Crazy Stone--Introduction

Plot: "Crazy Stone" is an unprecedented modern comedy. The story begins with a valuable jade found in the toilet. A handicraft factory in Chongqing, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, discovered a priceless piece of jadeite when it demolished the old factory building. It held an exhibition for economic benefit, hoping to sell it at a sky-high price to improve the situation of not being able to pay wages for several months. Unexpectedly, the international thief Mike and the local three-man gang of thieves headed by Brother Dao are all eyeing Jade, and they are approaching Jade step by step through their different "professional skills". While they were trying to undermine each other, they also had to face the biggest obstacle together, Bao Shihong, the security section chief of the handicraft factory. After a series of open and covert battles and the exchange of real and fake jade, the two groups of thieves were completely humored by black humor. Excerpted from Century Circle

Highlights: The movie "Crazy Stone" directed by Ning Hao, a new mainland "post-70s" director, has a strong sense of humor. According to moviegoers, every 5-10 minutes, It can make the audience laugh once.

The low-cost film "Crazy Stone" was prepared for more than a year and shot for more than 40 days. It is one of the sponsored films of the "Asian Rising Star Director" film project launched by Andy Lau and is Ning Hao's first This is the first time a work has been released in theaters. The story tells the story of several groups of thieves who traveled around in order to steal precious jade.

The names of Fan Bingbing and Tao Hong appeared in the casting list of the film. In the end, Guo Tao, Xu Zheng and Liu Hua were cast, making it a thoroughly men's drama. Speaking of Andy Lau once raising the topic of playing a role in the film, he said with a smile, "Wai Tsai communicated with me before when we were filming in Chongqing, saying that he hoped to have a face in every film. But he later fell down while filming "Ink Attack". It hurt, and it disrupted the filming of "Ink Attack". Now that the film is finished, I said, since it's finished, you shouldn't insert it anymore, and the added character doesn't make much sense, I think. It’s not necessary for him to sing a song, but it’s not necessarily necessary. It just depends on whether he wants to have fun.”

Although the story is about thieves, the use of language in “Crazy Stone” is very important. and plot setting, surpassing Feng Xiaogang's "A World Without Thieves". Director Ning Hao is more avant-garde and modern than Feng Xiaogang in terms of lens language and expression techniques, and the pace is very fast, the truth is clearly explained, and the Everyone was amused. It can be said that "A Thief Among Thieves" provides an ideal model for today's low-budget entertainment films. Excerpted from Century Global Online

As the only mainland director in Andy Lau's "Asian Rising Star Director" high-definition film project, Ning Hao, who has long been worried about funding for filming, says he is very lucky. "Does Boss Liu have any specific rules for you to film?" the reporter asked. Ning Hao said frankly, "He is a great artist and did not give me any creative rules. He wanted me to let go and shoot whatever I wanted." Although Andy does not interfere in his internal affairs, he I admit that there is still some pressure on "tactics". After all, because of Andy Lau, the audience paying attention to the film is gradually expanding.

Ning Hao’s debut film in the entertainment industry was about the Tang Dynasty band guitarist Lao Wu. As soon as he saw Lao Wu, he rushed towards him: “Do you want me to take a photo for you?” Lao Wu said coolly. : "You take the photo." Ning Hao immediately bought a disposable camera to take the photo for him, and took it back to Shanxi to have a buddy who knew how to use Photoshop do the post-production. It was done according to the feeling of the CD cover. Lao Wu looked at it very much. He was surprised and said: "Okay, you can help me take photos for the next album." Ning Hao entered the entertainment industry and took pictures out of hand. He took many photos of famous rock stars and artists, and produced many MTV videos for them. By 1998, his life was already very prosperous.

Later Ning Hao was admitted to the Art Department of Beijing Normal University, and then studied photography at Beijing Film Academy. After graduation, he became a film director. He prefers making movies to anything else, because making movies allows him to better grasp the overall situation. His debut film was "Incense", which won an award at the International Film Festival, using a script he wrote in college and the shabbiest crew in China.

Ning Hao, who is very versatile, was selected by director Shen Yan in 2003 to join the TV series "Chinese Style Divorce" as executive director. He said that he learned a lot from this drama with great actors. The two protagonists Chen Daoming and Jiang Wenli are very dedicated. Their judgment and understanding of the characters are very accurate. In some aspects, the actors play a more important role than the director. Ning Hao said that he did not have much contribution to this drama. What he did have was only changes in the script. The executive director was not the person behind the camera who said "cut". Although no one has approached him to film a drama since then, He cherishes this opportunity.

Ning Hao seems to no longer complain about lack of money now. In March last year, Andy Lau's Yingyi Entertainment Co., Ltd. and Satellite TV Movie Channel announced a film project called "Asian Rising Star Directors", investing in seven new Asian directors to shoot six films. Ning Hao is the only mainland director. Now this film is called The new film "Crazy Stone" will be released soon.