| Drama of the past
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Lin Zhengying single-handedly created the zombie era in Hong Kong movies, "Mr. Zombie" once launched to get 20 million box office, and then attracted countless followers, but only the first person to eat crabs will be remembered, now people mention Lin Zhengying, think of zombies, mention zombies, think of Lin Zhengying.
Although he has been away from us for 24 years, there are still people who remember him from time to time, and his departure has brought the zombie film dynasty to an end, why is it difficult to produce such a good actor as Uncle Lin now?
Lin Zhengying did not have a big hit as soon as he debuted, and he also suffered a lot before becoming famous. Because his family was poor, Lin Zhengying went to the society early to eat mixed meals, he studied Peking opera with his master for several years, and later entered the Shaw family as a martial artist.
At first, Lin Zhengying could only be a stand-in, but later Shao saw that he was flexible, so he let him go to "Tangshan Big Brother" to be a martial arts instructor.
In this movie, Lin Zhengying meets his first nobleman, Bruce Lee.
At that time, Bruce Lee was already an internationally renowned kung fu superstar, and he saw that the martial arts movements directed by Lin Zhengying were crisp and clean, and they were very beautiful, so he asked him to join his kung fu team as a martial artist. Lin Zhengying was glad that he finally had the opportunity to show his skills, and it was he who joined Bruce Lee's team.
Bruce Lee was very fond of Lin Zhengying, and even told the people on the set that if Lin Zhengying did not come, not a single scene could be filmed.
Lin Zhengying did not live up to bruce Lee's importance to him, he designed a number of classic martial arts moves for two films such as "Raptors Crossing the River" and "Jingwumen", and since then, Lin Zhengying has been diligently serving as a martial arts instructor, where he also met Hong Jinbao.
Lin Zhengying originally did not plan to go to the front of the stage, in the late 70s, Bruce Lee fell, his kung fu team was also disbanded, Hong Jinbao took over his unfinished kung fu career, reconvened a group of dragon and tiger martial artists to form the Hong family class, Lin Zhengying was the first person he invited.
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Hong Jinbao and Lin Zhengying have a good relationship, Lin Zhengying is still doing his old business after Bruce Lee's death, he has been nominated for the best action director at the second and third Academy Awards, at this time he has an award, but there is no popularity.
Hong Jinbao wanted to hold him as the protagonist, so he found Jiahe's senior management and planned to let Lin Zhengying shoot "Mr. Zombie".
At first, the top management was not optimistic about this movie, they felt that there was not a big name in the movie, surely no one wanted to watch it, and they all lost money when they were filmed.
Coupled with the fact that the shooting cycle was longer than expected for more than ten days, the executives almost scolded the entire crew to the point of bloodshed, but when it was finally released, the box office of "Mr. Zombie" far exceeded the expectations of the high-level, and a medium-made film could enter the box office of 20 million, not only ranking seventh in the annual box office in 1985, but also winning many awards.
In fact, Lin Zhengying was not the male protagonist of the film originally, the original apprentice Qiusheng was the protagonist, but the director saw that Lin Zhengying's acting skills were obviously better, so he assigned the camera to the nine uncles played by Lin Zhengying, and Lin Zhengying's popularity soared from then on, becoming the zombie Dao commander nine uncles in the hearts of a generation.
After the success of "Mr. Zombie", the same type of films on the market also flocked to the market, and everyone wanted to share a piece of the pie with Lin Zhengying, but in the end, only Lin Zhengying could win the favor of the masses.
Why he can be so popular, like the first person who eats crabs is a genius, and the second is a fool. Lin Zhengying separated the zombies from the Chinese ghost system alone, it is he who perfected the setting of the zombies, and now when it comes to zombies, the most classic image is the face of the green newspaper, wearing the Qing Dynasty official uniform, hands forward, fingernails are unusually long, can only jump and walk, this is lin Zhengying took the lead in applying to the image of the movie, follow-up zombie movies are based on this.
Zombies are always something that reality does not have, lin Zhengying in order to enhance the sense of connection with reality, so that the audience can more substitute into the movie, his exorcism spells are taken from Taoism.
The left hand Bagua Array, the right hand peach wood sword, the head wearing a Bagua scarf, wearing the zodiac robe of the classic Maoshan Taoist image, but also Lin Zhengying from the Taoist culture to draw inspiration, later movies like to continue to use the image of Taoist exorcism, they will only follow behind to pick up people's teeth and wisdom, the film made is naturally not as good as Lin Zhengying.
At that time, the background of Hong Kong movies was mainly comedy, lin zhengying also considered this situation, even if he made a zombie film, the film also carried his unique cold humor, some people said that Lin Zhengying's film is the most terrifying in the funny film, the funniest in the horror film.
When the audience watches the movie, they will be frightened by the long nails of the zombies breaking through the screen, and they will be amused by the humorous interaction between Uncle Nine and the apprentice.
Lin Zhengying is by no means an actor who will only eat the old Ben, and he has starred in many zombie movies in the follow-up, adding new settings to his zombie world every time, imitators are waiting for Uncle Lin's movie to be released, and they will follow behind to pick up meat and eat.
Lin Zhengying also innovatively integrated zombie films and action movies together, there are many Lin Uncle gang apprentices in the film, fighting with zombies, he himself is a martial arts figure, the action scenes are naturally clean and clean, Lin Zhengying also studied a set of knotted gestures, children have seen his movies, all follow the imitation.
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Nowadays, when people think of Lin Zhengying, they think not of a single movie, but of the strange zombie world he brought us.
Uncle Lin dedicated his life to the audience, he has been in the film for more than twenty years, and there are many other types of films that look for him to star, but he refuses. In fact, Lin Zhengying still wants to try to act in literary and artistic films, but the audience is eagerly waiting for him to continue to star in zombie films, and Lin Zhengying has to continue to meet the expectations of the audience.
Even after the box office failure of "The New Zombie Road Chief", he did not give up the zombie film genre. Lin Zhengying switched from film to TV series, and the filming of "Zombie Road Chief" is still very popular.
Lin Zhengying is running around in various sets, overwork finally dragged down his body, Lin Zhengying suffered from liver cancer, and when he found out, it was already advanced, but in the face of the set that was waiting for work every day, he chose to keep this secret, and a person suffered pain.
When Lin Zhengying was filming "Zombie Road Chief", there was an 11-year-old girl on the set who was very fond of him, and this girl was Yuan Qiongdan, the sister of pomegranate.
The two fell in love on the set for a long time and slowly came together. Lin Zhengying had a marriage before, and also had a child, he was worried that the young Yuan Qiongdan would not be suitable for getting along with children, but Yuan Qiongdan and the child got along very well, everyone on the set thought that the good things of the two were approaching, but the two broke up.
Lin Zhengying knew that his time after suffering from liver cancer was short, and he did not want to let Yuan Qiongdan suffer with him anymore, so he bombarded her with an iron heart. After Yuan Qiongdan learned that her lover was ill, she knew that Lin Zhengying did not want her to cry, so not a single tear fell in front of him.
During the day, Yuan Qiongdan still has to work, and she can only sneak to the hospital to visit Lin Zhengying at night. At the later funeral, Yuan Qiongdan attended as a surviving person, and the only time she had red eyes was when she stood where Lin Zhengying could not see.
Hong Jinbao did not learn that Lin Zhengying had cancer until he called him and entrusted him with the matter after his death.
Hong Jinbao was very angry, he said you should have told me earlier, I know a lot of famous doctors, Chinese medicine, will be able to heal you. He wanted to visit Lin Zhengying, but he refused his brother's request, only asking him to help him arrange the funeral, and said not to let anyone see his face, and Hong Jinbao could only do it one by one.
Lin Zhengying in the movie to create the image of the Taoist leader is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, many people think that he is a Taoist person, thinking that his funeral will use the form of Taoism, but Lin Zhengying finally chose to be buried in the form of Buddhism, many people are very confused, in fact, Uncle Lin considered that the Buddhist funeral situation is relatively simple, he is so considered, to the last moment of life is not willing to trouble others.
Now, Uncle Lin has left us for 24 years, and the zombie film has come to an end with his departure, but the imprint he left behind will never be erased.
ATV once made a blockbuster classic drama "I Have a Date with a Zombie", and the first sentence of the opening paragraph was:
I would like to dedicate this film to a generation of zombie chiefs.
It's just that in this drama, the peach wood sword is replaced by an electric current rod, the Bagua mirror is also replaced by a makeup mirror, and the classic Taoist costume is also replaced by a miniskirt.
The ancient and mysterious oriental charm in Lin Zhengying's movie is impossible to have anymore, but as long as there are still people remembering him, Lin Zhengying is still the eternal zombie Dao leader in people's hearts.