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1.Yellow Earth starring: Quiang Liu, Tuo Tan, Xueqi Wang, Bai Xue directed by: Kaige Chen October 16, 1997
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For those who hope for the happiness of mainland chinese people, this movie is informative and heart warming.

2.Farewell My Concubine starring: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu, Da Ying directed by: Kaige Chen January 09, 1996
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The film paints the story of two actors, from their first encounter at school in the Twenties through their success as stars of the Peking Opera, difficulties during the Japanese occupation, the Communist takeover in 1949 and the traumas of the Cultural Revolution in the Sixties... For the so-called Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, the film touches new ground on two fronts... In the first place, though it does not avoid from acknowledging the sufferings under the old regime, it takes an embittered view of Communist society and of the Cultural Revolution specifically... The two friends, Xiaolou and Dieyi, adopt a young man, Xiao Si, who becomes one of the Red Guards and quickly informs the political sins of his benefactors... Second the film is a love ... Read More

3.Killing Me Softly (R-Rated Edition) starring: Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone, Ulrich Thomsen, Ian Hart directed by: Kaige Chen March 25, 2003
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Heather Graham was, as always, incredibly sexy in this film. But alas, I agree with other reviewers who noted the plot here is rather thin. And the demands on the actors' talents are not very high. And for me, the denouement left me unclear about just who had done just what, as explanation of the mysteries that develop in the course of the story. This in particular left me unsatisfied. (And the only possible explanations are not especially satisfying, even if I knew which is the right one, since they lack any trace of complexity.) It's a nice song, though.

4.Temptress Moon starring: Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Kevin Lin, Caifei He, Shih Chang directed by: Kaige Chen April 06, 1999
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When you think of great Chinese films, you think of director Zhang Yimou, actress Gong Li and actor Leslie Cheung. Well Temptress Moon has two of the three, Gong and Cheung and fills in the third with Chen Kaige. Chen is a the director of Farewell, My Concubine. Like Zhang, Chen is a master of the visual sophistication. His use of color is exceptional. The Pang family runs the opium trade from their country estates. The head of the clan has two children, the older son and the much younger daughter Riyu. The older son is married. She has a younger brother, Zhongliang, who she brings to live at the estate. He is to study and prepare her husband's opium pipe. But after a while, he gets tired of his second class citizenship and poisons the opium, leaving his brother in law a vegetable. Read More

5.Feng yue starring: Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Kevin Lin, Caifei He, Shih Chang directed by: Kaige Chen
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When you think of great Chinese films, you think of director Zhang Yimou, actress Gong Li and actor Leslie Cheung. Well Temptress Moon has two of the three, Gong and Cheung and fills in the third with Chen Kaige. Chen is a the director of Farewell, My Concubine. Like Zhang, Chen is a master of the visual sophistication. His use of color is exceptional. The Pang family runs the opium trade from their country estates. The head of the clan has two children, the older son and the much younger daughter Riyu. The older son is married. She has a younger brother, Zhongliang, who she brings to live at the estate. He is to study and prepare her husband's opium pipe. But after a while, he gets tired of his second class citizenship and poisons the opium, leaving his brother in law a vegetable. Zhongliang ... Read More

6.Ba wang bie ji starring: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu, Da Ying directed by: Kaige Chen
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The film paints the story of two actors, from their first encounter at school in the Twenties through their success as stars of the Peking Opera, difficulties during the Japanese occupation, the Communist takeover in 1949 and the traumas of the Cultural Revolution in the Sixties... For the so-called Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, the film touches new ground on two fronts... In the first place, though it does not avoid from acknowledging the sufferings under the old regime, it takes an embittered view of Communist society and of the Cultural Revolution specifically... The two friends, Xiaolou and Dieyi, adopt a young man, Xiao Si, who becomes one of the Red Guards and quickly informs the political sins of his benefactors... Second the film is a love story of a rare kind... Dieyi is a homosexual and ... Read More

7.Ba wang bie ji starring: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu, Da Ying directed by: Kaige Chen
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The film paints the story of two actors, from their first encounter at school in the Twenties through their success as stars of the Peking Opera, difficulties during the Japanese occupation, the Communist takeover in 1949 and the traumas of the Cultural Revolution in the Sixties... For the so-called Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, the film touches new ground on two fronts... In the first place, though it does not avoid from acknowledging the sufferings under the old regime, it takes an embittered view of Communist society and of the Cultural Revolution specifically... The two friends, Xiaolou and Dieyi, adopt a young man, Xiao Si, who becomes one of the Red Guards and quickly informs the political sins of his benefactors... Second the film is a love story of a rare kind... Dieyi is a homosexual and suffers rejection ... Read More

8.Life on a String starring: Zhongyuan Liu, Lei Huang, Qing Xu, Ling Ma, Erga Yao directed by: Kaige Chen June 27, 2000
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Kaige's work with symbolism and emotion is superb.I initially saw this movie on VHS after reading Hoberman's review in the Village Voice. The pacing is fairly fast, given the length of the story, the activity moves right along. Those folks not use to movies outside the mainstream might feel ackward but give it a chance. At the same time Kino Video has done an atrocious job with the video transfer. The initial 10 minutes the frame shakes and jerks and I guarantee that's not from the original. The resolution is overly grainy, someone else needs to redo the remaster, because this awesome screen parable deserves it.

9.Together starring: Chen Hong, Tang Yun directed by: Chen Kaige
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Kaige's work with symbolism and emotion is superb.I initially saw this movie on VHS after reading Hoberman's review in the Village Voice. The pacing is fairly fast, given the length of the story, the activity moves right along. Those folks not use to movies outside the mainstream might feel ackward but give it a chance. At the same time Kino Video has done an atrocious job with the video transfer. The initial 10 minutes the frame shakes and jerks and I guarantee that's not from the original. The resolution is overly grainy, someone else needs to redo the remaster, because this awesome screen parable deserves it.

10.Killing Me Softly (Unrated Edition) starring: Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone, Ulrich Thomsen, Ian Hart directed by: Kaige Chen March 25, 2003
Average Rating: >>More Details		Used Price: $1.99
Heather Graham was, as always, incredibly sexy in this film. But alas, I agree with other reviewers who noted the plot here is rather thin. And the demands on the actors' talents are not very high. And for me, the denouement left me unclear about just who had done just what, as explanation of the mysteries that develop in the course of the story. This in particular left me unsatisfied. (And the only possible explanations are not especially satisfying, even if I knew which is the right one, since they lack any trace of complexity.) It's a nice song, though.

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