According to QQthe 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 by 2024, the content is inspired by Journey to the West is still popular and enthusiastically responded to by the public.
The story of the film crew's difficult production process Journey to the West 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, even not 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 to the film crew's budget 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 filmmaking costs, Ly Hong Xuong also took on up to 7 roles in the film Journey to the Westin which the role with the longest duration is Centipede Tinh in the episode Fall into Ban To cave.
Another interesting information from the Journey to the West film crew is in episode Creation of Guan Yin Institute There is a scene where the temple is on fire. 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.
Except for the main cast, artists appear in most episodes of Journey to the West 1986 was Li Jiancheng. The actor takes on many roles from backstage to acting in the movie. 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.