周星驰的英汉语互译简介

周星驰的英汉语互译简介
周星驰的英汉语互译简介

周星驰的英汉语互译简介
Stephen Chow Sing-Chi, born June 22, 1962, is a Hong Kong scriptwriter, film director, producer and actor.
Chow is a well-known, top-tier comedian and superstar of Hong Kong entertainment. This image is epitomized by his nickname 星爷 (Sing Yeh, lit. Grandmaster Sing). However, his brand of mo lei tau comedy, which includes puns, double entendre and jokes at the expense of unique aspects of Chinese culture, meant that few of his earlier films could exercise much impact in the West until his later films, Shaolin Soccer (2001) and Kung Fu Hustle (2004).
Chow was a graduate at the Shaw Brothers' TVB acting school[citation needed] and co-hosted a popular Hong Kong children's program, 430 Shuttle, as a character named "Black and White Vampire".[citation needed] Though this was a stepping stone for his career, it also limited it, offering no outstanding performances.[citation needed] At that time, Chow mainly played dramatic roles in Hong Kong TVB television series, one of which was called Dun Fei Final Combat (盖世豪侠) (1989). Chow gave an outstanding performance and started to gain popularity in Hong Kong. Also, in that television series, he started the long-term collaboration relationship with director Lee Lik-Chi (李力持) and actor Ng Man Tat (吴孟达). In 1990, his performance in Jeff Lau's smash-hit All For The Winner launched him in a comedy film career, which is now his prime genre.
His subsequent films were built on the success of All For The Winner, and he developed his distinct brand of humor known as mo lei tau (nonsense or "no-brainer") which makes frequent use of euphemisms and double entendres in inoffensive Cantonese slang. He regularly demonstrates his talent for improvisation, suggesting gags to directors to enhance the script, allowing him chances to make rewrites of the plot.[citation needed] By 1994, he was writing and directing some of his own films.
The films themselves often follow a similar template: Chow portrays either an under-achiever who beats the odds, or an arrogant overachiever, who himself receives a lesson in humility before fighting back. Stephen Chow tends to use the underdog or rags-to-riches story to portray his character.[citation needed] Fight Back to School (1991), From Beijing With Love (1994) and The God of Cookery (1996) are notable examples of this style of work. His films would often utilize a historic environment, but also demonstrate the modern-period cross-cutting comedy, as in the films Justice, My Foot! (审死官) (1992) and Flirting Scholar (1993).
Occasionally, Chow would take a break from his comedies. One of his more serious films is the second part to A Chinese Odyssey, Cinderella (1994), loosely based on the classic Chinese epic Journey to the West. Although essentially a comedy at heart, Chow was able to develop his character more seriously than before. It was a box-office smash in Hong Kong and even ignited a cult following in Mainland China.[citation needed]
Recent films by Chow have begun to focus on comic action and special effects sequences rather than verbal humour in order to appeal to a wider international audience. The film which launched him to international fame was Shaolin Soccer (2001), which made heavy use of CGI and was directed by Chow himself. A later film, Kung Fu Hustle (2004), was also directed by Chow, and in February 2005, went on to surpass Shaolin Soccer as the highest grossing domestic movie in Hong Kong.
CJ7, which began filming in July 2006 in the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo,[1] was rumored to have the biggest budget ever for a Chinese film at the time, costing over 100 million Chinese yuan (US$14 million; €9.5 million).[citation needed] In August 2007 the film was given the title CJ7 ((长江七号)Chang Jiang qi hao), a play on China's successful Shenzhou manned space missions—Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6.[2]—having previously been known by a series of working titles including Alien, Yangtze River VII, Long River 7, and A Hope.[citation needed] This film introduced newcomer Kitty Zhang as his romantic lead - continuing Chow's tradition of introducing young actresses who eventually go on to have successful film or music careers of their own. These actresses include Karen Mok, Sharla Cheung, Athena Chu, Michelle Reis, Christy Chung, Gigi Leung, Cecilia Cheung, and Huang Shengyi.
On September 19, 2008, it was announced that he will direct and co-star in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's The Green Hornet.