Stephen Chow, the king of the commedia

"Shaolin soccer" and "Kung fusion" have rendered it the new cinematographic phenomenon Asian. Stephen Chow is a genius of the in love comicità of the kung was

of Roberto Bonomelli

Chow Sing Who, in art Stephen Chow, ce has made it. We are speaking about the director and actor protagonist of two Chinese commedie who has smashed in also to the botteghino international. One of the reasons for which this genius of the comicità was said that, respect to others star of the Asian cinema (Jackie Chan, Jet Them), did not succeed to smash in in the West was because its films were made than dialogue more that than fisicità. In order to appreciate totally films of Stephen Chow it would have to comprise of continuous cinematographic citations let alone the references to the Chinese culture. In order to understand to us, it cannot not be had seen "the three of the Operation I dredge" for being able to taste the episode centers them "To laugh in order to laugh" of John Landis (The Kentucky fried movie, 1977), parody of the famous film of Bruce Lee. It seemed that the humour of Chow for null was not comprised from the western public, at least until the arrival of "Shaolin soccer" (2001) and "Kung fusion" (Kung was hustle, 2004). E' in fact thanks to its great love that Stephen Chow has finally made center also with the house public ours: the kung it was.
But the kung it was for Stephen Chow wants to say Bruce Lee. In all its career has not never lacked the occasion to pay pays, even if in its special way to make it, to its idolo. When still it went to school, the Stephen small had uncovered that the Small I dredge had studied wing chun and that sifu Wong Shun Leung had been its "greater brother of kung was". It was therefore that it was enrolled to the school of master Wong and for three months, until did not end its it saves, it practiced wing chun learning before the shape and the fundamental ones of who sao. But soccer that we see to make from the actor and director in its film, in which soccer spouse with the Chinese martial art, is fruit of a its personal training.
Stephen Chow in fact has declared in an interview of giving much importance to the physical preparation: stretching, race and bicycle, beyond to raising you weigh and martial limbs. In "Shaolin soccer" Stephen Chow it interprets an ingenuous cultore fanatic of the martial limbs who sees the kung was like one solution to all and for all. But, only thanks to a former trainer of soccer in vein to redeem itself, will succeed to demonstrate as the kung was can be applied with happening in an other sport: it will transform its "siblings of kung was", practicing of shaolin, in one square a po' special. "the ability in the martial limbs that every personage was determined from the role that they played in the square. As an example, the porter is someone that has need to seize and to withhold the ball, for which has been natural to choose a type of kung was that he developed the ability in the use of the hands, for which has been given the ability to it of the chin na (technical of the articular levers).
Soccer is an optimal sport because it demands the use of all the body for being able to play well ", has explained Stephen Chow. With added of the uncontrollable typical demential comicità of its commedie and ritocchi necessary of computer graphic and result he is esilarante. Instead, a case all Italian that one of the inqualificabile doppiaggio of "Shaolin soccer", made in the most disparati dialetti Italian from some our soccers player, that it has made to infuriate gets passionate you to it of the Asian cinema. Although that, is not touched one better fate to "Kung fusion": the doppiaggio reproduces the storpiatura of "r" in "l", second the stereotyped difficulty of pronounces from part of the Chinese. The office prints Italian of the house of distribution of these films has answered to the cinefili that these products address less to public a more wide one and specialized, which it will not lack to appreciate them for the reasons of which over... Acclimatized in years Thirty to Hong Kong, history of gangster and masters of martial limbs that live in the poor quarters, "Kung Fusion" is an other letter of love of Stephen Chow to the kung was. A lot humbly the director, let alone protagonist also of this its film, has said of if same: "I understood that I would not have become a great martial artist, but at least could make a film of martial limbs in which I am an expert of kung was. This has been my dream like filmaker from when I have begun to make my films. Deeply they are influenced from films of martial limbs and Kung Fusion is, naturally, the result of this. I imagine are becomes to you an integrating part of me. What Kung Fusion wants indeed to represent is the spirit of the martial limbs ".
Given the happened one of "Shaolin soccer", in order to realize "Kung fusion", Chow it has been able to count on greater investments that therefore have allowed it to scritturare its idoli of youth. Bruce Leung, that it interprets the expert assassin of kung was called "devil" ("beast", in the version it originates them), he is an actor of years Seventy with a true curriculum of expert of martial limbs: "To the contrary of many star that they can only recite the kung was and to assume a sure number of positions, Leung is an authentic master of kung was, has truly practiced. If its hands, the palms and the joints watched are covered from thick callosities that seem hard like the iron ". As coreografi could have had two, two true legends: Sammo Hung and Yuen Wo Ping. In the cast we find other names of relief like Yuen Wah and its moglie Yuen Here, in the role of a shocking brace of "heads of household" of the poor quarter where they hold hidden their extraordinary ability in the kung was, both companions of Jackie Chan to the school of the Work of Beijing. Also Yuen Wah made part of the famous group of the "Seven little fortunes" and has been chosen from Bruce Lee like its controfigura for the more crobatic scenes and the more dangerous falls. We can recognize in tens and tens of roles from bad one from years Seventy till now even if, probably, are Eastern condors of Sammo Hung to take advantage of its abilities fully asserting it like one of the actors of Hong Kong of greater talent. Yuen Wah asserts to have studied numerous martial limbs, but mainly to use the style to kick of taekwondo and the techniques of hand of the Chinese styles of the south. Between the personages of "Kung fusion" the taylor gay, that he hides its identity in the poor quarter, interpreted magnificently from the great master of hung gar Chu deserves a special mention Who Ling, that he has affiliates to you and also in our Country all over the world.
Stephen Chow has had such happening an international one with this film is endured concentrated on the continuation. It seems that "Kung fusion 2" ripresenterà great part of the protagonists of the first episode. For the great public Stephen Chow it is one surprised of all the unexpected one. In truth in Asia it is one of the known comic authors more and its happened one arrives after one long career begun in 1988. For the public of the Asian South-east Stephen Chow he is above all comic, main actor of parodies (you see My hero of 1990, than ago the back to Better tomorrow, Fist of fury version over the lines of omonimo the film of Bruce Lee, and the shocking From Beijing with love of 1994, clearly inspired from the series James Bond) but also dramatic actor (God of gamblers 2 of the 1991 gave great notoriety to it). Some critic has defined it a "Jackie Chan of the demential cinema" and in effects Chow Sing Who rivoluzionato the classic taste of the burlesque cantonese replacing it with the demential humour type "the crazier airplane of the world" or "One pallottolo dulled". In order to define its kind a cocktail must be made of all that that is show: the kung it was comedy and the musical comedy, the grotesque humour and the continuous citations to the Tarantino, there is who has scomodato Charlie Chaplin and who has dug in the world of animated cardboards pulling outside from the cylinder Bugs Bunny... one what but it is sure, Stephen Chow is the king of the commedia Asian.