In the golden age of Hong Kong cinema, Bi-Zhou Cheng was an absolute spokesperson.
In the bi-Weekly era, the box office champion was basically born among these three people.
It can be said that as an actor, the double Monday is already dazzling and successful enough.
But if you look closely, you will find that these three people have different developments in the film and television industry.
When we think of Stephen Chow, we will think of his nonsense comedy, representative works are:
Classic movies such as "Great Inner Secret Agent Zero Zero Hair", "Kung Fu", "God Eater", "Shaolin Soccer" and so on.
Among these classic films, most of the works are written and directed by Stephen Chow.
Most of Jackie Chan's works, such as "The Flying Eagle Project", "Who Am I", "Zodiac", "Police Story 1 and 2", etc., are also written and directed by Jackie Chan.
When it comes to Zhou Runfa, we can think of classic "Big Brother" movies such as "God of Gamblers" and "Hero's True Colors".
But Zhou Runfa is just an actor in these classic masterpiece films.
In other words, Zhou Runfa, as an actor, does not hide the director's style.
Therefore, there is the little horse brother of "The True Colors of Heroes", Gao Jin in "God of Gamblers", Huang Silang in "Let the Bullets Fly", and Li Mubai in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
However, when it comes to the works of Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow, it is only Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow.
In other words, most of the works of Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow are marked with their own branding and style, that is, irreplaceability.
Of course, Zhou Runfa itself has its own style and irreplaceability.
However, I believe that when it comes to violent aesthetics, everyone should react to director Wu Yusen at the first time, not actor Zhou Runfa, or the role of Xiao Ma Ge.
Of course, this is not to deny Chow Yun-fat's personal charm as an actor.
Hollywood director Quentin once said: I can watch Zhou Runfa shoot a gun for a day!
As for Zhou Xingchi and Jackie Chan, as the pioneers of a genre of performance, they are themselves the core of a work.
Therefore, as long as there are movies in which they starred, they will basically print the words "Jackie Chan works" and "Zhou Xingchi works", even if they have not participated in the main creation.
Like "Myth" and "New Police Story" are directed by Tang Jili and Chen Musheng respectively;
"Deer Ding" and "Journey to the West" were directed by Wang Jing and Liu Zhenwei respectively, but they were still marked with such words on the posters.
This is because, as directors themselves, although they have their own style, most of them are still reflected in Jackie Chan and Zhou Xingchi.
And what the audience sees is more of Jackie Chan's action comedy and Zhou Xingchi's nonsense.
Therefore, when a director with a strong style wants to add his own style to the works of the two people, it will seem contradictory.
Starring Stephen Chow and directed by Du Qifeng, "The Inquisitor" earned HK$49.88 million after its release, breaking the Hong Kong box office record.
Shaw's confidence increased greatly, and he immediately summoned the two to cooperate in "Jigong", and pulled Maggie Cheung, and the lineup was luxurious.
However, the box office was only HK$21 million.
The same main creative lineup, why have there been different word-of-mouth and box office?
In the final analysis, it is "JiGong" that is very unconcerned!
In "Jigong", we can obviously see that Zhou Xingchi's nonsense is imprisoned, just a little nonsensical, and then pressed down on the tragic theme of the movie.
Therefore, a tragic serious theme of nonsense packaging, two diametrically opposed styles, is naturally difficult to integrate.
And during the shooting, Zhou Xingchi also had differences with the director, often quarreling, and since "Jigong", the two have not worked together again.
Even Du Qifeng said such a sentence in the interview: How do two directors cooperate?
The implication is that Stephen Chow is an actor and a director!
This point, even Wang Jing, who has cooperated with Zhou Xingchi many times, has said.
As for Jackie Chan, there is also such a situation in itself.
At the time of "Drunken Fist 2", the original director Liu Jialiang and Jackie Chan had a disagreement over the action scene.
Liu Jialiang's father, Liu Chen, was Lin Shirong's apprentice, and Lin Shirong was Huang Feihong's apprentice, so, in terms of generations, Liu Jialiang was Huang Feihong's great-grandson.
Therefore, in "Drunken Fist 2", Liu Jialiang wants to take the routine of traditional kung fu.
But Jackie Chan wanted to play that kind of good-looking and comedic action.
So the two quarreled several times, and then Liu Jialiang simply worked as an actor and not a director.
As a result, Jackie Chan took over and completed the subsequent shooting work.
So, in a sense, Chow Yun-fat's actor's personal charm, Jackie Chan's action comedy, and Stephen Chow's nonsense comedy are all their own labels.
As for some people, Jackie Chan and Zhou Xingchi themselves are both actors and directors, and their achievements in the film and television industry are far greater than those of Zhou Runfa.
It is estimated that not many people agree with this statement.
After all, directing and acting are two different professions in their own right, and it's hard to compare.
Moreover, Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow have become directors, and how many of their works have the protagonists of films that are not "Jackie Chan" and "Stephen Chow"?