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Jackie Chan's royal director Tang Jili came to turn off the lights in the living room as a guest.
This is the first time that the simultaneous commentary viewing mode exclusively created by Turning Off the Lights has been publicly supported by a well-known director .
I asked Tang Jili to watch the action movie "Kung Fu Yoga" that he wrote and directed with everyone. This is also the first time that Tang Jili recorded the director's commentary track of his own film.
In the 107-minute film, the director did not stop for a minute, and the director's design of each scene was simultaneously decrypted throughout the whole process.
Miss Chen accompanied the recording on the spot.
According to Ms. Chen's circle of friends, the director is very sunny and gentle, like a big boy with a cheerful temperament. The soundtrack is generous and fully decrypts the shooting secrets of each scene and the director's scheming , and points out that the film is full of his own cartoon complex.
Turn Off the Lights and Demolition Movies and iQIYI VIP jointly held a national tour of "The Director accompanies you to watch movies".
The full version of the commentary track will be released to you on-site for the first time at 19:00 on October 23 at Nanguang College, Communication University of China. The director himself will come to the scene to communicate with the students. ( The commentary track will be online after the event that night, please pull the pre-sale link to the end of the article )
Please click: Tang Jili's "Director to Watch Movies with You" campaign promotional video.
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He is the man behind the king
If there is one word to describe Tang Jili's career, it is "Desperate Saburo" .
The picture below is his daily life when he was a director of Jackie Chan movies. The one on the crane is Tang Jili:
Tang Jili was born in an artistic family. After all, it is difficult to enter the industry without a family background.
His father graduated from the Shanghai Music Academy, his sister Tang Jiali was an actor, and his brother-in-law Luo Lie was a famous martial arts superstar at that time, and was one of Shaw Brothers' royal actors (first from the right).
After graduating from middle school, Tang Jili went directly to Canada. He originally wanted to study medicine, but the Maple Leaf Country did not accept foreigners as doctors, so he could only study civil engineering (what the hell...)
Obviously, the earthy and woody engineering was not to Tang Jili's taste, so he returned to Hong Kong two years later. Follow the big brother-in-law to mix in the movie circle.
It's just that the strange thing is that his first choice of occupation turned out to be martial arts .
It is unbelievable that he is obviously a rich second generation, and he has to come to fight for a job with a martial arts actor.
So when a highly educated martial artist who drove a Lamborghini and spoke fluent English appeared on the set, everyone was shocked.
At that time, Tang Jili was rather thin, and in his own words, "the waist is relatively thin".
Therefore, he has done stand-ins for many female stars such as Maggie Cheung and Zhong Chuhong.
Although his family is wealthy, Tang Jili still works very hard. Once, he had to complete a set of very difficult stunts:
According to the script, a sedan was chasing him. He had to climb a few steps onto a truck, then chased his car into the truck and flipped onto the roof of the car.
As a result, when I turned it on, I ran and ran in the wrong direction. It was only after I asked that I found out that he had not slept for seven consecutive days and was dizzy.
In the first three years of his martial arts career, Tang Jili suffered numerous injuries. The worst suffered a broken shoulder, which kept him from going home for several days. Only then did the parents know that their son was doing such a job.
Three years later, Tang Jili began to transform into a martial arts instructor . On the set, there is usually a group of burly men standing behind the martial arts director, who are very imposing and sometimes have more power than the director.
But his job didn't get any easier, and for a while he even directed martial arts for four films at the same time. Sometimes he also acts as a screenwriter, screenwriter, photographer and so on.
This desperate spirit of Saburo was finally appreciated by Jiahe boss He Guanchang .
In 1990, Tang Jili formed his own company and made his first film as a director, called "Dragon of the Demon Realm" .
From today's point of view, this is a rather bizarre movie. It is about a group of young people who go on an adventure in the primeval forests of Southeast Asia, fight against large lizards, and escape the claws of cannibals. (The one on the right is 17-year-old Fan Shaohuang)
Although the cost is only a mere 8 million Hong Kong dollars, the big scenes in the film are still beautiful. Critics praised the film as comparable to Jackie Chan 's "The Eagle Project" of the same period.
Coincidence or not, Tang Jili's next directorial work actually cooperated with Jackie Chan, and the investment suddenly increased tenfold. A full eighty million~
This movie is "Police Story 3" .
Now the babies born after 95 should not have seen this movie, right? Let's just say, Operation Mekong is going to call it Daddy.
The first two "Police Stories" were both directed by Jackie Chan himself, which is a very localized story. Since it was difficult to block roads for filming in Hong Kong at that time, it was almost impossible to mobilize the tanks. So Tang Jili simply changed the script with Jackie Chan and moved the story to Southeast Asia. This is good, the planes and artillery are here.
In one scene, Jackie Chan jumped from the rooftop to grab the helicopter ladder. In fact, Jackie Chan is also very afraid of heights, and he was a bit stage fright before the shooting. But that day, Tang Jili deliberately invited more than 30 reporters to report on the shooting of the main event.
Seeing so many reporters waiting there, Jackie Chan has to jump if he doesn't want to jump.
The director's careful machine ~ I feel sorry for my big brother for a second.
"Police Story 3" was very popular after its release. It not only broke N box office records , but also won Jackie Chan the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor and the film was nominated for Best Picture.
It's amazing that a young director has just made his second film and got such a huge response. But they didn't expect their next collaboration to be more successful.
This time everyone must have seen it, this movie is the famous "Red Zone" .
This film directly enlightened the Chinese New Year files in the Mainland.
Before that, every Chinese New Year, all the theaters in the mainland were closed for rest, and only opened on the third day of the new year. This was the famous "gray Spring Festival stall" in the industry at that time.
The 1995 "Red Zone" was simultaneously screened globally on January 2, and China was also in the first round of screenings, which made the projectionists of all Chinese cinemas very depressed.
Unexpectedly, this film had a box office miracle. At that time, it won more than 35 million yuan at the box office, almost three times that of the Hollywood blockbuster "Desperados" released in the same period. Therefore, "Hongfan District" has truly created a Chinese New Year movie file in mainland China.
Tang Jili is also the true father of Chinese New Year films.
"Red Zone" is also Jackie Chan's first film with a production cost of over 100 million yuan.
In 1996, Jackie Chan and Tang Jili won the Best Action Director Award at the 15th Hong Kong Film Awards.
The film announced that Jackie Chan's comedy style has fully matured, and its influence is comparable to that of Hollywood superstars.
Then Tang Jili filmed "Police Story 4" , this time Jackie Chan will fight sharks underwater. As a result, the eldest brother said that he could not swim, what should I do? Tang Jili accompanies Jackie Chan to learn diving.
I also had to shoot skiing, Jackie Chan didn't know it at the time, and Tang Jili also gave him a demonstration. It's hard enough!
Most of those scenes of heaven entering the sea were shot by Tang Jili himself.
Think of a director who has to hang a wire and tie it to a helicopter...
After that, Tang Jili cooperated with Aaron Kwok and Fujiwara Norika in "Thunderbolt" , which further expanded its international influence. (This poster was really plastered all over the streets that year, don't ask me why I still remember it now.)
When promoting the movie all over the world, he usually watches the premiere in person. The purpose is to see how audiences in different countries react differently during the viewing process.
In 2005, Tang Jili collaborated with Jackie Chan on "Myth", and the theme song is still a hit on KTV.
Although the "Zodiac" released at the end of 2012 was not directed by Tang Jili, the script was written by him. In addition to writing, Tang Jili also practiced high-speed roller skating with Jackie Chan:
"Zodiac" easily took away 880 million at the box office, proving that after so many years, Tang Jili and Jackie Chan's partners are still the golden signs of the New Year's action comedy.
Then there was Kung Fu Yoga earlier this year . The film cost 400 million yuan, and went to Dubai, India, Iceland and other countries to shoot scenes, and it is still in line with Hollywood in terms of pattern. In the end, the box office almost doubled the "Zodiac" to 1.748 billion , and successfully counterattacked "Journey to the West, Fighting the Demons" in the same period.
"Kung Fu Yoga" is a standard family-friendly action comedy blockbuster, and the familiar elements of "Jackie Chan-style comedy" are still popular with audiences.
At 19:00 on October 23 at 19:00 on the 23rd, the movie of Turning Off the Lights and Demolition of the Movies will conduct a 1:1 simultaneous commentary on "Kung Fu Yoga" at Nanguang College of Communication University of China , which will be interpreted by Tang Jili himself.
The shooting secrets and in-depth dismantling of several major scenes, now let everyone have a sneak peek.
The following is organized according to the simultaneous comments of Director Tang Jili:
Don't forget to pick up garbage after shooting on the spot in Iceland
The first small climax of the film is in Iceland, when Jackie Chan goes deep into the ice cave with handsome men and beauties to explore the secrets.
The exterior scenes of this section were all shot in Iceland. The average winter is minus ten degrees, which is not particularly cold, so it is suitable for filming.
"When I was scouting the scene in person, I went to many places that are usually not allowed to go, communicated step by step with the local government, communicated with the on-site security personnel, communicated with the local production company, and finally got permission to shoot."
"This ice waterfall is the first time I have seen it since I went to Iceland."
Because there is no collision or explosion in this scene, it will not affect the local ecology and there will be no pollution. The crew was very disciplined, not leaving a cigarette butt or a water can after filming. Special personnel were assigned to clean up the scene, and they paid great attention to protecting nature.
The scene of setting up a tent on the ice lake was taken in Iceland, and tourists are also not allowed to go up here.
The indoor scenes of the tent were filmed in Beijing, and the tent was the same as the one used outdoors in Iceland.
The oil drilling background of the call between the eldest brother and Zeng Zhiwei is made by computer special effects.
"In fact, there is no such machine in reality. This is the scene in my dream. I realize it with special effects to show everyone a spectacle."
When they went to explore the ice cave, the filming was more complicated. Some were filmed in Beijing and some were filmed in Iceland. The scenes of the two locations had to be connected.
" This is a real ice cave in Iceland, it changes every day, it's amazing. "
" This is an ice cave built in the studio of China Film in Beijing. "
In fact, similar ice caves can be found in Iceland or other places, but if you want to shoot in these ice caves, the first traffic is difficult to enter, and the second is difficult to ensure the safety of the actors, so the imagined and real scenes are connected together, Try to do the trick better.
The ice cave shapes for these props are all factory made and transported to the site by refrigerated trucks.
Take your time every shot because it melts quickly when the lights are down. Therefore, the first shooting speed should be fast, and the second whole arrangement should be done well.
"The ice is real, and the gold coins are 3D printed."
Borrowing a lion and a car, the royal family of Dubai is a friend?
The supercar chase scene with Jackie Chan and a lion on the streets of Dubai is one of the most popular scenes in the whole film. Because Tang Jili was a stand-in for speed stunts in his early years, he has always had a soft spot for drag racing.
But what if you don't have a luxury car? Raise a friend for a thousand days, and use a friend for a while. Tang Jili went directly to the Prince of Dubai.
Obviously, the most important thing for the Prince of Dubai is a sports car . So Tang Jili shot the same sense of local tyrant with a quarter of the budget of "The Fast and the Furious".
"It's actually not that simple to close this intersection. Closing the intersection is the most difficult, because it means that the four to five intersections before each of these four intersections have been closed."
Tang Jili told us that the crew crashed a McLaren, a Lamborghini, and a Ferrari in order to film this car chase scene (vomiting blood, covering his chest)
The damaged McLaren is worth tens of millions, and the bumper that fell off is worth millions to fix. But the prince not only did not let the compensation, but also sent someone to deliver a brand new car the next day.
This new car was originally blue, but it was packaged in yellow overnight so that it wouldn't dance, and it was sent to the crew.
"Look at this scene of the speeding car. I have worked with Jackie Chan for so many years. It must have been Jackie Chan on the roof before, but now it's Li Zhiting's turn on the roof. Young people can share these action scenes."
However, it is obvious that the pursuit of luxury cars alone cannot satisfy the curiosity of the audience. The director added a lion to this car chase scene.
After all, the lion is the Lamborghini of the cat world! But where will the lion go?
Tang Jili: One word, borrow it!
So he borrowed a lion from the Dubai princess... (In short, the Dubai royal family has everything)
Of course, the expression of this lion in the car was made later, after all, Jackie Chan can't be used as a ration.
"In this speeding shot, I designed the lion's expression to be the same as Jackie Chan's. The lion's mouth is more crooked than his, so that the lion is cuter and will not frighten the children watching the movie."
Coyote bites small fresh meat, Indian beauty loses color
There is more than one "animal scene" in the film. In order to take into account the authenticity and effect, it is basically a shooting method of real shooting + CG.
The scene where Zhang Yixing, Li Zhiting and the Indian beauty were fighting hyenas in the zoo was the one he photographed the most animals, so it was also the most challenging.
As for why there are lions and coyotes, it's probably because of "The Lion King"!
"Because I want to have a comedic effect in this scene, the actress can't just be scared, she has to cry and wipe her snot on Li Zhiting's clothes.
She kept chasing me for the script, but I just didn't give it to her. I didn't give it to her until the shooting started. She is very professional. The scene you saw, we only shot two and it was over. "
I just want to say that acting like this, can it be good... Thinking of asking a Hong Kong reporter to film Jackie Chan's "jump from a building", I suddenly understand that a good director is to be a little more ruthless to the actors.
"Feed these coyotes before shooting, let them get used to the people around them, and the coyotes won't attack humans."
"The fans of Zhang Yixing in this scene must be very nervous."
The action is dangerous, do not imitate!
Tang Jili, who has been practicing martial arts for many years, sighed that people only have two hands and two feet, holding guns and hitting them. What other actions have the audience never seen before?
So every movie you make has to be original. Just like Chaplin and Buster Keaton, the actions of silent films can be understood by everyone. This light-plot, heavy-action style is also the reason why his works are always selling well.
Just like the classic episode of "Police Story 3" below, people in any country will find it funny when they watch it at any time.
With all due respect, he is the father of the Mainland Chinese New Year films. With all due respect, he is the father of the Mainland Chinese New Year films.
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