"Days of Being Wild" Somewhere other than here - Why does Yodi, played by Leslie Cheung, dream of a southern paradise? ※note! It touches on the end of the movie.

The Birds flying towards paradise became a symbol of Leslie Cheung's way of life.

With Leslie Cheung receiving a lot of attention as the lead role, the title ``Afei Zhengden'' took on a different nuance. It has a similar title to Lu Xun's famous novel `` A Q Zheng Biography '', a novel that is all too familiar to people living in Greater China. ``A Q Seiden'' was serialized in the newspaper ``Chengpo'' from 1921 to 1922, and A Q is depicted as a man who does not face his current situation directly, but whose pride is higher than most people's.

Yodi, who Leslie plays in Days of Being Wild, is not a shabby and stupid person like Ah-Q, but she does have such high self-esteem that she does nothing every day and makes fun of the people around her. Common.

Wong Kar-wai, as well as Maggie Cheung and Carina Lau, who played his girlfriends, say that Yodi is the exact character of Leslie Cheung. She is beautiful, noble, and gracefully manipulates the people around her like a cat.

Yodi opens the movie with a quote from Tennessee Williams' ``Inferno.''

Apparently there is The Birds without legs.

The legless The Birds continues to fly, and when it gets tired, it sleeps in the wind.

And then, for once in his life, he falls to the ground.

-That was the final moment.

No one would disagree with Leslie Cheung's beauty in ``Days of Being Wild.''

A spoiled young man who seeks his mother's affection cannot help but call out to her when he sees a beautiful woman in front of him. When he pulls her into his arms like that and pulls her tightly into his arms, he sadly can't be satisfied with just that warmth. Although he is in his 30s, he has no beard or shank hair, and is smooth all over the place, making him seem like he could easily slip through your hands.

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Wong Kar-wai is said to have imagined the flightless The Birds as the brightly colored windbirds of the Malay Archipelago and New Guinea, but Leslie herself has transformed into a magical artist unrivaled in the Hong Kong entertainment world. go. As she got older, her beauty became more fearsome and dangerous, and she sometimes danced mysteriously in red high heels at live performances.

As she reaches the height of her expression, she transcends gender boundaries and enters her own unique realm, just like David Bowie, Madonna, and Lady Gaga, but Leslie was the first to do so in Hong Kong and Asia. It can be said that he was an artist who embodied something radical.

However, it cannot be said that all local audiences understood him well. In Hong Kong, a small city, there is a lot of open gossip reporting, and even unfounded rumors are sometimes published in newspapers.

In 1990, the year before ``Days of Being Wild'' was produced, he became tired of being publicized about his rivalry with a certain singer, announced his retirement, and moved to Canada. Even after Hong Kong's handover in 1997, he lived a reclusive life in Canada.

However, each time he disappears, fans mourn his absence, and eventually he receives an enthusiastic offer to return. In the 1990s, he produced internationally acclaimed works such as `` The Flaws of Paradise '' and ``Buenos Aires'' with Wong Happy Together -wai, and `` The King's Princess '' and `` Flower's Shadow '' with China's Chen Kaige. He rose to the position of one of Asia's leading actors.

His next mission was to become a film director. In Hong Kong's Yi Tong-shin's 1996 film `` Dreams' ', which depicts the behind-the-scenes of the porn industry, Leslie played a failing film director, and the film part in the film was directed by Leslie herself. He was very enthusiastic about making a feature film, and seemed to have the script and staff in place.

Emi Wada, a costume designer who has had a strong relationship of trust with Leslie since they worked together on the 1993 martial arts film `` Killer Wolf: White Haired Witch's Legend, '' was offered to design the costumes for a film he directed, and they actually had several meetings. It is revealed that.

At that time, I visited his room and found it to be a beautiful space with no gaps, like an art museum.I was worried about his meticulous nature, and said, ``Leslie, because filmmaking is a series of things that don't go according to plan, I'm not sure about your room or this place.'' I heard that he gave advice like, ``It's okay to get your desk dirty and disorganized with all kinds of ideas.I've been having meetings with the directors in a very dirty room, so you don't have to clean it up when I come.'' I've been there before. It is said that he listened to these words silently and smiled.

Around the year 2000, he lost his mental balance and was suffering from depression. However, his manager later confessed with deep regret that he was unable to visit the hospital regularly because he was worried that the media would find out that he was undergoing treatment. Just as male windbirds, also known as birds of paradise, have evolved to become more vivid and beautiful in order to attract the attention of females, Leslie had no choice but to continue on with her life of flying as a beautiful The Birds. On April 1, 2003, he threw himself away from the luxury hotel he frequented and suddenly passed away. The reason for this is still unclear, and many mysteries remain.

If you look back at the history of film, you will find that it is so beautiful that it is said that being in this world is better than being in this world, as if it was chosen by the god of film and sealed away forever in the work. There are many actors who feel that way. Like the Hong Kong title of ``Days of Being Wild'' and James Dean in ``Rebel Without a Cause.'' Leslie also comes from that lineage, which is why ``Days of Being Wild'', which was her breakthrough as an actor, will shine forever.

Text: Yuka Kinbara (Kinbara Yuka)

Movie journalist. Currently writing for many media such as ``Kinema Junpo'', ``Soen'', ``Kettle'', and ``Haha no Tomo''. Her books include ``Broken Girl'' (Film Art Publishing), which examines girlhood and violence in movies. He has also contributed to ``100 American Films of the 1990s'' (Gijutsu Shimbunsha) and ``Asian Film Forest'' (Movie Map of the New Century) (Sakushasha). His works include ``Actors File Satoshi Tsumabuki'', ``Actors File Masatoshi Nagase'' (both published by Kinema Junposha), and ``Legendary Film Art Directors x Yohei Taneda'' (Space Shower Network), for which he was in charge of long interviews and composition.

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"Days of Being Wild"

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Distribution: Hark

Saturday, February 3, 2018 Released at Bunkamura Le Cinema and other locations nationwide

*Information as of February 2018 article publication.