Review of Farewell My Concubine (1993) by Derek Elley for Variety — 11 May 2017
A seductively lensed but emotionally uninvolving drama about two male Peking Opera stars and the ex-prostie who comes between them, Chen Kaige's fourth feature, Farewell to My Concubine, reps a stylistic U-turn compared with his earlier abstract parables like Life on a String and Yellow Earth.
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This review of Farewell My Concubine (1993) was written by Derek Elley and published by Variety on 11 May 2017.
Farewell My Concubine has generally received very positive reviews.
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