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• April 1 ::: Rest in Peace Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing

  Friday, Apr 1, 2011 7:42PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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  How does one get so besotted and fasinated by someone who has left this earthly world eight years ago today?   The year was 2005 and I have just watched that movie called Farewell My Concubine.  Why did I pick this one among so many foreign movies in the dvd shop?  Partly because I enjoy cantonese opera and Leslie in his opera regalia looked ok on the cover-sleeve and besides it also starred Gong Li (whom I enjoy since " Raise the Red Lantern").   I must be honest here and say I was clueless about  Leslie  or even for that matter,  that he was a Hong Kong megastar in singing and acting.  (I have not been keeping up with Asian cinema since 1986).   Next day,  I remembered that I had actually purchased a dvd from HMV in Singapore earlier in 2002 (just for fun) and still haven't watched it and I thought Leslie was on the front cover too.   So there goes Alls Well That Ends Well.  Three minutes into the opening scene and I was hooked,  line & sinker!!    Leslie has drawn me into his world.......................

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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