Requiem for Romance (2012)

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"DIR: Jonathan Ng SUMMARY: A modern day couple's break-up is reflected in images of two warriors doing battle in feudal China. WHY IT'S HERE: When I first heard about Jonathan Ng's 'Requiem for Romance', in which a couple's telephone break-up is represented in images of two warriors doing battle in feudal China, I thought it sounded like a hackneyed idea akin to that old comedy sketch where a slanging match is adjudicated over by a tennis umpire. But 'Requiem for Romance' offers so much more "

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"DIR: Jonathan Ng SUMMARY: A modern day couple's break-up is reflected in images of two warriors doing battle in feudal China. WHY IT'S HERE: When I first heard about Jonathan Ng's 'Requiem for Romance', in which a couple's telephone break-up is represented in images of two warriors doing battle in feudal China, I thought it sounded like a hackneyed idea akin to that old comedy sketch where a slanging match is adjudicated over by a tennis umpire. But 'Requiem for Romance' offers so much more th"