Some directors make films, like scenes from all over the country and even all over the world, and they can't wait to include the scenery and different terroirs in various places into the movie.

Wang Qinian felt very painful about this approach. Moviegoers care more about the plot and creativity than about making movies into tourism promotional films.

In fact, BJ City already has enough attractions for Wang Qinian to make a film. At least. The movie "Jianghu" does not need to be picked all over the country.

Despite the continuous demolition and relocation of BJ City over the years, it still retains a large number of buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Republic of China. In addition to the building, there are some old people.

These old people are still alive, and their true memories of the Republican period may be better than many experts. Therefore, when Wang Qinian was filming, he often chatted with some local old people.

Some old people who were seventy or eighty years old, or even older, chatted with them through guò, so that Wang Qinian got a large number of first-hand reference materials during the Republic of China.

"Uncle, is this street like this during the Republic of China?" Wang Qinian asked.

"How can it be like this, there is no neat concrete pavement like it is now, and it is not so modern, right? However, there are also neon signs, street lights, and there are many shops, most of which are small shops. There are also several department stores, but they are all opened by people with backgrounds. The old man smoked a dry cigarette and said, "The things taught in school are much simpler than the current textbooks." However, it seems that Changfeng Literature is also like a school. Hospitals and whatever, at that time it was not a place for the poor to go in! To be honest, it was direct polarization. The superior and the inferior are clearly distinguished! ”

"At that time, was the security in BJ City good?" Wang Qinian asked.

"Mess! How could it be good! Let me tell you, in those days, I saw dead people on the street every day. The living people starved to death and lay on the ground, and there were no relatives or friends to collect the corpses, only corpse collection teams. "Every few years." The capital was replaced by a group of warlords in power. The high-level is very chaotic, and many people are in danger, how can it be peaceful?! ”

"Were there any people in the city at that time?" Wang Qinian said.

"Yes! Martial arts, dart line. Monk, Taoist. There are also all walks of life on the street. There are gangs. "Of course, many gangs are supported by political forces. Like what. traitors supported by Japanese aristocrats, as well as some forces supported by warlords from all walks of life. At that time, the police, black, the poor had better not call the police, it depends on the person to call the police, the general police bully the poor, and only run errands for the rich and big officials. Of course, at that time, the warlords respected the students, the students made trouble, and in many cases, the commanders panicked and did not dare to call the shots, and had to ask for instructions from above. As for the mud-legged people making trouble, then they will not be so lucky, they will shoot them directly, and they will die in vain! ”

talked about the original Republic of China with BJ older people, and Wang Qinian also realized that the so-called "Republic of China Fan" was essentially a high-level drunken dream, and in addition, the government at that time gave preferential treatment to students and professors. As a result, the authorities and intellectuals, less than one percent, enjoy that kind of Republic of China style. Ninety-nine percent of the people will not live much better than in war-torn areas such as Afghanistan and Iraq.

Because of a deeper understanding, Wang Qinian's movie "Jianghu" also has a strong contrast. On the one hand, the Republic of China male god and the Republic of China goddess. At the same time, the suffering of a large number of people at the bottom of the Republic of China forms a stark contrast and stimulation.

This contrast also makes the movie not purely entertainment, but more historical and social thinking.

Sometimes, Wang Qinian did not look for professional extras, but directly found some idle and boring neighbors on the street, giving them lunch money and temporary wages, and many local residents were very willing to cooperate in changing costumes and making movies.

When filming, find some elderly people to talk about the details of life before liberation, perhaps, many elderly people will inevitably talk nonsense, fool, and talk about rumors as history. But the main thing is to create an atmosphere, what people thought and thought in that era, it is okay to look decent, and there is no need to copy history safely.

After all, "Martial Arts" itself blurs the era, only the Republic of China period. The specific year, Wang Qinian did not explain in detail.

Why? Because it is easy to make taboos in interpreting modern history after the May Fourth Movement. No matter what your political opinion is, even if it is the same as the information given by the government, you are generally not allowed to explain it casually.

History is written by the victors.

It's not that if you shoot the winner's ass, you are allowed to shoot it.

No, what is your identity, and who is allowed to explain this history?

For example, Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty was a military general who came to power in a coup d'état and became the emperor, so it stands to reason that he should take more care of his fellow soldiers! Wrong! It is precisely because his generals came to power that the severe suppression of military generals, including the Song Dynasty, was to emphasize literature and suppress military force, and to give civilian officials the best treatment in history, and to give soldiers complete precaution and suspicion.

In addition, many of the major cases committed by the scholars of the Song Dynasty also went wrong in writing history books. To put it simply, whoever is in power, who writes history. When those in power are overthrown by political opponents, it is necessary to rewrite the history of the current and previous dynasties. And those who participated in the writing of history before have committed serious crimes.

Reading the history of political struggles in the Northern Song Dynasty, you will know what it means to say that "history is written by the victors". Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, are like this!

Because of this understanding, Wang Qiqi rarely described the modern history after the May Fourth Movement in his works. Because, these historical events, harmony is light, and if they are not done well, they will poke out a big basket and get involved in political struggles.

Of course, this is a martial arts movie!

The Republic of China is only the background, and it does not involve specific historical events, which allows the movie to avoid many problems.

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After the movie was filmed, the protagonist Li Xia really started an adventure from an ordinary middle school student who fantasized about learning peerless martial arts.

The plot of the movie seems to be repeated.

Because it is an urban background, some of the clothes worn during the Republic of China are actually close to modern times, so there must be a more real martial arts dream in the selling point of the movie!

The theme of martial arts has been a little weak since the nineties, but in the film and television industry, martial arts elements are still very important.

However, the traditional kind of martial arts and costume martial arts are becoming more and more aesthetically fatigued.

But combined with the modern background, martial arts films have a new vitality.

For example, Stephen Chow's "Shaolin Football" and "Kung Fu", which began to be released two years later, can be regarded as reinterpreting martial arts with modern elements.

Let the martial arts in ancient costumes become modern martial arts, and make the audience feel a new "martial arts dream" with a more sense of substitution!

Ancient magic or ability, colliding with modern armies and weapons, who is stronger?

It's not just the Hong Kong film industry that has explored these themes. Later, Hollywood DC and Marvel and other comics adapted from the level of hero films, although they are abilities, mutants, magic, etc., but they are actually similar adult fairy tales.

Adults also have to watch their own fairy tales, so these movies were once red and purple. For example, many people sound funny about heroic dreams, savior dreams.

If you say it in everyday life, it may cause ridicule.

But these heroic dreams and savior dreams, after being adapted into movies, often resonate with a large number of adult audiences, which can very well illustrate the "fairy tale of adults". In the film market, it is definitely a very marketable selling point! (To be continued......)

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