I urgently need an American essay based on Leslie Cheung, 100-200 words, not a commemorative edition! !

I happened to see this. It's good. . . . . . .

Six Stories of Leslie Cheung's Floating Life

Nie Feiniao

I heard that there is a kind of bird in the world that has no feet. It can only fly all the time and sleep in the wind when it is tired. This bird only lands once in its life, and that time is when it dies.

-"The True Story of Teddy Boy"

"It's getting late, do it for one more second." Countdown with you. On April 1 2003, at 6: 04 1 pm, Leslie Cheung wandered on the balcony outside the fitness room on the 24th floor of Wenhua Hotel for more than1hour. The lyrics are just lyrics, but they correspond to Leslie Cheung's mood at this time. During this period, he called many friends. He also confided to a friend that he suffered from depression for a long time and his life was very difficult. He also thanked his gay Mr. Tang and other friends for taking care of him. Finally, he mentioned that he needed time to heal himself. He needs time.

You may delay, but time will not. This is a sentence from the monastery priest in the movie Dawn in Shanghai. At present, the most unbearable thing for Leslie Cheung is time. If time stands still, he may be able to get through this most unbearable moment. Under the beautiful Mandarin Hotel in Hong Kong, dusk has gradually arrived. Tired Leslie Cheung stayed alone in mid-air, as light as a feather, and he could not feel the weight of life. At the same time, Chen Shufen, the manager who has worked with Leslie Cheung in the entertainment circle for nearly 20 years, is waiting for him in the coffee shop downstairs; His comrade Mr. Tang is waiting at home to pick him up and play badminton with him. Time is stuck there, like a traffic jam, and everyone needs a long wait to arrive.

Five months ago, Leslie Cheung committed suicide. Suffering from depression, he endured the pain of life for five months. Mr. Tang stripped off his clothes and tried his best to stay in this world for a long time. However, Leslie Cheung can't wait any longer. For people with depression, boredom with life cannot be eradicated from the bottom of their hearts. Although all of us have been more or less world-weary, we often bypass the topic of death and quickly replace it with another kind of "happiness". After all, it takes courage to choose death

Leslie Cheung, 46, is at the most mature stage of her acting career. Whether acting or singing, she can do whatever she wants. Think about it. Older Adam Cheng, Chow Yun Fat and Alan Tam are still struggling. What can he bear? In 2002, Leslie Cheung made his last film Inner Senses. In this film, Leslie Cheung plays a psychologist. He saved one of his patients with his true love and rescued her from the terrible fantasy world. However, he didn't expect that something more terrible came to him. He began to see images of another space again and again, which reminded him of an unforgettable memory 20 years ago. In the film, Leslie Cheung often sleepwalks, climbs over the roof and tries to jump. Leslie Cheung gave a sad explanation to this hallucinatory character. Some critics think that Leslie Cheung's performance in the film Inner Senses was too devoted, which led to psychological imbalance and never recovered. This statement seems to be an interpretation of Cheng Dieyi's Farewell My Concubine. This can also prove that Vivien Leigh, a "Gone with the Wind", started to suffer from schizophrenia after starring in A Streetcar Named Desire. There is some truth in this statement, but it is too simple. Leslie Cheung's boredom with life and doubts about the meaning of life have a process of continuous accumulation. His understanding of every stage of life is influencing his final decision. Although such a decision may be hasty, it may be premeditated for a long time.

"If you can't find an eternal country, it's better to hug." (Countdown with you) What does Leslie Cheung want to embrace? Is it instantaneous eternity or eternal liberation? Life is not our choice. What about death? Can I choose for myself? What did he see at the last minute? See if he is a bird or a dreaming butterfly, a dragonfly passing by? Or a spring, a breeze, a child named "Ten Boys"? I'd rather believe that what he saw was the way he came.

On April 1 2003, Leslie Cheung was 46 and a half years old. He crossed the balcony and jumped off the 24th floor. Before he reached the ground, the wind roared in his ear.

Mottled spring scenery

I/have been floating for decades/shining in the starry sky/disappointed.

Please/allow me to go first/dedicate this song/see you again one day.

I hope to see me off with warm applause/just live a light life in the future.

Those warm hands can stay with me forever/why do you want more?

Still no remorse!

-"When the Wind Comes Again"

Leslie Cheung was the first Hong Kong artist to reveal his homosexuality. After his public identity, he not only actively participated in gay human rights activities, but also personally starred in several gay movies, and his 20-year stable relationship with his same-sex partner Mr. Tang was gradually recognized, praised and envied by people. In the eyes of the world, Leslie Cheung is an artist who is absolutely loyal to himself, doesn't care about the secular world, and "does not distinguish between man and drama". In fact, this is really a big misunderstanding of Leslie Cheung. For a long time, Leslie Cheung has been very concerned about what people around him think of him. He even burst into tears because the media misinterpreted his stage style. He also angrily asked the reporter to hand over the film, because the media caught him holding hands with Tang Wei.

Leslie Cheung earned a place in the music and film industry step by step. Whether singing or acting, he struggled for 65,438+00 years. It was not until 1997 that he publicly confessed to his beloved Mr. Tang by singing "The Moon Represents My Heart" at the concert that he really began to "live for himself" instead of living for art and the public. However, he chose a dramatic occasion and way to make his identity public. People are used to calling the public identity of homosexuals "coming out", but few people will ask, if I am gay, do I have to come out? Must I show you my life? I think, for Leslie Cheung, who has been carefully caring for this feeling, what he has done should be shown not only to Mr. Tang, but also to the media and the public who have violated the boundaries of his life.

1997, for Leslie Cheung, this means more than making his homosexual identity public. This year, he filmed the film "Spring is bursting" directed by Wong Kar-wai. 1997 is a sentimental year for Hong Kong people. Although the film tells the story of a gay couple who exiled themselves to South America, the phrase "We might as well start over" that the protagonist often talks about makes Hong Kong people read the implication. Television news footage of Deng Xiaoping's death appeared in the film. At this time, we discovered that Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu Wai had no father. This is also the confusion of Hong Kong people who suddenly need to define their origins. In the film, Tony Leung Chiu Wai always hides Leslie Cheung's ID card, thinking that this can keep Leslie Cheung's heart. The first scene at the beginning of the film is that Sean and his wife are having sex in a strange city. They seem to be partying at the end of the world. The emotional entanglement between the two people that followed was even more suffocating. What is a degenerate, what is a faint fragrance, and "early spring" is it.

At Cannes International Film Festival, "One Spring Festival" brought Wong Kar-wai the first award for best director of Chinese films. Tony Leung Chiu Wai also won the title of Best Actor in the Academy Awards, but Leslie Cheung went home empty-handed. For Leslie Cheung, who has made great efforts, there are still some things missing. In all fairness, Leslie Cheung's performance in the film is more open-minded and delicate than Tony Leung Chiu Wai's, especially the use of body language, which can be said to be the pinnacle. Whether he is twisting his body in bed and coquetry with his lover, or dancing with his lover in the kitchen, he is absolutely amazing. If he leaves Leslie Cheung's performance, the film will be ruined. Some critics think that Leslie Cheung's performance in Spring is too decadent and cynical, but do they still remember the scene of Leslie Cheung crying alone in front of the waterfall on the lampshade? Leslie Cheung seems to prove his unruly appearance and a fragile heart that can't stand plucking. The eternal theme that life is lonely is fully presented in Leslie Cheung's role situation. Leslie Cheung began to get rid of "myth" and "legend" and separate himself from his true self. Of course, such separation costs a lot.

After six years of filming "Spring at First Breath", 20 years of hard work failed to stop Tang Wei's determination to leave Leslie Cheung. "Who is ringing in the dead of night?" This is a sentence written by Mr. Tang on the elegiac couplet. Leslie Cheung is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding actors in the Chinese-speaking world, but how many people can understand him in the dead of night? Even Wong Kar-wai can only use the word "legend" to describe Leslie Cheung. The world is full of misunderstandings, even Wong Kar-wai is no exception.

Spring is infinitely beautiful, but it never stays for anyone. Leslie Cheung's last leap is by no means a poetic swan song. Only Leslie Cheung knows the pain of falling to the ground, and the blood he spilled on the street will eventually be forgotten.

Dream butterfly

You never really left, you in my heart forever; I still have love for you, and there is nothing I can do for myself.

Don't wander in the years. I have ten thousand kinds of unintentional tenderness. Don't ask me if I will see you again. Don't care if I am sincere. ...

-"When Love Is Past"

The Cannes International Film Festival 1993 in May can be said to be the most brilliant moment in Leslie Cheung's film career. Farewell My Concubine, directed by Chen Kaige and starring Leslie Cheung, ZhangFeng yi and Gong Li, won the Palme d 'Or Award for best film. Farewell My Concubine is based on a novel by Li Bihua, a Hong Kong writer. This film was adapted into a TV series as early as the 1980s. At that time, Li Bihua wanted Leslie Cheung to play the hero Cheng Dieyi, but Leslie Cheung didn't have the courage to turn himself into a butterfly. Unexpectedly, Leslie Cheung finally embraced Cheng Dieyi, after he crossed the sea.

Farewell My Concubine is undoubtedly a myth of China films in 1990s, and it can also be said to be the most gorgeous film. Chen Kaige, Gu Changwei, ZhangFeng yi, Gong Li, Ge You, Ying Da and Chiang Kai-shek are all brilliant. It can be said that Farewell My Concubine exhausted the artistic energy of Chen Kaige's life, and Chen Kaige's films went from bad to worse. For Leslie Cheung, Farewell My Concubine brought him Days of Our Lives, and he has been in the film industry for 10 years since then. Leslie Cheung changed from a singer to an actor, leaving his mark on the world film history.

Almost every DVD collector owns Farewell My Concubine, and there are many comments about this film. Leslie Cheung's Cheng Dieyi's confusion about her life inside and outside the stage and her gender is very understandable, and can only be described as "crazy". Some people say that Chen Kaige's films are typical grand narrative films, full of political and times changes, but I still see Cheng Dieyi's mental journey in them. It is not so much a movie with grand narrative as a movie with grand narrative and personal narrative. You know, although the director of this film is a man, the author of its novel is a woman. On the contrary, this kind of investment gives the film a tangled and ambiguous effect. For western audiences, this is an exotic Beijing opera. For oriental audiences, homosexuality with "different feelings" gives Farewell My Concubine a more "rich" color.

In fact, Leslie Cheung almost missed Farewell My Concubine. Cheng Dieyi's original actor was John Lone, a famous actor in China. John Lone has attracted worldwide attention for starring in the film The Last Emperor directed by Italian director bertolucci. However, due to the limitation of cooperation conditions, the producer finally gave up John Lone and Leslie Cheung and became attached to Cheng Dieyi. The creative team of Farewell My Concubine is mainly from the mainland. Leslie Cheung has made great efforts to cooperate with mainland creators so harmoniously and his performances so dazzling. So that the judges of Cannes International Film Festival voted for Cheng Dieyi, played by Leslie Cheung, as the "best actress". Although Leslie Cheung passed the championship in the end, Cheng Dieyi, played by Leslie Cheung, won the "Best Foreign Language Film Actor Award" awarded by the Japanese Film Critics Association.

The entertainment circle in Hong Kong is like an unpredictable river and lake. From 65438 to 0993, Leslie Cheung, who had been competing with others in music and film, had no rivals. This year, he was 37 years old. In the process of his harmonious coexistence with Cheng Dieyi, he began to walk towards his own legends and myths. Is he looking forward to this day? Is he ready? No one can answer. I still remember that when I saw Cheng Dieyi commit suicide on the stage, the unspeakable excitement immediately spread and mixed into a secretion called tears, which filled my eyes. This scene shocked me, but it didn't make me sad. In the same situation, April Fool's Day after 10 shocked everyone who learned that Leslie Cheung committed suicide. I dare not say that everyone is looking forward to such a moment, but I still hear many people say that Leslie Cheung repeated Farewell My Concubine, and he just needs such a gorgeous ending. A person's death is rapidly dramatized and programmed, and various versions of the suicide note and various versions of the cause of death speculation are getting farther and farther away from the truth. What is the truth? Leslie Cheung had hoped to get out of the illusory stage, but the applause on the stage stopped him. When he wants to get out of his depressed life, there is still a lot of discussion. However, this time he succeeded, and he finally couldn't hear the noise of the world.

When life is a thing of the past, only the breeze blows.

Buddha spirit

Let me be a passing dragonfly, leaving a process that can be missed;

It is my pleasure to waste my cheap life and let you be loved.

-"Dragonflies Passing by"

In the movie "The True Story of Teddy Boy" starring Leslie Cheung, Xu Ziyi, who is headstrong but scarred, insists that he has the right to choose a wild life. In The Story of Teddy Boy, what Xu Zi wants to know most is what he will see at the last moment of his life. He also said to Andy Lau: "I will not close my eyes when I die." He wants to see his end. Similarly, he also tried to see his position. In a way, the true story of A Fei is the closest to Leslie Cheung himself.

In The Story of Teddy Boy, Xu Zi stubbornly looks for his own mother. To this end, he did not hesitate to hurt his foster mother and every woman in his life. He chased his feelings by playing games and expressed his treasure by forgetting. But when he found his real mother, she refused to come out and recognize him. This is undoubtedly a satire on what he thinks is valuable and meaningful. There is a decisive and proud narration in the film: "I know there are a pair of eyes staring at me behind me, but I will never look back." I just want to see her and see what she looks like. Since she won't give me a chance, I won't give her the chance. "This scene, from constant standardization to high-speed photography, has also become the last scene in the short film broadcast at the farewell ceremony of Leslie Cheung's coffin, which is memorable and deeply touched. Did Leslie Cheung go his own way and never look back?

The True Story of Teddy Boy is neither the first film starring Leslie Cheung nor the last film starring him, but it has become the first peak of his film career. This film not only brought Leslie Cheung the honor of being the only winner of the Hong Kong Film Awards, but also made him return to the entertainment circle after 1989 announced his retirement from music. The True Story of Teddy Boy has created Leslie Cheung, the greatest film performance artist in Asia today, and also a Hong Kong generation of movie master and Wong Kar-wai. Wong Kar-wai's later films Ashes of Time, Chongqing Forest, Early Spring and In the Mood for Love made him a world-class director.

Starting from The True Story of Teddy Boy, Leslie Cheung began his film career of truly creating characters. In Farewell My Concubine, ashes of time and Spring Break, Leslie Cheung put his soul into every role he played. You seem to be more impressed by the role played by Leslie Cheung than by Tony Leung Chiu Wai, who also achieved great success. Contemporary singer Leslie Cheung left them far behind. He danced a tango with Cherie Chung in "Crossing the Ocean", which was elegant and calm and could not be accomplished by confident people.

The True Story of Teddy Boy was shot at 1990. 13 years later, 46-year-old Leslie Cheung took his own life. For fans who like Leslie Cheung, he left in a hurry. Leslie Cheung once said: "People say that cats have nine lives, but being a movie actor can exceed nine lives, and every movie is a life." From this sentence, we can feel that he regards movies as his life, but life is not always a movie full of climax. Even though he has held 33 concerts in a row, he still has to take a curtain call.

Does Leslie Cheung really need to go through so many lives? In fact, Leslie Cheung has been trying to get rid of many lives he created, but these efforts have failed. For his ultimate destination, he seems to have been well aware: "In the past, I thought there was a bird that flew at the beginning and landed on the day of death. In fact, it has never been anywhere, and this bird died from the beginning. " (The True Story of Teddy Boy)

What do you know about what happened to him? In Leslie Cheung's heart, there is a fast knot that Qian Qian has never opened to anyone. He doesn't want to talk about it, so we shouldn't ask.

Uncontrolled wind

This life/progress/this minute/who is missing?

I will say/yes, but you can't lose it.

Good scenery/unreal/who knows the fun of life?

I would say/love for love/still right. ...

I just want to catch up with every minute of my life/how ridiculous the result is/you are the real goal.

-"Chase"

Leslie Cheung sang many songs related to following the trend, such as When the Wind Comes Again, The Unrestrained Wind and The Wind Keep Blowing. In these songs, Leslie Cheung repeatedly sang about the past and stay. He once announced his retirement from music, and later "broke his word" and returned to music. This renege is more because he started his acting career as a singer. "The wind continues to blow, and I can't bear to stay away. I am very eager to be with you. " Leslie Cheung's love for the stage is higher than that of many artists who only regard performance as their job. 1977, participated in the Asian amateur singing competition organized by Hong Kong Lee TV Station, and was shortlisted. Leslie Cheung started his acting career at the age of 2 1. Leslie Cheung's singing career should be said to be smooth sailing. In the same year, he released his first record "daydreaming" shortly after he entered the business. According to incomplete statistics, Leslie Cheung has published at least 60 records. Although Zhang Zhang can't be said to be a classic, Leslie Cheung has become a Hong Kong music superstar since the mid-1960s. Although he became a superstar in Leslie Cheung until his death, he almost witnessed the rise and fall of Hong Kong entertainment circle. 1In the middle and late 1980s, the dispute between Leslie Cheung and Alan Tam fans, with the help of the media, became a great spectacle in the Hong Kong music scene. What is even more incredible is that Cantonese songs sung by Leslie Cheung, Danny Chan, Alan Tam, Anita Mui, George Lam and later Faye Wong swept the mainland almost effortlessly. Northerners who don't usually speak Cantonese sing Cantonese songs in KTV rooms. Cantonese songs have been popular in the mainland for more than ten years.

Hong Kong films surpassed mainland films in the 1990 s, and the achievements of commercial films and art films can be summarized as "brilliance". Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, Brigitte Lin, Stephen Chow, Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Andy Lau are all artists who have witnessed the brilliance of Hong Kong films. Another interesting example is that no country or region in the world has as many successful examples of "combination of singing and performance" and "combination of singing and singing" as Hong Kong. Leslie Cheung is the most representative one.

In 1980s, Leslie Cheung appeared in many films, and his performances in Drummer, Rouge Kou, Ghost Story, and Hero's True Color were also remarkable, but his brilliance on the screen was always overshadowed by other factors. The lyrics he sang in The Drummer, "I am willing to change my strength through pain and silently endure the tears going upstream", can quite represent his mentality when his career is in adversity. "Don't believe in fate, only believe in hard work with both hands" is Leslie Cheung's philosophy of life in the face of adversity.

Leslie Cheung's first film was the costume film Spring in the Red Chamber (1978), and Leslie Cheung played the devil incarnate Jia Baoyu, hanging out with a bunch of girls in the Red Chamber, with his big breasts exposed. Perhaps for some people, the starting point of Leslie Cheung's film career is a bit unbearable. Leslie Cheung himself doesn't think so. What he needs is a chance to make a movie. He needs the first time. Few actors in Hong Kong graduated from the Film Academy, but they all switched from film to film. Even the internationally renowned Maggie Cheung was only a vase in the movie for a long time. So is Leslie Cheung.

1982, Leslie Cheung's acting attracted attention for the first time, and he was nominated for the best actor in the Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in the film "Youth in Fire". At the end of this year, Leslie Cheung met Tang Hede (Mr. Tang) who had been with him for 20 years.

1989, Leslie Cheung, tired of the competition in the music industry, decided to quit the music industry and move to Canada after 33 concerts. At this time, he didn't expect to return to the entertainment circle soon because he won the prize for starring in The True Story of Teddy Boy. At least on the stage, Leslie Cheung heard a flood of appeals and made up his mind at that moment.

Guaiguai shishi

I/look back on a certain year/look like a eclipsed photo/at first glance/

This/confused teenager/willing to sing/devoted every day/unchanged for life.

Let the old wind make fun of me/let the old despair pass.

My favorite song is finally finished/useless.

When the wind is blowing/silent, this heart no longer cares and insists.

I'd rather go home in tears. ......

-"When the Wind Comes Again"

Leslie Cheung's account of his childhood life is almost the same. My father was busy with work and women other than my mother. Later, my parents divorced and my brothers and sisters were older than him. Therefore, his childhood was lonely and he didn't even have a talking partner. Some people say that it was the misfortune of childhood that led Leslie Cheung to the point of no return, and his family should bear a great responsibility. But I always have some doubts about these statements. Has Leslie Cheung really never felt the warmth of family?

Leslie Cheung's own evaluation of his parents is this: "My father loves me unconditionally, and my mother's kindness to me is conditional. If I were not Leslie Cheung today, my grandmother would have reservations about my love. Dad has passed away, but I always feel that his love for me is unreserved, but I just don't know how to express it ... I knew from an early age that when I talked to him, he listened patiently, but my grandmother didn't, so for a long time, my grandmother and I didn't even communicate. " Leslie Cheung said from the bottom of his heart that time cannot be turned back. Leslie Cheung in childhood and Leslie Cheung in adolescence, like all children, have their own loneliness and happiness, as well as shortcomings and satisfaction. There are many imperfections in life. Some people want Leslie Cheung to be perfect, but Leslie Cheung doesn't want to look perfect for others.

As a teenager, Leslie Cheung traveled across the ocean to go to school in England. It was his father who sent him there. If his father hadn't had a stroke, he wouldn't have finished his studies in England early. Maybe, Leslie Cheung will have another life.

Leslie Cheung's father was a Hong Kong tailor, and Leslie Cheung's original name was Zhang Fazhong. In the Zhang family, he is the youngest and ranks tenth, so his relatives call him "Shi Zi". The servant who looks after ten children is called "Sister Six". Leslie Cheung and his six sisters have deep feelings. 265,438+0 years old, and borrowed the fee for applying for Li TV Station. After Sixth Sister got old, Leslie Cheung bought her a house specially.

/kloc-in September of 0/2, life in Leslie Cheung began.