Which movie is a monument to Chinese martial arts films? The answer is: "New Dragon Gate Inn".
Which goddess-level star actor is popular in this movie? The answer is: Maggie Cheung.
"New Dragon Gate Inn" was released in Hong Kong, China on August 27, 1992, when the Hong Kong box office was 21.5 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking fourth in the box office of martial arts films; on February 24, 2012, "New Dragon Gate Inn" was re-released in Chinese mainland after visual and dubbing restoration, and after 20 years, the box office could still sell for 6.207 million yuan.
This film produced by Xu Ke completely subverts the traditional martial arts film pattern in Hong Kong, with the new style of European and American western films, recounting the enmity and hatred of the children of the jianghu, whether it is character portrayal or shooting methods are the style of the new martial arts film, known as the starting point of the new school of martial arts in Hong Kong, which can be called a monument to martial arts films.
The film was full of stars at that time, but the only female star who made Chinese movie fans most memorable was --- Maggie Cheung. This vase, which was called for 10 years at the time, became a real goddess-level celebrity after the phoenix nirvana of this movie.
After Maggie Cheung crossed the vase actor's ladder, a horse Pingchuan, "Man Shen" became the only Cannes and Berlin double film queen in the Chinese film world! Five Golden Horse Awards (5 main and 1 match), five Golden Film Awards (film queen), no one can beat, it can be said that the Chinese film "the queen of the film".
In 1983, 19-year-old Maggie Cheung entered the industry as a beauty pageant, because she was beautiful and charming, but she was young and did not know how to make a scene, so that she made more than twenty movies and was called a vase.
In 1985, when Jackie Chan filmed "Police Story", because Maggie Cheung could not find the feeling, there was a scene that was shot more than 30 times before passing, and was scolded by Jackie Chan in public. Jackie Chan joked that Maggie Cheung was wasting film. At that time, Hong Kong film critics commented on Man Shen: "There is really nothing worth mentioning except beauty." ”
The sarcasm of the media, Maggie Cheung did not compromise, she is completely different from many beautiful actresses in China who rely on their faces today, she does not want to eat youth rice by her face, but works hard and works hard, and tries to find excellent professional skills when every opportunity comes.
In 1992, luck fell from the sky, and "New Dragon Gate Inn" came!
When the film first designed the role, the casting director invited Maggie Cheung to star, but the role of Man Shen was Qiu Moyan, and the actor of Jin Zhenyu was Lin Qingxia.
Lin Qingxia, who was already a star celebrity at the time, did not like the role of Jin Zhiyu, she was worried that the "ten thousand styles" of Jin Zhiyu would destroy her image in the minds of movie fans, Man Shen was still called a vase by everyone at that time, she also did not act in costume martial arts films, and the company management also opposed Maggie Cheung playing Qiu Moyan.
So the two made a swap of roles, Man Shen played Jin Zhiyu, and Xia Jie played Qiu Moyan. This role swap later made Lin Qingxia regret N years, can be compared with when Gong Li played the Qiu Xiang in "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang", Gong Li also felt that she did not play right after many years, "regretted for many years, but also lost her eyes"...
When Jin Zhiyu, played by Maggie Cheung, appeared in this movie, the movie was already a quarter of the way through. Before this, the movies were all jingo iron horses, guanshan wanli, but it was the turn of jin zhiyu to appear, the style changed, the music suddenly changed, "hair entangled, incense sweating", "flattering eyes, hazy eyes, wind and turmoil into the bone".
Whether Maggie Cheung is crisp in front of the camera when she "lifts her skirt and steps on the stool" or when she "punches and kicks", it is unforgettable, especially Jin Zhiyu and Qiu Moyan changing clothes in the bathroom, flirting, talking, and joking, which have earned the audience's attention.
Maggie Cheung successfully turned from a vase to an acting school, and she was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance in this film.
Director Wu Siyuan recalled many years later that the protagonists of "New Dragon Gate Inn" did not have a shelf, "they are very modest, this play was filmed in the desert of Gansu, the conditions are very bad, the wind blows everyone has no place to hide, they have to face each other, with their backs to block the sand." A gust of wind passed, and there was sand all over his mouth and nose. At night, when I went back to the hotel to take a shower, I shook my arms and shook my head, and there was still a lot of sand falling down, and I couldn't wash it at all" ...
At that time, "New Dragon Gate Inn" was filmed in Dunhuang, Gansu and Yinchuan Town, Ningxia, North Fort West Cinema, Maggie Cheung had no star shelf, and entered the group shooting alone, usually relying entirely on the help of makeup artists and assistants of the crew. Nowadays, many third- and fourth-tier stars in China can attend the event at will, participate in tv and movie performances, and the effect of participating in TV and movie performances has not yet been improved, and a large number of bodyguards on duty have gone to another world!
In 2004, when Maggie Cheung, who was just 40 years old, chose to take a break, her answer was, "I just like acting, I don't like to be a star." In the past, I was used to being flattered and protected, and I had no friends outside the circle, but now I have just begun to learn to be a person, and I know that life sometimes has to be polite. Otherwise, one day, I don't even know who Maggie Cheung is. ”
Nowadays, few people can see Man Shen in public, and some fans meet her privately, often facing the sky, shopping for vegetables, without any star shelf, very grounded. Compared with actresses who are accustomed to being full of luxuries, where to go and where to appear rich, she sentences two people.
Maggie Cheung, who once swept away the fans of the 50s, 6, 7, 8 and 90s, does not stay in the entertainment circle, does not indulge in luxury life, and is always respected, let us wish the 58-year-old goddess Maggie Cheung a happy life and no worries on the occasion of the arrival of the New Year in 2022!