Happy September Duck!
As an old unlucky egg in the movie-watching industry, the movies watched frequently in august and august were unfavorable for many years. After thinking about the pain, the choice became more and more stable, and finally in the new January, he opened the door and showed a good value for money smile in the theater.
Dragon Tiger Martial Artist, a documentary about the chronicle of Hong Kong film Martial Arts, after watching the Dream Return to the Golden Age of Action Movies.
But this time, standing in the center of the stage is no longer the protagonist with one enemy and a hundred enemies, but countless dragon and tiger martial artists who can't see their faces clearly and have no names.
To tell the truth, in recent years, brushing entertainment news, often see some very bizarre content. So-and-so personally speaking lines, so-and-so willing to play ugly, so-and-so hanging Weia, can become fans to support the "dedication" of aidou arguments.
Times have changed...
In the past, the sentence of "dedication" that was exchanged for jumping off a building and jumping into the sea and falling injured and disabled is now lightly fluttering on the heads of many people who can't even do their own things. The latter supports the rotten film and earns millions of dollars a day, and the former is a classic but unknown.
This is a big problem. People who really contribute wonderful things to the audience should not be forgotten, and "Dragon tiger martial artist" is doing this.
——I am the dividing line of the peak of Hong Kong films——
If you want to pick a genre film that represents Hong Kong films, action movies must be the most popular. Its glory and loss radiated the entire Hong Kong film, and its peak period was unparalleled in the international limelight, and it is still the top 1 in the hearts of many audiences.
Casually throw everyone a few famous scenes, and in a second you can feel why the audience dislikes the current action movies.
Jackie Chan jumped off the building ↓
Qian Jiale jumped off a cliff ↓
Qian Jiale jumped off the building ↓
No special effects, no editing, the flesh and the torso are finished.
Behind these there is a common name, Dragon Tiger Martial Master.
The Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts division was first in Peking Opera. At that time, the Peking Opera actors who went south to Hong Kong brought most of their craftsmanship to the soil and water, and there were four artistic means of "singing and doing beating", and only "beating" could enter the countryside and follow the customs. Or integrate into Cantonese opera, or enter the film performance.
But this line is very bitter, winter practice three nine summer practice three volts, mostly cold disciples to seek livelihood. The "Seven Little Blessings" and "Nine Prodigies" who once supported the small half of the action movies were all from theater studies.
The earliest Hong Kong action movie thieves love the big melee, just like the song and dance in Indian movies, there must be a picture of a group of people fighting. Therefore, the demand for martial artists is quite large, and Shaw Films often comes to a bus to pull the set directly, and the daily income of the film remuneration is quite considerable.
However, the action scenes during this period are mainly based on flower fists and embroidered legs, and there is a fight between ornamental and broadcast gymnastics.
What brought about a revolution for Hong Kong action movies was Bruce Lee, a generation of kung fu superstars who returned from the United States.
This man breaks the traditional rhythm of action film shooting, and the attack and defense sides feed more smoothly, from dance to martial arts. The audience no longer sees someone trying to touch the porcelain, but someone being knocked down.
Of course, this is more demanding for the martial artist, and the rhythm of the two sides must be in tune. The villain shouts before rushing up, just to tell the protagonist that it's time to hit me. For a more realistic response, most of the time just get started. According to Yuanhua, Bruce Lee's rhythm is wrong and he will run to the side to drink some milk and suppress the shock.
Bruce Lee is a world-class kung fu superstar, and he intends to bring more martial artists to Hollywood. If all of this had been achieved, perhaps the landscape of action movies today would have been very different. But if, when filming "Game of Death" in 1973, Bruce Lee died unexpectedly, the world was shocked, and Hong Kong action movies were all suspended.
For five years, action movies were at a low ebb, no one dared to shoot them, and martial artists were collectively unemployed.
It wasn't until Yuan Heping + Jackie Chan launched "Snake-like Executioner" that the era of kung fu comedy was opened.
It was also at this time that the action movie market began to roll inward. Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao, Yuan Heping, and other martial artists have formed a team, which is the existence of the later famous "Chengjia Class", "Hongjia Class", "YuanJiaBan" and so on, which are comparable to the existence of death squads.
Similar to the death of Wang Chongyang in "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter", the Eastern Evil and the Western Poisoning Southern Emperor And the Northern Emperor are all holding their breath to compete for a high or low. The field of Huashan's sword is the midnight stall of every cinema in Hong Kong.
At that time, the midnight box office was not good, and the film could be carried away directly. The competitors would go to see each other, and he would finish the action, and I would finish the action, and I would meet all night to discuss that.
Will also look at their own, starring production director into the audience to obtain first-hand information, if the filming is not good, the audience will be scolded very badly, because they know that the culprit is sitting in the middle of everyone.
This system recommends learning, and scolding in person seems to be a little better than online scolding.
Because of the comparison with each other, the difficulty of action movies is also increasing. In order to prove his strength and pride as a martial artist, he often made a lot of impulsive behaviors. You jump the fifth floor, I jump the sixth floor, you jump the car I jump into the sea. Many actions that seem impossible to complete are also completed with a wave of recklessness and courage.
Therefore, when filming, the martial artists were most afraid of the director looking up. Because if they say it, they will do it.
This development even a little disregarded later, the success rate of only 30% is directly up. A lot of Hollywood martial arts fingers watched the overnight run.
How hard did the Dragon and Tiger Martial Artists fight at that time? One life is nine lives tossed.
There's a scene in Dragon's Heart that explodes and then eight people fall off the seventh floor.
No WIA, no inflatable cushions, just three thousand cardboard boxes and foam. What I know is filming, and what I don't know is that I think that the group is sent to death.
At that time, the demolition master was hesitant to press the detonation button, and finally asked the director Hong Jinbao to come by himself.
The eight people who jumped out had to be careful not only to be careful of falling, but also to be careful of people pressing down on people. Qian Jiale's position is a little more difficult, he needs to break a board before falling on the cardboard box.
In the end, eight people were collectively injured, and the director did not shout to end the work, but directly shouted to save people.
"Plan A", Jackie Chan needed to fall from a clock nearly twenty meters high, there was no protection, only two layers of cloth.
There is no basis at all, and it is all based on experience. What experience? The martial artist Mars jumped first, and before he died, Jackie Chan went to jump.
Jackie Chan waited for three days and did not dare to jump, was angrily scolded by Hong Jinbao, and finally jumped twice.
In "Provincial Hong Kong Flag Soldier", Yuanwu needs to jump from the third floor, the height is OK, but he needs to fall on the hard ice rink.
This does not require experience to act, and you know 100% of the fall before jumping.
But Yuanwu still jumped down and was sent directly to the hospital.
In "The Five Lucky Stars of The Magic Scheme", Yuanwu needs to fall out of the window, fall to the platform, and then fall to the cement floor, and a little deviation may fall to his death.
"Dragon Tiger Martial Artist" also unveiled the behind-the-scenes story of many classic action movies, which is worth feeling for yourself.
The audience watched the adrenaline rush of wonderful fights, beyond the impossible whimsical action design, are all the life of this group of martial artists.
Therefore, the Hong Kong action movies of that year had the confidence to compete with Hollywood, and the strong enough live-action actions not only made up for the lack of technology, but also won the superstars in the action movies and became a trump card to meet the gods and kill the gods.
But behind jackie chan hong jinbao, there are thousands of unnamed dragon and tiger martial artists. "One will make a thousand bones dry".
——I am the dividing line of the hero Twilight——
The vigorous development of Hong Kong action films has made the Wuhang market more popular than ever. The Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Team has stepped out of one after another world-renowned big stars, making martial arts a dream for many young people to go all out.
But how many people can have one Jackie Chan and one Hong Jinbao?
Everyone may have heard the story of insurance companies turning away Jackie Chan, but in fact, almost the entire martial arts industry was on the blacklist of the insurance industry. People who dare to insure at every turn, insurance companies do not want to do charity.
Sometimes in order to buy an insurance, you can only give yourself a virtual career. There is really no insurance and can not stop working, the head is pinned on the waist to continue to fight.
Youth is the biggest capital, you can be like an undead little strong wandering outside the ghost gate, dare to jump down from the seventh floor, dare to break the neck and break the waist.
But the martial artist is a cruel bowl of youth rice, and the hero is not allowed to see the white head.
A very small number of people who are most favorable to the time and place have become actors or directors, and are still familiar with the echelon of Hong Kong's top artists, such as Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao, etc.;
A handful of advanced martial arts instructors, to achieve the peak of the self-scenery is unlimited, like Yuan Heping's name is the golden signboard, mediocre can also be regarded as a stable job;
The vast majority of the remaining ones are only one way to change careers. Most of the practitioners of martial arts are not highly educated, lack long-term plans, have to earn when they are young but do not understand financial management, how much to spend, old age in addition to a body of illness can not be left, the evening scene is desolate is not a minority.
They have forged the copper and iron bones of Hong Kong movies with their flesh and blood, and they have not fallen behind in the battle against Hollywood's advanced stunts. But after being used to the fullest, it is like a layer of faded skin, which is left forever in the sunset of the past. The team of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Division came and went, and batches of fresh blood greeted and sent.
The poster of "Dragon tiger martial artist" has a comic back picture, marked with dense small characters on the left and right, which can be called "Ten Thousand Ways to Get Hurt". Some netizens discussed whose back it was, Bruce Lee? Jackie chan? They are undoubtedly the names that stand at the pinnacle of action movies.
No, that's all the Dragon and Tiger martial artists, and they stand together to take the Hong Kong action movie to the top.
But the peak is often followed by a downhill slope. Hong Kong action movie titles are getting louder and louder, but the road is getting narrower and narrower.
Hong Kong action movies have also declined several times, and audiences are tired of the martial arts action of the flower rack, bruce Lee's unexpected death, etc., but soon find new vitality. But today's Hong Kong-style action movies have been fading for too long.
Times have really changed. The once golden sign of Hong Kong-style action movies has gradually become obsolete in today's film special effects; the once life-threatening shooting methods are also incompatible with the principle of safety first.
And the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Division, which complemented it, had a more and more uncertain future. The treatment of ordinary martial arts is too poor, and the martial arts guidance is directly marginalized, which in turn makes the martial arts team more and more aging. Once a bus could pull a car of martial artists to start work, now a phone call can only call the forty or fifty-year-old Sunset Red. Talent disconnection continues to react to action movies, forming a vicious circle.
But there used to be big brothers forming a team to support young people who are desperate, and now there are people guarding the future of Hong Kong action movies.
In recent years, Qian Jiale has set up a youth training class of the Hong Kong Action Stunt Performers Guild, and many bigwigs in the industry have participated in the guidance. Although there are no new people yet, and some even have to work as amateur real estate agents to barely survive, they are still working on the future of action movies.
It is no longer limited to Hong Kong action movies, but looks at the entire Chinese action movie. Many of Hong Kong's Dragon and Tiger Martial Artists have gone north to inject fresh vitality into the action movie market, just as many years ago the Peking Opera team went south to usher in a new era of Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts. The cycle repeats, and the future can be expected.
But whether it can be as internationally famous as the Hong Kong action movies of the past, leaving a masterpiece worth appreciating across time, still needs time to consider. They are waiting for a new opportunity to survive in a desperate situation, and the audience is also waiting for the future of Chinese action movies to become more and more brilliant.
However, the miracle created by the immortal Dragon and Tiger Martial Master with his flesh and blood will not be there again after all. Just like Xu Ke said, what this group of people once did, no one will do again.
"Dragon tiger martial artist" records the out-of-print excitement left by the golden age to the audience.
Don't sentence it out early because of the documentary, the movie list is worth keeping it a vote. The schedule is limited, and everyone watches and cherishes it. Friendly reminder, there are Easter eggs in the back.