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Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998)
Directed by Stanley Kwan
Overview
An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively explored than in any other national cinema. Utilizing both film excerpts and interviews with many leading directors and academics, the film examines topics such as male bonding in kung fu movies, depictions of same-sex bonding and physical intimacy, the emphasis on women’s grievances in melodramas, and the career of Yam Kim-Fai, a Hong Kong actress who spent her life portraying men on and off the screen.
Rated G | Length 80 minutes
Actors
Tony Rayns | Chang Cheh | Ti Lung | Peggy Chiao | John Woo | Leslie Cheung | Chen Kaige | Xie Jin | Xie Yang | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Ang Lee | Tsai Ming-liang | Edward Yang | Allen Fong | Yuan Zhang | Tsui Hark | Law Kar