April 1, 2020 is the 17th anniversary of the death of his brother Leslie Cheung . It is reported that Hong Kong Oriental Pictures has specially restored the two movies "The White Haired Witch" starring Leslie Cheung and "Midnight Singing" in a brand new 4K restoration, and arranged for the big screen to be re-painted in the near future. The two films
are scheduled to be released on April 1st "The White Haired Witch" and "Midnight Singing" on April 8th, of course in Hong Kong.
Earlier, in order to commemorate the 17th anniversary of Leslie Cheung’s death, Korean filmmakers also decided to upgrade Leslie Cheung’s "Farewell My Concubine" to a 4K re-screening on April 1. The big screen will reappear Leslie Cheung’s "Elegance" Peerless Cheng Dieyi".
In order to cherish the memory of "brother" Leslie Cheung, this article lists ten must-see movies starring Leslie Cheung.
Part 1: "Farewell My Concubine"
The sword will be bestowed on the concubine! Today is April 1, which is the annual Leslie Cheung Memorial Day. And the work that best represents Leslie Cheung's film career is this "Farewell My Concubine". The famous
screenwriter Lu Wei once said, "I was very happy when I was filming "Farewell My Concubine" and "To Be Alive". I think I once walked into an illusory dream. I thought this was the starting point of the fifth generation of movies. Unexpectedly, it is also the end." The
film tells a pair of brothers who grew up together since childhood, Duan Xiaolou played and born, Cheng Dieyi played Dan, the two have always worked together perfectly, especially in "Farewell My Concubine" Famous in the capital. The younger brother admired the younger brother, but Duan Xiaolou married the famous prostitute Juxian when he thought it was time to get married. Since then, the love and hatred of the three people around the birth of "Farewell My Concubine" began to escalate with the changes of the times, and finally But it caused a tragedy.
Zhang Fengyi, another starring actor of the film, once said that he commented on Leslie Cheung’s performance in this movie, and he also bluntly said that this movie was made for Leslie Cheung, and his eyes made people look into the show!
The film has won many international awards.
The second part: "A Fei's True Story"
This movie is an amazing work by the director of Wong Kar-wai , and it also made Leslie Cheung the first "actor" trophy in his life. This is definitely Leslie Cheung's solo show, because he is so charming in it. In this movie, Leslie Cheung's Xu Tsai is both melancholy lonely and suave. In the entanglement with the female characters played by Maggie Cheung and Carina Lau, one look is enough to draw you in.
In this movie, the plot is not very complicated or important. But there was a wonderful dance. As a prodigal son, he lay on the bed decadently and smoked, and then danced a cha-cha. This dance made countless fans fall for it. This is a complete movie. Leslie Cheung plays a complete life. He is destined not to be a pure prodigal. He is a life with special flesh and blood.
The third part: "Happy Together"
"Happy Together" tells about Lai Yaohui ( Tony Leung) from Hong Kong and Ho Po Wing (Leung Kwok Wing) are a pair of gay lovers who set off with a single heart to go to the Great Falls of South America. It's a pity that the two of them still couldn't make it. They ran in opposite directions and scattered on the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina. One went to work as a small bar receptionist, and the other sang song every night. Later, the two met again, (Li Yaohui, it's better to have come again.) In a trance, they might come again again. However, the two of them can no longer continue.
Leslie Cheung, He Baorong, is very self-willed and innocent, always pursuing his own things, and also very unruly. He is like a child, but with his confidence and charm, he has no goals and no pursuit.
His relationship with Li Yaohui is like an inn, just a temporary resting place, he will still look for his passion everywhere. Until the end, he knew that Li would leave him forever. He returned to the house where Li used to live, carefully tidied the room and waited for his return. When he knew he would not return, he held the blanket on the bed and cried bitterly. ……
I promised Ahui to leave him unhappy here
I don't know what he said that night,
may be that the tape recorder is broken and there is no sound.
has only two very strange sounds, as if a person is crying.
Fourth: "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves"
This movie is a comedy, very interesting. Leslie Cheung’s role is a famous music producer. Many funny things happened when he collided with the roles played by Anita Yuen and Carina Lau. It also showed some unspoken rules in the music circle. It is a relatively relaxed movie.
Leslie Cheung's eyes are like a sea, with affectionate and melancholy eyes. There are many classic music in
. Leslie Cheung’s movie theme song "Chasing" won the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Film Song.
believes that all people who have been in love or longing for love will like this movie. After the movie was released, it was very popular and soon won the box office championship in Hong Kong summer vacation.
The fifth part: "Erotic Men and Women"
Why do you say that this movie is also a must-see, because Leslie Cheung's temperament is too suitable for acting as a downright director.
"Erotic Men and Women" is about the ideal young director Ah Xing (Legis Leslie Cheung) who was reduced to directing a tertiary film due to a difficult situation. After accepting the reality, he decided to produce a quality but not vulgar tertiary film. In this movie, Leslie Cheung has intimate scenes with Karen Mok and Shu Qi.
In fact, the male protagonist of this movie was not Leslie Cheung at the beginning, but the Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung , but Jacky Cheung could not accept the bold performance, so he refused. Ye Dongsheng and the others later found Zhou Xingchi . After consideration, Zhou Xingchi agreed to take over the filming, so everyone re-made the script again. The name of the main character of the script was changed to "A Xing", but then Zhou Xingchi and the director had a disagreement with him. Propose a speech.
Helplessly, Yee Dongsheng thought about it, so he had to find Leslie Cheung to put out the fire. Leslie Cheung read the script and thought it was very good, so he agreed-and the characters in the film had no time to modify the names, so everyone will find that Leslie Cheung is still Called "A Xing".
Director Er Dongsheng told Leslie Cheung after filming the film. It is difficult to act on subjects like "Erotic Men and Women". After the cooperation, I found that he has a lot of room for development. So later, I collaborated with "Tapling King" and "Alien Space".
Alright, these are the five must-see movies starring Leslie Cheung. In fact, Leslie Cheung has many masterpieces, such as "Evil East and West Poison", "New Shanghai Beach", "Midnight Singing", "Golden Jade Mansion", "Happy Family" and so on.
is like a dream like a phantom moon, if it is like a flower.
The summer should be fine, if you are still there, the
fire-like sun is on your face,
burns your skin like love,
scars are extremely itchy...
every year on this day, many people will miss him very much, as always in their hearts I can’t let go of it, but the traces are itchy...
