In a trance, Zhang Guorong had been dead for 18 years.
For fans who love Zhang Guorong, they may gradually accept the reality, the depression in their hearts has faded, and then scattered, as well as the ignorant youth of that year.
As an actor, Zhang Guorong has participated in 56 films, large and small, and according to the statistical standards of the mainland's 10 billion filmmakers box office list, there are 8 works with roles within the second time, and the box office is only 103 million.
Of course, this statistical standard is only for mainland theaters, like Zhang Guorong became famous very early, and many works have not landed in mainland theaters, the actual box office should be much higher.
Although the total box office of Zhang Guorong as a starring actor has just exceeded 100 million, it has to be said that the 8 movies included in the statistics are classics.
First of all, "Farewell to the King", this film is the pinnacle of Zhang Guorong, even if it is a film 38 years ago, but now it still looks very high,170,000 people participate in the evaluation, Douban score is as high as 9.6, one-star bad reviews account for only 0.1%, and five-star praise accounts for up to 82%, and the awards are countless, to this day, there are really few films that can look back.
As the first of the top ten Hong Kong films, "The Legend of Ah Fei", gathered Zhang Guorong, Maggie Cheung, Liu Jialing, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Liang Chaowei, these powerful actors with superb acting skills, although it is only a literary and art film of Wong Kar-wai, but the social response is very high, and Cheung Kwok-wing also won the Academy Award.
Looking at the "Hero's True Colors" series, although many viewers remember the little ma brother played by Zhou Runfa, Du Zijie, played by Zhang Guorong, is also impressive, and also laid the foundation for the joint performance of the two in "Across the Sea".
After trying literary and art films and gunfight films, Zhang Guorong joined hands with Wang Zuxian to present the most classic fantasy movie "Qiannu Ghost" to the audience, and the song of the same name still lingers in the ears of film fans.
"Spring Break" challenges the world, "Rouge Buckle" tears, "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves" anti-string love, "Heterogeneous Space" suspense romance, Zhang Guorong starred in these films, only the Douban of "Heterogeneous Space" is scored at 7.5, and the rest are above 8 points.
And just 6 years after Zhang Guorong's death, the movie "East Evil west poison: The ultimate version" was released, and only won 25 million box office.
"East Evil West Poison: Ultimate Edition" box office is not high, mainly because the film is a second cut version of "East Evil West Poison", you know, when the original film was released that year, it obtained a box office result of 27 million.
The reason why Wong Kar-wai launched "East Evil and West Poison: The Ultimate Edition" is to commemorate Zhang Guorong; the second is to re-repair the film, changing from cool tones to warm colors, and revising the soundtrack, giving the audience a better audiovisual feeling; the third is to cancel the narration, the plot sequence returns to normal, and the time vein is much clearer.
However, compared with the original film, "East Evil and West Poison: The Ultimate Edition" is 7 minutes less, and some scenes have been cut, such as the scene where Liang Chaowei kills a horse thief, and one of the scenes where Hong Qiqi is taken care of by his wife is also removed.
The most crucial thing is that Wong Kar-wai left the last shot of "East Evil and West Poison: Ultimate Edition" to Zhang Guorong, which is a memorial to the old partner who has cooperated for many years.
It is worth mentioning that when filming "East Evil and West Poison", Zhang Guorong and Lin Qingxia had a kiss scene, but when the movie was released, it was cut out, even in the version of "East Evil West Poison: Ultimate Edition", Wong Kar-wai did not make up for this regret.
Today, Zhang Guorong has been dead for 18 years, "Nie Xiaoqian" Wang Zuxian has drifted overseas, and his heart is empty; "sister-in-law" Zhang Maggie is a single shadow and alone; "Murong Yan" Lin Qingxia quit the film world and teaches her son; "Rose" Liu Jialing and Liang Chaowei double-fly; "Like a flower" Mei Yan's fragrant jade death, these actresses who cooperate with Zhang Guorong have different destinations.
In 18 years, although the box office of Zhang Guorong's starring film is not very high, there is a big gap compared with the current tens of billions of actors, but on its achievements in the history of film, no one can erase, he involves the wide range of film themes, the magic of shaping characters, all of which are admired by posterity.