"Journey to the West" is another childhood memory for post-890s audiences in addition to the CCTV version of "Journey to the West".
When it comes to "Journey to the West", what comes to mind is the repetitive martial arts action, so it is called the originator of the ghost animal.
As for why there are these repetitive actions, Cao Rong, the actor of "Sun Wukong", once explained that it was because the script was too short, and he had to use "directing technology" to edit repeated actions to increase the length. In this regard, the audience once solemnly respected director Cao Rong, and gradually began to understand the shortcomings of "Journey to the West".
The reputation of "Journey to the West" once changed from "divine drama" to divine drama on the Internet, the drama in addition to the shoddy martial arts action, the plot and music were once highly praised, the plot integrated into the suspense, undercover and other elements, and maintained the essence of the original "Journey to the West", many Easter egg details echoed with the original, so even the original party will buy for the play.
When "Journey to the West" became a classic, Hong Kong director Cao Rong also began to reminisce with the audience on social networks, telling the untold story in front of and behind the scenes.
I. Cao Rong: "Journey to the West" I wrote and directed myself
First of all, director Cao Rong affirmed his position in "Journey to the West", saying that he was actually the general director, action director and screenwriter.
In fact, Cao Rong is indeed one of the directors of "Journey to the West", in 2001, when the drama was just broadcast, Cao Rong said in an interview that "Journey to the West" was self-directed and self-acted, and others played Sun Wukong himself so he personally went into battle.
As for whether he is the general director, Cao Rong said in an interview a few days ago that Li Yuan is only a nominal director and producer, and the drama and martial arts drama are all filmed by himself.
In addition, director Cao Rong also said that the screenwriter of "Journey to the West" is actually himself, and even more reprimanded Qian Yanqiu for robbing the screenwriter of the credit.
Cao Rong also said that his biggest regret is that the script of "Journey to the West" was only 20,000 words at the time, far from the length of the 30 episodes required by the filmmaker, so he could only add drama and fill in the gaps, and completed the episode with repeated actions, but it also caused the regret of the "ghost animal" of the show!
So, what is the truth of the matter? Qian Yanqiu, the screenwriter signed by "Journey to the West" a few days ago, finally couldn't sit still and sent a long article criticizing Cao Rong!
Second, Cao Rong is a fifth-rate director in Hong Kong?
Qian Yanqiu first denied cao rong's claim that he was the general director of "Journey to the West".
1. Invite Cao Rongli to release the series
Qian Yanqiu said that the general director of "Journey to the West" is Li Yuan, and Cao Rong is only the action director and executive director of the play. Qian Yanqiu even criticized Cao Rong's act of seizing the credit of director Li Yuan, who has died, which is really shameful, if he has to think that the action director is not a director, he can only be regarded as a fifth-rate director in Hong Kong, and he was invited to the crew because in those years, Hong Kong actors had a market, and asking a Hong Kong action director and executive director was conducive to the release of the series.
2. Cao Rong's role as Sun Wukong was a disaster, and he once invited six-year-old children
Qian also said that one of the biggest disasters of "Journey to the West" is that Cao Rong himself plays Sun Wukong. According to Qian Yanqiu, if you patiently invited six-year-old children back then, the effect would definitely be better than now. The Cao Rong version of Sun Wukong in the play will only shake his head and shake his head, expressionless, simply a fool, and Qian Dao is even more bitter to criticize Cao Rong for not only being a fifth-rate director, but also a fifth-rate actor!
Before that, Cao Rong said that he invited the six-year-old child and had already negotiated it, and later because the six-year-old child's wife did not agree, he did not star!
It is worth mentioning that Qian Yanqiu did invite the six-year-old teacher to play Sun Wukong again when remake "Journey to the West", but unfortunately, the relevant departments stipulated that the remake of the famous book was not allowed, so the play was renamed "Shi Dare to Be the Hero of Tiandong", and the role of the six-year-old child teacher was also changed to the Jade Emperor.
3. Qian Yanqiu: Cao Rong is illiterate and even more a rogue
For Cao Rong to rob his own screenwriting skills, Qian Yanqiu is even more fierce and merciless.
Qian Yanqiu said that Cao Rong was an illiterate, he did not learn any skills, did not read books, did not read newspapers, although he served as the action director of the "Journey to the West Sequel", but he had never read the "Journey to the West" novel, and even the "Journey to the West Sequel" had not read.
When filming "Journey to the West", Cao Rong could not understand the script and could only let others read it to him, but because he was illiterate and could not understand and recreate the script, he could only delete the literary and drama part of the script!
Cao Rong's deletion led to a serious shortage of dramas, and the producers had to ask Qian Yanqiu to add drama, and at this time, Qian Yanqiu was filming the TV series "Lipstick", which was hindered by the love and the overall situation.
Qian Yanqiu even took out "Shi Dare Dang" to confirm that his script that year was enough to shoot thirty episodes. Qian Yanqiu was originally going to remake thirty episodes of "Journey to the West Sequel", but because of the stipulation that he could not remake the original work, he could only temporarily write a fifteen-episode script, which was adapted into a forty-eight episode of "Shi Dangdang".
For Cao Rong's behavior of deleting the cut-out drama and causing the episode to be insufficient, but using repetitive actions to irrigate the water, Qian Yanqiu even called him a rogue!
4. Qian Yanqiu: Cao Rong has a problem with his character
Cao Rong once said that Hong Kong compatriots have helped a lot, Qian Yanqiu, Li Yuan, Yan Hanbiao, etc. are a group, no one consulted with him when filming, and lu Hanbiao, who played the Eight Precepts of the Pig, also confronted him, because he did not know what he was filming, how to cut, thought that he selfishly added the play to himself, and complained to the boss, as for the art director Ma Yingbo, he drank all day...
In Cao Rong's mouth, these actors in the mainland are really unbearable, and Qian Yanqiu said that Cao Rong not only can't shoot, but also has problems with his character.
According to Qian Yanqiu, Lu Hanbiao, the actor of the Eight Precepts of the Pig in "Journey to the West", was very dissatisfied with Cao Rong's practice of deleting and cutting literary dramas, so he complained a lot, and the two also had contradictions. Qian Yanqiu even denounced Cao Rong's use of "confrontation" to describe Lu Hanbiao and his contradictions, which is the discrimination of Hong Kong actors against mainland actors, because everyone in the crew is equal, and there is no "confrontation" between subordinates and superiors.
Not only that, according to Qian Yanqiu, Cao Rong also did a very shameful thing that year, that is, when filming "Journey to the West", the crew gave the inexhaustible meals to the orphans in Baoji Film and Television In Shaanxi, while Cao Rong instructed his employees to throw cigarette butts into the meal!
3. Copyright of the script of "Journey to the West"
Qian Yanqiu finally said that the copyright of "Journey to the West" has long been returned to his hands, and published the novel of the same name. This is a fact, many netizens have read the novel, and there are indeed a lot of literary dramas and inner descriptions in the book, as well as many plots that did not appear in "Journey to the West". It is also in this way that Cao Rong could only cut it into five or six minutes when he re-edited "Journey to the West", and Qian Yanqiu also expressed the right to pursue his legal responsibility!
Nowadays, Cao Rong and Qian Yanqiu have their own opinions on the screenwriting problem of "Journey to the West". Whether it is true or false believes that the audience has its own judgment in mind. Of course, no matter what, "Journey to the West" has always been a classic that has accompanied countless people to grow up!