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Zion 2022-01-09 08:01:48

"Drunken Master" was born in the era when martial arts movies continued to develop along with the commercialization of the entire film, and it was also the era when Jackie Chan emerged in the Hong Kong film industry. At that time, Bruce Lee's martial arts films in Hong Kong and Taiwan were just as they were. The "Jeet Kune Do" pioneered by Bruce Lee is not only a unique style of Chinese martial arts, but also his masterpiece in martial arts movies. His unique style of design and performance, such as fierce cry and staring eyes, has become an indispensable historical mark of Bruce Lee's martial arts. In particular, his "three volleyball legs" created by him has become Bruce Lee's unique martial arts skills. It is at this time that Chinese martial arts movies have undergone a historical mutation. This is the transformation of martial arts art from traditional ancient swords and swords to modern fist and kicks, and the transformation of its film aesthetic style from drama to comedy. In this historical process, "Drunken Fist" played a leading role in guiding the trend. After that, the "humorous martial arts film" in the history of Chinese martial arts movies was determined as a unique style of martial arts movies. Today, this type of film is still an important film category that occupies the movie market. The film's director Yuan Heping and the starring Jackie Chan both became the first ancestors of the "humorous martial arts film" in the future.

"Drunken Fist" is a successful example of the combination of martial arts movies and comedy movies. It combines a high degree of action, thrills and comedy, and introduces comedic elements into the world of martial arts. This kind of comedy and chivalry is no longer just changing Chinese martial arts movies from details and martial arts methods. A single artistic style has recreated the classic style of Chinese martial arts movies structurally and as a whole. Since then, the mythical world full of chivalry and blood and tears of martial arts movies has also heard bursts of humorous laughter.

Director Yuan Heping, originally from Beijing. Born in Guangzhou in 1945, his father is the famous dragon and tiger martial artist and martial arts instructor Yuan Xiaotian (playing Su Jiaohuazi in "Drunken Boxing"). Yuan Heping started to practice martial arts with his father when he was young, and he began to act as an extra and dragon and tiger martial artist in the movie when he was a teenager. In 1970, he acted as a martial arts instructor. His first work was "Crazy Killer", followed by "Dangkoutan" (1972), "Gecko" (1972) and so on. In 1978, he directed the comedy martial arts film "Snake-Shaped Hand" for the first time, and then he filmed "Drunken Master". In these two films, Yuan Heping introduced the martial arts film that has always focused on martial arts in the history of Chinese film into a comedy world of laughter and curse, thus creating a precedent for humorous martial arts films. It is precisely because of Yuan Heping's selection by Yuan Heping as the leading actor in "Drunken Fist" and "Snake Fist" that Jackie Chan became famous in one fell swoop and became a kung fu superstar of the most powerful generation. Today, Yuan Heping and his younger brothers Yuan Xinyi, Yuan Xiangren, Yuan Richu, Yuan Zhenyang and others formed the "Yuan Family Class", together with Liu Jialiang's "Liu Family Class", Hong Jinbao's "Hong Family Class", Jackie Chan's "Family Class", and Tang Jia's "Family Class". "Tang Family Class" has become the five pillars supporting the entire Hong Kong martial arts action film, and is always leading the creative trend of today's mainstream Hong Kong movies. Yuan Heping recalled when he was filming "Drunken Boxing" and said: "Before that, I participated in the shooting of many martial arts films. I always feel that there is too much blood and too much violence in martial arts movies. Then, I will Is there something that is both good-looking and not so violent? Later, I combined action and comedy together, and replaced those bloody things with comedy, and added comedy and action, which was beautiful, good-looking and funny. That's how I conceived. As a result, it was very successful!" In the narrative language of martial arts movies, Yuan Heping also pioneered a method of "chain creation". When he received a movie script, he would think of what moves the actor would use, and what moves the actor would use. What effort does the protagonist and the villain use, and then design what effort he will use to break him, and what effort he will use to break him. Only by carrying out this kind of "chain creation", each scene will be different. Only between actions and actions, between characters and characters can there be real conflicts, and the audience will feel interested.

Although "Drunken Fist" follows the story of Huang Feihong, the traditional hero of Chinese martial arts movies, the aesthetic style of the film presents a modern feature of openness and compatibility. This is not only manifested in the ability of the director of the film to subtly combine traditional martial arts and martial arts films and comedy films into one, but also includes showing such compatible and open aesthetic characteristics on all levels of the film: such as In the opening scene of the film, the author used Shen Yu’s courageous ancient song "General Order"; in the film, Huang Feihong used fast-paced light music when practicing alone; Huang Feihong not only maintained the heroic and fearless character in the traditional series, but also Adds a funny and ridiculous comedy color. And this kind of comedic transformation is an important sign that the creative style of Chinese martial arts movies has changed from heroic to civilian. Jackie Chan played Huang Feihong in "Drunken Fist", is a comedic character who made historical changes to the traditional image of Huang Feihong. This is also a survival strategy for martial arts movies in the context of increasingly fierce competition in the film market. Especially in the Hong Kong film industry, where romance, gunfights, comedy and other types of movies are leading the way, traditional martial arts movies dominated by martial arts, it is difficult to retain its former box office dominance. Therefore, it has become a historical inevitable choice to be compatible with different types of film creation methods.

Jackie Chan, the starring actor of "Drunken Boxing", was born in Hong Kong on April 7, 1954. After the first grade of elementary school, he studied Peking opera at the Hong Kong Chinese Theatre Academy and practiced northern martial arts. His father Chen Zhiping is a retired chef; his mother Chen Lili. His wife, Lin Fengjiao, was a famous Taiwanese movie star. In 1962, Jackie Chan played a role for the first time in the film "The Big and Little Huang Tianba", and later joined the "Seven Little Fortunes Performance Group". In 1970, he became a stand-in actor in Bruce Lee's film "Jing Wu Men". In 1971, he played the protagonist for the first time in "Little Tiger of Guangdong". In 1972, she played the heroine's assistant in "The Policewoman". In 1973, he was a stuntman in Bruce Lee's film "Dragon and Tiger Fight". In 1974, he played a comedic role for the first time in "Hong Kong Passerby". In 1975, he starred in the films "Flowers Flying All Over the City" and "Dock Fight Between Dragons and Tigers". From 1976 to 1979, he participated in the shooting of six films including "Xin Jing Wu Men" directed by Luo Wei. In 1978, he starred in "Snake Shaped Hand" and "Drunken Boxing", making him the most popular Kung Fu star in Hong Kong and Taiwan after Bruce Lee. The biggest difference between Jackie Chan and other film artists is that Jackie Chan not only uses wisdom and action to create movies, but he also uses life to create movies. He is a "movie writer" who truly writes movies with his life. He said, "No one wants to challenge the god of death. Is it worth it? In fact, I often think about this issue, but I must face the audience with'reality'." He was injured, bleed and hospitalized for more than 30 times for filming. According to reports, some insurance companies are afraid to let him buy insurance. For this reason, his life, his behavior text and the film narrative text he created together constitute Jackie Chan's double meaning in film history. Therefore, watching Jackie Chan's movie is actually watching the thrilling adventures and thrills of a movie star.

In every new film, Jackie Chan will pose new challenges to himself in action, plot, and physical fitness. This is not only a breakthrough in the future film market, but also a reshaping of my future. In "Drunken Master", he did not use any special effects to "pack" the real scene of him falling down the stairs of the inn. This amazing "action spectacle" has become an indispensable visual feature of Jackie Chan's movies: the chasing and fighting on and off the bus in "Police Story"; Jackie Chan's sudden fall from the lights of the department store; "Platinum Dragon" Jackie Chan fights with great white sharks in the film; the car race in "Fire Thunder"...There are always wonderful action spectacles in Jackie Chan's movies. Including the space and scenery provided by his films, from crowded inns to noisy market towns, from snow-capped icy peaks to the vast desert of sandy sea, from the borders of Russia to the hinterland of Arabia, Jackie Chan always tries to provide the audience with A new visual environment, a new psychological feeling. Jackie Chan is even more reluctant to lag behind others in the artistic creation of the film. He said: "I always want to be special, not to be like others. When everyone walks in Bruce Lee’s path, I don’t go, I walk in a kind of action comedy; when everyone walks in action comedy, I Just take the road called dangerous moves; when everyone is playing dangerous moves, I will play a kind of desperate move. After that, no one will learn from me, and I will become the only one." The reason why Jackie Chan is Jackie Chan It is precisely because of his movie spirit of life and death.

Jackie Chan is a film writer who defeats roles by himself. In a series of films starring in him, Jackie Chan always takes the "Jackie Chan image" better than the role image. Huang Feihong in "Drunken Master", Marine Corps Captain in "Plan A", Special Police Chen Jiaju in "Police Story", Special Commando Jack in "Who Am I", Hong Kong Police in "Red Zone", Jack, the assistant of the famous Italian chef Chi Ge in "Chef Star"-the audience always regards them as Jackie Chan's new appearance on the screen, and never put these characters above Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan actually He has also become a cultural hero who never changes his name on the screen, a box office guarantee with market appeal.

Jackie Chan's martial arts style in "Drunken Boxing" is brave, powerful, and vigorous. He is good at using various terrain features to create novel fighting styles. He can play with 18 weapons, not to mention sticks and swords. Almost all props such as benches, brooms, tables and chairs, tea cups, hip flasks, vegetables, tableware and chopsticks have become sharp weapons in his hands, and the use is superb and endless. The scenes where he practiced the "Drunk Eight Immortals" in "Drunken Master" and the creation of "He Xiangu" in a confrontation with the cold-blooded killer Yan Tiexin have become classic passages in martial arts movies. Although "Drunken Master" has obvious dramatic exaggeration elements in the performance of literary drama, and sometimes even deviates from the common sense of life, even Jackie Chan himself admits that his current performance has changed from the "exaggerated comedy" of "Drunken Master". Here comes the "environmental comedy". However, these shortcomings of "Drunk Fist" did not affect its important position in Chinese martial arts movies and even the entire Chinese film history. "Drunk Fist" is the pioneering work of humorous kung fu movies in the history of Chinese martial arts movies, and it is also the famous work starring Jackie Chan. At the same time, it is also a historical work that rewrites the hero's character in the Huang Feihong series of films.

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  • Zelma 2022-03-27 09:01:14

    Fighting fiercely. The old kung fu movie is to see all kinds of strange and fun practice methods.

  • Joesph 2022-03-14 14:12:24

    The two "Drunken Masters" are comparable to "Finding Nemo" after a lapse of 16 years. Yuan Xiaotian’s look is the same as in "Snake Shaped Hand", I will definitely confuse these two films in the future. Huang Feihong is still a typical humiliation to grow up. Jackie Chan and Yuan Xiaotian Nian and wine-related poems, I am excited again

Drunken Master quotes

  • Iron Head Rat: I warn you, shit face. I pick who i'm gonna bury next. Say your prayers fast, 'cause you're about to feel my iron head.

  • Wong Fei-Hung: You watch out or you'll have a body with no ass!