Chapter 366 The reason why the classic is classic
The TV is full of fun and is played with an old martial arts film. Although both the action design, the sense of picture, and the performances of the actors are very age-like and give people a very rough feeling, Qiao Feng is enjoyable.
"Why did you suddenly look at Longmen Inn? I remember watching this movie when I was a child." Lin Qingxia walked to the sofa with a plate of fruit, fed Qiao Feng a bite of apple, then put the fruit down and sat cross-legged beside Qiao Feng.
"It was also my childhood." Qiao Feng corrected.
Lin Qingxia chuckled, looked at Qiao Feng with her head tilted and said, "That's right, it was also your childhood, but how old were you at that time? Have you ever seen this movie? Do you remember it?"
"Hey, I won't let you mock people like this. I was five years old at that time and I had already started to remember things." Qiao Feng retorted unhappily.
"Haha." Lin Qingxia chuckled again, and the laughter was a little contempt. But that's right. The five-year-old kid wouldn't tell whether his family would take such a young child into the cinema. Even if he entered, he could understand it and remember what he could remember.
Not to mention Qiao Feng, who is five years old, Lin Qingxia has seen it at that time and has seen it twice, but now she can't tell you what she says in detail. This is because at most it's just an impression of some shots.
When Longmen Inn was released, Qiao Feng was five years old and Lin Qingxia was thirteen years old. The age gap of eight years old has always been a thorn in Lin Qingxia's heart, so she rarely talks about age. This time, she said a few words casually, and then she no longer asked in depth.
"You haven't told me why you suddenly watched this movie. It's hard to find the video tape of this movie." Lin Qingxia brought the topic back to the initial question.
"It's hard to find, but this doesn't hurt me. There are copies in the theater warehouse. However, over the years, it's mainly because of poor storage, so the picture is not good. However, Shaw Brothers has good copies. This tape is what I asked Shaw Brothers for. " Qiao Feng said casually, not to mention that it was just a tape from me twenty years ago, even the very old tape pushed forward. As long as there is still stock, he can get it. Shaw Brothers can be said to be the largest film manufacturer in Southeast Asia. The film library is quite large. In addition, it can be said that most movie copies or video tapes are in stock in Hong Kong, as well as in other regions and countries.
"Did you suddenly watch this movie and want to be nostalgic?" Lin Qingxia asked.
"No. I just think this movie is very classic and the story is very good. In addition, you always say that the pay is too high, no one asks you to film, and I don't arrange roles for you, and people are almost rusted, so I want to adapt this movie for you. It just so happened that Xu Ke finished filming the Age Ghost Story and had nothing to do. This guy is not interested in doing things. If he arranges things for him, he may not be able to make a movie in one or two years." Qiao Feng smiled and climbed on Lin Qingxia's shoulder, looking like he was seeking credit.
The New Longmen Inn produced by Xu Ke in the original time and space can be said to be a classic work of Xu Ke's style martial arts films. Whether it is Lin Qingxia, Liang Jiahui, Zhang Manyu, or even the villain Zhen Zidan, they left a deep impression on people.
However, from the new words in the title of the film, Xinlongmen Inn, we can see that the story of Longmen Inn is not the first time it is filmed.
As early as 1966, director Hu Jinquan conceived and wrote "Longmen Inn" (original name "The First Interpretation"). Later, after leaving Shaw Brothers, he switched to Taiwan Federal Company and joined the new company to shoot the first movie that was Longmen Inn.
In October 1967, Longmen Inn was released in Taiwan and then in Hong Kong. The distribution company in Hong Kong was Shaw Brothers.
Longmen Inn can be said to be another milestone work by Hu Jinquan after the Great Drunk Hero. At the end of Shaw Brothers, he shot the Great Drunk Hero, which made him famous in one fell swoop. Then he gained a firm foothold with the Longmen Inn at the Federation.
Longmen Inn became the top ten top Mandarin films in Taiwan in 1967, with a total box office revenue of more than NT$4.42 million in Taiwan.
Then, Taiwan is not glorious. Hong Kong Longmen Inn has set a record for the highest domestic and foreign film sales since its opening, which means it has become the box office champion in Hong Kong's history, with a total revenue of 2.1 million Hong Kong dollars, which is approximately NT$14 million.
In addition to the records in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Longmen Inn was also released in New York, USA for 3 weeks and San Francisco for 2 weeks. It set a new record for the release of Taiwanese films in the United States, and was released again in the fall of the same year.
The release was conducted by Japan's Songzhu Company and Fuji Film, and was first premiered in Hokkaido. It is the first Taiwanese film to be officially released in the Japanese theater system.
The Korean Film Co., Ltd. imported the film "Longmen Inn" with a foreign film quota, which was released in Mandarin Chinese with Korean letters, and was released at the Picardri Theater in South Korea. It was the first Chinese film to lose to South Korea with a foreign film quota. At that time, the temperature was minus 30 degrees Celsius, and it was screened for 41 days in a row. 320,000 coupons were sold, and the number of sales exceeded the "007" film series, breaking the box office record of Korean film history.
Wait...... Longmen Inn can be said to have set various records in Southeast Asian countries and regions.
After 20 years of junior high school, Longmen Inn was a bit rough, but it was limited to objective factors such as equipment and age. However, at that time, Longmen Inn could be said to be the most conscientious work.
Take props for example. If it was filmed at Shaw Brothers, Shaw Brothers would definitely be able to shoot in the studio and never go out, because the expenses would be much greater. If the clothing could be made, it would definitely be made. I would definitely not make new ones. In short, it would be saved as much as possible. Not to mention the 1960s, martial arts films were made in this way when Shaw Brothers was closed two years ago, so they were always ridiculed and stayed in the 1960s and 1970s and did not come out. This is also a major reason why Shaw Brothers' films are becoming increasingly declining.
However, Hu Jinquan's Longmen Inn is completely different from Shaw Brothers. If he can go out, he will never take pictures in the shed. In addition, Taiwan is much larger than Hong Kong, and there are many optional scenery, so the scenery of Longmen Inn is very, very beautiful.
A scene in which Shi Jun and four others fought Cao Shaoqin was filmed on the crossroads in Taiwan, with an altitude of more than 2,000 meters. The shooting was quite hard, but hard work has the benefits of hard work. Not only did it have the box office hit, but the sea of clouds behind them were filmed while shooting the long-distance scenes, which was definitely the most classic shot. Qiao Feng, who was used to watching the scenes in various film and television dramas in later generations, felt that this shot was very beautiful and gave people a sense of ethereal fairy tale.
Such a shot is basically not something you can take in Hong Kong, because there is no such conditions at all.
Chapter completed!