When I was talking to my wife about martial arts movies, it wasn't that Li Yi wanted to make martial arts movies or something like that.
In fact, for martial arts movies, to be honest, Li Yi really doesn't have any good ideas about this stuff at this stage.
It's just that sometimes things just don't work out by coincidence.
On this day, Li Yi received a call from his father.
"Hey, Dad, I'm surprised that you actually have time to call me?" Li Yi couldn't help but joked.
The main reason is that since my father reconciled with my mother, the family is not short of money, so the two of them travel around the world, which is called free and easy.
To be honest, Li Yi envied them both.
The saying goes that you forget your son after you have a wife, and I am talking about you, Lao Li!
"Don't talk nonsense. I have something to ask you. Here's the thing. Mr. Liu has passed away. Your mother and I are watching lions in Africa and we won't be able to go back for a while. So, please help me and I attend Mr. Liu's funeral."
Li Zhenye said.
"Sixth Master? Ghost Old Sixth?" Li Yi was a little surprised.
Of course he has heard of this name. It can be said that this person is quite special in the Hong Kong film industry.
He is from a martial arts background, but he is a member of a single gang. He is one of the earliest martial arts groups. He is older than the most famous martial arts groups, the Yuan Jia Gang and the Cheng Jia Gang.
He can be regarded as a true senior in the martial arts industry.
However, Li Yi was a little confused. He didn't know that his father had any special relationship with this ghost.
"You have a good relationship with Mr. Liu?" Li Yi asked doubtfully.
"That's not true, but after all, we know each other, and Mr. Liu is a veteran in the martial arts and can be regarded as highly respected, so it might as well go there." Li Zhenye said.
"Okay, then I'll go pay my respects then!" Li Yi did not refuse.
To be honest, these days, the old martial arts practitioners are getting older, and the new martial arts practitioners are completely different from the old martial arts practitioners.
It has to be said that the decline of martial arts movies has been most affected by these veteran martial arts practitioners.
The fact that Master Liu can be called "Master" can explain the problem.
And this person is indeed worthy of respect. Although he is not as famous as Yuan Jiaban and Cheng Jiaban, he is a real senior. And one thing is commendable. Gui Laoliu has never changed and has always been making ancient costumes.
Martial arts direction for martial arts films.
Even though he is over seventy years old, he is still very active.
However, he could never escape the erosion of time and passed away.
"Master Qin Liu?" After Li Yi talked to Mu Qing, he didn't expect that his wife actually knew about him.
Gui Laoliu's original name was Qin Tie, and he was the sixth eldest child in the family, so he was called Qin Lao Liu, and later became the Sixth Master.
"Do you know him?" Li Yi was a little curious.
"Well, I know, even if you don't read the news, he has been on the hot search recently." Mu Qing said.
Li Yi is really not sure about this.
"What's going on? Is he on the hot search? Can you tell me clearly, is he on the hot search, or is his death on the hot search?" Li Yi asked.
"All of them!" Mu Qing said, taking out her cell phone, opening it and handing it to Li Yi.
Li Yi took a look and found that it really was.
As mentioned before, Qin Laoliu, also known as the Sixth Master, is very active, young and heartless, and has devoted his whole life to martial arts films.
He hardly gets involved in other types of films. It can be said that in terms of action design of those old martial arts films in Hong Kong, no one can surpass him, not even the Yuan family class, nor the Cheng family class.
As the saying goes, there are specialties in the arts. It can be said that when Hong Kong martial arts movies were popular, Liu Ye was more popular than Yuan Jiaban and Cheng Jiaban.
And the reason why he is on the hot search is because he has been doing martial arts all his life. When he is old, but today, when martial arts movies are in decline, he has the idea of making a martial arts movie of his own.
But this old man was a man of action, so he quickly found someone to write a script and became the director himself.
The name of the movie is "Jianghu Shi, Jianghu". The promotion of this movie has just been released and it is called the most anticipated martial arts movie in recent years.
As a result, after the film was finished filming, but before it was released, the people were gone!
The media's sense of smell is very keen. Qin Laoliu himself is an old martial arts veteran of the older generation, and many of the old martial arts movies that the audience has watched have his shadow in them, so the topic quickly became hot.
Already.
This is also the reason why his sudden death was the top trending search, and why his life was the top trending search.
At the same time, during the relatively chaotic period of Hong Kong Island, it can be said that he was also a true "chivalrous and righteous" person in the Hong Kong Island film industry at that time. Many Hong Kong Island stars have received his help.
In those days, there were many societies in Hong Kong, and the chaos was obvious. Because of Gui Laoliu's seniority and the fact that he was a person with real abilities, his pair of iron fists was quite famous at that time.
For this reason, the media called him the real "chivalrous man" in the world of Hong Kong!
What's just sad is that he loves martial arts and has devoted his whole life to the career of martial arts films and television works. Unfortunately, there is no successor.
He has two sons and one daughter, but unfortunately there is no one to inherit the mantle. Of course, the main reason is that today is different from the past. In the past, the golden age of Hong Kong movies, martial arts was really popular, at least there was no shortage of jobs, but what about now?
It's no wonder that his children don't like this business at all.
The memorial service for Qin Tie, also known as the Sixth Master, was held at the funeral home on Hong Kong Island. When Li Yi and Mu Qing arrived, there were already many people here.
Among them were many well-known figures in the entertainment industry on Hong Kong Island, such as Yuan Ba Ye from the Yuan Family Class, and international superstar Cheng Hu also came.
Chen Weijie and other veteran celebrities from Hong Kong also came to attend the memorial service.
After attending the memorial service, Li Yi was invited by Chen Weijie to gather with Yuan Baye, Cheng Hu and others.
"Director Li, the reason why I asked Weijie to invite you here is because I really don't understand something, and I want to learn from you, the number one person in the Chinese film industry." Yuan Baye said.
"Eighth Master has said it all, how dare I take it seriously?" Li Yi waved his hand quickly.
Although in terms of achievements, he is indeed much better than people of the older generation such as Yuan Baye, but his seniority is there.
"This is not flattery, that's all. Let me tell you the truth. Lao Liu left too hastily. It's a pity that the movie he left behind..." Mr. Yuan Ba couldn't help but shook his head.
"What? What's wrong with the movie?" Li Yi was a little confused.
"The movie has been screened here on Hong Kong Island, and the effect is not ideal." Yuan Baye sighed.
"Actually, Lao Liu had a premonition of this when we were making the movie, but we all couldn't understand it. Is the most unique movie type in China really going to be like this? Looking at those blockbuster movies,
Nowadays, we can’t even see a martial arts film. Director Li, you once pointed the way for Hong Kong films, but what about martial arts films? Is there really no way out?" Yuan Baye said with some sadness and reluctance.
"Actually, my wife and I have discussed this issue. It's because times have changed! It's not that martial arts films have no future, but it's really difficult for martial arts films of the past to fit in with the market. I think Liu Ye's film should be
Is it the same style as in the past?" Li Yi asked.
Master Yuanba nodded and said: "Yes! It seems that we are really getting old. Director Li, where do you think the future of martial arts is?"
"I do have some ideas about this. Of course, I'm actually not familiar with martial arts movies, so I just have a superficial opinion!" Li Yi said with a smile.
"It can be said that our martial arts movies in the past were almost inseparable from domination of the martial arts world, love and hatred, but on the one hand, people have watched too many of these and have become tired of aesthetics. On the other hand, good martial arts stories are all group portraits.
The drama, but the group drama is a test of the skills of the script and the director. Another thing is that whether it is domination of the martial arts world or love and hatred, it all involves a very real issue, that is, in the background of these stories, those Jianghu
No matter whether they are celebrities or martial arts knights, they don't seem to have any legal awareness. Of course we all know that if they have legal awareness, then Jianghu will no longer be Jianghu.
But the problem is, we live in the present!
This makes it obvious that whether these knights or quacks are quacks, the so-called quacks are out of date.
You killed someone and broke the law, so are you still a knight? The audience has begun to be unable to accept this kind of character." Li Yi said.
"Sometimes I also think about a question, that is, what do audiences need when watching movies, especially martial arts movies? Or what kind of plot and story can make them feel comfortable? Or excited, or moved.
arrive?"
"When an audience watches a movie, the first thing they will assume for themselves is that they are on the righteous side. But if the knights themselves are not righteous enough, then how can they be considered as one of them?"
"Main theme!" Li Yi suddenly said.
"Main theme?" Everyone was confused. No matter how they looked at it, it was difficult for them to put martial arts and "main theme" together.
"Yes, in fact, in my opinion, martial arts also need a main theme. Of course, the main meaning of this main theme is a resonance, a spirit that resonates with most people!"
"A great chivalrous person serves the country and the people. Isn't that the main theme? But this theme is a bit too big, so we might as well spread our thinking!" Li Yi himself became more and more smooth as he spoke.
"Spread your thoughts?"
"For example, why was the original "Chi Ling" successful? In fact, martial arts can also be used as a reference! Just because of the sentence "I dare not forget about my country because I am humble", this story has been sublimated! Martial arts can also use this as the spiritual core to tell stories.
!" Li Yi said again.
Li Yi's words immediately made Yuan Baye and others' eyes light up.
In fact, this kind of martial arts movies didn’t really exist in the past.
In fact, there are some.
"In fact, there is another point, that is, the background of martial arts must not be a peaceful and prosperous age, because we are now dealing with the law!" Li Yi joked again.
"This is true. In fact, most of the martial arts films in the past either have a vague historical background. If there is a historical background, most of them are either at the end of the dynasty, when the people are in dire straits, or there are rivers and lakes but no court. Think about it this way, Director Li.
What you said is really to the point!" Cheng Hu couldn't help but smile.
"Yes, it's just like Hong Kong back in the day, because the gangs were so tyrannical that it wasn't actually a kind of gangland?" Chen Weijie also said with emotion.
Why do Hong Kong movies always give people a strong Jianghu flavor?
In fact, as Chen Weijie said, although Hong Kong Island in that era was relatively stable on the whole, in fact, young and Dangerous boys were everywhere at that time, which was more chaotic than the world in martial arts.
Therefore, it has also led to the fact that old Hong Kong films have always had a Jianghu flavor.
This thing is very difficult to photograph in mainland China.
Because I haven’t had that kind of experience.
But Hong Kong Island is different. Directors, actors, and even ordinary audiences on Hong Kong Island are all familiar with the world of Jianghu, so Hong Kong films have a Jianghu flavor.
"Speaking of which, Director Li, you really haven't made a martial arts film yet, how about it? Are you interested in giving it a try? It can be considered as a way to create a martial arts film?" Yuan Baye suddenly looked at Li Yi and said.
Everyone's eyes lit up.
Li Yi has made many movies in various genres, but he has never made a martial arts movie.
Of course, the key point is that the life of martial arts practitioners is really difficult now. Old martial arts practitioners like Yuan Ba Ye have a good reputation after all, so they are actually better off.
However, the phenomenon of no successors began to appear.
The reason is very simple, because, let’s not talk about martial arts movies now, in fact, even in action movies, what people need is no longer traditional martial arts, because most of the action movies now are just about posing and learning moves.
, just take it apart and take pictures slowly.
It's not like in the past when actors have to practice martial arts or something like that. Stop talking about it.
"I would like to, but I don't have any good ideas!" Li Yi spread his hands and said.
Not to mention, he really has no desires now, so when Master Yuanba said this, he actually became a little interested.
However, as he said, it is really not that easy to engage in martial arts these days. At least your script must be good enough, otherwise, it will be useless no matter how much you shoot.
After all, aren't your visual effects more cool than other people's science fiction movies, fairy tales, and myths?
"How about we make a big one?" Chen Weijie suddenly said.
"What do you mean?" Li Yi was a little confused.
"Look, there aren't any good scripts, right? And it's hard for the audience to agree, so why not just brainstorm ideas? I think we can hold an open call for ideas, how about that?" Chen Weijie said with a smile.
"That's okay, at least we can see what kind of stories the public likes now, and maybe we can get some inspiration from them." Li Yi thought that he might as well give it a try.
"Why don't you, Director Li, take the lead? Let's gather martial arts practitioners from all over the country, and the martial arts instructors will hold a martial arts recruitment..." Chen Weijie said with his eyes shining.
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this.
How should I put it? The fact that Chen Weijie can make such suggestions really has something to do with his personality. When he was young, he almost became a Young and Dangerous boy.
Moreover, every man has a martial arts dream. This sentence is still valid even in the current era of the decline of martial arts movies.
