In 1994, Zhou Xingchi spent 60 million yuan to shoot "Journey to the West" and took out 800,000 yuan to ask Zhao Jiping to compose music. Zhao Jiping said: "Composing is OK, I will make a request." Please don't show my name at the end of the film. I feared I would ruin my reputation. ”
At that time, when Zhou Xingchi was filming "Journey to the West", when matching the theme song with the movie, he heard that there was a very powerful composer in the mainland. Chen Kaige's "Yellow Land" and Zhang Yimou's "Red Sorghum" were both written by him. His name is Zhao Jiping.
Therefore, Zhou Xingchi took out 800,000 yuan and found Zhao Jiping with sincerity.
As soon as Zhao Jiping read the script, his head became bigger: "No wonder everyone says you don't know what the script is saying." Even I didn't understand what the script was writing. I can't accept the job. ”
Later, under the persuasion of Wu Tianming, Zhao Jiping reluctantly agreed to compose music for "Journey to the West".
In order to better understand the play and find inspiration for creating music, Zhao Jiping also personally went to the studio of the Western Film Studio. Unexpectedly, he opened the door and found himself in the belly of the Bull Demon King, which was filled with all kinds of disgusting props. It turned out that the film crew was filming a play in the belly of the Cow Demon King.
Therefore, Zhao Jiping, who did not work together, left in a hurry after writing this song. And made a request: "Don't show my name in the movie." I can't afford to lose this man. And just like that, the film finally stumbled through.
Zhao Jiping did not expect that his soundtrack film "Reeds" was regarded as a classic by countless fans.
At the end of the film, the Sunset Warrior and the Purple Fairy have a conversation on the city wall.
"That guy looks so weird."
"I saw it too. He looked like a dog. ”
Zhi Zunbao silently turned around, stepped on the vast desert, and sounded the song of "Love of a Lifetime", echoing this sad and helpless song in the desolate land.
Many viewers lamented that when they first saw it, they thought it was a comedy. The second time they saw it, it turned out to be a tragedy. When they saw it again, they realized that this was life.
When you are young, you don't understand it is obsession, and when you are middle-aged, you understand the vicissitudes of life.
When I was young, I didn't know the magic of ten thousand years and didn't care about the pain of losing a loved one. After all, when we're young, we think we have more time to waste and more opportunities to keep, but we don't know that something is lost and never gained.
Zhi Zunbao finally understood that he wanted to protect Zixia, but he was incapable. When he put on the iron ring, he had the ability to protect Zixia, but he had to lose the ability to love as a price. In the end, Zhi Zunbao was destined to lose Zixia.
This is how many young people feel after middle age. When you're young, you'll meet someone you love. You want to give her happiness, but you don't have the ability. When you have the ability to give her happiness, the person you love has left you.
When you realize the truth about middle-aged life, this is your cruel life. How conceited I was once about love, and how much I regret it now. This is the helplessness and chagrin of middle-aged men after shouldering heavy responsibilities.
The transformation from supreme treasure to Sun Wukong is a slow process of a person's growth. He began to debauchery, and finally let go of love and hate. It's a difficult process, mixed with too much pain and helplessness.
Perhaps the form of this film is too advanced. After the release of "Journey to the West", the box office failed miserably, and the investment loss of 60 million yuan was heavy, which directly led to the bankruptcy of the caixing film company that Zhou Xingchi had just established.
To everyone's surprise, a few years later, with the rise of the Internet, almost overnight, "Journey to the West" became popular on mainland university campuses. At that time, almost all the forums and chat rooms were about Zhizunbao and Zixia.
Then, the plot of the movie, along with Stephen Chow's hilarity and nonsense, spread like a virus on the Internet. As Journey to the West swept the internet, critics began to reinterpret it, giving it more connotations.
Since then, "Journey to the West" has become a representative of postmodern films, and was eventually directly canonized by netizens. Therefore, Zhou Xingchi is also known as "Star Master". Many viewers said that because of "Journey to the West", they owed Star Ye a movie ticket.
There are many interesting things behind the scenes of "Journey to the West". As the director of "Journey to the West", Liu Zhenwei personally starred in "Moonlight Treasure Box", and then asked deputy director Jiang Yuecheng to play a "blind man" who likes to peek at the men in the moonlight treasure box taking a bath. Jiang Yuecheng did not want to participate in this movie at the time. Overlord Liu Zhenwei bowed in greeting. "I've all played grapes. Why can't your assistant director play the blind man? As a result, Jiang Yuecheng starred in the movie as the blind man and the sand monk
In the film, Zixia Fairy and Pig Eight Precepts have a plot of exchanging bodies, and the Eight Precepts of Pigs in the film are indeed Zhu Yin's cameo.
The film was filmed in Zhenbeibao Film and TELEVISION City in Yinchuan, Ningxia. Unexpectedly, after the popularity of "Journey to the West", Zhenbei fort Film and Television City accidentally exploded, becoming a famous tourist attraction and a popular holy place on the Internet. Now as soon as you come to Zhenbeibao Film and TELEVISION City, you can hear the familiar "Love of a Lifetime".
In 2017, "Journey to the West" was re-released in mainland theaters, grossing more than 100 million in four days, which is very rare in re-released movies. When replaying the old drama, the originally deleted 11-minute plot finally met with the audience.
There is a scene that is not in the original. When the Zixia Fairy was waiting for Zhi Zunbao, because of boredom and loneliness, the Zixia Fairy remembered every relationship she had with Zhi Zunbao, especially the scene of learning to bark the dog. This is a true portrayal of real lovers, and people can't help but cry.
Remember the classic line of the Supreme Treasure to the Purple XiaXian in "Journey to the West":
There was once a sincere love in front of my eyes, but I did not cherish, until I lost, I regretted it, the most painful thing in the world is this, if heaven can give me another chance, I will say three words to the girl, I love you, if you have to add a deadline in this love, I hope it is ten thousand years. #头条娱乐指南 #
