Chapter 671: To untie the bell, the person who tied it must drive the ducks to the shelves.
A series of follow-up works that hit the streets have once again brought the topic of the revival of Hong Kong films to the forefront.
Many media, netizens, and film critics have joined the discussion.
"Li Yi said that the key to the revival of Hong Kong films lies in Hong Kong police and gangster films, but others also said that times have changed and we need to introduce new ones. But one after another, when they saw the success of "Infernal Affairs", they just followed the trend and didn't take it seriously.
If you really write scripts and make movies, but you just want to ride on the trend caused by "Infernal Affairs", it's just a waste of money. If this can be revived, it will be a ghost!"
"With this perfunctory attitude, don't use the name of Hong Kong film revival, just go ahead and eat shit!"
"Li Yi finally gave everyone hope to see the revival of Hong Kong films, but in the end, he was beaten away by a few of you crooked people!"
"Hong Kong films are dead, and nothing Li Yi can do with "Infernal Affairs" can save them!"
"With this kind of attitude, ten "Infernal Affairs" movies will be useless!"
For a time, movie fans were saddened by his misfortune and angry at him! He deeply loved and blamed him deeply!
Many people still like Hong Kong movies. From time to time, a certain movie is released and compared with old Hong Kong movies.
And "Infernal Affairs" turned out to be a banner for the revival of Hong Kong films, and it successfully stood at the top of Hong Kong films in terms of reputation. At the box office, it not only broke the box office of Hong Kong films in the mainland, but also broke the box office in Hong Kong Island.
The highest-grossing list monopolized by Hollywood.
Although Chen Manshan's previous "Edge Walker" was also said to be a Hong Kong film with a trend of undercover themes, in fact, it had a lot of new things. "Edge Walker" did not top the box office, but it was still remarkable.
It can be considered a relatively good start.
However, everyone rejoiced too early. Each and every work followed the trend and imitated it without any sincerity.
Is it because of lack of funds?
no!
Is it because of the lack of directors?
no!
Is it because of the lack of skilled actors?
The same is not true, but what is the result?
As always, the propaganda was extremely loud, but the result was a mess!
Some Hong Kong media even directly and exaggeratedly criticized these directors, saying they were not worthy of being directors and were sinners of the Hong Kong film industry.
But these directors came out one after another to say that the problem was not their fault at all.
Of course they don't admit that their movies are insincere and have no intentions.
Instead, he said that "Infernal Affairs" cannot mean anything at all. In the 1990s, when Hong Kong was in decline, some good movies were produced, but they still could not save Hong Kong films.
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Let’s take it as an example that Li Yi himself doesn’t want to make a sequel to “Infernal Affairs”!
At this time, another thing happened.
Famous Hong Kong director, Wang Feng!
When Hong Kong films were in decline, Wang Feng did indeed carry the banner of Hong Kong police and gangster films for a time, and produced many relatively good police and gangster films in the 1990s.
Wang Feng's dark-style police dramas still have many fans.
There are still many people looking forward to Wang Feng's new film.
Although his new film is also an undercover Hong Kong police film, its style is somewhat different from "Infernal Affairs".
His new film is called "Betrayal"!
It tells the story of an undercover agent's betrayal.
After being an undercover agent for many years, as his status in the world rose higher and higher, he eventually betrayed him. Not only did he kill his superior police officer, he also became a police officer's ex-girlfriend, and he also became a club boss.
The movie was released on Hong Kong Island and received a very good response, earning over 30 million at the box office.
It's a pity that the story of "Betrayal" is too dark and has too incorrect views.
The main content of the movie focuses on the undercover male protagonist who encounters various pressures. Just like Chen Yongren, he does not want to continue to be an undercover. However, he is a sharp knife to break into the society. His boss has repeatedly broken the law because of the information he provided.
Case, promotion and salary increase.
But three years later and three more years later, he finally betrayed.
Naturally, it was impossible for a film like this to obtain a public release permit in the Mainland, so in order to be released, he had to delete a large amount of the plot.
The final result can be imagined.
As a result, many movie fans have once again targeted Scissors.
When Wang Feng himself was interviewed by the media, he said that what restricts the revival of Hong Kong films is not the lack of good films on Hong Kong Island, but the rules and restrictions on the mainland!
In fact, this kind of topic can be said to be a commonplace.
Some movie fans also echoed their comments, making all sorts of sarcastic remarks.
In fact, for a dark-style police film like "Betrayal", in which evil triumphs over justice, it is quite normal to be embarrassed by the giant scissors.
However, as long as many movies have been operated by big scissors, they will eventually fail at the box office. There is no need to find a reason, they can just blame the big scissors.
Originally there was nothing to say about this.
It’s not just a day or two when the big scissors are scolded.
Those literary and artistic film directors often scolded the scissors, questioned China's film censorship, etc.
But this time is different, because of the topic of the revival of Hong Kong films, because "Infernal Affairs" created a miracle for Hong Kong films, and because many police and gangster films failed before, a better "Betrayal" finally appeared, but because of the big scissor surgery,
However, the movie was a hit on Hong Kong Island and hit the streets in the Mainland.
For a time, some media in Hong Kong and some movie fans also began to report on it.
It's very common for Scissors to take the blame, but this time it's a little different.
After all, the issues involved are relatively sensitive.
Especially based on the hot topic of the revival of Hong Kong films, even Hong Kong filmmakers like Huang Disheng, who are sitting on crooked buttocks, have begun to become active one by one.
And this knot is really hard to untie.
Although some sensible movie fans say that Chinese-language films can thrive under the same rules and environment, it would be too much to blame Hong Kong films for their failure to revive.
At the same time, Li Yi and some Hong Kong directors who became successful after moving north were mentioned. Under the same environment, why were they successful?
For a while, this topic became a hot topic.
At this time, Li Yi, who had just returned from traveling abroad with Mu Qing, received a call from Zhao Guangming as soon as he landed!
"Director Li, are you back?" Zhao Guangming asked with a smile.
"Well, isn't it time to celebrate the New Year? Come back and celebrate the New Year!" Li Yi said with a smile.
"Have you read the recent news?" Zhao Guangming asked.
"See, hey, it's a cliché. This kind of thing happens several times every year. Movies are not a hit, and people blame each other. Is it very common?" Li Yi didn't take it seriously.
"You, I finally understand. You are pretending to be confused because you understand. Don't tell me that you don't understand. This time is different from the past?" Zhao Guangming said angrily.
"Okay, but it's useless for you to come to me for this kind of thing. What can I do? Speak for the scissors? People might think I'm standing and talking without back pain!" Li Yi replied with a smile.
