Gu Tianle produced " Tomorrow's War " as a Chinese sci-fi blockbuster, mecha fighting alien creatures, hard-core guarding the earth's homeland. It has been almost two months since it was painted on August 5, and it has a box office of 623 million yuan. Douban scored 6.4 points, ranking second.
cat's eye box office ranking first, is happy twist 's sci-fi film " alone on the moon ", as of now, the box office is 1.998 billion yuan, cat's eye score 9.2 points, Douban 6.8 points.
"Lonely Walking on the Moon" poster
Speaking of domestic sci-fi films, we must mention the first year of Chinese sci-fi movies. The media believe that the first year of Chinese sci-fi movies is 2019. Because
released the sci-fi blockbuster " Wandering Earth " that year, 1.8 million people on Douban scored 7.9 points, and the box office of 4.681 billion yuan has also become a new benchmark for domestic films to force " Avengers 4". The sci-fi blockbuster " Shanghai Fortress " released in August 2019 by
unfortunately failed at the box office, but its dedication to trial and error for domestic sci-fi blockbusters is admirable.
"The Wandering Earth" movie poster
Therefore, to be precise, in 2019, Chinese science fiction movies have entered a new era.
Let us briefly review the spirit of experimentation of Chinese sci-fi people in the previous era.
Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. also shot a few science fiction films in the 1970s, which is a follow-up work in line with the international film market.
1975: " Chinese Superman " starring Li Xiuxian
This is a sci-fi film directed by Hua Shan, written by Ni Kuang , starring Li Xiuxian, Wang Xia, Yuan Manzi , Liu Huiru and others. It is actually a Japanese Ultraman film. copy of . The
film tells the confrontation between a glacier witch organization and a scientific research institute. The glacier witch leads her subordinates to come out of the ground to conquer the surface world. Liu Yingde, the director of the Institute of Science, made the brave scientific researcher Leima into an almighty superman with his decades of research experience. The Chinese superman played by Li Xiuxian fights with monsters.
is an imitation of the film, but it is one of the pioneers of modern Chinese science fiction works.
1977: Evelyn Jia , Li Xiuxian starred in " Gorilla King "
Hong Kong version of "King Kong", directed by He Menghua , or written by Ni Kuang, Li Xiuxian, Evelyn Jia, Yuan Heping , Gu Feng et al.
The film tells the story of the explorer Chen Zhengfeng played by Li Xiuxian who was hired to hunt for the orangutan king in the Indian forest, but fell into the trap of Lu Tian (played by Gu Feng), the owner of the entertainment company, and brought the orangutan king to Hong Kong to perform. Avi (played by Evelyn Jia), the "female Tarzan" who travels with her, sees the gorilla king being mischievously teased and manipulated, and is saddened by Lu Tian's intention to rape him. Seeing this, the orangutan king became mad, the citizens panicked, and the military and police were like enemies. The stunt props in the whole film of
are meticulous and meticulous. The scene where the King of the Gorilla climbed the Kang Le Building, the tallest building in Hong Kong at that time, was thrilling and dizzying.
This is a complete copy of the "King Kong" movie directed by Merian C. Cooper in Hollywood in 1933, and the plot is exactly the same.
In 2005, 70 years later, Peter Jackson remade the 1935 classic movie "King Kong" with the same name, and achieved another success, winning the 63rd Golden Globe Award for Best Director ( Nominated), Best Original Score (Nominated), and won the Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Music Editing and other awards in 's 78th Academy Awards .
It is worth mentioning that in 1977, George Lucas directed "Star Wars" again six years after "THX1138" in 1971; Steven Spielberg in " Jaws " (1975), and also directed his third film, Encounters of the Third Kind.
Evelyn Jia (1951-2009), former Soviet actress
Hong Kong version of "King Kong" has a budget of 6 million Hong Kong dollars, and the total North American box office is only 17,368 US dollars, the company loses the bottom line. Now it seems that although the movie is rough, the former Soviet beauty Evelyn Jia still left a deep impression on everyone.
1983: Zhong Chuhong starred in " Interstellar blunt tire "
Although the 70s have passed, Hollywood also left behind Woody Allen 's " fools make trouble in Science City " in addition to the above movies (1973), Ridley Scott 's " Alien " (1979) and other famous films, followed by George Lucas in 1980 with the ambitious "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" In 1982, Steven Spielberg directed the tender "ET Alien", and in 1983, George Lucas set off the "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" craze.
In this context, Chinese sci-fi people came to join in the fun again.
Shaw launched "Interstellar Blunt" starring Zhang Guoming , Wen Jun screenwriter, Yile and Zhong Chuhong. The plot is as follows:
, a sexy and ignorant beautiful baby ( Zhong Chuhong ), was caught by aliens on a flying saucer and had a third type of contact. When she wanted to die to show her innocence, she encountered a failed private person who had the same idea of suicide Detective (Ilay), so a series of unbelievable adventures and a love story of "flowers and cow dung" begins.
"Interstellar Blunt" stills
There is no doubt that "Interstellar Blunt" is a product of "Star Wars" when it was popular all over the world. Although the Douban score is only 5.4 points, the box office cannot be found at all, but the performance of Zhong Chuhong, who is only 23 years old Adds a lot of color to the movie.
In 1979, Zhong Chuhong's mother signed up for her to be Miss Hong Kong . made a mistake on the spot because she couldn't wear high heels. Zhong Chuhong only won the fourth place, but she was still rated as "the most beautiful Hong Kong sister" among the previous Hong Kong sisters.
Zhong Chuhong subsequently failed the audition, but was appreciated by Liu Songren, a big man in the entertainment industry, and became a contract actor of Shaw Brothers Film Company , which started her acting career in cooperation with Chow Yun-fat .
Zhong Chuhong
Let's go back to Hollywood in the United States, James Cameron then directed " Terminator " (1984), which was well received, and Robert Zemeckis' " Back to the Future " (1985) was also released , attracting more and more audiences to the cinema, setting off a boom in sci-fi movies.
Conclusion
Now, with the development of my country's economy, Chinese science fiction films already have the conditions for actors, screenwriters, directors, and technology. The door to local science fiction films has been opened, and a new era of Chinese science fiction films has arrived, which will surely create Chinese science fiction films. golden age. (End)
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