Center Stage (VCD) (Digitally Remastered) (Hong Kong Version) VCD
Maggie Cheung Man Yuk (Actor)
| Carina Lau (Actor)
| Tony Leung Ka Fai (Actor)
| Cecilia Yip (Actor)
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The celebrated life and tragic death of famed silent film star Ruan Ying Lu is told in Stanley Kwan's award-winning docudrama Center Stage. Also known as Actress, the film covers a period from 1929 to 1935, when Ruan Ling Yu (Maggie Cheung) ruled the screen as the undisputed goddess of Chinese cinema. But in private, Ruan was a rebellious figure, who bristled against the rigid societal conventions of her time. Ruan took her own life at the age of 25 amidst tabloid criticism and controversy, but her legend is immortalized in Stanley Kwan's loving, engrossing work. Utilizing archival footage from Ruan Ling Yu's early films, interview segments with her contemporaries and modern actors, re-enactments of select Ruan Ling Yu performances by Maggie Cheung, and dramatized sequences depicting the turbulent last years of her life, Center Stage paints a complex, structurally enthralling portrait of a beloved artist of the cinema.
Maggie Cheung turns in the performance of a lifetime as Ruan Ling Yu, earning her the Best Actress in the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival that cemented her reputation as quite possibly the leading Asian actor of her generation. The film also dominated the 12th Hong Kong Film Awards by winning 5 awards in 1992. Co-starring Cecilia Yip, Tony Leung Ka Fai, and Carina Lau, Center Stage is a stunning work of art that can simultaneously challenge and delight film lovers everywhere.
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| Product Title: | Center Stage (VCD) (Digitally Remastered) (Hong Kong Version) 阮玲玉 (VCD) (數碼修復) (香港版) 阮玲玉 (VCD) (数码修复) (香港版) ロアン・リンユィ （阮玲玉） （デジタルリマスター） （香港版） Center Stage (VCD) (Digitally Remastered) (Hong Kong Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Maggie Cheung Man Yuk (Actor) | Carina Lau (Actor) | Tony Leung Ka Fai (Actor) | Cecilia Yip (Actor) | Zhou Jie (Actor) 張 曼玉 (Actor) | 劉嘉玲 (Actor) | 梁 家輝 (Actor) | 葉童 (Actor) | 周杰 (Actor) 张 曼玉 (Actor) | 刘嘉玲 (Actor) | 梁 家辉 (Actor) | 叶童 (Actor) | 周杰 (Actor) 張曼玉 （マギー・チャン） (Actor) | 劉嘉玲 （カリーナ・ラウ） (Actor) | 梁家輝 （レオン・カーファイ） (Actor) | 葉童（イップ・トン） (Actor) | 周杰（チョウ・キット） (Actor) 장만옥 (Actor) | Carina Lau (Actor) | Tony Leung Ka Fai (Actor) | Cecilia Yip (Actor) | Zhou Jie (Actor) |
| Director: | Stanley Kwan 關錦鵬 关锦鹏 關錦鵬 （スタンリー・クァン） Kwan Stanley |
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| Release Date: | 2009-06-03 |
| Language: | Original Soundtrack |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Hong Kong |
| Disc Format(s): | VCD |
| Duration: | 133 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Joy Sales (HK) |
| Other Information: | 2VCDs |
| Package Weight: | 120 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1020308714 |
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Director : Stanley Kwan
Producer : Willie Chan, Tsui Siu Ming
"Center Stage" is set during China's silent movie era and revolves around the life of the legendary life of a gifted actress, Ruan Ling-yu. With her sensitive portrayal, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk took her story abroad and won the best actress award at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. In the spring of 1935, silent movie star Ruan Man-yuk took her own life, shocking the world. Her funeral was attended by hundreds of thousands of mourning fans. Ruan entered the film world at the age of 16. In the short span of 9 years, she made 29 silent movies and became the idol of thousands. As she rose to fame, she also rose to infamy with scandals over her private life. Her death at such an early age has given rise to much debate: did she kill herself because of her career? Or for love? In her farewell note, Ruan Wrote four words - "criticism should be feared" - and gave her final condemnation on the merciless public.
Producer : Willie Chan, Tsui Siu Ming
"Center Stage" is set during China's silent movie era and revolves around the life of the legendary life of a gifted actress, Ruan Ling-yu. With her sensitive portrayal, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk took her story abroad and won the best actress award at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. In the spring of 1935, silent movie star Ruan Man-yuk took her own life, shocking the world. Her funeral was attended by hundreds of thousands of mourning fans. Ruan entered the film world at the age of 16. In the short span of 9 years, she made 29 silent movies and became the idol of thousands. As she rose to fame, she also rose to infamy with scandals over her private life. Her death at such an early age has given rise to much debate: did she kill herself because of her career? Or for love? In her farewell note, Ruan Wrote four words - "criticism should be feared" - and gave her final condemnation on the merciless public.
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October 22, 2005
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Great but flawed in my opinion.
| Overall this is a very good movie with great directing and acting telling a trajic story that until now I never knew had happened. My only problem with this movie is the documentary footage that was thrown in from time to time. It seems that other reviewers tend to enjoy this aspect of the movie and I did find those scenes interesting as well. I just feel that they should have been in a seperate documentary, perhaps as a featurette. These parts of the movie happen abruptly and often times kill the mood. I would much rather have just seen the movie play out so I could lose myself in it. If it wasn't for this flaw I would probably have given this movie five stars. But this is still a great movie and definitely worth getting your hands on. |
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June 14, 2005
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After all these years
After all these years
| One of my favourite films, and probably the one that I've seen more than any other since it's release in 1991. This is a longer version of the film, a "director's cut", but possibly more importantly, this DVD contains a remastered version of the film, far superior in quality than other home video releases prior. I found this longer cut of the film to be quite different in tone to the original. Much more "documentary" footage is used here, with a lot of emphasis on the makers' thoughts on the subject, as well as a very conscious effort at contrasting the lives of the two actors (Ruan Lingyu and Maggie Cheung). This longer version seems a lot more faithful to its Brechtian intentions than the theatrical version, which ended up being (very effectively) emotional and slightly melodramatic. A crucial difference in the 2 editions are the sequences at the end of the film. While the theatrical version dwells on Ruan's suicide, and hence focussing on the tragedy of Ruan's death, the extended cut introduces frequent "cut-away" jumps to documentary footage that disallow the "enjoyment" of the melodrama of Ruan's death. I'd recommend that viewers experience the original cut prior to this new version of the film, if only for a bit of intense Chinese-flavoured melancholy. |
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April 27, 2005
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Only Intelligent People can appreate this Movie
Only Intelligent People can appreate this Movie
| I saw this movie and although the pace is quite slow, but the story is real and serious. This is a great sad tale of a great actress that was tore apart by the public and died in the end. I think this is what happens to alot of people when the public throws in their two cent on everything that they know nothing of and gets someone killed. So forget the public and for get you meg the reviewer! You all know nothing about anything. |
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February 27, 2005
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Interesting!
| Hey Meg if you didn't like it, why did you give it a full star rating??? I saw the movie and it was okay, but its hard for people to watch, because its a true story with real beginnings and endings. Regualr people can't see the art and human socializm in it. |
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January 8, 2004
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SLOW
| Didn't like it. The pace is too slow and the story is dull. Have no idea why Zhou Jie's name is included in the cast. If you blink, you will miss his appearance. So, if you want to watch this show because of ZJ, don't. |
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