As soon as the conversation started, actor and director Sylvia Chang turned to ask his old friend Tsui Hark beside him: "Do you still remember that when we were filming "Shanghai Nights", we were very involved in one scene. You said that the performance was good, and we repeated it in the end." Fifty times?"
Hearing this, Tsui Hark let out a "poof", covered his face and laughed, but refused to admit it, insisting that he was old and had a bad memory.
Amid laughter, Sylvia Chang feigned anger and joked to the audience, "So after filming this movie, we parted ways. From now on, he will film his and I will film mine."
The picture shows the conversation between director Tsui Hark (middle) and Sylvia Chang (right). Photo courtesy of Hong Kong m+ Museum
Some people may be curious, why are we talking about this old drama produced in 1984 now? It happened that m+, the Hong Kong Museum of Visual Culture, recently opened the director's special exhibition "Tsui Hark: The Pioneer of Unconstrained Vision" to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the "film studio" founded by Tsui Hark and producer Shi Nansheng , and held "Shanghai Night 2024" (4k restored version)" premiere. Taking this opportunity, old friends who usually live in different parts of the world sat down to talk, and that was the beginning of the scene.
was remade fifty times. It is true, but there is also a hidden secret. Tsui Hark Chi, the "originator", admitted nearly 40 years ago: In those days, films were made with film, and the effects had to be developed before they could be seen. Coincidentally, the person in charge of showing "pornographic films" was on vacation for three days, so he "filmed blindly" Three days. When I finally washed it out, I saw that it was not in focus at all. Walking back to the set in despair, Tsui Hark still remembers the feeling of being at a loss between apologies and pressure when facing a group of staff members who "didn't know what to say."
No one may believe it when he says it. This kind of confusion has lasted throughout his film career. After all, in the eyes of others, he is the leader of the new wave of Hong Kong films. In his early years, he was proud of his pioneering works that redefined martial arts. Later, he went north to embrace the co-production trend, and he was like a duck to water. He directed the war-themed movie "Changjin Lake " " Takes Tiger Mountain " with its novel narrative techniques and scenes of gunfire and bullets, astonishing domestic and foreign audiences.
But from Tsui Hark's perspective, everything is far from being so unfavorable. On the contrary, the anxiety of "not being very sure and not knowing what to do" trapped him like an iron fence, and he was stuck in confusion. When he first entered the film industry, he certainly had the courage to break the old and create new ones and reconstruct the genre of martial arts films, but he was so confused when it came to directing that he didn't know where to start. A few years later, when he was filming the romantic comedy "Shanghai Nights", he even fell into self-indulgence. A whirlpool of doubts, "How happy should a comedy be?" "Is it appropriate to film a Shanghai story in Hong Kong?" At this moment, I heard Zhang Sylvia lamenting the various aspects of film marketing nowadays. If there are many challenges, Tsui Hark quickly waved his hand, "I rarely ask, I don't dare to ask."
Looking back, Tsui Hark felt that he just caught the ball thrown by fate and tried his best to throw it into the basket. Every hit was a success. It represents the release of a work. I was relieved after handing in the answer sheet without too many distracting thoughts.
Perhaps the same is true for the generation that came from the New Wave. Behind the label of avant-garde and unconventional, "we never thought about whether it was bold or not. It was just a group of people getting together to make a movie, crying and laughing, and leaving a lot of good memories. ." A deeper understanding of oneself and reconciliation with it are all achieved in movies.
The picture shows director Tsui Hark (left) and producer Shi Nansheng (right) attending the opening ceremony of the director's special exhibition "Tsui Hark: The Pioneer of Unconstrained Vision" at m+ Museum Hong Kong m+ Museum Photo courtesy
"I don't know if saying this will help young directors. You will definitely suffer a lot of setbacks, failures, and self-struggle. You don't know whether you should shoot like this, or even whether you should stay in this industry. But if the movie is right It's a very important thing to you, Then you have to persevere." Tsui Hark remembers that when he was filming his debut film " Butterfly Transformed into ", he collected butterflies to present his unique "butterfly control technique". He imagined that the protagonist would dance like a butterfly in the sky and control the wind to take his life. , but the reality is that the butterflies are completely out of control and flying wildly. He also collapsed and thought about giving up.But if Tsui Hark had given up at that time, then the film world would have lost a famous director who dared to make big breakthroughs, and the new wave that was riding the wind might have been delayed for a few more years.
So Tsui Hark always said to the younger generations, try again. "One day you will be like me, watching old movies with many audiences and celebrating your forty years in this industry." The only flaw is that the sun, moon, light and shadow urge people to run, running through the flowers, Running through the desolation, thousands of sails have passed, but my acquaintances are still scattered.
That afternoon, Tsui Hark expressed his nostalgia many times. He was already in his seventies, his beard and hair were all white, and his sharp edges were restrained. He was infinitely close to the heroic twilight years in his movies: all the love in the world has gone white, and the world has gone through many vicissitudes of life.
As soon as the conversation started, actor and director Sylvia Chang turned to ask his old friend Tsui Hark beside him: "Do you still remember that when we were filming "Shanghai Nights", we were very involved in one scene. You said that the performance was good, and we repeated it in the end." Fifty times?"
Hearing this, Tsui Hark let out a "poof", covered his face and laughed, but refused to admit it, insisting that he was old and had a bad memory.
Amid laughter, Sylvia Chang feigned anger and joked to the audience, "So after filming this movie, we parted ways. From now on, he will film his and I will film mine."
The picture shows the conversation between director Tsui Hark (middle) and Sylvia Chang (right). Photo courtesy of Hong Kong m+ Museum
Some people may be curious, why are we talking about this old drama produced in 1984 now? It happened that m+, the Hong Kong Museum of Visual Culture, recently opened the director's special exhibition "Tsui Hark: The Pioneer of Unconstrained Vision" to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the "film studio" founded by Tsui Hark and producer Shi Nansheng , and held "Shanghai Night 2024" (4k restored version)" premiere. Taking this opportunity, old friends who usually live in different parts of the world sat down to talk, and that was the beginning of the scene.
was remade fifty times. It is true, but there is also a hidden secret. Tsui Hark Chi, the "originator", admitted nearly 40 years ago: In those days, films were made with film, and the effects had to be developed before they could be seen. Coincidentally, the person in charge of showing "pornographic films" was on vacation for three days, so he "filmed blindly" Three days. When I finally washed it out, I saw that it was not in focus at all. Walking back to the set in despair, Tsui Hark still remembers the feeling of being at a loss between apologies and pressure when facing a group of staff members who "didn't know what to say."
No one may believe it when he says it. This kind of confusion has lasted throughout his film career. After all, in the eyes of others, he is the leader of the new wave of Hong Kong films. In his early years, he was proud of his pioneering works that redefined martial arts. Later, he went north to embrace the co-production trend, and he was like a duck to water. He directed the war-themed movie "Changjin Lake " " Takes Tiger Mountain " with its novel narrative techniques and scenes of gunfire and bullets, astonishing domestic and foreign audiences.
But from Tsui Hark's perspective, everything is far from being so unfavorable. On the contrary, the anxiety of "not being very sure and not knowing what to do" trapped him like an iron fence, and he was stuck in confusion. When he first entered the film industry, he certainly had the courage to break the old and create new ones and reconstruct the genre of martial arts films, but he was so confused when it came to directing that he didn't know where to start. A few years later, when he was filming the romantic comedy "Shanghai Nights", he even fell into self-indulgence. A whirlpool of doubts, "How happy should a comedy be?" "Is it appropriate to film a Shanghai story in Hong Kong?" At this moment, I heard Zhang Sylvia lamenting the various aspects of film marketing nowadays. If there are many challenges, Tsui Hark quickly waved his hand, "I rarely ask, I don't dare to ask."
Looking back, Tsui Hark felt that he just caught the ball thrown by fate and tried his best to throw it into the basket. Every hit was a success. It represents the release of a work. I was relieved after handing in the answer sheet without too many distracting thoughts.
Perhaps the same is true for the generation that came from the New Wave. Behind the label of avant-garde and unconventional, "we never thought about whether it was bold or not. It was just a group of people getting together to make a movie, crying and laughing, and leaving a lot of good memories. ." A deeper understanding of oneself and reconciliation with it are all achieved in movies.
The picture shows director Tsui Hark (left) and producer Shi Nansheng (right) attending the opening ceremony of the director's special exhibition "Tsui Hark: The Pioneer of Unconstrained Vision" at m+ Museum Hong Kong m+ Museum Photo courtesy
"I don't know if saying this will help young directors. You will definitely suffer a lot of setbacks, failures, and self-struggle. You don't know whether you should shoot like this, or even whether you should stay in this industry. But if the movie is right It's a very important thing to you, Then you have to persevere." Tsui Hark remembers that when he was filming his debut film " Butterfly Transformed into ", he collected butterflies to present his unique "butterfly control technique". He imagined that the protagonist would dance like a butterfly in the sky and control the wind to take his life. , but the reality is that the butterflies are completely out of control and flying wildly. He also collapsed and thought about giving up.But if Tsui Hark had given up at that time, then the film world would have lost a famous director who dared to make big breakthroughs, and the new wave that was riding the wind might have been delayed for a few more years.
So Tsui Hark always said to the younger generations, try again. "One day you will be like me, watching old movies with many audiences and celebrating your forty years in this industry." The only flaw is that the sun, moon, light and shadow urge people to run, running through the flowers, Running through the desolation, thousands of sails have passed, but my acquaintances are still scattered.
That afternoon, Tsui Hark expressed his nostalgia many times. He was already in his seventies, his beard and hair were all white, and his sharp edges were restrained. He was infinitely close to the heroic twilight years in his movies: all the love in the world has gone white, and the world has gone through many vicissitudes of life.
Text/China News Service reporter Han Xingtong
editor/Cui Wei
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