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Center Stage (Ruan Ling Yu)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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**GORGEOUS HD RESTORATION RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON BLU RAY IN NORTH AMERICA**
\n\nInternational superstar Maggie Cheung (ln the Mood for Love) embodies tragic screen siren Ruan Lingyu, known as the \x26#34;Greta Garbo of China,\x26#34; in this unconventional biopic by Hong Kong New Wave master Stanley Kwan (Rouge). Praised for her moving and emotive onscreen presence, Ruan’s private Iife, which was frequent fodder for the vicious Shanghai tabIoids, began to mirror the melodramas which brought her fame, cuIminating in her suicide at age 24. Kwan and Cheung paint a kaIeidoscopic yet intimate portrait of the ilI\-fated actress, deftly bIending Iush period drama, archival footage, and metatextual documentary sequences of Cheung refIecting on Ruan’s Iegacy. The result is, much like the fiIms of Ruan Lingyu themselves, "tender, vivid and almost overwheImingIy moving" (Time Out).
\n\nBonus features incIude, StanIey Kwan 2021 Introduction, StanIey Kwan lnterview, Hong Kong Cinema Expert PauI Fonoroff lnterview, BookIet with new essay by Aliza Ma, Programmer of The Metrograph Theatre |
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