According to QQ, the movie Journey to the West 1986 is a classic work of Chinese cinema, with a long life of nearly 40 years and still attractive to audiences. Not only the details in the movie but also the behind-the-scenes story are carefully analyzed.
The work has a large audience of all ages and generations. Even in 2024, content inspired by Journey to the West is still popular and enthusiastically responded to by the public.
The production process of the 1986 film Journey to the West was no less arduous than the journey to request sutras of Tang Tang and his students. |
The story of the difficult production process of Journey to the West film crew also touched many audiences. Director Duong Khiet is praised as a person dedicated to his profession. She continuously went to dozens of provinces and localities to find filming locations, always trying to complete the scene in the most meticulous way, not even afraid to use a helicopter to predict a beauty coming to act in a 3-minute scene if she could. think that brings out the best effect for the film.
But it is also because of this perfectionism that leads film crew budget for Journey to the West there is quite a shortage.
According to QQ, after filming half, China Central Television CCTV stopped funding Journey to the West, causing the film crew to almost cancel. At this time, director Li Hongchang had to use many methods, asking for funding from the Railway Administration in the amount of 3 million yuan, thanks to which the film was completed. It can be said that Ly Hong Xuong is the savior of the Journey to the West film crew.
In addition, in order to save on filmmaking costs, Ly Hong Xuong also took on 7 roles in Journey to the West, of which the longest lasting role was Centipede in the episode Falling into Ban To Cave.
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Actor Ly Hong Xuong was the one who had to go to many agencies to ask for more funding so that Journey to the West could continue filming. |
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He also took on many roles in films. |
Another interesting information from the Journey to the West film crew is that in the episode Avalokiteśvara, there is a scene where the temple burns. At first, the film crew planned to go to abandoned temples and be allowed to clean them up to film in the most realistic way.
However, the film crew then encountered many difficulties in the process of applying for a license. They built a realistic model of the pagoda to film the scene of the entire Guan Yin Institute burning down.
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The audience once thought that the fire scene in the episode Avalokiteśvara Guan Yin was actually filmed. |
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However, the film crew had to build models to film the burning temple scene. |
Except for the main cast, the artist appearing in most episodes of Journey to the West 1986 is Li Kien Thanh. The actor takes on many roles from backstage to acting in the film. Not only that, the audience did not realize that the character was played by the same actor, proving the great transformation ability of veteran artists.
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Veteran actor Ly Kien Thanh with 20 different roles in Journey to the West. |
