This is my third Chen Kaige's film after The Emperor and the Assassin 荆轲刺秦王 and The Orphan Zhao 赵氏孤儿 and as taught by my film professor, his films generally revolve around more complicated ideas. This was certainly the case in Chen's 1993 work Farewell My Concubine which traces the lives of two Peking opera singers… Continue reading [FILM] Farewell My Concubine 霸王别姬
Cinematic Frame of Mind 