From ＂The True Color of Heroes＂ to ＂Chasing＂, this man of iron is more tender.
Special feature of 1905 film network In the last shot, Tommy Tam handcuffed himself with Leslie Cheung’s handcuffs, and also handcuffed the originally broken Song brotherhood back; After 31 years, the first official poster is two handcuffed hands, and behind it is still about brotherhood.
*Intertextuality between the Final Scene of Hero and the Poster of Chasing.
Last Friday, "The True Color of Heroes" was released for more than 30 years, and it was restored for the first time in mainland China, and it monopolized 20 million box office in just three days. Many people go into the cinema to relive this classic Hong Kong film, perhaps for the sake of "brother" Leslie Cheung, perhaps for the sake of Mark with a long trench coat, or perhaps for the sake of enjoying John Woo’s violent aesthetics exclusively.
Then this Friday, the film Chasing officially landed in the cinema. This film is a Chinese gun battle film made by John Woo after 25 years. After the series, the master of violent aesthetics has gained more tenderness, which seems to be more appropriate to describe with his own debut, and it is a kind of "iron man’s tenderness" temperament.
Chasing is a master’s idolize
"I have always admired Gao Cangjian very much." Wu Yusen has said this sentence for more than ten times.
This sentence is not simply for film promotion, but a master’s heartfelt recognition of the actor superstar. In the early days, John Woo started to use Chow Yun Fat, just because of his similar temperament with Gao Cangjian. Even in the modeling of the film, letting Chow Yun Fat wear sunglasses and a trench coat is a tribute to Gao Cangjian.
It’s just a pity that John Woo, who has cooperated with Tom Cruise, Ben Affleck, Nicolas Cage and other first-line Hollywood actors, has never been able to form a cooperation with Gao Cangjian. Now, it is in memory of Gao Cangjian that the present Hunting is produced.
* The original "Crossing the River of Anger"
In fact, the process of winning the copyright of Hunting is also very bumpy. As the Japanese film "Chasing" was unwilling to sell the film copyright, Huanya directly bought the copyright of the original novel "Crossing the River of Anger" and found Wu Yusen, hoping to complete a new adaptation with his personal style. The views of both sides just fit, so this work came into being.
After all, the adaptation of this version of the story has become the most "difficult" thing. The original novel is a story that happened in the 1960s, and many events and events are out of date for the present. At the same time, there are also concerns that the audience will compare the two versions of the film. As a result, a team of seven screenwriters led by Chen Jiashang adapted the whole story into an escape story in a modern city.
Although from the film title signature, neither the scriptwriter, editor nor producer belongs to Wu Yusen, but the content style is still another extension of his "violent aesthetics", and the iconic symbols such as "Double Heroes" and "Dove" are all available.
After watching John Woo’s works in different periods for two weeks, I can feel that Wu Dao seems to have changed, but he seems to be the same John Woo who can successfully make Hollywood commercial movies.
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