Perhaps no director can go through the entire history of Hong Kong cinema like Tsui Hark.





In 1979, Tsui Hark, who was a maverick, opened his own imaginative and flowing world with "The Butterfly", and this film was also the pioneering work of Hong Kong's new wave.





Unfortunately, Tsui Hark's debut film "Butterfly Change" was too novel and advanced in its form of expression, and the story logic of the film was seen as "chaotic" by people at the time. In the end, the film was taken off the shelves after only 7 days of release, and the box office was dismal to only HKD 1.15 million.







However, in the history of Hong Kong martial arts, the significance of this film in exploring space is immeasurable.







The role of space has been greatly unleashed, from fixed shots in previous movies to flexible martial arts activity shots in the future. This has important inspiration for the leap and leap of characters in later martial arts films, as well as the spatial movement techniques and concepts.





This includes the changes in the narrative subject in the film, the primary focus on first person narration, and the interweaving of the narrative subject and the protagonist, all of which have a great impact on future films. The use of modernist music in movies is refreshing.







From the movie title "Butterfly Change", it is full of suspense. What does "Butterfly Change" actually mean? Is it the transmutation of a butterfly breaking through its pupa, the seductive entrance of a mysterious formation, or is it truly harmful to human butterflies?







The story begins with a first person self narration by Fang Hongye, a scholar who writes stories about the martial arts world. Mr. Hongye, who does not know any martial arts skills, loves to record secrets of all sizes in the martial arts world, and his handwritten Hongye notes are eagerly circulated in the martial arts world.







One day, an eight page letter recording the butterfly's harm suddenly appeared, and the murder case was highlighted where the letter appeared. The bookstore was massacred, and tomb robbers were injured by strange butterflies.





As the investigation deepens, the secrets of Shen Family Castle also emerge. This is an isolated world, and the plot conflicts are all focused on several people in the martial arts world, with classic secret room detective settings.





The gentle butterfly has become an unavoidable weapon of harm, transforming the symbol of rebirth into a deadly demon. Each action becomes overwhelming, using quantity as a means of power. However, the caterpillar before its butterfly transformation was extremely ugly.





This kind of creature invisibly implies the martial arts sects or new types of martial arts weapons. Before the creation of the world, they were all covered in blood. After breaking through the cocoon and becoming butterflies, the gang became a major force that ruled the martial arts world according to its own rules, and those who obtained weapons or martial arts skills gained the world. From harmless to harmful, from unintentional to arrogant, the final disappearance is as quiet as Li Ming. As if integrated with all things, as if returning to the tranquility of reincarnation.






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The movie starts and ends with Mr. Hongye's solo recording of major and minor disasters, with both the aloofness of "everyone drunk and I wake up alone" and the natural and unrestrained "onlookers see clearly". Although he had already delved into the core of the martial arts world and touched on the secrets of major gangs, this scholar who did not know any martial arts skills was able to retreat completely. This character was probably expected by Tsui Hark.







In addition, the photography of the movie is very unique, with some quirky and eerie atmosphere of CULT films added, and a modern fire tool

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