7/28/2023 0 Comments Wu jing wu youThe times are changing, but filmmakers in China currently have failed to find a new martial arts form that can express our national culture. No one knows what kinds of core emotions they are intended to express. Jia: They lack the spirit of martial artists. As technical developments have helped people get more and more proficient in martial arts moves, what is left in films are just moves. In my time, the market had begun to become bored with martial arts films. I wanted to act in martial arts films but was not born at a time when martial arts films were flourishing. Wu: Everyone dreams about being a martial artist. Jia: When did you become interested in martial arts films? After retiring as a student at the school, I stayed there as a coach. Jia: What had you become by the time you finally retired? Wu Jing (hereinafter referred to as Wu): I was enrolled in 1980 and retired in 2000. Jia Leilei (hereinafter referred to as Jia): You were enrolled in Beijing Shichahai Sports School to study martial arts at a very young age. Growing from his early days as a martial artist to playing heroic figures onscreen and later from an actor to a director, Wu Jing has demonstrated both his perseverance as a film practitioner and the chivalry of a martial artist. Wolf Warrior Ⅱ is the highest grossing Chinese film in history with RMB 5.68 billion in revenues. Li Zhongzhi and Wu Jing, 2008) and the Wolf Warrior film series (Zhan lang in 2015 and Zhan lang 2 in 2017). He successfully transitioned from actor to director with the film Legendary Assassin (Lang Ya, Dir. His career has seen ups and downs, but Wu has never stopped challenging himself. Chen Musheng, 2007), and Shaolin (Xin shaolinsi, Dir. Jiang Daohai, 2007), Invisible Target (Naner bense, Dir. Ye Weixin, 2005), Twins Mission (Shuangzi shentou, Dir. Yuan Heping and Zhang Xinyan, 1996), Kill Zone (Sha po lang, Dir. Over the course of the 25 years he has worked in the film industry, Wu has created an impressive body of work through his skillful performances in films such as Tai Chi Boxer (Gongfu xiaozi chuangqingguan, Dir. Studying martial arts from a young age both built up Wu’s body and courage and also endowed him with typical characteristics of martial artists like integrity and chivalry. He joined a martial arts team at 15 and won the jousting and sparring championship at 17. Influenced by his elders and his surroundings, Wu embarked on his own martial arts journey at the age of six. Wu Jing was born in 1974 to a family of martial artists. Her translation of this article is supported by the China National Social Science Major Research Project “General History of Film Translation in China” (Grant number: 20&ZD313). Her research interest is film and television dubbing and subtitling. Ruoting Zhang is a postgraduate student at the School of International Studies of the Communication University of China. His publications include Film Linguistics (1996), The History of Chinese Martial Arts Films (2005), What Are Good Movies (2009), The Methodologies and Paradigms of Filmology (2015), and Cultural Industry and Cultural Soft Power (2016). He was the jury of Huabiao Film Awards and Golden Rooster Award. Leilei Jia was the associate director of Film and Television Research Institute, the dean of the Film and Television Department of the Graduate School, the director of the Research Center of Cultural Development Strategy, and the deputy dean of Chinese National Academy of Arts. He also serves as the director of the Research Department of Chinese Film Schools of Beijing Film Academy, and the chief editor of the Journal of Film Studies published by Shanghai Film Academy of Shanghai University, and he is a member of the Film Censorship Commission of State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television. He is a doctor of theater, film and television literature and is among the 10th national educational inspectors of the Office of National Education Inspection. Leilei Jia is the former associate dean of the Chinese National Academy of Arts and serves as a researcher and doctoral supervisor. Published by De Gruyter NovemThe Chivalry of a Martial Artist – Interview with Wu Jing
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