anyone ever see "Rouge"?

[sevenhooks]

Looking for informed opinions on this late 80's flick with Anita Mui & Leslie Cheung.
Although I seemed to make a point of seeing just about everything that came out of HK back then, I never saw this one for some reason.
Saw it cheap at a store down the street and thought of getting it.
Whaddya think of this movie?

[Markgway]

Superb movie. A hauntingly beautiful drama. Never mind what I or anyone else says... see it immediately. 8)

[Kwok Choi]

I agree with Mark;grab it.Beautiful performances by Anita Mui (especially) and Leslie Cheung.Very good poignant movie.Makes you think a lot after it ends and I cherish movies that give me this feeling.

[kenichiku]

This film is one of the first serious 80-90s New Wave HK films outside your typical commercial Golden Harvest fare to capture a global arthouse following. Haunting, nostalgic & melancholy; struck chords with the pre-97 HK emigrating class. Memorable images and performances by the leads (you even get a cameo from Shaw's Wong Yue).

[sevenhooks]

(you even get a cameo from Shaw's Wong Yue)

No sh#t!!? Would I recognize him easily?
And thanks for all of your opinions guys.
I just picked this up & will probably watch it sometime this week.
Now that I think of it, I remember seeing Painted Faces at the Music Palace in the late 80's and Rouge was the 2nd feature.
I probably stayed for about 5 or 10 minutes and then left.

[Markgway]

Rouge is ten times better than Painted Faces.

[kenichiku]

Would I recognize him easily?During the first hour of the film. Flashback sequences in the brothel entertaining the ladies, where elese? Gained a little weight but you'll know it when you see him.

[sevenhooks]

Yeah, saw him right away.
Kinda weird when you think that Rouge wasn't made really all that long after SB closed shop. Just a few years.
Also spotted Liu Chia Yung I believe.
Great movie, btw. (taking nothing away from Painted Faces!)
Leslie Cheung was a bit of a prick though.
Very melancholy.
And made all the more sad as both of the principles are recently deceased.

[kenichiku]

Wow, didn't catch LCY though. I recall being distracted by Leslie's bad make-up as an old guy but otherwise an solid & significant HK film.