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In the heyday of Hong Kong movies, I’m afraid I can’t get such a luxurious lineup-
Sammo Hung, Yuan Heping, Cheng Xiaodong, Donnie Yen, Tsui Hark, Liu Weiqiang, Tang Jili, Qian Jiale …
When these people appeared in the same movie together, they were pushed to the mainland market, and the first day box office was only323 thousand.
Dragon and Tiger Martial Master, a documentary. Ordinary audience may not be familiar with this name, but when it comes to it,Wu Xing, body double, you can understand.
This is a special type of work formed in the golden age of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies. Countless martial artists who are silent and nameless and desperate for filming have jointly shaped Hong Kong-made action movies that shocked and admired Hollywood.
They broke windows, jumped off buildings and crashed cars … which affected generations of audiences and prospered the film market for decades. But their stories and endings are unknown.
Pay tribute to those "desperate people"
A few days ago, Chen Musheng’s posthumous work "Anger Serious Case" exceeded 1 billion yuan at the box office, and the audience felt relieved and a little sad at the same time: the kind of kung fu in the movie,Almost perfect..
The audience also acquiesced that the golden age of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies has passed away.
So, how was the golden age created? What legacy does it leave? What is your view of the present? These problems remain unresolved.
This is the original intention of Wei Junzi, who was transformed from a film critic to a director, to direct Dragon and Tiger Warrior.
Documentary with so muchA little taste of "saving" history-Leave their oral history before those who participated in and experienced the golden age leave.
The first half of the documentary reviews the ups and downs of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies from a macro perspective.
Rise in the 1960s; In 1970s, Bruce Lee innovated the paradigm of Kung Fu movies, and "Kung Fu" enjoyed a world-class reputation.
In the 1980s, a hundred flowers blossomed, and the "Chengjiaban" headed by Jackie Chan, "Hongjiaban" headed by Sammo Hung, "Yuanjiaban" headed by Yuan Heping and "Liujiaban" headed by Liu Jialiang were in full swing.
In the 1990s, it began to slump, and after the Millennium, it was even more depressed …
Due to copyright reasons, Shaw’s films have been briefly taken over, which has become a big regret;Not including Jackie Chan’s interview,Still something is missing; Zhang Che and Liu Jiahui were not mentioned, but maybe they were all leaked.
In the second half, we look at the present, Kung Fu movies have declined, what is the current situation of the senior martial artists, and who is keeping and spreading the fire.
"Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Master" examines the development of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies with the profession of martial arts master. It pushes the martial arts master to the stage and makes the audience intuitively aware of the relationship between the two:It was this group of martial artists who built the ladder with their flesh and blood that Hong Kong Kung Fu films were able to reach the top.
For veteran fans, the stories in the documentary are all old materials.
But for the ordinary audience, the documentary has taken on a very important popular science function, which shocked the audience to find that the original action scenes that impressed us were all martial artists.Fight with one’s lifeIt was filmed.
"Fighting for life" is the most impressive quality of Hong Kong martial artists. The documentary is interspersed with some cases to fully prove this point.
For example, in "never to lose", Jackie Chan slipped down from the lamppost in the middle of the shopping mall, with sparks and lightning all the way.
Jackie Chan forced the double-decker bus to stop in the middle of the road, and three gangsters broke through the window directly because of inertia.
In Heart of the Dragon, Qian Jiale falls from the third floor. He should have landed on the tent protruding from the first floor, then landed on the moving car, and finally bounced off the ground.
When shooting, he missed the tent because he hit the window too hard and fell directly to the ground.The car almost ran over him and nearly died..
There is a more thrilling scene in Heart of the Dragon. Eight people were together when the explosion happened.Jump off the seventh floor.There are only 3000 cartons downstairs for protection. After the filming of this scene, the martial artist was sent to the hospital immediately …
The action scenes of that era were almost all really falling and hitting without any protection.
Martial artists gave their lives and constantly challenged the limits of their bodies, resulting in thrilling and wonderful action scenes and Hong Kong."Oriental Hollywood"The reputation of.
Ceng Zhiwei said, when foreigners came to visit our class, they asked us to do martial arts. Do you dare to do it? Whoever does this action will die. But the martial artists in Hong Kong just dare to do it.
They can’t compete with Hollywood’s technology and special effects, so they dare to fight for their lives.Stuntmen never says no.
Feelings alone are not enough.
Why do martial artists really fight with their lives?
On the one hand, the income of Wushu teachers was high at that time. If there was a job all the time,The salary is several times that of white-collar workers..
This line is the way out for many poor children, and the competition is fierce. If you don’t dare to fight for your life, you may be eliminated. Those who dare to fight for your life are still waiting in line for opportunities.
On the other hand, it is true love.
In the documentary, Ceng Zhiwei also mentioned a detail: At that time, the teams of Wushu teachers would compete with each other. Go and see a new kung fu film when it comes out.Have a meeting immediately after reading it.Thinking about how to shoot a more difficult and powerful one for the audience.
Donnie Yen uses"painful vanity"It was quite accurate to form the mentality of the martial artist at that time. Martial artists "will do many stupid things" to prove themselves.
However, it is impossible to support the long-term development of kung fu films only by fighting spirit and feelings.
Under the influence of internal troubles and foreign invasion, Hong Kong Kung Fu films eventually declined.
From the internal perspective, the Hong Kong filmThe industrialized system is fragile.At that time, the golden age was based on the vast film output, including excellent works and a large number of shoddy works that followed the trend. Hong Kong’s film itself is not strong in risk resistance, which lays the groundwork for the crisis.
From the external causes, feelings can’t resist the tide of the times. The rise of real estate hegemony has reduced the living space of Hong Kong’s film industry.
After the Millennium, with the rise of the mainland economy, Hong Kong has a large number of talents.Go north to developThere is a shortage of local talents.
More deadly, with the development of special effects and technology, the audience’s preference for action drama has turned to Hollywood’s big scenes, big productions and big special effects, and the attraction of real action drama is not so strong …
As soon as Hollywood hit and film investment shrank, the market soon slumped. After the talent left, it was even more hopeless.
"Dragon and Tiger Martial Master" drew a boundless ending for the past era. There are tributes, nostalgia and sentimentality.
If it has any shortcomings, it is feelings that have made this documentary, but feelings have also obscured its view of the present.
It should be noted that the passing of the golden age is of course regrettable, but the old golden age can’t go back.You don’t have to go back.
After all, that desperate film shooting technique,It is dangerous and unhealthy, and it is based on squeezing and overdrawing the body.
Many unknown martial artists suffered from physical illness in their later years, and the root of their illness was when they were martial artists.
Therefore, the current action drama has more protection and can rely on the power of technology.In essence, it is an improvement..
Paying tribute to the fighting spirit of the former martial artists is not to call on today’s action movies to adopt such a fighting method, but to prove themselves by fighting for their lives.
Instead, I thought, now that technology has improved and special effects have improved, there are action stunt training classes in Hong Kong, and many Mesozoic martial arts instructors have also developed northward.But why is it so hard for us to see impressive action scenes in film and television dramas over the years?
The technology and special effects of action movies have been improving, but where is the "Kung Fu"?
"Dragon and Tiger Martial Master" didn’t face it directly or answer this question. But anyway, this documentary is definitely worth seeing.
Looking back at the golden age of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies, let us remember those unknown fighters and wish them a happy old age.
The questions that the documentary failed to answer are worth exploring by the whole industry.
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