Ching-Ying Lam started his business for the first time and wanted to change the zombie movies that followed. Why can't he do anything about it?
He directed and acted The Road flyover with one eyebrow, which has become a spectacle of a China Taoist against western vampires with traditional Maoshan techniques in Hong Kong zombie films.
0 1, Ching-Ying Lam directed and acted for the first time, and left the film on the road of frustration.
After shooting several zombie films, Ching-Ying Lam followed the trend that Jiahe Film Company supported new directors and set up satellite companies at that time, and found Cai Lan, vice president of Jiahe at that time, to prepare Dalu Film with Lan Naicai, a famous Hong Kong cult film director.
The first film of Dalu Film was "One Eyebrow at a Road" directed and performed by Ching-Ying Lam. Cai Lan is also the producer of this film.
Ching-Ying Lam is in the mood to revitalize the zombie film of Hong Kong drama, which makes the filming cycle of the Taoist priest extremely long. At that time, Hong Kong films were generally filmed and produced very quickly, quickly identifying fashion trends and quickly seizing the market to withdraw funds.
The production cycle of the first three zombie movies starring Ching-Ying Lam, Mr. Zombie, the Zombie Family and Mr. Ghost rarely exceeds three months, but "One Eyebrow Road flyover" lasted nearly one year.
The production of "One Eyebrow Road flyover" is obviously very sophisticated, and the special effects, props and scenery can all see the taste of money. The makeup bug in the first three films and the repeated use of the lens in the clip of Weiya have basically not appeared in One Eyebrow Road flyover.
In the early days of catching the banana ghost, the crew spent a lot of money to find someone to plant banana trees one after another. It is said that it takes eight hours to prepare the set before each shooting.
In fact, this banana grove was planted by Du Qifeng's later supporting actor Lin Xue:1Lin Xue, born in 1964; 14 years old, moved to Hong Kong and lived in poverty; 18 years old, began to wander the streets in movies. In the1980s, I often served as a film director.
When filming Road flyover with one eyebrow, Ching-Ying Lam helped Lin Xue, who was doing field work in Dalu Film, to make a guest appearance, right? Illegal female ghost? When Liu Yuting became attached to Lv Fang, she recalled her life. One of her customers was Lin Xue.
After a year of careful production, the film was released on July 26th, 1989, but in the end it only earned 1 19000 Hong Kong dollars, ranking 22nd in the annual box office list.
Although as a step? Ten million box office? The threshold of the film, but because of the high production cost, there is no profit in the end. Cai Lan also mentioned mourning for Ching-Ying Lam. "One Eyebrow Road flyover" has a good box office. If you don't make a lot of money, you will never lose money.
But Ching-Ying Lam is such a character. He took responsibility and left the company quietly without saying a word.
It was not until 1994 that Ching-Ying Lam regained his confidence and directed The Green Hornet, a film to pay tribute to his old friend Bruce Lee. However, due to the poor script, the score of this film is only 5.9.
However, Uncle Ching-Ying Lam's talent as a director should not be underestimated. The score of "One Eyebrow Road flyover" is 7.7, and at the invitation of ATV, shooting TV series "One Eyebrow Road flyover" in 1995 is a childhood memory of many students. What is even more rare is that this series is written, directed and performed by myself.
02, the cutest little zombie in Hong Kong movies.
Back to "One Eyebrow Road flyover", what impressed the audience most was the cute little zombie.
In the film, the little zombie raised by Ching-Ying Lam is dressed as a traditional zombie in the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty, but his temperament is very naughty and lovely. One of their weaknesses is that they are ticklish. Tiger Chin and Lv Fang scratch their feet to be obedient.
Little zombies don't suck blood or tomatoes, probably because they are all red.
Ching-Ying Lam, Master's eyebrow Taoist, is a chicken thief. He made a mistake and lit a cigarette for Master. They look like ordinary fathers and sons.
The little zombie can't talk, and his daily communication with everyone depends on the note that appears after his hat is opened. Sometimes there are even cartoons of Ching-Ying Lam.
At the same time, his IQ and force value are also top grades. In the movie, he saved Ching-Ying Lam from prison and helped Ching-Ying Lam play an important role in the fight against western vampires.
As the joke of this film, the little zombie gives the film a stronger comedy style. Hong Kong child star Lin Zhenghong plays a little zombie. Although his name is very similar to Ching-Ying Lam's, he is not related by blood.
Lin Zhenghong became a celebrity after his debut. He has shot some main roles in movies and TV series, such as childhood Xiao Qiang in The Old Man in the Mountain Village and little Nezha in The Book of God, but now he has disappeared.
03, China maoshan taoist vs Western Vampires.
Western vampires are Ching-Ying Lam's most important idea in this film, setting up the spectacle of the Sino-Western war to attract the audience.
However, China Taoist vs. Western Vampires was not originally written by Ching-Ying Lam. It appeared in 1972 Shaw's film Seven Golden Bodies, but it was badly lost due to poor production.
To some extent, it is really the first time that China and maoshan taoist fought against western vampires.
In the movie, Ching-Ying Lam plays a Taoist priest with eyebrows. He goes to the village to help the villagers watch Feng Shui and finds an abnormal bat. The church is near the village, and there is a conflict between the bat and Sister Maria in order to investigate. The villagers want to burn down the church, and the nuns intend to teach people to believe in Christ in order to save the church.
The nun took her disciples to Ching-Ying Lam's house to find him. Ching-Ying Lam just doesn't wear pants, so she lets her apprentices Jin Xiaohe and Lv Fang buy them.
Although Ching-Ying Lam is very nervous about hiding in Tibet, the nuns still see Uncle Ying, which is probably a great contribution of Uncle Ying to the universe of zombie movies. Later, Ching-Ying Lam arranged an unexpected kiss with the abbot.
In the film, the abbot has a sense of justice, but in reality? Fat mom? Maria is also a patriotic artist. She sang The Light of Friendship, an episode of Prison Storm.
Maoshan taoist fights against western vampires, but how useful is it? The explanation in the movie is that Maoshan is useful and can hurt vampires, but it is not enough to defeat him. For example, the money sword commonly used in Ching-Ying Lam, vampires will get hurt when they touch it.
If you put a golden sword in your eye, will it go black? Blood? .
Ching-Ying Lam's great trick is to make a strong spell on the ground with a rope.
There is an angry little man next to the rope curse.
This spell glows red and tries to devour vampires, but it fails.
People could do nothing, so they began to use physical methods: bombing vampires with explosives, but they still failed.
Finally, find a swamp in the forest and trap the vampire in the swamp and let it sink. This is the end of the crisis.
Although the Maoshan technique hardly worked in the end, the fight between maoshan taoist and western vampires was also a strange scene in the eyes of the audience at that time.
Two years later, Ching-Ying Lam, who was unwilling, made another zombie film, and even changed the scene to Africa, made The African Monk, and continued to play Taoist Maoshan, mixing zombies from the Qing Dynasty with African aborigines. Zombies+foreign elements? On the way to running all the way.