Have you ever thought about immortality?
For thousands of years, countless people have spent their lives in order to be able to extend their lives for a period of time.
Looking back at history, Xiongcai is roughly like Qin Shi Huang, seeking the elixir of immortality. Looking at the present, technology giants have entered the immortal circle, and various technologies and drugs have emerged in an endless stream.
As early as 1977, there was a Hong Kong film that also explored the topic of eternal life, that is, "Life and Death Struggle".
"Life and Death Struggle", directed by Fu Qi and starring Shi Hui, Jiang Long and Ping Fan, did not make much waves when released in Hong Kong, but was introduced to the mainland and became popular.
At first glance at the title, many viewers may have difficulty associating it with the topic of eternal life, but after watching the next content, you may have some new feelings about it.
01, millionaires seek eternal life
The protagonist, Ray Yongsheng, is a lifeguard who is experimenting with a new yacht in the bay on this day when an accident is happening in the sky overhead.
A plane in the process of sailing suddenly crashed, and black smoke coming out of the tail left long traces in the air.
Seeing that the plane was about to rush into the sea, Yongsheng saw it and hurriedly drove the yacht to the rescue, and at the same time he also promptly notified the ambulance to the scene.
Fortunately, in time for Eternal Life to find out, the rich man on the plane was sent to the hospital for treatment. However, the rich man's blood type is special, and ordinary blood cannot be transfused to him.
Immortal volunteered to donate blood, and it turned out that his blood was the rare panda blood.
After injecting the blood of immortality, the rich man magically became younger, and his hair turned from white to black.
The doctor was so surprised by this that he and the female nurse Xiaoyan, the fiancée of the immortal, used the blood of the immortal to conduct experiments on the rabbit, and the results showed that the blood of the immortal may contain some kind of longevity gene.
The rejuvenated rich man is not satisfied with this temporary youth, greed begins to do evil, he hopes to be able to inject immortal panda blood for a long time.
He found Eternal Life, hoping that he could grant his own request, which refused to be a blood bank for others.
I thought it was over, but I didn't expect that this was just the beginning.
Immortal was dismissed for no reason, and he looked around for a job, but was repeatedly rejected, which seemed to be a little strange.
A friend reminded him that he had recently offended any big people, and He smiled helplessly.
Although the work is not settled, the days must continue. Immortal and Xiaoyan are planning to get married, and on the wedding day, accidents abound.
Immortal is kidnapped and imprisoned in the basement by thugs sent by the rich man, who tries to force Eternal Life to agree to an unreasonable request for blood supply in this way.
In the food delivered, Eternal Life finds a well-wisher secretly prompting, through which he finds the pistol hidden under the food.
After getting the pistol, Immortal pretended to drink the milk containing the drug, lay on the ground and pretended to be dizzy, and while the guards were defenseless, Immortal knocked down the guards and successfully escaped from the basement.
Along the way, Immortal and the guards engaged in many fierce gun battles, and finally came to a cliff, the road ahead was blocked, and there were pursuing soldiers, and the situation was somewhat tricky.
Fortunately, Yongsheng Zhi used a bamboo pole to make a pole jump, fell into the sea, and successfully escaped to heaven.
The undead rich man regenerated a plan, and since the blood of eternal life had miraculous effects, then his father could do it if he wanted to.
But I didn't expect that eternal life was an adopted son, and the blood of the adoptive father did not have the effect of rejuvenating the child.
After Yongsheng escaped, he wanted to leave in a boat with Xiao Yan, but the rich man's thugs chased after him again.
At the moment of the storm, the rich man's young wife, Modi, drove a yacht to support.
Modi saves eternal life, and the rich man doesn't have enough time to amend his will, which is what Modi wants. The rich man was furious and ordered the thugs to shoot and kill Modi.
After a violent collision, Modi dies, the rich man's yacht explodes because it hits the reef, and the rich man finally goes where he should go.
Whether eternal life will really be eternal, we don't know, but he can finally return to his original peaceful life.
02, behind-the-scenes story - Shi Hui and Fu Qi
The movie "Life and Death Fight", in addition to its own novel plot setting, is more talked about by a couple in the production team behind it, Shi Hui and Fu Qi.
Shi Hui played the eternal girlfriend Xiaoyan in the film, and her intelligent and calm personality left a deep impression on the audience.
Shi Hui, Together with Xia Meng and Chen Sisi, is called the "Three Princesses of the Great Wall", and she is the "Second Princess" of the Great Wall Film Company, which is definitely worthy of the title of Hua Dan.
Although active in Hong Kong, Shi Hui was born in Nanjing, grew up in a wealthy family, and when many people were not yet full, she began to be exposed to high-level artistic training such as ballet.
Later, Shi Hui followed her family to Hong Kong. After a fortuitous dance performance, Shi Hui received an invitation to join the Great Wall Film Company and began her own legendary journey.
In addition to acting, Shi Hui's development is comprehensive, she has sung theme songs for a large number of film and television works, and held concerts around the world.
In painting, script, calligraphy, etc., Shi Hui has also been involved and developed, so that all-round actors are quite rare even today.
Another protagonist in the story, Fu Qi, as the director of "Life and Death Struggle", his talent can be seen.
Fu Qi was born in Shenyang, studied civil engineering in college, and by chance, he came to Hong Kong and learned Shi Hui's name for the first time on the screen, and fell in love at first sight.
In order to get closer to the superior, Fu Qi joined the Great Wall Pictures Company, and his tall and handsome appearance was quickly valued by the company, and as soon as he entered the company, he got the opportunity to cooperate with Shi Hui.
After that, Fu Qi's invitations were more and more, and with the continuous deepening of his performance, he began to gradually transform into a director, and his self-directed and self-acting work "Yunhai Jade Bow Edge" gained a lot of word of mouth.
On the screen, Fu Qi and Shi Hui often play a couple, and the two off-screen are also secretly in love, and they entered the marriage hall as desired, which is also a good story in the Hong Kong film industry.
It is worth mentioning that they also have a daughter, Fu Mingxian, who is also a Hong Kong star that we are familiar with, she is Guo Fu of the 95th edition of "Divine Eagle Hero" and the flower carving of "Drunken Golden Branch".
03, sky is always
The movie "Life and Death Fight" is based on an American science fiction novel "The Undead", from the idea to the final implementation, there are also many ups and downs.
It was first The Hong Kong writer Mr. Du Wei who told the novel to three female directors of Phoenix Pictures, hoping that the three of them would be able to present it through the film.
However, the world is unpredictable, two of the three directors died prematurely due to illness, and the film was delayed.
Fu Qi, who had later transformed into a director, saw this idea and adapted it, which was finally brought to the screen.
Compared with the original book, the film adaptation has more thrilling elements and less of a science fiction flavor.
Even if you look at it today, the topic of eternal life is still enduring. The rich man represents a rich man, although he has a lot of wealth, but still can not escape the arrangement of life expectancy.
When he learned the way to stay young forever, he struggled like he had grasped the last straw of life, and used all means to get the blood of eternal life.
In the face of such madness, the final failure can also be imagined. Heavenly walking is constant, not for the sake of survival, not for the sake of death.
The reason why life is meaningful is not because of its limitations, and how to live out our own value in a short life is the proposition we should explore eternally. (Written by: Miki)