#Movie chop suey club full#
The room is full of light and dark, bright and shadow, creating an ink painting-like scenery
Photographed against the light, the pale shadow of bamboo on the chiffon, presents a natural, decorative atmosphere. The red light symbolizes the fury of Fahai (left) The yellow-green light symbolizes Fahai's desire (right) This unified visual language depicts what classical Chinese beauty is all about. Unlike today's costume films, Green Snake does not focus on the restoration of ancient scenes, but rather on the simplicity and cleanliness of the compositions.
Tsui Hark’s use of lighting, color and smoke not only further reflects the fluctuation of emotions and desires of characters but enhances a vivid dream-like and imaginative atmosphere for erotic depictions of the film. The set in Green Snake softened the spatial atmosphere with poetic techniques, such as the fog, the white veils and moonlit doors. Sometimes hazy, sometimes dreamy, sometimes sad, the film forms a spectacle image of mysterious, romantic and eerie oriental aesthetic texture. This ghostly yet delicate, sultry yet youthful appearance exemplifies the charming, feminine, and flirtatious nature of the two characters.
In addition to the elaborate hairstyles, their faces are powdered and embellished with a touch of red lips and two thinly arched eyebrows tilted at the end. Green Snake draws heavily on traditional Kun Opera Styling Additionally, the film is interspersed with occasional theatrical singing dialogues which adds on to the mysterious, ghostly and enchanting charm of the characters. As men’s faces are known to be more angular, they applied extensive frontal makeup and a circle of frontal stickers and two big black sideburns around their head, creating a more feminine manner. Since performing for women was considered inappropriate in the ancient times, the female roles in operas were played by male actors. With their hair in a bun, the iconic Tong Qian hairstyle (铜钱头) renders both an elegant yet ethereal image. The styling of the characters is based on dan 旦, a leading women's role in Kunqu 昆曲 (the oldest extant form of Chinese opera).īai Suzhen (White Snake) and Xiao Qing (Green Snake) embody classical feminine beauty through their flowing and sultry costume design and intricate coiffed hairpiece. Starring 张曼玉 Maggie Cheung and 王祖贤 Joey Wang, known to be two of the ‘Four Flowers’ of Hong Kong cinema, the two snake sisters offer an alienating yet beautiful experience through their vivid costumes, exquisite beauty and lurid eroticism.Īs the original story was first adapted into a classic Chinese opera piece, the film was largely influenced by Peking Opera. Tsui Hark created a romantic fantasy allegory that manages to capture the complicated emotions of love and desire in less than ninety minutes.
#Movie chop suey club movie#
You can watch the full length movie with English subtitle here.īased on the homonymous novel by 李碧华 Lilian Lee, which is a variation of the Chinese folktale “白蛇传 Madame White Snake”, Green Snake narrates the story of two snake sisters, who decided to take human form in order to fully understand human emotions and sufferings. We are SOOO excited for our 2021 Halloween Party at the end of this month! This party is inspired by 徐克 Tsui Hark’s 1993 Hong Kong fantasy film, Green Snake 青蛇, our team's all time Halloween favorite.
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