Hasta La Motion!

Jackie Chan discussed his legendary career and introduced his new film Chinese Zodiac at a one-of-a-kind event at Film Society of Lincoln Center.

The Jackie Chan Experience continues 6/23 – 6/27 with a retrospective of his most memorable films, co-presented with the New York Asian Film Festival!

Tickets & more info: http://filmlinc.com/jackiechan

07:55 – Jackie comes out, says Thank You speech

12:00 – Why did you decide you wanted to be a director? Chan: “As an actor you can’t always do what you want,” “I’m not Bruce Lee,” “I want to be myself.”

14:43 – Did you find directing hard or did you think ‘this is a lot of fun?’

17:15 – How important is the script in your movies?

22:25 – Little Big Soldier took 20 years to develop. “I want children to learn something from my movie. It’s very important.”

24:10 – When did you start to need moral messages in your movies?

27:20 – Chan: “I want to tell the world good people and bad people are everywhere” (regardless of ethnicity) “There’s only one people. Earth people.” “We have responsibility for the world and society.”

30:40 – Does it get harder to find a movie you want to commit to? Chan explains his answer (yes) and starts with Rush Hour 4 development, and then mentions a potential future Will Smith project. Chan wants to make a movie in protest of the land mines in Cambodia.

33:15 – What did you learn to do/not to do from the three directors you first worked with early in your career?

36:20 – Chan on the differences between his directing styles then and now

38:40 – Do you ever watch any of your films?

40:50 – Is there any film that you can watch and enjoy and not see all the problems?

41:00 – Chan visits the set of Avatar

44:00 – Filmmaking in Hong Kong, and the Jackie Chan system of Filmmaking

Additional camerawork by Adrian Rothschild.