In 2022, the fifth wave of the new crown epidemic hit, the theater was closed for many months, and finally reopened last Thursday (April 21).
The 40th "Hong Kong Film Awards", originally scheduled to be held in mid-April, was postponed. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Film Awards, Er Dongsheng, mentioned in an exclusive interview earlier that he hopes to "improve the electoral system", expand the number of voters and increase voting I also hope that the "Best Documentary" award of the Academy Awards, which has been discussed for many years, will come true in the foreseeable future.
The theater reopened, "Anita Mui" was re-screened, and many audience members re-entered the theater to review the work.
"Anita Mui", which exceeded 60 million yuan at the box office, was the highest-grossing work in this year's "Best Film" nomination list, and it was also the top-grossing Hong Kong film last year.
In the eyes of public opinion, "Anita Mui" is both a "phenomenal movie" and a "mediocre biopic".
We are remembering the "daughter of Hong Kong", and at the same time we are recalling a golden age that has gone by.
Destiny is the constant theme of Anita Mui's songs. In the early stage, it was a little rebellious and arrogant, and in the later stage, it showed the emotion of Qianfan.
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"Anita Mui" combines the affection and collective memory of many Hong Kong people who are here, such as the local Liyuan, the neon-bright Nathan Road, and the nightclub with lively music every night.
Its foundation is the inspirational growth story of Hong Kong people's upward mobility, from carrying a family to becoming a "Hong Kong daughter", from "whatever will be will be" confused about life, to showing the proud "can-do spirit of Hong Kong people" ", Anita Mui's image and symbols are the spiritual sustenance of Hong Kong people.
Recalling the sublimation and refinement of the skills of the
evanescent golden years
The film subtly places Anita Mui in the context of the times, telling about the changing cities and women.
Our sympathy for Anita Mui is not looking up to her artistic value, but watching her humming "Blow, Blow/Let the Wind Blow" from a head-up perspective, and suddenly "Wake up in a dream/The years are like flying".
We have witnessed her growing up on the ever-changing island. The more delicate emotions in the film lie in the contrast between Ai Fang (played by Liao Ziyu) and Yanfang (played by Wang Danni), which is mixed with kinship, jealousy and love.
Aifang's frown and smile on the sickbed carry more emotion than dialogue.
Many viewers reminisce with emotion. The film's appeal starts from the audience's projection of Anita Mui's personal feelings, and it ends with regret that "the splendor that has passed will not return."
The brilliance of stars is not in their delicate faces and bodies, but in their souls.
From singer to queen, from performing arts to creation, it is the sublimation and refinement of skills, and film creation is no different.
"Anita Mui" sees Hong Kong, which is full of gold and gold. In the era of gold and opportunities, personal hard work and industrial hard work are in sync with the domineering and domineering.
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The list of nominees for the best film at this year's Academy Awards includes: "Rage", "Wisdom Tooth", "Anita Mui", "Drifting" and "Mom's Wonder Boy". From another perspective, these films are not the bottom. A counterattack in the face of social torrents.
Nominated for 12 Golden Horse Awards and competing for the "Best Screenplay" at the Golden Horse Awards, "Drifting" responded to the issue of the homeless with a film. What is the society's response to the homeless?
In the film, the street sleepers lost their belongings due to the clearance of the FEHD and sued the government with the assistance of social workers.
In reality, the homeless people were sued by the FEHD for throwing away their belongings and sued for compensation. Last month, the court ruled in favor of the homeless, and each person was awarded 100 yuan in compensation.
Is this really the "belated justice" held high by public opinion?
After the case was concluded, Chen Zhirong, who was over sixty years old and everyone called him "Cha Po", told his drifting story. Paradoxically, his life echoed the Hong Kong story told in "Anita Mui" - the scholar felt that it was difficult to tell. Hong Kong Story.
For many young audiences, "Anita Mui" is a movie that accompanies parents to watch the movie, just like watching Chinese New Year movies with their parents in the theater as a child.
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The landfill tapes
have Anita Mui singing
In the movie, the young girl Yanfang forages for food in the bustling street stalls - in reality, young "fork women" set up stalls in the streets of factories, and the carts sell fried chicken.
In the movie, Anita with heavy makeup and bright makeup shuttles between the lounge nightclub and the black and white drinkers - in reality, the middle-aged "Chapo" joins the catering industry and works as a "code holder" in the kitchen of the big restaurant nightclub.
Now that a generation of superstars has died, "Cha Po" is wandering on the streets.
The elderly "Cha Po" lives in Sham Shui Po, retired from the catering business, and occasionally works as a substitute.
"Cha Po"'s belongings contained family albums, cassette recorders and golden music tapes - including Anita Mui's singing, but the belongings had already been sent to the landfill, and he received 100 yuan in compensation.
Movies have the function of pleasing the audience. If the pleasure of watching a movie can only come from the excitement of the senses, the audience will feel tired in the face of the same vast scenes.
The deep space of the film is far more than the length of the film.
Its influence reaches far and wide, and even rewrites generations.
This year's "Hong Kong Film Awards" awards ceremony is entering its 40th year, and there is a saying: Forty is not confused.
The "Best Film" of the first Academy Awards was Fang Yuping's "Father and Son Love", which is still a work that can stand the test of the times when revisited 40 years later.
The plain "Father and Son Love" has no big card and IP, and life philosophies and regrets are buried in the plot texture.
Ten or forty years from now, how will we evaluate Hong Kong's "Best Film" and "Best Documentary" under the storm?
The film skillfully places Anita Mui in the context of the times, telling about the changing city and woman, and we witness her growing up and becoming famous on the ever-changing island.
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