Jason Statham
Years later, when Jason Statham shined in Fast and Furious 7, he would remember the winter of 20 years ago when he filmed Virgo's "Two Big Smoking Guns," when he was a street vendor and street hawking was a common occurrence for him.
Many viewers may feel very unfamiliar with the movie "Two Big Smoking Guns", but if you have seen Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone", then the author will mention one more sentence here: "Crazy Stone" is a tribute to the classic movie "Two Big Smoking Guns".
Just like Zhou Xingchi just debuted and was silent for 8 years, "Two Big Smoking Guns" has been suffering from no distributor release after the completion of filming, and when director Guy Richie scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks, Tang Brother, who had already become popular with "Mission Impossible", became his Bole.
After watching the movie, Brother Atang threw a sentence at the distributor: "This is the best movie I have seen in all these years, if you don't buy it, it would be silly", then patted Guy Richie's shoulder, turned around and walked away, hiding his merit and fame.
On August 28, 1998, "Two Big Smoking Guns" was released dramatically. Later results proved that Atango's vision was indeed poisonous: the film, which only invested 1.6 million pounds, eventually earned 28 million at the box office, ranking third in the history of British cinema.
Two Big Smoking Guns
Not only did director Guy Ritchie win the Best Director Award at the 11th Tokyo International Film Festival, but later "screen tough guy" Jason Statham also took the opportunity to officially debut. It can be said that this movie is jason Statham's stepping stone to enter the show business circle.
"Two Big Smoking Guns", just by looking at the title of the movie, we can guess that the director only relies on these two shotguns to string the film together.
The story told in the movie is actually very simple, that is, the 4 ferromagnets led by Ed were deceived because they participated in the gambling game, and they were unjustly saddled with a debt of 500,000 pounds. In order to pay off the money within a week, they decided to rob the drug dealers who lived next door, and the drug dealers were not idle, they wanted to eat black and swallow the seemingly weak upstream suppliers.
Thus, the story begins with a farce and ends with a comedy, leaving the audience with only a thick absurdity.
Whether it is from the perspective of the successful release of "Two Big Smoking Guns", or from the rarity of the two old shotguns in the movie, the film tells us such a truth: Maxima is often there, and Bole is not often there.
Ed 4 people were put off by the casino owner Harry, so they were saddled with a debt of 500,000 pounds overnight, and the vertigo classic shot of Ed getting off the table is still highly sought after.
They only saw the 500,000 in the bag, and they didn't know that the two shotguns they were holding in their hands were valuable. It is not until the final scene of the film, when Tom holds a shotgun and prepares to throw it into the river, that the camera suddenly stops.
I can't help but think of Han Chunming, who has studied antiques in the TV series "Under the Gate of Zhengyang", in the finale, Fa Xiaocheng Jianjuncheng was determined to tease Han Chunming, so he took two "fakes" from his 100 yuan and wanted Han Chunming to hit the eye once.
But unexpectedly, cheng Jianjun thought that one of the two "fakes" that Cheng Jianjun thought was a real treasure. Han Chunming quietly bought the incense burner in front of everyone, and Cheng Jianjun was once angry to vomit blood after learning the truth.
Two priceless shotguns
As early as 1400 years ago, the Tang Dynasty literary scholar Han Yu once wrote an article called "Ma Shu" to explore the importance of Bole for talents. Much of this still holds true today.
Taking Zhao Lei, a folk singer who has been in the limelight in recent years, as an example, the author once watched a talent show that Zhao Lei participated in before he became famous, and Zhao Lei sang a song called "Painting".
After the performance, a judge commented: "This song seems to have no problem, but no problem is the biggest problem." ”
The same song, when Zhao Lei sang to Liu Huan, the latter was moved to tears on the spot and decided to pull this young man who was immersed in making music.
Later stories we have probably known, Zhao Lei with a song "Chengdu" throughout the north and south of the river, career has finally improved.
We are not going to mythologize the concept of Bole, but to emphasize the teaching of individuals, in fact, each of us is one of those two humble shotguns, if used as a hunting has long been outdated, but the real place it should go, is the museum.
Just as the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan taught Guo Jing for several years, the latter progressed slowly. Ma Yu summed up the reason for this situation as follows: "Teaching without knowing its method, learning without knowing its way." ”
Sure enough, in the two years that Ma Yu taught Guo Jing's Inner Gong Heart Method, this stupid child in the eyes of the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan actually made rapid progress, and the one-man battle against the "Four Ghosts of the Yellow River" did not fall behind, and also laid the foundation for the future learning of the Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon.
We must firmly believe in one point in our hearts: everyone is actually a piece of jade, I am born to be useful, I am not good at practicing external skills, I will cultivate internal skills, there is always a big road that leads to Rome, and there is always a direction that belongs to us.
The Norwegian writer Jostan Judd once said, "Life is made up of a long list of coincidences." ”
There is no doubt that "Two Big Smoking Guns" is also a movie built by coincidence.
Ed 4 people are at a loss because they owe a huge amount of money of 500,000 yuan, and they happen to learn from the eavesdropping device that their neighbors, although they are engaged in bad opinions, have more than 500,000 in their hands;
At this time, Ed's neighbor happened to rob the supplier of money and goods, and then fled;
After Ed 4 people succeeded, they wanted to sell their goods immediately, and the buyer happened to be the boss behind the robbed suppliers;
When the last few gangs fought, the two strongest were defeated for no reason, and Ed 4 were able to survive, but in the end, the bodyguard Chris accidentally became the biggest winner.
Movies are so closely connected by such a bizarre coincidence that our lives have their own name: destiny.
A lot of people have this experience when they go to school, "What a coincidence! Today's exam encountered a type question that has been practiced", is this a coincidence?
Not really.
Because we silently sweat behind our backs, we can encounter the exercises that we just happen to do;
Because we usually read uninterruptedly, we can express our ideas reasonably;
Because we work hard, we can seize the fleeting opportunity to sign a contract.
Where there is any accident, it is actually inevitable.
If Ed had not been controlled by greed for a while, he would not have risked repaying his debts repeatedly in the future; if Ed's gang next door had not swallowed up the selfish intentions of the upstream, he would not have taken their lives in vain.
Every move is actually a domino card, pulling a shot and moving the whole body. Back in real life, why not?
Our efforts today have laid the foundation for tomorrow's glory. If we only want to have wine in this day and drunk in this day, those happy accidents in life will quietly leave us.
Buddha: Five hundred times in a past life, I look back in exchange for a passing shoulder in this life. If passing by is accidental, how many people will look back countless times?
The term "black humor" in the Encyclopædia Britannica is explained as follows:
"A kind of desperate humor that seeks to elicit laughter as a human repercussion of the apparent meaninglessness and absurdity of life."
"Two Big Smoking Guns" is undoubtedly a film that carries black humor to the end.
Needless to say, the various nonsensical British lines in the film are passed down to this day, and the clip of the two stupid robbers who accidentally kill their boss at the end of the film is equally hilarious.
In the eyes of the little people, the world often does not turn a corner, they just rampage, straight into the head and bleed.
The director uses wonderful cuts and British rock to drive the rhythm of the whole film, which may be a little dizzy at first glance, but after familiarity with the storyline, we can also see the rebelliousness and absurdity that the director wants to convey.
When I think of black humor, I think of Stephen Chow again.
Many people will be impressed by Xingye's laughter, because the emotions that his laughter wants to convey are often sadness, pain, loneliness, and helplessness.
Whether it is after laughing and playing with a group of small hairy children in "Truant Weilong", Zhou Xingxing's smile instantly solidified after turning around;
Or at the beginning of "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang", when Zhu Zhishan and the other two talents envied Tang Bohu's happy and happy family, Tang Bohu laughed exaggeratedly and sadly after listening to it;
Or in "The King of Comedy", Yin Tianqiu was kicked out of the set, and Yin Tianqiu, who could not ask for a box lunch, showed a bitter smile as he walked.
All of these things seem to be the star master telling us: if you feel helpless about life, you can laugh out loud.
I don't know if you've ever really felt the sense of loss after laughing, or if you've suddenly fallen into contemplation and started thinking about life after laughing. In addition to telling us that life is full of drama, what remains is the catharsis of helplessness.
The old boy in "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter" has been laughing and laughing, but I don't think he is a happy person; just like the clown who performed in front of the stage, who cares whether he is sad after removing his mask.
As Maugham put it in The Moon and Sixpence, "The Joker's lips are smiling, and his jokes are getting more and more funny, because when he makes people laugh, he feels even more unbearable loneliness." ”
Black humor is a kind of rebellion against the impermanence of life; it is a kind of catharsis that people gradually become self-consistent; or it is life.
And how do you view your life?
One by one, end one by one