What do you think of Leslie Cheung s Farewell My Concubine?

At the end of the movie, Dieyi sang: I am a man, not a woman. In a trance, he was out of the play.

For most of his life, the female Jiao'e has been an identity imposed on him by the outside world, and he is a man at all. When he is out of the play, he shouldn't love his brother. And in the past few decades, he has fused Yu Ji and himself into one.

In real life, the overlord is a fake overlord, and Yu Ji is also a fake Yu Ji. The reality is so absurd, he has made the difference between reality and drama clear, and he refuses to get out of this opera. Because he was once so gorgeous and peerless, he turned all beings upside down, so he killed himself and completed the play "Farewell My Concubine".

Therefore, Chen Kaige commented on Dieyi, a romantic idealist.

There are three reasons why Cheng Dieyi in "Farewell My Concubine" killed herself in the end, in general:

1, it is Yu Ji's persistent personality and wants to die in front of the overlord. In the story, Dieyi is actually Yu Ji, and Yu Ji is also Dieyi, and the fate of the two is to shadow each other. The "overlord" is useless, and the "she" who plays against the overlord - Yu Ji can no longer hold on to her feelings, so she will die in front of the overlord.

2, Dieyi wants to complete the plot of the story by committing suicide. Dieyi is a person with a dream, he loves the kind of warm and vivid performances on the stage, and only when he co-starred with his brother on the stage "Farewell My Concubine", he can fulfill his wish and become a real pair with his brother.

The stage is where Dieyi realizes her dreams. So when Dieyi found that in real life, he and his senior brother did not have the same intimacy as before, he would rather choose to end his life with the role of Yu Ji and be a real "farewell concubine".

3, he is old and unacceptable, Dieyi chooses to commit suicide, because he was once so beautiful and peerless, and he has turned all beings upside down. It can be seen that the relationship between the two protagonists cannot get out of the allusion of "Farewell My Concubine", which is the most reasonable and dramatic treatment!

And with Cheng Dieyi's temperament, he can't accept such a love: the overlord is useless, and it is an embarrassing situation to prolong his emotions when "her" is exhausted. In real life, Cheng Dieyi is an indulgent person, but because of this, "she" can't accept the reality and go to a bad situation.

Leslie Cheung and Cheng Dieyi.

Leslie Cheung vividly interpreted Cheng Dieyi's role of "not crazy, not alive" with excellent acting skills. Leslie Cheung was also nominated for Best Actor at the 46th Cannes International Film Festival for this film (Leslie Cheung was only lost by one vote). Leslie Cheung has acted in many classic movies in his life, but when it comes to his most internationally influential films, it is probably "Farewell My Concubine".

Leslie Cheung's performance is the key to the film's success. In 1993, "Farewell My Concubine" went to the Cannes Film Festival and finally won the Cannes Palme d'Or.

The domestic film "Farewell My Concubine" can be said to be an eternal classic group investigation, the film revolves around the joys and sorrows of the two Peking Opera singers for half a century, shows the thinking and comprehension of traditional culture, human living conditions and human nature, and profoundly analyzes the human nature, culture, and historical issues in the context of the great era. ......Its narrative structure has both an epic pattern, with a strong literary and artistic atmosphere in its bones, the characters are portrayed very clearly, without the slightest blur and stiffness, the film is set off by a strong Chinese culture, highlighting the collision of human nature in the context of the dark and turbulent era, with the theme of infatuation and betrayal, the gorgeous dream-like old drama, the ups and downs of the characters' tragic and joyful lives and half a century of ups and downs are intertwined and integrated into a film of more than two hours, the main line is clear, and the ending is clean. It is not branched, but the aftertaste is timeless. ......

The film was released in Chinese mainland and Hong Kong in 1993, and has since been released in many countries and regions around the world, and has broken the box office record of Chinese mainland literary films in the United States. ......This is the first film in Chinese mainland to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and it is the only film in China to win this award so far. It is indeed a pity that Leslie Cheung lost to the actor by one vote at the Cannes Film Festival, and even the jury apologized to him, it is said that it is because it is inconvenient to let the same film win both the Palme d'Palm and the Best Actor award.

And the actors who were nominated for Best Actor at the Golden Horse Awards that year had their first reaction was to ask Leslie Cheung if he was nominated, saying that if he had him, he would not have hoped.

In addition, the film has also won many international film awards such as the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in the United States, the International Federation of Film Critics Award, and so on. In 1994, Leslie Cheung won the Special Contribution Award of the 4th China Film Performing Arts Society for this film. In 2005, "Overlord Don't Defeat Yu Ji" was selected as one of the "100 Best Movies in Global History" by Time Magazine.

As a flag-level work in the Chinese film industry and a film with world-class honors, "Farewell My Concubine" has both epic pattern and cultural connotation, and in the context of profound Peking Opera art, it shows the multi-faceted and rich nature of people when their roles are misplaced and facing disasters, and the power of human nature contained in it and the wonderful performances of the actors have conquered many movie audiences around the world. The eternal "Farewell My Concubine", the eternal brother Leslie Cheung!

"Farewell My Concubine" is mainly based on the background of the late Qing Dynasty, Cheng Dieyi was sent to the troupe to learn art since he was a child, and grew up with his senior brother Duan Xiaolou. Their attitude towards opera, no matter how many changes they have undergone, Cheng Dieyi is still the same. I remember Cheng Dieyi's anger when she knew that Duan Xiaolou liked that woman, and she was helpless.

I can only grit my teeth and say from the beginning. He really lived in the play, but it's a pity that the overlord was not with him. If you don't go crazy, you can't live, the role played by Leslie Cheung interprets Cheng Dieyi's life.

Born in the play, died in the play. Cheng Dieyi longs for him to continue to play Farewell My Concubine with his senior brother, although he is a man, he has a feminine demeanor and makes singing all his own.

In the film, the senior brother Duan Xiaolou has taken care of Cheng Dieyi very much since he was a child, perhaps it is this warmth that makes Cheng Dieyi feel at ease, since he was a child, the senior brother has been taking care of himself, coupled with the role in the play, an emotion is slowly derived. This kind of emotion is a bit complicated, family affection, love may exist. He was a genius and paranoid.

He lived in his own world and became a real Yu Ji. But there was no real overlord, and it ended up being a desolate ending.

Farewell My Concubine" The pinnacle of Chinese films, as long as you talk about domestic movies, "Farewell My Concubine" must be a peak that cannot be overcome. The pinnacle of China Electricity Rental Film, it is the only Chinese-language film to have won both the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in the United States. This is also based on a complex work, including a lot of people, some people see the transformation of society, some people see the darkness of human nature in special periods, some people see the distortion of gender, and some people see the persistent ...... of drama like lifeThere are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, and a good movie deserves to be interpreted again and again.