“当一片荒凉走到这一个沙滩的时候,我突然发现这样一个古堡,耸立在这样一片平原之上。它们好象是黄土地本身迸发出来的生命力,有着一种衰而不败的雄浑的气势,所以那个时候就深深地触动了我,它就好像是一种精神,一种不屈不挠的精神,我当时就想,这个地方是最适合拍电影的,为什么,因为有很多电影美工师,都无法制作出来这种具有岁月感、沉重的历史感,这样的画面”。——张贤亮 "When a desolate walk to this beach, I suddenly found such a castle, stands above such a plains, they seem to be the vitality of the Yellow Earth itself burst out, with a decadent undefeated majesty So I touched it deeply at that time. It was like a kind of spirit, a kind of indomitable spirit. At that time, I thought that this place was the most suitable for making movies. Why? Because there are many movie artists , Are unable to produce such a sense of time, a heavy sense of history, such a picture. - Zhang Xianliang