Not long ago, the Golden Rooster Award Ceremony ended.
Mainland filmmakers went out en masse, and the scene was very lively.
Chen Daoming and Zhang Hanyu helped Jackie Chan repair the chair, and Andy Lau watched
However, the film market outside the event is bleak.
The theater is almost in the dilemma of "no film to play".
The few new films all come with their own slots.
For example, the poster shows a rough sense of "See Lu when the forest is deep".
Because the box office on the first day was only 75 yuan, it was treated as a joke and played terriers on the whole network.
Once on the hot search.
Later, the film party refuted the rumor: "It is actually 56 yuan".
It's even worse.
And even worse than domestic films are imported films.
It has been almost three months since a new imported film was released.
Therefore, even the finalization of foreign films with ordinary reputations such as the theatrical version of "Detective Conan" is like a long drought.
Such a scene makes people have to sigh that today is not what it used to be.
In fact, imported films used to be a very important part of the mainland cinema line.
It also left unforgettable collective memories for generations of viewers.
Today, Uncle Yu will review with you an issue of the sensational introduction film in those years——
NO.1 "The Wanderer"
Director: Raz Kapoor
Starring: Raz Kapoor / Nargis / Pritvilla Kapoor
Country/region of production: India
Douban score: 8.4
For Chinese audiences, this is the first blockbuster Indian film.
Than Wrestle! Daddy is more than half a century earlier.
In 1955, the best period of Sino-Indian relations, the official took the lead in holding the Indian Film Week.
You know, the audience's perception of foreign films at that time was basically shaped by former Soviet films.
And "The Wanderer" allows people to see a very different style.
Cheerful narrative, gorgeous scenes, Indian characteristic songs and dances, full of entertainment.
Not only that, but the irony of origin theory and class differences in the film also resonates.
The Lord Chancellor firmly believes that "the son of a good man must be a good man, and the son of a thief must be a thief".
But unexpectedly, his son became a thief.
How are thieves formed?
The film points to the social environment.
The people at the bottom did not have access to education and could not even eat.
The son of a judge living in the slums thus embarked on the path of crime.
Ironically, no one cares about their situation on weekdays.
Only after committing a crime did they get taken seriously and stand in front of everyone.
At the end of the 70s, the film was re-screened.
The criticism of old ideas in the film also echoes the changes in social thought in reality.
The episode "Song of Raz" became popular all over the country, and to a certain extent, it also soothed people's psychological trauma after the turmoil.
The wonderful story and the current issues make Indian films deeply popular with the hearts of the Chinese people.
This is still the case today.
NO.2 "Rather Die Unyielding"
Director: Gzim Alebara / Piro Milkani
Starring: Eglantina Kume / Naim Vlashri / Ricard Liaya
Country/region of production: Albania
Douban score: 7.0
It was the first foreign film to be introduced during the turbulent period.
It was a sensation at the time.
On the one hand, because of the scale.
Now, this movie is not restrictive, but for the people who were imprisoned at that time, it was indeed groundbreaking.
"Since this movie has a scene where the heroine Mira shows her bra when changing dressing, the cinema continues to be full every day..."
And the dignified and atmospheric face of the heroine and her unique tenacity temperament have also become hot topics.
It arouses the people's "awareness of beauty".
On the other hand, the idealized modern life that the people aspire to is shown.
In particular, the appearance of the guitar that was beaten into the "sealing capital repair" made many people very excited.
It is said that it was the appearance of this movie that caused the domestic guitar craze.
Therefore, although its movie plot is unknown, the connection of paragraphs is not natural, so that it is spit out that "Albanian cinema is inexplicable".
But it still became a spiritual reliever of that era.
NO.3 "Bridge"
Director: Hairuddin Kelvavac
Starring: Velimir Bata Zhivojnovich / Slobodan Perovich
Country/region of production: Yugoslavia
Douban score: 8.8
A song can make a movie a hit.
Such is the case with "The Bridge".
The episode "Ah, Goodbye Friends", everyone knows everyone.
As a finishing touch, it describes the tragedy of the partisans' sacrifice.
Now, looking back, the disappearance of Yugoslavia and the different political positions of the crew colleagues have added different meanings to this theme song, which is embarrassing.
NO.4 "Flower Girl"
Director: Park Hak / Kim Jong-il
Starring: Hong Yingji
Country/region of production: North Korea
Douban score: 7.1
It was written by Kim Il-sung, the national leader of North Korea at the time, and directed by his son, super-fan Kim Jong-il.
China swept the 70s.
At eleven o'clock at night, it was still full.
Many people still travel thousands of miles to see this movie.
In order to get a glimpse, Mo Yan ran 50 miles overnight.
What exactly is the charm of this movie?
To put it bluntly, it is the word tearjerker.
The protagonist Hua Ni's family is bullied by the landlord.
Mom was enslaved to death.
The younger sister was blinded by the landlord because she stole a red date.
The elder brother was retaliated against the landlord and imprisoned.
Hua Ni was also almost sold by the landlord.
Chinese tragedy that can be completely empathetic has created the spectacle of "crying inside and outside the field".
As a result, many theaters had to make a special announcement -
"To watch "The Flower Girl", please bring your own handkerchief."
According to Mo Yan, he also cried and fainted at that time, and then caused a heart attack and was sent to the hospital for rescue.
The trick of tear gas is still used today.
NO.5 "Zorro"
Director: Duccio Tessali
Starring: Alain Delon / Ottavia Piccolo
Country/region of production: France / Italy
Douban score: 8.1
It is no exaggeration to say that it influenced a generation's view of mate selection.
Zorro, played by Alain Delon, was an alternative hero that the audience had never seen at that time.
There is no trace of great light, but a dashing and unruly mysterious temperament.
The blue eyes under those masks captured 70 million viewers.
So hot that it was written into the lines of "The Story of the Editorial Office".
It must be mentioned that Tong Zirong's magnetic voice acting adds a lot of charm to Zorro.
Some female viewers even said that the criterion for choosing a mate is to have a charming voice like Zorro.
In the 80s, Alain Delon visited China and met and exchanged with Tong Zirong.
The event ticket was speculated to 50 yuan a piece, knowing that at that time, the average monthly wage in the town was less than 100 yuan.
The first generation of top male gods is well deserved.
NO.6 "Hunt"
Director: Junya Sato
Starring:Ken Takani / Yoshio Harada / Akira Nishimura
Country/region of production: Japan
Douban score: 8.3
If Zorro is a passionate fire, then the prosecutor played by Ken Takakura is a deep sea.
He is reserved and restrained, strong and rational.
After being wronged, he chose to investigate the truth while evading the police.
When forced to fly the plane alone and his life hung in the balance, he was also very calm and calm.
"If not, there is no point in living."
Even if there is a happy ending in the end, he is still expressionless and carries out the pendulum until the last moment.
Outside the play, Ken Takakura caused a big discussion with the participation of the whole people.
The reason is that in domestic films of the same period, cream is prevalent.
For example, Tang Guoqiang in "Little Flower".
In stark contrast to the cold-faced tough guys in "The Manhunt".
In the 80s, a female author published an essay in a magazine "Where to Find Ken Takakura", describing her journey of finding a partner.
I sighed that I couldn't find a real man like Ken Takakura.
Then people across the country began to discuss what kind of male image we needed.
The violent "pulling" once caused the creamy boy actor to not act.
Tang Guoqiang was unwilling and wrote a letter to director Xie Jin to recommend himself to star in "Garland Under the Mountain".
To bluntly say that if Director Xie thinks he is not suitable, then he must start from the field record and return to the furnace to rebuild.
Fortunately, this backwater battle was not in vain.
"Garland Under the Mountain" has become a masterpiece, and teacher Tang Guoqiang has long been recognized as a top actor.
Tang Guoqiang, Ni Dahong, and Lv Xiaohe in "Garland Under the Mountain"
Coincidentally, similar topics have been revived in previous years with the explosion of talent shows.
But unfortunately, there is no longer the "male god involution" that was beneficial to film and television creation.
NO.7 "Breakdancing"
Directed by Joel Silberg
Starring: Lucinda Dicky / Adolfo Quinones / Michael Chambers
Country/region of production: United States
Douban score: 7.7
Compared with the above movies, this one's way out of the circle is very unique.
Its plot is actually lackluster.
It is completely based on dance fragments to refresh the Chinese audience's cognition of dance.
It directly made breakdancing a trendy trend in the 80s.
It is said that while watching, many spectators stood up and began to dance in the small theater.
And on the streets, a large number of imitators dressed in eye-catching clothes suddenly appeared.
Decades later, the mention of breakdancing still makes people's "DNA move".
Director Jia Zhangke once formed a breakdancing troupe.
Sun Honglei, the king of breakdancing, also participated in the competition and won the championship.
It can be said that the first generation of society that is more ornamental has been shaken.
NO.8 "Desperate World"
Director: Andrew Davis
Starring: Harrison Ford / Tommy Lee Jones / Sheila Ward
Country/region of production: United States
Douban score: 8.1
The plot of this movie is decent, which can be said to be the Hollywood version of "The Manhunt".
But its historical significance is extraordinary, and it is the first blockbuster film in the mainland to share the import account.
A series of events that occur outside the play are no less exciting than the movie itself.
First, the introduction of the film was resisted.
Splitting the bill means that a portion of the box office is taken out and given to the American film side.
Many theaters and film companies think that this is a "foreign comprador" in the new era, and they are working for Americans. So there was a collective protest.
With official support, "The End of the World" was able to reach the mainland through many obstacles.
And on the eve of the premiere, there was a thrilling scene.
The film was abruptly ordered to stop distribution.
The person in charge, Han Maorui, had to talk to the relevant departments in the middle of the night, but unexpectedly, the leader of the other party proposed to "see the movie copy".
Han Maorui was afraid that something would go wrong again, so he moved wisely and transferred all the copies to his car.
Then drove the car on the streets of Beijing.
"Like underground workers protecting secret materials, my heart beats a drum."
In the morning, call the theater manager one by one and hand over the copies under the Thistle Gate Bridge.
This saved the copy and released it smoothly.
Source: "Inheritance" by Yang Lin
Sure enough, "Outlaw" caused a great sensation as soon as it was released.
It not only stimulated the market, but also made mainland filmmakers feel a great "threat".
Where there is pressure, there is motivation.
As Jiang Wen said:
"In the past, we fought against imaginary enemies and could never win; And now it's possible to win if you fight with the real thing."
The mainstream media at that time summed it up well: starting from "Desperate Heaven", Chinese films became a saying, desperate for the world.
NO.9 "True Lies"
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger / Jamie Lee Curtis
Country/region of production: United States
Douban score: 8.2
Although "Outlaw" took the lead, it was affected by pirated discs and failed to explode at the box office.
The second Hollywood blockbuster "True Lies" draws on its experience.
In the end, it achieved a box office of 102 million yuan in China, three times that of the domestic film "Red Cherry", which was the first box office that year.
Looking at it now, the action scenes are still top-notch.
The most impressive part is the "showy dance".
Schwarzenegger had his wife pretend to be a prostitute and perform seduction tasks.
And he himself pretended to be the subject of the task and accepted the seduction.
It is worthy of the taste of a secret agent.
Jamie Lee Curtis's beautiful carcass has shocked many young men in the theater.
Just like Schwarzenegger in the film, while secretly ashamed, his eyes are shining.
NO.10 "Titanic"
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio / Kate Winslet
Country/Region of Production: USA / Mexico / Australia / Canada
Douban score: 9.4
When it comes to large-scale imported films that have not been cut, how can there be few "Titanic".
The shot of Ruth slowly taking off her clothes and revealing her nude body is amazing.
And a romantic love story is an eternal traffic password.
It set a movie-watching miracle with 360 million at the box office, occupying the mainland box office champion for 11 years.
Fourteen years later, the 3D version was also launched.
The passage at that time can illustrate this phenomenon.
"Who is the most box-office appeal director in the Chinese market? The answer is not Feng Xiaogang, not Zhang Yimou, but an international friend from Hollywood, Cameron."
NO.11 "Avatar"
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington / Zoe Saldana / Sigourney Weaver
Country/region of production: United States
Douban score: 8.8
How many movies can be called "phenomenal"?
"Avatar" is definitely the most well-deserved one.
Top special effects, 3D visual effects, and the magnificent planet Pandora, it is needless to say that the shock brought to the Chinese audience is self-explanatory.
Therefore, once it comes out, it is difficult to find a vote.
The media even put up the headline "Buy tickets to watch "Avatar" sad to buy Spring Festival train tickets".
It also set off a chain of knock-on effects.
As long as it is related to "Avatar", everything is on fire.
There are also many viewers who cannot accept the huge gap in the real world after watching the movie.
As a result, a group of people suffered from depression and attempted suicide.
In addition to that, it also boosts tourism.
At that time, because there were no IMAX theaters in some provinces, many fans traveled to Dongguan and Hong Kong to watch it.
A theater showed "Avatar" too frequently, resulting in equipment failure and film burnout.
The theater manager cried on the spot, and even knelt down twice to apologize.
Such a degree of popularity is very rare.
Of course, it has also caused shocks in the mainland film and television circles.
Lu Chuan wrote bluntly that if "Avatar" continues to be screened, it is destined to break all records in this land.
It even set off a wave of public opinion storms of "the complete failure of Chinese films" and "the review of Chinese filmmakers".
Perhaps, rather than introducing films in the Chinese market, we need to introduce films more.
Just as not long ago, director Jia Zhangke lamented that he was more and more like a resident of Chaoyang District, unable to go abroad, and out of touch with foreign creators.
"We always have to maintain a way to communicate with the world, and maintain a way to contact the world."
Old memories are wonderful, but we can't live on memories alone.
No matter how wonderful the movie is, it will lose its color in the smacks over and over again.
Only by opening can audiences re-enter the cinema.
And Uncle Yu also hopes that the "rescue work" will come as scheduled.