In these ten years, our movie life, the second issue | Jackie Chan, who moved him the most

1905 movie network feature From 2012 to 2022, the director made five films in ten years. He was the most satisfied, the most frustrated, and the most unforgettable collaboration. Jackie Chan’s "hard work" in the action drama made him feel the power of love, which is still unforgettable.



In the same decade, movie fan Jin Long Zhe made an important life decision – to give up his stable job in his hometown and go to Beijing alone. He lived in a 5-square-meter rental house, and his material life was not rich, but as long as he stepped into the theater and saw the changes on the screen, the spiritual world would have its own light.



Since October 5th, the movie channel has launched a special series of documentary reports on "This Decade, Our Film Life". In this episode, we will talk to director Ding Sheng and fan Jin Longzhe to listen to their understanding and love for movies.

Director Ding Sheng

I have made five films in ten years, and I am most satisfied with "Rescue Mr. Wu".


When he was young, Ding Sheng cherished every opportunity to watch movies. He was especially obsessed with action movies and the impact they brought, which he remembered very clearly. Later, from watching movies to making movies, he has been deeply involved in the field of police and bandit action movies in the past ten years.


Of the five films he has made, "Police Story 2013" and "Rescue Mr. Wu" all belong to this genre. He said that he is unwilling to do repeated things, and he likes challenges every time he creates. Challenge success, not arrogant or impatient. Challenge failure, face it calmly.


Before the filming of "Free Mr. Wu" began, Ding Sheng made a bold decision – not to draw split scenes throughout the film, leaving enough room for the main actors to play. The "famous scene" of the film, when the kidnappers forced him to say key information, the kidnappers used wires to strangle him and made him blush, which was the result of the actors improvising.


The script originally did not intend to use wires as props. During the rehearsal, Andy Lau took the initiative to suggest that he was not emotional enough, and it was best to find something to restrain him and keep his face red. So the prop team found a wire at the scene.


The actor who was originally responsible for the scene with Andy Lau was a huge fan of his. Suddenly he was asked to restrain his idol with a wire, but he couldn’t do it. In the first scene of the scene, Andy Lau was very dissatisfied. Later, another actor finally "hit him hard". In a 10-minute long shot, there were two or three minutes in the middle, and Andy Lau’s neck was strangled all the time, the arteries on both sides were stuck, and his face was suddenly swollen.


There was a close-up machine at the scene, which could capture the bloodshot in his eyes. At that time, Ding Sheng wanted to stop, but he was reluctant to give up the actor’s emotions. He still remembered that Andy Lau’s bodyguards kept filming him from behind, meaning, "The director is almost done, so you can’t play like this."


"Free Mr. Wu" has gathered a lot of effort from Ding Sheng, who wrote and directed it himself and was responsible for editing the whole process. Later, the film performed well at major award ceremonies, and Ding Sheng won the Golden Rooster Award for "Best Editing" for this film. "Free Mr. Wu" has become his most satisfactory creation in the past ten years.


Instead, "The True Colors of Heroes 2018," a work he considered to be less successful, was launched without much thought. During filming, he could already feel that "this movie will leave a lot of regrets. I may not have any attempts to remake it in the next ten years."



It has been three years since the release of the last work "SWAT Team", and Ding Sheng has not made a movie for a long time. According to him, the script of "Tough Guy 3" has been written, waiting for an opportunity to start.


In the days when he was not filming, Ding Sheng was a film teacher and was in charge of teaching the second grade at his alma mater, Beijing Film Academy. He always liked to emphasize to his students that making movies requires talent first, and more important than talent is hard work, and more important than hard work is love.



He often uses Jackie Chan as a positive example to share. In "Police Story 2013," Jackie Chan is trapped in a closed cabin and is tied to a large iron chair by the gangster he plays. At that time, the crew thought of many ways to tie it. After seeking fresh effects, Jackie Chan finally suggested that he tie him to the chair with thick wire, and he tried to twist his wrist to break free.


During the filming process, Jackie Chan twisted his wrist again and again, and twisted his skin. The assistant director cried directly from the side. But Jackie Chan still insisted on continuing to shoot in order to keep the scene, rather than dealing with the injury immediately. Ding Sheng has worked with Jackie Chan on three films before and after. He commented that the other party is a gift from God to the film, and Jackie Chan’s love for movies is sincere from the heart.



Looking back on the past ten years, he summed up that "more regrets than successes", but this did not prevent him from persisting in film. He insisted on continuing to challenge problems in this field and enjoying the creative process. Ding Sheng will persevere in his film path and welcome the next decade.


Fan Jin Long Zhe

Collect thousands of ticket stubs, watch movies above all else


Before you know it, Jin Longzhe has been in Beijing for almost a decade. He has never been to the Forbidden City or the Great Wall, but he is as familiar with the China Film Archive as he is at home. As a regular visitor to the film archive, he is also a freelance writer. He likes to stay in the cinema, and his stay is a whole day. At most, he can watch six or seven movies a day, and the annual reading volume is at least 400 +.



About ten years ago, Jin Longzhe was a "young boy" who had just graduated from college. He was introduced to a stable job in his hometown with a good salary, as if it was tailor-made for him. But at the last moment of joining the job, he rejected HR on the grounds that he "wanted to do a job related to movies."


Then he set off on his own journey to the north, interviewing for 40 jobs and finding 20 houses. For a long time, he lived in a room of only 5 square meters. "I don’t feel unhappy. Every time I come back to the small room after watching a movie from the library, I am very happy." Jin Long Zhe said that he likes the moment when the lights are dim and the screen is on. Movies are part of his life.



In order to watch movies, he can choose to leave his hometown, spend most of his work savings on running film festivals and buying movie tickets, and even give up his job for it at one point. Jin Long Zhe mentioned that when he encounters a film festival with a long cycle, if there is a conflict with his working hours, he will choose to quit his job and go to the film festival without hesitation, and then re-employment later.


This kind of behavior will be considered incomprehensible by many people, but in his opinion, if you miss the screening of the film, you may not have the opportunity to see the film again on the big screen for five or ten years. He always felt that "watching movies is above all else."



On one trip to Hong Kong, he only stayed for 17 hours in total. But on the way, he clocked in seven or eight movie locations. He remembered a scene shot at the Canary Restaurant, so he went to the Canary Restaurant for a meal. "To be able to find the filming location of my favorite movie, to be able to stand there in person, it was like walking into a movie. It was a very wonderful, magical and happy thing," Jin Long Zhe recalled. "Maybe this is the state of daydreaming!"



After watching the movie, Jin Long Zhe has the habit of collecting ticket stubs.


Since the beginning, thousands of movie tickets have been saved. The ticket stub is of great significance to him. "It’s a record of watching the movie, and it’s a precious thing. Because it’s basically not reproducible, you can’t copy the ticket stub of the movie on the same day and the same show."



He loved movies for ten years and read countless movies. Jin Long Zhe said bluntly, if he knew himself ten years ago, "I believe he would feel very gratified, let movies occupy the vast majority of his life, and feel very fulfilled and rich…"