In 1988, a screenwriter named Wong Kar Wai became a director and wrote and directed the movie " Carmen Mongkok ".
With 's personalized lens style and unique line design , Wong Kar Wai, who sits in the position of director, quickly became popular in Chinese film circles. " A Fei True Story", " Chongqing Forest", "Fallen Angels", " East Evil West Toxin", "Happy Together", " In the Mood for Love" and other works, also let He has won trophies one after another at major film festivals.
Wong Kar-wai, who prefers literary and artistic stories, has cooperated with the film and television world of Hong Kong. Leslie Cheung , Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung , Liming , Leung Ka Fai , all were the focal points of his movie shots.
However,As the real "king of literary and artistic films" in Hong Kong film circles, Chow Yun-fat's figure has repeatedly been absent from Wong Kar Wai's film works.
Speaking of Chow Yun-fat, most viewers will think of "The True Colors of Heroes", " God of Gamblers ", etc. Indeed, these excellent commercial films have laid a solid foundation for Chow Yun-fat's box office era. However, these are only a small part of Chow Yun-fat's film career.
Actually, what Fa Ge is best at is the interpretation and expression of literary works. " Hu Yue's Story", "Waiting for Dawn", " Woman Heart", "Dream Man", "Tears of the Allure", " Underground Love", " Autumn Fairy Tale " A Lang's Story" and other literary works have also consolidated Fa Ge's "Road to the Movie King" step by step.
However, one is a literary film director and the other is a literary film actor. Between Wong Kar-wai and Chow Yun-fat, there seems to be little "intersection on the screen."
. Although Wong Kar-wai in the director’s period failed to achieve any effective cooperation with Chow Yun-fat, but during the screenwriting period, Wong Kar-wai was created for Chow Yun-fat 1span. "Span 2span" works. And this work has become the only film collaboration between Wang and Tuueren on the big screen of Hong Kong film.
In this issue, let’s talk about this "Jianghu Longhu Fight" and also talk about the screen past of Wong Kar Wai and Chow Yun Fat.
self-organized company Deng Guangrong
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Deng Guangrong in his early years has been active on the big screen of Taiwanese literary films. Together with the Qin and Han dynasties, and Qin Xianglin , they are collectively called "Taiwan's three literary niches." In the mid-1970s, Deng Guangrong transformed into a producer and established the "Dairong Film" in the Taiwanese film market.
However, in the late 1970s, Taiwanese films quickly declined, and the Hong Kong film market rose rapidly. Many Taiwanese filmmakers entered the Hong Kong film market in the early 1980s. Qin Xianglin, Hu Huizhong , they cooperated with Jinbao Hong in the "Five Lucky Star" series. And Lin Qingxia also starred in Hong Kong films such as "Shushan: New Shushan Swordsman" and "Police Story".
In the mid-1980s, Deng Guangrong also came to the Hong Kong film market to seek new development opportunities. In 1987, he established the "Shadow Master Production Co., Ltd.", hoping to make a big splash in the Hong Kong film market with a good environment.
After the establishment of the company, the first task was to make a good work and make a name. And this "Fighting Dragons and Tigers" is exactly the pioneering work of "Shadow Master Production Co., Ltd.".
In 1987, Wang Jiawei, the production of strong 3strong Wang Jiawei and the production of strong _span2 Liu Span _span 8 Put it under the banner of this company.
As soon as they joined the company, the two were entrusted by the boss Deng Guangrong with the important task of being the executive producer in "Fighting Dragons and Tigers". Among them, Wong Kar-wai was also responsible for the script creation of the film.
In 1986, Wu Yusen 1 _span 2span 2span _span 2span2span _strong At that time, Deng Guangrong also wanted to follow the trend and shoot a "Hero Movie".
In order to ensure the film’s box office effect, Deng Guangrong specially recruited Chow Yun-fat, and the film’s announcement poster "Chow Yun-fat reappears as a hero" has also become a big gimmick for the film’s publicity.
Wong Kar-wai's "Heroes of the Rivers and Lakes"
This "Dragon and Tiger Fighting" in the story design follows Wu Yusen's "brotherhood" theme.
At the beginning of the movie, Alan and Atian are a pair of orphans wandering on the streets of Macau. They share weal and woe. When A Tian was stealing something in the church, he met Kahi, a girl adopted by the church. In order to persuade Ah Tian to be good, Kashi sends food to Ah Tian and Allen every day.
However, there are days for eating and drinking, and it does not last long. Kahi was adopted by a couple and left the church. Allen and Atian have also returned to the life of "stealing, kidnapping and cheating" again.
In a blink of an eye, 20 years have passed. The two brothers Ah Tian (played by Chow Yun-fat) and Allen (played by Deng Guangrong) have become two big brothers.
On this day, a nightclub under the names of Allen and Atian opened. The gangster "Old Four" (played by Xie Xian ), sent his subordinate "A Xu" (played by Xu Shaoqiang ) to celebrate.
Axu said that he wanted to cooperate with Allen and used the nightclub to sell "white powder", but he was rejected by Allen.
If it is not soft, it will be hard. In order to force Alan to cooperate, A Xu kidnapped A Tian. Alan, who had a violent personality, took his subordinates, smoothed out A Xu's place and rescued A Tian.
Asu was killed in a gun battle, and Alan and the fourth senior have formed a beam.
Senior fourth is the biggest "gangster" in Macau. In order to make things easier, Allen hired a few senior uncles and set up a table and head wine. However, the fourth senior did not give face to these uncles, and insisted on killing Allen and Atian.
At the dinner, Allen, Atian's men, and the seniors were battling swords, and a fire broke out. In order to ease the atmosphere, the fourth senior Gao gave Allen a chance. Senior Brother Gao has a group of "arms business" in Thailand who is in trouble. If Allen can help to settle the matter, he will be forgiven for the past.
In order to prevent the two gangs from fighting, Allen agreed to the fourth senior's condition and rushed to Thailand alone. And Tian stayed and stabilized the situation.
After Allen arrived in Thailand, he realized that he had been placed by the fourth senior. It turned out that Senior Four swallowed Uncle Kun's goods from the "Thai Arms Dealer" and killed Uncle Kun's brother-in-law. Now, on behalf of the fourth senior senior, Allen came to make peace with Uncle Kun, undoubtedly coming to "send death".
Uncle Kun caught Allen,Plan to kill it. But at this time, several of Uncle Kun’s enemies came to the door, and in the chaotic gunfight, Allen rescued the injured Uncle Kun. After these twists and turns, Alun and Uncle Kun turned their enemies into friends.
In addition to making friends with Uncle Kun, Arun also met the singer "Jesse" (played by Jenny) in Thailand. After experiencing a setback in the relationship with Jesse, Allen decided to return to Macau and compete with Gao. Uncle Kun also kindly sponsored a batch of "arms" for Allen.
While Alan experienced his adventures in Thailand, A Tian also ushered in an emotional turn in Macau.
By chance, Ah Tian meets Kashi (played by Xia Wenxi ). The childhood love rushes to my heart, and the two quickly fall in love.
Kashi didn't want Ah Tian to continue to fall into the "gang", but Ah Tian also decided to wait for Alan to return, explain the reason, and withdraw from the arena.
Soon, Allen returned from Thailand with "arms", he recruited troops and planned to fight the senior fourth. And A Tian was also at this time, explaining his intentions, planning to withdraw from the arena and marry Kashi.
Allen knows that Jianghu is a road of no return, and turning to the right line is good for Ah Tian. So, Allen concealed the news of his war with Old Four, and quietly bid farewell to A Tian.
After Ah Tian left, Allen summoned his staff and planned to level the fourth place.However, the news leaked that Allen was assassinated by the "killer" sent by the fourth senior Gao. After a gun battle, Allen was seriously injured, but he also got his life back.
After Atian and Kashi married, they jointly run a supermarket and lead a normal life. One day, Ah Tian learned from his friend A Lei that Allen was seriously injured by the fourth calculation, and that the fourth senior was searching for Allen's whereabouts.
After learning that his good brother had been killed, Ah Tian decided to lend a helping hand, but his wife, Kashi, did not want Ah Tian to be involved with the "gangster" again. Between "family" and "brotherhood", Ah Tian finally chose "brotherhood".
At the end of the story, the two brothers Ah Tian and Allen started a gun battle with the seniors in the racecourse. With the end of the gun battle, the "police" surrounded the scene and the movie came to an end.
I wanted to follow Wu Yusen, but accidentally shot Sammo Hung.
Originally, this "Jianghu Dragon and Tiger Fight" was intended to follow Wu Yusen's style of "Jianghu Hero Movie". However, during the filming process, the film stepped into the "Samby Hung action comedy" stereotype. The reason why
has such a performance is inseparable from the director Zhang Tongzu of and the screenwriter Wang Jiawei .
Zhang Tongzu and Wong Kar Wai are also considered old partners.
Wong Kar Wai in his early years,Worked as a screenwriter in Chen Xunqi 's "Yongjia Film", and then moved to Sammo Hung's "Baohe Films". In "Baohe", Wang Jiawei and Zhang Tongzu formed a combination of editors and directors to co-create comedy works such as " sequel " and "The Merry Kind".
may be due to the origin of the "Hong family class". In this "Jianghu Longhu Fight", although Zhang Tongzu and Wang Jiawei regard Wu Yusen's "brotherhood" as the core of the story, but in the film's performance Structurally, it is full of the characteristics of "Sammo Hung action comedy".
Sammo Hung's "Five Lucky Stars" series can be said to be "the most characteristic of Hong's family" movie works. And this "Fighting Dragons and Tigers", whether it is the design of the story structure or the design of the detailed bridge sections, is secretly in harmony with the iconic "Five Lucky Stars" series of "Hongjiaban".
" Five Lucky Stars" series is very conspicuous in structure, almost all of them are: A big case happened. Five Lucky Stars were ordered to complete the task. In the process of completing the task, the Five Lucky Stars "Gagping", "Pick-up", and finally relied on a great decisive battle with a wonderful action scene, which ended the story .
The plot structure of this "Jianghu Longhu Fight" is very consistent with Hong Jiaban's "Five Lucky Stars" movie. In the beginning, the gangs of Allen and Atian had grievances with the seniors. After that, Allen went to Thailand to complete the mission, and Atian took the base camp.
said that the mission was completed. After Arun arrived in Thailand, he only experienced a gun battle.After that, I entered the "Dating in Love" link, with the singer-songwriter Jessie, I and I, the "meat pieces" were also one after another.
Another male protagonist, Atian, said that he is staying in Macau and is also in love with the card. The old routine of "wiping oil".
After the emotional dramas of the two male protagonists are almost the same, the plot of the movie is turned around, and they come to the gang fight. With one after another exciting shootout, the story of the movie came to an end.
In addition to the similar story structure, this "Span 2span " in the design of the details of the also has the characteristics of a "Hongjiaban comedy".
Strengthening the comic effect of the lines, using quarrels and conversations between characters to create a comedy atmosphere is a major feature of Hong’s comedy. In the "Five Lucky Stars" series, the bickering between rhino leather, Dashengdi, and American ginseng often made a lot of golden sentences, poking the laughter of a large number of audiences.
and like " You see, besides being healthy, agile, kind-hearted, diligent, sincere, and loyal, what else can I compare to others? 2span! "," blind and clever,Dumb and vicious, squinting with glasses, tall and short, thin people love to pretend to be garlic, shoehorn is the most jerk " lines such as "span2span " have also left a deep impression on a large audience.
In this "Fighting Dragons and Tigers", Zhang Tongzu and Wang Jiawei also carried forward the design features of "Hongjiaban comedy" in terms of lines. In the section of "Atian Pursuing Cashi", Chow Yun-fat The funny dialogue between Xia Wenxi, and Yi Lei adds a lot of comedy color to the movie.
is worth mentioning span 1span earlier in Hong Kong. The work experience of 班 has had a considerable impact on the film career after Wong Kar-wai. is good at personalized design of lines. Film creation has laid the groundwork.
In the subsequent "A Fei's True Story", "Chongqing Deep Forest", "Evil and West Poison", "Happy Together", "In the Mood for Love", "full of anger" His lines have also become a key element of Wong Kar Wai’s movie.
want to imitate Wu LonghuBut it did not precisely grasp the theme of "brotherhood". However, Chow Yun-fat’s appearance and the design of the comedy bridge still added a lot of commercial elements to the film.
After the film was released, it won more than 15 million 's box office results, rushing into the top 20 of the box office rankings of the year. Deng Guangrong's "Yingzhijie Production Co., Ltd." also officially became famous with the film.
"Dragon and Tiger Fighting" is Deng Guangrong's entrepreneurial work, and it is also the ending work of Wong Kar Wai's "screenwriting era". After the film, Wong Kar-wai received the support of Deng Guangrong, from a screenwriter to a director, successively filmed "Carmen in Mong Kok" and "A Fei's Story".
By the way, there is a very classic "creative motif" in Wong Kar-wai's literary and artistic works, that is: One person wants another person to go with him, but in the end he fails to do so. .
In "Carmen in Mong Kok", Maggie Cheung asked Andy Lau , can I go with me; in "A Fei Zheng Chuan", Carina Lau "Can you take Leslie Cheung with me? In "Nian Hua", Tony Leung asked Maggie Cheung if you would like to go with me if you have an extra ticket.
This classic story motif,The first time it was designed by Wong Kar-wai was in this "Jiang Hu Long Hu Fight". In the film, Xia Wenxi asks Zhou Yunfa if he wants to go to Hong Kong with him.
After "Fighting Dragons and Tigers", Wong Kar-wai ended his "screenwriting era" and opened his own "director era". However, Wang Jiawei, who has entered the peak of his creation, has never cooperated with Zhou Run Development.
This "Fighting Dragons and Tigers" has also become the only film collaboration between Chow Yun Fat and Wong Kar Wai.
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