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Peking Opera Blues 1986
preliminary thoughts: a wonderful Tsui Hark film about three women making an unlikely alliance to overthrow Yuan Shikai. rife with HK-style humor & action, but also addresses the corruption in politics; nationality, identity & belonging amidst political chaos; how women are treated only as objects of desire, and would only be "seen" if they disguise themselves.
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He's a Woman, She's a Man 1994
Leslie Cheung & Anita Yuen are absolute icons in this film!!! Surprisingly progressive for its time, given that it's a 90's HK comedy films (which was rampant with sexist & misogynistic jokes, which wouldn't be accepted today--just look at Faithfully Yours!)
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- "They gradually find life gets gayer as it goes along."
- "Are you gay? *sax solo plays* *camera aggressively shakes & pushes in*
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Mirrored Mind 2005
imagine Inland Empire, but dreamier, more hazy, more hypnotic, and accompanied with a gamelan soundtrack. Also, that opening line might just be the hardest line I've ever heard:
This film is based on a strange incident that my ex-girlfriend experienced.
In any case, it's not hard to miss the (I presume) Balinese influence in this film. It's almost as if he visited Bali & got a lot of ideas from there. Not to throw shade or anything; on the other hand, I find that it creates a captivating, dream-like, trance-like imagery.
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