從2003年開始,香港人多了兩天特別的紀念日——儘管不是公眾假期,精刮的香港人仍然牢記心中,就知道張國榮 (和他的知己梅艷芳)的地位有幾重要。甚至可以說,張國榮之前之後的男歌星,都沒有這種張狂的性格品格和風格,能令人難以忘懷。長相俊美的他面如冠玉,卻又總是帶有壞男孩的極致氣質,所以他穿衣服並沒有陳百強般官仔骨骨,也不執著要穿最搶眼球的款式,輕輕鬆鬆已穩坐最佳衣著的位置。在電影上,無論是反串京旦的《霸王別姬》還是不羈情人的《阿飛正傳》,他都不顧一切用最盡的方式演出,成就他的藝術地位——想當年,比他紅的是譚詠麟,但我們都知道誰才是品味更好的一位。

 

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 17: Hong Kong's king of pop, singer Leslie Cheung poses on stage during a solo concert at Shanghai Stadium late 16 September 2000. Cheung retired from singing in 1990 to focus on his acting career but made a comeback in 1997. (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP via Getty Images)

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 17: Hong Kong's king of pop, singer Leslie Cheung poses on stage during a solo concert at Shanghai Stadium late 16 September 2000. Cheung retired from singing in 1990 to focus on his acting career but made a comeback in 1997. (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP via Getty Images)

想起近廿年前,當張國榮短暫休息數年復出舞台,他一改本來bad boy/dandy風格,以更具本色的突破androgynous形象出現,引來嘩然。尤其是虛偽保守的娛樂媒體將他與Jean Paul Gaultier的劃時代合作抹黑成「易服貞子」時,你就不禁為香港感到汗顏——一個曾經孕育出羅文這樣離經叛道的妖物的地方,居然退步至此。

Teenage heartthrob singer Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing. 05JAN87 (Photo by CHU MING-HOI/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)

Teenage heartthrob singer Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing. 05JAN87 (Photo by CHU MING-HOI/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)

這樣說也許政治不正確,但時尚傳奇從來都不一定政治正確,Kurt Cobain、River Phoenix不但也是自毀收場更終日迷幻,卻黑暗得為世人難忘。張國榮最終的選擇,旁人其實很難批判,但他選擇的地點和方式的確令人震撼,甚至可以說為香港的星光燙上了傳奇的烙印,中環文華酒店也多了一層意義。張國榮對表演事業的認真、對藝術層次的追求、對公眾形象的執著,直到最終一刻仍被愛他的人拯救了——死時沒有被攝下半張相片,就像他從未離去。如今,留下的作品更獲得不少新的歌迷影迷的垂青,得到更多身後名。

(Clockwise from top right corner) Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing, Carina Lau Ka-ling, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, Tony Leung Chiu-wai in the Wong Kar-wai's movie "Days of Being Wild". 1990 (Photo by MICHAEL TSUI/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)

(Clockwise from top right corner) Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing, Carina Lau Ka-ling, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, Tony Leung Chiu-wai in the Wong Kar-wai's movie "Days of Being Wild". 1990 (Photo by MICHAEL TSUI/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)

或者,香港不再有另一個「張國榮」出現,但他的風華流存於世,當我們見到天上那顆天生高貴艷麗到底的明星時,肯定會想起哥哥。