This year, it is the 30th anniversary of the release of the second part of the "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" trilogy, "Oriental Undefeated", which is gratifying and congratulatory.
I think back 30 years ago, when I was in junior high school, that summer, the theater square in the small town of Biansai was full of barbecue stalls, and in order to attract customers, each stall was set up with a tv screening video.
One Sunday, I passed by one of them, two people on the screen were fighting, one side "frustrated sword style" "swing sword style", sword qi, one side "phantom magic knife, knife breaking infinity", the knife knife fierce, at that time I was shocked, simply subverted the concept of life, a pair of feet can no longer move forward. In order to finish watching the film, I took out the only dollar from my body and bought 5 lamb kebabs - this is not that I, as a three-good student, have a relatively high level of ideological awareness, but I don't want to consume ah, the boss does not let me look at it - grinding time at the speed of a turtle in five minutes, and at the end, I also licked the iron skewers twice one by one, before it was difficult to get to the end.
Don't blame me for not seeing the world, even if Wang Jing had only watched "Oriental Undefeated" for 10 minutes, he "scalp tingling, cold all over the body", lamenting that this film is the best interpretation of Jin Yong's magical martial arts since the adaptation of Jin Yong's novel.
I think that "Undefeated in the East" is definitely one of the two peaks of the new martial arts movie (the other is "New Dragon Gate Inn"), overlooking the mountains and unmatched.
Unfortunately, 30 years later, the price of local lamb skewers has risen from one yuan and five skewers to several pieces of a skewer, while martial arts movies have degenerated from wonderful to unbearable, and whenever I think of it, I can't help but sigh.
You can only reminisce about the glory of that year in the old daylight and shadow.
Part I
Laughing at the rivers and lakes
"Smiling Proud of the River" was released in 1990.
The director signed Hu Jinquan, in fact, the whole film he shot only "a little bit", So Gai's project was led by Xu Ke, who actually changed the script 14 times, starting from the second day of shooting, resulting in discord between the two sides, hu Jinquan withdrew. Xu Ke still retained Hu Jinquan's position as "director" at the beginning of the film, and he did not lose his conscience. In fact, as an outstanding representative of martial arts films in the two periods, it is inevitable that the views will be different, Hu Jinquan pays attention to realism, Xu Ke pays attention to freehand, and it is difficult to compare which is good and which is bad.
Xu Ke and Hu Jinquan. Xu Ke admired Hu Jinquan, and when he was in college in Texas, he studied Hu Jinquan's films. Although the two disagreed over "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", it did not affect Xu Ke's love for Hu Jinquan's films, and in 1992, Xu Ke remade Hu Jinquan's "Dragon Gate Inn". I think that Xu Ke's move is a tribute, the other is a "proof", martial arts film realism and freehand are higher and lower, the best way is that the two shoot a film with the same content to confirm each other, therefore, "New Dragon Gate Inn" was born. Of course, this is only my subjective imagination, in the end what is the situation, Xu Ke does not say, how do I know?
You read that right, this is Ye Qianwen. At that time, Ye Qianwen was set to play the role of Ren Yingying, and under the guidance of Hu Jinquan, he filmed a lot of scenes, but he was cut off by Xu Ke and replaced by Zhang Min. Xu Ke's statement is that Ye Qianwen is red, there are more things, and she wants to hold concerts and vacation skiing, it is difficult to serve, "I am very tired of her." However, there seems to be something else hidden...
Ye Qianwen was flown, and Zhang Min took on the heavy responsibility.
The three women in the film, Yuan Jieying's "Blue Phoenix", Zhang Min's "Ren Yingying", and Ye Tong's "Yue Lingshan".
Among the female stars, I have a special love for Yuan Jieying, and I can't help it, I want to be dissatisfied, and I want to burn myself. Especially in "Laughing Chu Liuxiang", she played the role of "a little red in the Central Plains", with a sword in the center of the eyebrow, a touch of bright red, reflecting the "two bends like a crouching cage smoke eyebrows, a pair of like crying non-crying with eyes", stunning, otherworldly.
Xu Guanjie played Ling Huchong. When filming "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", Xu Guanjie was 42 years old, perhaps a little older, but the free temperament was very good, which was very in line with the original intention of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" and was convincing.
Liu Xun plays The Duke of Dongchang Factory, Gu Gufu, and Jacky Cheung plays Qianhu Ouyang Quan. Needless to say, Liu Xun's acting skills are not to be said, and Jacky Cheung even did not let go, with this role, won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor. The god of song can sing well, and talent is rare.
Liu Zhaoming plays Yue Buqun. From the tree demon grandmother in "Ghost of a Woman" to the hypocrite in "Laughing Proud of the River", people and demons are sometimes indistinguishable, the same viciousness.
Yuanhua plays Zuo Lengchan. A master of cold arrows.
The night is dark, what is the way out? Even a generation of grandmasters, Feng Qingyang (Han Yingjie), is trapped in this and cannot get out.
Lin Zhengying and Wu Ma play Qu Yang and Liu Zhengfeng. A song "Smiling Proud of the River" seems to be open-minded, but it is full of helplessness, and can only be regarded as an unattainable dream.
I wanted to "let the boat pass away from now on, and the river and sea send the rest of my life", but unexpectedly the sky fell and the ship was destroyed and people died. Gu Gufu's sentence "Do you think you can laugh at anything?" Some things are not to be laughed at, and laughing will lose your head", it sounds alarming.
How many people want to smile, but the rivers and lakes are sinister, and only swords are left to fight.
In the final master-apprentice battle, it was obvious that a stand-in was used. Of course, this kind of difficult action, Xu Guanjie is really powerless. He almost died 3 years ago while filming "The Legend of Wesley" in Nepal, but safety first.
The sun is like blood, and the jianghu road is ultimately a road of no return.
The premiere of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", Yuan Jieying and Ye Tong.
The theme song of "Laughing proud of the river" is "A Laugh in the Sea".
Regarding the birth of the theme song "A Laugh in the Canghai", the creator Huang Xia has a wonderful description: "The 'Canghai A Laugh' of "Laughing proud of the jianghu", he (Xu Ke) turned back six times, and I was willing to trample on him, and read the book and pondered: how to write a song about three masters together, of which the old two golden basins wash their hands. I think there are two possibilities. One is so difficult that no one in the world knows how to play, only the three of them know it; one is as simple as a children's song, but it can't be played well without that technique. How to choose between difficult and easy? Thought about it for a long time. That night, I read Professor Huang Youdi's "History of Chinese Music" and saw that he quoted the Book of Song. The four words of "Music Chronicle" say "Great music must be easy" - great music must be easy. The easiest thing is the scale of Chinese music, that is, 'Gongshang Jiao ZhengYu', then I will do the opposite, 'Yu Zhengjiao Shanggong', play 'Wow, listen well' with the piano. That scale has existed for thousands of years, and no one has ever thought that this can make a melody. I wrote three sentences, filled in the words, and told Xu that it was the last time, the seventh time. Then he drew an excited male genitalia on the score and faxed it to him: if you want it, XXX XXX (a rough mouth), you don't want it, please hire another smart. Turns out he likes it. If he didn't want it, he turned his face. ”
Part II
The East is undefeated
Undefeated in the East was released in 1992.
"Ling Hu Chong" was replaced by Jet Li, and "Yue Lingshan" was replaced by Li Jiaxin. Jet Li's kung fu has nothing to say, becoming the guarantee of the wonderful fight of "Oriental Undefeated". This film is the second film shot by Li Jiaxin, and he has also qualified to complete the task of a shocking vase, even at the expense of being ugly, which is rare and valuable.
Guan Zhilin took over the baton Ren Yingying, a pair of big eyes, I saw pity.
What remains unchanged is the "Blue Phoenix", Yuan Jieying's role is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Xu Ke has to respond to the audience's call. Such a bi person, it is really impossible to think that there is no big red.
Liu Xun continued to participate in the role, playing Xiang Qingtian. This good actor who was born in the orthodox Peking Opera class and was known as "a thousand faces like this" was deeply respected by Xu Ke and became the royal team.
Ren Shiguan plays ben jia ren yi xing. A trick "Star-Sucking Dafa", which can absorb all things, is extremely powerful, and contributed a famous sentence: "Where there are people, there are grievances, there are rivers and lakes, people are rivers and lakes, how do you quit?" "Ginger is still old spicy, in a word."
Li Zixiong plays Ronin Hattori Chijun. He fought with Ren Yixing for three hundred rounds, and he lost a skill. I think it's mainly because the hat gets in the way and affects the play of ninjutsu, you see, in "The Human Path of the Ghost of qiannu", he does not wear a hat, and he is inseparable from Purdue Cihang. Heck, you can't just wear a top hat.
The protagonist and soul of this film made a grand debut - Lin Qingxia's East was undefeated. It is said that Mr. Jin Yong has a lot of criticism of Lin Qingxia's role as Dongfang Undefeated, and he does not dislike Lin Meiren, but believes that a woman plays Dongfang Undefeated, which is not in line with the original work. The importance that the old master attaches to his own works can be seen. This also led to the failure of "Oriental Undefeated", Xu Ke could no longer get the authorization of Jin Yong, and the planned "Eagle Hero" was aborted.
Filming "Oriental Undefeated", Lin Qingxia suffered a lot: the shot rising from the water, the wig was clamped by the elevator, thanks to her hard work to avoid drowning; that bush flight, the branches and leaves hung off the mask at the same time, her face was also almost scratched; the divine feats were issued, swinging up the rolling sand, the surface was mighty, and the actual big fan blew her to a gray face; the standing treetops, dashing and self-assured, behind her was a martial finger straightening her, deliberately hanging her for an hour; the last scene, the heavens were not beautiful, and it rained heavily. More than a dozen extras let freeze run, Xu Ke insisted on booting, and as a result, all the scenes filmed this day were scrapped, because her face was frozen and swollen... Classic shaping, behind the cost is not cheap.
The world is out of my generation, and once I enter the rivers and lakes, I am urged. Huang Tu Hegemony is talking and laughing, and it is better to be drunk in life.
Ling Hu Chong was bent on quitting the jianghu, but he couldn't even get through the love pass, so how could the jianghu retreat?
Thousands of miles of smoke and waves, lonely sails and distant shadows, amorous parting from ancient wounds. Where to wake up from the wine, in the dream, in the broken intestines.
A group of behind-the-scenes footage, there is Xu Ke, there is Huang Xia, there is Cheng Xiaodong.
The premiere of "Undefeated in the East", from left, Shi Nansheng, Guan Zhilin, Lin Qingxia, li Jiaxin.
Lin Qingxia sang very few songs, and all of them were film theme songs and interludes, including "The Wind Blows Softly" (1979 "Love Run"), "Dear My Love" (1983 "Mini Special Attack Team"), "Dream Love" (1986 "Dream Man", chorus with Zhou Runfa), "Allow Me to See You" (1992 "Crush on Peach Blossom Garden", original singer Zhou Xuan) and the theme song of "Oriental Undefeated" "Only Remember This Morning Laugh". Lin Meiren rarely has a bright voice, which is precious.
Part III
The storm is back
"The Rise of the Storm" was released in 1993.
Therefore, according to the old legend, the filming of this film has a background, "Oriental Undefeated" is well received, attracting many martial arts movies to rush up, a moment of black smoke miasma, in view of this, Xu Ke decided to shoot an "authentic" martial arts, in order to correct the audio-visual, that is, "The Wind and Clouds Rise Again". But...... The token held by Lin Qingxia in the picture has clearly written the ending of this film - Ray! The logic is chaotic, the nonsense is crazy, and it is simply thunderous. Xu Ke has been playing with eagles for many years, and he has even been pecked by eagles.
The biggest attraction in the film is Wang Zuxian, look at this sharp look, which can bear it?
Wang Zuxian was dressed in an undefeated eastern battle robe, just as heroic.
Lin Qingxia dressed up as a little girl, quite feminine.
Switch back to the East undefeated and immediately kill.
Dongfang Undefeated and concubine Xue Chihiro (Wang Zuxian) staged a sadistic love affair, how to say it, beautiful is beautiful, just don't know what is shown.
In particular, this big banner is put up, which makes people laugh dumbly, and with the line "You have science, I have divine skills", it makes people feel funny. Martial arts films, not like this.
Yu Rongguang belongs to the male protagonist, but a film has Lin Qingxia and Wang Zuxian two beautiful women sitting in town, basically there is nothing for men.
Liu Xun should be the only actor to perform the entire "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" trilogy.
A set of make-up photos and live photos taken.
Lin Qingxia, Wang Zuxian and Wang Jingying attended the screening of "The Rise of the Storm".
this...... It's a "benefit". Wang Jing can imitate the undefeated east ("Deer Ding"),then Xu Ke can ridicule the god of gambling.
The theme song of "Rise again" is "Laughing Red Dust" sung by Chen Shuhua
At that time, Chen Shuhua was a veritable diva of the song world, and Xu Laowei naturally knew that her singing voice would add a lot to the movie, so he was graciously invited. Chen Shuhua not only sang the theme song of the Chinese version of "Laughing Red Dust", but also sang the Cantonese version of the theme song "Be a Real Me". Later, Xu Ke filmed "Green Snake", and Chen Shuhua sang "Streamer Flying".
The light and shadow ended, and the song finally dispersed.
Laughing at the rivers and lakes has become a resounding sound.