Just when the box office of Sister Tao's next release exceeded 60 million, Su Ze received a call from Johnnie To saying that there was a new script?
Su Ze flew to Hong Kong Island without saying a word, full of expectations. After all, the director last time was Zheng Baorui, and this time it was Sir Du himself.
This meeting was not in the office, but went directly to Johnnie To's villa, where he sat in the wine cellar, drank rare red wine and smoked cigars. I had long heard that he was obsessed with this, and he certainly lived up to his reputation.
Johnnie To handed over the script and said, "We'll talk about it after reading it."
Su Ze was not polite. When he saw that there were only two words on the cover, he was surprised and said: "Blind detective?"
Then I saw that the screenwriter turned out to be Wei Jiahui, so I was reassured.
"Do you like it?" Du Qifeng said with a smile: "It is specially made for you, the king of suspense."
Su Ze smiled and began to read the script seriously. It would not be a tailor-made script, but there must be a reason for choosing him.
"Are you going to invite the heroine?" Su Ze asked after reading it for the first time.
"Zheng Xiuwen!" Du Qifeng replied firmly.
Su Ze reached out directly, happy cooperation!
This time the character is clearly identifiable by his name, Blind Detective, a story about a police officer who retired due to an accident and became a private detective.
The handsome foodie former police detective Zhuang Shidon often eats sausages on the street with his friends. One day he accidentally sees a dance studio across the street and falls in love with the dance teacher Ding Ding.
He asked his friend Situ Fabao to send a message to Tintin, intending to express his love after finishing the case. However, due to overwork during the handling of the case, he became blind due to retinal detachment and his life changed.
After that, he specially dug up old cases to solve them, planning to save enough money for surgery to restore his eyesight. Four years later, during an investigation, he happened to meet the heroine He Jiatong and was entrusted by her to investigate a missing girl case. Zhuang Shiton tried to use his wealth of money and simplicity
He Jiatong cooperates with himself to solve the case and starts a journey of solving the case.
I closed my eyes, and an impression flashed through my mind: smart and good at thinking, handsome but a bit stinky, charming but a little bit mean, good at dancing and fighting, extremely fond of food and good at eating, venomous but kind-hearted.
Interesting!
This is not a suspense mystery work in the strict sense. It is completely different from Detective. Although there are cases, it is mainly light-hearted and funny, and a proper love dog food movie.
Then there was Hong Kong Island Efficiency, and the filming officially started in a few days. I met Sammi Cheng, who is also an acting talent who was delayed by singing.
Her Mandarin is very good, but Su Ze still communicates in Cantonese, and she has gotten used to it in the past few years. It is a good thing and respect for her to do as the locals do.
Before filming started, Johnnie To's biggest worry was Su Ze's condition of playing a blind man. With his acting skills, he must have mastered it, but time...
As a result, I was shocked in the first scene!
I am no stranger to the blind man Su Ze. I have simulated the system countless times. There is even a difference between congenital blindness and acquired blindness. Zhuang Shiton lost his sight due to an accident four years ago, so his condition is definitely different.
The biggest problem was solved and the filming went smoothly. Wei Jiahui arranged three plot clues this time, and the bright line was his own role as a blind detective in a comedy-style suspense.
Through meditation, you can enter the situation of the case and become a person involved in the case, examine the incident, discover the clues of the case, and use this to conduct reconnaissance and investigation.
Although the plot reasoning and suspense settings are not as worthy of scrutiny as traditional high-IQ stories, it is more ups and downs and has endless jokes.
The hidden clue is that Zhuang Shidun helped He Guitong solve the mystery of the disappearance of her childhood friend Xiao Min that has troubled her for many years, and the tragic fate of three generations of women in Xiao Min's family.
This is also where the biggest reversal of suspense lies!
Su Ze also finally saw the strength of Sammi Cheng. This queen's work is also a childhood series. Although every character is similar, her interpretation is particularly cute and moving.
If Sister Tao allowed me to see the plight of the elderly in Hong Kong last time, then this time the blind detective gave me a deep understanding of what a Hong Kong girl is.
The image of Ho Chia-tung's female police detective seems to be a traditional local image of outstanding women. Whether it is movies or TV series such as "Sister Tuoqiang", they all portray the image of women who are smart and capable in the workplace but unable to clarify their emotional choices in love.
Since the creation of Hong Kong female light comedy movies, all first-line actresses in the future have had such female police detective movies. Cecilia Cheung "Big Brother", Charlene Choi "New Police Story", Karen Lam "I Want to Be a Model", Kelly Chen "Big Event"
", Miriam Yeung "Junior Sister", Sit Kai-chi "Junior Sister 3"...
In 2005, after she gave up her image as a Hong Kong girl to participate in "Song of Everlasting Regret" and failed, she made her comeback in the first movie "The Daughter of the Search", where she played a capable female police detective.
In this blind investigation, they have money materially and a house left by their parents; in the spiritual world, they have a career they love, have clear emotional appeals, and are single but not lonely.
This is completely different from Hong Kong girls like Shu Qi in "Never Let You Be Lonely" in recent years, but it is different from Cheng Xiuwen in "A Man and a Widow", "Zhong Wuyan", "Dragon and Phoenix Fight", and "Magic Kitchen"
I am of the same lineage myself.
So Johnnie To created three currents this time: strange love, cruel love, various love killings, uncontrolled eating, Zhuang Shidon kept eating, and the murderers marinated human flesh and gouged out eyes.
And the upright and simple He Jiatong. Her innocence and transparency balance the various heavy-flavored relationships between the sexes in the movie. You see, the world is so bad and love is so bad, but this woman still treats feelings so innocently and shyly?
Sometimes they are even braver than men.
Even though she is no longer a charming and elegant traditional female image in a male-dominated workplace, she is still very cute and full of charm.
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Johnnie To is still Johnnie To, and Wai Ka Fai is also Wai Ka Fai. Johnston's character Su Ze is somewhat exaggerated on the surface, but when the true nature is revealed in this exaggeration, it will still inadvertently touch the soft part of people's hearts.
The single-minded policeman played by Sammi Cheng is very capable, but she only lets you see how terrifying the persistence of a single-minded woman is when she is protecting her loved ones, and how much it makes you care.
The plot follows the pattern of a Russian nesting doll, with plots within plots within plots and plots unfolding all the way until the last second to show you the truth.
Johnnie To's comedy is not just a performance, it is not only the cuteness of Johnston and Ho Kwai Tung's characters themselves, but also the strength of the entire structure.
For example, the cross-dressing murderer who is busy eating food, or Xiao Min hiding in the cupboard to go to Brazil. It is not purely a prank. It does not appear sudden or sudden and is reasonable. It only makes people aware of its falseness, and then smiles knowingly for this symbolic expression.
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Very similar to the style of Italian and Czech & Slovak movies, "Life is Beautiful" and "The King of England"
There is a classic theory in criminology: as long as you completely imitate the criminal's expression and behavior, you can infer his mental state, crime method and motivation. This is based on the video data of the criminal before he committed the crime.
Johnnie To is not a real person in the traditional sense. Except for the three soft shots at the critical moment of life and death and the divinely assisted headshot at the end, he even used a gun? This chapter has been completed!