Yesterday, Wu Bai was on a hot search for the old song "Last Dance", and many netizens who didn't know him started to follow suit. In fact, "Last Dance" is not the most fascinating songs of the five hundred. "Sudden Ego", "Norwegian Forest", "Rogue Love Song" and "Strong Love Song", just take out a few capitals that are "half of the country" of Chinese songs. Z1z
Wu Bai once represented an era, and they all said that "you don't understand Li Zongsheng". The older brother's song needs experience to understand the meaning of the lyrics. Wu Bai is extremely down-to-earth and his rhetoric is not too gorgeous, but he can always poke his heart straight. His songs are the love of countless young people who have experienced setbacks. People who don't like five hundred have not really grown up yet. People who like five hundred have probably experienced years of experience. There is no luck in being born with a golden spoon, but they have a hard work.
"Come on, after drinking this glass, there is one more cup. After drinking this glass, there are three more." Most people will find it boring to hear such lyrics, but fans with stories will hug each other and weep, drink three rounds, dry their tears and go home, and continue to play the greasy middle-aged tomorrow morning. Because there is another line that sings like this, "I will keep your pride in my heart tightly, and remember your tenderness in the cold winter."
Wu Bai who looks wild is actually very gentle and very easy-going in his bones. Yesterday, after being "touted" on a hot search, he took a screenshot and posted an article and laughed at himself, "Haha, how am I so good!" Besides, he is also an actor with quite unique temperament. Because of the "godfather" status in music, many film directors like to ask him to write the theme song or ending song for the film, and many music fans have also learned about five hundred musical talents from the old Hong Kong films.
is more familiar with people in the film industry, some people have a whim, let Wu Bai try a movie. Combining Wu Bai's own temperament, it must be cool, it is best to play a cold-blooded appearance, but a tragic killer inside.
So, the Hong Kong film’s leading work and the action film leader " Downstream and Upstream " was born unexpectedly. There are not many movies starring Wu Bai, but this movie is definitely a legacy among many classic Hong Kong movies.
It is said that many people went to watch "Downstream" at the time when Nicholas Tse was popular at the time, but later they were all attracted by the free and easy and original wildness exuded by five hundred all the time. The coolness and inner tenderness are fascinating. obsessed.
And Wu Bai also personally created songs such as "Killer Lige" and "What's My Name" for this movie, and he personally edited the movie episodes, and the mood of this film naturally rose to a new level.
is not only starring Wu Bai, but several young actors are also worth mentioning. At that time, Nicholas Tse, who was only 20 years old at the time of , starred in the film as the ruffian young and Dangerous, and formed a wonderful duo with the then 32-year-old Wu Bai . Those who have watched the film said that it was the most "natural" Nicholas Tse who had watched in years. There is no formalization after too many skills polishing, it is Nicholas Tse's true feelings after his life experience, the most life-like character appeared. The heroine of
was not yet a top rich woman at the time, only 17-year-old Xu Ziqi. The ambiguity and tenderness of her and Nicholas Tse in the film made people feel springy.
However, the success of " downstream and upstream " comes to a greater extent from Tsui Hark's unconstrained imagination. This film is very important to Tsui Hark, and is the key to the rebound of his director career. Prior to this, he suffered a disastrous box office failure for "The True Colors of Heroes 3", which caused problems in the company's operations. He had to fly far and go to Hollywood to develop, but many works are still tepid. Z1z
's two consecutive box office defeats made Tsui Hark disheartened to Hollywood. He returned to the Hong Kong film scene and released this stunning work "Downstream" in 2000.
is not an exaggeration at all, this is a pinnacle Hong Kong movie that makes people feel good. The gunfight scene in "Downstream" is more gorgeous than Wu Yusen; is more freehand than Du Qifeng; the editing of the film is amazingEntering, the slow motion suddenly inserted, the tricky camera angle, the deliberate distortion processing, and the creation of a strong color atmosphere, the strong contrast of light and dark light, all make the film present a kind of strange beauty, that is Tsui Hark’s "Yixia" Full embodiment of the "Yi Yao" style. The
film won praise after its release, and even the major European film festivals gave it high recognition. It won the Future Digital Film Award at the 57th Venice Film Festival. French film manual ranked a gunfight action movie as one of the top ten best movies in the world in 2000. It can be seen that the avant-garde and breakthrough of "Downstream and Upstream" in the video style is . No matter how deep you know about Hong Kong movies, the movie will shine on you in terms of style innovation, just like you don't know Wu Bai, but once you hear his songs, you will be "poisoned" and "addicted". The
film tells the story of two men living in the "past". Young man A Zheng (Nicholas Tse), in order to get rid of his "love is not available" girlfriend, became a bodyguard in anger, hoping to make a lot of money as soon as possible, can leave the sad place, fly high and start again.
During a protection job, he accidentally met Ajie (Wu Bai). The daughter of the boss fell in love with Ajie at first sight, but the boss never agreed with the love between the two. And Ajie is actually the second in command of a former South African special forces team. After going through the bloody wind and the rain of bullets, now Jinpen washes his hands just to accompany his wife and live a stable life, regardless of the world.
Two fallen men quickly came together, and the two gradually became close friends. Unexpectedly, the special forces organization that Ajie had been with came to settle the accounts. The target was Ajie's wife's father, a high-powered boss. And this gangster happened to be the object of Azheng's protection. As a result, the story became complicated, heading for an unpredictable ending.
" Downstream and Upstream " is a rare Hong Kong action film with both literary and martial arts online. Tsui Hark injected the ancient narrow sense into modern gangster movies, making the film completely separate from the category of Western noir films and possessing Hong Kong The film's unique film elements can be said to have pushed Hong Kong films to a new peak, and can be regarded as part of the new wave of Hong Kong films. The narrative of
"Upstream and Upstream" was extremely patient, and the motivational incident came very late. It was almost in the middle of the second act that the South African special forces came to Hong Kong to find Ajie to settle accounts, and the story began to accelerate. Although
is an action film, Tsui Hark deliberately adjusted the proportion of typified elements, and introduced the life narrative of the literary film into the action gun battle film. Unlike traditional Hong Kong movies, which can’t wait to open up the story gap, but instead fully portray the characters, highlight the fateful ending of the characters’ fate, spark the key characters, and collide with a new story energy.
is the life style of the first half of the film. The literary writing gives the film a life style element that is clearly different from traditional Hong Kong-style action films. But at the climax of the second act, Tsui Hark began to exert force in his movements. The best part of the film came out. Martial arts instructor Xiong Xinxin made the gunfight scene of "Upstream and Downstream" into a form of attack between ancient martial arts masters. The audience will definitely be jumped between buildings by Ajie and special forces, dodge, set traps, sniper and close hand-to-hand combat. Shocked by the action scene.
The fragments of the chase in the building are basically a modern interpretation of martial arts movies. The characters hold firearms, but they also use a lot of action skills. The gunmen are like beasts fighting between the doors, windows and corridors, and their skills are agile. It's incredible. The standard of
is actually no less than Wu Yusen at his peak, and even overtakes Johnnie To, who is a relatively stylized gunfight.
's bitter action, under the blessing of editing, made Wu Bai, a singer who usually looks like an idiot, turned into a brave killer in the film, making movie fans crazy, shouting "I have never seen Wu Bai like a handsome man." The limelight completely eclipsed the handsome Nicholas Tse who was only 20 years old at the time.
reached the climax of the third act of the film. The Hong Kong Special Forces joined the war. The three forces were stuck together and fell into a melee one after another. The shooting scene escalated again, and the multi-line narrative made people breathless.
"Downstream", in terms of lens language, action design, and narrative style, once again embodies the innovative spirit of Tsui Hark . The beautiful appearance, vulgarity and free-spirited imagination of Hong Kong films have been inspired by Tsui Hark's hands. The characteristics of the film have also become a dazzling symbol in Hong Kong's film culture.
There are so many things that can be written in this film, but the most secretly surprising is undoubtedly Wu Bai’s stunning appearance. It can only be said that Tsui Hark’s vision is too harsh, and there is a green Nicholas Tse who is not satisfied, and even hides Wu Bai. The inner actor's energy is released to the maximum. This kind of Hong Kong film is not only a manifestation of strength, but also the secret power of the times and destiny. At that time, there happened to be these actors, Tsui Hark once again suffocated his grievances and needed to vent, so this classic work of collective explosion appeared. Z1z
Wu Bai has appeared in very few movies since then, and the leading roles are even rarer. In this way, this "Downstream" is really his "last dance".
