Every time April approaches, a group of people miss one person in their own way, and that person is Leslie Cheung. And like Leslie Cheung, who died young and will be unforgettable for a long time, there is Anita Mui, who also represents the elegance of the golden age of Hong Kong.
"Youth Renewed: Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui Hong Kong Film Retrospective" will be held from March 23 to April 1, co-organized by the Shanghai Office of the Hong Kong SAR Government, Shanghai Film Museum, Hong Kong Film Archive, and Shanghai Film Archive . At that time, movie fans will gather in the Dolby Thousand-person Hall of Shanghai Cinemas to enjoy the classic old days of Hong Kong movies.
This film festival will bring you eight classic works, two of which are "Fate" and "Rouge" , both collaborations between Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui, as well as Leslie Cheung's three classic works "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Days of Being Wild" and "Around the World". " , Anita Mui's three classic works "Half a Lifetime", "Zhong Wuyan" and "Man 40" .
The growth of Zhang and Mei, accompanied by the shining golden age of Hong Kong movies, presented a rich screen image with a huge span. In "Rouge Button", the swan song of love between Twelve Young Masters and Ru Hua spans the cycle of life and death, and expresses the infatuation and romance in the world; the brisk urban love in "Fate" is full of free and easy joy and cheerfulness.
The films they starred in spanned ancient costumes and modern times, comedy and literature. From Tsui Hark to John Woo, from Wong Kar-Wai to Ann Hui, the old time and shadows connected by classic characters are also the memories of Hong Kong movies for generations. Unrestrained love, romantic city street scenes, changeable clothing styles... We recall Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, the golden age of Hong Kong movies, and our own unique memories of youth. The lost Xu Zai, the decisive Ru Hua, the romantic Azhan, the more handsome King Qi Xuan... There is always a character that fans love or find hard to get over.
The event is directed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government and Shanghai Film (Group) Co., Ltd. On-site ticket sales will be opened at the Shanghai Film Museum on March 11, and online ticket sales on Maoyan and Taopiaopiao platforms will be on March 14 12:00 .
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Note: The opening ceremony of "Fate" is for guests only and is not open to the public.
【Film List Introduction】
Fate (1984)
Highlights of the film: Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui collaborate for the first time on the big screen, and they collaborate to sing the original theme song, which is a powerful gift to movie fans. This was the starting point for Leslie Cheung, who was not well-known at the time, to embark on a real star journey. Anita Mui also won her first Academy Award for it. It is worth mentioning that this is also the second work of the young Maggie Cheung. How does a superstar take off? You will know a little bit about it after watching this movie.
Rouge Button (1988) 4K
Highlights of the film: Li Bihua's original work depicts the love-struck mistress Ruhua, who is played to perfection by Anita Mui. The cowardly Twelve Young Masters, Leslie Cheung's interpretation is irresponsible. Tell all about love, life and death, and the grudges between lovers. Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung collaborate again, sparks fly among the superstars. This film festival will bring a new 4K version, which will visually dazzle movie fans and make the colors of the Republic of China more vivid.
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
Highlights of the film: Adapted from the classic chapter of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", the pinnacle of Chinese classical novels, it tells the love story of scholar Ning Caichen and female ghost Nie Xiaoqian. This film has excellent performance in everything from writing, directing, acting, photography, editing, sound, art, and special effects. Leslie Cheung's innate bookishness, immatureness and innocence, successfully shaped Ning Caichen into a straightforward and silly scholar, which became a screen classic. The episode "A Chinese Ghost Story" in which he sang the lead has a beautiful melody and is still sung to this day.
Days of Being Wild (1990) Canadian release version
Highlights of the film: In Hong Kong in the 1960s, "searching" was an inevitable theme. Xu Zai describes himself as a "footless bird", always looking for his biological mother, looking for love, and looking for himself. Leslie Cheung and Wong Kar-Wai collaborated for the first time, carefully showing Xu Zai's inner emptiness and restlessness, and covering it up with his unrestrained and nonchalant appearance. His free acting skills won him the Best Actor at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards. Anita Mui sang the theme song "This Is It", and Zhang Mei performed and sang through cross-media collaboration and audio-visual dialogue. It was such a fate. The version shown this time is an extremely rare 95-minute version, which is the Canadian version.
Across the World (1991) 4K
Highlights of the film: The pinnacle of John Woo's romantic aesthetics. Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-fat, and Chung Chu-hong, who are all in their respective golden periods, have left a classic trio in film history that is no less than "The Patriarch". Leslie Cheung was agile in the film and tried his best to do the action scenes personally. He endured a lot of hardships and presented a very unique and breakthrough screen character. "There are so many happy memories in the past, why not chase them with you" (lyrics of "The Wind Continues to Blow", theme song of "Across the World"). People of that era would chase after whatever they wanted at all costs. This film festival will bring a new 4K version.
Half a Life (1997) 4K
Highlights of the film: Anita Mui and Ann Hui have a close relationship. This film, adapted from Eileen Chang's "Eighteen Spring", details a story about the entanglement between lovers that took place in Shanghai. Xu Anhua controls the film style under the realism style. The cruel story and plain tone add to the tension. Anita Mui's background in Shanghai during the 1930s in the Republic of China was unconventional. Xu Anhua commented on her from this collaboration: "You don't need to sit there and work hard or cultivate your emotions. You can do it as soon as you turn on the camera." "The ability to comprehend is really amazing." This film It also allowed Anita Mui to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress again. This film festival will bring a new 4K version.
Zhong Wuyan (2001)
Highlights of the film: Johnnie To + Wei Jiahui seems to be a joke, but in fact, the banter reveals the truest side of love - sacrificing oneself for the sake of others may not be love. Love also includes occupation, destruction and destruction. "Chung Wu Yan" brings together three first-line actresses born in the 60s, 70s and 80s, Anita Mui, Sammi Cheng, and Cecilia Cheung. Anita Mui even disguises herself as a man, and her cross-dressing is better than that of a man. Her promiscuous and dissolute state is made crazy and cute. A unique work among Anita Mui's works.
Man Forty (2002)
Highlights of the film: Ann Hui explores middle age again after "Women at 40" and writes about this generation's grief over the loss of youth. It is also the last touch of color left by Anita Mui on the movie screen. She has completely subtracted herself and washed away all her glory. The traces of her performance have been gently erased and replaced by a haggard woman from an ordinary Hong Kong family. Anita Mui's acting style fits Xu Anhua's style of calming the surface but concealing the turbulence of life, using the skin of sadness to digest heavy emotions, like running water. The overall mood of the film also extends to the theme song "It's Hard to Love" that she sang with Jacky Cheung. The dilemma lyrics complement the film. This pair of singers and singers get as close to the hearts of the characters as possible and try their best to portray the characters to the end.
