Once upon a time, the Hong Kong Film Awards were the well-deserved "Academy Awards" in the Chinese film industry, and all filmmakers regarded the Awards as the temple of Chinese films. At that time, Hong Kong cinema was in its most brilliant era, and many powerful directors and actors were born here, and talents were born and shone together, which amazed the whole world.
The list of nominees for each Academy Awards will trigger a bloody storm, because the shortlist is too strong, and everyone is the "best" in the hearts of the audience. For example, at the 14th Academy Awards in 1995, the list of nominations for Best Actor looked dazzling: Leung Chao-wai, Cheung Kwok-wing, Stephen Chow, Chow Yun-fat, Jacky Cheung, each of whom was one of the top characters in Hong Kong cinema. In the end, Liang Chaowei won his first Academy Award for Film Emperor with the policeman "663" in "Chongqing Forest" in this mars-colliding earth duel.
Since its inception in 1982, the Academy Awards have produced a total of 22 film emperors, Liang Chaowei has won the most movie emperors, has won 5 times, followed by Leung Ka Fai 4 times won the film emperor, 22 film emperors almost included the most famous actors in the Hong Kong film industry - in addition to Jackie Chan's big brother, 9 nominations for the film emperor have won nothing, which is the saddest "big-name dragon set" of the Academy Awards.
But compared with these famous film emperors, there are several actors who have won the film emperor but few people now rarely mention, they were also, left a glimpse at the most brilliant time of Hong Kong movies, but with the influence of age, body and other reasons, some of them faded out of the entertainment circle, and some people are no longer alive...
Mention the "skinhead" Mai Jia, many people's first impression is his thousand-year-old skinhead image, as well as the innate comedic talent, his most well-known work should be the comedy film "Best Partner" series, the first box office of the film was as high as more than 20 million, achieving a box office miracle of Hong Kong films at that time, since then Mai Jia's comedy image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and with this film to get the 2nd Academy Awards, it can be described as fame and fortune.
In addition to the great achievements in comedy, Mai Jia's contribution to Hong Kong cinema is to co-found the famous "New Art City" company with Wong Bai Ming and others, supervising the production of classic works such as "Happy Ghost" series, "Prison Storm", "Love Saint" and so on, leaving a strong mark on the brilliant moments of Hong Kong films. Now 75-year-old Mai Jia basically faded out of the show business circle, and a recent big-screen work was a cameo role in Hong Jinbao's "My Secret Agent Grandpa", which can be regarded as a "friendship platform" for old friends.
Li Xiuxian, who is active in Hong Kong movies as a "tough guy", was not a "public idol" who was not inferior to Chow Yun Fat in the 1980s and 1990s, and Li Ying in "Blood And Two Heroes" and Ah Hu in "Dragon and Tiger Storm" are all unforgettable Hong Kong film memories of a generation, and his handsome and tough appearance has fascinated countless young boys and girls. At the 4th Academy Awards in 1985, with the role of "Criminal Police Officer A B" in "Public Servant", Li Xiuxian defeated contenders such as Zhou Runfa, Jackie Chan, Xu Guanwen, and Zheng Zeshi to win the film emperor. It is worth mentioning that the film queen of the same year was won by Schenkova, which is the first time that a mainland actor has won the Academy Award.
Nowadays, Li Xiuxian has basically faded out of the show business circle, occasionally participating in some activities, and recently filmed advertisements with "big brother Cheng" Li Zixiong and "Huang Lao evil" Zeng Jiang, which seems to be in good shape.
Speaking of the name Qiao Hong, many people may not be familiar with it, but as an actor for decades, Qiao Hong has witnessed the most ups and downs of Hong Kong cinema. Since entering the show business circle in the 1950s, Qiao Hong has filmed more than 100 film and television works, not only with Bruce Lee in "Dragon Fight tiger fight", but also as the royal actor of Hong Kong martial arts master Hu Jinquan, in the 1980s and 1990s, due to his age and other reasons, Qiao Hong's works were not many, but many of them were classics such as "Caged People" and "Woman, Forty".
It was with "Woman, Forty" that Qiao Hong won the 1996 Academy Awards Film Emperor, when he was nearly 70 years old, the oldest film emperor in the history of the Academy Awards. After entering the 90s, Qiao Hong, who was not in good health, had a heart attack four times, but he still insisted on shooting, which led to the coveted honor of film emperor. After winning the film emperor, Qiao Hong's family moved to Seattle, usa, to prepare for his old age, but unfortunately, in 1999, the 72-year-old Qiao Hong finally died of a heart attack.
Judging from the list of winners of the Academy Awards, the film emperors for more than 30 years almost always belong to the old faces of Hong Kong films, and the younger generation cannot find a rising star who can succeed Andy Lau, Leung Chao-wai and others, and this situation of lack of success also confirms the decline of Hong Kong films on the side.
Today's Hong Kong films can no longer continue to write the glory of the past, the former "Chinese film Oscars" are now getting bleaker, almost becoming the back garden for Hong Kong filmmakers to entertain themselves, if the Academy Awards can not expand their horizons, blindly narrowly stick to one side, then the future of the Academy Awards may be even more bleak. (Author: Pippi Shrimp)