Before seeing a confused news said:
The girl accidentally fell to her death while playing in the climbing plot of "Bear Haunting".
So the parents took the animation company to court.
The court also imposed a fine: the animation company was 10% liable.
Look at that called a question mark with a face full of faces.
If you follow this logic, do you know what movies are the most courted movies?
A look at the nomination [Ancient Puzzle Boy] series.
I think that in those years, how many teenagers imitated, watched [Ancient Puzzle Boy], and since then incarnated as prodigal sons and bastards.
Properly the dreams and nightmares of the 80s and 90s.
And January 25 is a very special day.
The first part of the series, "The Man of the Ancient Puzzle Boy in the Jianghu", has been released for 25 years.
You love it or hate it.
To this day, the three words of "ancient puzzle boy" are already a cultural symbol of the times.
Ah Kan has chosen 30 keywords here to recall the many details of this classic with you.
01 Ancient Puzzle Boy
In the northeast, they are called bastards. In Japan, they are called bad boys.
In Britain, they are called Teddy Boys, or rogue youth.
In Hong Kong, they have acquired another unique name, Gu Qiu Tsai.
In Cantonese, it originally means cunning and shrewdness.
Later, this group of teenagers who were not cunning and shrewd, but often behaved strangely, got this name.
It certainly implies pejorative connotations. When adults use the word for you, it means you're an off-the-beaten-path person.
He is also often a "bad kid".
But for more people, the three words of Gu Qiuzai represent the youthfulness of blood.
We take this to remember the era of innocence when "righteousness is supreme".
02 Three big guys
The birth of [The Ancient Confused Boy in the Jianghu] is related to the three big men.
This is Liu Weiqiang, Wang Jing and Wen Jun (the director, producer and screenwriter of this film, respectively).
Liu Weiqiang filmed, Wen Jun scolded, and the two almost fought.
Wang Jing is a peacemaker, he mixed, the fight was not completed, and the three of them also set up a company.
This company is the "best partner".
The first project of "Best Partner" is "Ancient Puzzle Boy".
03 Manga
As we all know, [Gu QiuZai] is adapted from the manga of the same name.
Serialization began in 1992 and continued until the end of the series in 2020.
It has been serialized for 28 years and more than 2,000 episodes. He is also the holder of the Guinness Book of World Records for the "world's most numerous long-form unit story comics".
The manga officially ended on April 30, 2020
But many people don't know that comics are darker, more realistic and cruel.
The comic book author Cowboy has only seen the first movie of [Gu Qiu Boy].
The evaluation of it was: "It is not enough for the underworld, and it is shot very healthy." ”
04 Chen Haonan casting
In the comic, Chen Haonan was drawn according to Andy Lau in "Heavenly Love".
But Andy Lau turned down the role. And Zheng Yijian is the third choice.
The second choice is He Jiajin. It is he Jiajin, who has acted in the 93rd edition of "Bao Qingtian" and "the most handsome Exhibition Zhao".
But He Jiajin did not have a schedule.
Therefore, Wang Jing found Zheng Yijian.
Zheng Yijian didn't want to act, he was tricked by Wang Jinglian and forced on his head.
05 Shooting is extremely fast
[The Ancient Tricksters in the Jianghu] only took 7 days to shoot. Even with the post-editing, it took only 15 days.
Chen Xiaochun later mentioned that they did not close the road or light up when filming at that time.
Filming street fights and brawl scenes even really attracted the police.
By the time of the second part, it took 11 days to shoot back and forth.
Screenwriter Wen Jun was on the shooting scene, and it was all live-and-shoot. It's a legend.
06 Box office hit
When the movie was released, it was early in the morning.
Premiered at the dismantled Chinachem Theater in Tsim Sha Tsui Tung, one of the strongholds of The Ancient Puzzle Boy.
The outside of the theater was filled with a group of real gu puzzle boys, constantly shouting "Chen Haonan!" Chen Haonan! ”
When Wang Jing called the theater to ask about the box office, Ben was very nervous. The other party said the box office, and Wang Jing was frightened on the spot.
At midnight, more than 1.3 million were collected, and the whole of Hong Kong was hot. The crew was overjoyed, and the celebration banquet was held ten times.
The film's final box office was 22 million. Until then, no one dared to think.
07 The subtitles explain the background of the story
The opening credits illustrate the background of the story with words that fill the screen.
The Stone Kip Tail Fire really happened. But the real time was Christmas in 1953.
The fire destroyed more than 10,000 houses and affected more than 70,000 people.
After this incident, Public Housing in Hong Kong appeared.
The so-called "relocation area" is an H-shaped relocation building.
Within more than 100 feet, tenants share public toilets and bathrooms, no elevators, and kitchens are located in corridors.
It's cramped and crowded, with no privacy.
08 Prologue
The prologue to the film is 1985.
Chen Haonan, who is still a teenager, has a conflict with Liang Kun because of his football.
This prologue foreshadows the main plot of the entire subsequent film.
It also explained how Chen Haonan changed from a well-behaved boy to an ancient puzzle boy.
09 Classic action
The prologue ends and the timeline comes to 1995.
After the camera shows a circle of bustling night scenes in Hong Kong, Chan Ho Nam, played by Zheng Yijian, appears.
Chen Haonan contributed two classic personal actions as soon as he appeared.
One is to brush your hair with your thumb / one to dig your ears.
The other is playing with lighters.
Later it evolved into this play:
10 Lustful
Chen Haonan's first line on the scene was: "What about pheasants? "Leads to another protagonist.
At this time, the pheasant played by Chen Xiaochun appeared from the gentle township of the nightclub.
At the beginning, he named his beautiful qualities.
Chen Haonan criticized him for "don't think about bubble girls all day!" ”
The pheasant laughed at itself with its own name: "No way, my name is Pheasant!" ”
As it turns out, his lustfulness changed the course of the story that followed.
11 Ancient Puzzle Boy took its name
The pheasant's self-introduction in the second episode achieves a classic line:
Chen Haonan's other brothers' nicknames were "Nest Skin" and "Foreskin".
The eldest brother that Chen Haonan followed was called "Big Guy B".
It can be seen that the name of Gu QiuZai has its own characteristics -
Many come from dirty mouths and have a lot to do with male and female genitalia.
It can be regarded as a characteristic of the underworld, and likes to play with dirty mouths. What could be dirtier than the genitals sounding?
12 Chen Xiaochun with pheasants
Compared with Zheng Yijian, Chen Haonan's third choice. Chen Xiaochun is much luckier, he is the director of King Ding.
Chen Xiaochun's appearance in [9 to 5] made Liu Weiqiang fall in love at first sight.
In order to persuade Chen Xiaochun to play a pheasant.
He had to agree to put the other two people in Chen Xiaochun's group "Wind and Fire Sea" into the crew.
The other two were Xie Tianhua and Zhu Yongtang. They played the roles of Daitenji and Chaopi respectively.
13 Gangsters and bathing culture
Chen Haonan, Pheasant and others in the film's first stubble stall is in the bathing area.
This is very gangster characteristic.
We often see Scenes of Gang members taking a bath in Japanese gangster movies.
In fact, the same is true for domestic gangsters.
A look speculated on the principle of this, thinking that one might be such a big guy can show their figure with tattoos (fog).
The second is that many saunas are behind the gangster forces.
This is their venue.
14 Implicit meaning
After the short-lived Ba Closed, Liang Kun, played by Wu Zhenyu, officially appeared.
As soon as he appeared, he showed his neuroticism.
It's like crying rather than crying, like laughing rather than laughing. The expression is changeable, and the joy and sorrow are sudden. What seems to be painful is actually resentment.
Grab a paper towel and hit the woman next to you. Shows his mania, and no sense of right and wrong. This paved the way for the plot afterwards.
And the hidden meaning of the scene "fire is very big, go to the fire", you may not understand it when you were a child.
Grow up and look at it again, you will find that ah... It turned out I had missed so much.
15 Gay jokes
Not only is it a fight and kill, but there are also a lot of black humor and yellow jokes in this film.
This detail is worth mentioning.
Chen Haonan peed in the toilet with Big Guy B, and Big Guy B asked him to go home and see His grandmother more.
As a result, Chen Haonan said that as soon as he went back, he would be urged to marry.
It turns out that the closest thing we have to Gu Qiuzai is that everyone will be urged to get married...
Big Guy B teased: "Are you gay?" Chen Haonan took out the pee: "You see, straight." ”
Super black humor.
16 Community and entertainment industry
Liang Kun also came to the bathroom and dragged very much: "My play was finished, and today's celebration banquet." ”
Later, Chen Haonan saved Xiao Stutter, and it was precisely because Xiao Stutter was almost forced to make a third-level film in LiangKun's territory.
Gangster influences in the film industry were commonplace in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s.
So far, there are still many "rumors and insiders" that are difficult to distinguish between true and false.
For example, Andy Lau was once pointed at by gangsters with a gun to shoot a film.
For example, it is said that Liu Jialing was kidnapped and taken nude photos, and it is behind the gang forces that they did.
17 Story archetypes
Wu Zhixiong, the actor who plays big guy B, is very talkative.
At the age of 15, he was the boss of Causeway Bay Hall during the scenery, and was in prison at the low tide.
Therefore, the prototype of the story of Chen Haonan's ascension to the throne is likely to come from the combination of Wu Zhixiong and Chen Yaoxing, the second in command of the new Yi'an.
Chen Yaoxing is known as the "Tiger of Wan Chai", from a parking brother, and then all the way to the position of church master.
The movie "Drunken Dreaming of the Tigers of Wan Chai" is a film based on his true experience.
The Hong Xing Gang in the movie, its most likely prototype is the new Ngee Ann.
18 Small stutters
Someone stole Chen Haonan's car, and the little stutter played by Li Zi appeared.
In fact, the first choice for this role is Zhu Yin.
However, due to the pornographic and violent color of this film, Zhu Yin rejected the role.
Wang Jing then thought of Li Zi, who played the role of Zhou Zhiruo in the "Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer Record in Yitian".
Small stutters were born.
The name and stuttering setting of "small stutter" actually comes from the big guy B Wu Zhixiong's love name for his wife.
19 Speaking and deciphering words
Liang Kun wanted to dig up Chen Haonan, and gave him a commentary on "loyalty and righteousness".
The word "righteousness", whose traditional character is written "righteousness".
Liang Kun said: "Righteousness is that I am a lamb." And faithfulness," is a sword inserted into the heart. ”
In Liang Kun's case, talking about loyalty and righteousness is just a negative factor that makes himself weak.
Everything that could not make himself strong he refused.
But in fact, the Song Dynasty Xu Feng Xu Feng commented in the "Commentaries on the Interpretation of Texts": "This is synonymous with goodness, so it is from the sheep." ”
Beauty and goodness and righteousness are synonymous.
20 Adult Magazines
Pheasant is an ancient boy who loves beauty. Taste is known from the adult magazines it reads.
Before being approached by his girlfriend's father, the pheasant was leisurely watching "18 Companions" with Erlang's legs crossed.
This is an adult magazine founded in 1992 with Japanese AV actresses as its selling point.
In the early 1990s, the rise of Japanese AV actress magazines led to a decline in sales of local adult magazines in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong's four adult "Fire Qilin", "Dragon Tiger and Leopard", "Tibetan Spring Pavilion" and "Manhood" have all been affected to varying degrees.
21 Cold weapons
The world of [Gu QiuZai] is the world of cold weapons.
The most famous is the iconic poster showing the five brothers holding sticks and machetes.
Influenced a generation of teenagers to worship the machete tribute.
There was also the chain belt that Chen Haonan and others drew from his waist when he was attacked on the Macau Bridge.
It has also become the most convenient and reliable weapon.
So far, many people still seek the same money in the online world.
Why did you abandon guns and ammunition and return to the era of cold weapons? There is a line in [Gangjia] that says:
"Guns are evil things that come from Westerners. It is used by people who have no species, it is the weapon of inferior people. To roll in the underworld, you have to rely on your fists and knives. ”
Cold weapons have a retro original romance.
22 biker leather jackets
Dapeng reunites the Gu Qiu Brothers on the screen in [Pancake Man]." Out of a childhood memory of the free and stylish!
To reproduce this scene, it is not only necessary to be these few people, the same lighter standard small action.
You'll also need a black biker jacket to lean over.
That's the taste!
Since its birth, the leather jacket has been closely associated with the "rebellious temperament".
Marlon Brando in [The Biker Party], later punk bands such as Sex Pistols and Rammons.
[Biker Party]
Both wear black motorcycle leather jackets with a "dangerous and romantic" prodigal temperament.
Gu Qiu Boy and motorcycle leather jacket are too compatible!
They are the perfect bearers of a life of danger and rebellion.
23 Running Artifact Rolex
The pheasant ran away in an accident, and Chen Haonan gave him a Rolex gold watch.
Rolex has become a classic symbol of the film.
It is a perfect synonym for "righteousness.". When I am at the end of my rope, I will give you a Rolex.
And when my pheasant is developed, I will come back to save you from danger.
After this film, Rolex almost became the gangster in the Hong Kong film "running away artifact".
Not running away with a Rolex, just like white-collar workers who don't buy social security, that's called an insecurity.
24 tattoos
Most of the in the [Ancient Puzzle Boy] series have tattoos.
Chen Haonan has a remarkable over-the-shoulder dragon.
Xiao Stutter once asked Chen Haonan: "Do you have to get a tattoo when you come out of the mix?" ”
Chen Haonan used the example of American sailors to explain the relationship between gu qizi and tattoos.
For American sailors, guns and bullets rained down, and the flesh and blood were blurred. Families rely on tattoos to find people.
This is also the fate of Gu Qiuzi.
In fact, Japanese gangsters are also famous for their tattoos. And usually an all-over tattoo.
Tattoos are even a symbol of the status within the gang.
25 Bye Bye Guan Gong
Guan Gong's Yuan God is Guan Yu.
Guan Yu has been a symbol of loyalty and righteousness since ancient times, slashing six generals through five levels and riding alone for thousands of miles.
Hong Kong people quite like to worship Guan Gong. Underworld worship. The police also worship.
However, the police worship the green robe Guan Gong, which means that there is no war in the green robe and the world is peaceful.
The underworld worships the red-robed Guan Gong, representing the bloody battlefield and reaping great gains.
The former worships morality, the latter worships loyalty.
So we see that in the movie, before the dragon head assembly, we must worship Guan Gong; before giving Chen Haonan the family law, we must also worship Guan Gong.
In the third part of the series [The Hand of Ancient Puzzle Boy Covering the Sky], the villain Crow played by Zhang Yaoyang angrily smashed the statue of Guan Gong.
Outside the play, the entire crew collectively bowed to the statue of Guan Gong to show respect and apology for it.
Zhang Yaoyang personally took out 100,000 pieces to reshape Guan Gong's golden body to show his guilt.
It can be seen that Hong Kong people have a sincere belief in Guan Gong.
26 Cowboy Cameo
The comic book author Cowboy grew up in the Migration District.
But unlike Gu Qiuzai, he failed to go astray, thanks to the comics.
Although in the interview, the cowboy has expressed dissatisfaction with the "Ancient Puzzle Boy" movie series for randomly changing the comics.
But in the first film [The Man of the Ancient Puzzle Boy in the Jianghu], he also made a cameo role.
The one on the right
A "cow brother" who is worshipped in the spiritual hall of Big Guy B.
27 Priest
At the Memorial Hall of the Big Guy B family, the priest's flying kick to Liang Kun was very fast!
He had a line that said, "Do you know that I played as a defender before I became a pastor?" ”
Lam Sang-yi, who plays the priest, is a former Hong Kong footballer who later became a famous football commentator.
The priest is actually an original character in the movie.
However, he also has a realistic prototype - Chen Shenzhi, the head of the "Thirteen Taibao of Ciyun Mountain".
The pastor preached to Gu Qizai everywhere, saying that he had also gone from Gu Qiuzai to believing in Jesus, which was Chen Shenzhi's personal experience.
28 Ait Little Margo
Chen Haonan's most depressed time - the death of the father-like brother, the escape of the tea house was burned, to get revenge no one to borrow.
The pheasant is back!
Black suits are on the body, and there are groups of little brothers behind them. Respectfully respecting a "boss", people feel like they are in a different world.
No wonder the other brothers teased: "Coat cool!" Like a little pony! ”
Manual Aite [Hero Essence] Zhou Runfa's little horse brother.
[Hero Essence] predates the [Ancient Puzzle Boy] series by 10 years and has since become a Symbol of Hong Kong films.
In [Ancient Puzzle Boy 2: Raptors Crossing the River], the pheasant runs in Taiwan, leaning on the overpass to read a newspaper scene.
It also pays tribute to [heroic nature].
29 The Paradise of the Ancient Puzzle Boys
In the first episode, Holland only exists on the screen in the form of lines.
But in the third part [The Hand Covering the Sky of Ancient Puzzle Boy 3], it is half a home field.
In the movie, it is said that "the Netherlands is the paradise of the ancient puzzle boy".
In addition to the movie, the Netherlands was indeed a famous Gathering Place for Chinese gangsters.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Hong Kong gangsters, such as 14k members, established new forces in the Netherlands.
For example, after yi zhong, the master of the 14K church, fled to the Netherlands, he took in a large number of Chinese communities and established the Dutch rudder.
"Dutch Godfather" Yi Zhong
It can be called a confrontation with the local gang.
It wasn't until the 1990s, when Dutch policy was tightened, that the 14k name disappeared in the Netherlands.
30 Headshots
Wu Zhenyu's Liang Kun is one of the biggest highlights of the first episode.
Sick, crazy, hysterical.
"When you come out of the mix, you must talk about credit, and if you say that if you let his whole family die, you must die lightly" makes people shudder.
At the end, Liangkun was accidentally headshot by a small patrolman, which also opened a screen "strange landscape".
Since then, Wu Zhenyu's role has been headshot, and it has become a "robbery" of fate.
Headshot in [Infernal Affairs 2], headshot in [West Wind]...
Let you go crazy in the early stages, anyway, headshots are always the end.
Finally, two more words.
If you follow the evolution of Kong Er Dog in "20 Years of the Underworld Storm in the Past of Northeast China", we will analyze [Ancient Puzzle Boy].
1. The classical rogue stage of fighting due to righteousness or impulsiveness;
2. The stage of killing gold worship hooligans who are all due to financial benefits;
3. The began to start their own business, and began the pre-mafia stage of collusion with the government;
4, finally to the power, money, violence closely linked to the underworld.
The "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series is still more in the classical rogue stage that relies on instinct and human feelings.
Villains who rely on money and power drive, such as Liang kun, died a tragic death.
The world admires the brotherhood of Chen Haonan and the pheasant.
Remember Chen Haonan's iron bones, "There is only one Honan in Causeway Bay!" It's me! Chen Haonan! ”
Remember the sentence of the pheasant, "Chen Haonan will always be my eldest brother." ”
Gang fighting, open fighting and secret fighting is the skeleton. Adhering to righteousness, living and dying together, blood is the blood.
Everyone has a jianghu dream in their hearts. And the [Ancient Puzzle Boy] series just satisfies our romantic fantasy.
So, it is so innocent, so demagogic.
Childhood heroes don't get old. Engraved in the memory of young people, it is always the romantic man's taste.