Why is "Farewell My Concubine" one of the pinnacles of Chinese movies?

The reason why "Farewell My Concubine" has such a high status in our hearts; on the one hand, it is because it is "Brother" Leslie Cheung's classic; on the other hand, because Brother is irreplaceable in our hearts The status represents the pinnacle of my brother’s acting career; so he is the pinnacle of Chinese movies;

I can’t remember the year or month, I just know that I was still in college, at the Internet cafe outside the school. Is it because I'm writing a thesis? Or play with classmates? Forgot! I vaguely remember that late at night, maybe I had finished what I should do, so I turned on the movies on the computer in the Internet cafe, picked through them, and somehow I chose "Farewell My Concubine".

I didn’t know much about Mr. Leslie Cheung before, but I must have seen his movies and listened to his songs. But now I can't remember where or when I came into contact with any of his works. In the mid-1980s, when I was in primary school, Mr. Leslie Cheung had already begun to become popular in Hong Kong. In the early 1990s, when I was in junior high school, Mr. Leslie Cheung had already retired from the music scene. Throughout elementary and junior high school, my classmates and I had crushes on many different celebrities. In that small village, the 1980s and 1990s were when Hong Kong and Taiwanese culture began to spread. I bought postcards of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Shanghai Beach" at stalls outside the school. My classmates gave me Zhong Chuhong, Zeng Huaqian, and even They were cards from Nicky Wu and Jimmy Lin. Actually, Wu and Lin were not much older than me. As an older generation, Mr. Leslie Cheung was already in his prime, but for some reason, I didn’t meet him at this time. Maybe it's not that I haven't encountered it, but that I forgot?

When I was in high school, I lived with low self-esteem. From a small village to a county town, there have been many changes. Now it seems that that county was nothing more than that, but at that time it destroyed my self-esteem. The wild girl in the countryside, seeing those fashionable girls in the county, just looked down at the messy shoes under her feet, I was that girl. So my three years of high school life consisted only of studying. I had no idea how other people lived. Living in the dormitory, watching movies and dramas once a month, became my only connection with the outside world. However, apart from war dramas, they were educational dramas, which became meaningless after a long time. Have I ever crossed paths with Mr. Leslie Cheung? The one thing that left me with lasting memories during this period was "Titanic" in 1997. Although I didn't watch this movie, I still learned about it from the overwhelming discussion among my classmates and from the cards on the street vendors everywhere. Blockbusters. Another deviant experience. It's also New Year's Eve. I don't know why, but this holiday feels particularly sentimental. At that time, my friend invited me to go out, so I went. She was nagging me about her relationship problems, and I knew that. In the video room next to the theater, we watched movies and talked. In our youth, we kept talking about the sadness that came from nowhere. It's midnight and I'm not sleepy. Somehow, there was a scene of a man and a woman touching each other on the screen. The scale was so bold, I felt a little worried. My friend seemed to have seen the world, but she was actually embarrassed... Later we went to the same university, and now she has gone to the capital, and I am in a foreign land.

In college, I saw the provincial capital city and realized the insularity and arrogance of the small county town. At this time, I am still a girl. In the past four years, in addition to reading books and taking classes and working part-time, I also chased handsome guys and gossiped. But when did I meet Mr. Leslie Cheung? I really can’t tell clearly, but I know that I must have met him.

After watching "Farewell My Concubine", I thought that no one else could play Cheng Dieyi except Leslie Cheung. Later I fell in love with Leslie Cheung.

Looking again, I think Leslie Cheung is not Cheng Dieyi. Cheng Dieyi does not distinguish between human and drama, but lives in the drama. I once read a novel by Ye Guangqin. The heroine loved to sing opera. The child died and was buried under a tree, with her feet still exposed, but she continued to sing opera without any joy or sorrow.

I also want to say that this seems to be about a few people and nearly half a century of China’s history, but it is actually about people. We were once Xiaosi, as Mo Yan admitted frankly during his Nobel Prize speech; we were once Duan Xiaolou, but we should be more like Juxian. She has the dedication of a traditional woman, and her love for life makes her dare to fight. This is a role that is not inferior to that of a man. But none of us can do it like Cheng Dieyi. He was an angel sent to us by God, but he was finally ruined by us.

We can’t make Cheng Dieyi. He has been abandoned (mother), encountered abuse (master), enjoyed care (Little Stone), tasted bullying (Eunuch Zhang), and experienced the destruction of his country and his family (Japanese), but he still has a pure heart Really, there is a kind of stubbornness, which is what we call a stubbornness. Everyone is in danger and everyone protects themselves, why shouldn't he do that? This is cuteness, the light of humanity that remains in troubled times and complex struggles. Who among us can become Cheng Dieyi? Today we are well-dressed and sanctimonious. If we were put back into that era, who could be like Cheng Dieyi?

After watching the movie, we should learn to understand, learn to be grateful, learn to be tolerant, and learn to live rationally and peacefully. Thanks to "Farewell My Concubine" and Mr. Leslie Cheung. ?On the occasion of the New Year, I wish everyone a fulfilling and meaningful life.