| Description |
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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polychrome rdacc |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 1129.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby monaural. |
| Language |
Cantonese dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987. |
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Based on the novel by Pik-Wah Lee. |
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Wide screen (1.85:1). |
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Accompanied by insert (10 pages) containing essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim. |
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Special features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Stanley Kwan; Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack; New conversation between Kwan and filmmaker Sasha Chuk; Yang [plus or minus] Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema, a 1997 documentary by Kwan exploring the representation of queerness and LGBT identity in Chinese film; Still Love You After All These, a 1997 memoir film by Kwan about his Hong Kong identity; Trailer; New English subtitle translation; an essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim. |
| Credits |
She ying Huang Zhongbiao ; yin yue Li Xiaotian ; mei shu Pu Ruomu, Ma Guangrong ; jian ji Zhang Yaozong. |
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攝影黃仲標 ; 音樂黎小田 ; 美術朴若木, 馬光榮 ; 剪輯張耀宗. |
| Cast |
Mei Yanfang, Zhang Guorong, Wan Ziliang, Zhu Baoyi. |
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梅艶芳, 張國榮, 萬梓良, 朱寳意. |
| Summary |
"Cantopop superstars Anita Mui Yim-fong and Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing display their iconic androgynous magnetism as doomed lovers in this emblematic film of Hong Kong's Second New Wave, directed by pioneering queer melodrama 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 opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong. Fifty years later, she returns to the city-state to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple (Alex Man Chi-leung and Emily Chu Bo-yee) into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself. With its lush mise-en-scène and transcendentally melancholy mood, this sensuous ghost story is an exquisite, enduringly resonant elegy for both lost love and vanishing history"--Container. |
| Awards |
Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress (Anita Mui), Best Director (Stanley Kwan), 1989 |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Missing persons -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Spirits -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Ghost films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Foreign Films, Chinese.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Li, Bihua, screenwriter.
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Qiu Dai, Anping, 1940-2013, screenwriter.
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邱戴安平, 1940-2013, screenwriter.
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Kwan, Stanley, 1957- film director.
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關錦鵬, 1957- film director.
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Cheng, Long, 1954- film producer.
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Ho, Leonard K. C., film producer.
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Mei, Yanfang, actor.
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梅艶芳, actor.
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Cheung, Leslie, 1956-2003, actor.
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張國榮, 1956-2003, actor.
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Wan, Ziliang, actor.
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萬梓良, actor.
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Zhu, Baoyi, 1960- actor.
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朱寳意, actor.
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Zhang, Yaozong, 1945- editor of moving image work.
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Li, Xiaotian, 1946- composer (expression)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Li, Bihua.
Yānzhī kòu.
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Golden Harvest (Firm), production company.
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Wei he dian ying zhi zuo you xian gong si, producition company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Rouge |
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Yan zhi kou |
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Container of (work): Yānzhī kòu (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): 胭脂扣 (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Still love you after all these (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Yang ± yin (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
9781681439488 |
| Standard No. |
715515273213 |
| Music No. |
CC3369DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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