The movie "A Plan " has a classic clip: Jackie Chan jumped from a 15-meter-high bell tower, passed through several layers of canopy , smashed on the ground, and was helped up by someone, he said, "I finally proved one thing, there is really gravity in this world."
Everyone says Hong Kong action movie classics, and these works are miracles that several generations of dragon and tiger martial artists fought with their lives. In the words of director Tsui Hark : "No one can do what they did before in the future."
"Oriental Hollywood"
" won with his life
The so-called Dragon and Tiger Martial Artist is the special job of in Hong Kong action movies. They often stand on the back of superstars, do the dangers of being a stand-in, do the stunts, and try the movements in advance. They do the most exciting and thrilling work.
In that year, the drama team went south to establish a drama school in Hong Kong. Peking Opera master trained Yuanlong ( Sammo Hung ), Yuanlou (Jackie Chan), Yuanbiao , Yuankui , Yuanhua , Yuanwu and Yuantai, Pink chrysanthemum accepted apprentices such as Lin Zhengying , Dong Wei , and Oriental Drama School went out of Xu Zhongxin, Cheng Xiaodong, Mars...
After the boy finished his studies, he began to serve as a movie stand-in and supporting role. When the Bruce Lee era arrived, the style of Hong Kong action movies changed, from "virtual moves" to "actual combat", and a group of dragon and tiger martial artists gathered here.
After Bruce Lee's death, the action film once fell into a low period, but a few years later, the four major action teams of Liu Family Class , Hong Family Class, Cheng Family Class and Yuan Family Class rose, and the most glorious era came.
People often miss the stimulation of Hong Kong action movies that are so fist-to-heart, refreshing and refreshing. In fact, the Dragon and Tiger Martial Artsman really fell, beat, jump, and was really hurt.
In "Plan A", Jackie Chan jumped down from the bell tower, but before filming, Mars, who was of the same weight, did the "experiment" first. "You did not die yet, your brother (Jackie Chan) is here."
"Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", Yuan Wu, a member of the Hong family squad, fell from a tall building. He did not jump down, but fell to the hard ice rink with his back facing down and fainted on the spot.
" Dragon's Heart ", 8 martial artists jumped from the 7th floor at the same time, and there was a real explosion around them. Even the Blaster was so scared that he didn't dare to press the button. After a scene was filmed, the director was not calling "get off work" but "save people".
At that time, people from abroad came to visit the set and said to the martial arts officials: "Do you dare to do this? Whoever does this action will die!"
may be that high-tech special effects cannot be comparable to Hollywood , but the Dragon and Tiger martial artists worked hard enough. In order to make the actions presented on the big screen exciting enough, they did not hesitate to challenge the limits with their flesh and blood to create amazing Hong Kong action movies one by one.
director Tsui Hark said, "Because they proved that what we can do is something other countries and cultures cannot do. Even Hollywood should pay tribute to us!"
Special stunt people never say no
Maybe someone asks, why do they fight so hard? In addition to the difficulties in filming the movie, there is also pressure from peers and audiences.
When the Hong Kong film is the most glorious, midnight show is an indicator to judge a work's popularity, and the audience's reaction is quite direct. If the good ones are good, they applaud wildly, and if the bad ones are bad, they curse, without caring about the face of the director present.
After watching the midnight show, the crew came back for a meeting to study how to think of a more difficult action to suppress the other party. If you jump to 7 floors, I will jump to 8 floors. If you jump to the sea, I will jump to the sea of fire...
There is a classic warehouse bamboo ladder battle in "Huang Feihong", but because Jet Li was injured, the movements of that scene were mostly completed by several martial artists such as Xiong Xinxin , Gu Xuanzhao , etc. They filmed for 31 days in 16 hours a day.
"Action stunt people never say 'no'!" The martial artists said that this was a self-abuse vanity, "I was so desperate that I was unreasonable", "I was really proud to tell others that I was a substitute in the past."
Among the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Masters, many people go to society to work hard at a young age, take on the responsibility of taking care of the whole family, and learn secretly after practicing martial arts, hoping to protect their families when they grow up.
Their income is not low, but there is basically no insurance when filming. Insurance is "big brother", "big brother lets you do it, and if you hurt, your brother will support you."
The martial arts world is gone far away
A group of hard-working people, an era of struggle has created the legend of Hong Kong movies "all over, all crazy".
1987, Shaw Brothers stopped film production. In 1998, Jiahe failed to bid. In 2003, Qingshuiwan Cinema was abandoned, and "Oriental Hollywood" gradually became a thing of the past.
Heroes are old, and Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts are no longer alive. Some people can transform into actors, but not everyone has good luck.
Although the salary was very high at that time, many people did not have financial management concepts. "I have drunk today and have drunk now", have injuries but no savings, and have limited education, their evening scenes are not very satisfactory.
When filming the documentary "Dragon and Tiger Martial Artsman", director Wei Junzi wanted to enter the lives of these senior martial artists, but without exception, they were rejected, "because they believe in a sentence: Heroes are not allowed to die. "
Among the martial artists back then, some went north to scatter, bring martial arts fingers and become directors; some people stayed to insist, the president of the Hong Kong Action Stuntman Association Qian Jiale is still continuing to train new people, but the undeniable fact is that because the operating rate is not high, it is difficult to produce another action celebrity.
This summer, " Anger·Serious Crime " makes people miss the passion of Hong Kong action movies, but the "can fight" starring Donnie Yen is already 58 years old, and Nicholas Tse has also been 41 .
But what we can see is that the film industry is constantly updated and iterating, and the influence of Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts continues.
Many martial arts directors in famous movies say that they learn from Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts, and many Hollywood films have also learned from the experience of Hong Kong action films.
In the ending easter egg of "Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts", Wei Junzi specially paid tribute to Lin Zhengying, who is a successful representative of the transformed actor of Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts. "At that time, he was very valuable, but he could still be a stand-in and throw himself into that. What kind of spirit is this? How dedicated. "
An era is gone, but the spirit of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Artsman should not be forgotten.
text/China News Service reporter Ren Siyu
edited by Cui Wei
