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AFP(法新社)
Farewell My Concubine is film of the century
HONG KONG (AFP) - Chinese director Chen Kaige"s 1993 tragic love movie "Farewell my Concubine" has won the heart of the Hong Kong public and been voted as the most popular Chinese film of the century.
The poll was co-organised by the Henderson ArtReach to celebrate a centenary of Chinese Cinema.
Over 25,000 votes were cast by the Hong Kong public through a ballot and the Internet from a shortlist of 103 Chinese films drawn up by industry experts and film makers in March this year.
Farewell My Concubine, starring prominent mainland actress Gong Li and late Hong Kong heart throb Leslie Cheung, won top honour of the Palme d"Or prize at Cannes Film Festival in 1993.
It was followed by artistic director Wong Kar-wai"s passionate love story Days of Being Wild with John Woo"s gangster flick A Better Tomorrow winning third place.
The fourth spot was taken by cop thriller Infernal Affairs. Another Wong film, Happy Together, a drama about a gay couple, won fifth place.
Shaolin Soccer, a comedy by Kung Fu Hustle director and actor Stephen Chow, came eighth.
Woo, whose credits include Face Off and Mission: Impossible II, was voted people"s favourite director, followed by Wong.
Cheung, the late singer and actor, was voted their most favourite actor with action star Jackie Chan coming second; Francis Ng was third with Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee fourth and Jet Li fifth.
Maggie Cheung, who won Best Actress in 2004 at the Cannes Film Festival for her role as a drug addict in the French movie Clean, was voted the most popular actress.
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Associated Press (美联社)
Hong Kong Names "Concubine" Top China Film
HONG KONG - Hong Kongers have named Oscar-nominated "Farewell My Concubine," which features late local pop star Leslie Cheung playing a gay opera singer, as their favorite Chinese film ever.
Cheung was also named favorite actor in the survey released this week that received more than 25,000 votes from the public. Hollywood director John Woo, who got his start in Hong Kong, was voted favorite director and Cannes winner Maggie Cheung, another Hong Kong native, was picked favorite actress.
The No. 2 film was Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai"s art-house film "Days of Being Wild." Woo"s gangster classic "A Better Tomorrow," came third.
The suspense thriller "Infernal Affairs" ranked fourth.
Wrapping up the top five is another Wong film, "Happy Together," the story of a gay Hong Kong couple who escape to Argentina, which also stars Cheung.
Cheung committed suicide by leaping from a luxury hotel in 2003.
The survey was organized by Henderson Land Development Co. and Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co. to mark 100 years of Chinese film.
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CBC (加拿大广播公司)
Fans pick top Chinese film
HONG KONG - Farewell My Concubine is the most popular Chinese film of the last century, according to a poll conducted to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Chinese cinema.
Chen Kaige"s 1993 award-winning drama about Beijing opera performers won both a Palme d"Or at the Cannes Film Festival that year and an Oscar for best foreign film at the Academy Awards in 1994.
Director John Woo, who served on this year"s Cannes Film Festival jury, was named best director of the last 100 years in a poll celebrating Chinese cinema. (AP photo)
Concubine came out tops in the web-based survey, conducted by the Hong Kong arts organization Henderson ArtReach. Wong Kar-Wai"s sexy 1991 film Days of Being Wild and John Woo"s 1998 gangster movie A Better Tomorrow followed in second and third place.
The three were among the 103 movies selected for the poll by filmmakers and Chinese film experts in March.
The late Leslie Cheung, who starred in all three top films, was voted the most popular actor of the last century, beating out martial arts icon Bruce Lee and two actors who have crossed over to Hollywood: Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Cheung, who died in 2003 after a fall from a hotel balcony, was praised in the international film community for his willingness to portray openly gay characters.
Maggie Cheung, no relation to Leslie, was named best actress of the century. The multi-lingual mainstay of Chinese film since the mid-1980s and co-star of Days of Being Wild, she won a best actress prize at Cannes last year for her role as a recovering drug addict and single mother in Clean.
Action guru Woo was named best director in the survey, which drew more than 25,000 votes. Woo is best known for his "ballet of bullets" cinematography, slow-motion sequences and double-armed gunmen in his highly violent films, including The Killer and Hard Boiled, which led to more recent Hollywood projects like Face Off and Mission: Impossible II. |
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