Farewell My Concubine A Queer Film Classic |
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| Author:
| Leung, Helen Hok-Sze |
| Series edited by:
| Waugh, Thomas
Hays, Matthew |
| Series title: | Queer Film Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55152-362-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Publisher: | Arsenal Pulp Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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Chen Kaige's 1992 film is about two male Peking opera stars and the woman who comes between them. Its treatment of gender performance and homosexuality was unprecedented in Chinese cinema. Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
Chen Kaige's 1992 film is about two male Peking opera stars and the woman who comes between them. Its treatment of gender performance and homosexuality was unprecedented in Chinese cinema. Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes.