Feng Xiaogang explained, “ This theme was very similar to Director Zhang Yimou’s “The Story of Qiu Ju”, so it’s very easy for many to lump the two together. So I started to think how I should shoot the film using a method no one has used before. Actually, it wasn’t really a very special idea. I just thought it’d be fun to do something a little different.”
冯小刚解释：“这个题材跟张艺谋导演的《秋菊打官司》很像，大家很容易联想到一块儿，我就想怎么用大家没用过的方式去拍。其实没有什么特别的想法，就是觉得好玩，想干点出格的事。”