This is a stylish and entertaining story about making choices and living with the consequences, and right away I could clearly see myself playing the title role–Frances McDormand

Chow?¢¬Ä¬ôs inspiration for the story started over twenty years ago when as a young man he saw Steven Spielberg?¢¬Ä¬ôs ?¢¬Ä¬úE.T.?¢¬Ä at the theatre. ?¢¬Ä¬úI went back to see ?¢¬Ä¬úE.T.?¢¬Ä over and over again,?¢¬Ä he reveals, ?¢¬Ä¬úand was amazed that science fiction could be filmed like this! I knew then that I wanted to make a movie like that. Steven Spielberg?¢¬Ä¬ôs work inspired me to become a director.?¢¬Ä Always an original, Chow admits that CJ7 is a slight departure from his previous comedies: ?¢¬Ä¬úThis type of story is new to Chinese movies but I hope audiences will like it.?¢¬Ä

If you were to follow only one story, you wouldn‚Äôt find out the truth about what really happened. As you see each story, you see something else that you never knew before. It‚Äôs only when you get to the end that you figure out what really went on–Director Pete Travis

It's easy to see the story for its place in history, but at its heart it is a family story, a story between sisters. I relied a lot on Scarlett Johansson, because I am the only child–Natalie Portman.

Cannes Film Fest 2007–It was a romantic time: In 1989, young people did have a certain notion of romanticism. China was opening to the larger world after a long period of containment. Young people soaked up all kinds of new ideas all at once. It was the
beginning of a period of reform, and students had the feeling that they were freer than their predecessors had been, and that they could do anything. Now we know that it was just an illusion.