In "The Brother Who Cut Through thorns", you can always find all kinds of treasures, such as Zhao Wenzhuo, which is simply a variety of fans.
Before, the public's impression of Zhao Wenzhuo was generally handsome and heroic, strong in aura, skilled, kung fu film superstar, and it turned out that this time he found this straight man of steel, and there were many cute places:
Singing is as "sonorous" as boxing, singing "Meteor Rain" as "Meteor Hammer", has strong leadership, and at the same time is particularly tolerant and flexible, thoughtful, and takes good care of his brothers.
Not only did he teach them some simple self-defense skills, but he also taught his brothers some Chinese kung fu culture, so that people could feel the cultivation of martial arts in his body, such as the fist hugging ceremony.
In the program, Zhao Wenzhuo mentioned that one hand holding a fist represents "I have the ability, but I cover half of it with the other hand to show respect and respect for you."
This remark was highly recognized by all the younger brothers present, and at the same time, Zhao Wenzhuo also mentioned a very memorable past:
He mentioned that he once had a premiere of one of his films, Knife, in France, where he accompanied a foreign audience, and after watching the film, when he walked backwards from the first row, all the French audiences on the scene stood up and gave him a fist-hugging salute.
Zhao Wenzhuo mentioned that the scene made him very unforgettable, "At that time, my feeling was really, I was worth it."
This film that makes foreigners so intoxicated and also makes Zhao Wenzhuo unforgettable for life, "Knife", is already a 1995 movie, and now 26 years later, looking back at this movie, it is a martial arts god film that was seriously underestimated at that time.
The movie "Knife" (also known as "Knife Breaker") is from the director Xu Ke, remade from the martial arts film "One-Armed Knife" directed by Zhang Che, Xu Ke is not only the director, but also one of the screenwriters, the male protagonist is Zhao Wenzhuo, who was only 23 years old at the time.
The story tells the story of the knifeman Li Ding'an, who lost his right hand and only has a mutilated unique sword book, and created his own one-armed sword method to avenge his father.
In particular, the film is an alternative martial arts film completed in a form similar to shooting a documentary, this strong personal style, some viewers like, some audiences can't accept it, and even feel bad.
But now, many people say that it is Xu Ke's best martial arts film, "one of his favorite Xu Ke movies."
In that year, the film "Knife" failed miserably at the box office after its release, with only 3.3 million Hong Kong dollars.
And just the year before, in 1994, "Huang Feihong No. 5: Dragon City Fighter" directed by Xu Ke and starring Zhao Wenzhuo had just experienced a box office failure.
Originally, "Knife" was a work that Xu Ke planned to take Zhao Wenzhuo and turn over on a martial arts film, which was a bit desperate. As a result, failed to do so, the box office fiasco of "Knife" once again made him fall to the bottom, to put it bluntly, such box office results, the Hong Kong film market that was driven by the market at that time, who dared to continue to invest money in him to make this type of film?
At that time, the director Xu Ke had just returned from the United States and liked the realistic documentary style, which may have been an important reason why the film was not appreciated at the time.
However, in the eyes of many people now, "Knife" is a "sharp blade" in Xu Ke's peak period, but after the box office failure of "Knife", Xu Ke has not touched a martial arts movie for 6 years, and has turned to make various blockbuster movies.
During this period, Xu Ke directed the romantic comedy "Big Three Yuan", the action film "Double Fire", the animated film "Xiao Qian", and supervised the production of "New On the Beach", "Black Man", "Huang Feihong's Western Lion" (director is Hong Jinbao)... It was not until 2001 that Xu Ke once again directed the rather martial arts flavor of "The Legend of ShuShan", and in 2005, Xu Ke made a martial arts film "Seven Swords".
Whether "Knife" is the direct cause of Xu Ke's failure to create martial arts works for 6 years, I dare not assert, but what we know is that "Knife" must be a regret for him.
In this movie, Xu Ke explores more about "what is a jianghu": is it a gorgeous and beautiful kung fu, or a real cold weapon or fist competition?
The jianghu in "The Knife" blurs the background of the times, and the jianghu there is faster than whose knife.
Li Ding'an, played by Zhao Wenzhuo, after experiencing the dangers of the world and the people's hearts are not ancient, he finally stopped shrinking back with a broken arm, and after getting half of the knife spectrum, he created his own one-armed knife method, and redefined the survival law of the jianghu with the broken knife left by his father.
As soon as the knife is struck, it is faster and more decisive than anyone, and the victory or defeat is already instantaneous.
The film constructs a wild world full of male hormones, full of rivers and lakes, everywhere there is the vitality of fighting for survival - muddy and full of charm.
At that time, Xu Ke could be said to have broken the audience's general aesthetic of martial arts films at that time, and changed a tone to reconstruct a martial arts world, but it was still too far from the aesthetics of the audience at that time, and it was not until many years later that "Knife" was recognized.
Years later, Lu Yang, director of "Embroidered Spring Knife", commented: "Knife" is a film that combines many of the fantastic ideas of director Xu Ke, but it is far beyond the appreciation habits of the audience at that time, and it is an absolutely underestimated masterpiece.
Looking at it now, it is not an exaggeration to say that "Knife" is a martial arts god film.
Perhaps, in the eyes of many people, this is a film that is not timely, but the box office of that year is not the whole criterion for measuring the quality of a work, and 26 years later, it is still remembered by many people, which just shows the value of "Knife".
(Years later, Zhao Wenzhuo and his mentor Xu Ke took a group photo)
And time has also carved traces on the male protagonist Zhao Wenzhuo, from the 23-year-old, rampaged stunned boy in "Knife" to a 49-year-old mature man who knows how to retract freely.
When participating in "The Brother Who Cut through thorns", Zhao Wenzhuo mentioned in an interview that when he was young, he was filming and his head was hit by a wooden barrel, which happened to be the location of the Baihui Cave, and he had six stitches at that time.
Now he often carries painkillers and eats one when the pain is unbearable, the head is like divided into left and right sides, one side of the brain nerves are more sensitive, and the damaged side of the nervous system is not responsive when stimulated by stimuli such as needle. So everyone still cherishes themselves. ”
In this regard, Zhao Wenzhuo's attitude is: all experiences are the medals of my life, and I will continue to cut through thorns and thorns.
You see, these brothers, in fact, we don't know what they went through, and now they can stand in front of everyone so handsome and mature, and talk about the past lightly.
In this world, there has never been a road in vain, and now I want to watch Xu Ke and Zhao Wenzhuo's "Knife" again.
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