In 1971, li Hanxiang's "League of Nations" declared bankruptcy, and he returned to Hong Kong in debt in an attempt to make a comeback. Eight years after leaving Hong Kong, the Hong Kong film industry is changing with each passing day, and it has long become the world of martial arts, and every day in each studio is a sword and light sword shadow.
Li Hanxiang's best Huang Mei tone was no longer cared about at that time. Forced into a desperate situation, director Li Da had to find another way, based on the aesthetics of the traditional Huangmei tone, to combine the two elements of comedy and eroticism in order to attract more audiences. So a new wave was set off in the Hong Kong film industry, which was Li Hanxiang's "Wind Moon" movie.
Director Li's Fengyue film and the later three-j films represented by Wang Jing are completely different things. The wind and moon film only emphasizes its meaning and does not weigh its shape. Li Hanxiang focuses on the creation of atmosphere, plus the clever scene scheduling makes the audience intoxicated, and it is not just a simple visual impact.
Because of this, Li Hanxiang is particularly picky about the choice of female number one. Just having a beautiful face is not enough, but also pay attention to waist demeanor. In the words of director Li: there should be a style between the hands and feet, both side-style and "handsome".
Layer by layer, there are only a few people who are qualified to become Li Hanxiang's Wind and Moon Girl. Some people say that Li Hanxiang's Wind moon girl is selected according to the shadow of his old partner, the late beauty of the Hong Kong film industry, Lin Dai.
There is no reason for this. So let's start with Bai Xiaoman, the Wind Moon Girl who is known as "lin dai's biggest discovery after".
First, since ancient times, beautiful people are like famous generals, and they are not allowed to see white heads in the world - Bai Xiaoman
Bai Xiaoman's original name was Hu Ruimei. The stage name was named by Li Hanxiang, a total of nineteen strokes, which has the meaning of shangshang daji. "White" is what Li Hanxiang thought when he first saw Bai Xiaoman when he saw her skin as white as snow.
And "Xiao Man" is from Xu Zhimo's wife Lu Xiaoman, Lu Xiaoman is kind and enthusiastic, which is also the director's expectation for her.
Among all the Wind Moon Girls, Bai Xiaoman and Li Hanxiang have not cooperated many times, only one "Sound and Color Dog and Horse". This is also the only work she left to the Hong Kong film industry, before the film was released, she took poison and committed suicide at the age of 19.
Despite this, it still can't change her status as the head of the Wind Moon Girl. Bai Xiaoman's beauty and her talent in acting are incomparable to others. That year, "Sound and Color Dog Horse" was shortlisted for the Golden Horse Award, and Bai Xiaoman attended as a newcomer, which was the limelight for a while, overshadowing all the first-line actresses at that time.
Years later, Li Hanxiang also spent a lot of ink and ink in his memoirs to recall his daughter, calling her "Lin Dai's biggest discovery after that".
However, compared with Lin Dai, who came from a wealthy aristocrat, Bai Xiaoman's family environment was much more tragic.
Bai Xiaoman was met by Li Hanxiang while drinking afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel. At that time, five people came in together, Bai Xiaoman and another woman who resembled sisters, and three middle-aged men (it was later learned that the other woman was Bai Xiaoman's mother, and the three middle-aged men were prostitutes).
Li Hanxiang didn't think much about it, and had been carefully looking at Bai Xiaoman's every move from entering the door to sitting down. Because the movie "Sound and Color Dog and Horse" prepared by himself was even on the scene, it was a female number one, and the company strongly hoped to use new people. It really doesn't take any effort.
Immediately send someone over to ask if you want to make a movie, don't want to forget it, because this matter cannot be forced. Unexpectedly, Bai Xiaoman very generously nodded to the director and agreed.
In the afternoon of the same day, he pulled Shaw to audition, which surprised the audience. After the performance, everyone applauded and rejoiced for Li Hanxiang.
Just when the shooting officially started, it was troublesome. Bai Xiaoman couldn't remember the lines.
The first day can not remember, Li Hanxiang will still remind her from the side, thinking that she is nervous. Later, he gave her the script in advance and found that he still could not memorize it.
This time, Li Hanxiang no longer reminded, and let the whole crew stop with a straight face, and recite the words to Bai Xiaoman. In just a few lines, Bai Xiaoman actually memorized it for half a day, and finally cried. The crew came over to the director and said, "She may really not be able to carry it, it is not that she is lazy and has no back, Bai Xiaoman is the first to come to the crew today, and has been carrying it until now." ”
Li Hanxiang was surprised that he had such a poor memory. Forced to be helpless, Bai Xiaoman had to confess to the director that he had the habit of eating psychedelic y. Over the years, the brain damage is very large, and the memory is seriously degraded.
Therefore, the whole play can only be mentioned by the director on the side, and Bai Xiaoman repeats the action well, just like singing a double reed.
When watching the copy the next day, everyone found that Bai Xiaoman acted quite naturally, without the slightest reminder from others. And the white man in the lens looks more beautiful. Bai Xiaoman's amazing acting talent made everyone admire. Afterwards Li Hanxiang said
If it is a Peking Opera troupe actor, there is a very appropriate term, that is, "Grandmaster appreciates rice and eats".
When filming "Sound and Color Dog and Horse", under the persuasion of Li Hanxiang, Bai Xiaoman quit the habit of eating psychedelic y, and all his life slowly entered the right track.
Bai Xiaoman signed a five-year contract with Shaw and is a rising star of Shaw's praise, with a promising future. You can receive five thousand pieces from Shaw every month. This was a huge amount of money at the time, and a first-line director like Li Hanxiang only earned tens of thousands of yuan for directing a movie.
However, it is an easy thing for a woman to be good. Bai Xiaoman has always been inseparable from the previous circle, and her previous life was too chaotic. After becoming famous, it became more prominent, and frequent threats and extortions made Bai Xiaoman almost collapse. Taking poison in desperation ended his life.
Four playing cards were found at her bedside, all old K, and one of them was torn to shreds by her. Therefore, some people speculate that she was forced to die by the characters of the underworld.
Second, Pan Jinlian's rebirth - Hu Jin
Among the many Wind and Moon Girls, Hu Jin is the one who has cooperated with Li Hanxiang for the longest time. Almost every Fengyue film directed by Li Hanxiang has the figure of Hu Jin, or the protagonist or supporting role. It can be described as the wind and moon girl of the flowing water, the iron Hu Jin.
Among all the Wind Moon Girls, Hu Jin is not the most beautiful, but it is the most charming. In particular, a beautiful mole under her left lip made her look not only to the bone but also with a hint of obscenity.
Hu Jin was born in Taiwan, is an artist signed by Li Hanxiang when he went to Taiwan to found the "League of Nations", she studied Peking Opera with her mother since she was a child, and was deeply loved by Li Hanxiang in the waist style. It's just that "League of Nations" fell into a debt crisis in the later stages and did not give her the opportunity to star in the movie.
In 1971, when Li Hanxiang returned to Hong Kong, he also brought Hu Jin to Hong Kong, starring in Li Hanxiang's debut film "Deception and Strange Tam" after his return to Hong Kong, after which Hu Jin officially entered the Hong Kong film industry.
What really made Hu Jin famous was Li Hanxiang's "The Great Warlord" directed after signing Shaw's contract. Hu Jin was the second female number at the time, playing the role of a tumultuous widow who stole money. In the confrontation with Xu Guanwen, every smile reveals the swing of the woman who steals love, and the flattery of the widow is vividly displayed, which is quite praised.
After becoming famous, Hu Jin signed a contract with Shaw, and the main scene was Li Hanxiang's Wind moon film.
Hu Jin was also promoted from a supporting role to a protagonist, starring in a series of masterpieces such as Li Hanxiang's "Northland Rouge", "Yile Ye", and "Affair affair".
The work that makes Hu Jin a star of the Shaw family is Li Hanxiang's Golden Bottle Double Yan adapted from the famous book Golden Bottle Plum, with Hu Jin playing Pan Jinlian.
"Golden Bottle Double Yan" is the pinnacle of Li Hanxiang's wind and moon film. Director Li Da did not pretend to be literary like other works, and portrayed Pan Jinlian as a tragic female figure who pursues liberation and makes people sympathetic. Instead, he calculated that Pan Jinlian was born a slut.
The film is all about the absurd life of Ximen Qing, Jin and Bottle, and it also restores the scene of the classic bridge section of the original work, "Pan Jinlian hanging upside down on the grape rack", using clever film techniques to let the audience indulge in it. Wen Jun, who was still a student, saw that his nose was bleeding and almost fainted.
Hu Jin also sensationalized the entire film industry by the role of Pan Jinlian. As a director, Li Hanxiang also expressed his affirmation of Hu Jin's acting skills, saying
Her performance is enough to play, and it is also swinging enough, and the look of autumn water in her eyes and the chaos in her bones is indeed Pan Jinlian's rebirth.
However, these are the results of Hu Jin's superb acting skills, and in private, Hu Jin is actually a generous and cheerful, sincere and amiable good woman, without a hint of charm.
Cai Lan also said in the book "Confidant with Red Face"
"Her sexiness in the movie is also artificial, she is very dignified, and her private life is not debauched."
Hu Jin has always insisted on his bottom line in filmmaking, never really taking off, and the exposed shots are all doubles, and he is only responsible for making expressions. So even at the peak of his career, Hu Jin's scandals were significantly less than those of other stars.
She had only had two marriages in her life, and the second marriage continues to this day. In the early 1990s, Hu Jin moved from the front of the stage to the backstage, working as a television producer, and later moved to San Francisco with her husband to spend his old age. Hu Jin is a star who has a good beginning and a good ending.
Third, the unrepeatable legend - Dina
Dina is not Li Hanxiang digging up the popularity, and Li Hanxiang has only made one work, "The Great Warlord". But her position in the Wind Moon Girl is still irreplaceable, because she is the only actress who is in the movie.
Dina's beauty, the number of suitors, the bold dedication in front of the screen, and the success of the transformation after quitting the film world are all legends that cannot be copied in the entertainment industry.
"The Great Warlord" is Li Hanxiang's first Wind Moon movie after signing with Shaw. Dina was also in Shaw at the time, and was Shaw's premier popular star, with an unprecedented number of suitors, supposedly reaching a thousand.
Up to the brother of the Thai prime minister at the time, the descendants of gucci's family, the Italian shipbuilding tycoon, down to the vast number of colleagues in the entertainment industry, are all ministers who have fallen under the skirt of Dina. Later, Huang Xia, who was known as the famous mouth of Xiangjiang, also began to become incoherent in front of Dina at that time, saying "I'm sorry" vigorously.
Li Hanxiang naturally thought of letting Dina play the female number one, and with the love of the past, Dina agreed to come down. But something went wrong during the filming.
The reason is that Li Hanxiang was suddenly inspired by the fragrant fragments of the famous paintings of the Western Caichen, and wanted Dina to expose her hips and suddenly, lie on her side on the bed, and smile back. Dina refused and ran to the powder room and didn't come out. Li Hanxiang is also very angry: "What people did hundreds of years ago, what age is it now."
Later, Cai Lan, who was the production manager at the time, went to say peace, Cai Lan was only in his twenties at the time, and both his status and prestige in the company could not be compared with Dina. Only to show off the innocence and grievances, finally Dina finally came out and completed the shot in the famous Western painting.
The success of "The Great Warlord" pushed Dina's beauty to the peak, but it didn't take long for her to choose to quit the film industry. It is said that the relationship with Li Hanxiang has also gradually become estranged.
After Dina quit the film industry, her wonderful life seems to have just begun.
She took the lead in returning to the mainland, turning to the mainland's space industry and establishing a navigation system for the mainland airport.
In the late 1970s, she also contributed to the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States in the United States and the promotion of cultural exchanges between the two sides.
Since the 1990s, it has been involved in the business of artificial satellites.
Such a big plot reversal is somewhat unexpected. I have to admit that Dina is really a legend among the Wind Moon Girls