"Film, fundamentally speaking, belongs to the cultural industry, and if you want the film industry to flourish, you must have the economic strength to match it, which is commonly known as the market. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Speaking of this, Shen Lin picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"At that time, HK films had a vast Chinese market, from Southeast Asia to East Asia, many people liked Hong Kong films. Investing in the film industry became the second favorite thing of HK businessmen back then, and here I should mention that the first place is real estate!"

"With the emergence of large-scale production enterprises such as Guangyi, Dianmao, and Shaw Brothers, the film industry has begun to transform, from independent production to assembly-line production, and the film industry has become larger and more systematic. There were countless film production companies, the more well-known ones were: Emperor, Galaxy Imaging, Shaw Brothers, China Star, Golden Harvest, Media Asia, etc., and the films produced every year were like sausages, which not only met the local market demand in Hong Kong, but also in short supply in Asia and other regions.

"This kind of pomp and circumstance continued until the end of the eighties, and suddenly one day people were surprised to find that making movies was not profitable!"

To take the simplest example, director Wang Jing directed "God of Gamblers" and sold more than 40 million yuan in the city, and then he shot more than a dozen films on the same theme, such as "Supreme" and "Gambler", and it is said that "Macau Fengyun", which will meet you next year, is also a gambling film!

"Let's not talk about some gambling films directed by other directors, it's just too many to mention!"

"Some other themes, zombie films, spoof films, and police and gangster films have made them shoot badly, and they are resolutely unwilling to innovate!

"Philosophy says that internal causes determine external causes, and this is particularly appropriate here. As I said above, in the glorious 30 years, HK movies were mainly based on martial arts films, kung fu films, and ghost films, which on the one hand were a direct means for the production company to pursue commercial benefits, and on the other hand, it also reflected that as a city with a population of only 6 million, the size of the entity is only a quarter of that of Taiwan, one-twentieth of Japan, and one-third of the city of Los Angeles (not to mention Hollywood's vast belly of 300 million people), it can only compete with Singapore at best. ”

"For the coastal cities that have only developed in the modern century, they lack profound cultural accumulation, and then lack the imagination and material space for film production, which makes it difficult for HK films to produce magnificent masterpieces! This is the most fundamental reason for the decline of HK films!"

"There are many external factors, let's analyze them one by one, first of all, the progress of the times and the rise of the heroes!"

"In the 60s and 70s, HK films had a sense of being unique in East Asia and Southeast Asia, but after entering the 90s, HK films directly faced three strong rivals: TV dramas, Western blockbusters, and the rise of indigenous heroes!"

"First of all, around the world, the popularity of television and the rise of TV dramas have stripped away a large number of film markets. 96 years later, the sweep of Korean dramas across Asia is a typical performance.

On the other hand, after entering the 90s, Hollywood suddenly realized that it was going to attack the global market, so it came decisively, and it was unstoppable, and now the box office record of HK movies is still created by the Titanic! In this way, it took about ten years for Western blockbusters led by Hollywood to completely knock down Hong Kong films, and in the years of the new century, it would be very good to have a local film in the top ten of the HK movie box office list every year!

And HK filmmakers must catch up, but due to some reasons, they can't catch up, but the gap is getting bigger and bigger, which goes back to the internal cause - it is difficult to stand up straight without deep internal strength.

After more than 100 years of development, Hollywood has a strong film production industry process, what does HK have?

After 97, HK films began to lose ground in overseas markets, losing the domestic market, and the box office champion line almost hovered around 30 million yuan since 1999. HK movies are still those HK movies, grassroots comedies, kung fu martial arts films, hot-blooded hero films, the stars are still the old three, is it that the acting skills of the new generation of stars are not as good as their predecessors? Is it the regression of the production technology of HK films? Is it the X Bureau of Radio, Television that has begun to meddle in the production of HK local films? None of them are, but the old three are no longer popular in the market. The audience is tired of watching these movie tricks and has begun to chase American special effects blockbusters!

Then talk about the indigenous heroes, mainly because of the rapid development of the film industry in small Southeast Asian countries dominated by Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia, in the domestic market of these countries, a situation has been formed in which local films and Hollywood blockbusters compete for hegemony.

In this way, with the change of external conditions, the golden age of HK films is gone forever, but if the HK film industry had fought hard at that time, maybe the situation would have been better than now, but it is impossible for them to unite!"

"Let's talk about the second reason, the return of 97HK, there are two significant changes in the HK film industry, the first is the flow of talent, Chen Long, Chow Yunfa led by several big names all went to Hollywood, and in the past ten years, there are almost no weighty newcomers, it is an indisputable fact; ”

"Another point, with the changes in the market, hot money is no longer pouring into HK, making movies is no longer a fragrant industry, and HK is facing an almost stagnation of ten years of development, compared with the surrounding South Korea, Taiwan, Southeast Asia is going downhill, as a result, HK, which was originally lacking in cultural accumulation, has lost its advantages in terms of capital and regional influence, and the decline of the entire port area, including the film industry, is inevitable!"

"Finally, after the rise of our mainland market, Hong Kong-style comedies have lost their competitiveness due to cultural differences, kung fu martial arts films have been defeated by mainland co-productions due to cost, and hot-blooded hero films have failed to make breakthroughs due to the institutional environment.

“… Speaking of which, some people may take it out of context and say that I am attacking censorship! There will definitely be some netizens with abnormal brain circuits who directly attribute the decline of HK movies to censorship!"

"I can only say hehe!"

"Let's take a look at the history of the decline of HK films, the large-scale decline did occur in the 5 years from 1997 to 2002, but the HK films at this time were not the overseas market failures caused by the fall of the mainland market, in fact, HK films did not really enter the mainland market before 02! In 2002, Lao Mouzi finished filming "Hero" After the reform of the cinema system and the release of market vitality, the mainland market began to take off, and HK films realized the importance of the mainland and began to enter on a large scale. In this respect, the expansion of the mainland market should be a good thing for HK films, because only with the market can people watch it!"

In addition, the suppressive effect of censorship on mainland films is at the same time, and it is impossible to pose a threat to HK films alone. Moreover, HK Films has always had the method of producing two versions of the film for overseas and mainland China. ”

"Besides, even if the censorship system is relaxed, we directors can make films with dark themes on the rivers and lakes ourselves, and we have a natural advantage in adapting to the local culture, and it will be difficult for HK films to regain their glory. ”

"Not to mention what kind of achievements we indigenous directors have made, in terms of co-productions alone, the Film Bureau has already given you a lot of convenience!"

"Wu Baige wants to shoot "Red Cliff", our Zhongying follows his temperament, and the actor wants to use WW's, so he agreed, and the domestic first-line Hua Dan will play a supporting role for him, no problem. You are a great director, you have an identity! The film schedule is also full of weight, but the result is not as good as our "Hero" box office results!"

"Even some HK actors beating mainland actors have been suppressed by the media, what do you want us to do?"

Isn't it enough to take care of you?

"If you want to talk about censorship, which country has not censored? And Iran, the country with the strictest censorship, has been making good films in the past two years, such as "A Farewell", "Gone with the Wind", "Salesman" and so on!"

"So, don't just put the decline of HK Movies down to film censorship, thank you!"

"Finally, I would like to say that the decline of HK Films does not mean that it is no longer making films, or that its status in the film industry is no longer important. After nearly 100 years of accumulation, and with a still huge entertainment industry behind it, HK is still a major film town, and HK filmmakers will still have a place in Chinese films. ”