Chapter 94 Rafflesia

In Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia, there is a kind of Arnold's large flower, which is also called Rafflesia or Rafflesia because it has the largest flower in the plant world. In 1988, Hu Huizhong's role in the movie "The Overlord Flower" made "The Overlord Flower" her exclusive title. The box office of that movie in 1988 was 16 million. Before that, Hu Huizhong was a well-known actress in literary films. In 1979, when she was still studying in the evening department of National Taiwan University, she became famous for starring in "Happy Face".In the early 1980s, Taiwanese literary films were on the decline, but they were not at the end of the road, and there was still a little time and space for female stars with long hair to fall in love in the sunset.Hu Huizhong has starred in a series of films, most of which are literary films, please see titles: "Children Looking for Dreams", "I Sing and Weep", "Love of Migratory Birds", "Flowers in the Rain", "The Little Elf on the Swing" ", "Rain, how can it keep falling"...

In 1985, she went to Hong Kong and began to transform.In "Fu Xing Gao Zhao" and "Summer Lucky Star" directed by Sammo Hung, she played the role of the female police superintendent "Bawang Hua". There is a boom in copycats, and a large number of similar films appear.Sammo Hung took a different approach and quickly created the "Royal Senior Sister" series featuring policewomen. When the third part of "The Royal Senior Sister" was filmed, in 1988, "The Overlord Flower", which was supervised by Jackie Chan, came out, and Hu Huizhong played the leading role. In the sound of "Madam", she became a beating girl.Then came "The Brave Flying Tiger Overlord Flower", and "The Overlord Flower Meets the Ghost" with "Overlord Flower" and "Zombie".

The accident happened in 1989, when filming "Monster Hunter", at the end of the film, Lu Liangwei, Li Saifeng and Hu Huizhong were required to jump out of the window accompanied by an explosion.Because Lu Liangwei jumped out ahead of time, the staff blew up the gas tank ahead of time, and all three suffered burns to varying degrees, with Hu Huizhong being the most serious. In 1989, it was the most sensational event in the entertainment industry. But an artist must be a Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death.A few months later, she made a miraculous comeback (and, incidentally, a successful campaign for a "skin resurfacing" cosmetic).In "Rampaging Fire Phoenix", "Royal Casino", "Dream Awakening Blood" and "Chinese Police Flower", she continued to play policewoman, heroine, and boxer until she quit in 1997.

A practical question is, is there such a need for female special police officers in such a high-risk industry as the police? In "The Overlord Flower", the high-level police officer played by Dong Piao gave the reason that the policewoman can perform tasks on special occasions.For example, when the Arab royal family visits and encounters an assassination, they can jump on the ladies to protect them, or pretend to be models and appear at the jewelry exhibition to dispel the murderous aura at the scene and make the robbers relax their vigilance.These reasons are probably also the reason why female special police and female mounted police have blossomed everywhere since then.A technical question is, how does an actress like Hu Huizhong manage to handle the fighting scenes?A succinct explanation is: practice hard from knowing nothing.

A psychological question is, why do people like to see women fight?Because it's pleasing to the eye, and that's unlikely in reality.Women fill roles that men should fill, thus completing a singular aesthetic.That majestic image is actually parasitic under the eyes of men. Just like "Arnold's big flower", the flowers are gorgeous and spectacular when they bloom, but they are still a parasitic plant after all.It may be a coincidence to name this screen image after "Bawanghua", but it is also very paradoxical.