＂Zhen＂ kung fu! The film channel broadcasts Donnie Yen’s classic works from 5.16.
1905 movie network news There is no doubt about the status of screen kung fu.
It has been more than 30 years since Donnie Yen, a martial artist, appeared in more than 70 action movies, which have already left the "Zhen Shi style" fighting firmly in the hearts of the audience.
From May 16th, the movie channel will broadcast a Donnie Yen’s screen classic at different stages at 20:00 every night for a week, and let’s see how Zhen Kung Fu is tempered!
01 Reach the peak during the martial arts period
"I have been filming for 37 years and made 78 films, most of which are martial arts films. Many viewers have never seen them, which is to let everyone know me." In 2019, Donnie Yen summed up his artistic career in an interview with 1905 Film Network.
In 2008, a film "Ip Man" asked Donnie Yen to bring this legendary figure to the public.
The master image created by Donnie Yen in the four films of "IP Man" series, which combines elegant gentlemanly demeanor, profound moral cultivation and superb martial arts, has made the box office go up all the way, set off a new wave of kung fu movies, and kept the popularity of the legendary IP in this decade unabated.
On May 18-20, the film channel will broadcast three films in the series "Ip Man" and "Ip Man 2: The Legend of the Master".
Ip Man series posters
Donnie Yen had been playing on the screen for 24 years before Ip Man appeared in 2008.
Facing the unfamiliar Wing Chun Boxing, Donnie Yen, who has been practicing martial arts since childhood, spent nine months studying Wing Chun’s boxing methods and routines.
IP Man
Since then, he has spent a lot of time training Wing Chun Boxing, and also brought a wooden stake with the crew, and practiced hard in the hotel during the filming interval. The son of Ip Man praised his training results greatly.
Fist fighting, round table fighting, boxing ring fighting … …
Ip Man 2
Under the guidance of martial arts, Ip Man is fierce and swift on the screen, and the fighting with "Zhen Shi style" is enjoyable.
Donnie Yen also put the same effort into literary drama.
In order to play the emaciated state of living IP Man who had no food to eat during the Anti-Japanese War, Donnie Yen deliberately lost weight. Even when not shooting, I wear robes to find the status of the characters.
IP Man
The director of Ip Man said: "Ip Man should not show the dazzling kung fu, but its spiritual core."
Why are fighters?
Donnie Yen’s interpretation of both civil and military disciplines vividly shows Ip Man’s national integrity, and he and his role have achieved each other, eventually becoming an irreplaceable kung fu superstar on the screen.
stage photo
02 "actual combat style" boxing to meat
"I’ve been looking for some popular directions in the world in action movies. As a martial artist or making a movie, I keep thinking, what is the outside world like now?"
At 8 o’clock on the evening of May 16th, in "Special Identity", which will be broadcast by the movie channel, Donnie Yen has already introduced the actual combat style into the action film, and integrated MMA mixed martial arts and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu into it.
Special identity
Epinephrine raging peak confrontation between justice and sin, there is no gesture, but a real fight that makes people’s heart beat faster.
Special identity
This innovation brought new life to action movies, and also made him nominated for the best action design in the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards.
03 I don’t just want to be a kung fu star
"In the first 20 years, I spoke completely with my fist."
However, he once said that he not only wanted to be a kung fu star, but also gained recognition in martial arts instruction and improved his acting skills.
stage photo
In the movie "Martial Arts" broadcast at 8 o’clock on the evening of May 17th, Donnie Yen put away that vicious spirit. In this "new martial arts" movie, he portrayed his image as a master who was vaguely in the city, and with a cool attitude towards life, he forbeared to tell the truth that "ordinary is bliss".
stage photo
In The Journey to the West, which was broadcast on the evening of May 21st, Donnie Yen used makeup for up to four hours every day to hide his true self. the Monkey King, who he played, had a vigorous posture and thick hair, and was wild and hard to hide his ignorance, showing his "Zhen Kung Fu" under a stick.
In the comedy action movie premiered on the evening of May 22nd, Donnie Yen subverted the cool and handsome image in the past and challenged the comedy role through more exaggerated special effects makeup.
A second ago, he was an energetic and awesome police officer. The next second, he was transformed into a fat man weighing 220 Jin.
Fat dragon crossing the river
Today, the 58-year-old Donnie Yen is still exploring ways to broaden the play.
In Donnie Yen’s autobiography "Ask Dan Xin", he described his growth process in the most plain language: "In fact, knife wounds, bumps and bruises are only’ broken materials’, and the old bones and muscles I have accumulated for practicing martial arts and making movies for many years are the pains that enter the bone marrow and keep me awake all night."
The 40-year life as a fighter has brought Donnie Yen’s martial arts attainments to the peak, and at the same time, his passionate interpretation of many roles has made him think more when filming.
It is his every "fist effort" that shows us the "Zhen Kung Fu" of both civil and military training!
Preview of Donnie Yen’s Works Exhibition:
At 20:10 on May 16th, Special Identity
At 20:00 on May 17th, Martial Arts
Ip Man at 20:05 on May 18th.
Ip Man 2 at 20:00 on May 19th.
Ip Man 4 at 20:05 on May 20th.
At 20:00 on May 21, Journey to the West made a scene in Heaven.
At 20:10 on May 22, "Flying Dragon Crossing the River" (premiere)