"Why doesn't anyone talk about my favorite movies?"
Du Qifeng was very depressed, he poured all his enthusiasm, and also paid tribute to his favorite director Kurosawa Akira, but he never expected that the box office was dismal and not recognized by the audience. But even so, later on, the media still asked him which movie he liked the most.
He still replied that it was the Judo Dragon and Tiger List.
Du Qifeng, who is well known as one-hand art and one-hand business, has the most addictive film noir, and there are also high-selling romance films, and "Judo Dragon and Tiger List" is an inspirational film genre, no villain, no love, and even the judo movement that embodies inspiration is rarely shown, which is very unique.
As Du Qifeng said, this is a movie about feelings. In the author's opinion, "Judo Dragon and Tiger List" shoots inspirational films in the style of film noir, relying on artistic conception to maximize the romance of the Spirit of Hong Kong.
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Generally speaking, the narrative of inspirational films is mainly based on the ups and downs of life, and at the time of life's decadence, it is awakened by the company of good teachers and friends, and to obtain the spirit of moving forward, work hard, and finally win the game as the end, ushering in a happy ending.
The previous Hong Kong film Guild Wars is like this, and Judo Dragon and Tiger List is also under this framework, Judo Little King Kong Situ Bao suddenly gave up judo, fell into a debt-ridden, drunken dream of the, and the new champion Tony who has been challenging with various people and the Taiwan little sister XiaoMeng, who chases the dream of a singer, is a mentor and friend in life, and the ending does not climax, and the ending does not seem to be satisfactory.
This film does not set up too many dramatic conflicts, but with the help of more artistic conceptions, under the guise of Du Qifeng's film noir, concocts a wonderful and inspiring life.
A continuation of the black atmosphere
The film is almost always done in the dark of night. The opening chapter is the grass night practice, like ancient landscape paintings, a large piece of grass, the character is one of the points, become the finishing touch, and the fight of the last scene is still in this grassland, is a game that no one watches.
The scene set by Du Qifeng is basically a limited confined space such as bars, Internet cafes, venues, and game halls, creating multiple lights like a stage play, bringing in a strong contrasting film tone, creating the "texture" of the stage play.
At one point, the style of the whole movie seemed to be indistinguishable from the film noir, harsh and cold, still and moving, and an inexplicable force was rushing towards it.
A transformation of the serious and the absurd
The creation of Du Qifeng's film noir atmosphere was originally to pave the way for gangsters, police bandits and other murderous stories, and the storyline of this movie is very absurd, and even some funny. For example, the gangster who was stolen money was very nervous, and when changing the bag, he actually did not take care of Situ Bao's bag, but wanted to play a judo with him.
The most classic is the scene of "four tables", which is a group portrait that is extremely experimental and completely absurd. The four parties gathered, the first to play was the four square people, they stole money, wanted to find Tony to play judo big brother, there are Situ Bao's debtors who owe money, there are agents who find Xiao Meng, there are masters who want to persuade Situ Bao to revive their strength, like Du Qifeng has always paid attention to "position design".
The four tables were in the shape of a cross, and Situ Bao, Xiao Meng, and Tony were sitting in them, surrounded by clusters, especially when Xiao Meng said, "You force Liang to be a prostitute", and everyone looked here, creating a chaotic atmosphere and letting everyone experience a sense of ridicule.
And the person who switches between seriousness and absurdity is the big barbarian brother played by Zhang Zhaohui, who breaks his mind all the time. The shot is also very fierce, in the face of the late little brother, randomly draw a knife, expressionless, but also like to nervously find someone to single, after meeting Situ Bao, and show admiration, when Li Yagang fell to the ground, but very "cool", indicating that it can be.
Cinematic literature
The film is poetic, and the literary nature lies mainly in the delicate feelings between people. In the eyes of some people, the plot of the film is not compact enough, the narrative is too slow, and the story is not hot enough, all of which are due to the director's abandonment of the main literary nature. The director is based on the idea of the character action to unfold the whole film to shoot the film, the people stand up, the story is not clear, it does not matter, Du Qifeng said that the "feeling" is in place.
Situ Bao, who lost interest in judo, began to mix his life, until he lost his sight, we understand that he is paralyzed by blindness, but after seeing the death of the master, he was also touched by the enthusiasm of Xiaomeng and Tony and began to regain judo.
And Xiao Meng is the little sister who insists on the dream of the singer, and finally goes to Japan to develop, even if she loses her shoes, she also goes forward, she is frozen in "I must succeed", the story ends abruptly, and Tony has been looking for someone to compete, and even with the fat doorman to come to a fight.
Finally, quite poetically, the three protagonists stacked arhats to pick up the balloon stuck in the tree. Balloons are naturally the embodiment of "dreams", and under the mutual influence between people, the process of pursuing dreams is the focus. Even if everyone is going to be separated the next day, then tonight we must chase our dreams, warm and restrained.
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"I also have this meaning of "hope" in making this movie, and I have my own feelings in making this movie. The audience may not be able to see it, but I feel it myself."
--Du Qifeng
Kurosawa Akira tortures human nature in his own movies, and in "Zi Sansilang", inspirational upwards give soothing people's hearts, Du Qifeng borrows the bridge section of Zi Sansilang and helping Xiao Ye tie his shoelaces, and evolves the bridge section where Xiao Meng picks up shoes for Situ Bao, and Situ Bao picks up shoes for Xiao Meng, which is somewhat vivid. And most importantly, Du Qifeng's tribute is to show the romantic side of the Hong Kong spirit in the current social context.
What is the spirit of Hong Kong? Hong Kong's "city song" "Under the Lion Rock" once said that no matter what happens, hard work will be rewarded; "The Thief of Years" says that bad things will always pass, and the optimistic spirit of life will have to go on.
And all this is reflected in the "Judo Dragon and Tiger List", everyone is very persistent, clinging to their dreams, but there is a romantic atmosphere that knows the consequences but is afraid of regretting it in old age.
Xiao Meng said, "I must be on fire", which is very inspirational. But Du Qifeng said, "I know she will never be a good singer in her life", but she will still go and never concede defeat.
Situ Bao said, "I want to play the game", and Situ Bao finally stood in the position of the master, handing out leaflets on the side of the street, hoping that someone would come to learn judo, but there was still an eternal sunset, representing hope.
At that time, it was SARS, and hope was the most important. Du Qifeng's idea mixed in the film is to find the positive forward belief and confidence in Hong Kong in the 1970s.
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There is a sentence in the book "Galaxy Reflection, Unimaginable" that Du Qifeng said:
"Judo Dragon and Tiger List has a very galactic style, that is, painful romance."
In fact, this sentence highly summarizes the film.
Although it is an inspirational film, it is anti-routine and anti-climactic, although it is a film noir style, it is an absurd plot development, although it is with the pain of persistence, it is actually a romance with a Hong Kong spirit. Everyone will encounter difficulties and problems, please be sure to go to the good side!