With the help of an Orange County-based stunt team they found of YouTube, directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert wanted to pay respect to Hong Kong-style action filmmaking and coin their style: 'We call it empathy fighting.'
“Even going into it, we knew this movie is either going to be an absolute wreck. Or we’re going to make something we’re so proud of,” says Kwan, who noted that he was even excited about the possibility of the former. And the Daniels’ maximalist filmmaking — accomplished on a minimal budget — suffuses larger themes of intergenerational trauma, self-sacrifice and radical empathy.Everything Everywhere All at OnceWhere were you filming?It was shut down right as the 2008 economic crash was happening.
We did not want it to look like cheap, rushed action. We set aside healthy chunks of time anytime there was an action scene, to make sure that we didn’t do what some people call spraying it down. Where you just get three cameras and —And you just shoot three cameras and figure out the edit. We want to precisely get the angle for each move that tells the story. Apparently, the Hong Kong style is to shoot in order, one shot at a time, one camera at a time.
You both mentioned that while writing you realized no one could play this role, but Michelle Yeoh. Was that because of this action?The action was a big component. But also just the the drama, the comedy, the physical humor, there’s so many aspects to this character. And also on the top of having the weight of Michelle Yeoh completely changes this film. There is such a history to her. There’s no one else that can do all those things, at least in my head.
Were you well-versed in directing action sequences as we see in the movie? Or is that something that you all put time into learning before production?We like really bumped our heads against the normal American process of action, where there’s a stunt coordinator. They pre-vis, they design all the shots. Or they just design the action, and then you get three cameras, and you spray it down.There’s also usually a second unit picking up anything that doesn’t require the main actors.
We tried to just set up a challenge for ourselves. Like, there is no way the audience is going to care about hot dog universe. Just kidding! By the end, we’re going to make you care about hot dog universe.
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