Farewell My Concubine (Blu-Ray, #1228)

A breathtakingly intimate romance unfolds against a sweeping backdrop of social upheaval in renowned director Chen Kaiges sumptuous saga of passion, fate, and the transcendent possibilities of art. Spanning fifty years of twentieth-century Chinese history,Farewell My Concubinefollows aspiring actors Dieyi (a heartbreaking Leslie Cheung) and Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) as they emerge from a childhood of brutal training to become Beijing-opera stars, with life mirroring art as Dieyis unrequited love for Xiaolou and the countrys changing political tides engulf them in their own personal tragedies of jealousy and betrayal. The first Chinese film to win the Palme dOr is epic filmmaking of the highest ordervisually and emotionally ravishing from frame to exquisite frame.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration of the original directors cut, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• New conversation between Chinese-cultural-studies scholar Michael Berry and producer Janet Yang
• Documentary from 2003 on the making of the film
• Interview from 1993 with director Chen Kaige conducted by journalist Charlie Rose
• Trailer
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by author and scholar Pauline Chen

  New cover by Eric Skillman