Chapter 146: A Blowout

Compared with the sweep of "The True Color of Heroes", the box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is indeed difficult to catch. However, Rao is like this, and he has been following "Police Story" in the box office ranking of the Spring Festival stalls.

Debao's theaters have all squeezed out time to release "A Chinese Ghost Story". Even a lot of movies, are timed. gave up the prime time slot, in order to let the audience see "A Chinese Ghost Story".

"I knew that I would have watched "A Chinese Ghost Story" first, and I heard that the filming was very good!"

"That's right, my girlfriend and their family watched it all. It's said that I was moved......"

"Isn't this a ghost movie?"

"A ghost movie is a ghost movie, but people and ghosts are in love! It's so beautiful and romantic! ”

"How do you know?"

"I've seen it a few times, and this time I'll take my friends to see it again! Wang Zuxian is so beautiful, how did he hook up with the director. It's really good that the cabbage makes the pig arch! ”

"Servant Street, you! We are so beautiful and young. Wang Zuxian is already blessed to be able to match him...... "The person who spoke was obviously a loyal fan of Lu Yan.

Today, every cinema in Debao's cinema chain is such a grand occasion. The ticket windows are full of long queues, and everyone is talking about the plot of "A Chinese Ghost Story". In addition, many people have come to see it repeatedly, so when it comes to it, it is the head of the road. Many viewers who didn't watch it were immediately attracted.

In addition, film critics and various media and newspapers have also contributed to Lu Yan's masterpiece again. I have to say, although "Police Story" is also very good. But "A Chinese Ghost Story" is better at the perfect junction of novelty and emotional processing, so in their opinion, the box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" will sooner or later be the No. 1 box office of the movie that will be released during the Spring Festival.

"Imagination gives detail"

If you look closely, Lu Yan's movie is not a serious costume film. Among them, the number of lines that have crossed is everywhere, and the leggings arranged by Tim Yip for the two male protagonists have an extremely trendy cloth pattern. can't be completely regarded as a martial arts movie, there don't seem to be rivers and lakes in the film! Among them, Yan Chixia, who is strong in martial arts, did not stay in Lanruo Temple to catch demons for the sake of chivalry, but to stay away from people. It shouldn't be considered a horror movie, at least those shots that are beyond common sense don't really exist to frighten the audience, it seems to be a little bit of bad fun.

Everyone in the film wants to do something to make them happy according to their own values: Xiahou wants to compete for the ranking of martial arts, Yan Chixia wants to hide from right and wrong, Ning Caichen wants to collect accounts, grandma wants to collect yang qi, Jianghu people want to arrest wanted criminals for bounty, and even the county official played by Wang Jing who can't open his eyes is very sincere and always thinking about bribery. It can also be mentioned by the way, in Ning Caichen's room, there are only dried corpses running with the smell of blood!

To say that this movie is about love, it is a bit purely consequential (the two spend most of their time running for their lives). In fact, it shows desire in more space, but in the end it breaks all the entanglements. It's just that the two of them haven't had time to distinguish and think about the obsession. If you count carefully, you will find that the real dialogue between Ning Caichen and Xiaoqian is actually no more than 30 sentences.

So what exactly is this movie? The key is here, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has enough rich and natural elements, and it is extremely confident to appear one by one under the arrangement of the choreographer! Fighting, **, suspense, comedy, heavy taste, but also still have moving emotions, refreshing kindness, laughter and scolding, regardless of the hustle and bustle in the world. The spectacle in "A Chinese Ghost Story", except for the sword wielding a little bit of the post-production light invented by "The Palm of the Gods", the rest are all live-action productions, with huge tongues, flexible branches, hungry dried corpses, and flying human heads all over the sky...... Under Lu Yan's ingenious conception, everything is so delicate!

I have to say, after "The True Color of Heroes". This miracle director has once again sent us a masterpiece!

At the end of the film, the three of them are exhausted and return from the underworld, but just in time for the light to get brighter, the morning sun leaks through the cracks in the broken paper windows into the hut. Ning Caichen fixed the plank with his forehead, blocked the sunlight with his body, and wept while urging Xiaoqian to return to the ash altar quickly. Xiao Qian looked up at him, but he didn't seem to even be able to turn his head. The eternal parting really came so quickly, even if it was useless to sing "Don't Come at Dawn" a few more times. It is not quite the same as the different paths of the ladyboys, the best destination for lonely souls and wild ghosts is, of course, to be reincarnated safely, and no one uses moral shackles to stop you, but it shows the desolation of this joyful dependence. I don't know if anyone has counted how many times Ning Caichen fell in the movie. Leslie Cheung was in such a stumbling embarrassment, leaving us a dazzling little scholar. On the way to the dangerous night, she carefully helped him kill all the wild wolves and hang them on the tree, because he thought that she was in trouble, and he would also push away the powerful and take the horse and run back to Lanruo Temple. These tacit understandings should be doomed from the moment he mustered up the courage to chase away the terrible snake he was afraid of. It's as if Ning Nie's feelings are destined to be a tragedy, but this does not prevent them from leaving each other with the short period of danger of "only envying mandarin ducks and not envying immortals". It didn't hinder her, Yan Chixia suddenly found that in fact, she escaped into the world of ghosts, and she couldn't help but face the complexity of people. And in what direction will the next dawn of Hong Kong movies light up first? What direction will Xiaoqian's rebirth take in the future?

I have to say that such film reviews were sold out as soon as newspapers and magazines appeared. How many viewers, as mentioned in the article, sank into the dream love created by Leslie Cheung and Wang Zuxian.

And the effect of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is far from being so. In this fashion witty drama and the production of "Big Kashi", and the rampant action movies with hard bridges and hard horses, the appearance of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has undoubtedly injected a burst of coolness into Hong Kong films.

"A Chinese Ghost Story's Combination Form"

Since it is the cooperation between Lu Yan and Cheng Xiaodong, it is logical that we have seen wonderful action scenes in this movie, and we have also seen the post-apocalyptic style of demons. Guobei County, which Ning Caichen worked so hard to find, was originally a human world, but it was more dangerous than the ghost domain, and the city was full of headless flies catching fast, lifting poor Xiao Ning like an eagle catching a chicken and pressing it on the door panel, pinching his crooked face and identifying it against the wanted warrant; went to the inn to find the boss to collect debts, but was thrown out of the door with luggage...... Only now did we know that this little scholar turned out to be a debt collector, which is really weird, which boss who lacks heart and eyes will find such a weak scholar to collect debts?

This is a chaotic town, and the people in the city tend to be inflammatory, bullying the weak, and turning their faces ruthlessly when they see money...... Interestingly, Lu Yan did not show all this from a sympathetic or condemning perspective, but maintained the style of light comedy wherever Ning Caichen went. The owner of the shop, the innkeeper, and the young man I met...... The small people in the market are all vivid, and their words and deeds are full of fun. For example, when the onlookers heard that Ning Caichen was going to Lanruo Temple, they all immediately muted down, watching him like a ghost; As soon as Ning turned his head, the surroundings immediately exchanged heads; Ning turned his head and immediately stared at him silently, repeating it over and over again...... It's an exaggeration, but the effect is hilarious. And the performance was so funny, dozens of people in the audience remained serious all the time, and no one laughed. I don't know how Director Lu taught these extras, and he really acted well!

It is reported that when Lu Yan was considering the styling and dialogue of "A Chinese Ghost Story", he hoped to be as contemporary as possible. Meizhi has indeed put a lot of thought into clothing styling. When it comes to the costume design of this film, Leslie Cheung feels that it is a bit like the costume of a famous brand isseymiyaki. In order to keep the style secret, Lu Yan once ordered the actor not to leak the style to avoid being plagiarized, and also refused to be interviewed by the media. In terms of dialogue, he doesn't want to be too "literary" and have the feeling of a big costume film. Leslie Cheung estimates that it may be a market problem, because there has been no costume film released for a long time, and he is afraid that the audience will not accept it. There are a lot of jokes added to this film, so Leslie Cheung feels a bit like Polanski's "Heavenly Master Monster Hunt".

And throughout the movie, there is another thing that cannot be ignored is the music. Huang Zhan's talent makes people have nothing to say. What is surprising is Lu Yan's musical talent, aside from the theme song "Love of the Year" in "The True Color of Heroes". This "A Chinese Ghost Story" is undoubtedly a masterpiece!

"A Chinese Ghost Story" is a life perception mixed with the red dust, "Tao Dao Dao" is transcendent and uninhibited, and "Don't Come at Dawn" is a lingering love song with different styles.

Lu Yan joined hands with Huang Zhan and Dai Lemin to add infinite color and light to the movie!

Lu Yan's novel creativity and unique shooting techniques, "A Chinese Ghost Story" obviously ignited Hong Kong again. Now no one can deny Lu Yan's versatility, from "The True Color of Heroes" to "A Chinese Ghost Story", not only two movies have been completed, but two extreme shooting. Coupled with the theme song of the lyrics and music, Ann has no one to question the official rise of this posterity?

It was supposed to belong to the movie kingdom of Golden Harvest and New Art City, but suddenly a Dongcheng image was inserted! Such a situation is probably unexpected by those who were not optimistic about Lu Yan at the beginning.

In the Dongcheng image, Cheng Xiaodong and the others were all excited.

Of course, their excitement is not only because "A Chinese Ghost Story" really showed a blowout at the box office in the later stage, but also because they were excited after listening to Liu Weiqiang's expectations.

"Qiang Zai, according to what you say, Yan Zai is likely to become the best director at the next Academy Awards?" Several people were speechless, such news is indeed too shocking.

"You can't go wrong, it's almost time to start preparing for the next Academy Awards. Now delete the early Spring Festival movies, and wait for the Spring Festival file to end before considering it...... In fact, I think that a "True Colors of Heroes" is enough for Yan Zai to be elected as the best director! Liu Weiqiang's words are conclusive, and in their opinion, Lu Yan is undoubtedly one of the best directors.

What's more, now this "A Chinese Ghost Story" is receiving rave reviews. Two movies pushed the prestige to the peak, who else could there be besides Sherü Yan?

(To be continued)