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On December 17, 1996, the heavyweight director of the Chinese film industry, Li Hanxiang, , relapsed due to a heart disease and was declared dead after being sent to the hospital, at the age of 70.
The news of Li Hanxiang's death shocked the entire entertainment industry. While countless celebrity artists expressed their condolences, they also attended Li Hanxiang's funeral in person.
. At this time, Hu Jinquan, who was far away in the United States, did not fly back to Taiwan from the United States until early January of the following year.
When Hu Jinquan returned to Taiwan with a disciple helping him to buy a plane ticket and brought $500 to Taiwan, Li Hanxiang's funeral had ended, and a memorial service was being held at that time.
A few days later, on January 14, 1997, another heavyweight director in the Chinese film industry, Hu Jinquan, also relapsed due to a heart disease. He was admitted to the hospital and was declared dead at the age of 65.
We talk about Chinese-language movies from the 1960s to the late 1980s, and we can never avoid the three major directors: Zhang Che , Li Hanxiang, and Hu Jinquan.
Their three styles are very different: Zhang Che is masculine and masculine; Li Hanxiang is good at making palace films; Hu Jinquan is the master of beautiful martial arts films.
They used the art of movie to infect countless audiences and inspire many domestic and foreign directors.
Among them, Hu Jinquan is called "Confucian hero". As early as 1978, he was rated as "one of the five most important directors in the world by the British International Film Guide magazine; in 1987, he was rated as "one of the 50 most outstanding directors in the world" by the American Time magazine.
But because most of Hu Jinquan's works are not popular, his directorial career is full of tragic colors.
1932, Hu Jinquan was born in a Zhongding House in Beijing, and his ancestors have been officials for generations.
When he was a child, Hu Jinquan studied engineering in Peking, and also studied other subjects such as mathematics, art, and English.
to 40 At the end of the era, Hu Jinquan's family was in decline. Originally, Li Hanxiang was expected to transfer to the United States to study from Hong Kong, but as soon as he got off the boat in Hong Kong, he was cheated of his money.
had no choice but to turn to apply for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, but Li Hanxiang did not study for various reasons.
But Hu Jinquan was born in a scholarly family and was very talented. He soon found an art job in a film company. At this time, he met his mentor and good brother, Li Hanxiang.
It was the 1950s, and there were only a few singers, actors, and directors in Hong Kong. At that time, Li Hanxiang had not become famous. Hu Jinquan shared a house with seven people including Li Hanxiang and Jiang Guangchao.
These seven people all claim to be extraordinary and often fire the boss's squid while working. They became sworn brothers of the opposite sex and called themselves "seven major leisures".
However, according to Li Hanxiang's memoirs, when Hu Jinquan first arrived in Hong Kong, although he had no money in his pocket, he still had a glory for a while.
At that time, Hu Jinquan had a friend named Wang Dayong, and his father Wang Xinzhang was the general manager of Hong Kong Airlines. The company contracted several floors of the Hong Kong Peninsula Hotel as employee dormitories, and Hu Jinquan was once named there for a while.
But the good times didn't last long. Later, Wang Xinzhang drove to the mainland with more than 70 planes, and Hu Jinquan could only live with Li Hanxiang and others again.
Cantonese There is a common saying in the region: "A knife is a knife all over the body." It means that a person not only needs a knife to be fast, but also every knife is good. This is true for Hu Jinquan.
He has a foundation in art and can be an artist; he knows mathematics, and has worked as an accountant and warehouse manager; he is fluent in English and has worked as an English teacher for others.
At that time, there were 7 bachelors including Li Hanxiang, Hu Jinquan, Jiang Guangchao, etc. No. 107, Kowloon Cordon Street, where there were seven bachelors including Li Hanxiang, Hu Jinquan, Jiang Guangchao, etc., and the "seven major idlenesses" took turns cooking, and everyone was dormant and waiting for opportunities.
Li Hanxiang's chance came first. After being attracted by Run Run Shaw , he was called the right-hand man of Shaw's movie in just a few years.
At the beginning, Hu Jinquan followed Li Hanxiang to help with art work, and served as deputy director and other work. Later, he felt itchy and wanted to film alone, so Li Hanxiang recommended Hu Jinquan to Run Run Shaw.
As a giant in film and television, Run Run Shaw has discovered countless directors and actors, so he naturally knows Hu Jinquan's strength. But deep down he still regards movies as a business. Although Hu Jinquan is talented, he always likes to "slow work and meticulous work", which indirectly increases the cost. So Run Run Shaw did not agree to Hu Jinquan's filming alone at the beginning.
At this time, the brotherhood was reflected, and Li Hanxiang patted his chest to guarantee Hu Jinquan.
But Hu Jinquan filmed several films in succession. Although it is recognized by the industry, the market does not recognize it - it is very popular but not popular! For example, "The Children of the Earth", adapted from the novel "Cremnation", won an award, but the box office was terrible.
Run Run Shaw was very angry and advised Hu Jinquan not to make trouble anymore.
Hu Jinquan is trying his best to go all out and ask Run Run Shaw to give him another chance, promising to make another movie within two months of budget to prove himself, and if he fails again, he will give up his dream of being an independent director.
This movie is " Drunk Hero ", which made Hu Jinquan famous in one fell swoop.
But even so, Run Run Shaw was still worried about Hu Jinquan. For example, when Hu Jinquan was filming "Longmen Inn", he gave the script to Run Run Shaw, and the other party refused at a glance - a script has written more than ten scenes, how could it be made into a movie?
Later, this movie that established Hu Jinquan's status as a martial arts master was completed after finding a Taiwan Federal Company in China.
The main reason is that Hu Jinquan's artistic pursuit is far greater than commercial pursuits. For example, when he uses props in his movies, he never needs to use a copy of the prototype; in order to shoot a bamboo forest scene, he planted a piece of bamboo and waited for the bamboo to grow up; in order to shoot the sunset, he could have the entire crew wait for this shot for more than ten days - time is money, actors, staff, etc. can, pay!
But it is precisely this kind of attitude of striving for excellence that every movie made by Hu Jinquan is a classic: "The Children of the Earth", "Longmen Inn", " Legend of the Mountains ", "The Legend of the Goddess", etc. These films have won numerous awards and praised countless times.
But movies are the product of industrialization after all, and are a commercial behavior.
1988, Tsui Hark invited his idol Hu Jinquan to shoot "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer". As a result, Tsui Hark frequently interfered in Hu Jinquan's directorial work. Before half of the filming, Tsui Hark made dozens of changes to the movie.
The furious Hu Jinquan was furious and stopped doing it!
Hu Jinquan, who was angry with Tsui Hark, was for art; but from Tsui Hark's perspective, he did it right: some of the spoof and comedy elements he added could cater to the audience and meet the market needs at that time; while Hu Jinquan believed that this would destroy the aesthetic elements of the movie.
The conflict between the two was irreconcilable, and Hu Jinquan quit the crew in anger. At the same time, the original heroine Sally Yeh retired from the group and replaced it with Zhang Min; Yue Hua retired from the group and replaced it with Kingsoft .
Hu Jinquan was angry, Tsui Hark felt wronged. The temporary role change caused heavy losses to the crew. As a last resort, Tsui Hark found Cheng Xiaodong , Li Huimin and others to help.
Even so, when the movie was released later, Tsui Hark left this position as the director for Hu Jinquan.
Later, when Tsui Hark remakes "Longmen Inn", he asked Hu Jinquan to come out again. Not only did Hu Jinquan fail to agree, he also exposed shocking remarks through Li Hanxiang: Even if we starve to death in the future, we will never cooperate with you again!
Through this experience, we can see that Hu Jinquan has great ambitions in making movies: he wants to integrate Chinese traditional cultural thoughts and traditional aesthetics into his movies, but the audience does not buy it and the market does not buy it. So what should he do?
Just like his filming of "Legend of the Mountain" and "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain", both of which have all the money, almost all of which have ruined him. His persistence in art reached a stubborn level. When Hu Jinquan was in a downturn, he had to rely on his friends and disciples to help him, and was heavily in debt and penniless.
After he passed away, people suddenly discovered that the props he bought in movies in the past, but the boss disagreed, so he bought them himself. Later, they all turned out to be antiques worth hundreds of millions or tens of millions of dollars!
He is willful and stubborn!
In his later years, Hu Jinquan filmed several fashion films, but the response was very little, which made him feel disheartened for a while.
When he was in his 60s, Hu Jinquan was in poor health and financially inadequate, but he overcomes all difficulties and is preparing to film a movie called "The History of Blood and Tears of Chinese Workers".
The talented people in the circle have emerged, and they have been leading the way for three or five years. At that time, Hu Jinquan was in a downturn, but Zhou Runfa was at its peak.
At that time, Chow Yun-fat's company was not aware of , Fa Ge , and told Hu Jinquan a lot of conditions: pay, script, location, set...
Hu Jinquan was anxious!
He found Chow Yun-fat directly, but before he could speak, Fa Ge immediately apologized to Hu Jinquan on behalf of the company and decided to star in the unconditional role.
Unfortunately, the movie was not made due to Hu Jinquan's accidental death.
Later, according to his apprentice Zheng Peipei recollection: Hu Jinquan felt extremely frustrated when he passed away. His good brother Li Hanxiang left, which was a blow to him; he couldn't do what he wanted to do, which was another blow to him. Under the double blow, Hu Jinquan fell into Pingyang and vomited blood and died of death.
Li Hanxiang's life is a legendary life and a tragic life.
can turn into a star in his 60s life, guiding the Chinese movie forward - the glory of a moment is eternity!
Leave a small question: Later, in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Chow Yun-fat stood on the bamboo to pay tribute to King Hu. What he paid tribute to King Hu's movie?
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