《狼图腾》并不是让-雅克·阿诺的第一部与中国有关的影片,但却是他第一次和中国采用合拍的方式。从筹备到拍摄再到宣发,阿诺其花了五年时间,这是他一贯的拍摄风格,在他三十多年的导演生涯中,共创作了12部影片,几乎每部都耗时漫长。令他于世界影坛崭露头角的奥斯卡最佳外语片《高歌胜利》,更是耗费了他整整七年。《狼图腾》因其主角是狼,成为了阿诺职业生涯中操作难度最大的项目。在访谈中,谈到狼时,他语气严肃,不时模仿狼的叫声与表情,享受中,带着些许敬畏。阿诺表示,完成 “Wolf Totem” is not Jean-Jacques Arnold’s first Chinese-related film, but it is the first time that he has taken a co-production approach with China. Arnold took five years from preparation to filming to Xuan Fa, a style he always shot. In his more than thirty years of directorial career, he created a total of 12 films, almost every time-consuming Long. He made his best film in the world of Oscar’s best foreign language film “Singing Triumph”, but also cost him a full seven years. “Wolf Totem” because of the protagonist is the wolf, Arnold has become the most difficult career in the project. During the interview, when talking about the wolf, he was serious and occasionally imitated the wolf’s expression and expression, enjoyed it, and carried with awe. Arnold said, done