2.張愛玲
Zhang Ailing, born in Shanghai in 1920 to a renowned family, was a writer. Her works frequently deal with the tensions between men and women in love and are considered to be among the best Chinese literature. Even in secondary school, Zhang Ailing already displayed great talent in literature. Her writings were published in the school magazine. In 1939, Zhang received a scholarship to study at the University of London, though she passed on the opportunity because of war in China. She then went on to study literature in the University of Hong Kong. Zhang died from cardiovascular disease in 1995 at the age of 75. Her well-knonw works include Eighteen Springs and Lust, Caution。
在舊上海的班駁沉香中，張愛玲永遠是那第一爐香，當我們在揭開舊上海那本如花相冊時，第一眼總是留給了張愛玲。泛黃的紙張，模糊的黑白印刷，一代奇女子卻身著一襲華麗的旗袍，倨傲的仰著頭……相信所有的人都會在那一刻迷戀上這個女子的傳奇、高貴以及驕傲。
初讀張愛玲，大 多都在那個似懂非懂的年齡，是看不出什么的。只是那種朦朦朧朧的舊上海的小資，象那杯咖啡，蔓延開來，充滿整個心情；再讀張愛玲，感慨于那句名言：出名要 趁早啊……原來在她的洞察世故的冷目之后，也有此感慨！三讀張愛玲，心情來自她的情感世界，在看似堅強、高傲的張愛玲背后，一個的情路坎坷，再多的高傲也 只能化為無奈。于是，張愛玲精心點燃的那爐香，總會在夜深人靜的時候，熏濕了若干年后你我的眼睛，那刻的紅顏沉香，竟是如此的深重。
“生命是一襲華麗的長袍，爬滿了虱子”，塵世有多么繁華熱鬧，張愛玲隨手輕輕一揭，卻讓我們看見繁華似錦的幕布后哀涼的人生荒漠。在一般的感覺里，蒼涼就應該是灰蒙蒙的那種，有些恍惚，有些迷離，而她的蒼涼偏不如此，五光十色的，溫暖的，舒適的，竟是那抹化不開的香。
1.阮玲玉
阮玲玉Ruan Lingyu, born in 1910, is one of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s. Her first screen appearance in 1927 was in the film "Husband and Wife in Name." In spite of her lack of formal education, she was diligent and scrupulous in every detail of her acting. Contrast to her success on the screen, her personal life was a tragedy. She fell in love with Zhang Damin, the young master of the house her mother worked, before starting her film career. But in a class-divided society they could not marry. Their relationship deteriorated when she became a successful actress. She later left Zhang and lived with a businessman, Tang Jishan. Zhang created a scandal when he sued Tang for damage in the 1930s, and Ruan was hounded by the tabloid press. Under severe pressure, Ruan poisoned herself with an overdose of barbiturates in Shanghai in 1935, at the age of 25.
隔岸凝望，屬于岸那邊的舊上海的浮華雖說已迷人眼，但浮華背后卻是種莫明的痛。那種憂傷的心情味道，我們隔了時光的海寄給了阮玲玉，一個舊上海悲劇女王的戲夢人生。
影片《阮玲玉》為我們呈現了陸離的舊上海風貌，以及阮玲玉的傳奇一生。張曼玉的裊娜和頹廢的華麗真實地把那顆70年前的香魂交到了我們的手上，穿越歲月的沉淀，張曼玉打開了屬于阮玲玉的那爐沉香。
阮玲玉是真正為無聲電影而生的人，雖然她沒有在銀幕上說過一句話，這個“默片時代”的女王，只用肢體和眼神就為我們傳遞了窒息的風情。
1926年，迫 于生計的阮玲玉出任影片《掛名夫妻》女主角，一舉成名。1929年，阮玲玉主演影片《故都春夢》，扮演妓女燕燕獲得成功，奠定了她在影壇的地位。阮玲玉表 演藝術的黃金時期是上世紀三十年代中期，她先后主演了《三個摩登女性》、《小玩意》、《城市之夜》、《神女》、《新女性》等很有影響的影片……阮玲玉演技 具有豐富的激情又不失純真、強烈而又細膩熟練、樸素而自然，絲毫沒有雕鑿的痕跡，于是，中國“葛麗泰·嘉寶”的美譽不脛而走。
然而纖弱、敏感的紅顏終歸薄命，這位站在中國女演員演技巔峰的女星，卻在情感道路上一路坎坷，于是，她在留下“人言可畏”的感慨后，自己結束了她精彩而又無奈的一生，一代紅顏香消玉隕。
