There are many classic stations in Gunfire.
Remember the classic scene of the gun battle in the shopping mall? There is also the scene of the police patrolling the street in the park, and the six-and-a-half-minute long shot at the opening … … These are some fragments that are often deconstructed by film critics in Du Qifeng’s films, but in fact, fans prefer to hear Du Dao’s own explanation.
Recently, Du Qifeng came to Guangzhou to attend the opening ceremony of the 13-year retrospective exhibition of Chinese film media awards, and completed a forum lecture with the theme of "Du Sir’s Modern Space" together with film critic Wei Junzi and Secretary-General Yu Xiaoyi of Chinese film media awards. Du Qifeng’s also became the opening film of this retrospective. On that day’s lecture, Du Qifeng described in detail the conception of those classic pictures in his movies. But he also admitted that in fact, the stories behind these films are not as complicated as those deconstructed by film critics. For example, many people think that the actor’s position in the scene of the gun battle in the shopping mall in Gunfire is particularly particular, but in fact it was shot because of lack of money. Du Dao said with a smile: "Sometimes, we really think too much."
Why did the actors have to stand for so long in the scene of gun battle in the shopping mall in Gunfire?
The theme of this lecture is "SIR Du’s Modern Space". As the host, Yu Xiaoyi has prepared several fragments of related themes in Du Qifeng movies to discuss. One of them is the scene of a gun battle in a shopping mall in Gunfire: when bodyguards retreat from the second floor to the first floor of the shopping mall and hide behind different pillars, a static space lasts for a long time, and the actor’s standing position in this scene is also regarded as a very classic picture of Du Qifeng movies.
Regarding the arrangement of the actors’ positions in this scene, fans have painstakingly made all kinds of guesses, including the change of power between the offensive and defensive sides and the comparison of vertical and horizontal space, but Du Dao told the truth, "In fact, I didn’t imagine any space at all."
Du Dao recalled that Hong Kong film was at its lowest ebb, and he had a hard time finding a boss in Taiwan Province, who was willing to give him 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars to make this film. In this context, the director’s first thing in his creation is how to save money. "If the longer you stand, the longer the film will be? With so much time, it’s still that space. So what will happen when this movie comes out? " In other words, Du Qifeng actually shot this classic picture just to save money.
The background billboard of PTU is not a sponsorship.
At the end of "PTU", there is a gun battle scene. Is the beauty billboard in the background an advertisement implantation?
Another work that can better reflect the sense of space in Du Qifeng’s movies is PTU, in which Yu Xiaoyi gives an example of a police patrol, which is also a particularly impressive picture of Du Qifeng movies. In addition, at the end of the film, there was a gun battle under a huge billboard, which also impressed Yu Xiaoyi. The advertisement was Athena Chu lying on his side in a swimsuit and smiling at the camera. Yu Xiaoyi always suspected that this was an advertisement implanted in the film.
However, Du Dao smiled and admitted that there was no sponsorship. "I just thought that the background behind was too messy and ugly, so I asked if there were any big posters used, and I used them to cover the scenery behind. As a result, my colleagues found this and spread it out, only to find that it was a girl. No way, I have to shoot it like this. "