At this moment, rewatching "Zombie" in his mind, Du Xinghe felt a lot calmer.

When I opened my eyes, it was still dark in the elevator, and when I lit my phone, it was already 2 o'clock in the morning.

The elevator still has no trend of getting better.

Du Xinghe felt less depressed.

The change in mindset has made this confined space less airtight.

There are many times when fear requires more fear to cure.

I was scared a lot, and I was fearless.

Fear, at its core, is just a human instinct, an impulse to escape and a helpless panic.

Some people say that people's fear comes from the fear of death, while others say that ignorance is essentially the source of fear. Such inferences can indeed explain the origin of people's fears in many cases, but more often than not, our fears seem to be nonsensical.

No one knows why, maybe not at all, we are simply afraid. When fear strikes, the flowers and plants also make people feel as hideous as the tentacles of demons.

Fear is everywhere, but it doesn't have to be a sign of timidity. The braver the heart, the stronger the fear. In the end, fear is just an inner feeling that juxtaposes joy and sorrow.

As long as you get used to this feeling, there is nothing to fear.

As the saying goes, the brave are fearless, and the wise are fearless, and Du Xinghe is working towards this state.

Speaking of "Zombie", which was just screened in my mind, this film is definitely commemorative for Du Xinghe, who likes to watch Hong Kong horror movies. It's a pity that the level of special effects in this plane is far from reaching the level of the previous plane in 2013, so this kind of film that emphasizes special effects can't be moved to this plane.

According to the analysis of the movies he has watched on this plane, the level of movie special effects in this plane should be close to the 1998 movie "Fengyun: Dominating the World" in the previous plane, although there are already many big scenes, but the effect is still relatively fake when studied in detail, so many movies in Du Xinghe's mind can't move here.

The level of special effects in "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village" is relatively low, this is not a movie that relies on special effects to support the scene, and it is no problem to move it here, but "Zombie" is a movie that needs special effects to shine. I can't move it. Even Du Xinghe likes this movie a lot.

I had just watched the "Maoshan Taoist" series of movies with Liao Nan before, and this series of movies reminded Du Xinghe of the more classic "A Chinese Ghost Story" trilogy in the previous plane.

If you want to say that the best trilogy ghost film moved to this plane at this time, it must be the "A Chinese Ghost Story" series. This is a representative work produced in the most golden period of Hong Kong films, and it is full of vitality from its connotation to its appearance. Even the level of special effects that seems weak right now. Get this plane. None of them will seem too far behind.

As a musician, Du Xinghe also likes several episodes written by Huang Zhan in "A Chinese Ghost Story".

When thinking of the music of "A Chinese Ghost Story", most people should immediately think of the theme song of the same name sung by his brother Leslie Cheung "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Du Xinghe remembered another episode in this film. "Don't Come at Dawn" sung by Ye Qianwen.

In that year (1987), in the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards, "Don't Come at Dawn" defeated "A Chinese Ghost Story" and won the Best Film Music Award, which shows the charm of this song.

However, Du Xinghe actually loves the song "A Chinese Ghost Story" even more, his brother's masculine mellow voice, and the sentence "vague in dreams, rare tears" sang a hundred times and reverberated back to the bowels. Huang Zhan's talent is also really admirable. The helplessness of "A Chinese Ghost Story" and the lingering compassion of "Dawn Will Never Come Again" are hard to imagine that they are from the hands of one person.

In fact, Huang Zhan's "Don't Come at Dawn" was not tailor-made for "A Chinese Ghost Story", but was used by Tsui Hark to make a movie episode by chance, and it was impeccable, which is really impressive.

Since the elevator can't be good, it's not very sleepy, even if it's sleepy, in such an environment, Du Xinghe can't sleep, so as not to have other accidents, taking advantage of such an opportunity to float and relax, he started with Ye Qianwen's song "Don't Come at Dawn", and then revisited the last master's masterpiece "A Chinese Ghost Story" that led the trend.

The thick sound of music appeared in Du Xinghe's mind, and Ye Qianwen wept and performed the earth-shattering and touching love story between Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian-

……

Dawn, please don't come~

Let the dream last forever tonight zài~

Leave a piece of truth at this moment~

With this love of the heart~

Command the soul to welcome in~

Please call the dawn and don't come again~

Now the romance feels like I'm floating out of the world~

And the warmth of the breeze~

Send love in the cold rain~

Silently let infatuation break through the barrier~

The red sun is not allowed ~ to teach people to separate ~

Don't change it for a long night~

The red sun is not allowed ~ to teach people to separate ~

Don't change it for a long night~

Please don't have to show off your life at dawn~

Now dreamy poetry can never be replaced~

People break into the heart~

Hold you in the dark~

Don't let the morning glow leak in~

……

"Ten miles of Pinghu is full of frost, and every inch of green silk is sad. Look at the moon-shaped single look at each other, only envy the mandarin duck and not the immortal. ”

A coarse cloth green coat, a tattered hat, and a pair of torn cloth shoes. The world is full of troubles, and Ning Caichen, who is full of poetry and books, has a youthful talent, but he has no place to use it, so that he is ridiculed by the peddler who sells paintings as "high taste and low status". In order to make a living, I had to carry my bags around to collect debts. But even so, he didn't lose the cuteness in his bones. He is naïve, pedantic, but also affectionate, positive and optimistic, born at the wrong time and repeatedly hit the wall, but there is no trace of depression, even if it is a road to kill and robbers, can also frequently say: This is the world of love, not the world of swords.

She, Nie Xiaoqian, is a ghost who died in a foreign land, a female ghost living in a barren mountain, and specializes in sucking the essence of young men. However, this was not her intention, and every time she hurt passers-by, her heart would be tormented by endless self-blame and grief. She is beautiful and kind, and although she is forced by the obscenity of the tree demon grandmother, and although all the demons around her are murderous, she still sticks to her inner conscience alone, and is unique in that filthy and dark world.

The long night was cold, the moonlight was sultry, and in the water pavilion, Xiao Qian, dressed in white, flicked the kite, and began to seduce passers-by in order to suck his spirit. Ning Caichen was attracted by the sound of the piano. Stroll through the pavilion. When he saw Xiao Qian, he was fascinated by her peerless appearance like most people.

However, no matter how the beauty is teasing, throw herself into her arms. He was unmoved. It's just a panicked spin. Looking for white yarn again, and sneezing again, Xiaoqian didn't know where to start.

When the two of them were crying and laughing. Yan Chixia came to interrupt, Ning Caichen, who didn't know what was going on, pulled Xiaoqian and stumbled and ran away, the three of them chased me, it was a farce: one was struggling to escape, but the other was carrying the piano and kept asking, a scholar, powerless, and had to go to block the snake for the Yiren, but he was so frightened that he jumped around.

Even though people and ghosts have different paths, she only treats him as the prey, but she has a conscience that cannot be hidden in her heart, watching Ning Caichen be affectionate to herself, stop being polite, in order to save herself, overcome fear, desperately fight with snakes, fight with demon hunters, her lonely and cold heart after death was touched for the first time, and finally, she said goodbye to Ning Caichen when she jumped on the tree and smiled, it was really exciting.

The love of humans and ghosts has never been tolerated by the world. Yan Chixia, who takes the elimination of demons as her own responsibility, believes that all demons and ghosts are murderous demons, and before he was moved by Ning Caichen's true love, he killed Xiao Qian again and again, and wanted to deal with it quickly. On Xiao Qian's side, the goblins led by the tree demon grandmother continued to work hard to get rid of Ning Caichen by Xiao Qian's hand. They love so hard and sad, but they love so unforgettable.

The reason why Ning and Qian's love is so beautiful is because they are in such a dilapidated and troubled world, and they can't help themselves and have no choice but to choose tragedy. Xiaoqian said to Ning Caichen that people are sometimes more terrible than ghosts, and ghosts are sometimes kinder than people. Yan Chixia also said that the human world is too complicated, but the way of demons and demons is black and white, and they live freely. In the human world, there are swordsmen who are greedy for vanity, corrupt officials who are obsessed with money, and ant people who forget their righteousness...... But there is no trace of human nature in sight, and in such an environment, scholars with an upright nature are destined to be ostracized and marginalized. He met Xiao Qian, who was also lonely with himself, in loneliness, fell in love at first sight, and knew each other.

And Nie Xiaoqian, the soul of the mountains and wilderness, helpless, "thousands of miles of soft souls, Pengyou is helpless", helping to abuse is not what she wants, wandering between the red dust and the underworld, reading countless people, most of them only seek happiness, only Ning Caichen, with a pure heart and honest with her, and this heartfelt sincere love is what she dreams of as a lonely ghost, so she sacrificed her life many times for the sake of her lover, regardless of her own safety, but they can't withstand reality after all, and can't reverse the tragic fate. Chinese people advocate tragic beauty, walking in the fate of tragedy, the beauty of things can be fully displayed, and the love between Xiao Qian and the scholar is even more precious.

In Du Xinghe's impression, this is one of the most classic love movies shot by Leslie Cheung, and his perfect interpretation of Wang Zuxian has made the most unforgettable on-screen couple in the 80s.

Although the world is different, things are wrong, but every time I taste it again, I will still be moved by the picturesque face on the screen, and I am still sad for this ghost love, Leslie Cheung, an alien genius in the film industry, uses excellent acting skills to portray a poor scholar who is down-and-out but unswerving in his feelings, and Wang Zuxian's performance is unparalleled. Her Nie Xiaoqian is elegant, poignant, complaining and complaining, but she is charming and self-generated, full of demonic spirit, and her phoenix eyes are even more breathtaking, and even cover the brilliance of Leslie Cheung. On the screen, the light blue light and shadow, the vast mist, and a white light veil flew up, like a fairy who landed in the mortal dust. The role of Nie Xiaoqian also helped Wang Zuxian establish an irreplaceable status as a "jade girl" in the film industry, and became one of the most classic female ghost images in the history of Chinese films.

Here I have to mention another brilliant character - Yan Chixia. A Chinese Ghost Story is a story of love and chivalry, love for people and ghosts, chivalry, and also for the world, Yan Chixia. Yan Chixia in the movie, with an iron sword and a beard, is alone in the far away rivers and lakes, but she is worried about the world. With the belief in justice and enthusiasm, it is our responsibility to uphold justice and kill demons. He has a clear distinction between right and wrong, jealousy and hatred, and has become the protector of people like Ning Caichen, who also have justice and conscience, and the opponent of the evil forces of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

The sincere feelings between Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian are really moving. But Ning Caichen is just a cowardly scholar, although he always fights hard to move forward in trouble, he can never fight demons and monsters, and he is also held hostage by the small officials of the county government. Although he was tired of the world as a young man, he retreated to the barren mountains, and kept saying that he ignored foreign affairs, but whenever the evil forces appeared, he never stayed out of the matter, and always held a sword and fought hard to get rid of demons. said that he didn't care about Ning Caichen. But not only did he save Ning Caichen's life three or four times. and further saved Xiaoqian, and did his best to exterminate the two major evil forces of the Millennium Tree Demon and the Black Mountain Old Demon. He is fighting for the morality of the world, and his efforts have nothing to do with his own interests, and some only calm his heart that beats fiercely because of chivalry.

Yan Chixia of the afternoon horse. Singing with swords. Full of pride. And outside the movie, it is another genius in the vocal music industry - Huang Zhan, who is Yan Chixia in reality. is a real chivalrous man, the song "Tao Dao Dao" is a work that he and Tsui Hark chatted about while drinking, and it is really a fascinating masterpiece like mountains and rivers, Lin Qingxia recalled, Huang Zhan once said when he was drinking, death is not worth being sad, he wanted to record a tape, and laughed at the beginning, and then told everyone not to be sad, to be happy, and to record it and wait until his funeral for everyone to see. Lin Qingxia said that every time she mentioned Huang Zhan, she always remembered his laughter on the sea.

And we, too. We who also live in reality may never have such chic, and we will not have such chivalrous spirit to laugh at life and death.

The story will always end, the dawn will still come, people and ghosts have different paths, this is a fact that no one can reverse. Therefore, as soon as the morning sun came out, Xiao Qian, who was a ghost, could only hide back in the urn. "Unexpected...... I can't see you for the last time, so you have to take care! "After all the hardships and tribulations, what a lover is waiting for is not a long-looking white hair to grow old, but what he is waiting for is that he will never see each other in the Yellow Spring, and he loves each other but can't stay together.

At the end of the movie, Xiaoqian returned to the urn and was reincarnated, Ning Caichen and Yan Chixia rode horses and whips to travel all over the world, and a ghost infatuation finally came to an end.

That life, that life, he met her, remembered, loved, waited, yin and yang separated, and now it is to repay this love, many years later, will she remember that there was a man who bowed his eyebrows for her, talked with candles and nights for her, frequently fell into the water for him, and broke his sleeves and intestines for him.

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The road of life ~ a dream is like a long road ~

The wind and frost in the road ~ the wind and frost are dry ~ Red Dust~

There are several directions for sweet dreams~

Looking for crazy dream center love~

The road is boundless with people~

……

Life is ~dreams and hopes~

In the dream, there are vague ~ rare tears

Where to go~

Go find the direction in my heart~

The wind seems to sigh softly in a dream~

The road and people are vast~

……

The end credits scrolled, and when he heard his brother's "A Chinese Ghost Story" again, Du Xinghe was full of emotion. In fact, there is a tidbit, the reason why Leslie Cheung is called "brother" is from the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story". Because Xiaoqian called Ning Caichen and used the word "brother", the crew followed suit, and Leslie Cheung also liked this name very much, and over time, everyone called him that.

There is another small thing behind this movie that has to be said, before the filming of the film, Wang Zuxian, who was still young at the time, called Tsui Hark's wife Shi Nansheng to ask for an audition, but Shi Nansheng at that time did not take Wang Zuxian into account at all, so he politely rejected Wang Zuxian. Later, Wang Zuxian personally found Director Tsui Hark to ask for an audition, and the director finally agreed to let Zuxian try on clothes, and the appearance was just right during the audition, and later Tsui Hark decided that Wang Zuxian played Nie Xiaoqian, which made the most beautiful female ghost legend in Hong Kong film history.

Before Du Xinghe crossed, in 2011, the new version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" directed by Ye Weixin and played by Liu Yifei as Xiao Qian was released in the mainland, and in the same month, the 87th version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was reproduced and released, as a movie more than 20 years ago, the box office of the old version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was naturally not satisfactory.

Du Xinghe watched both versions of "A Chinese Ghost Story" in front of the big screen that month, and after comparison, he realized how classic the old version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was. Even though he had seen it many times before, when he watched it again, he couldn't help but be led away. Be poured, moved, this is the so-called classic.

At this moment, watching it again in the closed elevator, Du Xinghe still has a feeling of being moved, moved by the movie, and moved by the music.

In fact, if you look closely, the 87 version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" comes and goes, just a few characters, just a few scenes, no matter the props and special effects, they all seem simple. If you switch to a later movie. Most of them can't escape the fate of being picked by the audience. But not this one – it's not because of nostalgia.

After watching it so many times. Compared with the new version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", Du Xinghe realized one thing, that is, every shot in the 87 version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" exudes a strong self-confidence, which absolutely puts the creator himself above all kinds of technical means.

In the movie, Yan Chixia uses qi to resist the sword. Outside the movie, Tsui Hark is using Qi to resist the sword.

This kind of gas is subtle. But it is the source of turning stones into gold.

The 87 version is full, abundant, pure, and powerful. The small environment that is hurriedly explained in only three or two scenes is like a big world where people and ghosts are inseparable, allowing the audience to immerse themselves in the love-hate entanglement between Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian. Fascinated by it, moved by it, and has no time to care about anything else.

This kind of moving power is rooted in the boldness of the creator.

As for the new version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", it is naturally much higher technically than before, but the world has changed over time, and the director's mood is not the same as more than 20 years ago, behind Gongli's picture, there is a pale and powerless plot, characters and realm, and the vitality is lost - of course, this is not necessarily Ye Weixin's problem, the new version can't even talk about a ghost word, but has to be misinterpreted into the so-called fox demon, and the rest can be imagined.

For example, the 87 version is like a free and easy walker, who hides in me when he is willing to give up, never looks at the faces of others, but absolutely believes that his work is attractive enough to the audience;

In contrast, the new "A Chinese Ghost Story" is like a gentleman who eats everywhere with the bowl of his predecessors, perhaps brightly dressed, but everywhere he wagged his tail and begged for pity.

You know, there is art with dignity.

In the last plane, Jiang Wen filmed "Let the Bullets Fly", saying "I earned money while standing".

The same is true of the 87 version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", which makes you laugh and move you when you stand up.

The old and new versions kneel and stand, and the posture is different, and the strength is of course different.

The abundance of the 87 version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is not only Tsui Hark's.

The so-called everything is overdone, everything is crazy.

The grandeur of Hong Kong movies comes from this unscrupulousness. If it is inferior, it will naturally become a chaotic stew; But the pride of despising a qiē, breaking through a qiē rope and ink, and using qi to resist the sword, is also thanks to this.

The afternoon horse version of Yan Chixia can sing a song in "A Chinese Ghost Story", not only will it not make people feel abrupt and funny, on the contrary, you will experience a kind of compelling vitality and heartfelt touch.

The unsurpassable version of the 87 version of Yan Chixia not only belongs to Wuma, but also belongs to that confident and flamboyant era.

is not deliberately belittling the new version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", in the past 20 years from the old version to the new version, it is not only technology that has innovated, but more than actors who have aged.

There is a word called "earthiness", and a good movie must be able to catch the earthiness. What is Earth Qi? Local atmosphere is not a relationship and love triangle, not a man-made buzzword, not a joke on the Internet...... Otherwise, what is the atmosphere of a movie in ancient costumes that tells the story of talented and beautiful people, goblins, foxes, and ghosts?

In fact, the word "earth" is, in the final analysis, a variant of the word "reality". The so-called "painting demons and ghosts is superior, and thorns, greed, and abuse into the wood are three points", the former sentence is about the form and skills, and the latter sentence is about the root of the body.

One of the reasons why the 87 version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" transcends time and becomes a classic is that it is not limited by illusory human ghost love stories.

However, this kind of creative freedom is not something that later filmmakers can enjoy. Needless to say, writing ghosts is nothing more than writing about people, and the censorship system doesn't let you write ghosts, not because you're afraid of superstition, but because you're crooked, and you're afraid that you'll insinuate and use ghosts to satirize the present.

Ai Qing said, "Why do I often have tears in my eyes, because I love this land deeply", but unfortunately the so-called earth qi of the previous plane is no longer the "land" of the land, but the "land" of self-castration and painting. In the face of such a reality, even if the filmmakers of the previous plane are not convinced, what can they do? (To be continued......)