Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Leslie Cheung's death: Do you understand my brother's "East Evil West Poison Ultimate Edition"?

Inscription: April 1, 2023 is the 20th anniversary of the death of "brother" Leslie Cheung.

In 2009, Wong Kar-wai's film "East Evil and West Poison: Ultimate Edition" was released in the mainland. At that time, after watching the movie, I once wrote a film review (afterthought).

With this old article from 2009, I would like to commemorate "brother" Leslie Cheung. The Sri people are gone, and the voice remains.

How many years can be repeated

Many years ago, I watched "East Evil West Poison" for the first time. But when I saw half of it, I gave up. The dull tone of the movie and the fragmented plot made me feel depressed. A few years later, I watched the film again, and this time I insisted on watching it, but I still seemed to understand it.

April 1 this year marks the sixth anniversary of Leslie Cheung's death. This day is approaching, and Wong Kar-wai has also come to us with his "East Evil West Poison Ultimate Edition".

Watching this film is the best nostalgia for "brother".

"East Evil West Poison: Ultimate Edition" and the old version of "East Evil West Poison" are contrasted. The ultimate version was watched twice, and the old version was revisited.

This film is best for a person. Savor and ponder.

Every shot must be carefully watched, and every line must be carefully listened to. Otherwise, you won't be able to fully understand what it means.

It is not the kind of popular Hong Kong film, relying on twitter dialogue to enrich the content, its lines are concise and powerful, without a word of nonsense.

It is not an ordinary martial arts film, relying on fierce fighting to attract attention, the natural scenery, scenery, music, and even color changes in the film are closely related to the expression of the theme.

The ultimate version has deleted the two fight scenes at the beginning and end of the original version, and the lines have also been cut out a few sentences, highlighting Leslie Cheung's scenes at the beginning and end.

The last shot is a close-up of Western Poison to commemorate Leslie Cheung.

Compared with the original, the plot of the ultimate version is more compact and clear, and the graphics and soundtrack are more refined and beautiful.

The desert is dusk. Lonely and run-down inn. A person who cannot go back to the past and has no future. West poison Ouyang Feng.

He acts as an agent for killers to earn money, and even more to use this to falter the years, numb himself, and use ruthlessness to hide his inner loneliness and pain.

The inn standing in the desert is a stage, where Huang Yaoshi, Murong Yan, the orphan girl, the blind swordsman, and Hong Qi appear one by one, telling their own thoughts.

The hotel has become a fulcrum, strung together the love and hate of these men and women, and strung together the past time and space.

On the far back of this stage, there is a woman standing. A woman who loves peach blossoms. She is the eternal pain in Xi Poison's heart, a woman who once loved each other but became her sister-in-law. It is also the favorite of Huang Yaoshi.

Huang Yaoshi loves her, but she loves Ouyang Feng.

Huang Yaoshi was jealous of Ouyang Feng.

So, he tried to find someone who loved him, wanted to try to be liked.

His friend Peach Blossom, the wife of the blind swordsman, and Murong Yan, the princess of the Great Yan Kingdom, fell in love with him, but he began to run away again. Just because he has never been able to forget about Xi Poison's sister-in-law.

This woman, who likes peach blossoms, seems to invisibly control the fate of many people.

Ouyang Feng's ruthlessness, Huang Yaoshi's affection, Peach Blossom's empathy, Murong Yan's split personality, and the exile and death of the blind swordsman are all directly or indirectly related to her.

But this woman, who has invisibly changed the fate of many people, lives in pain day by day.

Lovesickness and waiting exhausted her youth and life, and before she died, she realized how stupid she was.

In life, how many women have ever been as stupid as her?

Just because the man never said the three words "I love you" to her, she resolutely left him and made him regret it.

Love is not a war. Because there will be no wins or losses.

The best and most brilliant years of her life, but the people she loved the most were not around.

After the years have stumbled to love, there is no room for hatred.

This woman who was holding red flowers before dying had heartbreaking emptiness and despair written on her face.

A woman who is as bright and fresh as a peach blossom withers alone, and her lover is not around before she dies.

She handed Huang Yaoshi a pot of wine. It's called "drunken dreaming death." Let him bring it to Ouyang Feng. I hope Ouyang Feng can forget her.

However, wine is just wine. The effect of drunkenness is only a choice for each person.

Huang Yaoshi chose to forget. After Ouyang Feng drank the wine, he remembered the past more clearly.

Ouyang Feng, who is arrogant and confident on the surface, actually has fear hidden in his heart. This fear stems from a lonely childhood. In order to protect himself from harm, he usually never reveals his thoughts and thoughts to others, even if this person is the person he loves the most.

He was afraid of rejection, so he chose to reject others first.

After drinking "Drunken Life and Dream Death", Ouyang Feng always had the same dream. Dream of a basket of eggs for an orphan girl. The orphan girl is rewarded with a basket of eggs to find someone who can avenge her. In the end, Hong Qi helped her.

Ouyang Feng once laughed at Hong Qi for losing a finger for an egg is not worth it, but Hong Qi said that he can do it if he wants, it is not worth it.

Hong Qi and his country wife are the only couple in the film who make people feel relaxed and warm. Because it is simple, it is direct, because it is direct, so happy, fearless, and courageous.

Ouyang Feng finally burned down the hotel and returned to White Camel Mountain. It turns out that as long as you want to, people can still turn back. It's just already too late. The peach blossoms in his hometown are still brilliant, but the woman who loved him is gone forever.

Without love, is it a desert? And the heart that carries too much love and sorrow is it too heavy?

All people are born lonely, and only simple and simple love can bring us warmth and hope.

Put aside those misleading fame and fortune, face and self-esteem, and love with a simple face.

If you love her (him), tell her (him), and if you love her (him), you take her (his) hand and walk together.

"Brother" Leslie Cheung quietly narrates everything in the film, calm and indifferent on the surface, but there are waves inside.

No need to speak, his every look and movement conveys a certain emotion and psychology, allowing us to feel the loneliness and loneliness of Xi Poison, his, and each of us.

The "brother" has passed away with the wind, and the men and women in the film are now old. Growing old together, there are also the years of our youth. "East Evil and West Poison" that I couldn't understand at the beginning, today I understand it. It was my age and experience that gave me insight into the movie.

How many years can I do again? How much love is still waiting in place? How nice it would be if everything could start all over again!

Only this article is used to commemorate "brother" Leslie Cheung and commemorate our lost youth and love.