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A chinese ghost story game4/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Until I’m reminded again when he pops up onscreen. And then I get a big peckish so I go get a snack and forget all about it because life, it goes on. ![]() Hearing Leslie’s voice, I can’t help but be very aware that he’s dead, and I can’t think about his death without thinking about how he died. It’s also eerie to me-appropriate and obvious for a literal ghost story I realize, but there’s another level to it. Like it sends a charge right to my chest and for a brief moment, I actually forget to breathe. It’s also the name of the movie’s theme song, which Leslie sang its melody instantly recognizable. The title, I hear my dad’s voice specifically saying it in my head. ![]() There are bits and pieces of this movie that strike me vividly. ![]() I couldn’t veer too far away though, so I chose something CYF-adjacent and decided to jump on the Leslie Cheung 張國榮 track, his co-star in A Better Tomorrow 英雄本色 and Once A Thief 縱橫四海, and whose music drop-kicked me in my heart and propelled me into this nostalgia hole. But this day was gonna come at some point. A 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy horror film directed by Ching Siu-tung 程小東, starring Leslie Cheung 張國榮, Joey Wang/Wong 王祖賢, and Wu Ma 午馬. ![]()
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