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"A Chinese Ghost Story"

A Chinese Ghost Story

Director: Cheng Xiaodong

Starring: Leslie Cheung, Wang Zuxian, Wu Ma

Premiere: July 18, 1987

Movies are really an interesting art and meticulous enjoyment. Classic works such as "A Chinese Ghost Story" will bring you new surprises every time you watch them. Not only It's worth watching again and again, and worth watching three times, four times, five times, six times, up and down, left, and right. Today, let us move out this old film from 18 years ago and watch it carefully again!

Scene 1: Lanruo Temple

In the desolate temple, the little scholar lights up the lamp to read at night. Where the breeze blows, a female ghost appears...

Let’s tell the story An extremely terrifying scene, in "A Chinese Ghost Story", is treated as beautifully and ethereal as a fairyland: the music is soft and distant, a gentle female voice sings a thousand times, the gauze dances in the darkness, and the beauty with long hair and white clothes floats To... In many movies, in order to enhance the image of the heroine, she will not be allowed to appear so quickly, but "A Chinese Ghost Story" created enough atmosphere in just a few shots, and the four-shot head debut has already attracted everyone's attention.

Xiaoqian Wang Zuxian was just twenty at the time. She had acted in several silent movies and only made a vase. According to the memory of art director Xi Zhongwen: The crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story" selected Leslie Cheung as the male lead early in the morning, but they were still hesitant to decide on the female lead. They selected many Japanese actresses and Hong Kong stars such as Luo Meiwei, but never considered Wang Zuxian, because Xiaoxian She was a basketball player. She is tall and strong. She is 1.73 meters tall and can stand on tiptoes more than Leslie Cheung. How does she look like a weak and slender female ghost? However, Xiaoxian was determined and discerning. Hearing that the heroine was still undecided, he took the initiative to recommend himself. Once he came up with a look, the whole group's eyes lit up and it was immediately confirmed. This choice influenced Wang Zuxian's life, making her become a first-line acting actress and a professional female ghost in one fell swoop. Of course, you can also say that she should not be easily stereotyped, but a movie made an actor the best to play such roles. Chosen, who says this isn’t an amazing achievement?

Scene 2: Wilderness Road

The plot of this movie is really neat. As soon as the opening credits came out and a few short notes passed, a firm male voice immediately sounded: "The road of life, A sweet dream is like a long road..." At the same time, a distant view was revealed, and the male protagonist also appeared. Ahem, let me talk about the theme song "A Chinese Ghost Story" first. I have always had special feelings for this song, because it was the first time I knew that Leslie Cheung's singing voice was not as soft as I imagined. I once learned that this handsome young boy actually had a masculine and mellow voice. I still remember the shock I felt when I grabbed my classmate’s Walkman and pressed it to my ears when I heard the first line of the song... "The Road to the World" , Happy young man, the road is bumpy, and there is no sunshine. In the mud, there are many directions for happiness, with traces of dreamy wind and rain, and the road is confused with people..." In fact, I prefer this song when Leslie Cheung said goodbye two years later. In the version sung at the music concert, the line "dreams are vague, and there are tears vaguely" was sung thousands of times, full of ancient style; however, in that version, he performed the song with many vicissitudes of meaning, but in this Not in the movie. In the movie, this song comes to you with Ning Caichen. His voice and his steps are full of vigor, full of the innocent confidence of a young man who has great ambitions and no worries.

If someone else had lived Ning Caichen’s life, he would have been depressed to death. This guy is always unlucky and causes troubles as soon as he appears on the scene. When he ate the steamed buns, the steamed buns gnashed his teeth; when he smashed the steamed buns, he broke stones; when he kicked the steamed buns, his shoes were broken; when he lost his way, the compass spun around like a top; in the wilderness, heavy rain showered his head, which became the most difficult thing he encountered along the way. At the beginning; seeing him working hard to pull out the umbrella and open it, we all thought we could breathe a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly, a close-up showed that the umbrella was full of holes! It's hard for this stupid boy to realize it. He continues to walk through mountains and rivers. Even if he is rolling and climbing on the hillside, he has no resentment and only has a simple and honest smile.

Scene 3: The grass pavilion in the wilderness

When Ning Caichen’s little brother finally found the grass pavilion to take shelter from the rain and settled down for a while, the music changed to an exciting and fast rhythm - someone came. ! A bloody fight took place while the little scholar was stunned. Whenever this part of the movie is shown, the whole theater will burst into laughter, especially when you see Uncle Xiahou raising his knife and dropping it, and a stream of blood spurts on the little scholar's face. He shrinks his shoulders off guard, and for a moment he has no idea at all. At a loss, with his face covered in blood, he looked innocently at the murderous swordsman, his eyes full of frightened confusion...

I personally think this scene is the best in this movie. One of the most wonderful details, because it is so realistic that it doesn’t look like a performance at all, and the effect is just right, which shows the cuteness and gentleness of the little scholar; I personally have always felt that "A Chinese Ghost Story" is Leslie Cheung's best early performance. One of the best movies, "A Better Tomorrow II" and "Rouge", both of which were nominated for Best Actor, also have outstanding acting skills, but "A Chinese Ghost Story" is so good that you don't notice his acting skills at all. His honesty and simplicity are all natural, without any artificiality. The panic at the impending crisis, the courage to force himself to be calm, the helplessness in front of the beautiful woman, and the infatuation without hesitation are all so convincing, unlike many actors who play this character. There are traces of pretending to be stupid in such a simple youth. If this person was simply inexperienced, acting like this might be said to be a true performance; but at this time, Leslie Cheung, who had been in the entertainment industry for nearly ten years, was an idol superstar with unparalleled fame, a man who was accustomed to the world's ups and downs. How he could perform such an innocent temperament is really hard to understand.

Scene 4: Guobei County

The director of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is Cheng Xiaodong, but it is often considered to be Tsui Hark's work. It is said that it was due to the film industry supervisor's control over the film at that time. It had a great impact. At that time, Cheng Xiaodong admired Tsui Hark very much and refused to film the script without Tsui Hark's revision. When filming, he followed the script completely and refused to change a word. Tsui Hark planned to make "A Chinese Ghost Story" out of his admiration for Li Hanxiang. His version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was not adapted from "Nie Xiaoqian" in "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio", but adapted from Li Hanxiang's version of the same name in the early 1960s. , the entire story structure and plot development are almost exactly the same.