Li Chengru, an old drama bone, actually satirized Zhou Xingchi in public?
In a certain variety show
Xu Juncong performed Stephen Chow's Journey to the West to Descend the Devil
Before the performance was over, several teachers turned off the lights
Li Chengru was even more vocal
Let him not just stare at the nonsense comedies of the eighties and nineties
More bluntly these are "corner" and "wall skirt"
The words revealed an unconcealed contempt
Xu Juncong also heard Li Chengru's ridicule of almost naming his name
Opened his mouth to explain that he did not think that Zhou Xingchi was a "corner"
Cool Brother thought that this statement may have spoken the voice of most of the audience
But in Hong Kong in the 1990s, it is not only these two people who cannot read Stephen Chow's films
For example, the movie that Cool Brother wants to talk about today - "Night of the Soul"
On February 5, 1995, the day after the release of "Journey to the West"
This is just an ordinary day in winter for all Hong Kong citizens
But for Zhou Xingchi, it was very cold
Cold enough to destroy all his pride and hope
The transformational work that he had high hopes for, Journey to the West, encountered a double flutter of word of mouth and box office
The Lottery Star Film Company, which he had just established the year before, was also at risk of collapse
What made Star Ye feel even more desperate was that
The Hong Kong media and film fans who had praised him as the king of comedy at that time also turned against him at this time
Jiang Langcai, who was verbally criticized and widely reported on him, was exhausted
And Liu Zhenwei, who is a director, is not good enough to go there
At this time, he was being scolded by Shaw's wife Fang Yihua for pointing at his nose and scolding neuropathy
The tough-knit Shaw Lady couldn't figure it out anyway
How can Sun Wukong, who should have been six pure roots, have love
And Zhou Xingchi, who never accepted defeat in his bones, once again found Liu Zhenwei
I wanted to use a more imaginative film
Prove to everyone that Sun Wukong can have love
And Liu Zhenwei also has this intention
He recalled when he was a guest on Phoenix TV's "Extraordinary Tao"
"The day after the release of "Journey to the West", the two of us ate breakfast together
Eat while talking about the upcoming movie "Night of the Soul"
I found that he only looked at me occasionally
The rest of the time they were hiding from my eyes
I was very upset."
This work, which carries the dream of Zhou Xingchi and Liu Zhenwei to turn over, has begun to brew
1994 was an extraordinary year
The foreign film industry can be called "fairy fight"
Among the five movies with the highest Douban ratings
Three are from Hollywood in 1994
They are The Shawshank Redemption.
Forrest Gump
"This Killer Is Not Too Cold"
In the end, Forrest Gump won
The other two films won the 67th Academy Award for Best Picture
Even now these two films have been canonized
But at the time this killer was not too cool was a bleak box office
Investors also lost money
Such an encounter coincided with Zhou Xingchi and Liu Zhenwei
In the end, they decided to use a Hong Kong version of "This Killer Is Not Too Cold"
To Luc. Besson tribute
From the names of the protagonists to the costumes of Stephen Chow and Karen Mok and the ghost-hunting magic lily
Both are extremely consistent with "This Killer Is Not Too Cold"
So much so that it was considered plagiarism by the audience who did not know the truth at the time
Since it is a horror movie
The backdrop of eerie horror is certainly indispensable
At that time, the background site selection also took a lot of time
It was finally located in the fifth unit on the 9th floor of the Moral Education Building in Tseung Kwan O's Hou Tak Estate
This estate is the first public housing estate in Hong Kong
That sense of shabby horror is exactly what it is
It wasn't created by the crew
When you stand downstairs you can even feel a gust of wind blowing
That's why
This movie became a childhood shadow for many post-8090s
Star Ye plays a ghost hunting expert in this movie
But surprisingly
Such an intellectually superior
However, because the ideological concept is advanced, it is inconsistent with the world
He was arrested as a neurotic and sent to a psychiatric hospital
The reason for this is that setting
It is also because of Mrs. Shaw's sentence "neuropathy"
Let Liu Zhenwei want to fight for breath
When Ah Qun went to look for Leon
Lian said the most core lines of the whole film
Actually this monologue
It is to complain about the lack of imagination of hong Kong audiences
Speaking of ghost hunting in Hong Kong movies
The audience thought of the Dao Chief played by Lin Zhengying
In his hand he holds a peachwood sword, a spell, and black dog blood
It would be wrong not to follow this routine
But in Night of the Returning Souls
These seemingly psychotic operations are really effective
Chocolate is to be able to hit the ghost plastic wrap is to catch the ghost
If you think it can't work, it's just because you don't have enough imagination
So why can't Sun Wukong have love?
Why Journey to the West must be comedy
Although from a market and box office perspective
Such an approach is fraught with variables and risks
But Xingye chose to stick to his ideals and beliefs
This courage is like his line in the movie
It doesn't matter, I don't go to hell who goes to hell
Such words
He mentions it several times in the film
With a little helplessness and compassion
Let's talk about the supporting characters in the film
In order to shoot this turnaround work
Star Ye moved out of his old team
Huang Yifei, Li Lizhi and Ruhua Li Jianren
They all contributed their wonderful acting skills in this movie
A bunch of people who knew each other got together
Naturally, there are jokes that make people laugh
And fans who are familiar with Star Ye movies
He is no stranger to Li Jianren
He was originally a classmate of Star Master
Because I like to work in acting
So I have been following Star Ye to do behind-the-scenes work in the movie
Until later, in Tang Bohu's autumn fragrance, she appeared as a woman's dress like a flower
The image of the stubble digging out the nostrils began to penetrate the hearts of the people
In this film, he plays the building security guard
When a ghostly model steps out
Are you the same as Infinity?
I was amazed by the picture in front of me
July 1, 1995
This film carries Liu Zhenwei and Xingye turned over
It was officially released in Hong Kong
But what surprised them was
This highly anticipated and imaginative work
In that year, it only received 16 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office
It also became the lowest-grossing film of all starring Star Ye
Such achievements were nothing short of a disaster for Zhou Xingchi at that time
And Liu Zhenwei also interrupted the contract to pay liquidated damages in the scolding of fans that year
Disappointed and overwhelmed, he left Hong Kong for Canada
In a later interview
Liu Zhenwei once said so
The two works that make me sad the most
One is a journey to the west
The other is the one we are talking about today
In the night sky of Hong Kong in 1995
Zhou Xingchi planted a seemingly absurd fairy tale dream for everyone
Maybe it was the fans of that year who were too realistic
I couldn't immerse myself in this dream
A year later in 1996
Once sprayed by Hong Kong movie fans, the bodyless big talk travels to the west
Quietly became popular at the Beijing Film Academy
The film's swirling structure and romantic lines
Let all mainland film fans be fascinated
It is even regarded by many fans as the peak god of the star master
When everyone began to accept that Sun Wukong could have love
This star-master's peak-time work returns to the night of the soul
When will we erase those prejudices?
All right
That's the end of today's video
I'm a cool guy
We'll see you next time