What was said about Leslie Cheung’s 97 Golden Horse Awards?

At the 1997 Golden Horse Awards ceremony, the warm-up performance before the opening maliciously ridiculed "Happy Together" and Leslie Cheung's gay identity. The actor on the stage pretended to be gay with an exaggerated and disgusting expression and kissed the person next to him. The person next to him pushed him away and cursed him with "disgusting, perverted" and the like. The photographer in the audience used the camera with ulterior motives amid the laughter of the audience. Aimed at Leslie Cheung.

In a sketch that lasted only a few minutes, Leslie Cheung’s facial close-ups were focused four times, each time lasting nearly ten seconds. Zhang could only keep up with the laughter throughout the scene calmly, and his silent expression in the end looked very uncomfortable. You know how unbearable the humiliation is when you become the object of ridicule to the audience and the TV audience and have to stick your face out for them to hit.

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The reason why "Happy Together" is regarded as a classic of literary and romantic films is not only the affectionate performances of Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, but also closely related to the film's unique artistic attainments. . The film does not emphasize story or drama, but is strongly impressionistic and sensory.

The wandering soul in a foreign country, the noise and bustle at the bottom of society, and the incomprehensible appearance and alienation are all expressed by "shaking". This is also an external manifestation of Du Kefeng's handheld photography style that amplifies the emotions of the characters.

In addition, the inherent sense of presence of the handheld lens also shortens the emotional distance between the audience and Li He. Through the highly affecting lens, the audience seems to have become bystanders of the daily life of this same-sex couple.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Happy Together