1. In the whole drama of "Ashes of Time", apart from Leslie Cheung, there are not many shots taken by others. And most of them are scattered fragments. Therefore, the film adopts the method of connecting the pictures with narration.
2. "Ashes of Time" filming started in 1992, but the filming stopped and was not completed until two years later. This is an extremely rare phenomenon in the Hong Kong film industry.
3. When "Ashes of Time" was filmed, there was no narration at all, so Zhang Shuping had to edit and write the narration at the same time
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4. Charlie Yeung once had to get up early to make a scene. Leslie Cheung obviously had no scenes that day, but he came to the set early in the morning, wearing pajamas and slippers to finish the scene with Charlie Yeung
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5. When Leslie Cheung saw that "Ashes of Time" was struggling in funding, he helped contact some investors and raised two funds to help Wong Kar-wai
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6. On the first day of the filming of "Ashes of Time" in Ningxia, Leslie Cheung was stung by a scorpion, and Jacky Cheung passed out in the desert the next day.
7. When Tony Leung Ka Fai and Jacky Cheung were out of filming, they watched Tony Leung Chiu Wai filming and drank hot beer.
8. The line in "Ashes of Time" "What is the difference between drinking and drinking water, the more you drink the wine, the warmer the wine, the more you drink the colder the water" comes from Gu Long's novel
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9. Charlie Yeung didn't appear in the "Ashes of Time" crew at the beginning, but after Wang Zuxian's contract expired, she had to find Charlie Yeung on top.
