is going to talk about today is about fighting brothers and fighting fathers and sons, but it’s different when it comes to cooperating in film circles or careers, because there is a generation gap between father and son, but it is different between brothers. As the saying goes, the brothers are united, and the profit is cut off. The person I want to talk about today is Xu Guanwen, the eldest of the four bests.
Xu Guanwen is a gifted man in Hong Kong. He is proficient in all four things: screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. Under his leadership, Hong Kong films have launched a trend of Xu’s comedy. Now he is old, but he was He was a handsome boy. When Xu Guanwen was in middle school, he was a classmate with Bruce Lee. Now whoever meets Bruce Lee is very good. At that time, Xu Guanwen did not want to see Bruce Lee because he was beaten by Bruce Lee. Later, he was in the movie. Also consciously interpret this paragraph. There were two top film and television companies in Hong Kong at that time. One was Run Run Shaw's Shaw Pictures, and Run Run was the owner of Hong Kong Radio Television, and the other was Jiahe Film and Television Company of Chow Wenhuai. At that time, Bruce Lee and Xu Guanwen both signed a contract with Jiahe, but he The two never met in the company, because Bruce Lee passed away early in 1973, and Xu Guanwen entered Jiahe Company in 1974.
At that time, Jiahe Company was not strong enough to compare with Shaw Brothers. However, the owner of Jiahe Company Zou Wenhuai had a vision. He signed Bruce Lee as a treasure. As a result, a series of films made by Bruce Lee suddenly became popular. Shaw Brothers took part in the Hong Kong film industry, but Bruce Lee died in 1973, and the cash cow fell. At this time, Zou Wenhua was actively looking for new cash cows. At that time, Xu Guanwen was in Shaw Films and also took a few shots. A good-selling film is recognized in the industry as a young talent who can direct, act, and write, and produce the film. The commercial operation is clear. This is a rare talent.
At that time, Xu Guanwen took his brother Xu Guanjie to the Golden Harvest Film Company. During that time, Xu Guanjie was already well-known in the music scene. At that time, Xu Guanjie and Xu Guanwen hosted a program called "Double Star Annunciation" on TVB. Then someone based on the content of this program He wrote a script called "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars". Xu Guanwen felt that the script was very good, so he went to Run Run Run Shaw, and proposed to divide the account for five to five after the film was made. Run Run was indispensable at the time, and he did not agree at all. Xu Guanwen was upset. Zou Wenhua came up and agreed to Xu Guanwen's request. At that time, "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars" was released and the box office was 6.5 million. So at that time, Xu Guan wrote a "Ghost Horse Twin Stars" which created a new era of comedy in Hong Kong. Luzi is the style of Xu's comedy. Later, he made a series of series like "Half a Catty Eight Two" and "Modern Bodyguard". Basically, in the 1970s and 1980s, he made these comedy movies, and every movie was at that time. Hong Kong box office champion, and Xu Guanwen in this process, Xu Guanwen also served as director, screenwriter, producer, and actor, so he gained a very high reputation at the time.
I have watched many of Xu Guanwen’s films. I think his comedy is not simply funny. In modern words, it is a tearful smile or a smile with tears. He is soaked in small characters. In the tide of this era, the ups and downs The kind of sadness, so many people call Xu Guanwen the sneer laughter. Xu Guanwen is not happy in filming. You can't see him smiling. He always looks sad, but although he doesn’t laugh, the scenes he designed show it everywhere. Therefore, the spirit of funny is reflected everywhere. Xu Guanwen is often unhappy in the movie, and the audience underneath is happy, so at that time Xu Guanwen won the title of sneer laughter. So the comedy style that Xu Guanwen developed during that period should be said that in the 1970s and 80s in Hong Kong, the original Cantonese film was equal to its vitality. Therefore, Xu Guanwen created this era, which made us feel particularly fascinated. .
