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From the early series of "Green Snake", "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" and "Huang Feihong" to films such as "Wise Tiger Mountain" and "Climber" directed or supervised in recent years, Xu Ke has transformed the beauty of Hong Kong's traditional martial arts films into self-consistency combined with war and mountaineering.
As for "Changjin Lake" released in the National Day file, Xu Ke, as one of the directors, proceeded from the overall situation of serving the audience, "I did not think about personal style, I thought about how to bring the audience into the real experience of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and tell this story well." ”
For this epic war film with huge investment costs, director Xu Ke sighed: "We shot from ice and snow to spring and blossoms, and the whole process was extremely difficult. But for the sake of this great historical event, we still did our best to restore that spirit to the greatest extent possible, to shape those characters, and to highlight their heroism! ”
"Chosin Lake" is a major test
2014's "Wise Tiger Mountain" is a bold attempt by Xu Ke for war films, whether it is audience feedback or box office revenue, it has achieved good results in that year. Even under such success, in the face of the same type of "Chosin Lake", Xu Ke frankly said: "When this story came to my hands, I felt that it brought me a very important test. Because I have never touched something very realistic and historical. ”
Faced with unfamiliar projects, Xu Ke did not flinch. In order to be able to make "Chosin Lake" well, he learned knowledge through books, documentaries, etc., communicated with military advisers and people who had participated in the war, and understood the battle of Chosin Lake and the real situation of history, "then think about how to shoot, and finally integrate these into a very good drama." ”
When asked why he wanted to do content that was unfamiliar to him, Xu Ke said seriously: "When Bona asked me to participate in this project, I thought it was worth doing." This is because the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea is a very special historical event, and it is a modern history about how Chinese how to face powerful arms, how to face a powerful country, and how to establish an image of China as strong and has a national spirit in the world. ”
"Shooting 'Chosin Lake' allows you to enter that world, learn more about the process of history, experience more, and show the attitude and feelings of people at that time and people now about this story and this historical event." He said.
Authenticity, see the spirit in the details
Xu Ke, who is famous for shooting martial arts, was sharp in the shooting of "Chosin Lake", and which paragraphs were filmed by Chen Kaige, Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian became the topic of the audience's enjoyment after watching the film. Under the premise of full preparation, Xu Ke did not consider his personal style, "I did not think about personal style, I thought about how to bring the audience into the real experience of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and tell this story well." ”
For example, in terms of character design, we start from the psychological level of the characters and let the audience experience their psychological feelings more. And the difficulty of all their activities and movements in the battlefield, I hope to be able to present it, so that the audience feels that this is a story of fighting under very difficult conditions. ”
The strongest sense of realism in the film comes from the cold. Whether it is a hard potato or a soldier dressed in a single suit, the difficulty of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea is seen in the details. In order to make the audience feel the cold, Xu Ke made great efforts. "Some scenes have to be fought in the snow and wind, and in addition to relying on natural wind and natural snow, most of the snow depends on us to create the wind and snow ourselves. Among them, the wind is a big problem, because the scope is very large, and if the wind is made, enough to blow snow, this project is very large.
At the same time, snow is also important, but it is also more difficult to make. One kind of snow needs to float in the air, float in the background, float on people's faces; the other kind of snow needs to form a snow field for marching and fighting, plus we have a lot of action scenes, so if the snow uses some kind of material, it will be slippery and untenable. ”
Huang Jianxin's role as a producer is "a chore"
"Chosin Lake" is a success, because those heroes who develop for the prosperity of the country will not only remain in history forever, but also in the hearts of the audience. Unlike other films, the success of "Chosin Lake" also stems from the fact that it was the first film to be made by three directors. At the same time, the difficulties and problems it faces are also an unprecedented challenge.
Huang Jianxin's supervising role is called "a chore" by Xu Kexiao, "He needs to coordinate things between directors, and he is responsible for controlling the presentation effect of the entire film." Director Chen Kaige always feels very touched when he sees the scenes he shoots; director Lin Chaoxian in Xu Ke's view, "is always mysterious and mysterious, which will make you feel as if filming is magic, and as soon as you open something, you will conjure up." ”
Some experts commented on "Changjin Lake", which not only filled the gap in the theme of Chinese war films, but also fully demonstrated the current strong strength of the Chinese film industry and the highest level of Chinese film creation and production. In comparison with the Hollywood film industry, Xu Ke stressed: "I think it is still necessary to understand the war and history well, and try our best to tell these things really and well in the film, then it is okay for our films to be compared with any blockbuster." ”
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