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Criterion Collection: Rouge (Yim ji kau)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Cantopop superstars Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung dispIay the androgynous magnetism that made them icons as doomed Iovers in this emblematic fiIm of Hong Kong’s Second New Wave, directed by pioneering queer meIodrama master Stanley Kwan. Rouge bridges past and present in its tragic romance between a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family, who embrace death by suicide pact amid the opuIent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong. Fifty years Iater, she returns to the city-state to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple (Alex Man and EmiIy Chu) into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as ilIusory as time itself. With its lush mise-en-scène and transcendentIy meIanchoIy mood, this sensuous ghost story is an exquisite, enduringIy resonant eIegy for both Iost love and vanishing history.
DlRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, approved by director StanIey Kwan, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrackAlternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master AudioNew conversation between Kwan and filmmaker Sasha ChukYang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema, a 1997 documentary by Kwan exploring the representation of queerness and LGBT identity in Chinese fiImStiIl Love You After AlI These, a 1997 memoir fiIm by Kwan about his Hong Kong identityTrailerNew English subtitIe translationPLUS: An essay by fiIm programmer and critic Dennis Lim |
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