Behind the scenes production
Under the influence of Hu Jinquan, an old director who attaches great importance to romance and historical details, Longmen Inn has extremely exquisite costumes and scenery, and its artistic conception is extremely China: lonely desert, heroic children. However, the form of the new Longmen Inn is completely westernized.
"New Longmen Inn" is completely the structure of American westerns: a closed western town suddenly broke into an outsider, who broke the established structure here and caused trouble. Tsui Hark's film grammar also abandons the simplicity of the old version of Longmen Inn, adopts a large number of Hollywood-style classic norms, and connects a series of short lens groups in series with smooth editing techniques, not seeking the rationality of position, but seeking psychological truth. For example, in the desert fight at the end of the film, in order to make the scene unique, Tsui Hark cut the film into samples at different speeds and then recombined and contrasted it, finally creating that desolate and intense atmosphere.
However, the new Longmen Inn is regarded as the starting point of the new martial arts in Hong Kong, not only because of the form and technology, but because of this article, Tsui Hark completely got rid of the spiritual core of the old martial arts and injected modern spirit into the martial arts style. The affirmation of love and the doubt of self-worth in the film are westernized, which is not available in the old martial arts films.
Excellent characterization is one of the success factors of this film. Tony Leung Ka Fai, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Donnie Yen and other supporting actors left a deep impression on the audience. It is enough for a martial arts film to make people remember so many characters after the audience has satisfied the temporary visual pleasure. In addition to the film's story, plot and martial arts perfection, several supporting roles are also very eye-catching, especially those like Liu Shun and Tsui Hark. As a dramatic actor, he stood there and performed a play that shocked the audience and had a unique style; The performances of the three leading actors were also wonderful. The pungent and coquettish features of gold inlaid jade are unforgettable under Maggie Cheung's interpretation. The title of champion is definitely not a hollow reputation. Tony Leung Ka Fai is familiar with the role of Zhou Huai 'an's scholar image and profound talent, while Qiu Mo-yan's expression and graceful movements in Brigitte Lin are enough, so are heroes and children.
Classic remastered music and pictures have been fully upgraded, and the soundtrack has been re-recorded.
"This restoration work has been going on for nearly two years. I have never heard of any film in the China film industry before, and it will take so long to recover. " Wu Siyuan said. The overall improvement of the sound and painting effect has become the killer of the new Longmen Inn. "The first copies issued in the Mainland were basically damaged. Digital restoration needs to remove scratches, exposure points and color matching on the negative-this is a very long work. I am very satisfied with the effect and showed it to some employees. Some people think it is a new film. "
In terms of sound effects, because the mainland cinemas 20 years ago were basically two-channel stereos. Wu Siyuan said: "Dolby Stereo Cinema will be listed in Chinese mainland for many years. Therefore, this time "New Longmen Inn" was released for the first time in the mainland, and the stereo sound effect of the theater was 5. 1. "
When it comes to the classic soundtrack of the film, the first reaction of many viewers is the passionate Knife Meeting. This piece of music, which once appeared in Huang Feihong, A Chinese Odyssey, Kung Fu and other Hong Kong films, has become the most profound film music imprint of a generation of fans. "In fact, many people know that this music is not original by Xinlongmen Inn, and this restoration also considers whether to take it off. But then I thought that since it was already a classic, some viewers would be furious if it was changed. However, due to the rough soundtrack, this time we invited an orchestra to re-record all the music in the whole film. The effect is great! " Wu Siyuan said.