. Brothers in adversity and love, but Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro didn't have many scenes to play opposite each other. Andy felt that at first the second brother always thought that Jiang Wuyang needed to take care of his younger brother, so the scenes with him were not that intense. There is only one scene where Erhu discovers that his younger brother's philosophy is completely different from his own. In fact, when he is the same as his eldest brother, there will be a more profound collision, and there are not many others.

Third brother - Takeshi Kaneshiro's atypical performance: Brothers are born from their parents, regardless of popularity issues

Takeshi Kaneshiro does not think his role is simple. He feels that the third brother will face difficulties later. The choice was the most complicated. The second brother had no choice but to follow his own ideals. The same goes for big brother. But he fell into an embarrassing situation when he faced the certificate of surrender and the feelings of brothers. This is also the most difficult thing for him to grasp.

Liansheng - Xu Jinglei’s chemical effect of a touch of bright red among the green bushes is hard to ignore

Although Xu Jinglei’s role in this drama cannot be compared with that of the other three, he also plays a role played a very important role. As the director said: "The importance of Xu Jinglei's role lies in the chemistry. Without this woman, many things cannot be explained clearly, so it is a very important role. But is she a tool to express war and human nature? You can say that. I am interested in Every character has a responsibility. He is a modern woman and a tragic figure. But we have not seen the modern demands placed on ancient women. In fact, they have to endure it. There are many stories. What we see now is because it is not written in ancient books. It can be seen how important this role is in the balance between characters.

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Peter Chan re-interprets "Horse"

The prototype of "Horse" is one of the four most mysterious cases in the late Qing Dynasty. Tied with "Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai". Because it involves many dramatic elements such as beauty, loyalty, and betrayal, it was adapted into Peking Opera and movies. The most famous film is the version made by director Chang Cheh for Shaw Brothers more than 30 years ago.

Zhang Wenxiang and Huang Zong are both from the grassland. They have never known each other and become brothers of the opposite sex. Milan, the wife of Huang Zong, the second oldest brother, admires her eldest brother Ma Xinyi, but Ma Xinyi has established a strong emotional defense line and has not been broken by Milan's love.

When Ma Xinyi was appointed governor of Liangjiang, Milan fell in love with Ma Xinyi even more. However, Ma Xinyi used any means to achieve his goals, and his moral and emotional defenses completely collapsed. He finally took possession of Milan and killed his brother Huang Zong. The third child, Zhang Wenxiang, was filled with indignation when he heard about this incident. He assassinated Ma Xinyi and confessed in the court of the Ministry of Punishment.

Veteran director Chang Cheh's classic "Horse" starred David Chiang, Chen Guantai, Ti Lung and Jing Li. The whole story revolves around three men who turned against each other for a woman, which is bloody and fierce. Chang Cheh's films back then were very colorful. Not only did the film sweep the 11th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, it was also regarded as a model for the collaboration between director Chang Cheh and action director Liu Jialiang.

After many years, Peter Chan's "Horse" is back on the screen. The three male leads in the film will be replaced by Jet Li, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Andy Lau. Jet Li plays Ma Xinyi, who turns from good to evil, Andy Lau plays Huang Zong, whose wife was kidnapped and murdered, and Takeshi Kaneshiro plays Zhang Wenxiang, who finally completes the "horse assassination".

The background of this film is the Qing Dynasty, and all the male actors in the film had to shave their heads. This time "Horse" will take a realistic route. Except for the three leading actors, the other actors "must be very masculine and must not be handsome", and they will also "eat and sleep outdoors" during the filming. Takeshi Kaneshiro changed his previous handsome and unrestrained image and appeared in an unshaven look.

Spurs was renamed "The War"

The epic war film "Spurs" cost 40 million US dollars and brought together three major Chinese male stars Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and actress Xu Jinglei. ”, it was confirmed that the name would be officially changed to “Certificate of Voting”. This film has attracted media attention since it started filming at the end of last year. Although director Peter Chan has said that the story filmed this time has new content and perspectives, media from all walks of life have always pointed out that this film is a remake of the old version of Shaw Brothers' "Horse". In order to avoid Due to confusion, the director decided to officially change the name to "The Name of the Voucher".

Faced with the misconception from the outside world that "The Legend" is a remake of Shaw Brothers' "Horse", director Peter Chan said that in history books, novels, legends or dramas, creators are free to draw materials and interpret them, and there is no "reproduction". Especially since the filming started, the director and screenwriter team have further enriched the plot of the film, making "The Legend" a completely different work. The most important thing is of course the profound description of the entangled brotherhood in the play. Just as director Peter Chan said he wanted to make an epic war film comparable to "A Better Tomorrow", the sworn sworn relationship of the three protagonists has become the most important key to the entire film. Blood made a "letter of surrender": "We can't live together, but we are willing to die together" and embarked on the road of no return; the "letter of surrender" was a proof of loyalty in ancient times, which meant that before joining an organization, you should behave in a way approved by the organization. To express loyalty, it is said that "all heroes who want to join a gang must submit a certificate of surrender." In today's case, it means applying. This form is an allusion to the plot of "Water Margin" in which Lin Chong defected to Liangshan. This statement was also quoted in many novels later. Therefore, the "voting certificate", which is the key to the tragedy of the characters in the play, can be said to be the best choice for the title.

The filming of "Tou Mingzhuang" was very stressful

"Tou Mingzhuang" is the first costume blockbuster directed by Peter Chan. However, the first month of filming was not smooth. It was originally planned to be completed in 7 days. It actually took 20 days from the first scene to the actual shooting. Chen Kexin admitted that he was under a lot of pressure both in the investment and the creative process: "Mainly because I underestimated the weather and action design. This time the action design was completely a The process of exploration is not to create any new movements, but I am completely pursuing a "real" and "powerful" feeling in the movements. There is no wire as usual in costume films, and I don't make any fuss about the camera. But this makes other people very insecure, and they always say that I have destroyed the only advantage of Chinese martial arts films." In addition, because there are many big scenes in the film, Chen Kexin said that communication is also extremely complicated. However, he has not changed the way he has worked for many years because of this: "When filming, I always cannot do what I want to do, but unexpectedly I do it. Although this is the film with the largest investment for me, I will still give the filming location Leaves a lot of room for creativity.

With so many great people together, I had to accommodate everyone's moods and expressions, even if I knew it wouldn't be used in the film and I wouldn't interrupt the other person at the time, because you might capture what you want. moment. And what I have to do in the end is to summarize everyone’s expressions into my orbit. ”

Jet Li, who understands the characters better than the director

Peter Chan said that the bloodshed and sinister things in "The Name" are just words on paper to him, but to him Jet Li said, "I once lived in those stories."

There is a scene where Pang Qingyun attacked Suzhou. After a year of siege, he was short of food and guns, so he had to go and get food and grass, but he was always afraid. His achievements were greater than those of the other three, but they didn't see Pang Qingyun at all. In despair, Pang Qingyun decided to seek help from his long-time rival, General He Kui, at the expense of taking the lead in attacking Nanjing.

Jet Li told Chen Kexin. , he felt that Pang would not go to Sangong, and he would go directly to He Kui from the beginning. "Jet Li actually knows how to survive in such an environment where he is besieged on all sides. Chen Kexin said that only then did he understand that life when people are young will really affect their judgment. Jet Li understands Pang Qingyun better than himself. As a result, Chen Kexin still hopes that Pang Qingyun at that stage will not have such a deep understanding of life. Chengfu hoped that he would gain the sympathy of the audience and retain the scene. However, he also realized that "Jet Li's understanding of the role of Pang Qingyun is different from mine, or it may not be deeper. ”

“The Letter of Approval” violated Takeshi Kaneshiro’s three taboos

Chen Kexin and Takeshi Kaneshiro are actually old friends, and they have already established trust in the movie “If Love” the year before last. But persuading Takeshi It only took Jet Li 15 minutes to convince Takeshi Kaneshiro, but it took him two months because Takeshi Kaneshiro committed three taboos in not accepting roles in "The Movie"

First, he refused to get involved with other male protagonists. secondly, don’t take roles in costumes; thirdly, don’t take part in films that are filmed in too difficult places, especially the first one. Chen Kexin, who knows Takeshi Kaneshiro very well, revealed: “First of all, Takeshi Kaneshiro is a person who has nothing to do with the world. , in fact, this world is not really indifferent to the world, but only superficially indifferent to the world. How can you not fight as an actor? So when there are more male protagonists and everyone competes for them, he will definitely suffer. "Whether to take the role of Jiang Wuyang, Takeshi Kaneshiro thought hard for two months but still didn't agree. Chen Kexin thought that he would definitely not play the role and was going to find someone else. However, he received a call from Takeshi Kaneshiro late at night: "I still want to play, I believe in you!" Takeshi Kaneshiro said that the reason he finally convinced himself to take this role was, "I trust Peter Chan, and I will show him the side of me that I am not confident about." "

Peter Chan: The brotherhood I see is all based on the needs of interests

The outside world has always described "The War Movie" as a "war film about brotherhood." , but in fact, director Peter Chan “never had any brotherhood” from childhood to adulthood. "Even if you ask him about his friends, he can only point to Sandra Ng sitting not far away, "If I didn't have her, I wouldn't have any friends. "Then, he looked at you from behind his glasses sincerely and apologetically.

Chen Kexin has had no brothers since he was a child, only one sister, and has the best relationship with his father. In school, because of his small stature, he didn't play ball, and he didn't even make friends with anyone. As a golfer, I like to make friends with girls. I have never had a fight since I was a child, and I have never been with friends. The most exciting time is watching other boys fight in groups. "It's like watching those gangster movies, and I feel very excited all of a sudden." I was very nervous. The blood and bricks looked like a Young and Dangerous movie. "Kevin Chan's first job as an adult was a summer job at Golden Harvest. In 1986, John Woo was filming a shootout movie "Heroes Without Tears" set in Thailand under Golden Harvest. He asked Peter Chan, who knew Thai, to help, and he started working in the industry. 29 When he was a director, he filmed "A Tale of Two Cities" and filmed the farewell scene between Maggie Cheung and Alan Tam. From then on, he only filmed love scenes until "The Call to Action".

He frowned and said, "I don't know what brotherhood is. Sometimes when I’m drinking in a bar, someone will pat me on the shoulder and say, ‘We are all good friends and good brothers.’ I get goosebumps every time I hear these words, and I think it’s better not to romanticize my emotions through alcohol. What I see is based on interests.

Is there really such a good brotherhood? I yearn for it, but I don’t. "

Therefore, in "The Name of the People", brotherhood was eventually replaced by conspiracy theories. The classic Hong Kong movie with a gun pointed at the head and asking "Are they brothers?" The scene of "Pang Qingyun" did not appear. Instead, it was the clever words and tricks that Pang Qingyun deceived Zhao Erhu when he was in danger. After the work was done, he hid in the darkroom and hinted at the murderous eyes. Chen Kexin felt that this was like in modern society, "When the CEO of the eldest brother's business is going well, he starts to Get rid of the younger brother who used to be a pioneer cow. ”

The action of “Tou Ming Zheng”

On the first day of shooting of “Tou Ming Zheng”, we filmed the scene of the first-line robbery of army rations. The original plan was to shoot for 7 days, but in the end, one In March, during the filming process, Peter Chan felt that it was "done". The first scene was so delayed that he would never shoot it again. When he was frustrated, he even thought of quitting and asked the investors to change the director.

The reason is that Chen Kexin has never filmed a fight scene, let alone a war scene that often involves thousands of extras. He hired one of the three best action directors in China - Cheng Xiaodong, nicknamed "King Weiye". , is best at using multiple powers together, allowing actors to fly and fight in the sky. The action style is elegant and agile, and the sky is full of Peter Pan. You have seen "New Dragon Gate Inn", "Heroes", "Golden Armor (blog)", " "Shaolin Football" is all his handiwork. But what Chen Kexin asked for this time was authenticity, so "you don't need to use any power, don't design any fancy moves, everything must be 'real'." "Takeshi Kaneshiro (listening to the song) said that Chen Kexin put down these words and left. Cheng Xiaodong was left racking his brains and almost collapsed.

The tragic situation of "a layman guiding an expert" finally appeared, and Cheng Xiaodong understood Chen Kexin meant, but the entire Cheng family team had to change from "Air Force" to "Army" immediately. I don't know how many process details had to be subverted. There were many problems in communicating with each other, and the inertia was hard to change. Until ten days later, someone came. "Translation" - Jet Li (blog)

"As a director who doesn't know how to make martial arts movies, I have to pursue realism. They can't understand what I'm saying. It's very difficult for people like Cheng Xiaodong. . Jet Li understands action, actors, and directors. As a result, he became a communication bridge and clearly translated what I wanted. Even Cheng Xiaodong said: "He is the only actor who really understands martial arts. It is much easier for me to communicate with him." Jet Li revealed that his "translation" process was actually full of "violence", "Xiaodong and I have been friends for more than 20 years. I can close the door with him and slap the table and bench, but you can't do that!" You listen to me! "In Jet Li's view, the communication barrier between Cheng Xiaodong and Chen Kexin is just that "two foreigners who don't understand the language, one is used to making pizza, and the other insists on eating dumplings. There was a translator, and I understood it immediately."

After "A Line of Sky", when shooting the Battle of Shucheng again, Chen Kexin had another "Yao Mo Zi". "I hope that shot is in the crowd, I hope that the scene behind People can see these weapons coming out from the backs of the guys in the front. I also need a lot of facial details to make the audience feel like they are on the battlefield when watching the show. "Cheng Xiaodong told us that this is what Chen Kexin asked for his portrayal. Cheng Xiaodong's personal hobby is to set the camera aside to shoot big scenes. Chen Kexin stopped to discuss with Cheng Xiaodong, "I only know that it is not right for him to shoot like this. I wanted it, but he looked at me and asked me what I wanted, but I couldn’t tell. "The result of the final coordination was that Chen Kexin concentrated on shooting the details he wanted to focus on, such as the soldiers' bloody faces, the ferocious expressions with red eyes, and the big scenes of warriors and horses, and let Cheng Xiaodong handle it.

Shu Cheng The battle was shot over 20 days and cut into 12 minutes in the movie, making it the most beautiful battle in the film.

The cinematography of "The War of the Year"

has won six awards. Wong Yuet-tai, who won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, is a real big name in the Hong Kong film industry. He said that Chen Kexin is a director who is particularly good at "squeezing" people's wisdom. First of all, Wong Yuet-tai used the word "the most in his 30 years of filming" to describe the actor. "To shoot a big scene with thousands of people, we use 8 cameras to shoot at the same time. If there are 3 cameras, that's 24 camera positions.

When filming a drama, three or four cameras have to be turned on at the same time. This is really flattering for us as photographers and exceeds our expectations. "This kind of shooting method made Huang Yuetai burst out with sparks, "The reaction will be much more natural if you seize the moment, and the actor's natural expression will be retained. "

The Suzhou trench night scene is the largest night scene ever filmed by Huang Yuetai. The night scene ranges from two to three kilometers to express the mood of the soldiers after holding on in the trenches for nine months. "There is darkness on this side of the city wall. Yes, there are lanterns and colorful decorations over there. Chen Kexin requested that the trench be dark without any auxiliary light source. "This posed a problem for photography - the scope is so large, and it is not shot in a studio without light, how to do it? In the end, Huang Yuetai said that he was forced to come up with a method of "drilling wood to make fire", using a lot of fluorescent lights to hit the city wall The upper reflection returned to the person's face and the shooting was completed. "The horror is very strong. This scene gave me a sense of accomplishment. ”

Chen Kexin insisted on the tone and color of the movie to be “unprecedented.” Huang Yuetai has been in the film industry for 30 years and has made all kinds of costume films, but he has never made “an unprecedented costume film.” He can only use his best skills. I tried my best to adjust red, blue, green and various lights, and kept trying again and again, until finally, it came out - bronze. "We chose the bronze tone, Pauper Bandit. A man! The costumes and scenery are all unified at this point. Only the color and redness of the skin is highlighted. Red symbolizes desire and blood in this play, and they buy desire with blood. "The whole play has been in a cold tone. It wasn't until the three people got promoted and made a fortune and moved to the south that bright colors began to emerge. The scenery, costumes, and lighting also had an additional color treatment, "It's dusk. It used to be a day and night drama. There was only silver-white moonlight at night, no blue at all. " Huang Yuetai recalled it like a treasure.

Highlights:

·The title of the film "The Name of the Register" comes from the plot of Lin Chong entering Liangshan in "Water Margin". Before joining the gang, he had to kill someone.

·The film used 15 assistant directors and 6 cameras. The largest battle scene lasted for 20 minutes, and even two people falling in love required 300 people. As a background.

Jet Li was deeply impressed by the "death scene", "As usual, I received a 100 yuan red envelope, and because I was going to lie in the coffin, I sealed an extra 5 yuan envelope. As a red envelope, I donated the 105 yuan to the One Foundation. ”

·Jet Li has the most scenes in the film. Chen Kexin said: “It seems that Jet Li has never filmed an impressive love scene except Thirteenth Aunt, but this film has more and more ruthless scenes.” It's Takeshi Kaneshiro who found such a beautiful boy, but he's so ruthless that you won't believe it. On the contrary, Jet Li is the one with the most drama. ”

·Chan Kexin did consider casting Shu Qi as the heroine, but the role required someone who looked unremarkable and not sexy at first glance. Although Shu Qi was good in the role, she was cast because she was too sexy. "Fly".

[Edit this paragraph] Classic lines

1. Accepting the name certificate and forming a brotherhood; relying on each other in life and death, helping each other in good and bad luck; relying on each other in good and bad times, and supporting each other in adversity. . Any outsider who messes with my brother will be killed if his name is given. If a brother messes with my brother, he will be killed with his name.

After eating, he will do some dangerous work with me.

Being a gangster, we must be the biggest.

Fighting is a gamble.

Remember my face and seek revenge from me next time.

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The whole army is wiped out, and you are the only one alive?

I will come back to see you even if I don’t die.

You must remember that there is only one head in the army, and that is Huge. General Pang.

Soldiers are not afraid of deceit.

People who have no faith are like beasts.

Give me food! Can't starve to death.

Enter Shucheng!

Grab money, grab food, grab women! ! !

Enter Shucheng!

Grab money, grab food, grab territory! ! !

If we kill one, we will count as one!

--Kill! kill! kill!

Brothers become sworn brothers, each killing an outsider. From then on, the brother's life is his life, and everyone else can be killed. This is the certificate of surrender.

My life is like walking on thin ice, do you think I can make it to the other side?

2. Jiang Wuyang (played by Takeshi Kaneshiro): After eating, come with me to do life-threatening work.

Zhao Erhu (played by Andy Lau): When we are bandits, we must be the biggest.

Qing Dynasty official (played by Wang Kuirong): The whole army was wiped out, and you were the only one alive?

3. Takeshi Kaneshiro kept shouting at the end of the film: Anyone who messes with my brothers will be killed.