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The film was made in Beijing, with location shooting in the Anhui, Hebei, Jiangsu and Xinjiang provinces of China.

The first phase of shooting was in the Gobi Desert where it would consistently rain.

Director Ang Lee noted that " I didn't take one break in eight months, not even for half a day.

I was miserable — I just didn't have the extra energy to be happy.

Near the end, I could hardly breathe.

I thought I was about to have a stroke.

" The stunt work was mostly performed by the actors themselves and Ang Lee stated in an interview that computers were used " only to remove the safety wires that held the actors ".

" Most of the time you can see their faces ," he added, " That's really them in the trees.