When I was a child, I grew up in the video studios scattered all over the streets of small towns. It was in the late 1980s and early 1990s, which was the last heyday of Hong Kong cinema. At that time, after watching every Hong Kong film, I would feel "Wow! It's so cool". My childhood became a little happier because I was surrounded by these cool Hong Kong films. When I grew up a little, I started to distinguish between good and bad, and I gradually realized that those movies that I still feel "wow! Cool" when I revisited them a few years later are the real classics. Don't worry about this when I was a child, any film made by Hong Kong people is a good movie!
In a prosperous world, there is the arrogance of a prosperous age. Every classic Hong Kong film is followed by one after another. As soon as gambling films became popular, the audience had to be filmed to the point where they were disgusted when they saw poker; Here is an interesting case of Dong Shi Xiao frown, so as to appreciate the insolence of Hong Kong movies.
Xi Shi: A Chinese Ghost Story (1987, directed by Cheng Xiaodong, produced by Tsui Hark)
Dong Shi (1): "Golden Swallow" (1988, directed by Ke Xingpei)
Dong Shi (2): "Fox Fairy" (1992, directed by Lu Xiaolong)
Xi Shi vs. Dong Shi, a good show.
Scenario 1: Opening
"A Chinese Ghost Story" opens with an unnamed scholar as cannon fodder. First seduced by Xiaoqian, and then turned into grandma's Chinese food. The picture is very fragrant:
In "Fox Fairy", this paragraph was changed into a super wretched cannon fodder to be seduced:
Because the female ghost was replaced by a fox fairy, so... the cannon fodder was smoked to death by a fox fart (Σ( ° △ °|||)︴)!
First turn your back to the wretched man:
Then an invincible big fart directly smoked the wretched man into a skeleton (body odor is really scary):
Scene 2: Ning Caichen appears
Ning Caichen appears in "A Chinese Ghost Story":
"Golden Swallow" version of Ning Caichen:
The similarity in shape is 99%, this suit will not be taken off directly from Leslie Cheung, right? No way, the styling design of the two films is the same person. Huang Yaoming and Leslie Cheung were both the best men in the Hong Kong performing arts circle at that time, and it is not too much to copy a copy.
The lewd version of Ning Caichen in "Fox Fairy":
Scene 3: Chase and Kill
In "A Chinese Ghost Story", a group of bandits were chased and killed, and it turned out that they owed money to a fierce man:
The "Fox Fairy" version was split into two scenes, and the one who was hunted down became the wretched version of Ning Caichen:
Then he was rescued by the lewd version of Yan Chixia (please pay attention to his intoxicating costume); after being beaten for a long time, Ning Caichen kept lying on the ground in one posture:
The bandit leader is the same bald-headed one-eyed dragon as in the original "A Chinese Ghost Story" (the big brother on the opposite side is Black Impermanence?):
Scene 4: Looking at the painting
In "A Chinese Ghost Story", Ning Caichen saw Xiaoqian's painting at the painting booth:
The "Fox Butt" version in "Fox Fairy", that intoxicating blush...:
Scene 5: The coffin shop owner
In "A Chinese Ghost Story", the owner of the coffin shop measures Ning Caichen:
The wretched version of the coffin shop owner in "Fox Fairy":
Scene 6: Lantern
In "A Chinese Ghost Story" the lantern goes out:
In "Golden Swallow", the lantern is also extinguished:
In "Fox Immortal", the obscene version of the light-off process accompanied by "Ning Caichen" dog eating shit:
Scene 7: Temple Monument
"A Chinese Ghost Story" Lanruo Temple Stele:
Pirated Lanruo Temple Stele in "Fox Fairy":
Scene 8: Taoist fight
"A Chinese Ghost Story" Ning Caichen encountered two Taoist priests fighting after entering the temple:
"Golden Swallow" version:
The move similarity is 99%. No way, Guo Zhui, the action director of "Golden Swallow", is also one of the action directors of "A Chinese Ghost Story".
"Fox Immortal" wretched version of Taoist fight:
Scene 9: Yan Chixia appears
"A Chinese Ghost Story" Yan Chixia makes a grand debut:
In "Golden Swallow", the character Yan Chixia was split into three. Yan Chixia's hatred for evil and martial arts became the serious Feng Qingtian in "Golden Swallow", and the gag side became a pair of joy. Enemies left and right. This split is very interesting. Maybe with the eyes of Liu Qingyun in "The Detective", Yan Chixia happens to be divided into these three ghosts:
Look at the lewd version of Yan Chixia in "Fox Immortal", it's superb——
When I was a child, I wore the apron outside:
When he was practicing as a child, the Taoist priest beside him was knocking on the wooden fish:
And also playing drums... (I listened carefully and found that the rhythm of the drumming and the drum sound in the background music are exactly the same - dare to say that is not the background music!?):
When I grow up, I like to wear "Tai Chi" apron and "Tai Chi" trousers (worship the stylist of this film...):
Look at this fierce look...:
Scene 10: Xiaoqian comes on stage
Genuine Xiaoqian (goddess Wang Zuxian) makes a grand debut:
Xiaoxue (Goddess Zhong Chuhong) in "Golden Swallow":
Probably the boys of our generation who grew up in the video room were more or less influenced by these beautiful female ghosts on the screen. This is a love affair involving a whole generation of Chinese men.
Looking at the fox fairy version of Xiaoqian in "Fox Fairy", since the previous plot suggested that she has a strong body odor when she is in the shape of a fox, so... cover her nose and keep it away (in fact, Hu Huizhong is also one of the goddesses of the video room era):
Scene 11: Seduction
In "A Chinese Ghost Story", the fierce warrior Xia Hou, who lost the fight, was seduced by Xiaoqian, and then sucked into a mummified corpse by his grandmother:
The Taoist priest in "Fox Fairy" was lured by a group of fox demons in swimsuits (...), and then electrocuted:
Scene 12: Water Pavilion
In "A Chinese Ghost Story", Ning Caichen was attracted by the sound of the piano, found Shuixie, and saw Xiaoqian playing the piano:
The version of "Fox Fairy" is also a water pavilion, but the road leading to the water pavilion is made of soil (probably because the filming budget is limited):
Scene 13: Hallucinations
In "A Chinese Ghost Story", Ning Caichen saw Xiao Qian in the funeral procession:
In "Fox Fairy", a team of Taoist priests appeared out of nowhere, carrying a fox tied up in paper, and the shape was very cartoony...:
The pirate Ning Caichen also shouted "Long Pavilion" to the team. The night before, I didn't ask people's names at all, but today I suddenly called them out. Who is the demon?
scene 14: boudoir
Xiaoqian's boudoir in "A Chinese Ghost Story":
"Golden Swallow" version:
90% similar to the original. Because the art director of the two films is Xi Zhongwen. (This china looks familiar, right? Scroll up to scene 12.)
Scene 15: Sisters
There is a nasty sister everywhere. Xiaoqing in "A Chinese Ghost Story":
Xiaoshuang in "Golden Swallow":
Attached is a picture of Xiaoxue and Xiaoshuang "shuangfei" (hehe):
- Fragrant, right? Supergirl costume version.
Look at the buck-toothed fox demon sister who farted to death at the beginning of "Fox Fairy":
Scene 16: Grandma appears
"A Chinese Ghost Story" grandma made a grand debut. Yin and Yang are one, the tongue is invincible, the most classic monster image in Hong Kong film history:
The image of the grandmother in "Golden Swallow" is copied from Lafayette:
In "Fox Fairy", the grandmother was changed to "Daddy", and there is actually a beauty mole (only kneeling):
Scene 17: Dodging
In "A Chinese Ghost Story", my grandmother's nose is very smart, and Ning Caichen hid in Xiaoqian's bathtub to hide from her grandmother:
How many innocent boys got adrenaline and other liquids in this scene back then~~
In "Golden Swallow", the bathtub was changed into a coffin:
Scene 18: Dawn please don't come
Genuine theme song "Dawn please don't come", Xiang Yan:
And the two did it.
"Golden Swallow" bath version "Dawn please don't come", Leng Yan:
Didn't do it.
"Fox Fairy" version "Dawn please don't come", I always feel that there is a body odor:
It's done, and it's quite wretched!
Scene 19: Footbell
In "A Chinese Ghost Story", something happened to Ning Caichen playing the footbell:
The pirated version of Ning Caichen in "Golden Swallow" was also broken because of the broken foot bell:
Scene 20: Conjuration
Genuine Yan Chixia's incantation - "The sky and the earth are boundless, the universe borrows the law", when I was a child, I often used this trick:
Please see the "Fox Immortal" in the version of the terrifying super invincible horror spell (the lines are not randomly added by me, it's really like this):
Scene 21: The Truth
In "A Chinese Ghost Story", the real face of Xiaoqian Xianggui turned out to be a chaotic grave:
In "Golden Swallow", it was changed to a water pool:
"Fox Fairy" version:
Scene 22: Transformation
The genuine Xiaoqian shows her power, and the purple clothes change to white clothes:
The pirated version of Xiaoqian in "Golden Swallow" shows her true colors, and it is also the purple clothing that turns into white clothing (could it be that the white clothing is the holy clothing of the Saint Seiya in the demon world?):
Scene 23: Dao Talisman
Genuine Yan Chixia uses a Taoist talisman to invite the sword:
The artifact in Taoism is to be "invited" out, so the sword is not drawn out, but is invited out with a talisman.
In "Golden Swallow", the pirated version of Yan Chixia's sword has a talisman on it. When using it, use blood to control the sword:
Dao Talisman in "Fox Fairy":
In the front is the Taoist priest knocking on the wooden fish, here is the monk painting the Taoist talisman, and then a group of monks gather around a Tai Chi picture to recite the scriptures. I can only worship the director and the artists.
Scene 24: Demon World
The genuine Yan Chixia brought Ning Caichen into the demon world:
"Golden Swallow" version:
The scene similarity is 99%.
The Demon Realm in "Fox Fairy"...:
Scene 25: Montenegro old demon
The genuine Montenegrin old demon makes a grand debut, and the demonic spirit is vertical and horizontal:
"Golden Swallow" dismantled Yan Chixia and merged the grandma and the old demon from Montenegro. Therefore, the full name of the grandmother in "Golden Swallow" is "Grandma Montenegro" (...), and the map will not be posted here.
Look at the wretched version of Montenegro's old demon in "Fox Fairy", he is simply a king of the mountain (please look at the follower on the far left, with a logo on his chest, like a superhero):
Scene 26: Showdown
In "A Chinese Ghost Story", the duel between Yan Chixia and the fierce generals of the old demon of Montenegro, the picture is too emotional:
The horror showdown in "Fox Fairy"——
Before the decisive battle, there is a celebration of the Montenegrin old demon. The dancing girls at the celebration (the headgear is very cool):
Dancer... (The female fox fairies are wearing swimsuits in front, and the male demons are directly wearing swimming trunks here):
The showdown begins (the man and the demon are all shirtless, thinking they are watching WWE):
The thousand years of the old demon of Montenegro have trained hard chest muscles:
However, the righteousness of the world made the pirated version of Yan Chixia's chest harder than the old Montenegrin demon, so the pirated version of the old Montenegrin demon lost the chest muscle ratio like this:
The showdown of Xi Shi vs. Dong Shi will come to an end for now. Originally, I wanted to post a picture of the invincible thunder film "Ximen No Hate" and "Undefeated in the East", but the screenshots caught my hand cramps, so I gave up.
Talk about watching these three movies as a child.
Two or three things about "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Golden Swallow" and "Fox Fairy"
In the video hall era, "A Chinese Ghost Story" was not called "A Chinese Ghost Story", the first episode was called "Sword and Demon", and the second and third episodes were called "Fighting Demons in Troubled Times" and "Golden Buddha on Blood". A murderous name. I think it was "A Chinese Ghost Story" Taiwen crepe, which did not match the average aesthetic taste of video consumers at that time, so they were changed to these mighty names after the introduction. It took me years to figure out their real names. This practice continued for many years. For example, Tsui Hark's "Knife" was later changed to "Broken Swordsman" because the original name was too subtle and unattractive to video tape tenants. The first time I saw the clip of "Excalibur Slayer" was in a storefront that rented videotapes (remember that it was still a state-run store). The clip I glimpsed at that time was Yan Chixia fighting against the fierce generals under the old demon of Montenegro. What I felt at the time, and I learned later, was an adrenaline rush.
In addition to video halls, small theaters were popular for a while when I was young. Looking back now, the source of these small theaters should be LDs, which are projected with projectors. Because of the name of the theater, the grade has risen. The video hall can only sneak around on its own, but this kind of small theater can go to the whole family during festivals. The most impressive time was when the whole family went to see "Golden Swallow". I remember that even my grandmother went there together. The film is naturally also classified by me as "wow! Cool" category. When I was a child, I was relatively heartless, but I didn't find it similar to "A Chinese Ghost Story" for several years. Now it seems that "A Chinese Ghost Story" premiered in the summer of 1987, and "Golden Swallow" was released at the end of that year. The production of this film is actually quite excellent. The front and behind the scenes of "A Chinese Ghost Story" were the momentary choices of the Hong Kong film industry at that time, and the team of this film can be regarded as a strong soldier. Many of the behind-the-scenes members overlap with "A Chinese Ghost Story", so it can be regarded as a good appearance in Dong Shizhong.
A few years later, directed at Hu Huizhong, a celebrity in the video hall era, he went to the theater to watch "Fox Immortal". The influence of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is so huge that it still has such a complete effect after a few years. It was so serious, yet so clumsy, that when I revisited it years later, I was still laughing.
"A Chinese Ghost Story" is still the pinnacle of this genre, "Golden Swallow" has become a bit mediocre after many years, and "Fox Fairy" has become a camp cult in the precipitation of time. This is the unique charm brought about by the interlacing of movies and time.
Dong Shixiao frowns only belong to the arrogance of the prosperous age, and I miss the arrogance of the prosperous age very much.
Text: Wei Zhichao
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