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"A thousand irons" is a documentary directed by Zhang qiaoyong and produced and released by distant media. It was co filmed by China and Canada, starring Qi Moxiang, he Zongli and Miao Yunfei. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2012.

The film tells the story of Qi Moxiang, a boxing school coach, leading young students to pursue their boxing dream in the mountains of the capital County of Sichuan Province. In 2012, the film won the best documentary award of the 49th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Award.

Synopsis

Qi Moxiang is the earliest professional boxer in China. After his retirement, he has been selecting children suitable for boxing. Boxing is his belief. For the sake of boxing, he doesn't care about hard conditions and celibacy. Under his careful training, he Zongli and Miao Yunfei won a series of achievements and were selected into the provincial team to prepare for the national competition. Although Qi Moxiang has been away from professional boxing for a long time, he still has a dream, hoping to participate in the professional competition again and win the gold belt title. In his late 40s, Qi began to work hard to resume training and prepare for the WBC Championship held in Huili.

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Role introduction

• < DT > Qi Moxiang

  Actor Qi Moxiang < / dt > the earliest professional boxer in China has been selecting children suitable for boxing at Huili in Daliangshan, Sichuan Province since his retirement. No establishment, no salary, with a group of village teenagers to practice boxing. Boxing is his belief. Although he has been away from professional boxing for a long time, and his physical fitness and physical strength have declined as he gets older, he still cherishes his dream and hopes to participate in the professional competition again. In 2011, he finally participated in the WBC boxing challenge held in his hometown, and stood in the ring again after five years.

• < DT > he Zongli

  Actor he Zongli < / dt > Qi Moxiang's disciple is a hardworking child who has been training all the time. However, although he has paid more sweat and tears than others, he still missed the champion medal. Later, he worked as a teaching assistant in the boxing team led by Qi Moxiang.

• < DT > Miao Yunfei

  Actor Miao Yunfei < / dt > Qi Moxiang's disciple is a good boxer Miao Zi. He won the championship in the Provincial Games through his own efforts, which changed the attitude of his parents who didn't support him. Miao Yunfei chose to leave the provincial team because he always wanted to be a "Professional champion". But the pressure of real life forced him to take off his fist, put on his gloves and push the mud truck on the construction site.

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Behind the scenes production

Creative background

In 2008, director Zhang qiaoyong saw on TV that Chinese player Zou Shiming won the 48kg boxing championship in Beijing Olympic Games, which made him deeply inspired by his childhood practice of Chinese martial arts: is there a boxing competition in China? What are the main ways of boxing training in China? Do they have something to do with Chinese martial arts? The film was inspired by this.

shooting process

He commissioned the producer wentonick and the private production organization "China TV remote" in mainland China to conduct field research in advance, and determined the Sichuan boxing team training base as the shooting site, and selected two athletes as the shooting objects. After winning enough money from the international market, the film crew began filming for a year and a half. Zhang qiaoyong used the photography team of "return train", using 5D II as the basic photography equipment. Like many documentary writers, no one knows the future ending of the story, and the film crew just follows it over and over again.

Film evaluation

The film shows a kind of inspiring spirit (< I > comment on Andy Lau < / I >). Through a more cinematic narrative, it selects three boxers of different ages and personalities to show the Boxers' happy life from the perspective of observation, with ups and downs of rhythm and the close shooting of boxing, which makes the whole film happy and sad, which can be called a touching work (< I > Oriental Morning Post Review < / I >). It's much better than what most of the people who claim to be making documentaries do, but it still lacks some aura. It's a product of mature technology and serious work, but on the whole, there is still a way to move (< I > Netease Entertainment Review < / I >). In this boxing themed documentary, the boxing and life of Qi Moxiang, a boxing coach in Huili County, Sichuan Province, and his two apprentices he Zongli and Miao Yunfei are recorded in three main lines. The film editing and soundtrack are very smooth. The strong contrast editing and the strong drum music produce a strong sense of rhythm, which makes the whole film have dramatic ups and downs. The depth of field is very shallow and the picture quality is sharp. The film also uses a lot of empty lens, pays attention to the social environment outside the story, and adds a sense of emptiness and Zen. With the help of the real story and the lens of the director, we can see the helpless real life of the bottom Chinese (< I > China culture daily Review < / I >).

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