In 1994, Zhou Xingchi's contract with Yongsheng Company expired. Without a second of delay, he turned around and set up his own film company. But Xingye did not expect that the new company would go bankrupt because of the first work "Journey to the West"! What is even more puzzling is that more than 30 years later, this movie is still a big hit and has become a lingering classic in the hearts of movie fans!
That year, in order to make "Journey to the West", Zhou Xingchi spent 45 million yuan, and also found Tong Gang, the director of Xi'an Film Studio, and wanted to co-produce with the other party.
Although Tong just read the script, he felt completely different from the traditional Journey to the West, and it can even be said that he did not know what to do.
But on second thought, Zhou Xingchi's box office appeal at that time was very high: "Maybe it can be fired." ”
In this way, the cooperation was reached, and the filming location of "Journey to the West" was set in the North Fort Film and Television City of Ningxia Town, where "Red Sorghum" had been filmed.
Not only that, but there are also many well-known actors in the mainland.
For example, Lu Shuming, who has successfully created the image of "Guan Yu".
In "Journey to the West", "Guan Laoye" transforms into "Bull Devil King". I saw that he was wearing a mask, covered in cow hair, and did not even have a positive face shot.
After the killing, Lu Shuming found Zhou Xingchi and said: Don't write my name at the end of "Journey to the West", I can't afford to lose this person!
Why?
Originally, when he agreed to play the Bull Devil King, Lu Shuming's idea was to "expand the drama road".
But who knows, the image of this role is too different from the "heroic" Guan Gong!
Not only is the whole body full of real hair, the itching is not stopped, and the sequelae are left behind.
Moreover, because the whole crew spoke Cantonese, they didn't understand what was being said, and everyone was done.
That is to say, until the end of the performance, Lu Shuming was always incompatible with the crew, and he didn't even know what he was acting!
However, Lu Shuming still insisted until the end of the game.
At that time, some mainland actors, because of the water and soil, directly quit the "Journey to the West" crew, which directly led to the lack of actors in the play.
In a hurry, Zhou Xingchi invited Luo Jiaying to play tang monks in the rescue scene, and he also played the three roles of "Supreme Treasure, Sun Wukong and Sunset Warrior".
Wu Mengda, an old drama bone, played the role of "Two Bosses, Eight Precepts of pigs, and Zhuangyuan".
Even director Liu Zhenwei personally played the role of "Bodhi Laozu".
In this way, the stumbling "Journey to the West" was finally released during the Spring Festival in 1995.
However, after all, the plot of the movie is relatively fragmented, coupled with the fact that the story logic is somewhat complicated, for a time, scolding is everywhere.
Once, director Liu Zhenwei was eating at a restaurant and heard the neighboring seat scolding "Journey to the West", which frightened him into quickly closing the account, for fear of being recognized by the other party.
This "Journey to the West" directly made Zhou Xingchi's company, which had just been established for a year, declare bankruptcy.
In 1996, the filmmakers sent a copy of "Journey to the West" to the Beijing Film Academy.
In line with the attitude of "critical learning", the school organized a movie viewing party.
As a result, I did not expect that "Journey to the West" became a hit among students!
Students have said: Why do you only see this movie now?
There is a feeling of seeing each other and hating the night!
Especially at the end of the film, the dialogue between the sunset samurai and the purple xia fairy on the city wall.
"That guy looks weird."
"I saw it too, and he looked like a dog."
The first time, I felt nonsensical;
The second time, the eyes suddenly became moist;
Brush it a few more times, only to find out: this is life!
When we are young, we always think that we have a lot of time to squander; even if we lose it, we still have a lot of opportunities to save it.
But once you find that "if you lose, you can't start again", you have already missed a lot.
If you are not a great saint, I cannot save you;
Become a great sage, I can't love you.
This is the truth of life.
It's cruel, but it's hard to accept!
And a person's transformation from the supreme treasure to Sun Wukong is also a process from youth to maturity.
Less youthful and crazy, gradually learned to compromise with life.
Although helpless, it is also a kind of life wisdom.
It is probably this kind of "cloaked in comedy, but actually contains philosophy" plot, so that "Journey to the West" first suppressed and then rose, after experiencing a box office fiasco, it quickly caught fire from the university campus, almost all forums and chat rooms, are about the topic of Supreme Treasure and Zixia.
And the classic lines in the play, like a virus, quickly occupied every corner of the network.
In the past, I looked at things with the naked eye, but at the moment I died, I began to see the world with my eyes.
Everything can really be seen as clearly as ever: the original girl left a tear in my heart, and I can feel how sad she was at that time.
There was once a sincere love in front of my eyes, but I did not cherish it, and when I lost it, I regretted it.
If Heaven could give me another chance, I would say three words to that girl, I love you.
If I had to add a deadline to this love, I would like to say 10,000 years.
Flowers will bloom again.
The love of the supreme treasure's life was vaguely left in the green mountains and white clouds.
Nowadays, the "Journey to the West" series of movies "The Origin of the Journey to the West" has reappeared in the jianghu.
As Uncle Da's last work, what kind of love and hatred will the Supreme Treasure and Zixia stir up in the sea of suffering?
In the world, the most difficult thing to escape is fate.
Perhaps, we should believe in fate rather than resist.
So, is that hero in your mind the Supreme Treasure?
Or Monkey King?
Looking forward to your answers.
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