How much sensation did the death of Leslie Cheung cause?

In the days after he left, it was difficult to find more Leslie Cheung albums in the video store downstairs. Because they have been snapped up. Click on the MP3 link of Leslie Cheung's songs on the Internet and be told that "the number of online users exceeds the limit, please download later". It coincided with the SARS period. At that time, Hong Kong smelled of eschatology, and nothing went out of the street. It kept raining in Mao Mao. Even so, the fans wore masks and umbrellas and sent the last paragraph to this person.

All kinds of flowers filled the street in front of his house, filled the door of the Mandarin Hotel, and there was a dignified atmosphere everywhere. There are stills, postcards and letters left by fans in places related to him. Needless to say, all kinds of reports in Hong Kong, just look at the impact of a few days, there is a momentum to overwhelm SARS reports; In addition to the mainland media scrambling to report, "News 30 Minutes" also broadcast the news of the death of Hong Kong artists for the first time.

Global person Weekly: Many people still remember the Hong Kong Wind Northern Expedition in the 1980s, and Leslie Cheung was the export place of the Hong Kong Wind Northern Expedition. In the 1990s, Leslie Cheung's singing has not dissipated in mainland China. Li Wan, a famous music critic in the Mainland, said, "From audio tapes to video tapes, Leslie Cheung combines performance with music, catering to the new audio-visual trend, and its popularity is much higher than that of Alan Tam." Li Wan remembers that when she walked on the streets of Wuhan, the video of Leslie Cheung's concert would be played in the video stores in the streets, especially the boys were fascinated by Leslie Cheung.

In Huanggang City, which is adjacent to Wuhan, there is a Huanggang Middle School which is famous for its high admission rate of college entrance examination. At the New Year's Eve party on 1990, senior students performed two programs, Little Tiger's break dance and Leslie Cheung's song "Monica", and the audience's screams and cheers became louder and louder.

Hong Kong's Ming Pao: Leslie Cheung's international influence is second to none among Asian stars, whether in movies or music, and his death has also caused a strong shock around the world. The world's major media, including the world's three major news organizations, Midland, AFP and cnn, reported the news of Leslie Cheung's death; Authoritative films and cultural magazines, including French Film Notes, have published special topics one after another, and various commemorative meetings, concerts and film screenings have emerged one after another in the past year.

In Japan, NHK "Window of Asian Pop" in Tokyo and FM "Radio Cafe" in Kyoto both produced "Special programs to pay tribute to Leslie", and the Japan-China Friendship Association in Tokyo held a commemorative meeting. Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Osaka, Fukuoka, Yokohama and Nagoya all held commemorative activities of different scales.

In 2003, the China Film Festival in Yokohama, Japan, the 13 Fukuoka Film Festival in Japan, the 2003 Fukuoka Focus on Asia Film Festival, the Kawasaki Yasu Film Festival in Kanagawa Prefecture, the 25th Gifu Asian Film Festival and the Matsuyama Film Festival in Ehime Prefecture all arranged tribute to Leslie Cheung, and held special commemorative film festivals.

Hundreds of commemorative film screenings of "Salute to Leslie Cheung" were held in cinemas in major Japanese cities. Celebrities in Japanese film and music circles also expressed their regret over Leslie Cheung's death through different channels.

In South Korea, Leslie Cheung is also widely missed by fans and fans. On June 12, 2003, Leslie Cheung was honored at the Korean film Bell Award ceremony and held the "Leslie Cheung Memorial Service". On July 20th, Leslie Cheung ranked 10 in the Korean film channel "Top 100 Movie Stars Election", and was the only foreign movie star to enter the top 10. There are numerous commemorative activities in Southeast Asia, such as the "Forever Superstar Leslie Cheung Memorial Service" jointly organized by Universal Records and Rolling Stone Records, and the "Taoer Music City" in Malaysia.

In the west, many countries held special commemorative film exhibitions for Leslie Cheung.

On July 6th, 2003, the memorial film festival "Beautiful Alone: Leslie Cheung" at Cornerhouse Cinema in Manchester, England called Leslie Cheung "one of the most dazzling stars in Hong Kong", "an outstanding actor in the eyes of westerners and a senior movie star in the eyes of orientals". From 2003 10 to 3 10, the Australian Film Painting Center held a film appreciation meeting in Melbourne called "The True Story of Teddy Boy-A Review of Leslie Cheung's Screen Career", "to pay tribute to one of the most talented and popular movie stars in the world".

From 65438 to February 6, 2003, the Los Angeles "Tribute to Leslie" Film Festival opened in Hollywood, and specially arranged a tribute to Leslie Cheung, which attracted a large number of American audiences and spoke highly of Leslie Cheung's artistic achievements. From 65438+2 1 year1October, the Rotterdam Film Festival in the Netherlands held the "Leslie Cheung Memorial Film Festival".

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