Leslie Cheung

Ashes of Time 《東邪西毒》

Posted 2004-03-27 (土) 午後5:13 by terra

The following is a combination of 2 transcriptions of the film that I found on the Internet. Both transcriptions were excellent and close to being word-for-word. Still there were some spelling errors that I noticed and corrected. I took the liberty of adding my descriptives to some sections I found were not explained clearly enough in the original transcriptions.

Ashes of Time 《東邪西毒》

Subjects: Film, Television & Anime 映像

Tags: cinema, Hong Kong, Leslie Cheung, transcript, Wong Kar Wai

He's a Woman, She's a Man

Posted 2002-08-24 (土) 午前1:46 by terra

Just watched the 1994 Hong Kong film “He’s a Woman, She’s a Man” (HK title: Gam Gee Yuk Yip; Chinese Title: Jing Zhi Yu Ye) on TV starring Anita Yuen, Leslie Cheung and Carina Lau. Excellent show and great acting. The story delves into the delicate issue of homosexuality, weaving comic elements into tense drama.

The story: A straight man finds himself falling in love with another man who, unbenownst to him, is really a woman in disguise. Homosexuality is taboo in Hong Kong society and the man is conflicted as he understands that the love he has is illicit according to the moral principles that have been embedded into his mind. What choice will this man make? To follow his heart’s desire and embrace the forbidden, or deny this love and conform to his principles.

Interesting isn’t it?