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Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 drama film, directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing, Zhang Fengyi and Gong Li.
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60 of 117 · most liked firstdo you ever think about how FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE is the greatest movie ever made
positive · AI labelView post →I often joke about watching modern movies the way we watch silents. All cinema 1985 to 2025 will be represented by HOME ALONE, ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE, and FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE. No other movies were made, no other genres explored. The end. It would be ridiculous but that’s Silent Movie 101
neutral · AI labelView post →FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE, which is a fucking unbelievably incredible film.
positive · AI labelView post →Thinking about making a film about Elon Musk's love life and calling it "Farewell My Concubine".
neutral · AI labelView post →Leslie Cheung at the backstage in the Chen Kaige's movie "Farewell My Concubine" - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Farewell My Concubine is at once the most beautiful and most tragic film on drag I have ever witnessed. It receives my highest recommendation. Please watch it wherever you can.
positive · AI labelView post →Finally finished this tribute to a truly excellent movie, Farewell My Concubine
positive · AI labelView post →Leslie Cheung at the backstage in the Chen Kaige's movie "Farewell My Concubine" - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Stopped by Criterion's 24/7 movie stream tonight and watched the second and third act of Farewell My Concubine, which I'd never seen before. Absolutely incredible, what a fuckin' movie
positive · AI labelView post →Saw a screening of ‘Farewell My Concubine’ last night for the first time in at least 25 years, and I had not remembered how angry that film is. I completely missed the point of it the first time around.
positive · AI labelView post →What is your discomfort movie? A movie you saw one time and said okay, never again? Up Farewell, My Concubine Kitbull (short)
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE (1993). Director: Kaige Chen. Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang. Award-winning epic from Hong Kong exploring tumultuous 70-year history of two friends. Revolution, love, betrayal, & the grandeur of opera. #filmsky 📽🎥🎞🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →I was born in 1980... I'm choosing one movie per day from each year to today. Farewell My Concubine outshines any other 1992 flick... It’s more than just a movie… it’s a work of humanity and time. Simply one of the best films ever made!!! 🎬🎥🍿 #filmsky #moviesky #moviechallenge Day 13/45 1992
positive · AI labelView post →In addition to attending the premiere of San Francisco Opera's The Monkey King last weekend, I used my long flights to watch nothing but excellent movies. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched I especially loved watching I'm No Longer Here and Farewell My Concubine back to back. ¡Viva la música!
positive · AI labelView post →Chen Kaige (with scenes from his film "Farewell My Concubine") - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Just picked up @Criterion's 4K UHD for Chen Kaige's 'Farewell My Concubine' on sale at $19.95, winner of Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. I haven't seen the film for a while but I remember the cinematography is spectacular - amzn.to/4hlhqBM
neutral · AI labelView post →What's your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 1970s - The Godfather 1980s - Hairspray 1990s - Farewell, My Concubine 2000s - Beau travail 2010s - The Clock 2020s - The Secret Agent
neutral · AI labelView post →Chen Kaige (with scenes from his film "Farewell My Concubine") - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes you gotta drag the boys out on a Thursday to experience the 30th anniversary of FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE restored in 4K on the big screen. If you’re in LA and you’ve never seen this film, book tickets ASAP!
neutral · AI labelView post →HSB asked me a fun question. What movie do I wish I’d bought on DVD, because it didn’t seem to have transferred dependably to streaming platforms. I got it down to 3. Farewell My Concubine. Time Masters, and Amateur (1994) to young when I watch them, but they stuck in my head. What would yours be?
positive · AI labelView post →Farewell My Concubine is an incredible 3 hour movie. A sweeping epic and opera (dramatically, not musically) about Chinese opera. I do not know how to describe it. It's a historical epic, and also a love story. But it is not romantic at all. And it's kinda queer? But in a very sad way.
positive · AI labelView post →My parents (they have movies they like but aren’t particularly cinephiles) have an in-house micro cinema at their active senior community. Last week they saw Farewell My Concubine (dad: very sad) tonight they saw Seven Samurai (dad: this is a long movie)
neutral · AI labelView post →Who has seen Farewell My Concubine? I love that film. That tumult? That authoritarianism crushing Art & personal freedoms? Yeah…
positive · AI labelView post →one of my best catches as a student was watching this at the Hyde Park Picture House circa late 93/early 94 (also caught Enter the Dragon and Farewell My Concubine at the same venue). This film still kicks ass. May try to catch it again on upcoming UK trip. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...
positive · AI labelView post →I wrote a film review for Chen Kaige's Chinese historical romance drama epic Farewell My Concubine (1993) starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, & Gong Li. boxd.it/cYQEAD
positive · AI labelView post →My Genderfuck’d Movie Marathon from back then: Farewell My Concubine Orlando (as a palate cleanser) M. Butterfly
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember knowing someone so well that when she was playing charades in a large group and motioned [movie, three words] and then waved, I shouted out “Farewell My Concubine” and I was right
neutral · AI labelView post →Me and my boyfriend just finished watching "Farewell My Concubine" (1993). It was such a beautiful movie, stunningly so. 10/10 I highly recommend it. I'm already looking forward to wathcing it again with more people.
positive · AI labelView post →Farewell, My Concubine is a good fuckin movie
positive · AI labelView post →That's cool, I have an ongoing list and I've got The Heroic Trio, Farewell My Concubine, and Happy Together on mine (Yes, it's a WKW film but tbh I've only ever seen In The Mood For Love)
neutral · AI labelView post →Heyyy looks like Farewell My Concubine got remastered 👀 guys I’m legit spending more time choosing a movie because suddenly it feels like there are so many films to watch
neutral · AI labelView post →I minored in film. I honestly was hoping more would be great, but I read a lot of good film theory. Farewell My Concubine and Red Sorghum were depressing but excellent. Bicycle Thieves and Mädchen in Uniform too.
positive · AI labelView post →Announcing the launch of the Marquee Mixtape podcast! feat Frank Yan on the show to discuss the 4K re-release of FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE at Film Forum, along with Frank's origin story as a film programmer and becoming the co-founder of NYC's first and only Chinese film festival. www.marqueemixtape.com
neutral · AI labelView post →The new restoration of Farewell My Concubine not only restores the 20 minutes that were cut prior to the film’s original U.S. theatrical release but also looks positively spectacular. Lee Jutton reviews: www.filminquiry.com/farewell-my-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's movie is FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE from Chen Kaige, my favorite of the Chinese Fifth Generation directors. I've only seen the 154 minute version, but the Criterion edition is 171 minutes.
positive · AI labelView post →Sunday May 31! 2:00pm -Farewell My Concubine- Presented by Amoment Books, a cultural brand that bridges Chinese-language literature & cinema with audiences. 6:15pm -Holy Days- “It’s incredibly funny” (Film Threat) 8:30pm -True Stories- 40th Anniversary! 5 Stars! “Absolutely amazing” (LYT Rules)
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been trying to do vector art as a creative outlet lately! Earlier this year I watched "Farewell My Concubine" for the first time and absolutely adored the film, so I wanted to make something inspired by it.
positive · AI labelView post →This is a terrific film! Sort of Farewell My Concubine meets In the Mood for Love.
neutral · AI labelView post →#FilmChallenge from @neo-rey.bsky.social - 26 days, a film you’ve seen for each letter. Today is F: I chose Farewell My Concubine, a stunningly gorgeous & heartbreaking film about Chinese Opera performers during the Cultural Revolution. #FilmSky 1/ 🧵
positive · AI labelView post →I am in one too. Also started during the pandemic. We might have seen 150 movies too with amazingly little overlap with your list. We see one movie per week and meet on Zoom every two weeks. Tonight we will be discussing Farewell My Concubine (1993) and Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a Film with an Asian Protagonist #FilmSky - Farewell My Concubine - Dragon The Bruce Lee Story - Flower Drum Song -M Butterfly
neutral · AI labelView post →Not quite as vibesy as this but it was nice when I went to see Farewell My Concubine recently with a large Chinese audience, half of whom were translating the Mandarin-with-English-subtitles film into Cantonese their friends.
positive · AI labelView post →It’s not uncommon for people to love Farewell My Concubine, seek out Peking opera, and come out pretty confused at how one gets from the stage performance to the film.
neutral · AI labelView post →It reminds me of the film Farewell My Concubine (starring the transcendent Leslie Cheung, rip). Nothing ever changes with the human race, we just never learn.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just rewatched Farewell My Concubine, which I hadn't seen since I was a teenager when it first came out. Amazing what I didn't remember/wasn't able to appreciate as a young viewer. What a timeless, stunning film.
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight I received as a gift the new Criterion 4k/Blu-ray of Farewell My Concubine. I'm so happy! It's one of my all-time favorite films: beautiful, poetic, devastating. I feel so many things every time I watch this. 📽️ #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →Philadelphia is a wrench of a movie even if you don’t watch it in a stretch with The Piano, Schindler’s List and Farewell My Concubine I should have known that relationship had no shot
neutral · AI labelView post →Today - Petzold's mermaid story UNDINE at Lightbox, ACTION JACKSON via Drunken Cinema and TWILIGHT: NEW MOON at Revue, FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE restored and Harrison Ford is THE FUGITIVE at Fox, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
neutral · AI labelView post →couldn't sleep, watched 2 hour and 45 min movie 'Farewell My Concubine' FUUUUUUUCCKKKKK although thematically similar with Kokuho i.e. historical dramas framed with lives of stage actors, and very similar run time lol- these two are VERY DIFFERENT MOVIES I'm in emotional pain 💔
positive · AI labelView post →Farewell My Concubine 📽️ beautifully tragic and unnerving. all the performances are good, but by god, this IS leslie cheung's movie. just like his character, he truly disappears into the role, and the way you can project his all too short life onto the narrative makes this all the more heartbreaking
positive · AI labelView post →Did I tell you I’m making C take me to see Farewell My Concubine next month for my birthday? I’m excited to see it on the big screen. www.cinema.com.hk/en/movie/146
neutral · AI labelView post →What’s your favourite movie from each decade of your life? 70s - The Conversation 80s - Miracle Mile 90s - Farewell My Concubine 00s - Being John Malkovich 10s - The Favourite 20s - Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar
positive · AI labelView post →Next month I have a couple Chinese films lined up, Farewell My Concubine and Ne Zha 2, maybe one or two others. Also need to watch Hathaway’s Flash before the second movie hits theatres in NA. Still need to see Sinners are well, missed the theatre run last year and it’s been on my list since
neutral · AI labelView post →An insanely beautiful period epic in the same vein as The Red Shoes and Farewell My Concubine. The period accurate sets were gorgeous, the performances were nuanced and riveting, and the editing had a style and pacing that perfectly synthesized the art of kabuki theater with film.
neutral · AI labelView post →I haven't, but I've been meaning to for some time. Now that you mention it, I'll find time to watch it this weekend. I just know it's a great film. Kore-eda is known for his unapologetic realism. You should watch Farewell, My Concubine. Superb film. Leslie Cheung was sublime in it. You'd like it. 😊
positive · AI labelView post →The outlier film I watched (for several reasons—genre, it’s in Mandarin, length) is Farewell My Concubine, which was a revisit and probably my favorite film I watched this past month or so. But best moment? Tbh at would be Jackie Chan hanging off the side of the bus in Police Story (also rewatch).
positive · AI labelView post →If Uno wants a good sort of emotionally driven queer story, Farewell My Concubine or 霸王別姬 1993 is a pretty good movie to watch, i wouldn't say it's romance but queer love is a big part of it
positive · AI labelView post →My ★★★★½ review of Farewell My Concubine on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/ag47kp
positive · AI labelView post →30 Days of Queer Cinema - Day 28 | FAREWELL, MY CONCUBINE #PrideMonth #Pride #QueerCinema
neutral · AI labelView post →6) I wish I could explain how much "Farewell, My Concubine" is a Dayir-coded movie. It brings to mind so much of his backstory and general demeanor pre-ARR to HW... like the vibes are so immense.
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