10 superstars made a "bad movie" for 14 days, but it became a classic. Which movie was it?

There is such a movie that only took fourteen days to shoot in the early stage, and it is said that it took four days to write the script. This situation is most likely to be a bad movie now.

However, with many elements of a bad movie and relying on many powerful actors, they were able to turn the bad into a miracle, turning a movie that should have been a bad movie into a classic.

Some people say: If one day, only one comedy movie is allowed to be left in the world.

It must be "The East Comes to the West"!

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This movie, which made countless people happy, was released in 1993.

"East and West" is produced by Wong Kar-Wai and directed by Liu Zhenwei. Huang Zhan and Lui Songde are responsible for the soundtrack work. The photography director is Bao Dexi. The art director is Zhang Shuping, Wong Kar-wai's most collaborator. The martial arts director is Sammo Hung.... ..

And there are also big-name visitors, such as Stephen Chow, Li Zongsheng, and Lin Yilian.

My conscience, from the director to the producer to the soundtrack, this movie made up half of the Hong Kong film industry at that time!

The cast is even more powerful, almost an all-star cast from the golden period of Hong Kong movies: Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Carina Lau, Chung Chun-tao, Ip Yuk-ching, Joey Wong, etc.

Is just one of them enough to support a movie?

It is such a group of big-name actors who gathered together to laugh and curse, completely ignoring their own image, doing their best to be funny, and dedicating a classic comedy movie to the audience.

Of course, many people have a certain understanding of the behind-the-scenes story of "East and West".

When Wong Kar-wai was filming "Ashes of Time" in 1992, the filming went over schedule and over budget.

In order to meet the urgent need, partner Liu Zhenwei used the original cast of "Ashes of Time" to shoot a funny version, which was released in time for the Lunar New Year holiday that year, and thus "The Last Day" was created.

It was already the end of the year when the filming of "East and West" started, but Liu Zhenwei still worked with other superstars to catch the last train for the Lunar New Year season.

Because the Chinese New Year was early that year, it was still in the Valentine's Day period. In the end, the box office in Hong Kong was HK$22 million, ranking 10th in the year.

Although it is not as good as "Tang Bo Hu Spots Autumn Fragrance" and "Happy Events in the Flower Field" of the same year, these box office revenue finally allowed Wong Kar-wai to finish filming "Ashes of Time".

In other words, without "Eastern Success", "Ashes of Time" might have been "difficult to produce".

Although Director Liu himself is not satisfied, from today's perspective, "East and West" can be regarded as a generation classic in comedy, and the various classic lines and plots in it are still popular today. The power to make people laugh.

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The reason why classic movies remain popular for a long time is because a certain scene in them triggered a strong scream from the audience.

Just like what Zhizunbao said to Zixia in "Journey to the West", it has become the most classic scene in "Journey to the West".

This passage also made many people have a strong scream, and the combination of other elements made it a classic.

In "East and West", I always remember Tony Leung's sausage mouth, Ye Yuqing's crab dance, and the hidden weapon in the boot, those big tripods with the Nine Yin Scriptures written on them, and the famous "Flying Together" "Yan" and "I love you", as well as Tony Leung's stunning female costume appearance, are really unforgettable.

As long as we talk about this film, the scenes and characters in it appear before our eyes completely without the control of our brains. To use a very strange saying, I have never thought of it and will never forget it.

As soon as Jacky Cheung appeared on the scene, he established his style as "the whitest and cleanest young gang leader in the history of the Beggar Gang".

Carina Lau is one of the most generous female stars. She plays the role of Zhou Botong in the film "East Comes West", and her relationship with her senior brother Wang Chongyang, played by Zhong Zhentao, is unclear. The apprentice started to use the membrane chest muscles, which was really powerful.

Maggie Cheung's scenes are quite small, but her frequent speeches also have a comedic effect.

Wong Zuxian has always had a goddess-like screen image, but in "The Last Day", she directly became a "female goddess".

The sausage-mouthed cousin Tony Leung, nothing makes the male audience happier than a handsome guy making fun of himself.

As soon as Leslie Cheung appeared on the stage, he was practicing kung fu with Joey Wong, and he looked quite ecstatic. When he turned around and saw Brigitte Lin, he started to lose his temper. Tony Leung Ka Fai plays both Prince Duan of Dali and his great-great-grandfather. He is very proficient in English from the beginning, and then goes to the Central Plains to find his true love.

When the two met, the two song and dance performances in the inn were the peak of the film's comedy. Huang Zhan's two funny interludes "Brother is Beautiful" and "Being a Lovebird" came into full play. Huge comedic effect.

The leader of the Beggar Clan who won back from the guessing game, Hong Qi who plans to commit suicide if his cousin doesn’t want him, and the “cousin” who feels that he is secretly loved by others every day;

Scary animals and scary animals People include Wang Chongyang, who was wounded to death by a hidden weapon in his boots, Zhou Botong, who loves muscular men, and the sword with eyebrows and eyes, the sword of affection, and so on.

Absurd and funny, some people say that this film subverts the meaning of martial arts.

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This 1993 film still seems to be a classic among classics. Many of the funny scenes used by Liu Zhenwei in it were all from movies he directed. of.

Although it may not bring us any profound ideas.

However, it does not require us to think, it only requires us to laugh and be happy.

It is carefree from the heart, purely for the purpose of comedy, and it is for the box office itself, without unnecessary considerations such as winning awards and acting skills.

The wild imagination, skillful comedy techniques, nonsensical acting methods, ultra-fast rhythm, smooth martial arts, bright colors and art are really Liu Zhenwei's style.

I really like to watch the two films "Ashes of Time" and "The Last Day" together, I just think it's very enjoyable to watch them this way.

Because you can see the completely different and extreme performance styles of these stars, but it is said that the two films were filmed almost at the same time, you can imagine how "painful" these stars were.

Try to imagine a scene. During the filming, these same actors went crazy with Liu Zhenwei during the day, and were sad with Wong Kar-wai at night. Didn't they feel like "great joy and great sadness"?

Some people say that there will always be sadness, but joy cannot last forever, and we cannot always expect gods to come down to earth to rescue us.

A movie can entertain you, that is its greatest meaning.

Of course there will still be classic spoof movies, but it’s probably hard to see one that can become a classic under such circumstances as "The Last Day".

That was the best time for Hong Kong movies. Every scene in the play is almost a Hong Kong-style nonsensical classic.