The inheritance of Hong Kong action movies has two directions.
One is a cross-industry film about traditional martial arts, such as Billy Chow, Chen Guantai, Chen Huimin. The most famous one is of course the emperor superstar Bruce Lee .
Another heritage is traditional drama represented by Peking Opera.
The "Chinese Drama Research Institute" founded by Yu Zhanyuan in that year has cultivated the Seven Little Blessings, the most famous ones are Jackie Chan, Yuan Biao, and Sammo Hung. Lin Zhengying studied Peking Opera under Master Pink Juhua of the Hong Kong Spring and Autumn Drama Academy.
This inheritance has led to the fact that Hong Kong film makers understand body posture, which is now called body language. Every move in Hong Kong movies in the early years had the flavor of Peking Opera.
Movies are a kind of culture that will not exist apart from society, and Hong Kong's history has given it unique conditions. It has both traditional Chinese color and Western style.
So much so that Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s actually showed an atmosphere of being open to all rivers.
This also achieved the glory of old Hong Kong films in the last century.
However, it began to decline in the mid-1990s, and after the new millennium, only a few scattered works were influential.
002's "Infernal Affairs " was once called a rescue work. It once made people believe that the soul of Hong Kong movies still exists, but it is just a return to the past.
To make a long story short, today I will share with you ten epoch-making Hong Kong films.
(the first "Gangster" | Johnnie To )
is known as one of the best gangster films in Hong Kong, even benchmarking the ambition of "The Godfather",
Of course, the two also have many similarities, such as through the calm lens The handling of brutal scenes increasingly reveals the cruelty of the underlying operations. The most typical example is the gangster Ah Le suddenly holding a huge stone and smashing it directly at the unsuspecting Big D. The technique is primitive, the camera is calm, and the picture is clean, which makes you feel cold.
This is the only time in the whole film that Alok takes action, and he hits the vital point with one hit. The previous treatment of "Chui Ji" and his son have already demonstrated their methods and laid the foundation for it, which is clearly visible in the picture here.
In addition to the camera language, Simon Yam's performance in the whole scene is really god-like, with deep eyes and a hidden smile.
Compared with the first part, which avoids its sharp edges, the face of the second part is full of desire for power.
In The Godfather, there are similar scenes, such as "the bloody horse head in the bed", and in The Godfather II, the young Corleone returns to Xixi and cuts the enemy's throat with a knife.
In a nutshell, the presentation of the alternation of power can be described as brutal and full of tension.
As far as this is concerned, Johnnie To will undoubtedly be remembered in history.
There is a little detail in this movie, which actually reflects the Chinese people's way of thinking that puts practicality first instead of talking about zzzq: that is Dumbledore's Yitang.
During the first election, Big D was strong, but Uncle Deng said that he wanted to balance the power within the gang and find someone who was relatively weak, so he chose A Le;
According to this logic, why is Jimmy the boy in the second part? He seems to be rich and powerful (it can be seen from the fact that all the elders like to choose Jimmy Tsai, he can bring expansion to the gang)
If the selection method of the first part is followed, even if A Le cannot be re-elected, he should not Pick Jimmy.
Why didn’t Uncle Deng talk about this again?
In the first part, He Lian Sheng was in full swing (shown in the film, S Dinosaur, Zhan Tsim Sha Tsui, and J had to talk to them about cooperation, and Dumbledore even dared not to take the threat of Xu J).
The only ones who can defeat and win consecutively at this time are themselves, so the gang pays more attention to internal unity and needs to balance the interests of all parties.
In the second part, I can vaguely feel that the winning streak has declined a bit. More other gangs appeared in the film,
especially the number gang. and the plane being chased by unknown thugs. This is probably related to the fact that A Le is in charge and excludes dissidents. The original big D forces were eliminated, which greatly affected the strength of the association.
Therefore, in the second part, Dumbledore is more concerned about the change from "internal troubles" to "foreign troubles". He needs a rich and powerful person to revitalize the society.
Deng Bo did not hesitate to engage in a one-note speech simply for the betterment of the community. He doesn't care about procedural justice and the rule of the minority obeying the majority. He will choose whoever can bring benefits to the society.
What is touching is that Lin Xue, who was dedicated to protecting the faucet stick and completing the mission of the boss, turned into a submissive younger brother hiding beside Lin Jiadong.
Zhang Jiahui, who regarded the club as his life and was not afraid of sacrifice for the benefit of the club, turned into a stupid young man who couldn't see his identity and position and wanted to get involved with the speaker.
The witty and thoughtful master Su became an underground Mark Six lottery operator.
Louis Koo is still not interested in the status of the club as before, but he was driven by fate and had to be involved in the whirlpool. The calm, vicious, low-key and reserved Le Ge in the first part of
also ended up dying a tragic death.
When I was a reporter in the UK, I had the honor to interview Sir Du, who said it himself.
My movie is very simple. The boss compares money with others, so I will win. If I make money, I will win.
You must make money when filming.
