If you want to know how miserable the box office was in the summer of 1993, you can take a look at the films that were released at the same time as "The Sixth Sense".

Johnny To invited Anita Mui, Michelle Yang, and Zhang Manyu to shoot "Three Heroes of the East" for Huang Baiming's Xincheng Film Company, and the combined salary of these three female leads alone is more than 8 million.

After the release of "Three Heroes of the East", it sold 810,000 on the first day, 640,000 on the second day, and more than 200,000 on the third day. After 5 days of reduction, Xincheng Cinema had to decline "Three Heroes of the East" in advance, and the box office in this port was only a pitiful 1.93 million.

Hong Jinbao's "A Knife in the City" is slightly better, this movie starring Dillon, Yuan Yuyi and Yang Liqing, with a local box office of 1.97 million beat "Three Heroes of the East".

A star director, a movie box office of 1.93 million, a movie box office of 1.97 million, almost crying to death, hitting the street has thrown out a new realm.

Looking at the box office of these two films, you can understand why so many Hong Kong film studios have closed down this year, and who wants to do a loss-making business!

In contrast, "Chasing Boys", which was invested by Taiwan's Changhong Company and created by Wang Jing and invited stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan, although the plot is cheesy and the jokes are old-fashioned, the box office still broke the 10 million mark. Coupled with the overseas box office and the income from selling videotapes and VCDs, "Chasing Boys" can still make a small profit.

It is worth mentioning that Liu Zhenwei helped Wong Kar-wai make up for the leakage of "East Becomes West". This movie, which was made in their free time using the original cast of "East Evil and West Poison", was completed in just over 20 days, and the box office actually sold more than 24 million.

In terms of actors, in addition to Cheng Long and Zhou Xingchi, Li Lianjie has the strongest box office appeal. He and Yang Dengkui co-filmed "Fang Shiyu" and "Fang Shiyu Sequel", which sold more than 30 million and more than 20 million at the box office respectively, all of which entered the top ten of this year's Hong Kong box office list.

As for Zhou Yunfa and Leung Ka-fai, the box office of the movies they starred in fluctuated, the comedy and action genres were very high, and the genres that were more literary and artistic were relatively low.

Just when Hong Kong's summer vacation was in mourning, Kang Jianfei's new film "The Sixth Sense" was released.

In strong contrast to the street fighting of "A Knife in the City" and "Three Heroes of the East", "The Sixth Sense" was full of viewers on the first day of release. Although many viewers think it is not good-looking, there are even more people who like it, and the box office in the first week is as high as 16.92 million.

"Film Fortnightly" published a special feature of this movie for the first time, and there were as many as four light and film reviews, which conducted in-depth analysis from different perspectives such as plot, light and shadow, composition, sound effects, and acting.

I have to say that Kang Jianfei already has the treatment of an international master, and many details in the new film have been overinterpreted by film critics, and some of the so-called meanings even he didn't think of.

In addition to the excellence of the movie itself, the acting skills of Huang Qiusheng and the little girl Cai Zhuoyan were also specially pointed out, and a film review wrote:

After ten years of tempering, Huang Qiusheng's acting skills are no longer what they used to be, when he played the knife boy in "God of Gamblers", his acting skills were young and immature, but the table in this film is extremely expressive. He shows the psychiatrist's pride, remorse, persistence, abandonment, pain and relief in a meticulous way, and the whole process of transformation is natural and profound, especially the look in his eyes when he finally looks at his ring finger, the shock and abruptness are deeply rooted in people's hearts.

And the young actor Cai Zhuoyan is another highlight of this film. That kind of loneliness and indifference that does not match age, you can hardly imagine that it will appear on the body of a 10-year-old girl, Cai Zhuoyan's eyes have a chill that pierces the soul, she will make your cold vest cold.

There is a Hollywood joke: don't act in movies with children or dogs. The reason is that they will have unexpected expressions, either ruin the whole film and make everyone give up; Either the table is very good and steals the protagonist's lottery.

The most exciting thing in this film is the rivalry between Huang Qiusheng and Cai Zhuoyan. In the church, the confession scene between two actors, one big and one small, is definitely one of the most classic scenes in Hong Kong in the past ten years......"

This film review praised Cai Zhuoyan's acting skills, thinking that Kang Jianfei had discovered a good seedling for the Hong Kong film industry, but he didn't know how much headache Kang Jianfei had when the little girl NG dozens of times.

Even if it's a dog, if you shoot every shot dozens of times and dozens of times, you can still shoot divine acting skills. Fortunately, Cai Zhuoyan suddenly became enlightened halfway through the filming, otherwise this film would not have been able to catch up with the summer file, and it would not be completed until the second half of the year.

It's a pity that Hong Kong movies pay attention to the word "fast", and there are very few directors who can tolerate dozens of actors.

Attitude determines a qiē, why will Hong Kong films flourish and decline this year?

It's because the attitude of the filmmakers has changed.

Why has Cheng Long been popular for a long time? In addition to his humorous fighting style, there is also the fact that every shot of his movies is very serious, which is extremely rare in the impetuous Hong Kong film industry.

In another time and space, "The Sixth Sense" was the second highest annual box office in North America in 1999, with a North American box office of nearly $300 million and a global box office of nearly 700 million.

is such a high-grossing movie, Kang Jianfei can't guarantee that it will be popular in Hong Kong, and many details have been converted in Hong Kong style during filming.

Famous products must be high-quality products, this is people's subconscious thoughts.

Kang Jianfei's fame has attracted countless audiences to watch this movie seriously, otherwise Hong Kong audiences really don't have the patience to watch slow-paced films.

So even if many people don't like it, "The Sixth Sense" has a very high evaluation from film critics and ordinary audiences, and this good reputation is converted into a box office driving force through guò publicity, so a virtuous circle.

There is a shortage of summer films in Taiwan this year, and half a month after the release of "The Sixth Sense" in Hong Kong, Judeng Company completed the Chinese dubbing and hurriedly released it in Taipei.

Compared to the Hong Kong market, "The Sixth Sense" is obviously more in line with the appetite of Taiwanese audiences, and the film has received rave reviews there. Coupled with the craze of the director's new work of "Jurassic Park", the Taiwanese media have touched Kang Jianfei and "The Sixth Sense" to the sky.

Originally, "The Sixth Sense" was only released in the Oriental Cinema Line (Taiwan) and the Chinese Cinema Line, perhaps because there were no good films to show, and several other cinema companies asked to show this film after seeing the hot sale of "The Sixth Sense".

Taiwan originally had five major cinema lines, and two years ago, Kang Jianfei cooperated with Yang Dengkui to build an oriental cinema line, and there were a total of six cinema lines. "The Sixth Sense" is now being released in these six theaters at the same time, and Taiwanese audiences can see this film in a theater casually, completing an unprecedented feat of Hong Kong films!

Even if the number of films in the other four theaters is relatively low, it still causes insufficient copies of "The Sixth Sense". It was too late to make temporary copies, and the major theaters had to arrange copies through the allocation of performances, and one copy basically had to be shown in three different theaters in rotation.

"Other movies sell stars, and Kang Jianfei's movies sell directors. There is no doubt that Kang Jianfei is the most favorite director of the Taiwanese audience, and there is no one. ——"China Times Evening News"

"Kang Jianfei's films have a charm that will attract you to watch them patiently, which is very different from those Hong Kong films that rely on fighting and comedy as their selling point." ——United Daily News

It is difficult for some people to understand why Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengjiao chose a married man at the same time, this answer is already obvious. Talented and beautiful women are naturally attractive. - Star Entertainment Weekly

Taiwanese media's praise for "The Sixth Sense" is somewhat deformed, thanks to the poor quality of Hong Kong films recently released in Taiwan. I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, I'm afraid of comparing the goods, "The Sixth Sense" compared with those bad movies, and it instantly became tall.

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On the plane from Taipei to Hong Kong, the three SHE girls were flipping through several newspapers, each of which had articles praising Kang Jianfei in its entertainment section.

Xie Jinyan said adoringly: "Godfather is so powerful, his new film is selling well again." ”

This girl has an unreliable father, and her mother divorced and remarried early. When life fell into despair, it was Kang Jianfei who came to help, and personally wrote songs to make her a popular singer, which moved Xie Jinyan so much.

After Kang Jianfei took possession of her body, Xie Jinyan tied all his feelings to Kang Jianfei, treating him as a lover, and treating him as a brother and father. In Xie Jinyan's heart, Kang Jianfei is the most perfect and excellent man, and he should naturally obey him.

Yang Caini had a charming smile on her face, she looked at the photo of Kang Jianfei in the newspaper, and said to herself: "We have been in Japan for so long, I don't know if my godfather misses us, I must surprise him when I go back this time." ”

Xie Jinyan also smiled: "Yes, a big surprise." Originally, the godfather was going to give Xuan Xuan ** last time, but unfortunately something was delayed, so I must make up for it this time. Hehe, when the time comes, our three sisters will all be godfathers' women. ”

"Damn it, say this on the plane, beware of being heard." Xu Ruoxuan blushed and said shyly, remembering that she was played all over her body by her father.

Speaking of which, although the three girls are big stars who are popular in half of Asia, their personal lives are very pitiful. A lot of time is spent in rehearsing dances, practicing songs, recording songs, publicity, announcements, and commercial performances, and there is very little leisure time, and it is difficult to communicate with outsiders.

The most intimate entertainment activity of the three girls is to use the method taught by the godfather, play with each other in bed, comfort each other, and fantasize about being with the godfather while making love*.

Xu Ruoxuan has heard the two little sisters talk about the beauty of being with her godfather countless times, and every time she says itchy, she regrets why she didn't beg her godfather a few more times, and asked her godfather to enjoy her body to the fullest, so that she can experience the joy of being a woman.

This time I must give myself to my godfather, Xu Ruoxuan thought silently in her heart. R1152