When it comes to Hong Kong movies, many people think of "Shaw Films" and "Hui Films".
Once Shaw's film was a golden signboard of Chinese films, and the advertising slogan of "Shaw's production must be a fine product" has become the most familiar symbol of a generation of film fans.
The Shaw brothers established transnational entertainment networks in the mainland, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and Shaw also traveled to Hollywood and Europe to investigate, and remodeled and expanded the original theaters destroyed by the war in the Nanyang region.
Thinking about it this way, do you think that Shaw's movies are really remarkable.
And the characters we are going to talk about today are in opposition to Shaw films with their very personal style films.
Everyone knows the Four Masters of xu, but do you know their specific names?
The names of the four of them are Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanwu, Xu Guanying, and Xu Guanjie, and they are the four brothers of Wenwu Yingjie.
Among them, Xu Guanwen's contribution to Xu's family and family is the greatest, and he is also known as the "King of Comedy" and "Cold-faced Laughing Craftsman", which is recognized and respected by people.
The name Xu Guanwen can be mentioned, and most friends will feel strange.
But mention the names of the following movies, everyone knows Xu Guanwen.
Xu Guanwen wrote and directed the movie "Ghost Horse Double Star" to conquer the audience in front of the screen with a fast-paced comedy mode, breaking the box office record for many years.
He wrote, directed and acted in comedies such as "Half a Pound, Eight Two" and "Modern Bodyguard", which won the annual box office championship in Hong Kong five times and broke the box office record of Chinese films three times, making him the director with the most annual box office champions in Hong Kong.
He is also the winner of the "Best Actor" at the first Hong Kong Film Awards, so you can imagine his contribution to the film industry.
"Ghost Horse Double Star" is the first film of Xu Guanwen's own company Xu Brothers, his own director, his own screenwriter, the performance is also his own brothers, Xu Guanjie and Xu Guanying have a fight, around the wooden stakes, turning out of the Xu brothers to work together to unite the momentum, fight back to the fight, a big brother still has to call.
When I was a child, I was amused by Xu Guanjie's witty humor. When I grew up and looked at it again, I found that as early as the last century, Xu Guanjie's lines told us a truth: it is impossible to get rich by working, part-time work will not come out for a lifetime, do it for a long time, and find that the workplace is like that, and I am still so poor.
Because of Xu Guanwen's leading role and teaching, the development of the three younger brothers of the Xu family is "really good".
Xu Guanwen was born in Guangdong, and when Xu Guanwen was very young, he went to Hong Kong because of his parents.
He and Bruce Lee are alumni of the same level and attend the same high school, La Salle College, which is the University of Hong Kong Chinese.
Don't look at Xu Guanwen going to high school and college. In fact, Xu Guanwen himself is very hard working, and he went to college because he saved enough money to go to college.
Guanwen's first job was as a teacher in a middle school, and his reality and dreams were so far apart that he could not afford to teach his students carefully.
So, he changed his career to become an advertising planner, but he still felt that this brain-burning job was not suitable for him.
Later, Xu Guanwen was also stepped on the entertainment industry.
Xu Guanwen's comedy, in addition to the charm of his own director, the two outstanding younger brothers are also an important reason for the attraction.
Because he has been poor, Hui Guanwen is very concerned about people's livelihood, and his film creations are all derived from the daily life of Hong Kong small citizens, and many of his lines are all kinds of Cantonese slang jokes, which can best reflect the life tastes of Hong Kong grassroots citizens and the joys and sorrows of small people, which is quite grounded.
The feeling that Xu Guanwen's films bring to me comes from our real lives.
We get laughter and reflection; he helps us see the world and see ourselves. He used his own cold noodles to bring us warmth.
"Xu Guanwen's self-written, self-directed, and self-acting roles elevate the image of the laughing artist to an autonomous and self-conscious film creator, which can be on par with Charlie Chaplin, Woody Allen and other comedy masters in the West" This kind of praise is not low!
Xu Guanwen is a cold-faced laughter, in fact, he is also the king of comedy, Xingye is his descendant, the only time the two clashed was in the "Night Feast of the Giants", and the chicken head and tail dispute also symbolized the replacement of the king of new and old comedy, which is more meaningful.
Today, Xu Guanwen has long since retired.
Xu Guanwen, who has nothing to do but go shopping leisurely, the rest of the time is to enjoy his grandchildren and enjoy life slowly. Although he is 79 years old, Xu Guanwen is still on the road of creation, not "fast creation" for making money, but only "slow creation" for art.
Don't look at him is 79 years old, but the maintenance is still quite appropriate, not old at all, nor does he have any old demeanor, and even has a feeling of ten years.
Xu Guanwen and his wife Zheng Jieying are a model couple in the circle. Xu Guanwen feels that marriage is like cooperating to open a company, and there must be a person to decide, so he will listen to his wife make decisions most of the time. Marriage is also like a package, and those who don't like it in the package should learn to appreciate.
A model couple. Xu Guanwen feels that marriage is like cooperating to open a company, and there must be a person to decide, so he will listen to his wife make decisions most of the time. Marriage is also like a package, and those who don't like it in the package should learn to appreciate.