Summer Of Solidarity Film Series*
Free screening of Farewell My Concubine
Sunday, August 21 at 7:00pm, Dryden Theatre at The George Eastman Museum.
Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji), directed by Chen Kaige, China/Hong Kong 1993, 157 min., 35mm, Mandarin w/subtitles)
Life imitates art for a handful of characters in the Peking Opera who perform the title tragedy. Hong Kong pop star Leslie Cheung turns in an amazing performance as the concubine, a pained and jealous man unable to distinguish...
Summer Of Solidarity Film Series*
Free screening of Farewell My Concubine
Sunday, August 21 at 7:00pm, Dryden Theatre at The George Eastman Museum.
Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji), directed by Chen Kaige, China/Hong Kong 1993, 157 min., 35mm, Mandarin w/subtitles)
Life imitates art for a handful of characters in the Peking Opera who perform the title tragedy. Hong Kong pop star Leslie Cheung turns in an amazing performance as the concubine, a pained and jealous man unable to distinguish between male or female, reality or dream, and doomed never to achieve his one desire: his king’s love. The makeup, costuming, and production design are immensely detailed in a film that spans fifty years of modern Chinese history. This astonishingly beautiful epic is one of the greatest films produced in China.
* Summer Of Solidarity Film Series: In solidarity with the victims of the atrocity in Orlando and with the entire LGBTQ community, the Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman Museum presents seven landmark films dealing with LGBTQ themes. Admission to all screenings is free. This film series is organized by the George Eastman Museum in partnership with the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, ImageOut: The Rochester LGBT Film Festival, and The MOCHA Center / Trillium Health. All of the films are from the George Eastman Museum archives. Generously sponsored by Trillium Health.
