Reporter Chen Qianxiu/Comprehensive Report
Hong Kong veteran actor Shi Tian died of cancer in September at the age of 72, and the bad news was not exposed until November 1, shocking all walks of life. Before his death, he was one of the founders of the "New Art City Pictures" that created countless classic Hong Kong films, in addition to being a film owner, he also loved to make movies, the representative work was "Hero Ii" directed by Wu Yusen, and played on the same stage with Dillon, Chow Yun Fat and Cheung Kwok Wing, and his superb acting skills still impressed fans.
Shi Tian's "Hero True Colors II" has superb acting skills. (Photo/Photo from Weibo)
According to the Hong Kong "East Net" report, Shi Tian's mobile phone has been unanswered, co-founded the new art city Huang Baiming responded on behalf of the response, Shi Tian's youngest son Dickson confirmed the death of the news, due to cancer death, the last wish is to low-key deal with the aftermath, so the family did not have public information.
Huang Baiming was shocked to hear the bad news, when the "New Art City" was founded in the 1980s, it was he and Shi Tian and Mai Jia as the core, relying on the shooting of kung fu comedies to create a new era of Hong Kong cinema. And he revealed the last private conversation with Shi Tian on September 7, Shi Tian revealed that he was in the hospital, waiting for the completion of the treatment to make an appointment to drink coffee, learned that his friend had cancer, so he did not bother, did not expect that now he was forever separated.
Although Huang Baiming, Shi Tian, Shi Nansheng and Zeng Zhiwei will meet a few months apart, they have rarely seen each other in recent years due to the impact of the epidemic. Regarding the aftermath of his friend, he said that there is no memorial meeting, special edition, etc. for the time being, and will wait for Shi Tian's family to deal with the aftermath before making arrangements.
Shi Tian (the white-haired man in the middle), Together with Huang Baiming and Mai Jia, founded "New Art City", is the owner of a film company and loves to be an actor. (Figure/CFP)
From the initial 3-person establishment to the later 7-person group: Xu Ke, Mai Jia, Shi Tian, Zeng Zhiwei, Huang Baiming, Teddy Robin and Shi Nansheng, "New Art City" has created countless classic Hong Kong films, and now everyone is a big man in the film industry. In 2017, the new art city 7-member group was invited by the Golden Horse Awards to participate in the Golden Horse Forum, including Xu Ke, Zeng Zhiwei, Huang Baiming, Teddy Robin and Shi Nansheng and served as the guests of the Golden Horse Awards.
Shi Tian is not only the owner of the film company, but also loves to make comedies, and has the title of Chaplin in Hong Kong. He assisted in the launch of a large number of Hong Kong films in Hong Kong, and with the Chinese dubbing, successfully entered the Taiwan film market, and founded the "New Art City" to win the popularity of Maggie Cheung, Zhang Aijia, Wang Zuxian, Lin Qingxia, Zhang Guorong, Chow Yun Fat and others, and made outstanding contributions to the Hong Kong film industry.
Shi Tian has the title of "Chaplin of Hong Kong", and Golden Horse 54 has paid tribute to the "New Art City Era". (Photo/Photo from Weibo)