Chapter 39: Old News
The reason why Hong Kong films can develop is that they have inherited a large inheritance of Shanghai films during the Republic of China...
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a large number of mainland filmmakers moved south for political and economic reasons, setting up film studios in Hong Kong and cooperating with local filmmakers to make films, making Hong Kong the only and largest film center in South China.
But if you really want to talk about historical changes and create genre films, there are so many of them.
Shaw Brothers' martial arts films and Fengyue films are of course among the film history...
In addition, the comedy of the Xu brothers, the humorous kung fu film of Uncle Nose, the psychedelic zombie film of Uncle Jiu, the new martial arts of Xu Laowei, etc...
Of course, if you dig deeper, you must add the people of the New Wave and the New Art City...
By the way, Wang Jiawei is also added, and people have also created Wang's beep tablets!
Whether it is the original time and space, or now, after coming into contact with movies, Chen Dong still admires Hong Kong movies very much, and masterpieces of various genres, such as several treasures...
However, after spending an afternoon in "Friends Tea Restaurant", Chen Dong couldn't understand what these people were filming.
All sorts of dialogue shots, occasional scene cuts, also from one room to another...
The cameras are the most basic three-camera positions, and there are almost no lights, pure natural light...
That's how Hong Kong movies are made?
"PTU" and "Underworld" were also filmed like this?
It wasn't until McHaven got off work and the two chatted that he knew that this "Friends Tea Restaurant" was filmed to sell copyrights and videotapes...
"Don't look at how the Hong Kong film market seems to be booming now, Zhong Zhentao and Yuan Jieying can still be sold in the Southeast Asian generation. ”
“… I just don't think it's cinematic!"
Chen Dong participated in "I Love You", the crew is capricious enough, and the lighting and props are very attentive!
Even I feel that "Bitter Cauliflower" is more attentive than this "Friends Tea Restaurant"!
With or without care, this kind of thing can be seen, and it is very likely that it is not a movie that will make up enough 90 minutes, but "Peppa Pig's New Year"...
"Cinematic?"
McHaven laughed loudly, and it took him dozens of seconds before he relented: "... If you want to experience real Hong Kong movies, you have to join the crews of big directors like Lao Du and Wang Jiawei!"
“… Director Du Qifeng is making a new film?"
"That's right, "PTU", "Big Man Has Great Wisdom"... I'm not familiar with them, Director Wang's "2046", I don't know where it was filmed..."
Chen Dong smiled and didn't speak...
He originally wanted McHaven to introduce him to Lao Du's set to take a few looks, but the latter directly blocked the road...
……
On the second night of his arrival in Hong Kong, McHaven called a group of people, all of whom were his friends, all from the mainland!
There are many mainlanders in Hong Kong, who are basically migrant workers, commonly known as Hong Kong drifters...
McHaven is of course one of them, joined ATV in 94, mixed all the way to the middle level, is one of the leaders, most of his friends are from ATV.
'No matter how high the peak is, I will still only use the worst set to shoot - TVB'
"We haven't exploded that guy more than a hundred times in our notebook, but we won't serve the grandmother - ATV."
ATV is ATV, it won't serve the teacher's milk, you can get out!
Therefore, ATV's performance has been suppressed by TVB, no, in February this year, ATV announced that it would change hands again, and every time it changed hands, it would take a wave of people...
Back to the topic, I thought that they would get together to talk about some hometown topics, for example, ask Chen Dong how the mainland is now, and then Chen Dong can blow about Beijing, Shanghai...
Who knew that they confided all kinds of truths, and all they said was the news of some celebrities...
"I used to be a journalist, it should be 92 years, my master told me that they proposed to engage in the propaganda of the Four Heavenly Kings, and then Liang Jiahui caught him and scolded him directly, 'Why don't you engage in the Five Heavenly Kings, and by the way, bring him on'... Haha..."
"Wang Fei is also very funny, in the past, a reporter asked her: Have you and Dou Wei's divorce procedures been completed? Wang Fei replied directly: What does it have to do with you? It has nothing to do with you, and it has nothing to do with your readers. ”
"When I was filming "Happy Spring" before, there was a bed scene of Chiguo, Mr. Liang didn't ***, Director Wang asked him to take off his underwear, Mr. Liang was particularly broken and said, no, this is my bottom line! After filming, Mr. Zhang comforted him, so you know what it's like to pretend to enjoy it all these years when I have filmed male and female dramas..."
"There is another one, it is about Zhang Guorong, he was interviewed before, and the reporter deliberately provoked him to ask: Do you have a girlfriend if you look like a child?
"How do you answer?"
He replied, "I'm so good, and I've been able to handle a dozen girls all night... Then the reporter went back and got a very scary headline out on the street: "Zhang Guorong claims to be very capable"..."
“…”
Chen Dong listened so happily, he felt that he came to Hong Kong this time and went back to write a book "In Those Years, the Hong Kong Stars We Chased", which might be a big hit...
Suddenly, a man spoke: "I'll say one too!" Wang Guxian, her singing is very ugly, it's like a magic sound..."
"Wang Guxian?"
Chen Dong suddenly interjected, after a while, he is likely to cooperate closely with the vegetable buyer, and he must understand...
He was transparent throughout the scene, and he opened his mouth coldly, and a few people next to him were surprised, and asked with a smile: "Do you like Wang Guxian? She has been dead for a long time, she hasn't made a new movie for seven years, and the most popular ones recently are Twins and Cecilia!"
"The Twins are a group of singers, Cecilia is Zhang Baizhi..." McHaven explained: "Don't say the English name, just speak Chinese, and he took over the new play directed by Yang Fan, partnering Wang Guxian!"
"Wow!"
Now it's the turn of these people to envy...
Yes, Wang Guxian has indeed not appeared on the big screen of Hong Kong and Taiwan for seven years - after "East Evil and West Poison", she went to RB to develop, and filmed two movies "Beijing Ape Man" and "Poetry at the End of the Century"...
But after all, he is a former first-line superstar, and the first movie after his comeback!
At that time, the drama "A Chinese Ghost Story" directly won the praise of "Naihe's daughter"...
"So, I need to know more about her..."
A few people hesitated, you look at me, I look at you, and finally said: "... She hasn't come out for so many years, her boyfriend has changed several times, and no one knows if her personality has changed!"
"By the way, don't show too much, I heard that Wang Guxian's attitude towards male fans is very bad!"
“… Yes, there is such a thing, she hates male fans very much, but she likes female fans very much, and group photos and autographs are only for female fans!"
"Why?"
Chen Dong asked curiously.
"I don't know, that's what we know anyway. ”
I'll go, and this quirk?
Do you want my women's clothes?