In 1991, a rare flood occurred in East China, which was so serious that my country needed large-scale and direct appeals for assistance from the international community. At that time, 5 provinces in East China were soaked in water and 2 million people were displaced. When one party is in trouble, all parties support, and Hong Kong compatriots are no exception. Apart from fundraising from the public, the Hong Kong performing arts community has also contributed. Nearly a hundred Hong Kong stars spent 4 days without sleep to make a movie and donated all 20 million box office. . This movie is "The Big Banquet". The team of
can only be described as "luxury". The director is Tsui Hark and Gao Zhisen, and the screenwriter is Wang Jing and Chen Jiashang. The cast is unprecedented. The leading actors are Tsang Zhiwei, Cheng Yuling, Wu Yaohan, Sammo Hung, and other stars or supporting roles such as Lai Lai, Stephen Chow, Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Leung Ka Fai, Gong Li, Jacky Cheung, Joey Wang, Li Jiaxin, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, and Wu Mengda , Or guest appearances, some only have a few seconds of footage.
For example, Aaron Kwok, he plays a little brother who cooks.
"The Banquet of the Giants" is a comedy, the story is very simple, adapted from a Cantonese film from the 1950s. Nouveau riche Zeng Xiaozhi defrauded two houses with the help of his agent Xueyou. He discovered that his rival Hong Dabao also defrauded two houses in the same way.
The two sides are going to fight to the death and the life. It happened that the prince of Kuwait came to Hong Kong to find a partner to rebuild Kuwait after the war. Zeng Xiaozhi and Hong Dabao each used tricks to compete for this huge development plan. In order to please the filial prince, Zeng Xiaozhi pretended to be very filial, and set up a banquet for his father to celebrate his "birthday." After Hong Dabao learned about it, he tried every means to obstruct...
What's interesting is that some actors are roles familiar to the audience. Appearances, for example, Stephen Chow appeared in the style of "Gambling Saint", Xu Guanwen played the stingy boss in his classic "Half Catty Eight Two", Tony Leung was the "spicy detective" appearance, "Fat Lady" Shen Dianxia won the Sixth Lottery again, the most funny It was Ren Dahua. He was well received for his performance in "Hong Kong Gigolo" the previous year, so he played a "duck" in this movie. The whole movie of
is full of the nonsensical style unique to Hong Kong movies, boldly mocking and ridiculing itself. For example, Zhou Xingchi's remarks with Zeng Zhiwei after using "special function" are very meaningful.
Zeng Zhiwei: "It's this kind of trick again, can you change it?"
Zhou Xingchi: "You don't like it?"
Zeng Zhiwei: "No!"
Zhou Xingchi: "Are you bored?"
Zeng Zhiwei: "No I mean what everyone meant."
Zhou Xingchi: "But speaking of it, I also feel a little tired." This passage of
alludes to the fact that after the "God of Gamblers" became popular, the screen followed suit and appeared "The Holy Gambling", "The Gambler" and the like are an annoying situation for the audience.
Although the film is full of nonsense, the story is complete, and there is some truth to it. The protagonist Zeng Xiaozhi was originally to lie to the prince and the contract, but after a farce, he finally realized that when the prince handed over the contract to Zeng Xiaozhi, he offered to give up and admitted to the prince: "Actually, I am a completely unfilial son. Today Everything in the evening, I just want to lie to you to sign this contract, sorry!"
The prince was moved by his honesty, and finally gave him the Kuwait reconstruction plan for two years.
"filial piety" is probably the core of the film.
At the end of the film, to celebrate Zeng Xiaozhi's contract, everyone gathered together. Everyone toasted to celebrate, and the movie ended in a beaming atmosphere. Their toast, in addition to the plot needs, is also a silent encouragement to the victims in the 5 provinces of East China, as if to say: East China, come on!
Looking back now, this is the film that can be created by the power of the Hong Kong entertainment industry. At that time, Hong Kong has not yet returned, but the hearts of Hong Kong people have always been connected with the mainland. This is full of human touch. "Night Banquet" is a testimony. We are connected by blood, we are in the same boat, and we can resist no matter what kind of difficulty.
