Chapter 90 identity anxiety

In January 1997, Leslie Cheung confessed himself in the last performance of his comeback concert. He made some groundwork first, declaring: "As long as I am happy, outsiders have no right to ask, I will only be Leslie Cheung." When singing "I Honestly Love You", he looked at Mr. Tang Hede in the audience, and finally, He used "The Moon Represents My Heart" to express his heart to tens of thousands of fans: "Mr. Tang is the most beloved person in my life other than my mother!" Before that, his identity was ready to be revealed, and what was missing was the affirmation of the person concerned.For this affirmative answer, he has painstakingly and patiently prepared a lot of groundwork.From songs to movies, there are mysteries everywhere, such as "From that day on, I fell in love with my left hand, and from that day on, I hated my right hand", "I am me, a firework with different colors", "How happy, in Liuliwu Tell the world what is bright and upright." Also, "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves I" are all shadowy, veiled, and shadowy flowers moving across the wall.After finishing his homework and making sure that he wouldn't scare anyone, he walked out of the closet graciously.

In 1997, Leslie Cheung was not the only one who came out of the closet.That year was really incredible. Hong Kong directors invariably chose similar themes to ask "Who am I?" "Fallen", Huo Yaoliang filmed "The more depraved, the more heroic", the story is blurred and broken, the characters struggle to prove themselves, wanting to know whether they belong to the left hand or the right hand. Why, why did they come together in 1997?Probably because Hong Kong people's vague identity anxiety reached its peak that year, and it was really necessary to find an appropriate subject to reflect in reality.In fact, this kind of sentiment once came on a large scale in the 1980s, but in a more subtle way.That is "A Chinese Ghost Story" in 1987 and the female ghost movies that spewed out since then. The female ghosts in the movies are often in an awkward position. They are not human, but they are not completely ghosts. Unable to see the sun on the ground, he must go through a series of complicated procedures, even a battle between the world and the devil world, before he can reunite with the hero.

No matter how anxious, it finally passed.Kwan Jin-peng's "The Happier the More Depraved" premiered on February 14, 1998. At this time, the dust had settled and everything was revealed. In the song of "Undercurrent" by Huang Yaoming as the ending song, the two protagonists drove across Tsing Ma Bridge.In Huo Yaoliang's "The More Depraved, the More Heroes" that will be released next, the two male protagonists drove over from the other side of the Tsing Ma Bridge at the beginning, but the protagonists in "The Happier the More Degenerate" are ordinary citizens. The more corrupt the hero, the protagonist is a killer.It seems that after crossing the symbolic Tsing Ma Bridge, the story lost its reality and became a fairy tale.What will happen in the future?We can only use fairy tales as a prospect, and step by step from now on, it is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

But this time, it is Taiwan. Movies with similar themes appear on a large scale, and they are all related to identity: "Etude", "Cape No. 7", "Nine Falling Winds"... Only this time, there is no anxiety, There is no struggle or anxiety, only confirmation of the new identity.When Hu Defu sang "Wind of the Pacific Ocean" at the end of "Etudes", I knew he was at peace, and felt a sense of loss.