Center Stage (1991) screening

Our first screening!

UPDATE! Hi sorry I posted this on my instagram page as well and spots filled out fast! Feel free to give me a follow on ig: @decentre_filmclub The screening will be in an underground cinema in the cbd starting at 7.15pm. We will watch the film together and then head to a nearby bar for a drink and a yap after x Film description: Director Stanley Kwan, 1991, Hong Kong, 126 min, 35mm-to-digital, colour, unclassified 15+, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Cantonese, Mandarin, Shanghainese with English subtitles One of the bright stars of the Hong Kong New Wave pays tribute to a trailblazing predecessor. Maggie Cheung plays Ruan Lingyu, the tragic screen siren whose melodramatic performances defined the golden age of Chinese silent cinema. Hounded by vicious Shanghai tabloids over her private life and romantic entanglements, Ruan was driven to suicide at just 24, leaving behind the devasting note: ‘Gossip is a fearful thing.’ The film offers a kaleidoscopic yet intimate portrait of the ill-fated actress, blending lush period drama, archival film excerpts, and behind-the-scenes footage of the present-day shoot. ‘Maggie, how would you want to be remembered decades later?’ director Stanley Kwan asks. ‘Isn’t she [Ruan] an exact replica of myself?’ Cheung replies. An absorbing, meta-reflexive take on stardom, scandal and mythmaking from 1930s Shanghai to 1990s Hong Kong.