“Center Stage” Theatrical Poster
RELEASE DATE: June 8, 2021
On June 8, 2021, Film Movement will release a New 4K Blu-ray Restoration for Stanley Kwan’s 1991 film, Center Stage.
This Hong Kong classic stars Maggie Cheung (Project A II), Han Chin (Treasure Hunt), Tony Ka-Fai Leung (The Raid), Cecilia Yip (Still Human), Carina Lau (Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings) and Waise Lee (The Big Heat).
Read the official details below:
International superstar Maggie Cheung (In the Mood for Love) embodies tragic screen siren Ruan Lingyu, known as the “Greta Garbo of China,” in this unconventional biopic by Hong Kong New Wave master Stanley Kwan (Rouge). Praised for her moving and emotive onscreen presence, Ruan’s private life, which was frequent fodder for the vicious Shanghai tabloids, began to mirror the melodramas which brought her fame, culminating in her suicide at age 24. Kwan and Cheung paint a kaleidoscopic yet intimate portrait of the ill-fated actress, deftly blending lush period drama, archival footage, and metatextual documentary sequences of Cheung reflecting on Ruan’s legacy. The result is, much like the films of Ruan Lingyu themselves, “tender, vivid and almost overwhelmingly moving” (Time Out).
Release Details:
- New 4K Restoration of the film
- New introduction by Stanley Kwan
- Interview with Stanley Kwan Interview with Hong Kong cinema expert Paul Fonoroff
- 16-page booklet with a new essay by Aliza Ma, Head of Programming at Metrograph
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