Hu Jinquan , a master of Chinese martial arts movies.
is also the first Chinese director to win an award in Cannes.
Nowadays, people call him the "three major martial arts film directors" in the 1960s and 1970s.
How high is Hu Jinquan's work in Chinese martial arts films?
Director Tsui Hark once made the following comments:
Hu Jinquan's movies, let us keep going back to watch his martial arts world. Today's directors can use his things, which are more novel and creative than those movies that imitate the West.
Zhang Che's martial arts movie realistic, Chu Yuan's martial arts movie freehand,
, and Hu Jinquan's works have strong Chinese classical humanistic colors and artistic beauty.
For example, his " Drunk Hero ",
pioneered the action aesthetics of turning Peking Opera moves into martial arts.
"Longmen Inn" evolved into unpredictable kung fu moves in a cramped scene.
has been named the pioneering work of Chinese suspense martial arts movies.
1977,
is traveling to South Korea with everyone in the crew.
He also filmed " Legend in the Mountains " and "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain".
, the first and the last two works, have successively become important masterpieces in Hu Jinquan's film career.
on Douban,
"Legend of the Mountain" 8.2 points.
and "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain" has 8.4 points.
"Empty Mountain Spirit Rain" is based on treasure robbery, and
tells a martial arts story related to Buddhism.
The abbot of the famous temple Sanbao Temple in
knew that he was about to pass away.
invited Mr. Wen'an, General Wang and the Master outside the world to discuss the countermeasures of the abbot's succession.
But who would have thought that the layman and the general had long been coveting Xuanzang's manuscripts in the temple.
At the same time, the two disciples of monk Huiwen and Huitong have long been eyeing the abbot, and the dangerous criminal Qiu Ming also happened to come here to ordain it.
After a moment, the people in Sanbao Temple launched a series of tricks to seize treasures and rights.
structure, the main story line of "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain" where many people gather together is quite similar to "Longmen Inn".
But the video is destined to be unique as soon as it opens.
kicks off the ten minutes of the movie, with few dialogues, and the
screen is the only silent walking of Wen'an, Baihu and Jinsuo.
but fully demonstrates the artistic conception of the film being close but far-reaching.
There are also two white foxes and Jinsuo who went to the Sutra Pavilion to steal scriptures.
They walked quickly between pavilions and towers while avoiding monks.
Although there is no fight or physical fight,
has a kind of war that is about to break out.
This tone of self-static and moving also runs through the entire film.
makes the movement of catching treasures seem staggered and the stillness of discussing Buddha, and
gives this old-fashioned story a sense of freshness.
In addition,
Hu Jinquan is on the iconic Peking Opera beat,
still schedules the action scenes in an orderly manner.
For example, the white fox, Jinsuo and Zhang Jie fight,
The actor's churning lightness and agility combine with the orderly editing rhythm and clever internal scheduling,
pushes the combination of dance and martial arts, movies and stage to the extreme. At the end of
, Wen'an and the white fox fled, and the maids of the foreign mage fell from the sky and surrounded the white fox with colorful ropes.
Although the sensory stimulation given to the audience here is not as direct and strong as "The Drunken Hero" and " New Longmen Inn ",
, the beauty of the movements and shapes fully describes the meaning of Buddhist teaching.
Hu Jinquan's idea of using martial arts to enter philosophy has already reached the realm of enlightenment.
In the early years, Hu Jinquan proofreaded the Buddhist scriptures in a printing factory.
This experience has had a significant impact on his film creation.
Therefore, his works are not short of views on Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.
For example, at the end of "The Heroes",
After Master Yuanhui was stabbed by the Jinyiwei, golden blood flowed out of
's abdomen and immediately reborn.
And the exquisiteness of "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain",
lies in interpreting the Zen principle of "there is nothing, where is the dust gathering".
It is like a layman and a general who is hypocritical in front of him, but behind his back he is a slap in the air.
Huitong and Huiwen are full of Buddhist meditation,
But facing the world, they are unstable, like a clown jumping.
Hu Jinquan In the profound realm of operating Buddhism,
did not forget to observe, grasp, satirize and record the hearts of secular people.
This also allowed Hu Jinquan to bring literati martial arts into the supreme realm of being born.
Taiwan director Tsai Mingliang once commented on Hu Jinquan:
"In other martial arts films, characters always fly over the eaves and walls,
Only Hu Jinquan's swordsman in martial arts films are unique in the lonely wilderness.
Some people say that Hu Jinquan chose a difficult and lonely movie path. "
After filming "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain",
Hu Jinquan is also like a craftsman with superb skills.
After creating one amazing masterpiece after creating one after another, he suddenly lost his talent.
" Great Reincarnation " and "The World's No. 1" he made one after another, it is no longer difficult to reach its peak.
was influenced by Hu Jinquan,
disciple Ang Lee Twenty years later,
filmed the Oscar-winning work "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that made him famous in one battle.
The use of bamboo forest elements and Zen themes is learned from Hu Jinquan.
It was not until this work that literati and martial arts films truly entered the world.
