At present, although the trend of popular hero films in Hong Kong has caused the emergence of followers and goods, full of hooliganism, there are also some more weighty creations. Among them, the most outstanding is "Mong Kok Night" directed by Chan Ka Lok. With this film, this talented man in the New Wave movement attracted much attention.

"Mong Kok Night" is a very special work in Jianghu films, because it does not hard-fill heroes, let alone emphasize the hot and bloody battle, nor does it blindly praise the righteousness of the sworn party. But this movie is actually bolder than those formula films with swords and swords, bullets and bullets, because it dares to challenge the laws of the rivers and lakes, and happily says some truths that are often avoided: it is very difficult to be a hero, and ordinary people will be greedy for life and afraid of death, and do not like to kill and commit crimes......

They are not weak and incompetent, but they dare to stand up to human feelings and principles, and are more faithful to their nature than those who slap their swollen faces to become fat in order to conform to worldly values. "Mong Kok Night" uses a cold and compact plot to tell these truths that everyone understands but is embarrassed to admit, so it is quite enjoyable.

The 'gangster' played by Zhou Jin, in order to survive in the treacherous underworld world, must maintain the image of a cold-blooded and ruthless overlord, and put all his true feelings on the 'little brother' Zeng Qiwei......

Objectively speaking, the plot of this film is not rigorous, and there are many far-fetched and vulgar points, especially in a large part of the scene in Taiwan, which is quite distorted and sloppy.

But as the first film directed by Chen Jialuo, it is not difficult to see his great potential as a director, grasping the main theme and style, shooting a rather realistic atmosphere of the rivers and lakes, showing the interpersonal relationship vividly and meticulously in the cold, and dealing with the joys and sorrows of men and women, and the contradictions of love and righteousness.

Sometimes cool and unrestrained, sometimes sad and helpless, Chen Jialuo has shown unique skills in the scheduling of actors and cameras, and is a leader in many films of the New Wave Movement. - "Movie Weekly-Long Xiaomi"

In a thousand-square-foot mansion in Kaiyu Garden, Kwuntang District, Kowloon, Hong Kong, a young man raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at the slightly old newspaper in his hand and was stunned.

Chen Jialuo, originally from Yenching Film Academy, stayed in school after graduation, and later became a teacher in the directing department of Yenching Film Academy.

didn't want to make a mistake, so he actually crossed over to Xiangjiang in 1986 and became a director in his twenties with the same name and surname. A director of the New Wave period of Xiangjiang films, a depressed director......

In the late 70s, when the international situation was turbulent, the high development and take-off of Hong Kong's economy, and the surging of independent film production institutions, film and television workers with a sense of justice disdained the "four heads" (gimmicks, fists, pillows, and ghosts) films and opened up new paths.

Against this backdrop, a group of young directors who have returned to Hong Kong after graduating from foreign film academies to engage in TV editing and directing have produced a number of trendy films full of personal colors that are completely different from traditional Hong Kong films based on their enthusiasm for film, as well as the unique creativity and social sense of young people.

It brought a vibrant and ephemeral variation to the Hong Kong film. Although the popularity of these films is not particularly high, it presents a new style for Hong Kong films that is different from traditional Hong Kong films in terms of editing and directing techniques and filming techniques.

The films of this period were low-budget and did not use big stars, which was completely different from the business model of later Hong Kong films that flaunted star lineups and produced tens of millions of dollars at every turn.

The film industry in Hong Kong has always been dominated by commerce, and the new wave of films is not popular, so it is inevitable that they will be eliminated. The young directors' love for film and artistic ambitions were quickly swept away by the commercial wave without the support of any institution or financial support under the highly competitive commercial production system in Hong Kong.

From 1979 to 1985, the rise of Hong Kong's "New Wave" films had become the end of the crossbow, and by the mid-80s, the New Wave came to an end. Most of the cutting-edge directors have integrated into mainstream films and become a new force in commercial films.

Chen Jialuo's newspaper about his first film report was Movie Weekly in 1984. It has been well preserved for both years, and it is obvious that it was carefully collected by the original owner.

According to the memory, the original owner graduated from the London International Film School in the United Kingdom, and later returned to Hong Kong to work for TSB TV until 1984, when he directed the filming of his first film "Mong Kok Night".

During this period, the film and television drama workers in Xiangjiang were obviously young and imaginative, especially the film directors in the New Wave period, who were young one by one, but unfortunately there were very few who could be active in the film industry in the end.

And Chen Jialuo is obviously one of the eliminated. Or rather, it is too radical and fails to integrate into one of the commercial film productions of Hong Kong.

According to the description in memory, Chen Jialuo's "Mong Kok Night" has been favored by many film critics, who feel that this young man has a bright future, but it is a pity that most of the films directed by directors during the New Wave period are basically not popular.

Even the Xiangjiang in the previous life, as far as Chen Jialuo knows, even if it is the old man Tsui Hark, the first three works are the same, and even became a 'box office poison', and no one once asked him to shoot a new movie.

The pessimism and loss after the failure of the first movie led to inaction, forming a two-year vacuum period, and his parents both immigrated to Singapore and had a small deposit of 100,000 yuan, which can be regarded as a great relief for the current Chen Jialuo.

The original owner's family background is not noble, but at least it is at a medium level. Not to mention, this thousand-foot mansion in Guantang alone is enough to explain everything.

The thousand-square-foot mansion in Xiangjiang is not worth it in the eyes of Chen Jialuo today, because it is only about 90 square meters when it is really converted.

But who called this Xiangjiang where every inch of land is valuable, and it is also a period when housing prices in Xiangjiang continue to rise. Most Xiangjiang people have struggled all their lives for this suite. Really speaking, Chen Jialuo's thousand-foot mansion is already a residence that many artists in the entertainment industry yearn for.

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"Looking up at the starry sky is quiet, I am walking alone, the night rain gradually stops, no words is calm at the moment, who is asked with a smile, the liver and gallbladder take care of it, the wind is also clear, tell the change is uncertain, it is not clear that I am smiling bitterly but not stopping, I don't believe in fate, only believe in my hands to work hard......"

In the Longsheng Tea Restaurant not far from Kaiyu Garden, Chen Jialuo followed the voice inside and walked in unconsciously.

In his world, this year, his brother Leslie Cheung was selected for 7 songs in the Hong Kong "Top Ten Golden Songs" season, and he had 5 champion songs on the RTHK Dragon and Tiger Chart; in the same year, he defeated Alan Tam with a song "Who Resonates" to win the 1986 Top Ten Golden Songs Grand Finale "Golden Melody Gold Award", and the Hong Kong music scene has since appeared a situation of "Tam Zhang competing for hegemony".

"Great director, I haven't seen you for a few days. ”

As soon as he entered the tea restaurant, a young man waved at Chen Jialuo and said with a smile: "The old rules?"

"Uh. ”

This young man's name is Liu Cheng, and he is the young son of this tea restaurant. The tea restaurant is not big, but it is better in the location, Chen Jialuo has been a regular customer of Longsheng for the past two years, and the two are also old acquaintances.

Butter meal buns, ham dumplings, char siu soup pasta, and rich coffee unconsciously appeared in his mind, Chen Jialuo nodded and asked, "What about Fu Bo?"

Liu Cheng waved his hand and said, "My dad has a bad leg and foot in the past two days, so he is resting at home." ”

After a while, meal A was placed in front of Chen Jialuo.

Looking at this familiar meal, Chen Jialuo sighed in his heart and said secretly: "Don't worry, I will honor the second elder for you." ”

"Laugh softly, send me warmth, you inject happiness and strong electricity into me, say softly, the long road is about to pass, finally, to the bright and sunny day......"

"Who Resonates" ended, "The Love of the Year" sounded again, it seems that this young man of Longsheng Tea Restaurant is still a fan of Leslie Cheung!

I hope there are no Alan Tam fans around him, otherwise Tan Zhang's hegemony will start, but I don't know how many brothers and buddies have parted ways, and lovers from different camps have gone their separate ways.

The fans of this period are not those keyboard warriors of later generations, and in the era when the Internet was not developed, their madness was jaw-dropping. For the sake of their respective idols, it can even develop to the extent of gathering crowds to fight.

"Great director, I really like to watch your "Mong Kok Night"! Don't be discouraged by a momentary failure, if you have the opportunity, you can cooperate with Rong Shao! or cooperate with your old partner, Zhou Jin!"

"Now Zhou Jin is not a box office poison!" "The True Color of Heroes" is popular, although I am an iron fan of Rong Shao, but Brother Xiao Ma acted so well, now everyone calls him Xianjin, if you cooperate with him, maybe it will rise!"

Liu Cheng is a guy who yearns for the entertainment industry and hopes to meet his idols, so every time Chen Jialuo comes, he will say what songs and movies are popular in the entertainment industry recently.

Perhaps, he hopes that Chen Jialuo can regain his strength, so maybe he can meet his idol Zhang Baorong through the other party!

Chen Jialuo saw the rise of Liu Cheng's words, and smiled bitterly in his heart. Although this is Xiangjiang in a different time and space, many characters and things are plausible, but some things related to the entertainment industry and other things can be roughly right.

Some movies and songs have different names, but the content may be similar, perhaps there are slight deviations in the lines, lyrics, and arrangement, or the names and appearances are slightly different, but the general process is still the same as in the previous life.

Full of praise for Liu Cheng, Chen Jialuo echoed: ""The True Color of Heroes" is very well filmed!"

This film broke the box office record of Hong Kong films, and the long queue at the entrance of the Lisheng Cinema at the time of its release was breathtaking. "The True Color of Heroes" not only made director Wu Zhisen raise his eyebrows, let the dying old Tan Long Salted Fish turn over, but also made Zhou Jin, who was a box office poison, become a box office elixir fairy Zhou, and also made singer Zhang Baorong pay attention to his acting skills.

This year's Yidu Film and Television Company can be described in one word, that is, the wind is surging. And the center point of the turmoil must be "The True Colors of Heroes".

But speaking of which, two years ago, the original owner of Chen Jialuo's body was also a contracted director of Yidu Film and Television Company!

"Mong Kok Night" was filmed by Yidu Film and Television Company, and the project was decided by Zeng Qiwei, one of the seven giants of Yidu, and starred in person. It's a pity that the applause was not popular, and the box office finally Waterloo.

"Great director, if you remake a movie, you will definitely be able to make such a great work!"

"Really!?"

Chen Jialuo, who was deep in thought, raised his head and happened to meet Liu Cheng's encouraging gaze.