Xu Ke, also known as "Xu Wenguang" or "Xu Laoguai". February 15, 1951, born in Sai Kung Town, Vietnam. At the age of ten, he had already developed an interest in movies. He once rented a camcorder with friends to shoot magic performances and played them on campus. He also loves comics, which has a great impact on his film style. Tsui Hark had a strong interest in movies from a young age and began making eight centimeter experimental films at the age of 13. In 1966, Tsui Hark moved to Hong Kong and enrolled in secondary school. He later went to Texas, USA, where he studied film at Southern Methodist Union University and the University of Texas at Austin. In 1969, he entered Southern Methodist University in Texas, USA, and after a year, he stopped studying and traveled around the country. Later, he transferred to the University of Texas (Austin) to study radio and television/film courses, and co produced a 45 minute documentary film about Asian Americans called "The New Road" with friends. After graduating in 1975, Tsui Hark moved to New York and participated in a movie about Chinatown called "From Spikes to Spindles" (1976). He worked as an editor for the local Chinatown newspaper, established a community theater community, and worked for the local Mandarin cable television station. After returning to Hong Kong in 1977, Tsui Hark joined TVB and switched to "Canon" one year later. In 1979, Tsui Hark was promoted by Wu Siyuan and began filming his first ancient costume drama feature film in his film life - "Butterfly Change". This not only opened Tsui Hark's "Chaos Trilogy", but also ushered in the era of a new wave of Hong Kong cinema! Trilogy: "Butterfly Change" 1979 ▲ "Butterfly Transformation" poster A mix and match work that excels in the power of evil codes, blending old school martial arts, sword and halberd films, intrigue, suspense, horror, horror, and secret chamber reasoning to create new ideas, similar to the era background and worldview of utopian concepts. Tsui Hark followed the quirky and cinematic style of the past, and the strong Hong Kong film era temperament permeated on this basis also made the work appear interesting. The biggest regret is that this theme can fully be made into a series of movies. In 1979, Wu Siyuan, who had established his own family, fell in love with the fledgling Tsui Hark. After several twists and turns, he finally agreed to take on the role of director and shoot a popular old-fashioned martial arts theme at the time. Xu Ke, who was still stunned and young, had little capital to negotiate with others, so he honestly took on this drama. However, after all, Tsui Hark is Tsui Hark, and he still made an unconventional martial arts film called "Butterfly Change" within the framework of being limited by Wu Siyuan. The opening of this film is a monologue by the protagonist, scholar Fang Hongye. This monologue, for a few minutes, outlines a magnificent world of martial arts. Shaolin and Wudang competed for supremacy, and after the decisive battle, countless deaths and injuries occurred, leading to a period of silence in the martial arts world. Subsequently, the rise of the 72nd Route Marquis, known as a new era in history How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Notorious Modern Family Season 1 Little Monsters Apollo 11 Just as the audience enters the movie world with Fang Hongye's narration, they find that Tsui Hark has only played a big part in the movie. There is no river of blood in this movie, but only a mystery and suspect in a city and village. The most exciting paragraph is that Fang Hongye reveals the truth layer by layer. The castle is haunted, butterflies kill people, life threatening documents, and harbors evil intentions ![]() |