In 1992, Stephen Chow swept the Hong Kong film industry, occupying five seats in the top ten of the box office, and won the Best Actor at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival with "The Inquisitor".
In 1993, the 12th Hong Kong Film Awards, with "The Judge" was nominated for the Film Emperor, originally with the blessing of the Asia-Pacific Film Emperor, the Academy Awards should be stable;
Unexpectedly, Halfway killed a Liang Jiahui and won the Film Emperor Trophy with a comedy film "92 Black Roses vs. Black Roses".
Liang Jiahui, who received the award on stage, was actually more stunned, because that year he was also nominated for the film emperor with "The King of Chess", and a bowl of white rice made him eat the feeling of a full han, according to the preferences of the Academy Awards, "The King of Chess" had a greater chance of winning.
Zhou Xingxing lost to Liang Jiahui, perhaps many people are "difficult to reconcile", but after watching "92 Black Roses vs. Black Roses", you may be able to find some answers.
"92 Black Roses to Black Roses" was once known as the dark horse of the film industry, and it is also the dark horse of the dark horse!
01, spend small money to make big money
The film is produced by Yingtao Film Production Co., Ltd., written and directed by Liu Zhenwei, and co-starred by Liang Jiahui, Shao Meiqi, Mao Shunjun, Feng Baobao, Huang Yunshi, etc.
Yingtao Film was founded by the well-known Hong Kong producer Fu Lelian, when the company finished filming "Guy Head Lucky Star", the box office was still good, and when she was preparing to shoot the next play, she thought of Liu Zhenwei, a colleague who was previously in Deng Guangrong's "Shadow Master" company, and felt that he was very talented.
At that time, they often discussed classic Cantonese fragments and classic characters together, and there was a kind of feeling in them, just like we now miss the Hong Kong films of the 80s and 90s.
One day the two of them chatted together again, this time a hit, with a cooperation plan, Liu Zhenwei pseudonym "Ji'an", wrote the script of "92 Black Roses to Black Roses".
This is his fond memories of his childhood, as well as a tribute and remembrance of the Cantonese films and black roses of that year.
The script was born from the 1965 Black Rose directed by Chu Yuan, who was inspired by Zhan Shibang, and the black rose played by Nan Hong and Chen Baozhu was like a "female version of Zhan Shibang".
The script is there, the following is to find money, and finally pull 8 million investment, but also everywhere.
The cost is low, but the film focuses on nostalgic style, spending a lot of money on the setting, clothing, makeup, props, etc., but some places are still simple, such as the "marriage" part of the film, only tableware, no meals; even Liu Zhenwei later recalled that he only brushed half of the wall.
As the king of low cost, Liu Zhenwei finally finished the film and officially released it on July 2, 1992.
At first, not many people were optimistic about this movie, one was that there was no strong cast, and the other was that "paying tribute to the predecessors of Hong Kong Cantonese films" was a bit unpopular at the time, so the box office on the first day was only more than 200,000.
Then the next day it was almost more than 200,000, and director Liu Zhenwei and producer Fu Lelian comforted each other, saying that this play can laugh and break the belly, and there will be word of mouth and repercussions.
Sure enough, on the third day, the box office began to exceed 700,000, and then over a million, and many viewers acted as tap water and called for the film.
The film was originally released in the "Yonggao Cinema Line", and then the second round of screening of the "Yindu Cinema Line" under the film and art theater continued until December 23, which was screened for more than 5 months, which is a miracle in the history of Hong Kong cinema.
In the end, "92 Black Roses to Black Roses", which was not optimistic in the end, sold 22.8 million Hong Kong dollars under the powerful aura of Zhou Xingchi, ranking 14th in the annual box office list, which is not easy, and it is typical to spend a small amount of money to make a lot of money.
02, Andy Lau refused, the achievement of Leung Ka Fai
When Andy Lau founded the "Tianmu" film company, Liu Zhenwei helped, and the two were familiar, so at the beginning he wanted to invite Andy Lau to play the role of "Lu Qi".
However, Hua Tsai pays more attention to the image of the idol and feels that the role of "Lü Qi" is not suitable for him. Liu Zhenwei was not reluctant, coupled with limited investment, chose Liang Jiahui.
Leung Ka-fai actually couldn't find a way to perform at first, and Liu Zhenwei, who was anxious, said to him: You can't act like this, because you didn't fall in love with this role, and this performance will only make the audience think that we are laughing at Lu Qi.
The man who has taken the film emperor, the ability to comprehend is extraordinary, after seriously thinking about the role of Lü Qi, he positions it as a self-made intelligent and obsessive image, although frequent troubles, but the audience will find him cute.
Hair wax oil head, pink red lips, small eyes misty, suit straight, this image appeared, the persona stood;
Although the pretense was very underwhelming, he felt very cute when he called Miss Huang with his unique voice to Shao Meiqi affectionately.
"The teapot is ringing, and the water is fragrant!" "Beautiful people have difficulties, I should go immediately, but I have to dress up first!" When he says these lines in a milky tone, he will fall for them.
The most important thing is that this man can also sing, feed Mao Shunjun and sing children's songs, in order to get out of trouble, in order to make the master sister happy, he had to sing on a head of cement.
The more serious he is, the more funny we find it, this is the skill of the actor, replaced by someone else, maybe the rest is embarrassing.
There is a more interesting scene, Liang Jiahui and Shao Meiqi four-legged love, is simply a copy of "Lover", with the foot to test each other, and then Shao Meiqi's inner monologue: I actually have no antipathy.
This design is really amazing, I have to admire Liu Zhenwei's brain hole, both romantic and fresh.
03, four women in a play
Liang Jiahui performed well, the four female characters were also selected just right, Shao Meiqi was mostly a bitter love role in the TV series, but in the movie, like the little sister next door, green as a spring shoot, it is no wonder that Lu Qi has a deep love for her.
Mao Shunjun, who opened widely, has basically never been normal since he was taken astray by Zhou Xingchi in "Love Saint", "92 Happy Events", "Happy Events in The Flower Fields", and "Huang Feihong's Laughter", a look of self-release.
In this film and Leung Ka Fai contributed to the famous scenes of feeding and going to the toilet, which can make people laugh and spray rice.
Huang Yunshi has become famous in the 1980s, and in "Meet the Landscape and Water", he has acted from less to old, and has portrayed mei Jianxian as an eccentric character vividly.
In this film, the role of master sister Yanfen is sympathetic, on the one hand, to take care of the amnesiac sister, on the other hand, to be tortured by feelings, the most interesting is when the head bell rings, no matter what you do, you have to stop and punch a set of punches.
Of the four female characters, the most challenging should be the fluttering red, that is, the role of Feng Baobao, at first it is the amnesia of the fluttering red, then the girl who finds her mother and father, and finally the domineering leader after recovering from illness.
Feng Baobao, as a former genius child star, re-playing a young girl is effortless, exaggerated and extremely convincing, and if you change a person, it will definitely make people feel contrived.
It is worth mentioning that in the 1993 Academy Awards, Feng Baobao, Huang Yunshi and Mao Shunjun were nominated for best supporting actress at the same time with "92 Black Roses vs. Black Roses", and the final award was taken by the most powerful leader.
At the end of the film, Feng Baobao persuaded Huang Yunshi to wake up and said to Lü Qi: You are a bit like him, but unfortunately you lack a little temperament, and your kind of goods are only suitable for her (Shao Meiqi).
In fact, Hong Kong film fans should also be sober, the authentic Hong Kong films of the 80s and 90s, after all, can not come back, only in some old films to find the good memories of the past. (Author: Amnesia)