How was Jackie Chan's Super Police made?

Listening to the director's detailed film shooting experience will make people understand and feel the difficulty of the behind-the-scenes staff when watching movies again, especially action movies. It was really a bloody experience, so I will give you some such interviews and memories in detail. Today, let's begin with an interview with Tang Jili, the director of Police Story 3: Super Police. The behind-the-scenes story is full ~ ~

Tang Jili: Police Story 3 Super Police really brought me many unforgettable memories!

The scene of robbing prisoners in the movie mobilized helicopters, 100 cars, armored vehicles and even a gun battle. Because the bell tower is in the high court, we need to apply to the high court for filming, but the seven judges of the high court objected on the grounds of poor consciousness and were not approved.

But I think this is just a movie story, and there is no reason to find another scene to replace it. What should I do if I have to shoot? Fortunately, the traffic police authorities are very supportive of filming. They promised me four hours, but we must clean up the scene before 9 am on Monday, because this is the main traffic artery.

Unexpectedly, I found that I need to take 28 shots in one minute, including a helicopter and a flying car, and I only have four hours to finish it. It's really hard. I have to do my best.

So I divided the staff into four teams, rehearsed one day in advance according to the split shot, prepared at 4: 30 in the morning, and started shooting at dawn. The whole scene started with a helicopter? Maggie Cheung was pushed from a helicopter? Yang Ziqiong ran straight into the van? Plus gun battles and explosive reaction bombs? Take care of those 100 cars? It's not easy to find extras in Malaysia. It took a long time just to rank that 100 car? What's more, it will be finished in four hours. All the staff are carrying machines, and none of them are on foot. They took a set of shots and made a phone call through the intercom. Everybody run and run.

I have four walkie-talkies, one to communicate with the people on the helicopter, one to communicate with the traffic police, one to contact the deputy director and one to command the crew. I do have an assistant to hold two for me, one in my pocket and the other in my hand. That's it. I really finished the day's shooting in four hours and felt very happy.

In the scene of chasing a train, the most difficult thing is how to hook the helicopter, because it is dangerous. We need to hang Jackie Chan under the helicopter. I feel that he really caught the rope ladder and caught him flying to the oncoming train. At the critical moment, we must pull him up. If the ladder is really stuck, it will be very dangerous. How to shoot? We thought of hooking the rope ladder on the train card first and pulling the rope ladder by hand on the helicopter. If anything happens, just throw away the rope ladder.

Everyone thinks that's a good method. In fact, what I want is that the helicopter suddenly got caught by a train card and then swayed. How can we shake the helicopter? On the one hand, I asked the helicopter engineer to respond to the shaking of the helicopter. On the other hand, in order to cooperate with his movements, my martial arts coach and I pulled the rope ladder hard. How did we think that when shooting, we thought we were fully prepared, but when we threw the rope ladder outside, we didn't expect to be strong enough, because the rope ladder was really heavy, tripping over the tripod of the helicopter and almost dragging the helicopter down.

Seeing that the helicopter has been tilting, the blades on it almost hit the top of the train. Fortunately, the helicopter division is very alert. His name is Colonel You and he used to work for the Malaysian Air Force. He asked me calmly which side the rope ladder was tripped over. I immediately said it was left, but I saw him twist it hard. Before the accident, the helicopter flew in the air. It's really powerful. The helicopter soared into the sky like a spring, and the helicopter engineer wiped a cold sweat afterwards. His shoulder was sprained because of overexertion, and we were about to die. The helicopter was really stuck, and its blades almost hit the top of the train. It was because the pilot tried his best to turn the situation around that the helicopter rushed into the air. After two weeks, I still have a lingering fear in retrospect. Does it sound simple?

In addition, I mentioned the scene of Ceng Jiang on the helicopter, and told him that he was thrown out because of the shaking of the fuselage. At that time, I was his body double and jumped from the sky. This seems simple, but the result is 40 meters away from the helicopter, and the train wobbles when walking. What if the landing site is not accurate? Because the stopping place is too narrow and only so wide, if the landing point is not accurate enough, or it pops out of the train card, it will fall into the path next to the train track.

Because there are a lot of hard and sharp rubble there. If you fall there, you will be smashed to pieces. Because I haven't been a stuntman for a long time, I forgot to put a protective pad, and my colleague in charge of clothing gave me shoes to wear, so I put them on. After jumping off the shaking helicopter, my ankle bone burst, so I had to shoot the next scene with crutches until it shook.

I remember working with Jackie Chan for the first time, thirteen years ago. At that time, I was still very young. He was already a superstar of the Emperor, so I respected him when I spoke to him. When we have different opinions, we won't argue with each other. Usually, after an argument, I will listen to his opinion without saying a word, and then ask him to give me more time to think about it. When he calms down and listens patiently, I will slowly explain to him what I have done and the reasons behind it. This is commonly used. However, if you directly put forward a suggestion and opposed his practice, argue with him immediately. If he has preconceived ideas, he may not agree with your method. When he is patient, explain to him slowly, and he will listen to your opinion. I can cooperate well because I know his character very well.

Because a new director is filming a superstar of the Emperor, I will try my best to add elements of land, sea and air to the action scenes I have learned and seen in my life, just like speedboats, gun battles, explosions, flying cars, crashes, helicopters, motorcycles and trains in movies. Almost all elements of action movies can be included in Police Story 3 Super Police.

The most unforgettable thing is that I am determined to innovate and hope to make a breakthrough in the ending ten minutes before the end of the program. For example, in a typical Hong Kong movie, the ending scenes are mostly warehouse or factory scenes. The audience will definitely guess that once the door is closed, there will be a fierce fist fight of 10 to 15 minutes, and the audience is right. Therefore, in Never Lose Three Super Cops, I hope the ending is unexpected to the audience. Since the capture of the prisoners, they have escaped? The car chased until it caught up with the bell tower? To the helicopter? What happened after that? Every step is beyond the imagination of the audience.

The most unforgettable thing is that Jackie Chan has to fly out of the rooftop on the seventh floor to grab the rope ladder and pat the ground. This is actually a very dangerous thing. Of course we rehearsed, but Jackie Chan is actually afraid of heights. I didn't know at first. Seeing his previous movies, I asked him how he did it. He said he could only make movies. If he is afraid of heights, don't look for him on weekdays. Remember to bring it. Hanging in the air all the time But helicopters are very dangerous when flying, because the speed of helicopters is 80 kilometers per hour.

I remember one shooting, I arranged for another helicopter to follow closely behind me, because I wanted to get a clear picture of his front, but it was difficult for the photographer to control the stability of the lens on the plane, and the closer you got, the greater the vibration. Although the same shot has been taken many times, the photographer said on the intercom that Jackie Chan's front face could not be taken clearly, but I said Jackie Chan hung in mid-air for so long that if he could not take a front picture, the audience would be mistaken.

But I turned around and saw Jackie Chan's face turned blue, because he hung in the air for too long and flew many times, and the weather was very cold. May I ask? The pilot said Jackie Chan seemed to be dying, but he said forget it! But I knew it would be even worse if I didn't finish this shot, so I lowered my head and asked Jackie Chan if he could hold on. He looked up and said yes. What he meant was that I said yes, so I told the pilot that Jackie Chan could. Let's do it again!

That's it. I flew again and took another picture. I really succeeded in capturing Jackie Chan's face, but Jackie Chan also seemed a little angry. As can be seen from the NG clip at the end of the movie, Jackie Chan broke his shoes hard and was very angry. When he returned to the ground, I told him to watch the video quickly! He has clearly photographed his face, seen it, and his grievances have been eliminated, and he is also very satisfied.

The happiest thing about working with him is that he is willing to work hard, if he thinks it is worthwhile, and the pressure as a director is that an actor is willing to work hard for you. If he doesn't get the desired effect, it's my responsibility. This is an unforgettable experience for Jackie Chan and me.

I met Yang Ziqiong on 1986 when filming China Warriors. At that time, I was an assistant director and often rehearsed together. Since then, I have admired her very much. She is also an actress admired by many martial artists, because most martial artists are proud and have extraordinary skills, and as a woman, they can be admired by martial artists. I believe Yang Ziqiong is the only one. Besides being beautiful, she also knows kung fu, is diligent and not afraid of hard work, and is also a very good actress. I think she is a rare actress and an honor to China people.

I remember a scene where Yang Ziqiong was asked to drive a motorcycle and do stunts on the top of a train. The most unforgettable thing is that she can't drive a motorcycle. When I explained the idea to her, she liked it very much, but she didn't know how to drive a motorcycle. What should I do? I suggest that she should study! In order to reassure her, I can't drive a motorcycle. I can drive fast, but I don't like motorcycles. Because it is too dangerous, many friends are injured by driving motorcycles, so I have always disapproved of driving motorcycles. But the shooting was right in front of us. What shall we do? I study with her. We went to study a week before shooting. Yang Ziqiong learned quickly, but fell down several times.

Yang Ziqiong doesn't let men see her. Although she is very feminine, when it comes to boxing, she is no worse than men, just like wonder woman. I studied with her, then tried to climb the hill and ride the bike again.

For the first time, we used "Ye Wei" for her. I told her that as long as it felt like a leap, the rest of the movements could be connected by splicing, but unexpectedly, when the motorcycle flew into the air and we pulled her up, her foot hit the armrest of the motorcycle. We were 100 meters away from her. I was shooting with my camera, but I heard a loud noise.

I rushed to her at once and saw her in tears. I rushed to her, and she only asked me if I could do it for the first time. When I saw her like that, I was in tears myself. I saw at a glance that her feet were swollen, but she persisted and only asked me if the shooting effect was good.

I can't bear to watch it, and I can't bear to let her try again, but I know I really can't. As soon as she saw my hesitation, she said, "Director, let's do it again!" " "I said yes, just do it again! But as soon as I turned around, I felt very sad, because I saw an actor willing to work so hard for himself. Maybe she has to spell it like this when she sees Jackie Chan.

Because we have the best actor and the best actress, this is their first cooperation, which can be said to be the reason why they fight for this film. Try again, and she really did it. It is her perseverance that makes me admire her very much.

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Little egg:

This little egg has nothing to do with super police. It tells some details about Tang Jili's appearance. When Tang Jili was a martial artist, he played body double of Leslie Cheung in many action scenes in Hero 2. Director John Woo simply arranged a positive "body double" in the play in order to make him appear.

About the 88th minute, after Ajie died in the line of duty, A Hao came out of the hospital, crossed the road in a trance, and was almost hit by a car. A policeman (played by Tang Jili) gives him a hand, and Tommy Tam mistook it for "Ajie", which is a tearful little plot.