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Center Stage (1992) (Blu-ray) (4K Ultra-HD Remastered Collection) (Hong Kong Version) Blu-ray Region A

Maggie Cheung Man Yuk (Actor) | Tony Leung Ka Fai (Actor) | Lawrence Ng (Actor) | Carina Lau (Actor)
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Center Stage (1992) (Blu-ray) (4K Ultra-HD Remastered Collection) (Hong Kong Version)
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The celebrated life and tragic death of famed silent film star Ruan Lingyu 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 Lingyu (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 Lingyu's early films, interview segments with her contemporaries and modern actors, re-enactments of select Ruan Lingyu 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 Lingyu, earning her Best Actress at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. The film also swept five awards the 12th Hong Kong Film 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 (1992) (Blu-ray) (4K Ultra-HD Remastered Collection) (Hong Kong Version) 阮玲玉 (1992) (Blu-ray) (4K Ultra-HD Remastered Collection) (香港版) 阮玲玉 (1992) (Blu-ray) (4K Ultra-HD Remastered Collection) (香港版) 阮玲玉 (1992) (Blu-ray) (4K Ultra-HD Remastered Collection) (香港版) Center Stage (1992) (Blu-ray) (4K Ultra-HD Remastered Collection) (Hong Kong Version)
Also known as: Centre Stage / The Actress Centre Stage / The Actress Centre Stage / The Actress Centre Stage / The Actress Centre Stage / The Actress
Artist Name(s): Maggie Cheung Man Yuk (Actor) | Tony Leung Ka Fai (Actor) | Lawrence Ng (Actor) | Carina Lau (Actor) | Cecilia Yip (Actor) | Chin Han (Actor) | Zhou Jie (Actor) 張 曼玉 (Actor) | 梁 家輝 (Actor) | 吳啟華 (Actor) | 劉嘉玲 (Actor) | 葉童 (Actor) | 秦漢 (Actor) | 周杰 (Actor) 张 曼玉 (Actor) | 梁 家辉 (Actor) | 吴启华 (Actor) | 刘嘉玲 (Actor) | 叶童 (Actor) | 秦汉 (Actor) | 周杰 (Actor) 張曼玉 （マギー・チャン） (Actor) | 梁家輝 （レオン・カーファイ） (Actor) | 呉啓華（ン・カイワー） (Actor) | 劉嘉玲 （カリーナ・ラウ）　 (Actor) | 葉童（イップ・トン） (Actor) | 秦漢（チン・ハン） (Actor) | 周杰（チョウ・キット） (Actor) 장만옥 (Actor) | Tony Leung Ka Fai (Actor) | Lawrence Ng (Actor) | Carina Lau (Actor) | Cecilia Yip (Actor) | Chin Han (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
Producer: Chan Chi Keung | Tsui Siu Ming 陳自強 | 徐小明 陈自强 | 徐小明 陳子強（チン・ツーチャン） | 徐小明（チョイ・シウミン） Chan Chi Keung | Tsui Siu Ming
Blu-ray Region Code: A - Americas (North, Central and South except French Guiana), Korea, Japan, South East Asia (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) What is it?
Release Date: 2024-09-09
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Place of Origin: Hong Kong
Picture Format: [HD] High Definition What is it?
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Sound Information: 7.1, Dolby Digital EX(TM) / THX Surround EX(TM), 6.1, DTS-HD Master Audio
Disc Format(s): 50 GB - Double Layer, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray
Screen Resolution: 1080p (1920 x 1080 progressive scan)
Video Codecs: AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10)
Rating: I
Duration: 156 (mins)
Publisher: Kam & Ronson Enterprises Co Ltd
Package Weight: 120 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1130811882

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Director：Stanley Kwan

This is the true story of Yuan Ling-yu, the first movie star of the 1930's. Hailing from an obscure background, she became the prima donna of the Chinese screen. Students worshipped her as a cult symbol. Men looked at her with dreamy eyes and women looked at her sideways and full of hate.

Yes, for nine years since her movie at 16, Yuan Ling-yu managed to star in 29 movies. Her roles were usually pathetic ones : girl student, rustic maid, factory hand, prostitute, socialite and authoress. And her endings were invariably tragic : incarceration in a prison, mental breakdown, forced marriages, starvation, illness and even suicide......
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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.2 out of 10 (6)

Paul McCoy
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October 22, 2005

This customer review refers to Center Stage (Director's Cut) (DTS Version) (Digitally Remastered)
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 Great but flawed in my opinion. Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
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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Anonymous

June 14, 2005

This customer review refers to Center Stage (Director's Cut) (DTS Version) (Digitally Remastered)
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 After all these years Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
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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Anonymous

April 27, 2005

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1 people found this review helpful

 Only Intelligent People can appreate this Movie Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7 out of 10
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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Anonymous

February 27, 2005

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Interesting! Customer Review Rated Bad 5 - 5 out of 10
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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Anonymous

January 8, 2004

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SLOW Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
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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