Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬 - Bà Wáng Bié Jī)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Based on the novel, by Pik-Wah Lee, “Farewell, My Concubine" is a movie with two parallel, intertwined stories. It is the story of two performers in the Beijing Opera, stage brothers, and the woman who comes between them. At the same time, it attempts to do no less than squeeze the entire political history of China in the twentieth century into a three-hour time-frame. Farewell My Concubine, was a critical success and nominated for numerous awards, and featured a early performance from "

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Based on the novel, by Pik-Wah Lee, “Farewell, My Concubine" is a movie with two parallel, intertwined stories. It is the story of two performers in the Beijing Opera, stage brothers, and the woman who comes between them. At the same time, it attempts to do no less than squeeze the entire political history of China in the twentieth century into a three-hour time-frame. Farewell My Concubine, was a critical success and nominated for numerous awards, and featured a early performance from "

1001 Movies ... my own version (1990's) (100 movies items)

" Notes: I remember very well when this movie was released. Back then, I was about 13-14 years, it was a big critical success and it even won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. And yet, even though I have always been eager to check this movie, it eventually took me more than 20 years to finally watch the damned thing. Well, to be honest, I have to admit that it turned out to be a tough watch though. Indeed, even though I have myself always been interested in Asian movies, it still stru"

1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)

" Notes: I remember very well when this movie was released. Back then, I was about 13-14 years, it was a big critical success and it even won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. And yet, even though I have always been eager to check this movie, it eventually took me more than 20 years to finally watch the damned thing. Well, to be honest, I have to admit that it turned out to be a tough watch though. Indeed, even though I have myself always been interested in Asian movies, it still stru"

Best Films of 1993 (100 movies items)

"A beautiful epic that cleverly shows the progress of the cultural revolution through a theater and the progress of the production of "Farewell My Concubine". With all this I just never got invested into the characters."

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My favorite Asian movies (36 movies items)

"Original Title: 'Ba wang bie ji' Country: China Directed by: Chen Kaige With: Leslie Cheung, Gong Li Plot: The story of two men, who met as apprentices in the Peking Opera, and stayed friends for over 50 years. Note: I have to admit that it turned out to be a tough watch though. Indeed, even though I have myself always been interested in Asian movies, it still struggled to connect with this tale which lasted almost 3 hours. Furthermore, it didn't help that the beginning was rather confusi"

100 Years, 100 Taboos (By Vote+) (25 movies items)

" FAREWELL, MY CONCUBINE mirinbuddy. Total Score: 9 points. "