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You can see this difference in the the films produced by him and his studio versus the american-produced ones. Every Frame a Painting has a good video on this. [0]

Typically for films the shooting portion takes only a few weeks to finish, so lots of retakes = money lost. Jackie Chan does a lot of random flourishes in his films that end up with him needing a lot of takes. For example, how he scales fences. [1]

The way he scales the castle wall in Wheels on Meals (1984) is probably my favorite example.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PCtIaM_GQ

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOjjdttsHy4




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