Hong Kong's comedy films used to be so beautiful and brilliant.
But after entering the new century, it has become withered, as if it has entered a cold winter.
In Hong Kong, the best comedy film is naturally Hui Guanwen and Stephen Chow.
But now the two, Xu Guanwen has grown old and retired.
And Stephen Chow's films, after he retreated behind the scenes, the theme began to become deeper, and sometimes the serious comedy made people a little embarrassed.
Now Zhou Xingchi's films, the production of works is getting smaller and smaller, and it will take a few years to shoot one, which makes people want to see through.
Especially in the past two years, the films that Stephen Chow originally planned to release have been postponed.
In recent years, the dominant Chinese film industry is Wu Jing and Xu Zheng, the "Wolf Warrior" series, and the main theme films such as "King Kong Chuan" and "Chosin Lake", which have long dominated the top of the box office.
And Xu Zheng also seems to want to finish the "Me and Mine" series, from the motherland, father's generation, hometown, etc., do not know what the next theme will be.
(Wu Jing)
Looking at the Hong Kong film market, Chen Musheng, who is good at making action movies, has gone, Wu Mengda, who is good at acting in comedy, has also left, and several of Hong Kong's older generation of artists have left in recent years, and I don't know who else can bear the banner of Hong Kong's future film.
In the endless exclamation, we can only miss the people and things that once brought us joy in the old movies.
Hui Guanwen is a "cold-faced laugher" in Hong Kong movies and is also known as the first generation of humor ancestors.
After him is Zhou Xingchi, the two also have a classic scene of alternating old and new.
This is in the movie "The Night Banquet of the Giants", there is a plot in the street food stalls, the neighbors come to the scene, Zhou Xingchi and Xu Guanwen sit at the same table, and the two compete for a chicken head with chopsticks.
Their dialogue is considered to be a ceremony for the handover of the old and the new by the king of comedy, and in the end, Zhou Xingchi gave up the chicken head that was said to be a chicken ass to his predecessor Xu Guanwen, expressing a sense of respect.
Zhou Xingchi is really the back wave of the Yangtze River pushing the front wave, the comedy film of the 70s and 80s is the world of Xu Guanwen, and in the 90s, it is the world of Zhou Xingchi's nonsense comedy, and he has made humorous movies to the extreme.
To this end, Xu Guanwen also said in the interview that Stephen Chow's film is really good, because as a comedian, the acting skills required are relatively good.
In addition, Zhou Xingchi is very good at grasping time when he acts, when you don't feel that he is making you laugh, but he does not feel that you are laughing, he performs his own style, which is very rare.
Zhou Xingchi's performance is very delicate, he has to try many times for an action and an expression, and when he himself is a director who requires actors, he also has such high standards and strict requirements.
Some people once thought that Xu Guanwen was a generation of wizards, he was an epoch-making figure, his films created a pioneer of comedy films, and his achievements were no less than superstars like Bruce Lee.
From the 1970s to the end of the 1980s, Xu Guanwen shot a large number of comedy films, representative works include "Modern Bodyguard", "Half a Pound and Eight Two", "Ghost Horse Double Star", "Teppanyaki", "Chicken and Duck Talk", "Genius and Idiot", "Deed of Sale", "Family Fun" and other films.
In Xu Guanwen's comedies, you can always see the laughter and scolding by people's freedom, in addition to the joy to make people understand the meaning of goodness, and his brother's Cantonese pop songs, can be called a generation of masters.
But Xu Guanwen feels that he is not a master, Zhou Xingchi is a master, he is very thoughtful, others are handsome, because comedy can win the Academy Award, which is remarkable.
Although Xu Guanwen has repeatedly praised Zhou Xingchi's genius, his own achievements are also worthy of admiration.
At the first Hong Kong Film Awards in 1982, Hui Guanwen had already won the first film emperor of the Academy Awards for his film "Modern Bodyguard".
In the years since, his works have been nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actor, but there are too many excellent films and excellent actors in the 80s, and it is not easy for Xu Guanwen to occupy the top position in his field.
When he entered the era of Stephen Chow, he gradually turned into the background, but his enthusiasm for the film industry was still undiminished.
Hui Guanwen, who is 79 years old this year, is still dedicated to Hong Kong films, and his latest work is to participate in the anti-epidemic film "There is always love in isolation".
Living to the old age, Xu Guanwen's dedication to the film is obvious to all.
The older generation is still so desperate, Stephen Chow's movies always can't wait to start, the Chinese comedy movies in the new situation, who can take over the banner of the laughter?
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