Guest sevenhooks Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Looking for informed opinions on this late 80's flick with Anita Mui & Leslie Cheung. Although I seemed to make a point of seeing just about everything that came out of HK back then, I never saw this one for some reason. Saw it cheap at a store down the street and thought of getting it. Whaddya think of this movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Superb movie. A hauntingly beautiful drama. Never mind what I or anyone else says... see it immediately. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kwok Choi Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 I agree with Mark;grab it.Beautiful performances by Anita Mui (especially) and Leslie Cheung.Very good poignant movie.Makes you think a lot after it ends and I cherish movies that give me this feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kenichiku Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 This film is one of the first serious 80-90s New Wave HK films outside your typical commercial Golden Harvest fare to capture a global arthouse following. Haunting, nostalgic & melancholy; struck chords with the pre-97 HK emigrating class. Memorable images and performances by the leads (you even get a cameo from Shaw's Wong Yue). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sevenhooks Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 (you even get a cameo from Shaw's Wong Yue) No sh#t!!? Would I recognize him easily? And thanks for all of your opinions guys. I just picked this up & will probably watch it sometime this week. Now that I think of it, I remember seeing Painted Faces at the Music Palace in the late 80's and Rouge was the 2nd feature. I probably stayed for about 5 or 10 minutes and then left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Rouge is ten times better than Painted Faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kenichiku Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Would I recognize him easily?During the first hour of the film. Flashback sequences in the brothel entertaining the ladies, where elese? Gained a little weight but you'll know it when you see him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sevenhooks Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Yeah, saw him right away. Kinda weird when you think that Rouge wasn't made really all that long after SB closed shop. Just a few years. Also spotted Liu Chia Yung I believe. Great movie, btw. (taking nothing away from Painted Faces!) Leslie Cheung was a bit of a prick though. Very melancholy. And made all the more sad as both of the principles are recently deceased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kenichiku Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Wow, didn't catch LCY though. I recall being distracted by Leslie's bad make-up as an old guy but otherwise an solid & significant HK film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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