If you look at the movie from the world, everyone agrees that hollywood should be the most popular. American Hollywood blockbusters can be described as sweeping the global box office, starting a gold-sucking mode from all over the world.
However, the prosperity and influence of Hong Kong films in the 1980s were comparable to that of Hollywood, not only full of flowers and stars, but also the total output value of films reached the peak of history, ranking second in the world.
In the 1980s, Hong Kong's rapid economic development contributed to the development of the film industry.
Just like the character of Hong Kong, a port city, whether it is the Hong Kong economy or the booming Hong Kong film under the Hong Kong economy, exuberant, open and inclusive is the tradition as always.
Hong Kong's film industry for young people with dreams, with a posture of not asking about the provenance of heroes, there is no high threshold, many young people with star dreams or are hovering at the crossroads have poured into this tide of film in a conscious or unconscious state.
Mong Kok, Hong Kong
No one knows that some of these people will become superstars of Hong Kong films in the future, creating a new history of Hong Kong films; they have become benchmarks, leading the direction of Hong Kong films, leaving a strong posture.
How brilliant have Hong Kong cinema been?
Our impression of Hong Kong today is nothing more than a bustling, highly international and densely packed high-rise building. Of course, Hong Kong is not limited to this, but also developed finance, trade and tourism, which are also well-known around the world. Hong Kong does not lack global influence.
Hong Kong, on the other hand, is quite small in terms of size, with the entire Hong Kong being only 1,106 square kilometers, which is just a projectile for some provinces in the country.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Hong Kong created a film economy that dominated the East Asian market, china (including Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan), North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, and Japan.
Hong Kong films became the world's second largest film exporter and the third largest producer of the film industry
In the 1980s and 1990s, Hong Kong films reached their peak, with an annual output of more than 200 films. Most of the films are distributed in most regions such as Southeast Asia and East Asia, and some films are even distributed to the European and North American markets.
American film critic David Podwell once described the Hong Kong films of the 1990s in his book "The Secrets of Hong Kong Cinema: The Art of Entertainment", which shows the prosperity of the Hong Kong film industry at that time.
First, the stars of Hong Kong movies shine brightly and colorfully
1. First of all, the film theme is rich and diverse, and the serial film is even more unique
Representative works of gambling films: "God of Gambler"
Representative star: Chow Yun-fat
"Gamble Saint", "Gambler 1", "Gambler 2 on the Beach Gambler Saint"
Representative stars: Chow Yun-fat, Chow Sing Chi, Andy Lau
Representative work of comedy theme: "Hardcover Chasing Girls" in 1987
Representative stars: Zeng Zhiwei, Zheng Yuling, Zhou Runfa, Maggie Cheung, Min Zhang, Feng Quanfan
Super School Overlord
Representative stars: Andy Lau, Zhang Weijian, Jacky Cheung, Qiu Shuzhen, Yang Caini, Ren Dahua, Zheng Yijian
"Family Affair"
Representative stars: Stephen Chow, Zhang Guorong, Maggie Cheung, Junru Wu, Baiming Huang
Representative works of underworld themes: "Two Heroes of Blood"
Representative stars: Zhou Runfa, Li Xiuxian, Ye Qianwen
Representative works: "Carmen Mong Kok"
Representative stars: Films starring Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Maggie Cheung and others
Representative works: "Gunfire"
Representative stars: Huang Qiusheng, Wu Zhenyu, Lu Songxian, Zhang Yaoyang, Lin Xue
Representative works of police gangster theme: "Very Sudden"
Representative Star: Ren Dahua / Liu Qingyun / Meng Jiahui / Huang Zhuoling / Xu Shaoxiong /
Dark War
Representative stars: Andy Lau, Liu Qingyun
Dark Flower
Representative stars: Liu Qingyun, Liang Chaowei, Shao Meiqi, Zheng Haonan, Lin Xue, Lu Haipeng
At its peak, Hong Kong films had a variety of themes, which could meet the multi-faceted viewing needs of different audiences and audiences; more valuablely, serial films also began to become a shooting phenomenon of Hong Kong films, and the sesame blossoms in the film market were rising.
2. The serialized films of the peak era are well-known and familiar
Ancient Puzzle Boy Series
Huang Feihong series
Ghost in the Shell series
Truant Veyron series
Laughing at the jianghu series
Journey to the West series
Infernal Affairs Series
Two. Hong Kong movies, the classic set of masters
A line, a character, a shot and always remembered, this is the classic charm!
And Hong Kong movies have created countless classics.....
The Classic Character of "The True Colors of Heroes": Little Ma Ge
Thirty years later, the domineering spirit of little Marco using banknotes to light cigarettes has still allowed the audience to fall, no one has surpassed, and it has become the most classic moment
The classic character of "Ah Fei Zheng Biography": Ah Fei
The mesmerizing feeling of Ah Fei's body, between the hands and feet, the image of the untamed prodigal son, after 28 years, is still alive, killing the current small fresh meat traffic star
In 1990, the magnificent Cheung Kwok-wing, the youthful Maggie Cheung, the youthful Liu Jialing, and Wong Kar-wai used alternative techniques to concoct a classic literary film that sensationalized the Hong Kong film industry.
Those lines that people never forget
Although I liked her very much, I never told her. Because I know what I don't get is always the best.
------------ "East Evil West Poison"
Every day you have the opportunity to pass by a lot of people, and you may not know anything about them, but maybe one day, he will become your friend or confidant.
------------ "Chongqing Forest"
.“ Some people have grievances, and if there are grievances, there are rivers and lakes. People are jianghu, how do you quit? ”
------------ "Undefeated in the East"
One shot, one era
Big talk westward journey, Zhu Yin's glance ten thousand years
Qiannu ghost, Wang Zuxian changed clothes
God of Gamblers, Qiu Shuzhen played cards
Relying on the heavens to slay the dragon, Zhang Min looked back
Spring breaks out, and my brother smokes
Who am I, Jackie Chan downstairs
Hero of Central, Hua Tsai lights a cigarette
The love of beautiful teenagers, Wu Yanzu looked back
Infernal Affairs, Chen Guanxi laughed
Infernal Affairs, Liang Chaowei blinked
Throughout the 1980s and the end of the 1990s, the golden age of Hong Kong films continued to be good, not only in the genre of the subject matter continued to develop, but also its production level was greatly improved.
The decline of Hong Kong cinema
Hong Kong cinema emerged in the 1850s and 1860s, and after the peak of the 1970s and 1980s, it began to stagnate in the mid-1990s and continues to be in a slump to this day. Both in terms of yield and quality, it has plummeted, which is very different from the heyday of the past.
A harbinger of the decline of Hong Kong cinema!
First of all, it was the inflection point of Hong Kong cinema, which began to decline after peaking in 1993, and film production alone began to decline
Then, Hong Kong movies fell off a cliff, and this year was 1996!
1992 was the golden peak of Hong Kong cinema.
Local revenue from Hong Kong-made films reached an all-time high: HK$1.24 billion.
The overseas revenue of Hong Kong-made films also reached a peak value: HK$1.86 billion.
Other words
Hong Kong, a land of millions of people, has generated 3 billion + HONG KONG DOLLARs a year in film revenue.
The 1996 figures were a big surprise, and Hong Kong film revenue had fallen to nearly half of what it had in 1992: only HK$659 million.
What is even more fatal is that the overseas revenue of Hong Kong films has also suffered Waterloo, from 1.16 billion in 1995 to 430 million in 1996. The decline was as high as 63%.
Therefore, the year when Hong Kong cinema underwent a cliff-like decline was 1996.
From the 1980s to 1995, the reason why Hong Kong cinema was so beautiful was that the center of the entire Chinese film was in Hong Kong.
After 1992, the entire Hong Kong film domestic and overseas income suffered Waterloo.
The "Infernal Affairs" trilogy released in 2003, although it was stunning by four seats, it has since become the last "return to the light" before the collapse of Hong Kong films.
After the rescue god's "Infernal Affairs", no hong kong film can really change the trend of hong Kong film decadence. Although Gu Tianle is known as the last fig leaf of Hong Kong films, the fate of Hong Kong films has been irreversible.
Hong Kong cinema has created myths, and today's decline seems to be a kind of law that must be reversed.
What are the reasons for the decline of Hong Kong films?
Nowadays, when it comes to the withering of Hong Kong films, there are many reasons and causes are also very complicated, and people from the industry and outside the industry have different opinions. What do you think, welcome to love movies friends in the comments section to discuss!