"Red Fox Scholar" was released for 2 days, and the box office broke through 100 million, but the reputation collapsed. Many netizens complained that this is not a high-end version of the network large, low-end version of "Catch the Demon 2", the plot has no logic, the acting is awkward, the lines are out of the play, and the heartache is Long Stone.
As a fantasy movie, "Red Fox Student" is undoubtedly a failure, but when it comes to fantasy movies, it is always impossible to avoid the IP of "Ghost of Qiannu".
"Ghost of a Lady" is adapted from Pu Songling's collection of short stories "Liaozhai Zhi Yi Volume II Nie Xiaoqian", which tells the story of eighteen-year-old Nie Xiaoqian, who was buried next to the desolate ancient temple in the north of Jinhua City after death, but unfortunately was coerced by the night fork to seduce passers-by and kill people.
Later, when he plotted to kill Ning Caichen, he was impressed by his righteousness and helped him turn the crisis into safety.
Although this story is short, it is widely circulated and has been remade many times as a film and television drama. In 1957, Lin Feng played "Yin and Yang Matching", in 1960, director Li Hanxiang made "Qiannu Ghost", and Liu Mintao played "Human Ghost Love" all unfolded with this story as the background.
However, the most well-known is Xu Ke's remake of the "Ghost of a Woman" trilogy.
The first part of Xu Ke's "Qiannu Ghost" was released in 1987, when his films were mainly martial arts fighting, but because of his childhood memories and strong interest in "Liaozhai", he decided to remake "Qiannu Ghost".
The roles have been interpreted by Zhang Guorong and Wang Zuxian, and Qingxiu Shusheng Ning Caichen and the stunning female ghost Nie Xiaoqian have both become classics.
01, Xu Ke's "Qiannu Love"
In fact, the proposal of "Ghost of a Woman" was proposed by Xu Ke as early as the wireless time, but because the costume film is more expensive, the project has not been started.
Later, Xu Ke moved to Jiashi, and he had no experience in shooting costume dramas, and he took over a costume martial arts drama with a hard scalp, and it was also at this time that he met the action director Cheng Xiaodong.
The preparation of "Ghost of Qiannu" was not very smooth, when Cheng Xiaodong had just made a horror movie "Strange Origin", starring Zhou Runfa.
Because the response is not very good, so at the beginning Xu Ke called him to shoot a ghost film when he was very hesitant, especially after finding out that this is a love story, he felt more unreliable, but fortunately, Xu Ke was more insistent.
After the release of "Ghost of a Woman", it led to a wave of Hong Kong ghost films, and the romance on this big screen was quickly recognized by the audience.
And Hong Kong movies have a habit, the general fire of the movie will produce sequels, such as "Hero 2", "God of Gamblers 2", "God of Gamblers 3" and so on. Ghost in the Shell was no exception, with a second and third installment soon being released.
The trilogy is both related to each other and story-independent. The first "Demon Dao" is about Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian; in the second "The Way of The Human World", Ning Caichen meets Fu Qingfeng, who is very similar to Xiao Qian;
In the third part, "Dao Dao Dao" tells the story of Shi Fang and Xiao Zhuo in the first part of sealing the Millennium Tree Demon a hundred years later.
02, "Gorgeous female ghost" Nie Xiaoqian
The description of the female ghost Nie Xiaoqian in "Liaozhai Zhiyi" is as follows: Before the words are spoken, there are seventeen or eight women coming, as if they are gorgeous.
This "hazy beauty" of classical Chinese literature is vividly interpreted by Wang Zuxian, and she is also the only soul character that runs through the trilogy of "Qiannu Ghost".
She is Nie Xiaoqian, who is "not envious of Mandarin Ducks and Immortals" with Ning Caichen in the first part; Fu Qingfeng, who is mistaken by Ning Caichen as "Xiao Qian's reincarnation" in the second part; Xiao Zhuo who is finally rescued from the Bitter Sea by the Ten Parties in the third part.
The characters are different but beautiful and the same, and the stunning figure makes people linger in their minds.
However, there was no Wang Zuxian in the initial female lead pre-selection list, and she was not famous at that time.
She had worked with Xu Ke before and did not leave too deep an impression, and later she took the initiative to contact Xu Ke to ask for an audition, and after putting on the costume, everyone present felt like Nie Xiaoqian.
Sure enough, after the release of "Ghost of Qiannu", Wang Zuxian became the "dream lover" of countless people.
Looking at the sisters around Wang Zuxian in the "Ghost of a Woman" series, whether it is Xiao Qing, played by Xue Zhilun in the first part; Yuechi played by Li Jiaxin in the second part; and Fluttershy played by Li Zhi in the third part;
Even Nie Xiaoqian, played by Liu Yifei in the later 2011 version, although everyone is stunning, she is always a few points inferior to the style of Shangwang Zuxian.
03. Centennial Lanruo Temple
The story of the "Ghost of a Woman" trilogy is poignant and fascinating. Ever since Ning Caichen and Yan Chixia sealed the Thousand Year Tree Demon in Lan Ruo Temple, and Nie Xiaoqian's soul was reincarnated, Ning Caichen held the picture scroll in his arms and left acacia empty, and then encountered Qingfeng as "Xiao Qian's reincarnation". In the hundred years of reincarnation, the Ten Fang Little Monk and Xiao Zhuo also met at Lan Ruo Temple.
First, Xiao Qian has left, and there is no longer Cai Chen
In fact, Zhang Guorong does not like costume dramas, which may be related to the unpleasantness that occurred when he filmed costume dramas before. The first time Xu Ke asked him to play Ning Caichen was rejected, and later Xu Ke told him that this was a "modern play dressed in ancient costumes", and he was really deceived.
Ning Caichen in the first two films is played by Zhang Guorong, and the image of a weak scholar is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Zhang Guorong himself has a beautiful appearance, and he is actually 11 years older than Wang Zuxian, and he performed the feeling of "sister-brother love" with Nie Xiaoqian in the film.
In 1990, "Qiannu Ghost 3 DaoDao" began filming, Zhang Guorong had retired in the song world, and in addition to the signed film contract, he no longer took over the film, plus he himself did not particularly like to make sequels, so he did not play the role of "Ten Directions".
However, the opening of the film also appears, which is the picture of Yan Chixia joining forces with Yan Chixia to descend the demon in "Qiannu Ghost 1 Demon Road", as the background of the story.
Second, people are not in love
"Qiannu Ghost 2 Human Road" Xu Ke integrated into his own martial arts jianghu enmity and hatred, although there are also scenes of demon Voldemort, but there is no beautiful love story of "human ghost love", so the response is general. So in "Qiannu Ghost 3 Dao Dao", it returned to the theme.
"Qiannu Ghost 3" basically follows the plot routine of "Qiannu Ghost 1", and makes some changes to the character setting and character details on the basis, adding many humorous and fragrant scenes. The protagonist of the story, "Ten Little Monks of the Ten Directions", is played by Liang Chaowei, who is becoming popular.
Liang Chaowei was widely concerned in 1984 for playing the role of Wei Xiaobao in "Deer Ding", because of his handsome appearance and superb acting skills. In the film, the ten ancient spirits and spirits of the ten directions are kind, and finally rescue Xiao Zhuo from the bitter sea and wander the world with the master.
Jacky Cheung continued the funny image of the second part, took over Yan Chixia's position, and competed with Liang Chaowei for the funniest part of the sister.
1991 was the year when the Hong Kong film industry was in full bloom. Stephen Chow's "Truancy Weilong" set off a campus theme wind; Jackie Chan claimed to be the most expensive Hong Kong movie of the year, "Flying Eagle Project"; Lu Liangwei's "Lame Hao" domineering side leak; Jet Li's "Huang Feihong" turned out to be a success.
Released in the same year, "Qiannu Ghost 3" as the finale, won 15.01 million box office success, but also for Xu Ke's "Qiannu Ghost" series drew a perfect end, becoming the most beautiful memory in the hearts of fans! (Author: Sanqiu)