N things you don't know about a Chinese odyssey

Introduction: In the past 20 years, a Chinese Odyssey has become a classic in the minds of several generations of fans, and various tidbits and secrets about this film have been discovered by thousands of fans countless times. Taking this opportunity, let's sort it out again and review the short story of that shooting period. There's something you know here, maybe you. ...

Over the past 20 years, A Chinese Odyssey has become a classic in the minds of several generations of fans, and various tidbits and secrets about this film have been discovered by thousands of fans countless times. Taking this opportunity, let's sort it out again and review the short story of that shooting period. There are stories you know, and maybe there are stories you don't know.

Production: Stephen Chow is an investor and rarely cooperates with Liu Zhenwei.

Stephen Chow is one of the investors of A Chinese Odyssey, that is, the owner of this film. This film was originally a work of his transformation and entrepreneurship, but it was a pity that the box office failed at that time, which delayed his ideal film state for several years.

At the beginning of the filming of A Chinese Odyssey, there was no complete script, so Liu Zhenwei adopted the Wong Kar-wai-style method of "writing while shooting". At first, I wanted to make a movie. Later, several creative directors, including Stephen Chow, contributed various wonderful shots, and the content pages of the film became more and more, so it was decided to divide it into two films in the later stage of shooting.

After A Chinese Odyssey series, Liu Zhenwei and Stephen Chow only cooperated in directing and acting. The closest cooperation was Kung Fu, with Stephen Chow directing and starring and Liu Zhenwei as producer.

A Chinese Odyssey is a co-production, which is jointly produced by Fortune Star Company (which has closed down) and Xi 'an Film Studio (now Western Film Group). This time on 20 14, the mainland copyright owner is still Western Film Group, and the issuer is Huaxia Film Company.

Most of the interior of A Chinese Odyssey was shot in the studio of Xi 'an Film Studio, while the exterior was shot in Bao Bei Film and Television City, a small town in Ningxia. 1996, "A Chinese Odyssey" became popular with the help of DVD, video and TV stations, and Zhenbeibao Studio City began to be like a cloud. Today, there are still countless fans going to Zhenbeibao to find the footprints of a westward journey.

Wong Kar-wai's "Ashes of Time" also took several shots in Zhenbeibao. So there is a saying that A Chinese Odyssey originated from the first script written by Wong Kar-wai for Ashes of Time, and Liu Zhenwei was inspired after reading it, so it was adapted into the later Chinese Odyssey. Coincidentally, The Time of Ashes and A Chinese Odyssey were also revived and re-released in China. At the same time, these two films were not recognized by the audience at the beginning of their release, but they were regarded as classics many years later.

Moonbox on a Chinese Odyssey and The Great Wedding on a Chinese Odyssey are the titles of mainland films, while Hong Kong films are called Moonbox on the 101st Journey to the West and Fairy Descent to the World.

The famous line "10,000 years" actually comes from Wong Kar-wai's film "Chongqing Forest", which was read by Takeshi Kaneshiro, but it is just an inner monologue. Unlike the sovereign treasure, you can read it to the woman who loves him.

Masterpiece: A Chinese Odyssey and Ashes of Time are inextricably linked.

Directors Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai were best friends when they were young. They often talk about scripts together and have a lot of cooperation after they become famous. Wong Kar-wai's classic alternative martial arts movie "Time has passed" was also created by Liu Zhenwei, so at the end of "A Chinese Odyssey, the Great Sage Married", we can see that Stephen Chow, a sunset warrior, is dressed exactly like Tony Leung Chiu Wai, a blind swordsman. Incidentally, Stephen Chow and Tony Leung Chiu Wai were also best friends when they were young.

Athena Chu plays Xia Zixian in A Chinese Odyssey. There are two people living in one of her bodies, and the other is a Xia Qing fairy. The setting of this character coincides with Wong Kar-wai's Time Has Changed, in which Brigitte Lin plays Murong Yan and Murong Yan alone.

The screenwriter's name appearing on the movie subtitles is Ji 'an, which is a pseudonym.

The soundtrack and theme song of this movie are enduring now, but the soundtrack is only signed by Lu Guanting in the list of actors' subtitles. In fact, Zhao Jiping, a master of mainland soundtrack, also participated in the creation, but it is said that he doesn't like Chinese Odyssey very much, so he didn't sign it. In addition, Chen Xunqi's partial soundtrack for Ashes of Time is also used in the film.

In the film, the blind man's name is Jiang Yuecheng, and his overall shape is outstanding, leaving a deep impression on people. He is also the executive director of A Chinese Odyssey, and he has also served as the deputy director of The True Story of Teddy Boy, Chongqing Forest and Ashes of Time.

The actor who plays Niu Wangmo in this film is familiar to everyone. His name is Lu Shuming, and his most famous role is Guan Yu in 1994 CCTV version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Impact: Stephen Chow was asked about fear, and Liu Zhenwei kept repeating it.

1During the Spring Festival in February, 1997, A Chinese Odyssey premiered on the CCTV movie channel, and once it was broadcast, it won extremely high ratings, thus beginning to cultivate the fans of the first generation of A Chinese Odyssey.

On May 2nd, 20001year, Stephen Chow visited Peking University. When asked how the students liked his "A Chinese Odyssey", he replied: "I am happy, of course I am! We made a movie, and it was very comforting for us that some viewers stayed up after watching our movie. If everyone laughs after watching the movie, then we will be very happy. If after watching the movie, everyone still smiles and comes to shake hands with you to say congratulations, then we will be very happy, very happy, very happy. How happy do you think I would be if the audience practiced all the lines in my movie? " The audience cheered everywhere. After that, all the students recited the lines of Ten Thousand Years with Stephen Chow.

From June 5438 to February 2004, Stephen Chow began to tour Chinese mainland to publicize Kung Fu. In an interview with the media, he said: "Please don't ask any more questions about a Chinese odyssey. Ten years have passed since this movie, and many things have been forgotten. " Since A Chinese Odyssey 1996 was widely broadcast in China, Stephen Chow has been asked many questions about A Chinese Odyssey in various public occasions.

At the end of 2005, Liu Zhenwei began to tour and publicize Emotional Sage. When asked if he had considered starring Stephen Chow, he replied: "He (Stephen Chow) also asked me why I didn't ask him to play. I said this time it was the story of Tang Priest, not the Monkey King's. " Actually, Stephen Chow was asked a similar question by the media before, and Stephen Chow just asked, "Is he (Liu Zhenwei) filming? I have no idea. "

Following the continued popularity of A Chinese Odyssey in the Mainland, it seems that director Liu Zhenwei has also found a breakthrough in the new century. Later, I made movies with similar themes, such as Emotional Sage, The Box of Light and The Great Fairy, but the reputation was far less than that of A Chinese Odyssey.