A good essay will have a question at the beginning, which not only makes the center of the article prominent and the topic distinct, but also can leave a deep impression on the reader. 【】Make it clear to the reader at a glance, enhance the attractiveness of the article, and make the reader can't help but read it.

Correspondingly, the same is true for movies, the opening of each movie will show the era of the story through several shots, or the costumes of the actors, or the buildings full of the era atmosphere, so that it is easy for the audience to have a sense of substitution and easy to enter the play.

There is no doubt that Wang Xiaohu's "Ip Man 2" slowly introduces the style of Hong Kong in the 50s through several long shots, this deliberately old-fashioned picture, gray and rich in texture, the streets and alleys of old Hong Kong, the busy docks of old Hong Kong, and the clothing of the old Hong Kong era all show that Wang Xiaohu has worked hard for this.

A title and several sets of pictures seem to naturally put the 3,500 audiences of New Century Cinema into that era, and they are greeted with a sense of intimacy and familiarity, and they also evoke the memories of rich people such as Li Ka-shing, Bao Yugang, and Fok Yingdong, as well as industrialists such as Run Run Shaw, Shen Zhong, and Jin Yong.

There is something called sincerity, which begins to ferment in the theater, and it fills the heart, hot, and warm.

A quarter of the audience in New Century Studios came from the 50s, and when they saw Ip Man and Jin Shan looking for porters at the dock, they naturally thought of themselves, even other young audiences had more or less heard from their parents about the hardships of life back then.

For this quarter of old Hong Kong, after seeing the plot of the embargo on the wharf, sensitive words such as "unemployment", "surge in foreign population", and "Sino-British contradictions" immediately popped up in their minds.

Sure enough, after Ip Man and Jin Shan on the big screen looked for jobs at the wharf, several more shots flashed, all of which were a large number of unemployed Hong Kong residents queuing up for political axe relief, and some industries even had a depression.

The camera turned to the simple dwelling again, Ip Man rubbed the legs of Zhang Yongcheng, who was pregnant for May, Ye Zhun had to pay tuition, and the landlady came to urge the rent again

"Although there are few shots, there is a strong warmth, I really didn't expect Zhao Yazhi to play Zhang Yongcheng again eleven years later, she would give me such a big surprise, pregnant women are not pretentious at all, Ip Man is so down, she still doesn't give up, she is really a model of a good wife and mother."

As the editor-in-chief of "Hong Kong Women's Daily", whenever Zhao Yazhi's movie is released, Zhang Weijuan participates in the premiere, on the one hand, because of work needs, on the other hand, she is also a fan of Zhao Yazhi, and she has always wanted to do an exclusive interview for Zhao Yazhi, but she has no choice but to do so.

The story continues to tell, when Ip Man and Liang Gen went to the set to look for a job, Liang Gen suddenly stopped and praised a little actor for acting very well, the picture switched to a movie that everyone is familiar with.

"It's "Little Road Xiang", Bruce Lee's "Little Road Xiang"!"

"Wow, there's Bruce Lee, I don't know if I'll see Bruce Lee apprentice!"

"I feel that there should be, you think, Ip Man is Bruce Lee's master, and Bruce Lee is Wang Xiaohu's brother, he will definitely arrange the plot of apprenticeship in the film."

"Haha, that's interesting, Bruce Lee worships Wang Xiaohu as a teacher!"

Such voices came and went, which was the first tickle caused since the film was played, and the whispering voices of the audience reached Bruce Lee's ears, and he stabbed Wang Xiaohu in front of him and asked, "Have you arranged this plot?" ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "You can wait until you know?" ”

"I'll be embarrassed if you arrange it."

Bruce Lee hadn't read the script beforehand, let alone seen the sample film, he was really worried that Wang Xiaohu would suddenly have a bad taste and arrange such a plot to take revenge on himself.

With an uneasy heart, Bruce Lee refocused his attention on the big screen, and the plot for more than ten minutes was about life: after finding a job many times and hitting a wall, Ip Man had the idea of opening a martial arts gym, while Jin Shan found himself mixed in the dock workers, embarked on the road of the underworld, and became a 49 boy under Hong Zhennan, the boss of the dock and fish stall business.

Ip Man opened a martial arts hall on the rooftop, no one cared about it for eight consecutive days, and on the ninth day, Ip Man helped the third aunt dry her clothes, and the third aunt sat in the middle of the rooftop to rest.

Wong Chun-leung walked up to the rooftop with the "Wing Chun Apprenticeship" briefing in his hand, the third aunt looked sideways, and Wong Chun-leung turned his head sharply and shouted to the third aunt: "Hey! ”

The third aunt was startled.

Wong Chun-leung: "You teach Wing Chun?" ”

When Huang Chunliang frowned and wondered, the third aunt lowered her head and shouted to Ye Man, who was helping to dry the clothes: "Master Ye, someone has come to you to learn boxing!" ”

The audience immediately burst into laughter.

Shen Dianxia, the actor of the third aunt, saw this, and stabbed Zeng Zhiwei's arm very proudly and said, "Wei Zai, how am I acting?" ”

Zeng Zhiwei held his chin, thought about it very seriously and said: "Fat Sister, you are the best supporting actress at this year's Academy Awards!" ”

The internal and external rhythm of the picture is fast, the drum sound is matched with the sound of fists and feet, and the sound of hitting wooden stakes is the same, so that the audience can feel that the practice scenes shot at different time periods and different sports positions are connected together, and they are smooth, comfortable and not stiff.

The three blue curtains hanging on the window are swayed by the wind from the outside to the inside, suggesting that the life of Ip Man's family of three is unstable, and the camera falls to Ip Man and his wife eating, with the swaying curtains as the background, and it is coarse tea and light rice, suggesting that their food and clothing are a problem.

"Pay the tuition first, pay the tuition first."

When Ip Man was embarrassed to charge tuition from the students, there was a burst of laughter in the studio, the grandmaster of the dignified generation was so shy to even collect tuition from his apprentices, which made people feel the human touch stolen from Ip Man's bones, just like the neighbor's big brother, a living feeling, extremely kind.

As Wang Xiaohu said in an interview with reporters half a year ago: "Ip Man 2" has done a lot of detailed work in terms of life, environment, and integration of the times.

But

In other words, anyone who keeps watching these plots in life will be boring, no matter how real, warm and cordial, you must know that "Ip Man 2" is a kung fu film, not a literary film, let alone a romance film.

At this time, some viewers began to lose their breath, especially those fans who were accustomed to Wang Xiaohu's fast-paced style, in their impression, every movie shot by Wang Xiaohu came up with a quick fight, using sharp fists and kicks, and majestic war scenes to attract the audience.

"Ip Man 2" opens for more than ten minutes, and the whole story is about life, and anyone who watches too much will get tired of it.

"Hey, is that what Xiaohu said about the elements of life?" Jin Yong, who was sitting in the VIP room, also began to wonder.

Run Run Shaw said: "Don't worry, I feel fast, he won't do useless work, just like the martial arts novels you wrote, often tens of thousands of words to narrate, no protagonist is the first to appear." ”

was reminded by Run Run Shaw, Jin Yong inevitably blushed his old face, and carefully compared his heart, Lao Shao said too to the point, not to mention other novels, just "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Smiling Proud Jianghu", after the male protagonist appeared in tens of thousands of words, the heroine hated to appear in the middle of the field, if it weren't for Jin Yong's martial arts master's signboard there, few people really had the patience to read it.

"Among the many directors in Hong Kong, Wang Xiaohu is the first person to grasp the rhythm!" Yu did not feel the slightest discomfort, on the contrary, the storylines are very Hong Kong times, and he sees the metaphorical "Lion Rock spirit" in at least a few sets of images.

However, he felt a little pity, because Wang Xiaohu's film did not participate in the Academy Awards, otherwise, the best director, best cinematography, best music, best costume design, best actor and actress, and best action design, I am afraid that "Ip Man 2" would have to win.

Because he is too strong, because he is too dazzling, and because he is too rebellious, Wang Xiaohu gave up participating in the Academy Awards, and gave more opportunities to other film works and newcomers.

Yanjing, in the Great Hall of the People, dozens of representatives of the Sino-British negotiations are also watching "Ip Man 2", different from the relaxed and lively atmosphere in the major theaters, it seems a little dull here, the representatives of both sides are expressionless, staring at the big screen with a serious face, no one speaks, no one speaks.

On the surface, this is true, but the two sides represent different ideas in their hearts.

For example, on the Chinese side, the beginning of the nostalgic way makes them feel very good, and the nostalgic way smooths out the insurmountable ritual form nodes between the mainland and Hong Kong, for example, the movie does not tell why Ip Man went to Hong Kong, but from the perspective of a boxing master, naturally and smoothly transitioning from World War II to the Cold War, from the mainland to Hong Kong.

The deep focus on the fate of the individual and the natural narrative thread appropriately bridge the identity gap between the mainland and Hong Kong due to political separation.

fully shows Wang Xiaohu's cleverness, and it is foreseeable that after the release of "Ip Man 2", mainland audiences will be able to see the picture of Hong Kong in the 50s, which not only continues the family concept of blood inheritance, but also adheres to the same sense of intimacy as always.

Ip Man's journey from Foshan to Hong Kong is a metaphor for the indelible relationship between the mainland and Hong Kong.

And the British representative, after seeing the plot of the dock embargo, his heart is like an overturned five-flavor bottle, the embargo is a kind of helplessness and compromise when the Hong Kong British political axe faced the United Nations led by the Yankees, but in the helplessness and compromise, the Hong Kong British political axe made a lot of dredging work in a timely manner, and these works are all revealed in some pictures of "Ip Man 2".

"Tiger, you really don't please either side, and you can't offend either side!" Governor Youde said in his heart.

A Chinese-style Hong Kong, this is the connotation refracted by the elements of life in the first 20 minutes of "Ip Man 2", which was revised and processed by Wang Xiaohu and unveiled on the big screen around the world.

(To be continued)