Best Chinese-language films of the 90s
         

        As my contribution to the end-of-decade "make a list" phenomenon, the following list of what I consider (for the moment, as all such lists are provisional at best) the be the best Chinese-language films of the 90s appeared in the "Best of the 90s" issue of Cinemascope, vol. 2 (Winter, 1999), along with a brief review of In the Heat of the Sun. Less pompously, one should perhaps just call this a list of Chinese language film masterpieces of the 90s, and avoid the whole canon-building trap.
         

        Actress / Centre Stage [chinese char.] Stanley Kwan
        Ashes of Time [chinese char.] Wong Kar-wai
        A Brighter Summer Day [chinese char.] Edward Yang
        A Chinese Odyssey I & II [chinese char.] Jeff Lau
        Flowers of Shanghai [chinese char.] Hou Hsiao-hsien
        In the Heat of the Sun [chinese char.] Jiang Wen
        The Puppetmaster [chinese char.] Hou Hsiao-hsien
        Raise the Red Lantern [chinese char.] Zhang Yimou
        Swordsman II [chinese char.] Ching Siu-tung
        Vive l'Amour [chinese char.] Tsai Ming-liang


         

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