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...look and tone can be its subject is, well, foreign to Hollywood directors, for whom the basic elements are a propulsive story and some slambang special effects. But as Chen Kaige shows in the humid, tumid Temptress Moon, image is all. Reuniting the stars (Hong Kong's Leslie Cheung and the mainland's Gong Li) of his 1993 Farewell My Concubine, Chen paints a glamorous portrait of drugs and decadence in 1920s China. The leaders of today's China, addicted to the old narcotic of Maoism, may have seen the film as an unflattering mirror of themselves; a year after...
...daughter, "Opium is the source of all inspiration." He blows the sweet smoke in her face, which creases into a sickly smile. Opium is the curse of the House of Pang. Those who surrender to it will corrupt the children of the palace, Ruyi (Gong Li) and Zhong-liang (Cheung), creating a new generation of addicts. As grownups, these adult children will stare into the camera, their only confidant, to express their impotent rage; and their faces will be streaked with tears as chic as pearl drops...
...indoctrination of children--and, often, their misuse by those who should care for them (read: the state). But he has never illustrated it as voluptuously as here. He and ace cinematographer Christopher Doyle bathe Gong Li in warm reds, giving her a fever of frustrated love, and surround Cheung with cold grays to reflect the ice of his resentment. As the slick gigolo and avenging angel of the Pang family, Cheung radiates the intensity of a lover scorned and scarred for life. In a performance that dares to avoid sentiment and sympathy, Cheung is the anchor for this mesmerizing essay...
...culture is established and perpetuated on student-run retreats, during late nights in the shelter, and on the van home from after-school programs. --Andrew J. Ehrlich '96-'97, PBHA President 1996; Hahrie C. Han '97, PBHA Vice-President 1996; Daniel J. Adam '97, PBHA Publicity Coordinator; W. Steve Cheung '97, PBHA Vehicles Coordinator; Young W. Kim '97, PBHA Programming Chair 1996; Jennifer L. Lipkowitz '97, PBHA Resource Coordinator; John C. Raezer '97, PBHA Fundraiser; Diego E. Sanchez '97, PBHA Events Coordinator...
...Even with all of the trouble, I'll just have to make the best of it," Cheung said...