, at least judging from the Douban score, it is said that "Farewell My Concubine" is the number one masterpiece of domestically produced films. I don't think many people have any doubts. Douban's high score of 9.6 is like a towering mountain, which makes countless younger generations feel ashamed.
This is a film directed by Chen Kaige in 1993. It is adapted from Li Bihua's novel of the same name. It is written by Li Bihua and Lu Wei, and starred by Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi and others. With a unique perspective, it tells the joys and sorrows of two Peking opera actors for half a century, and also shows the thinking and understanding of traditional culture, human living conditions and human nature. After the film was released, it has successively won the 46th Cannes International Film Festival Palme d’Or, the 51st American Film Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the 47th British Film Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, and the 15th Korean Film A series of awards such as the Blue Dragon Award for Best Foreign Language Film. This series of honors seems to be praising the classic degree of this film to the world. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the pinnacle of domestic films.
Whenever mentioning this film, there is a person whose name must be mentioned. He is the eternal "brother"-Leslie Cheung. In this film, Leslie Cheung really showed the world his majestic beauty. He played Cheng Dieyi, both in his eyes and in his movements, which accurately grasped the complex inner state of this character. Since Leslie Cheung, the role of Cheng Dieyi is not only unprecedented, but also extinct. From then on, anyone who wants to play this role must first weigh himself, whether it can reach half of Leslie's level. The success of any role of
is not easy, and Leslie Cheung is the same. Although he has proven his acting skills through films such as "The True Colors of Heroes", "Rouge Button", and "A Chinese Ghost Story", the role of Cheng Dieyi is undoubtedly more difficult than the previous ones. He not only needs actors to have Solid acting skills also require the actor to have a good foundation in opera.
According to director Chen Kaige, Leslie Cheung was really an extremely hardworking man. In order to play the role of Cheng Dieyi, he came to Beijing to study drama early six months before the filming of "Farewell My Concubine". And the study during this period of time really helped Leslie Cheung so much that he was a well-trained old actor when he was shooting live performances. Even the crew members admired him and joked privately. Said: "You are really a fairy."
In addition, when filming "Farewell My Concubine", Chen Kaige originally prepared a stand-in Peking Opera actor for Leslie Cheung, but he did not expect Leslie Cheung to be so good, so until the end, this double actor It also didn't come in handy.
Don't watch "Brother" be so attentive when filming, but in private he is very easy-going. On the set at that time, Leslie Cheung did not have any extra requirements in life. Occasionally, he would invite the crew and the actors to have coffee together if the work ended early. And because the filming was in the midsummer, he also arranged fruit and cold drinks for the crew. Even without his part, he would take the watermelon to the set for condolences, which was really cordial.
Although Leslie Cheung has been away from us for more than ten years, whenever we see his voice and smile in various films, we will often think of him. He should be living happily in heaven now, right?
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